April, 1913 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



205 



ALEXANDER'S 

 Quality 

 Dahlias 



The Twentieth 

 Century 

 Flower 



THE Dahlia of to-day is of surpassing beauty 

 as a single flower, exquisite for private gar- 

 dens, charming in masses, and ideal for 

 planting against shrubbery. 



Alexander's Up-to-date Dahlias lead the 

 World; because they are perfect in type and 

 shape, beautiful in color, and most important 

 of all — Free-flowering. 



Our many customers are satisfied: they 

 receive good stock; true to name, and best of 

 all — Guaranteed to Grow. 



All Flower Lovers are invited to send to the 

 Dahlia King for his latest Free Illustrated 

 Catalogue, which contains helpful descriptions 

 and valuable cultural hints on Dahlias, Gladioli, 

 Roses and Cannas. 



J. K. ALEXANDER 



Box 174 



The Dahlia King 



East Bridgewater, Mass. 



Gladiolus — Dahlias 



Send for our list of choice 

 improved varieties indispen- 

 sable for the flower garden, 

 and floral decorations. 



S0UTHW0RTH BROS., Beverly, Mass. 



Witch 

 Hazel 



Fine Specimens 



Send for Catalog 

 The Elm City Nursery Co. 



New Haven Dept. J Connecticut 



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Old English Garden Seats 



FOR NEW CATALOG OF 

 MANY DESIGNS ADDRESS 



North Shore Ferneries Co. 



BEVERLY, MASS. 



Makers and Designers of 

 Artistic Garden Accessories including Garden 

 Houses, Arbors, Pergolas, Treillage, Gates, 

 Rose Temples, in painted and rustic. 



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FOLKS these days seem 

 to be making planting 

 selections regular pleasure 

 trips. 



They run down to our nur- 

 sery in their autos and carry 

 away with them boxes of 

 plants in bloom every few days 

 until the garden is complete. 

 They stow away a bundle of 

 shrubs in front or tie good 

 sized evergreens on the running 

 board. 



It's a jolly way to do it. 

 You take away with you ex- 

 actly what you pick out. 



Run down if you can. If 

 you can't, make sure of having 

 Hicks' latest booklets on 

 Flowering Shrubs and Hardy 

 Plants. Delightful booklets, 

 both of them, and helpfully 

 arranged to make selections 

 easy. 



Also bear in mind that Hicks 

 has an exceptional assortment 

 of fine trees — all sizes — 

 especially big ones, twenty 

 years old. 



isiift Hicks. 



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ISAAC HICKS & SON 



Westbury, Long Island 



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 Send us your list of wants for prices. Illustrated and Descriptive Catalog upon request. 



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Tel. 4561 (iramercy 



AWonderful New* J>hrub 



Everblooming, fragrant, hardy, splendid for cut- 

 ting, a show plant growing 4! feet high. Planted 

 in April, it bears, from June till snow flies, long 

 spikes of beautiful claret colored blossoms of rare 

 fragrance, like the blending of lilac and heliotrope. 

 A single plant of the 



Everblooming Fragrant Butterfly Bush 



will perfume a large garden the entire season, draw- 

 ing myriad butterflies from all around. Strong 

 young plants from 2§-inch pots (will bloom first 

 season) 50 cents each, 3 for $1.25, $5.00 per dozen, 

 $35 per 100, prepaid. 



The 196-page Michell Catalog, sent free, describes this 

 wonderful new plant and lists all things useful for garden, lawn, 

 greenhouse and poultry yard? Tells all about the superior 

 qualities of Michell's Grass Seeds of which 7 50,000 pounds 

 are in hand for 19 13 demand. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO., 



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