THE CARE AND CULTURE OF FLOWERS. 



" Mistress Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow ? " 



How to make plants thrive well and bloom freely is a question that often puzzles those 

 who love flowers. Our floral treasures are so beautiful and fragrant, that no matter 

 how many we have, more are always wanted. Some persons seem to think it is a difficult 

 thing to grow flowers successfully. Such is not the case, I am glad to say. Plants re- 

 quire fair treatment, it is true, but there is nothing mysterious about their culture. 

 Their beauty and perfume is rich reward for the small amount of trouble required to 

 grow them successfully. My love for the plants I grow does not cease when I sell them 

 — it is so strong that I want to know that they are properly cared for afterwards. If 

 this is done, I have the assurance that my customers will be pleased with their flowers, 

 and that they will send me orders another season. Of course, with all my now immense 

 business to look after, I cannot write special letters to all my patrons, telling them how 

 to care for their plants — it would be impossible for me to do so. Success with flowers 

 has been attained by so many people, however, that one can readily learn from the expe- 

 rience of others what it is necessary to do in order to make plants grow and bloom. I want 

 to place in the hands of every one of my customers a monthly record of these experiences. 



HOIV TO GROW FLOWERS. 



In order to do this, I am acting as agent for a splendid floral magazine, with the above 

 name. It is the only journal of its kind published in America, and any person who grows 

 or loves flowers ough t to have it. How to Grow Flowers is prepared especially for amateur 

 flower culturists, and is most plain and practical in the directions it gives. It is a work of 

 art, printed on fine book paper and illustrated from photographs, showing flowers as they 

 actually are. Each number contains from twenty-eight to thirty-six large pages. Its col- 

 umns are absolutely independent, telling what is best for inexperienced flower growers, 

 regardless of the effect on the sale of plants by me or by any other florist. The matter pub- 

 lished is practical — the journal tells you what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. 

 Every phase of home floriculture is covered in season. There is a department in which 

 floral questions are answered, and every subscriber is welcome to make use of it. Sev- 

 eral pages of brief letters from readers are published each month, and cash prizes awarded 

 for the two best ones. There are also other liberal prize offers to subscribers in each 

 number. I am not the publisher of this great magazine, please bear in mind, but act as 

 general agent for it. --------- - 



SPLENDID SPECIAL OFFERS— READ WITH CARE 



The regular subscription price of How to Grow Flowers is fifty cents a year. If you will 

 remit me this sum, I will send you the magazine twelve months and give you, absolutely 

 free, a splendid collection of twelve plants and bulbs, as follows: Two everblooming 

 Roses, two prize winning Chrysanthemums, one weeping Lantana, one Chinese Hibiscus, 

 one Carnation, one Fuchsia, four selected Gladioli. These varieties are said to be best 

 adapted to your section, and you could not buy the plants in the collection for less than 

 one dollar. Remember, these twelve plants and bulbs and How to Grow Flowers one 

 year for only fifty cents. 



If you order plants or bulbs from me, at the prices quoted in this catalogue, to the 

 amount of over fifty cents and less than one dollar, I will send you How to Grow Flowers 

 one year for only thirty cents in addition to the sum of your order, paying the remainder 

 of the subscription price myself. 



If you order plants and bulbs at the prices quoted in this catalogue amounting to more 

 than one dollar, I will send you How to Grow Flowers for only twenty-five cents addi- 

 tional, paying the remainder of the subscription price myself. 



I make these special offers in order to induce you to have How to Grow Flowers visit 

 you regularly this year. Please do not overlook the fact that I am not the publisher of 

 the magazine, but only act as general agent for it. In order to get you to become a sub- 

 scriber, I am willing to donate you a portion of the price, on the terms noted above, pay- 

 ing the same myself. Co not send me your subscription on any other terms than those 

 noted above. Address, 



MISS ELLA V. BAINES, Springfield, ohio. 



