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Cjjour 0onseruatory or garden 
If you wish to add glamour and enchantment to your conser- 
vatory or garden ... if you wish to achieve the unusual in 
flower growing . . . you will be interested in Camellias . . . 
the most distinctive winter-blooming plants . . . bearing the 
swankiest flowers in commerce. 
It can truthfully be said, Camellias are the masterpieces of 
floriculture . . . just as diamonds are outstanding among 
precious stones. Camellias are brilliant examples of the finest 
exotic winter-flowering plants . . . glinting Gems of Horti- 
culture. 
There is something thrilling about Camellia flowers .. . . 
their alluring color tones . . . numerous forms and exciting 
individualities. They will prove to be your most prized con¬ 
servatory or garden possessions . . . reborn aristocrats in the 
mode today among flower connoisseurs. 
For sheer beauty, the wide range of colors, numerous forms 
and sizes of Camellia flowers will fulfill your every desire for 
winter-blooming plants. 
Their ease of culture and florescence in a cool conservatory, 
or as a garden evergreen in mild-wintered sections of the 
South, makes it a delight to grow them. 
The possession of good varieties of Camellias brings re¬ 
newed enthusiasm each season they bloom. Seldom can an 
owner be persuaded to part with a " good " variety Camellia 
plant after owning one several years. 
They are being grown in every smart collection of conser¬ 
vatory plants . . . and are found in Southern gardens where 
wealth and romance was the order of the day many decades 
ago. 
Perhaps you did not know Camellias are the only species 
of ornamental plants increasing in value year after year, gen¬ 
eration after generation. In fact your children's grandchildren 
will rejoice in your investment in Camellias ... for Camel¬ 
lias grow old gracefully . . . becoming priceless heirlooms of 
the future 50, 75 and 150 years hence . . . having a heritage 
of their own to be treasured year after year ... to bring 
sunshine in your life for your declining years. 
While Camellias have always been the most expensive 
plants in commerce, it is a noteworthy fact, that those for¬ 
tunate lovers of flowers with good taste, and the means to 
gratify it, are now growing Camellias. 
Within the past five years $100 to $1000 was paid for many 
individual specimen Camellias, bought from old Southern 
gardens. In fact, high prices prevailed a century ago when 
small unrooted cuttings sold as high as $25 each; and 90 
years ago rooted cuttings of the genuine Mrs. Abby Wilder 
and Wilderii brought $25 a pair. 
But prices are now amazingly low for four- to ten-year-old 
blooming size plants. In fact, one should select Camellias at 
least five years old, since they should not be allowed to bloom 
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