March, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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A. Rose Message 
To the Readers of House and Garden: 
If you could only imagine the beautiful sight presented by all the wonderful 
varieties of our splendid rose bushes when they are bursting into leaf and then 
into bloom — it’s really beyond the descriptive power of words. We cannot 
make cold black type glow with the glorious colors of the rainbow or throw off 
the delicious fragrance that fdls one’s nostrils as you stand enraptured and 
view our thousands and thousands of 
“The Best Roses for America” 
However, you may have plenty of these beautiful, fragrant roses right in 
your own garden. We bring you the glories of the best varieties selected from 
the principal rose gardens and rose nurseries of Europe. From Germany, 
France, Holland, England and Ireland, we have personally selected 14 of the 
choicest varieties introduced to the world during the past twelve months. 
Among these are the prize winners at the greatest European Flower Shows. 
For example, there is the rose Mine. Edouard Herriott, which won the £1000 
prize offered by The London Daily Mail at the great International Show of 
the Royal Horticultural Society. It is a strong, vigorous grower with bronze 
foliage and coral red buds shaded yellow at the base. The flowers are semi¬ 
double and their color is like sunshine on copper-red metal. 
Another new variety you will like is the “Coronation.” It is a wonder¬ 
ful Hybrid Perpetual and was awarded the Gold Medal by the National 
Rose Society of England. The Irish Elegance, a splendid single; the Mrs. 
Andrew Carnegie, a beautiful pink-white rose; and the Willowmere, a rich 
shrimp-pink, shaded yellow in the center with long carmine-coral buds — 
are three more splendid varieties. We are making a special price to anyone 
who orders a set of these wonderful new roses this season. 
We could go on almost indefinitely naming one beautiful variety after 
Free, Big Rose Guide 
for the selection and culture of roses, you will find listed and fully 
described 360 of the very best varieties of roses for America. Without 
question, this is the largest and most complete assortment of good varieties 
ever listed. Every Conard & Jones rose bush is not only a carefully chosen 
variety, but is perfectly healthy and vigorous and grown on its own roots, 
with excellent development of both top and roots. We guarantee each 
bush to grow and bloom. No other firm has dared to do that! We 
prepay express charges on all orders for $5 or more. 
Write to-day for particulars concerning these beautiful roses for home 
planting—get our 1914 Guide and plan for a better rose garden than you 
ever have had. 
THE CONARD & JONES CO. 
Rose Specialists—Over 50 years* experience 
Box 126, West Grove, Pa. 
TiEFORF selecting the plants and flowers with which you wish to adorn 
your home you ought to learn more about them than is to be learned 
from the average catalogue. The descriptions should give an exact idea 
of the plant or flower. There ought also to be reliability back of the nur¬ 
sery — and known integrity in the plants themselves. 
THE BILTMORE NURSERY BOOKS 
Have been prepared in detail to give the reader the correct facts con¬ 
cerning every tree, shrub or flower listed. The descriptions are accurate 
and the illustrations are from actual photographs. These books have been 
prepared with a view to economy in flower selection. Any one of them will 
be sent free of charge to persons seriously interested in the subjects treated. 
“Biltmore Nursery Catalog." A guide to the cultivated plants of North America. 196 pages. 212 illustrations. 
“Flowering Trees and Shrubs." Beautiful Biltmore specimens described and pictured in a helpful way. 64 pages. 
“Hardy Garden Flowers.’’ Full descriptions and complete pictures of perennial plants and their uses. 64 pages. 
“The Iris Catalog." Magnificent flowers shown in all the colors of nature. A fascinating book. 16 pages. 
"Biltmore Rose Book." Hundreds of Illustrations, many in natural colors. The only book of its kind in the world. 
Write to-day for the book you need and tell us of your planting plans. 
BILTMORE NURSERY, Box 1835, Biltmore, N. C. 
produce. 
they ask. 
the Glory 
Every Garden 
No other flower offers so much of 
beauty and delight for so little trouble 
and care as does the modern Gladiolus. 
No other garden flower even approaches 
it in variety, tints and markings. I 
have grown over 25000 distinct varie¬ 
ties. Monotony is impossible. Every 
blossom is a revelation and a joy. I 
have devoted the best years of my life 
to developing it through sheer love of 
it. It is a flower to command admira¬ 
tion and to win love. Give it a place 
in your garden and it will forever hold 
a place in your heart. I have never 
known it to fail. I am called a 
Gladiolus expert, but I say to you that 
you can grow from my bulbs just 
as handsome flowers as I can 
Average garden soil and less than average care is all 
LET ME TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THEM 
JUST WRITE FOR MY NEW CATALOGUE 
A copy will be sent you free for the asking. I have called it “The 
Glory of the Garden.” When you have read it and seen the exquisite 
illustrations in natural colors you will understand why. It will tell 
you all about the choicest named varieties of this superb flower, just 
how to grow them and why they are unequalled in the garden and 
for cutting. My bulbs — the best in all the world —are ready to 
ship. Without some of them your garden will be incomplete. Write 
for my little book today — a copy will be sent you by return mail. 
ARTHUR COWEE, Mcadowvalc Farms, Box 149, Berlin, N. Y. 
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