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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1912 



Livingston's Popular $1.°° Paeony Collection 



Four Famous Sorts — 



and a New Seedling, 

 One Strong Root of Each 

 for One Dollar Postpaid 



This is THE Paeony opportunity of 

 the season. To acquaint you with 

 "true blue" quality Bulbs, 

 Seeds.etc, weoffer this match- 

 less collection at a popular 

 price. We can offer these sorts 

 so reasonably because we grow 

 them in quantities on our own 

 farms. 



Felix Crousse 



Large, double, ball- 



haped flowers. Brilliant 



lamed double in center. 



Price 60c. 



Irma 



Exquisite blush pink. Very 



dain'y double flowers of elegant 



shape. Very fragrant and one of 



he finest of the mid-season sorts. 



Price 35c. 



Superb, Unnamed Red Seedling Free 



Among the hundreds of unnamed paeomes blooming last June et our "True Blue" Nursery, one brilliant 



red seedling impressed us as being particularly fine. To encourage liberal planting of above collection (catalog 



value of which is $1 .50), we will send gratis a strong root of this unnamed red with each order for Livingston's Popular 



Dollar Paeony collection. Guide to Fall Planting of Bulbs Free 



Describes and offers at reasonable rates a complete assortment of Dutch Bulbs, Paeonies, Irises, Phloxes, and Season- 

 able Seeds for fall planting. On second cover page you will read why we offer the above remarkable Paeony collec- 

 tion at the still more remarkable price. With many dependable culture directions and " true-ta-nature " illustrations you 

 will learn to value our " Guide *' as a safe adviser in matters pertaining to fall planting. Write for your free copy today. 



The Livingston Seed Co., 5 l?re H e? h Columbus, Ohio 



Meissonier 



Outer petals purple 

 amaranth, center crimson 

 A very brilliant sort of extra 

 quality. Price 30c. 



Queen Victoria 



Large, white flowers, center petals 

 tipped carmine. Early mid-season 

 sort of compact growth. Excellent 

 as a cut flower and for shipping. 

 Price 25c. 



Do You Know Farr's Peonies? 



Most peony enthusiasts, in their search for rare and new varieties, so hard to obtain, have found them in the splendid 

 selection of peonies grown here at Wyomissing. They have also possessed themselves of my book "Farr's Hardy Plant 

 Specialties'', which aside from describing accurately the hundreds of varieties which go to make up perhaps the most com- 

 plete collection of peonies in existence, tells you how I have been able to learn about these beautiful plants during the many 

 Junes I have lived among them. You will enjoy the story of how a hobby has grown and grown until it has 

 become so much a business that happily I maybe able to give myself over to the enjoyment of it for the rest of my life. 



If the soft iridescent beauty of the Irises makes you a dreamer of "far away things", that of the peonies, rich 

 with the warmth of their glowing colors, intoxicating in the delightful fragrance of their great big flowers, fills 

 you with the joy of life and 

 the glory of June. Fortun- 

 ately for me the Irises and 

 Peonies do not come to- 

 gether, so I can revel in 

 both to my heart's content. 



Perhaps you are one of 

 the many thousands who 

 do not yet know the beauty 

 of the modern Peony or 

 know not the lure of the Iris; if 

 so, you have missed much and 

 should send at once for „j-; 

 my book — it's free. 



B. H. FARR 



WYOMISSING NURSERIES 



643D Penn Street 



Reading, Pa. 



