The Garden Magazine, May, 1923 
215 
“Of all flowers , 
Met kinks the Rose is best/ 
M OST of us agree with the poet, but 
when you stop carefully to consider 
how few roses one sees in the average 
day’s journey, you are struck with the 
dearth of this charming flower. 
The secretary of the National Rose 
Society of England is authority for the 
statement that if you “would go with him 
to one of the big London railway stations 
in the morning, he would guarantee that 
out of a hundred thousand commuters 
you would see, every second person would 
have come that morning from a home 
where there was a rose garden, or at least 
a few rose plants growing.” 
What a lift and zest for the day’s work must 
come into the lives of these 50,000 folks with this 
morning sip of beauty and fragrance which they en¬ 
joy from their ro^es, and if I correctly recall, in many, 
many cases a bright, sweet “nosegay” is carried 
along so that a fellow brain or brawn worker, 
through the course of the day may thus get a glimpse 
of the garden and be refreshed right midst the grit 
and grind of the daily round. 
Why is it that we have not caught the habit? Why 
should not we as a people weave into our lives 
this golden thread of pleasure that costs so little 
and may mean so much? For it is easy to have 
roses if we will re¬ 
member just one 
thing, “It never 
rains roses, if you 
want Roses you 
must plant them.” 
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bloom. Each rose bears a dur¬ 
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the variety in your garden. No 
other roses have this feature. 
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Possibilities —and Their Realization 
Be the estate large or small, possibilities for improvement are boundless. A 
bog may become a water garden, a rocky hillside a miniature Alpine landscape; 
neglected woodland may become “paradise regained” with the help of our native 
broadleaved evergreens and other native plant treasures. There are quite as many 
opportunities to be found on most suburban estates as in town gardens, the differ¬ 
ence being in quantity of plants required rather than in the character of the plant 
material. And regardless of whether you live in town or country I can promise you 
Flowers This June— 
for Prompt Action 
My method of digging, packing and shipping 
will enable you to putin your possession shapely, 
well budded specimens of Azaleas, Andromedas, 
Kalmias and various Rhododendrons, all ready to 
burst into bloom during June. Of course the flow¬ 
ers may not be as perfect as they will be in the 
years to come, but you can plant them any time 
during late April and up to middle of May and en¬ 
joy glorious flowers practically 30 days later. 
Nor is that all. Right now is an ideal time to 
plan to have an abundance of 
Flowers Next Fall— 
for May planting 
The forty odd kinds of native ferns offered 
through my catalogue may all be planted through¬ 
out May. Arranged in irregular clumps in combina¬ 
tion with Butterfly Weeds, Wild Asters, Gentians, 
Meadow Rue, Cardinal Flowers, etc., they will en¬ 
able you to create charming corners around the 
home, to line shaded paths and transform unsightly 
fence lines into a joy to the eye. 
All of above and many other plant materials for 
wild woodland gardens, rock and water gardens-— 
in short any form of naturalistic planting you may 
have in mind are fully described in 
The Gillett Catalogue 
which will serve you as an index to plants needed to put into exe¬ 
cution any unusual garden ideas. A copy of it is yours free for 
the asking. Please mention Garden Magazine. 
Edward Gillett, Fern and Flower Farm, 3 Main St., Southwick, Mass. 
THE ROMANCE OF OUR TREES by Ernest H. Wilson, M. A., V. M. H. 
For tree lovers and book lovers both. Limited edition. Illustrated. Net $10.00 
When Mistress Spring 
Comes to Your Garden 
Her path should be lined with Daffodils and 
Tulips—those colorful blooms of May and June. 
For the gardener who wants an extra choice 
assortment of spring flowers I recommend 
The Sunrise Collection 
35 Narcissi, assorted varieties... $2.75 
100 Single Tulips, assorted. 2.75 
100 Darwin Tulips, assorted.... $2.75 
25 Hyacinths, assorted. 3.50 
Any one collection at the price indicated. 
The Complete Sunrise Collection, 260 Bulbs, for only $10 
Send your order now—you need not pay for them until you receive them next fall. 
BETTER BULBS—By Farr. My 1923 catalogue of Tulips, Daffodils, Crocus, 
Hyacinths, and other spring-blooming bulbs is ready. Write to-day for a copy. 
BERTRAND H. FARR 
Wyomissing Nurseries Company JPjPLANTS\ 
104 Garfield Avenue Wyomissing, Penna. 
Plan to see our display of Peonies at the Colonial Trust Co., Reading, Pa., and 
at Mr. William H. Loder’s, East Stroudsburg, Pa., the first week in June. 
