The Garden Magazine, April, 1921 
95 
Have a 
Wild Flower Sanctuary 
on Your Place 
He who “gives Sanctuary” in congenial locations to col- 
onies of those beautiful wild flowers and ferns that are 
threatened with extinction, gives pleasure to himself and 
to his friends, adds to the beauty of his premises and 
performs an agreeable duty to his country and to posterity. 
You, yourself — if you have on your place a wooded slope, 
or ravine, or even a shady nook under trees, or on the 
north side of the house, — can do your part. If you have 
a boggy meadow, a brook or a pool, so much the better; 
you can protect more varieties. 
The expenditure involved is surprisingly moderate when 
compared with that of ordinary gardening. In a “Sanctu- 
ary” there is little construction work and little soil pre- 
paration, no manuring or cultivating, no spraying or 
training. Once properly established in a suitable local- 
ity, the plants will care for themselves and increase and 
multiply as the seasons come and go. 
We lave prepared a “Sanctuary” circular, containing a 
list of some of the choicer shrubs, ferns and wild flowers 
that are either very rare naturally or have become so 
through the assaults of their enemies and need the pro- 
tection that can be given only on a private place. 
The plants are so grouped that a selection can be made 
to fit almost any locality and any purse. Prices are also 
given. 
t his circular and our unusual catalogue will be mailed 
free. Send for your copy, addressing either office given 
below and kindly mention GARDEN MAGAZINE. 
EDWARD GILLETT HERBERT DURAND 
Fern and Flower Farm Specialist in Wild Gardening 
3 Main St., Southwick, Mass. 286 Fifth Ave., New York City 
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