Little Silver, N. J. 
Instructive Garden Books 
ORANGE QUEEN —Large, perfect, double quilled flowers of a 
rich deep, golden orange color. Very attractive. 
Packet 10 cents',, 3 for 25^ cents^ net 
In late Summer, when many annuals are p«st their best, the 
Marigolds afford a wealth of color that is simply invaluable. 
The large flowered African varieties produce enormous, self- 
colored flowers on tall plants and are indispensable for porch 
decoration and exhibition. One of the longest keepers of, all 
annuals. 
INSTRUCTIVE GARDEN BOOKS 
DAHLIAS—By F. F. Rockwell. 
Introduction by Derrill W. Hart, originator of the annual 
“Dahlia Roll of Honor.” 
Popular as they are, dahlias have uses and possibilities which 
can make them even more universal favorites in American gar¬ 
dens. This handbook indicates these opportunities and tells 
how the experienced grower and the amateur can realize them. 
“Dahlias,” which is complete with 65 specially drawn illus¬ 
trations, provides the beginner with indispensable information 
on types', varieties, fertilizers, planting, growing, pruning and 
disbudding, insects and diseases, harvesting, storing, propagat¬ 
ing, hybridizing for new varieties and growing for exhibition. 
Exhibitors, hybridizers and experienced growers will also find 
much information and many worthwhile suggestions in the book. 
Contents. —The Great American Flower, Types, Varieties and 
Uses, Soils and Fertilizers, Planting and. Growing, Insects and 
Diseases, Harvesting and Storing, Progagating and Hybridizing 
Special Purposes. 
84 pages; 65 illustrations; 5 x inches; Cloth; $1.35 postpaid. 
SPECIAL OFFER: —Retail orders for Dahlias amounting to 
$10.00 or over, we will include a copy of Rockwell’s Dahlias— 
FREE. 
GLADIOLUS BREEDING—By J. A. Kemp. 
This little work is intended as a trustworthy guide (for the 
inexperienced) to successful breeding of the Gladiolus, and its 
writing was prompted by the numerous requests that came to me 
from many parts of the country. It is written in plain English, 
stripped of technical terms, so that any one can comprehend it 
and with a little practice be able to successfully cross pollenize 
the Gladiolus. There is nothing difficult to learn about this 
work, any one can do the mechanical part of it, and this little 
booklet tells you just how it is done^i and how to grow and care 
for the seedlings until fruition, selection of varieties for further 
trial; etc. Price 50 cents per copy. 
Will be given free to all my 1937 customers who order bulbs 
to the value of $3.00 or over. 
But one copy to a customer. 
To the Flower Loving Public 
Friends :— 
You are cordially invited to visit our gardens the coming sea¬ 
son. We are quite sure you will be delighted and well repaid. 
First are the thousands of wonderfully beautiful Japanese Irises 
the latter part of June to early July. Their myriads of beauti¬ 
ful colored flowers present a never to be forgotten sight. Here 
you will see the first hybrids between the Japanese and the 
species Laevigata Alba Pupurea. We worked on these for nearly 
20 years before being successful, but perseverance brought re¬ 
sults at last and from the one successful cross, we were re¬ 
warded with some of the most beautiful varieties ever seen in 
this type of Iris. One of them has beautiful golden yellow fol¬ 
iage and is probably the only Iris in existence with yellow fol¬ 
iage. Our collection of about 20 varieties of the world’s finest 
Hemerocallis (Giant Golden Day-Lily) which are in bloom from 
May to late August will delight you with their great beauty. 
Then come the Dahlias and Gladiolus which are in bloom from 
late August until frost. Many of the world’s greatest dahlias 
will be seen in our gardens. In our trial garden of 700 plants 
will be seen over 50 varieties of the newest dahlia creations. 
Come see these new and beautiful floral treasures by all means; 
they are worth going a long way to see. 
J. A. KEMP, Manager 
January 10th, 1938. 
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