February, 1913 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



31 



I want you to try this Gladiolus 



in your Garden this coming Season 



It has been named "Peace" because of its wonderful purity and beauty, and has been given first place 

 as the grandest of all Gladioli. It is the nearest to a pure white yet obtained, a vigorous, lusty grower, throw- 

 ing up magnificent spikes of flowers exquisite in their perfect form and spotless purity. I want you to try 

 it in your garden because you are bound to get so much pleasure from it; because it is a flower to admire 

 and to love; because no matter what your soil it will blossom superbly for you. It asks little; it gives much. 



My Ambition is to Make the Gladiolus Recognized 

 Everywhere as Everyone's Flower 



It will be as soon as everyone knows it — how easily it can be grown, in rich soil or light; how richly 

 it repays for little attention; how superbly rich and bewildering are its color combinations; how as a cut 

 flower it surpasses all other flowers in keeping qualities. I have mentioned Peace, but this is only one of 

 more than 25,000 varieties which I have grown. I want to tell you about the best of these, about the special 

 collections I have made from them, about how every year I grow more than one hundred acres of Gladiolus 

 bulbs, I know the pleasure of watching the flowers unfold — and I want you to know it, too. 



I Have a Beautiful Little Book for You 

 It Will Tell You all About These Things 



You will enjoy reading it. You will enjoy the illustrations in the natural colors of the flowers. It will 

 tell you how I have devoted the best years of my life to the growing of just this one flower, for the love of it, 

 and then you will understand why I am so particular about the bulbs I send out — why Cowee Gladiolus 

 bulbs are the finest grown, strong, vigorous, and true to name. Send today for this little book. It is free. 

 I want you to have it. 



ARTHUR COWEE, Meadowvale Farms, Box 124, Berlin, N. Y. 



Delicious Strawberries 

 For Your Home Table 



Plant a strawberry bed in your garden this spring. 

 Nothing will give you greater pleasure. Have fresh, 

 luscious berries on the table every morning — sweet 

 and crisp from the plant. 



Every Home should have a Berry Bed 



It saves money on fruit bills; provides finest berries for the 



table; gives pleasant, healthful occupation for spare time. 



Takes little time, less money — experience not necessary. 



Allen's Book of Berries 



Will tell you all about strawberries. A 50-page, beautifully illustrated 

 book, describing in detail the standard varieties. Explains what kind 

 to plant and why. Gives full cultural directions. Also contains valuable 

 information on blackberries, raspberries, currants, small fruits, aspara- 

 gus, shrubs and privet. A complete reference book on berry growing. 



Every Reader of "Garden Magazine" Should Have It 

 Copy Sent FREE on Request 



Allen's Berry Plants 



will start you right. Hardy, vigorous, 

 heavy bearing. Standard varieties in any 

 quantity. Lowest prices; promptest ship- 

 ments. Plants guaranteed true to name. 

 Buy plants from Allen, the largest 

 grower. In business 28 years. Money 

 back if not satisfied. Full line berries, 

 small fruits,asparagus, shrubs and privet. 

 Write TODAY for Allen's Berry Book 



W. F. ALLEN 



54 Market St., Salisbury, Md. 



Stokes' Bonny Best Early Tomato 

 Leads All in the Home Garden 



"DONNY BEST produces beautiful ripe Tomatoes of superb 

 quality earlier than any other variety, and continues bear- 

 ing right up almost to frost. 

 "Bonny Best is the one best early — far superior to Earliana in looks, 

 flavor and productiveness and ten days earlier" writes H. B. Fuller- 

 ton, Long Island R. R. Experiment Station. " Bonny Best is the 

 smoothest and most uniform early red," reports Prof. R. L. Watts, 

 Penna. State College. "Remarkably uniform in size, beautiful color; 

 no wrinkles, perfect for slicing," says C. H. Zink, Loveland, Colo. 

 "One plant had 42 large, smooth perfect fruits," says Mrs. H. Parker 

 Williams, Bradford. Mass. "Best we have tried for forcing," says J. 

 H. Gourley, Ohio Experiment Station. 



Stokes' Bonny Best Early Tomato sets 12 to 15 smooth, 

 round, globe shaped fruits in crown setting, and develops others 

 constantly. The Tomatoes are an intense, glcwing scarlet, re- 

 markably even in size, and ripening way to the stem without a 

 crack or rough spot. Order seed new for early planting. Price: 

 pkt. 10 cts., 2 oz. 25 cts., oz. 40 cts., \ lb. $1.25, lb. $4, postpaid. 



Test Stokes* Standard Seeds This Season at My Expense 



When you once use Stokes' Standard Seed, 

 you their superiority, I will send five regular 

 on your next order, and my 1913 catalog, all 



TOMATO, Stokes 1 Bonny Best Early. 



LETTUCE, Biff Boston. Best of all heading 

 kinds. Produces big, solid, crisp, tender, beau- 

 tifully blanched heads. Gives great results in open 

 ground; fine for frames. The Market Gardeners' 

 favorite sort. 



KADISn, Scarlet Globe. Ready in twenty 

 days. Peifect Globe shape, rich, mild, crisp and 

 tender. Never fails. 



you will continue to plant them. To show 

 10 cent packets, a credit slip good for 25 cents 

 for 25 cents. Here is the list: 



ASTERS, Stokes' Standard. Largestand most 

 perfect branching varieties in charming colors. 



PAXSIES, Stokes* Standard. A blend of all 

 the finest Giant-flowering varieties produced by 

 French, German and English specialists, with the 

 greatest possible range of coloring, marking, 

 veining, and edging. 



Mail 25 cents today and get seeds, credit slip and 

 1913 catalog by return post. Catalog alone, free. 



WALTER P. STOKES, De P t.l3l, 219 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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