October, 1921 
103 
Wild 
Flowers 
Do you ever long for a bowl 
full of the wild flowers you 
used to gather in the woods, 
along the roadside or in the 
sunlit June meadows, when 
you were a child? 
Don’t you wish you could get 
them, have them growing ready to 
your eye and hand in your own 
garden ? 
Perhaps you are not sure of their 
correct names, remembering them 
only by the quaint titles you knew 
them by in childhood—“Sally’s 
bonnets,” “roosters,” “bells,” “lady 
fair,” and so on. So that your 
dream of ever plucking them again 
seems doubly remote. 
Then write to us. We can sup¬ 
ply you with your old favorites 
from the wild, plants that will 
bloom for you year after year, 
whether you want ten or ten thou¬ 
sand. And we can straighten out 
those childhood names, too. 
SPECIAL OFFER OF PLANTS 
Our selection of 250 plants 
for shady places, $10.00. The 
same number with 25 ferns, 
Planting instructions included. 
Botanical Nursery Co. 
1107 Court Street 
Lapeer - Michigan 
If You Want Results 
Plant This Hardy 
Border THIS Fall 
-THIS Fall because Fall planting 
means greatest abundance of bloom 
next Summer—THIS Border because 
it is already planned for you; all ex¬ 
perimental work has been done. 
Enough strong, healthy plants—Holly¬ 
hocks, Chrysanthemums, Phlox, Fox¬ 
glove, Delphiniums, Iris, Hardy As¬ 
ters, etc.,—to plant border 25 ft x 
6 ft. Full instructions for preparing 
bed, complete planting diagram and 
cultural notes for each variety. Very 
effective, exceedingly interesting. 
Shipped promptly, $25 f. o. b. 
Baltimore. 
We furnish plants and designs 
for all types of Gardens, large or 
small. Large growers of Ever¬ 
greens. Estimates without obliga¬ 
tion. Handsome booklet.' contain¬ 
ing wonderful garden and other 
views FREE on request. 
LOUDON NURSERIES 
Incorporated 
H. Clay Primrose, Pres. 
3906 Frederick Ave. 
BALTIMORE, MD. 
WHAT YOU CAN 
DO IN OCTOBER 
A Personal Message 
from Henry Hic\s 
T N October you can plant 
almost every kind of nur¬ 
sery stock. Even those things 
which old-timers always 
planted in the spring with 
bare roots, such as magnolia, 
tulip tree, sweet gum, beech, 
holly and evergreens, will do 
better if set out in autumn 
with a ball of earth around 
their roots. Whatever risk 
there is, Hicks Nurseries will 
assume it. Look at your stock 
next April, and if it is dead 
come and get more to replace 
it, at our expense. 
If some of the shrubs and 
trees on your place need mov¬ 
ing, do it in October. Maybe 
some of the shrubs have 
grown too big—replace them 
with pines which, with some 
new bright-berried shrubs, 
will form an ideal winter 
windbreak and mass of cheery 
color through the bleak 
months. The birds will ap¬ 
preciate the food and shelter 
of such a planting. 
Some shrubs that will stay 
small should be in every house 
foundation planting. We are al¬ 
ways glad to tell you about them 
and explain how the foundation 
should show through in places. 
Dwarf growing yews, pines, ink- 
berry, junipers and many other 
little gems are specialties of the 
Hicks Nurseries. 
Six-year-old apple and pear 
trees, planted this month, will in¬ 
sure you against fruit shortage. 
They save time over the usual 
two-year-old stock, just as our 
twenty-year-old shade and orna¬ 
mental trees save time over the 
spindly little saplings that most 
people set out. All these imme¬ 
diate result trees are ready now 
to be shipped and planted. Our 
catalogs tell all about them. We 
send carload lots of evergreens 
and shade trees twenty-five feet 
high as far as Maine and Ken¬ 
tucky. Shipping conditions are 
better now than in the spring. 
Hicks Nurseries not only sell 
nursery stock and plants, but de¬ 
liver service with them. 
If you want advice on some 
particular landscaping problem, 
let us know. We are both work¬ 
ing with the same big end in view 
—better homes through better 
grounds and gardens. 
We have booklets on the varie¬ 
ties and proper use and care of 
different kinds of trees, shrubs 
and flowers which we will be glad 
to send you if you’d like them. 
If you love a plant, you can 
make it live any time. 
(Signed) HENRY HICKS. 
HICKS NURSERIES 
BOX H 
Westbury, Long Island 
New York 
Farr’s Lovely Lilacs 
Splendid varieties from Lemoine, which are marvels of beauty and 
fragrance, hybrid sorts which closely approach 
perfection of bloom; these and others in almost 
infinite variety may be found in my Wyomissing collec¬ 
tion—and in your garden if you wish. 
Lilacs should be planted this month, and so should 
Deutzias and Philadelphus. The imported va¬ 
rieties of all three are particularly attractive be¬ 
cause of their extra large flowers and attractive 
colors. 
Irises and Peonies may still be placed in the ground 
for successful results next season, but there must be no 
delay. 1 can supply all standard sorts and most 
novelties. 
Farr’s Hardy Plant Specialties is a book of over a 
hundred pages, with many illustrations in natural col¬ 
ors. and photographic reproductions. Too costly for 
miscellaneous distribution, 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 Company 
106 Garfield Avenue, Wyomissing, Penna. 
Hyacinth 
Narcissus 
Tulip, Etc. 
BULBS 
We import none but the highest quality bulbs 
grown in Holland, also specialize in the intro¬ 
duction of new varieties particularly adapted 
to those most interested in having the best ob¬ 
tainable in their collections. 
Send for Catalogue 
“The Aristocrats of the Bulb Family” 
Compare prices and note saving over the past few years. Order early, as 
the supply will be limited. 
WATERER’S SPECIAL LAWN GRASS SEEDS 
HOSEA WATERER 
til SOUTH 7th STREET 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
B OX-BARBERRY is a dwarf, upright form of Berberis Thunbergii, and 
lends itself most happily to edgings for the formal garden, or for low 
hedges. It is perfectly hardy, thriving wherever B. Thunbergii grows. 
Send for descriptive circular, and complete catalogue of Elm City Nursery products. 
The Elm City Nursery Co. 
Box 194, New Haven, Conn. 
Woodmont Nurseries 
Near Yale Bowl 
HORSFORD’S HARDY LILIES 
and Cold Weather Plants 
This new Regal Lily is the 
finest novelty that has been of¬ 
fered in years. Our Hardy 
Perennials, Wild Flowers, Iris, 
Peonies, Hardy Ferns, Vines, 
Shrubs, and Trees which we 
grow here have always given 
satisfaction when properly set. 
Trees and Shrubs that we have 
found tender in severe winters 
have been discarded from our 
lists. Ask for our Autumn Sup¬ 
plement and Fall Price List be¬ 
fore making up your list of 
wants. 
F. H. HORSFORD 
Charlotte Vermont 
LILIUM REGALE 
