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GLADIOLI 
For $2, we will send you postpaid and label- 
ed to name four large bulbs each of these 
beautiful varieties of gladioli. Or, you may 
have the same collection unlabeled for $1.75. 
HALLEY MRS. P. W. SISSON 
BETTY NUTHALL PICARDY 
BREAK O’DAY BETTY CO-ED 
FRANCES KING HELGA 
MARNIA WASAGA 
GOLD EAGLE TYCKO ZANG 
NANCY HANKS BAGDAD 
MEXICAN EVER-BLOOMING 
TUBEROSES: 
Large bulbs that will bloom the first sum- 
mer, rewarding you with an abundance of 
lovely, fragrant flowers of wax-like texture, 
borne on long gracéful stems. Plant after ail 
danger of frost has passed, and cover two 
inches deep. Near a drain, where an abund- 
ance of water is available, is an ideal planting 
place. 
30 blooming-size bulbs, $1, prepaid. 
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$1, any 7 of these beautiful pink and 
rose shades, labeled: 
Elinor Vandevere Mrs. W, E. Whitney 
Emma Marie Rose Glory 
Florence Louise Sanhican Monarch 
Mrs. J. G. Cassatt Shahrazade 
Samarkand 
EL GEE TEE ED, 
$1, any 7 of these autumn _ shades, 
labeled: E 
Billionaire Herald Square 
King Midas Jane Cowl 
Avalon M 1 
May Trower r. Crowley 
Paramount Paddy (Dec.) 
$1, any 7 of these lavender and purple 
varieties: ey 
City of Wellston : 
Air Mail Mildred Slocomb 
E. T. Bedford Mrs. Carl Salbach 
Fidelity Pale Face 
Margaret W. WilsonBlue Stocking 
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$2, any 6 of these gorgeous varieties: 
Oriental Splendor Jessie Crawford 
Queen of May Old Rose 
Marmora Old Virginia 
Indiana Starlight 
Lawrence Tibbett 
PSE EE ES OE 
$1, any 8 of these tiny Poms and Minia- 
tures: 
Catherine Duer Amber Queen 
Darkey Fairy Queen 
Sunny Daybreak Fascination 
Trixie Indomitable 
Two Tone Little Gem 
Red Hussar Phoebe 
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All of the above offers are prepaid to your 
door, and all labeled to name. 
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ODDS AND ENDS CLOSE-OUT 
We have a number of small varieties too numerous to list, 
for 25 roots while limited supply lasts. These are all lovely varieties, 
ent and labeled to name; some of them Worth $1 per root — all of 
much more than the price listed above. Don’t miss this garden-in-itse 
$2, prepaid! 

A REAL XMAS SPECIAL: 
If you have friends or relatives who 
are garden-minded, why not give them 
a really delightful present this Christ- 
mas? Whatever amount you plan to 
spend, send that amount to us with 
the name and address of the person (or 
persons) to whom your gift is to be 
mailed. They will receive, just before 
Xmas, a credit memo bearing your 
name and entitling them to select 
Dahlia roots to the amount of your re- 
mittance. Or, you may select the var- 
ieties yourself, checking them on this 
folder—a notice will be sent to your 
friend at Christmas time, and the roots 
sent whenever he prefers. 
How else could you shop so easily— 
and what other gift would bring such 
long-lasting pleasure to your friends? 
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ARE YOU MISSING THE THRILL 
of seeing these long-loved favorites in 
YOUR garden? So many visitors, in go- 
ing thru our fields will stop and exclaim 
over some beautiful bloom that would 
gain recognition in any flower show. 
Usually they are much surprised to 
learn that the variety has been on the 
market for years, and may be had for a 
very small fraction of a dollar! 
Naturally, the new introductions are 
interesting, too, tho’ many of them are 
greatly over-rated and most of them 
are discarded and forgotten in a few 
season’s time. Some, of course, are 
REALLY good and destined to lasting 
fame with dahlia lovers; but these are 
a rare exception rather than the rule. 
So, in the mad scramble for the new 
high-priced introductions, don’t over- 
look the tried-and-true varieties that 
HAD to be good to gain such long-last- 
ing popularity. 
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“FROST TONIGHT” 
Apple-green west and an orange bar, 
And the crystal eye of a lone, one star... » 
And, “Child, take the shears and cut what 
you will, 
Frost tonight—so clear and dead-still.” 
Then, I sally forth, half sad, half proud, 
And I come to the velvet, imperial crowd, 
The wine-red, the gold, the crimson, the pied, 
The dahlias that reign by the garden-side. 
The dahlias I might not touch till tonight! 
A gleam of the shears in the fading light, 
And I gathered them ali—the splendid throng, 
And in one great sheaf I bore them along. 
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In my garden of Life with its all-late flowers, 
I heed a Voice in the shrinking hours: 
“Frost tonight—so clear and dead-still” ... 
Half sad, half proud, my arms I fill, 
—Edith M. Thomas, 
