September, 19 21 
Next Season’s Flowers 
Depend on Present Care 
Not many realize that success with 
perennials depends largely on the care 
they are given in the late Summer and 
Autumn. Water and fertilize liberally. 
Fall Bulbs such as Hyacinths, Tulips, 
etc., and also Iris, Peonies and Ever¬ 
greens planted at this season, should be 
properly fertilized to give them the 
early start on which so much depends. 
Old plantings should be fertilized at this 
time. 
Science has produced a highly concen¬ 
trated, odorless fertilizer in tablet form, 
that is easily applied. It gives excellent 
results on Dahlias and other plants now 
flowering. Use it any time according to 
directions, for Shrubbery, Fruit or Orna¬ 
mental Trees. 
Excellent for pot plants, cold frames, 
hot beds and greenhouse benches. 
The name of the tablet is Stim-U- 
plant. No matter how fertile the soil, 
Stim-U-plant is needed to obtain the 
proper balance. It improves the yield, 
size, color and keeping qualities of flow¬ 
ers, fruits and vegetables. Its use is 
highly profitable. 
Market Gardeners, Florists and Nur¬ 
serymen kte ordering in large quantities. 
Order by name—there is no substitute. 
Price delivered; ioo tablets 75 cts., 
1,000 tablets $ 3 . 50 . 
Sold by Seedsmen or supplied by the 
manufacturers. 
EARP-THOMAS CULTURES CORP. 
80 Lafayette Street New York 
C ONAA R D 
Ro£e s 
BLOOM 
or your mone y back 
A GARDEN of 
glorious roses 
positively assured ( 
if you have Con- 
ard Star Roses— 
| each guaranteed to 
bloom or your money 
back. 
Each a sturdy, field- 
grown plant from rose 
specialists of over SO 
years’ experience. 
Each permanently iden¬ 
tified by the name of 
the rose on our printed 
celluloid star tag which 
you leave on the plant. 
This tag is also our 
symbol of guarantee. 
Write for illustrated 
catalog of roses for fall 
planting. It’s free. 
pONARD ★ ROSES 
V/ & Jones Co., Box 126, 
West Grove, Pa. 
Robert Pyle, President 
A. Wintzer, Vice-President 
Backed by over 50 years’ 
experience 
The 
PEONY 
“Queen of 
Spring Flowers 
The poet sings the praise of Peonies as the noblest and 
most magnificent of flowers. They are well adapted for 
massing in beds, and particularly suitable for planting in 
groups throughout the perennial or shrubbery border 
where their brilliant hues add new beauty to the most 
artistic touch of the landscape gardener. 
Good, rich, deep soil are the simple requirements. 
They are perfectly hardy and produce their wealth of 
flowers in great abundance. 
NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT: In fact, peonies may be 
planted with perfect safety any time from the middle of August 
until the ground freezes in the Fall. September is the best time, 
as they then make a root growth before Winter sets in, usually 
blooming the following Spring. 
Try This Famous Trio for $3.00 ( Prepaid) 
Sprouted roots 
Alexander Dumas, Pink, fragrant. 
George Washington, Bright Red. 
La Coquette, White and Pink. 
My new Fall Catalogue will tell you all about the Best 
Peonies, Iris, Tulips, Hyacinths, Crocus, Narcissi and 
Phlox. Let me send you a copy. 
J. K. Alexander, 
425-435 Central Street, East Bridgewater, Mass. 
World's Largest 
Dahlia Grower 
“The Dahlia King” 
NEW and RARE 
IRISES and 
PEONIES 
They will give your next 
year’s garden those final 
touches of beauty and charm 
which only these two plant 
families can supply. 
You will find a sense of pecu¬ 
liar personal satisfaction in 
the knowledge that the splen¬ 
did blooms which will unfold 
in your borders next May 
and June are the finest of 
their kinds and different 
from those in other gardens 
round about. 
As a background for these 
tested and proved specialties, 
nothing could be more fitting 
than 
The Best of 
the Older Sorts 
of which I have a stock of the 
same high excellence and pleas¬ 
ure-yielding worth. Now is the 
time for you to 
Send for Catalog 
and try a few plants 
from a woman’s garden 
Mrs. Wm. Crawford 
1602 Indiana Ave. 
Laporte Indiana 
WE have imported only the 
highest quality of Dutch 
bulbs for twenty-five years. 
Any lover of beautiful gar¬ 
dens insists on Washburn 
products and will have no 
other. The flowers of Spring 
come from bulbs planted in 
the Fall. Send for our new 
catalog, giving a complete 
list of imported bulbs, beau¬ 
tiful shrubs and trees. 
A. WASHBURN & SONS 
Dept. E 
Bloomington, ' 
Get our New- 
Catalog o/Dutch hulbf 
and "beautiful Shrubs 
WHAT YOU CAN 
DO IN SEPTEMBER 
A Personal Message 
from Henry Hic\s 
I N September you can dig 
over your perennial bon 
ders and divide some of 
the biggest plants, throw out 
those that are over-crowding, 
give some away and get in 
some choice new varieties of 
Phlox and Peony. You can 
come to the nursery and see 
the colors and re-arrange the 
plants for color harmony. You 
can dig up additional ground 
for planting, thin out the plants 
you have and spread them over 
a wider area. 
At this time trees and 
shrubs have not dropped their 
foliage. You can take your 
time and re-arrange them now 
instead of waiting until the 
busy spring days. You need 
not pick off their leaves, nor 
be afraid that they will die. If 
they look a little yellow and 
wilted, they will come out all 
right next spring. If any of 
the shrubs are too high, you 
can take them out and put in 
lower growing varieties. We 
will help you decide which of 
the more beautiful trees will 
best replace those ordinary 
ones, not for the sake of sell¬ 
ing you additional stock, hut 
in order to help you get the 
most out of your life and land. 
1 Whether you want a little tree 
for $1 or a 20-year-old tree for 
$100, we are ready for you. 
The trees are guaranteed to 
grow satisfactorily or be re¬ 
placed free, dug and loaded at 
the nursery. 
As to your utility garden, we 
will show you what the In¬ 
dians, early settlers and birds 
lived on in your locality and 
how you can select in the wild 
and bring to your place im¬ 
proved varieties of hazel nut, 
beach plum and blueberry. 
You can be your own Burbank. 
The value of this is not only in 
raising more food but in help¬ 
ing you to feel master of your 
environment and know the 
natural resources of your re¬ 
gion. In that lies a real fresh¬ 
ening of the mind. 
If you love a plant, you can make 
it live any time. 
(Signed) HENRY HICKS 
We shall be glad to send you, at 
your request, any of these booklet 
helps in home planting: 
Old Friends and New (General Tree, 
Flower and Fruit catalog. Autumn 
and Winter.) 
The Book of Home Landscapes 
(General Spring and Summer cat¬ 
alog). 
The Book of Fruits. Small Fruits 
and Nuts. 
The Book of Shade and Lawn Trees. 
The Book of Foundation Plantings. 
The Book of Flowering Trees and 
Shrubs. 
The Book of Evergreen Trees and 
Shrubs. 
The Book of Hardy Garden Flowers. 
HICKS NURSERIES 
Westbury, Long Island 
New York 
