﻿March, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  VII 
  

  

  Meehans 
  , 
  Mallow 
  Marvels 
  

  

  A 
  SINGLE 
  BLOOM 
  OF 
  MEEHANS* 
  MALLOW 
  MARVELS 
  

   (one-third 
  actual 
  size) 
  

  

  An 
  Entirely 
  New 
  Race 
  of 
  Hardy 
  Perennials 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  brilliant 
  creation 
  of 
  scientific 
  plant 
  

   breeding. 
  . 
  . 
  Now 
  offered 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  

  

  A 
  MEMBER 
  of 
  the 
  Waterer 
  firm, 
  the 
  most 
  famous 
  horticulturists 
  in 
  England, 
  

   says 
  this 
  achievement 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  notable 
  for 
  many 
  decades. 
  And 
  so 
  says 
  

   every 
  expert 
  who 
  has 
  seen 
  Meehans' 
  Mallow 
  Marvels 
  in 
  bloom. 
  

   Although 
  the 
  cross 
  from 
  which 
  this 
  new 
  race 
  of 
  plants 
  originated 
  was 
  conceived 
  by 
  

   Thomas 
  Meehan, 
  the 
  founder 
  of 
  our 
  nurseries, 
  thirty 
  years 
  ago, 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  1903 
  that 
  

   our 
  efforts 
  were 
  crowned 
  with 
  success. 
  

  

  This 
  new 
  creation 
  in 
  herbaceous 
  perennials 
  combines 
  the 
  striking 
  foliage 
  and 
  brilliant 
  

   blooms 
  of 
  the 
  tender 
  hot-house 
  Hibiscus 
  with 
  the 
  sturdy 
  growth 
  and 
  hardiness 
  of 
  the 
  

   native 
  Mallow. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  even 
  a 
  stronger 
  grower 
  than 
  its 
  wild 
  half-parent, 
  throwing 
  up 
  strong 
  stalks 
  seven 
  

   to 
  eight 
  feet 
  high, 
  which 
  from 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  July 
  until 
  September 
  are 
  emblazoned 
  with 
  the 
  

   most 
  gorgeous 
  flowers 
  (seven 
  to 
  eight 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter) 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  outside 
  the 
  tropics. 
  

   And 
  Meehans' 
  Mallow 
  is 
  entirely 
  free 
  from 
  disease 
  and 
  insect 
  enemies, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  par- 
  

   ticular 
  about 
  soil 
  or 
  location. 
  Perfectly 
  hardy, 
  as 
  the 
  original 
  cross-bred 
  plant 
  stood 
  in 
  

   our 
  nurseries 
  four 
  years 
  without 
  protection. 
  

  

  The 
  colors 
  are 
  clear, 
  satiny 
  crimson, 
  red 
  and 
  pink 
  ; 
  also 
  white 
  

  

  Prices 
  of 
  Meehans' 
  Mallow 
  Marvels 
  

  

  WE 
  RESERVE 
  THE 
  RIGHT 
  TO 
  REFUSE 
  ORDERS 
  FOR 
  MORE 
  THAN 
  TEN 
  TO 
  ANY 
  ONE 
  PERSON 
  

  

  Two-Year-OId 
  Roots 
  

  

  One-Year-Old 
  Roots 
  

  

  If 
  given 
  good 
  soil 
  will 
  grow 
  from 
  five 
  to 
  eight 
  feet 
  

   high, 
  have 
  two 
  to 
  five 
  stems 
  and 
  Jioiver 
  this 
  season. 
  

  

  Each 
  Per 
  10 
  

  

  Crimson 
  Marvel 
  

  

  White 
  Marvel 
  

  

  Red 
  Marvel 
  

  

  Pink 
  Marvel 
  

  

  $1.00 
  

  

  $9.00 
  

  

  1.00 
  

  

  9.00 
  

  

  .75 
  

  

  6.00 
  

  

  .50 
  

  

  4.00 
  

  

  Extra 
  strong 
  roots, 
  which, 
  planted 
  in 
  good 
  soil, 
  will 
  

   form 
  bushes 
  four 
  to 
  five 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  posi- 
  

   tively 
  floiver 
  abundantly 
  this 
  season. 
  

  

  Each 
  Per 
  10 
  

  

  Crimson 
  Marvel 
  $2.00 
  $15.00 
  

  

  Red 
  Marvel 
  2.00 
  15.00 
  

  

  Pink 
  Marvel 
  1.50 
  10.00 
  

  

  As 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  show 
  by 
  photo- 
  

   graph 
  or 
  engraving 
  the 
  wonderful 
  

   brilliancy 
  of 
  the 
  coloring 
  of 
  MEEHANS' 
  

   MALLOW 
  MARVELS, 
  we 
  have 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  a 
  color-plate 
  leaflet 
  which 
  we 
  will 
  

   gladly 
  mail 
  you. 
  

  

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