HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 1912 
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ROSA SPINOSISSIMA 
Rosa Spinosissima 
W E have again succeeded in getting a stock of 
this rare and exquisitely lovely hardy 
single white Rose. With the exception of 
the marvelous Cherokee Rose of the South, it is the 
most beautiful single Rose in the world. The plant 
is compact and bushy, growing four to five feet high, 
and in June it is covered with large yellowish-white 
flowers of indescribable beauty. It should be planted 
in groups, and like the Rosa Rugosa, it can be used 
in the shrubbery. Coming from Siberia, it is abso¬ 
lutely hardy. Limited stock. 
Plants, 75 cents each, $8.00 per dozen 
We have the largest, finest and most comprehensive stock of 
Hardy Plants in America, including three hundred varieties of 
the choicest Peonies, the largest collection of Japanese Iris in 
the world, and an unsurpassed collection of named Phloxes. 
Our illustrated catalogue, describing these and hundreds of 
other Hardy Plants, Trees, Rhododendrons, Azaleas and 
Shrubs will be sent on request. 
“A PLEA FOR HARDY PLANTS,” by J. Wilkinson 
Elliott, contains much information about Hardy Gardens, 
with plans for their arrangement. We have made arrange¬ 
ments with the publishers of this book to furnish it to 
customers at a very low price. Particulars on request. 
ELLIOTT NURSERY 
339 Fourth Ave. PITTSBURGH, PA. 
Dreer’s Garden 
Book Ready 
N o matter what you want 
to grow — be it bright¬ 
faced flowers, hardy peren¬ 
nials or garden vegetables 
— you will find easy direc¬ 
tions in this book. 
D REEK’S Garden Book 
contains 288 pages, 
1,000 photo reproductions, 
four beautifully colored 
pages, and six duotone plates. 
Declared by experts to be the 
finest and most complete cata¬ 
logue published. 
WRITE FOR IT TO-DA Y MAILED FREE 
DREER’S SUPERB ASTERS. If you wish 
the finest Asters, either for garden decora¬ 
tion or for cutting, this superb strain will 
more than equal your highest ideals. 
Packets contain enough seed §to produce 
more than one hundred plants. Each is 
made up of eight beautiful colors in mix¬ 
ture. 10 cents per packet :: :: :: 
HENRY 
714 CHESTNUT STREET 
A. DREER 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
This is the Flower Garden From Which 
Wyomissing Nurseries Had Their Start 
I love this picture because it links together my dearest possessions— 
family, friends and flowers. In my book I call it “A Quiet Afternoon— 
the world within sheltered from the world without.” Wyomissing Nur¬ 
series have grown from the flower garden which this picture shows. 
I Cordially Invite You to Write for Farr’s Book of Hardy Garden Plants — 
if you have a hardy garden or plan to make one. I have prepared a com¬ 
plete new book describing the gems of Wyomissing Nurseries, and my friends 
pronounce it one of the handsomest they have ever seen. The whole_ book 
breathes the spirit of Wyomissing Nurseries and my very earnest wish is 
to be of help to you in establishing a garden that will be the pleasure to 
you that mine is to me. . . ^ . 
It tells of Irises, Peonies, Delphiniums, Phloxes, Oriental Poppies, 
Aquilegias, and a host of other grand Hardy Plants, in a way that will 
make you love and want them, too. Don’t merely say “Please send me 
your book,” but tell me about your garden, what you have done, and what 
you hope to do. If I can help you with your garden, I want to do it. 
Bertrand H. Farr, Wyomissing Nurseries, 643-F Penn Street, Reading, Pa. 
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