February, 1911 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
131 
ROSES 
Guaranteed 
to Bloom 
“The Best Roses in 
America.” This is not 
an idle boast. Our 
vice-president is the 
foremost rose propa¬ 
gator of this United 
States. Eversince the Civil War, when 
this business was first established, he 
has been developing rose culture and 
producing the newest and best. His 
genius, combined with the rich soil of this 
unequalled rose country and our mammoth 
modern greenhouses, lias made 
Conard & Jones Roses 
excel in form, vitality and loveliness. We absolutely 
guarantee every one to bloom. 
We cannot tell you here all about their wondrous beauty and 
endless variety, nor about our many other flowers, but we 
will with pleasure send you our handsome illustrated 
Free Floral Guide 
from which you may easily select at your leisure. 
By all means drop us a postal for it to-day! 
We also issue that famous little book, “How to Grow 
Roses” (iqii edition, revised), on selecting;, planting, 
pruning and cultivating. Enclose 10c when you write 
for the catalogue, and we will mail the two books. 
Here is our popular “Five Point Set” — Wm. K. Smith, pink; 
Mine. Eugene Marlitt, rich red; Maman Cochet, white; Birdie 
Blye, light carmine; 1, ady Roberts, yellow. Allfor#l— 1 year 
size; #2.5©—2-year size; delivered. 
The Conard & Jones Co. 
Rose Specialists—50 Years' Experience 
Box 126 b. West Grove, Pa. 
fblERlCA 
Fottler=Fiske=Rawson Co. 
Boston 
Garden Man¬ 
ual for IQII 
of the Highest 
Grade Seeds 
now ready for 
delivery. 
If you have 
not received 
it this season 
write a postal 
now and mail 
it to us. 
This Garden Manual has been rewritten and new 
illustrations of Vegetables, Flowers and Plants used 
to make it stand in the front as a place to find 
The Newest in Vegetables. 
The Newest in Flowers. 
The Best in Spring Flowering Bulbs. 
We had over five hundred nezv varieties of Dahlias 
at our Dahlia Farm last season. Many of these are in 
our Garden Manual. 
As a reference during the year our Garden Manual 
is extremely valuable. 
Just write now, and we will mail it Free. 
W e ’ 11 see 
that you have 
the Garden 
Manual 
promptly. 
FOTTLER-FISKE-RAWSON CO., Faneuil Hall Square, Boston 
known to a great many readers of House 
and Garden, and if you are not one of them, we 
are especially anxious that you should be. 
Our Special Offer For 25 Cents 
We will send you postpaid — A COLLECTION SIX 
GRAND ORCHID-FLOWERING SWEET PEAS—six 
packets containing about ioo seeds each, sufficient to plant 
a row 6 feet, or 36 feet in all. 
Spencer Asta Ohn Spencer—Lavender Mauve Aurora Spencer—Variegated 
Countess Spencer — Soft Pink Captain of the Blues Spencer 
King Edward Spencer—Deep Scarlet Nezv White Spencer 
The varieties listed above have proven to be among the best SIX DIS¬ 
TINCT SORTS and are listed in our catalog at io cts. per packet or a net 
value of 60 cts. 
In order to make our inducement more inviting and demonstrate the merits 
of our Seeds, we will include i Packet of this Distinctive Sterling Novelty— 
NEW AFRICAN ORANGE DAISY (Dimorphotheca aurantiaca). A beautiful 
dwarf growing Summer Flowering Annual; flowers of glossy golden orange 
color with dark colored discs — very striking — value 15 cents. 
We feel confident that this collection of Six Packets of Grand Orchid 
Flowering Sweet Peas, together with Packet of New African Orange Daisy, 
which complete is valued at 75 cents, is the best and most attractive offer we 
have ever made. ORDER NOW. Send for our CATALOG, which is a 
complete, well illustrated guide to the Garden Maker. 
50 BARCLAY STREET Dept, a NEW YORK CITY 
You want the best plants, trees and shrubs 
for your gardens and grounds—the best kinds 
and the best specimens The climate and soil 
of western North Carolina are such that on the 
various elevations may be grown almost every 
hardy plant or tree. At Biltmore Nursery 
those advantages are so utilized by skill and 
care as to produce a strain of plants of extra¬ 
ordinary vigor. To aid planters in making 
selections, Biltmore Nursery has published 
three books— one sent free to any home-owner. 
"Hardy Garden Flowers" 
The illustrations suggest many pleasing andjj 
varied forms of hardy garden planting—from! 
the simple dooryard effect to the elaborates 
formal attainment. The descriptions are full! 
and complete, yet free from technical terms. S 
“Flowering Trees and Shrubs 
Many of the best of the trees and shrubs 
producing showy blossoms are shown, from 
photographs, as grown in typical gardens, 1 
lawns and yards. The pictures and the text 
give numerous useful ideas for planting home 
grounds, large and small, to advantage. 
Biltmore Nursery Catalog 
A guide to the cultivated plants of North 
America. Over two years in the making, and 
cost more than $1 a copy to complete. Con¬ 
tains 196 large pages and describes more than 
300 perennials. 500 flowering shrubs, 325 dis¬ 
tinct evergreens, 300 deciduous trees, and 
200 odd vines and plants. Freely illustrated.! 
ASK US|FORiJHE BOOK YOU NEED 
If you have a garden of perennials, or 
want one, request “Hardy Garden Flowers.” 
Should you prefer the more showy things, 
tell us to send “Flowering Trees and Shrubs.” 
In case you have a larger place and can plant 
extensively of many varieties, we shall be 
glad to send the Biltmore Nursery Catalog, 
Siltmore Nursery 1023 Biltmore, N, G. 
