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A Message from America’s 
Most Northerly Hardy 
Plant Gardens 
Rigorous climate produces sturdy constitutions 
— whether in men or plants. Severe winters 
stand for disease resistance, short seasons for 
concentrated activity. Plant life or human life 
— it’s all the same. No plant is better than the 
climate that produces it. No climate is better 
qualified to produce ideal hardy plants than that 
of Mt. Desert — the most northerly hardy plant 
garden of America. Let Mt. Desert Hardy 
Plants prove their inbred qualities in your gar- 
den. Base your judgment of our stock on 
results you, yourself obtain with them. 
Early Frosts, Strenuous Winters, Late 
Springs Hold No Terrors for 
Mount Desert Hardy Plants 
They are acclimated to extremes of seasons and 
climate. In the spring, long held-back vitality 
causes them to burst out in vigorous splendor 
of bloom. Cool summers prevent them from 
spending their vitality on superfluous herbage. 
Early falls cause early maturity. Frost finds the 
crowns securely entrenched against winter. 
So it is with our Hardy Plants, with our Ever- 
greens. Plants for Rock and Wall Gardens 
receive equally, specialized attention. Our aims 
are for permanency — our plants will prove per- 
manent assets in your garden, border or land- 
scape schemes. 
Digging and packing done with greatest care 
Prompt shipments guarantee early and safe arrival 
Our catalogue tells a ^‘Message Complete” 
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Mount Desert Nurseries 
Bar Harbor Maine 
^lAGAZINE September, 191(J 
Famous “Martha Bul- 
loch,” “ Frances Willard,” 
“Elizabeth B. Browning,” 
“Judge Berry,” “Archie 
Brand,” “Mary Brand,” 
and many other GLORI- 
OUS BRAND CREA- 
TIONS, which have never 
failed being awarded prizes, 
wherever exhibited. 
IF YOU LOVE THE 
PEONY, that FLOWER 
of FLOWERS, which will 
grow anywhere, has no 
insect enemies, is as 
HARDY as the OAK and which, judiciously selected, will 
give you a month of the most BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS 
that grow, you should order for September delivery from 
the “Brand” list. Prices to fit all pocket-books. Address 
Picked Mbs 
Lilium 
Candidum 
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'*Madonna Lily** 
Hardy, Fragrant 
Plant bulbs now to make their leaf 
owth this fall and bloom next June, 
eal for groups in Borders and in low 
shrubberies — 
Large Bulbs, doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00 
Mammoth, doz., $2.00; 100, $15.00 
Paper White Narcissus 
Every gardener should pot or box these 
now for early flowers. No better house plant, 
and splendid for cut flowers, grows also in 
gravel and water. 
PRECOCIOUS, First size bulbs, per 100, $2.00; 1000, $16.00 
GRANDIFLORA. First size bulbs, per 100, $1.60; 1000. $14.00 
White Roman Hyacinths 
For Christmas Bloom 
These early white spikes are invaluable as 
cut flowers or house plants during December. 
First size, 100, $3.25; 1000, $27.00 
Freesia, Vaughan’s Purity 
The Whitest of all Freesias 
Deliciously fragrant plant for rooms, 
commencing to bloom about Christmas. 
Mammoth] bulbs, per 100, $3.00; 
per 1000, $25.00 
Complete Fall Catalogue 171? p'P' 
— Instructive * 
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