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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
September, 1912 
DEAL, because it is better for the trees and better for 
you. Better for the trees, because it gives the roots a 
chance to get well established, resulting in a more 
vigorous foliage next spring. It fortifies the trees to 
attle against the dry summers we have nowadays. 
Better for you, because the ground, being firm, will not 
be torn up so. 
Workmen are easy to get in the fall—In 
short, it overcomes the spring rush, and consequent dis 
appointing results. e do the bulk of our Nursery 
planting and shifting in the fall and winter months. 
you need choice trees, in any sizes, from 6 inches up to 
30 feet; trees with carefully pruned roots, and sturdy 
constitutions, then you want 
Hicks’ trees. There is no 
better stock to be bought at any price. Many tell us, there 
is none so good. Come an 
makethem from our catalogs. 
make your selections or 
Your order will have 
the prompt and careful attention you appreciate. 
eae Hicks & Son 
Westbury, Long Island 
Two layers of glass instead of one 
Between the two layers of glass is a % inch transparent 
blanket of dry, still air—that takes the place of mats or 
boards—that permits the plants to get all the light all the 
time. 
Have fresh vegetables and flowers when they are luxuries 
Last season amateurs were phenomenally successful with 
fresh lettuce, radishes and violets all winter; cabbage, cauli- 
flower, beets, tomato, pepper and sweet potato plants ready 
to set out assoon as it was warm Outside. 
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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 complete 
collection of Peonies in existence, tells you how I have been able 
to learn about these beautiful plants during the many June's I 
have lived among them. 
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. Fortunately for me the Irises and Peonies do not 
come together, sol 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 who know not the lure 
of the Iris: if so, you have missed much and should send at once 
for my book—it’s free, 
BERTRAND H. FARR 
Wyomissing Nurseries 
Bg 643E Penn Street, Reading, Pa. 
Les 
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How One Man Became Independent 
Mr. Goltz, Big Rapids, Mich., gets a good salary as foreman ofa 
planning mill. But like you and I, finds that even a ‘‘ good”’ 
salary willnot enable him to get ahead very fast. Last year he 
planted an acre of gooseberries and four acres of Himalaya berries. 
This year he has a little fruit; next year he should make a profit of 
$500—without leaving his town home or regular work. 
# You Can Do It—Ask Me How. This is the idea that I 
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Berrydale Experiment Gardens 
American Ave., 
Holland, Mich. 
Himalaya Berry 
is fruitingin Mich-@ 
A VILLAGE FLOWER FAIR 
By HENRY W. FOSTER 
IVALRIES among home garden mak- 
ers may sometimes be made to serve 
the general good of an entire community. 
In a certain large village there are garden- 
ers, who, during the past few years, have 
developed garden spots of surprising beauty 
and extent. One is particularly proud of 
her Hollyhocks, and the large collection 
which forms her garden’s chief glory con- 
tains almost every variety, single or double, 
known to horticulturists, besides several 
kinds which defy classification. In another 
garden is an especially beautiful array of 
Phlox and Canterbury Bells, where their 
tall groups of brilliant coloring challenge 
the emulation of the entire village. Asters 
are the pride of still another amateur gard- 
ener and elsewhere other flowers have been 
brought to such perfection that there seems 
little still to be achieved. Each of these 
specialties, however, had competitors so 
that no one could claim undisputed title to 
the pre-eminence which each garden maker 
felt was particularly hers. 
Village enthusiasm and the competition 
of individual gardeners had resulted in 
much beautifying of certain portions of the 
community but no effort had been made for 
the improvement of the village as a whole. 
The opportunity existed and enthusiastic 
workers were at hand when someone sug- 
gested a “Flower Fair” at which the claims 
of rival horticulturists should be care- 
fullv weighed and decided and which, at 
the same time, might produce the nucleus 
of a society or league for village improve- 
ment. That ample time might be given 
for all possible work and development upon 
the part of individual exhibitors the date. 
of holding the “Fair” was placed in 
August. Preparations were begun in June 
and a decision was then made by those who 
were in charge of the different classes of 
flowers to be entered and the value of the 
prizes or ribbons which should be given. 
Besides this giving of prizes for special 
classes of flowers several prizes were 
offered for the most beautiful amateur 
gardens and for the new gardens which 
should show most successful results at the 
time of the “Flower Fair” in August. 
The days for holding the “Fair” found 
preparations fully made, for during sev- 
eral months the gardeners of the village had 
put forth unusual efforts in the cultivation 
of their flowers, particularly of such as 
were to be entered in competition for 
prizes. The exhibition was held in the 
town hall the free use of which had been 
donated by the Village Fathers, and the 
village band donated its services for the 
two afternoons and evenings during which 
the “Flower Fair” was in progress. The 
town during August was usually filled with 
visitors from the city and a large number 
of patrons paid the admission fee into the 
exhibition. In one corner of the hall a 
refreshment department was managed by 
one group of women and in another cor- 
ner a candy counter swelled the receipts 
of the “Flower Fair” to a surprising figure. 
The prizes given the successful exhibit- 
ors as well as everything used in the “Fair” 
had been donated by individuals or busi- 
ness firms interested in the work which the 
exhibition was to accomplish, and the re- 
turns when counted, greatly exceeded the 
expectations of even the most enthusiastic 
workers ; so large was the sum realized that 
an improvement which had long been de- 
sired suddenly became a possibility. In the 
most conspicuous part of the village, at a 
point where two streets meet, is a small 
triangular piece of ground which had long 
