| February, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
81 
Original - Best 
SCOTCH GINGHAMS 
Can be obtained at all 
leading retail stores 
uii — one 01 123 — trom the Biltmore Nursery 
book, "Flowering Trees and Shrubs.” It makes plain one of the 
purposes of the book — to show, not to tell, appropriate uses of trees 
and shrubs in beautifying the home grounds. 
The book will help you in your plan to enjoy the continuous charm that at¬ 
tractive landscapes hold. Its 64 pages of descriptive matter state the uses, 
characteristics, and cultural preferences of the desirable ornamental plants, while 
the engravings depict the beauties of individual 
flowers, of specimen plants, and of harmonious 
groupings in which these plants are used. 
“Flowering Trees and Shrubs” 
This Biltmore Nursery Book 
Is a Guide to Outdoor Beauty 
With the range of selection offered in this 
book, you can realize this year your hope of 
having an ideal hardy planting, for all the note¬ 
worthy varieties of trees and shrubs may be had 
in sizes to meet every requirement. Ideal col¬ 
lections of those most noted for their beauty are 
presented for the convenience of the reader, 
carrying out the purpose of “enabling the dis¬ 
criminating amateur to select, with the least 
confusion and bewilderment, the brightest gems 
among the many.” 
Shall We Send You a Copy Free? 
If you wish to plan the planting of home grounds, 
we gladly will send you a copy of “Flowering 
Trees and Shrubs.” Should you have a larger place, 
where you will plant extensively of many varieties, 
tell us to send the “Biltmore Nursery Catalog.” 
BILTMORE NURSERY, ™ 0 o x re,1^ 
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Growing Roses is easy or hard, just as you make it. When you start with 
vigorous, thrifty, sturdy bushes, that have been wintered out of doors, it is 
easy to have Roses even finer than that shown here. When von plant forced 
Roses, that have lost all their vitality through excess of greenhouse heat, you 
have to wait years for them to recover — if they will. 
THE ARISTOCRATS 
OF ROSEDOM 
Fairfax Roses are al¬ 
lowed to grow slowly, 
forming strong roots and 
hard, firm wood. In the 
fall they are dug and 
stored in pots, out of 
doors, ready for shipment 
the next spring. Crisp 
winter weather gives 
them a long dormant sea¬ 
son — and when they reach 
you they are ready to 
produce an abundance of 
perfect blooms and be the 
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My Free Book Tells How 
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With Fairfax Roses, 
and the directions, “How 
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have blooms better than 
you ever imagined possi¬ 
ble. My book describes 
128 kinds of Roses, in¬ 
cluding new varieties of 
real merit, shows engrav¬ 
ings of these from life, 
and lists the best of the 
flowering plants, bulbs 
and shrubs. May I send 
you a copy? Free. 
w. R. GRAY 
Box 26 OAKTON, VA. 
This Great New Rose 50 cents 
“Mrs. Aaron Ward.” beautiful yellow Hybrid 'Pea 
from France. Two-year plants. 50 cents each. 
Farr’s New Book 
of Hardy Plants 
It tells of the thousands of varieties of Irises, 
Peonies, Phlox, Poppies, Larkspur and other hardy 
plants that make up my collection — a man’s garden 
that long since overflowed into the open 
fields, a glorious riot of color, an intoxi¬ 
cation of delight. 
A BUSINESS FROM A HOBBY. Some¬ 
one has said, *‘Blessed is he who has a 
hobby, and can make it his business.’’ It 
is a far cry from a boy’s garden on the 
Iowa farm, to a garden of many acres 
at Wyomissing, and a business that has 
reached to every state and territory, 
bringing me in touch with thousands of others who also know 
the delights of the hardy gardens, and have made it their hobby. 
They have told me of their gardens, and I have shared with 
them my treasures, and so the Wyomissing Nurseries seems but 
the natural development of a complete abandonment to a passion¬ 
ate love for growing things — a garden that grows and grows, and 
an ever-widening circle of friends whose appreciation and support 
makes possible and necessary a new edition of my book of Hardy 
Plant Specialties. 
THE CHARM OF THE HARDY GARDEN. The old-fashioned 
garden has a charm of its own — breathing the spirit of the past 
into the living present'. Oh. the joy of living when, on the first 
mild days, we go forth to examine whether they have survived 
the perils of winter, and the thrill of delight with which here 
and there we see them bursting into new life. 
But there is a fascination, too, in the building of a new garden, 
the planning of which shall be all your own. and its accomplish¬ 
ment the realization of your own fancy. Whether a garden be 
new or old, it is a place of recreation and forgetfulness of busi¬ 
ness cares, a safety-valve from overwork, and a place where the 
man who is “city tired” may find rest and new life. 
ABOUT MY NEW BOOK. In my new book I have tried to express the charm 
of the hardy plants—the charm that induced me to grow them by the thousands 
at Wyomissing, that led me to secure complete collections of all the most 
desirable fioweriug perennials, so that' now I have more than a million plants 
in hundreds of varieties. My collections of Peonies and Irises are pronounced 
the finest in America. My new book shows the choicest of my treasures in the 
full colors of nature—it is more beautiful, more helpful, and more complete than 
the old one. If, as many wrote, they found the last edition “so delightful,” 
they will find this one even more enjoyable. 
This book is free to all who love the Hardy Plants. Send for it today, and let 
it be a help to you. 
BERTRAND H. FARR, Wyomissing Nurseries 
106 Garfield Avenue Wyomissing, Penna. 
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