Little Silver, N. J. 
Timely Reminders 
Any one with some knowledge of gardening and plant life can 
grow good dahlias, if good stock is planted and given good care. 
A root or plant cannot be stuck in the ground in any old way, 
and then left to itself, while the planter sits idly by waiting. 
There must be complete co-operation between the grower and 
the plant. Suitable soil must be provided. It must be well 
prepared, and planting and cultivation must be carefully ob¬ 
served. If this is done, one may be reasonably sure the plant 
will do its part and do it well. Poor soil, wet soil, poor plant¬ 
ing and lack of proper cultivation cannot and will not produce 
satisfactory results. To customers who request it, we will send 
with the order, safe and sane planting and cultural instructions 
free of charge. 
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, 1940. 
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