•\PRIL, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
341 
The ‘ Iris Catalog” Will Help You to 
Know the Finest of the Flowers 
This Biltmore Nursery book will make you acquainted with the 
new and glorious forms of the Iris. It will show you how, by judicious choice of varieties, 
you may have magnificent flowers from the first breath of spring until summer’s arrival. 
To make clear to you exactly what the choicest kinds are, in both form and color, 
Biltmore Nursery has reproduced seven varieties of unrivaled beauty in all the colors of 
nature—the rich purple, golden yellow, lavender, white and other markings and shadings 
are pictured with wonderful fidelity. 
But the illustrations are not confined to beautiful individual flowers or clumps of 
them. Engravings of plantings, like the one shown above, are added to suggest landscape 
effects that you may duplicate at little cost. The most noteworthy varieties in every 
section are described in detail, making selection easy. To aid the amateur still further, 
an “introductory collection" is offered. This book will be sent gladly to any one who contem¬ 
plates planting Iris soon. The edition is limited, so early requests are desired. 
Other Books of Biltmore Nursery 
Hardy Garden Flowers 
The illustrations suggest 
many pleasing forms of 
hardy perennial planting, 
from the simple dooryara 
effect to the elaborate 
vista. The descriptions are 
full and complete, yet free 
from technical terms. 
FloweringTreesand Shrubs 
Many of the best of the 
trees and shrubs producing 
showy blossoms are shown 
from photographs, as grown 
in typical gardens, lawns and 
yards. The pictures and text 
£ive useful ideas for plant¬ 
ing the home grounds. 
Biltmore Nursery Catalog 
A guide to the cultivated 
plants of North America, 1% 
large pages, fully illustrated. 
Cost $1 a copy to complete. 
Intended to help those who 
have large estates and con¬ 
template planting many va¬ 
rieties. 
Ask Us For the Book You Need 
'BILTMORE NURSERY, Box 1645, Biltmore, N. C. 
fuRhi or 
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DIAMOND JUBILEE 
Roses the Amateur 
Two-year-old plants car¬ 
ried over winter in cold 
houses with only sufficient 
artificial heat to exclude 
severe frost; will give iimmediate results. 
We particularly recommend th© Dreer Dozen of 
Hardy Ever-blooming Hybrid-Tea Roses; all well-tried 
varieties which will produce an abundance of flowers 
to cut until frost. 
Caroline Testout: Bright satiny rose; Earl of Warwick: Soft 
salmon-pink; General MacArthur: Rich crimson-scarlet; Kaiserin 
Augusta Victoria: Soft pearly-white, shaded cream; Killamey: 
Well-known, sparkling, brilliant pink; Konigin Carola: Satiny-rose, 
six to seven inches across; Lady Ashtown: Soft rose, shading to 
yellow at base; Mine. Jules Grolez: Attractive satiny china-rose 
color; Mine. Leon Pain: Salmony-pink, with orange shading; Mine. 
Ravary: Splendid Nankeen-yellow: Prince De Bulgarie: Silvery- 
fiesh, shaded with salmon; Viscountess Eolkestone: Creamy-pink, 
shading deeper at centre. 
Any of the above in strong, two-year-old plants, 50c each. 
$5.00 for the collection of 12 varieties; $35.00 per 100. 
DREER’S For a complete list of roses of all types for garden 
G lRDFUI planting, see Dreei ’s Diamond Jubilee Garden Book. 
^ Within its pages you will also find all the vegetables, 
BOOK plants, hardy flowers—everything worth growing. 
Free if you mention this publication. 
HENRYA.DREER^ ,4C " B " U '' , 
.PHILADELPHIA 
Trade Mark 
Plants..^ Trees 
FROM FLORIDA 
Por Southern planting outdoors and 
for house decoration in the North 
W E have made a special study of this matter for 
30 years and have achieved a success in grow¬ 
ing beautiful plants and in delivering them in like 
beautiful condition to the most distant purchasers. 
It takes special care and prep¬ 
aration to properly pack deli¬ 
cate palms, ferns, etc., to stand 
a trip of thousands of miles, 
but we do it—not just once in 
a while, but a good many times 
every workday. 
We issue a large catalog cov¬ 
ering all our stock, having 
17 special Departments; the 
plants and trees, etc., are all 
classified in these Departments, 
with special notes on hardiness 
to withstand cold, and when to 
transplant, and so on, so that 
a novice can make intelligent 
selections for the living-room, 
conservatory, orchard or garden. 
We Have the Stock 
in immense variety, from all 
over the tropics, and are con¬ 
stantly adding to our variety. 
Whenever you want a rare (or 
common) plant or tree merely 
look in our complete index in 
catalog, which should be on 
your desk or library table for 
ready reference, and order it 
by Parcel Post at catalog price, 
postpaid, or, if a large speci¬ 
men, by Express or Freight. 
We ship to all our foreign 
colonies, Mexico, Canada, 
Europe and all tropical coun¬ 
tries, as well as all parts of 
the United States. On receipt 
of your request we shall be 
glad to send a catalog, and we 
promise no follow-up literature 
or passing your name on to 
other firms. 
Royal-Palm Nurseries Oneco, Florida 
The New Canna 
Mrs. Alfred F. Conard 
H ERE is the most popular pink canna ever introduced for planting singly or in beds. 
It’s exquisite salmon-pink flowers are of the largest size, carried proudly on erect 
stems 4 feet high. The photograph shows Mr. Antoine Wintzer, who for 20 years has 
specialized on canna propagation, critically examining a canna bloom head. During the 20 
years he has doubled the size of some blooms, trebled the variety of colors, increased the en¬ 
durance of the petals, and given bronze foliage to flowers which before had green. 
Canna, Mrs. Alfred F. Conard 
PRICE — 50 cents each; 6 for $2 50; 12 for $5.00; 100 for $37.50; or 
7, enough for a round bed 4 ft. in diam., $3.00 
37, enough for a round bed 10 ft. in diam., 15.00 
19, enough for a round bed 7 ft. in diam., 8.00 
ATT, ABOVE PRICES PREPAID 
Mr. Wintzer 
judging the 
new canna 
Conard & Jones Lily-Cannas produce, from Jume until frost, a mass of 
brilliant bloom in all imaginable colors and combinations except blue. 
Different plants grow from 2 1-2 to 10 feet high, with large leaves and 
sturdy stalks, tropical in their luxuriance. Should be used freely 
for beds, borders, hedges and screens. Prices range from $1.UU 
per dozen upwards. 
FREE—A Book About Gannas 
The onlylthing’of its kind, shows you just how to 
make the showiest flower beds that it is possible to 
produce, in color and size, of your own choosing. 
Directions are simple, results are sure. Send today 
for our “Great Little Canna Book.” 
Write for neu) Floral Guide 
Describes over 75 magnificent varieties. Many are 
illustrated by photographs, 5 in natural colors. 
Some of the leaders are to be had from us only and 
and are shown for the first time. 
It also lists and describes the 360 Best Roses f r 
America and other garden flowers. Full instruc¬ 
tions for selecting, planting and growing roses. 
The Conard & Jones Co. 
Box 126, West Grove, Pa. 
Rose and Canna Specialists 
In writing to advertisers please mention House and Garden. 
