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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



May, 1913 



Gladiolus America 



Big Catalogue Free 



Our Catalogue of Seeds, Bulbs. Plants, and rare new fruits 

 free to all who apply — we offer many sterling novelties. 



Gladioli, Cannas, Dahlias 



We are the largest growers of these in the world, having about 

 1000 acres under cultivation of which several hundred acres are de- 

 voted to gladioli alone. We produce most of the world's supply and 

 can furnish the largest and finest bulbs, newest improved strains, 

 and choicest named sorts in endless variety and immense quantity. 



Special Offers of Finest Gladioli 



All strictly first class bulbs, delivered prepaid by parcel post or 

 express at prices named. 



Gladiolus America, the peer of all. Immense spikes of delicate lilac pink 

 of most exquisite beauty. Per dozen 60 cts., per 100 $4.00, per 1000 $35.00. 



G. Princeps, largest in flower, like a fine Amaryllis. Rich, ruby crimson 

 with large white blotches. Very showy, 12 for $1.00, 100 for $8.00. 



16 Superb Named Gladioli for $1.00. All different and very fine. 



Mixed Gladioli all colors, 25 cts. per dozen, $1.60 per 100; $14 per 1000. 



Childsi Giant — flowered mixed, the grandest strain of Gladioli in cultivation, 

 30 cts. per dozen, $2.25 per 100; $20 per 1000. 



Brilliant Bedding Cannas 



Newest and most superb sorts. Now is the time to plant. 

 Tall or Dwarf sorts mixed, 50 cts. per dozen, $4.00 per 100. 

 Named Sorts, any color, 60c. per dozen, $4.50 per 100. 

 10 Glorious Named Cannas, for 75 cts., all different. 

 10 Finest Named Dahlias for $1.00. 



See our big illustrated Catalogue 



Address JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, N. Y. 



I Want You to Try 

 This New Gladiolus 



I want it to have a place in your garden 

 this year because it is the grandest of all 

 Gladioli. It has been named Peace because 

 of its wondrous beauty and purity. It is 

 the nearest to a perfect white yet obtained, 

 a strong, lusty grower with great spikes of 

 wonderful white flowers. You will admire 

 and love it, for no matter what your soil is it 

 will blossom superbly for you. 



The Gladiolus Is 

 Everybody's Flower 



This is because it will grow for everybody 

 and everybody who grows it loves it. Peace 

 is only one of the 25,000 varieties which I 

 have grown. I want to tell you about the 

 best of these others — how rich and varied 

 they are in colors, how easily they may be 

 grown, how they surpass all other flowers 

 for cutting. I want to tell you about the 

 special collections I have made from them. 



My Beautiful Little Book Will Tell You 

 All About Them 



It will help you to become acquainted with 

 the very best varieties of this best of all 

 garden flowers. Also it will tell you simply 

 and plainly just how to grow them as success- 

 fully as I do. It will be sent you free if you 

 write today. 



ARTHUR C0WEE,MeadowvaIe Farms 



Box 139, Berlin, N. Y. 



TheBuBikoiBm 



for 1913 is ready for distribution among the discerning. 



It is not merely a price list of varieties such as may 

 be procured anywhere, but it is a handbook covering 

 the entire field of spring-flowering bulbs for fall 

 planting. 



The Blue Book is a guide to "Cream Quality" in 

 bulbs. It retains only the better of the older kinds, and 

 adds all the finest of the newer sorts, including many 

 not to be obtained elsewhere in America. 



The descriptions in the Blue Book are complete and 

 authoritative; they have been taken directly from 

 the flowers in my trial grounds where I have 

 tested over 600 varieties. Ask about the 

 best time to visit my bulb garden and 

 come and see the flowers actually growing 

 there. 



Imported to 

 order only 



"Cream Quality" bulbs are imported only 

 to fill individual orders. My growers hold their 

 choicest subject to my order, but this arrange 

 ment is effective only until July 1, so orders must 

 be booked before that date. 



Edition Limited to 3000 Copies 



The Blue Book of Bulbs is issued in a limited edition, 

 each copy numbered. It is not intended for promiscuous 

 distribution, but a copy will be sent on request to any reader 

 of the Garden Magazine who does not delay too long. 



CHESTER JAY HUNT 



Dept. A Montclair, New Jersey 



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