e Garden Magazine, May, 1920 
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Farrs Hardy 
Plant Specialties 
In my comprehensive collection 
at Wyomissing may be found plants 
suitable for every phase of garden- 
ing. A few are here noted — to list 
them all would be impossible. 
unusual and distinctive collection, including many nov- 
elties of my own raising (awarded the Panama-Pacific Gold Medal). 
Peonies. The most complete collection of Herbaceous and tree 
Peonies in the world. 
Delphiniums, Phloxes, Chrysanthemums, Trollius, 
Long-Spurred Aquilegia, Hardy Asters, New Astilbe. 
New Japanese and Asiatic Shrubs — Cotoneasters, Enkianthus, 
Berberies, flowering Cherries, Corylopsis, etc. 
Lilacs, Philadelphus and Deutzias. A complete collection of 
Lemoine’s new creation. 
Dwarf Evergreens. Rare specimens for formal gardens, lawn 
groups and rock garden plantings. 
An Emergency Edition of Farr’s 
Hardy Plant Specialties (issued be- 
cause of the great demand for the 
Sixth Edition) will be sent to those 
who request a copy. 
Bertrand H. Farr 
104 Garfield Ave. 
Wyomissing, Penna. 
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Evergreens 
of Every Variety 
For over a century Evergreens have been our 
most popular specialty. We have thousands of them 
— all sizes, for every purpose. 
The following varieties, suggested by our ser 
vice department’s experts are beyond doubt 
the most appropriate for this season’s planting. 
Douglas Spruce 
2 to 3 ft $2.25 Ea. 
3 to 4 ft 3.25 Ea. 
4 to 5 ft 4.50 Ea. 
White Pine 
2 to 3 ft $1.50 Ea. 
3 to 4 ft 2.50 Ea. 
4 to 5 ft 3.00 Ea. 
We will be pleased to furnish you with our catalogue or any other 
information you might desire on the subject of Evergreens. 
Hemlock Spruce 
2 to 3 ft $2.50 Ea. 
3 to 4 ft 4.50 Ea. 
4 to 5 ft 5.50 Ea. 
Austrian Pine 
2 to 3 ft $2.25 Ea. 
3 to 4 ft 3.00 Ea. 
Novelties 
of Merit 
HEL1ANTHUS QUESTIFOLIUS 
from April Garden Magazine 
During the past quarter century, 
this House has introduced avast 
number of new floral creations of 
wonderful beauty as well as many 
vegetables and fruits of great eco- 
nomic importance. The name of 
Childs tied to a horticultural prod- 
uct, corresponds to the Hall- 
mark on Silver. These facts are 
fittingly acknowledged through 
recognition in the press of this 
country and abroad. Last month’s 
editorial columns of Garden Magazine 
featured our specialty shown alongside. 
Helianthus Questifolius or Au- 
tumn Glory is the most magnificent late 
blooming annual on record. Seven to 
eight feet tall, becoming a massive 
sheet of golden yellow bloom. Seeds 
50 for 50c; 100 seeds $1.00. Root 
plants 40c. each, 3 for $1.00. 
^Childs’ Supreme Muskmelon 
Grows to weigh seventeen or eighteen pounds under ordinary 
conditions; with special care there is no reason why it should not 
reach twenty-five pounds, or more. Color, deep emerald-green out- 
side, while the flesh is a fine salmon-scarlet, and thicker than the flesh 
of any other sort. Its quality is like that of Emerald Gem when at 
its best. The richest and most delicious flavor, tender and melting 
with absolutely no hard substance. It is also highly aromatic. A 
strong, vigorous, healthy grower, succeeding under conditions that 
would bring failure to nearly all high-class varieties. Pkt. 20c.; 
3 pkts., 50c. 
Our Great May Day Surprise 
*1 Many Dollars' Worth of Fine "1 
X Bulbs, Plants, and Seeds for X 
Middle of May, at the close of our busy season, we take stock of 
the surplus of the thousands of good things we handle. \\ e then 
combine a liberal quantity of quality seeds, bulbs, and plants, often 
representing four to five times the value asked above, and send them 
out after May 15th. We shall send a Dollar Collection by mail, 
postpaid or a much larger collection by prepaid express for #1.50. 
Which may we send you? Satisfaction guaranteed, and there is a free 
catalogue of course. 
John Lewis Childs, 
Inc. 
Floral Park, 
New York 
Childs' 
Supreme 
Muskmelon 
