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FARR’S PEONIES 
Known And Grown 
In All Good Gardens 
TN fragrance, in color, in profusion of bloom, Peonies rival the 
A rose, and I fully believe that no other plants give so much 
pleasure and satisfaction for so little expenditure of time and care. 
Peonies seem to be more widely distributed than most other 
plants—thriving equally well in the cold of Canada and under the 
warm suns of the Gulf States. They are permanent plants, too, 
not dying out after a few years—at Gibraltar, Pa., is a large plant 
known to be over 80 years old, and quite likely the suns and snows 
of a century have passed over it, leaving it strong and full of vigor. 
Mere Admirers Soon 
Become Peony “ Fans” 
There is an innate charm in Peonies which soon make the casual 
observer an enthusiast. It may well be so, for the plants increase 
in beauty of form and flower and in intrinsic value as the seasons 
pass. Nor is it necessary that large space be given to them, for 
Peonies will thrive and bloom in the tiniest garden as well as in 
the collection of the millionaire. 
I am so sure that you long to know these wonderful flowers, 
and to possess some of them for your very own, that I am offer¬ 
ing what I call 
A SURPRISE COLLECTION 
Years of study and labor have made me familiar with 
the best Peonies for general growing, and I want the readers 
of House & Garden to know these best varieties. Some 
are high-priced, some are not, but they are all extra good. 
For $5 I will send you 6 plants 
For $10 I will send you 12 plants 
I I am not here naming the varieties (but each plant will be properly 
labeled) for I want this to be your Surprise Collection. There will be six 
or twelve varieties, which, if selected from my catalog, would cost much 
more than the sums named. I want you to become a Peony “fan”, like hun- 
jj dreds of other people. The varieties and roots will be most likely to accom¬ 
plish this. You can depend on what I send—just leave it to me. 
In fact I will do this—if you are not pleased when the plants 
bloom in 1923 (for Peonies need two years’ growth) write me and 
tell me why; you can keep the plants and I will send back your 
money. I wouldn’t make this offer unless I knew my plants 
would I ? 
Farrs Hardy Plant Specialties 
a book of over a hundred pages, with many illustrations in natural colors and 
photographic reproductions. This book is too valuable for miscellaneous dis¬ 
tribution, but a copy will be sent on receipt of $1, which sum may be 
deducted from your first order amounting to $10. 
BERTRAND H. FARR 
Wyomissing Nurseries Co. 
106 GARFIELD AVE. WYOMISSING, PENNA. 
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House & Garden 
Good Irises That Are Little Known 
(Continued from page 86) 
price and gradually declining, it started 
low and is becoming more expensive 
I every year—proof of a great demand. 
Queen Caterina, offspring of Caterina 
j and Queen of May, has proved a sen- 
| sation wherever shown, but its high price 
prevents its being used for massing, and 
like Lent A. Williamson the demand is 
greater than the supply. This is also 
true of Shekinah, probably the best of 
all light yellows. Afterglow is appropri¬ 
ately named and is a wonderful iris for 
use as a specimen or for cutting, as its 
' color does not carry well in the distance. 
The pale lavender and deep violet, B. Y. 
Morrison, is strong and sturdy, good for 
j almost any part of the garden. Kathryn 
Fryer is yellow and brown, larger than 
I Mithras, and is becoming very popular 
] in the West. The same can be said of 
Mrs. W. E. Fryer, a lavender and purple 
with a deep, rich fall. More recent nov- 
j elties are hardly to be recommended for 
general planting at the present time, as 
they are not sufficiently tested. 
Irises can be grown in every part of 
the United States, and with so many ex¬ 
cellent varieties available it is no won¬ 
der that interest has increased enor¬ 
mously during the past few years. In ad¬ 
dition to enjoying their own plants and 
flowers, iris growers have the pleasure 
of associating with other lovers of irises 
and. visiting their gardens. Those who 
complain that the iris season is short are 
mistaken. In most parts of the country 
irises bloom from April to July; in Cali¬ 
fornia they bloom the year round. But 
in any climate owners of irises are never 
at a loss for occupation, because even 
the names of the varieties open great 
fields of history, travel and romance. 
Over these limitless fields gardeners can 
wander in imagination while waiting for 
the first glimpse of iris edging the bor¬ 
der. 
Michaelmas Daisies for Fall Effects 
(Continued from page 49) 
one of the best, grows 2' tall and has 
large purple flowers. Of this particular 
species there are many varieties: A. 
Bessarabicus, taller and more robust 
than the type; Riverslea, Stella, On¬ 
ward, Framfieldii and Distinction are 
all improvements, while the varieties 
Aldenham, H. J. Cutbust and King 
George may be reckoned the best of the 
later productions as giving greater range 
of color to this group. 
In Acris we have another medium 
dwarf species of branching habit and 
bearing large heads of blue flowers 
which give a starry effect. Novae- 
Angliae is a truly American species and 
probably the finest of the native asters. 
It grows 6' in height and bears purple 
flowers in September. The varieties 
roseus and rubra are valued for their 
distinctive coloring. William Bowman, 
Woolston, Lil Fardel and Mrs. J. F. 
Raynor are all good varieties. The last 
named is somewhat dwarfer than the 
type and the best of this group. Novae- 
Belgii, another native blue flowered 
kind, has given some splendid varieties 
ranging in height from 4' to 5'. Au¬ 
tumn Glory, Daphne, F. W. Burbidge, 
Robert Parker, and White Spray are 
well known and good varieties, but the 
greatest improvement is found in the 
varieties Climax, Brightest and Best, and 
Duchess of Albany. Ericoides is a 
dwarfer and later blooming species of 
very branching habit, producing myriads 
of small white flowers which are nice 
for cutting. Enchantress and Delight 
are both beautiful, and there is an ear¬ 
lier flowering variety called Clio which 
has soft pink flowers. Vimineus resem¬ 
bles somewhat the foregoing type but 
flowers earlier and is rather more robust 
in character. 
As already intimated, striking effects 
may be had by careful selection of the 
different types of starworts and planting 
them in masses. If employed in the 
ordinary mixed flower border they as¬ 
sociate well with helenium Riverton 
Gem, yellow heavily suffused with crim¬ 
son, or Tritoma uvaria, coral red or 
orange. Of this hardy late flowering 
tritoma there are several forms, such as 
gra-ndis, Saundersii and nobilis. Arte- 
mesia lactifiora, with its mild white 
plumes which last over a considerable 
period, is another desirable herbaceous 
plant for a background to Michaelmas 
daisies of the paler shades. The beauty 
of Perry’s Pink, Lil Fardel, Mrs. Ray¬ 
nor and Climax is greatly enhanced by 
their association with artemesia. Then 
we have the handsome foliage and 
pleasing pendulous spikes of white 
flowers of the cimicifugas. C. racemosa 
and C. simplex are desirable sorts. The 
late flowering monkshood, Aconitum 
Fischeri, grows about 3' high with short 
spikes of large, pale blue flowers and 
looks particularly stunning nestling be¬ 
hind a clump of Aster ericoides. A large 
number of early flowering chrysanthe¬ 
mums are on the market, and a judi¬ 
cious selection as to color and time of 
flowering makes available many charm¬ 
ing companions for the Michaelmas 
daisies. 
NOTES OF THE GARDEN CLUBS 
T HE Garden Club of Worcester, 
Mass, of which Miss Frances 
Clary Morse is the President, 
was organized in 1919, and is com¬ 
posed of fifty women residing in Graf¬ 
ton, Hopedale, Hubbardston, Shrews¬ 
bury, Whitinsville and Worcester, 
meeting once every month excepting 
June, and then once a week. 
Among those who have addressed 
the club are Mrs. Francis King, who 
spoke on The Woman's National Farm 
and Garden Association, of which she 
is the President, and on Lilacs; Mrs. 
Hobbs of England, who told of the 
Farm Work of Women there; Mrs. 
Richard Pope, who took up Gardens 
for City Folk; Mr. Letson of Car¬ 
bone demonstrated Flower Arrange¬ 
ment; Mr. Breed of the Clinton 
Nursery talked on Perennials, and a 
Garden Consultant read a paper on 
Over the Garden Wall Commercially. 
Mrs. Elizabeth Leonard Strang, a grad¬ 
uate of the Lowthorpe School of Land¬ 
scape Architecture, gave a lecture with 
stereopticon views on The Influence of 
European Classical Gardens on Ameri¬ 
can Gardens; and on this occasion the 
Worcester Horticultural Society co¬ 
operated by giving the use of its hall. 
The President of the Garden Club of 
Worcester has a garden sixty-five years 
old, is a sister of Alice Morse Earle 
who wrote “Old Time Gardens,” has 
herself written a book on Old Furni¬ 
ture, and spoken to her club on Flower 
Arrangement in the Home, with photo¬ 
graphs. It is planned to have a lec¬ 
ture in 1921 by Signora Olivia Agresti 
on Italian Gardens, with slides. 
Ellen P. Cunningham. 
