Your Garden in Wartime 
sustains both body and spirit 
WENTY MILLION Victory Gardens this summer! More than ever before, as a na- 
tion we have learned the thrills and satisfactions of growing things in our own gar- 
dens—vegetables and fruits to feed the body, the beauty and fragrance of flowers for 
the soul. And gardeners have remembered to produce both. In everyone there is an in- 
nate longing for the beauty of flowers—particularly the Rose. Even the labor of tending 
the vegetable plot seems so much easier where Roses also bloom. 


In the sweat and tears of a world at war, the And the Roses still bloom, a promise of the 
garden is a refuge of calm and peace. Here we peace that is to come—not for a decade have 
find relaxation from mental strain, solace for they been so glorious! Nature continues to do 
worry and woe, comfort from nature’s bless- her part; we must do ours. So this catalog 
ings on the work of our hands. The infinite comes now, for your selections to prepare this o 
loveliness of flowers and the miracle of na- fall for a lovely garden next year—for its lift — 
ture’s increase are the opposite extreme from to your family’s morale, for the entire com- A striking arrangement of Mary Margaret McBride 
the destruction of war. For our spirits these munity as beauty and fragrance fill the air, for Roses (see p. 11), created for the Festival of Roses by 
beauties are a source of vitality just as surely the lovely Roses you can cut and give to shut- Esther C. Grayson, co-author of “Flower Arrangement 
as the vitamins we eat. ins and friends. in Color.’ With this picture, any hostess can duplicate 
GARDEN the setting in her own home. 
THE PARADE OF MODERN 
ROSES, PERENNIALS, FRUITS NM. Fall is the 
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ag which does not perform according to the above guarantee, Ko) up vigor and beauty, ready to dig for you garden A ° : : ’ 
@Z| providing you have carefully followed our directions for KG this fall. Our thousands of acres of nursery plant- Wintering in the ground is Nature’s way. Lead- 
Oy ns ee re ee eens yom Reon so sas ings also include Perennials and Fruits, to properly ing Rosarians, horticultural colleges, plant re- 
e— and is filed with us on or before August 1 on shipments : . ‘ 
@3| _ made the preceding fall or spring. ®@ serve the nationwide demand for Modern Roses and search experts, etc., now say fall is an even better 
é : nursery stock. 120 testing stations are maintained, time than spring to plant. Our Dept. of Plant Re- 
~ Ri ee ec f t search thoroughly approves the custom; so do our 
iS other living thing. They really need comparatively little 2 rom coast to coast. ghily app 2 
Z care—especially the new improved varieties. But they must & customers—three times as many Modern Roses 
( be given fertile soil, sun and water, and proper cultivation, i i 
oe to keep them vigorous. We send you planting and cultural %) x Fr were planted Jast fall as in the previous year. 
& galas et ro cy) ) ee Mevica cee Besides the advantages to the plants, there are 
ee sewarded with healthy growth and prolific blooms. i fi Th il i 1] 
OF ; KY) x ‘ , many conveniences for you. e soil is mellow, 
S Jackson & Perkins Company e In the midst of a war America did not seek, we easy to work. Prepare it whenever you want, then 
VANE PESTS ISIC, must continue the institutions that have made our let lay till the plants arrive. Planting your Modern 
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aT nation great. Gardening is one of them. Boys at Roses, Fruits and Perennials this fall saves all that 
the front write how much it means to them to time for other Victory Garden duties next spring. 
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“aa ey ati meatier think of the quiet and beauty in the garden Pace home. ede) J. & P. Roses are shipped at the proper time for 
all climatic conditions in this fants must not cause us to lose the joys of life—now more than planting: usually during October. We dig the 
country, increasing prplines ye ever, in our restricted and more intense daily life, there is need for plants when they have completed their seasonal 
Bree Rose plane you, receive the beauty of the Rose, and its lift to wartime morale. growth and become dormant. You plant in ground 
fi s bears the J. & P. water- " 2 . : . : 
fOr labelas symbol Sot Louk Instinctively, the gardeners of America have sensed this need— still warm from the summer’s sun, and a fine growth 
guarantee.” tertiesiona in th lanche of ord f lets begins at 
eee es so eloquently shown in the spontaneous avalanche of orders you of new rootlets begins at once. 
Ape ree perish tan fears: sent us last spring. We are grateful for your patience and kind co- These rootlets establish the plant, ready to feed 
Modern poe o hete pe operation while we were overcoming manpower shortages, type- the new wood from the soil nutrients next spring, 
Deccan Trees, Fruits, are writer scarcities and transportation problems in getting your orders supplementing the stored-up energy and reserve in 
equally covered by its pro- safely shipped, and your letters answered. We regret our stocks the plant itself. You get more, earlier and finer 
‘tonite were so completely exhausted before all orders could be filled me lhat blooms next summer by planting this fall. Soon as 
Victory Garden same interest continues this fall and favorite varieties in this book your order is received, we mail you complete in- 
Harvest Shows may be unavailable next spring—it will be wise to plant this fall. structions—how to prepare ground, how to plant, 
east el Sei peo gllcrbo We miss the hundred thousand visitors who in other years came what to do all year round. 
Victory Garden Harvest Shows to the Festival of Roses, in progress race nls catalog went to Wal Protect You A painst. Winter Loss 
ast summer and fall for Army— a as] 
Navy Relief, inaugurated right press. Because travel restrictions kept you from coming, pictures Spee Mensah a Bicindts Sou ae eoet its alls: 
i SNe Ge ie of the Festival and fields will be printed in our next catalog. lowilog ous easy, simple directions; fail to live and 
OMINOSES ME LOLAM OL OVER SOUS eae bloom, we will replace prepaid and free of charge. 
ip contributed nie ve I now invite you to new adventure, and the finest garden you ; 
the goals are higner, rite Vic- . ri ° ry of achieve- 
tory Garden Harvest Shows, ever had. May your 1944 Victory Garden bring new A x : I toed Pieters Very Sign le 
Weta a eet ment to you, be a morale-maintaining sector on the home front, 
tate g., New YO ity, . . ; 
helps in conducting your Show. and present a prophetic picture of lasting peace soon to come. ee [er civecton Taal 

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