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we buy as large quantities and at as low prices as anyone, lower than most because we are 
among the two or three largest importers of Bulbs. 
WE PAY POSTAGE ON ALL BULBS 
Please remember this when comparing our prices with those in other catalogues as 
many dealers do not pay the postage. 
SOW SEEDS OF HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS NOW 
But Bulbs are not the only flowers that should be planted in the fall for best results. 
Nearly all of the Herbaceous Perennials, such as Phlox, Iris, Day Lily, Sweet Rocket, 
Delphinum, Rudbeckia, Columbine, and in fact all the Perennials, give so much better re¬ 
sults when seed is sown in the fall. If you wish a fine display of Poppies, white Candytuft, 
Scabiosa Atropurpurea, or Centaurea Cyanus early in the summer sow the seed so that 
the plants will be well started before winter. 
A HINT FOR THE SOUTHLAND 
In the South, where there is very little cold weather or frost, many flowers can be 
sown in the Autumn that are not hardy in the North, and they will bloom earlier and so 
much more luxuriently than if you wait until spring. 
SET OUT SHRUBS AND TREES AT THIS TIME OF YEAR; ALSO HEDGES 
Autumn is a favorable time of year for setting shrubbery and trees, the roots becom¬ 
ing well set so that growth begins more quickly in spring. It is strange how few property 
owners realize how tremendiously judiciously selected and properly located shrubbery adds 
to the value of their property. And it is so economical. Once started Shrubbery needs 
practically no attention, aside from an occasional pruning or mulching. Forsythia, you 
will remember, is the first Shrub to bloom in spring, literally a mass of golden flowerets 
before the snow banks have shrunk entirely before the warming rays of the welcome sun. 
Alder follows, with Sweet Currant, Spirea, Deutzia, Lilac and Snowball in order, with the 
Hydrangeas later in summer, and Hardy Chrysanthemums decking the lawn until snow 
flies again in the late fall. 
SOW PANSIES IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER; SWEET PEAS IN SEPTEMBER 
For most luxuriant growth, largest blooms and a greater mass of flowers, Pansies 
must be sown sufficiently early in the autumn so that the plants will be large enough for 
transplanting, a couple of inches apart, where you wish them to remain next summer, and 
have time enough to become well rooted before the ground is frozen up. In March slip a 
sash over them and April will see them a mass of dazzling color long before you could even 
sow the seed had you waited until spring to do so. Without the aid of the sash the bloom¬ 
ing is somewhat later. 
The advantage of sowing Sweet Peas in the fall is that they lie dormant in the 
ground through the winter and get a very early start in the spring, long before you could 
do any spring planting, and'consequently they bloom very much earlier and with larger, 
handsomer bloom. Sweet Peas are like garden peas in one respect, they grow best in the 
early, cooler weather. 
We urge our friends to do more sowing and planting in the fall, the soil is so cool 
and mellow for working, weed troubles are at an end, your plants will g'et such an early 
and favorable start, and you will be rewarded with a perfection of growth and bloom that 
you had never thought plants were capable of, they actually have a chance to show you 
how much they are capable of with proper treatment. 
BUT YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED UNTIL YOU HAVE SELECTED A NICE LOT OF POT PLANTS 
FOR BLOOMING IN THE HOUSE DURING THE WINTER 
There is no more delightful or economical way to carry a bit of summer with you 
right through the dreariest, gloomiest months of winter than by means of house plants. 
Indeed, in many homes now days winter has its own peculiar charms that are looked for¬ 
ward to with pleasure, afforded by the wisely selected window garden. Can you think of 
anything more showy as a dining table centerpiece than a flourishing Geranium outdoing 
itself in great masses of fiery'-red bloom? Or a lovely'’ Fuchsia festooned with its countless 
two-colored, bell-like blossoms? Flowers are not only decorative and cheerful, but they 
cost so very little and are virtually no trouble at all. 
The greater part of this Catalogue will of course be taken up, with the Bulbs, but we 
shall try to reserve sufficient pages to give’you at least a fairly complete list of Window 
Plants, Shrubs and fall-planting Seeds, those we can recommend especially and for which 
there is most general demand. (Page 3) 
