HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 
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137 
Farr's 
Hardy 
Specialties 
EDITION OF 1915-16 
Is a book — rather than a mere 
catalog—that tells in an ex¬ 
tremely interesting way of the 
habits, the form, the likes and 
dislikes of my favorite perennials, 
the time of blooming and the colors 
of the flowers, the text having been 
written from my own field notes. 
The camera caught many of these 
flowers in their natural beauty, just as they grew here at Wyo- 
missing. 1 wenty-four full page illustrations (twelve in natural 
colors, reproduced from Lumiere color plates) show the glory of 
my hardy perennials. 
It answers the question, ‘Where can one find a book on the peony?’, 
for it accurately describes over five hundred varieties and tells you 
more about the Peony than any other book ever published. 
It is the recognized authority on the Iris. It classifies the hundreds 
of varieties and tells how and where to grow them. 
Other leading specialties described at length are, Phloxes, Del¬ 
phiniums, Hardy Asters and Chrysanthemums, a splendid list of 
Roses and a unique collection of the new Lilacs. 
This book is for you, if you write for it, and I trust it may be an 
inspiration to you as its predecessors have been to other flower lovers. 
BERTRAND H. FARR 
WYOMISSING NURSERIES 
106 Garfield Avenue Wyomissing, Pa. 
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Rose 
Growing 
A Delight 
Do you know the joy of looking each day for 
new rosebuds, to watch them open and grow 
into splendor, to feel as if they were almost 
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human and begging your care and love:* 
Plant a garden of C. & J Roses and you 
learn this delight. Ours are the aristocrats of 
the rose world — chosen for their great beauty 
and hardiness and are guaranteed to grow and 
bloom. Selected from all the varieties in com¬ 
merce they constitute a wide range in color, 
size and growing habits for all climates. We 
offer nearly 
400 Roses — Nature's Best 
101 of them are winners and we have marked them 
with d * in our 1915 Rose Guide making ordering 
Open Door 
<By RICHARDSON WRIGHT 
“The Open Door” is an unusual piece of work, 
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— Philadelphia Inquirer. 
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Warwick Deeping has returned to the field of his 
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II was King and the mob of ragged peasantry were 
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