April, 19 18 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



15<>- 



Farr's Hardy Plant Specialties 



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 Aquilegia, Hardy Asters, New Astilbe Roses, Dahlias. 



New Japanese and Asiatic Shrubs. New cotoneasters, enkianthus, 

 berberis, flowering cherries, corylopsis, etc. 



Lilacs, Philadelphus, and Deutzias. A complete collection of 

 Lemoine's new creation. 



Dwarf Evergreens* 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 



Farr's Hardy Plant Specialties 



(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 

 duplicate will be sent promptly on request. 



BERTRAND H. FARR 



Wyomissing Nurseries Co. 

 1 04 Garfield Ave. Wyomissing, Penna. 



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

 that 1 have found it necessary to form a special department in charge of a skilled land- 

 scape designer and plantsman. I will be glad to assist you in any way desired by off- 

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

 made. 



Garden Full 



In preparing the following Home Garden Collection of 

 Vegetable Seeds, which if purchased separately from 

 our catalogue would cost #1.55, we have given critical 

 attention to the varieties offered, selecting only those 

 which have been tried and proven of excellent merit 

 under widely different conditions of soil and climate. 

 One Packet Each of the Following for $1 .00 



Beans — Bountiful 

 Beans — New Hardy Wax 

 Beans — Fordhook Bush Lima 

 Beet — Detroit Dark Red 

 Carrot — Selected Chanlenay 

 Corn — Golden Bantam 

 Cucumber — While Spine 

 Lettuce — Black Seeded Simpson 

 Lettuce — May King 



Onion — White Portugal 

 Parsley — Double Curled 

 Peas — McLean's Little Gem 

 Radish — Scarlet Globe 

 Radish — Long White Icicle 

 Spinach — New Zealand 

 Swiss Chard — Giant Lucitlus 

 Tomato — Selected Stone 

 Turnip — White Globe 



NOTE — With each collection we will send complete cultural di- 

 rections. Also a copy of our interesting and instructive booklet, 16 

 pages and cover, devoted exclusively to vegetables. 



ORDER YOUR COLLECTION NOW 



Mail this advertisement with Check, Money Order, Dollar Bill or 



Stamps, or present at our store, and secure this excellent collection 



of Vegetable Seeds for only $1 .00 sent prepaid anywhere in the U.S. 



Our iqi8 Spring Catalogue sent on request 



30-32 Barclay Street 



New York City 



"The Most Helpful 



Garden Book We Have Ever 

 Seen!" — is the verdict of 

 everyone who has examined 

 the advance proofs of our 

 new "catalogue, " Ho me Land- 

 scape, which is totally unlike 

 any garden catalogue you 

 have ever had. It is really 

 a practical guide that shows 

 in graphic fashion exactly 

 how to do things. These cuts, 

 for example, are reproduced 

 (in miniature) from the page 

 about May Shrubs — photo- 

 graphs on one side, planting- 

 layout on the other, and des- 

 cription in between. And 

 there are "movies" in sketch 

 form showing how to plant and 

 take care of fruit trees, ever- 

 greens, flowers, etc. — and many other practical 

 helps that will make this book your everyday 

 companion. Send for your copy {free) at once, 

 and tell us about your lawn and garden. 



Special Offer for April: 2 Apple Trees, 1 Pear. I Plum, 5 Grape Vines, 

 25 Raspberries, 5 Rhubarb, 5 Currants — all for $5.00, if you act soon. And 

 send for the free book anyway, to-day. 

 I. Hicks & Son, "Sixty Years of Knowing How" Westbury, L. 1. 



DREER'S 



"Gold Medal" Gladiolus 



We grow this magnificent strain for the ex- 

 press purpose of being able to supply those 

 who want the very best mixture possible. 



When Gladioli are grown in mixture f 

 they are liable to deteriorate rapidly and 

 finally contain but a few colors. . 

 To avoid this we grow small 

 blocks of a large number of ex- 

 quisite high-grade sorts from 

 which this mixture is made and* 

 which embraces all colors 

 from the richest reds 

 through all the interme- 

 diate tones of pink, rose, 

 salmon, blush, white, yel- 

 low to the new blue, he- 

 liotrope and "pansy col- 

 ors." Indeed so great is 

 the diversity of colors 

 that there is little risk of any 

 two being exactly alike. 



Having a large stock of splen- 

 did bulbs, we are able to offer 

 them at a very reasonable price, 

 viz. 60 cts. perdoz., $4.00 per 100, 

 $35.00 per 1000. If wanted by 

 Parcel Post add 6 cts. per doz. for 

 postage. 



The above is but one of our Specialties. 

 For complete list send for 



Dreer's Garden Book for 1918 



Free on application if you mention this 

 magazine 



HENRY A. DREER 



714-716 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 



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