March. 19 18 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



61 



Mothers, Fathers, Teachers 



This Special Message Concerns All of You! 



With the nation's needs for increased food supplies, the matter of directing the children's 

 energy in the garden becomes fraught with possibilities. We are all agreed that garden work con- 

 stitutes the best type of exercise for the children. Their young bodies, bubbling over with vitality, 

 enjoy every motion needed to do the many little tasks — the sum total of which is gardening. To 

 further the great work and to help you help the children, we have published a modest book which 

 is gladly mailed free for the benefit of 



The Country's Future Line of Defense in 



"School and Community Gardens" 



Tells of the practical benefits to be derived from concerted gardening efforts. Discusses prac- 

 tical vegetables to grow, offers plans, gives unique planting tables. The demand for this book best 

 explains its merit. The first edition was exhausted ten days after publication. The second edition 

 is half gone, but we want every interested G. M. Reader to have one, if we have to print some more. 



Specially Priced Packets of 



Seeds for School and Community Gardens 



are of the same superior quality as those contained in our 

 regular sized packets, but they are put up with a view to two- 

 fold economy. The average regulation seed packet contains 

 more seeds than is needed for the short rows of the chil- 

 dren's garden. 



By careful calculation we have figured the amount of 

 seeds required to sow a row of certain length as fully ex- 

 plained in above book. This will prove effective seed econ- 

 omy and enables us to sell the packets at the reasonable price 

 of $3.00 per 100. 



The assortment is complete, from Beans, to Turnips. The most dependable sorts are available in each class. School 

 authorities and communities should wr te for information. Page 14 of the helpful book gives complete list of both, vege- 

 table and flower seeds available in this shape. 



Have Your Name Put on Our Free Mailing List 



From time to time we issue helpful literature in form of catalogues for different seasons. By all 

 means, ask for your free copy of our Large Annual Catalogue, when writing for "School and Community 

 Gardens." About June 1st, we issue a mid-season catalogue of strawberry plants, etc. Then, there is a 

 Peony List and a Fall Catalogue, all of which will prove of interest to those who garden all season. 

 Have your name put on our regular mailing list — and do it TO-DA Y. 



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For Early Spring Planting 



Year after year the hardy garden grows more 

 charming and valuable as the plants increase in 

 size and blooming power. Early spring is a desir- 

 able time for selecting and planting most 

 perennials and shrubs. 



In my comprehensive collection at 

 Wyomissing may be found plants suitable 

 for every phase of gardening. A few of 

 these are here noted — to list them all would 

 be impossible: 

 IRISES. An unusual and distinctive collection, including many novel- 

 ties of my own raising (Awarded the Panama-Pacific Gold Medal). 



PEONIES. The most complete collection of herbaceous and tree Peonies 

 in the world. 



Delphiniums, Phloxes, Chrysanthemums, Trollius,* Long 

 Spurred Aquiiegia, Hardy Asters, New Astilbe Roses, Dahlias. 



New Japanese and Asiatic Shrubs. New cotoneasters, enkianthus, 

 berheris, flowering cherries, corylopsis, etc. 



Lilacs, Philadelphus, and Deutzias. A complete collection of 

 Lemoine's new creation. 



Dwarf Evergreensi Rare specimens for formal gardens, lawn groups 

 and rock garden plantings. 



A complete list of my collection of Hardy Plants and 

 Shrubs will be found in 



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(Sixth Edition) 112 pages of text, 30 full page illustrations 

 (13 in color). Most well-informed gardeners have a copy, 

 but if you have not received it, or it has been mislaid, a 

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 WYOMISSING NURSERIES CO. 



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Planning the Garden. So many have asked me to help them plan their gardens 

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 hand suggestions or by the preparation of detailed plans for which a charge will be 

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ENGLISH EXHIBITION 

 CACTUS DAHLIAS— (NEW) 



A; R. Perry, a large bold flower 

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 Color, eld rose, tipped gold. 



Fearless, one of the largest 

 dahlias, if not the largest. Holds 

 flowers up facing on stiff stems. 

 The petals are very long, narrow 

 and incurved, 9 inches. Color 

 bright orange scarlet. 



Lady Snathling, a dahlia of 

 beautiful color. Deep salmon pink 

 with golden centre, 8 inches with- 

 out disbudding. 



Phenomenal, a dahlia phe- 

 nomenon. More like a Japanese 

 Chrysanthemum than a dahlia. 

 Flowers very large (9 inches). 

 Petals long and ribbon-like and 

 incurved to form a tangled mass. 

 Color salmon with yellow at base 

 and tips. 



Search Light, the yellow Miss 

 St red wick. 



Topaze, a dahlia of distinct 

 and peculiar color, almost weird. 

 Base of petals nearly white but 

 soon changing to magenta, purple 

 and rose blended. 



Valiant, a giant flower of bril- 

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 stems. 



Washington, the flowers are 

 very large and of pronounced in- 

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Also the best of the new Hybrid 

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Have had a fine season for root growth and tubers all good size. Also have had a 

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12 15c & 25c. ones, my selection, for 1.00 



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