THE FOSTER NURSERIES 

About— 
THE FOSTER NURSERIES 
Founded in Northeast Texas in 1888 by 
John lL. Foster, father of the present 
owner, this firm has been constantly 
striving to provide the gardener and home 
owner in the South and Southwest with 
distinctive and unusual trees, plants, and 
bulbs. During this sixty-year period many 
hundreds of kinds of plants have been 
tried in an experimental way. From 
Europe, Africa, South America, Mexico 
and. our own desert and mountain country 
have come plants that we hoped would 
add to the beauty and charm of Southern 
gardens. Many of these plants have 
proved to be very fine indeed. With Roses 
and a number of other plants, we have 
endeavored to find a _ root-stock that 
would be nematode resistant, resistant to 
the effects of heat and drouth, longer- 
lived, and that would thrive under ad- 
verse conditions. 
About— 
OLD HOMES AND OLD 
CEMETERIES IN THE 
SOUTH 
To learn more about plants that are 
long-lived and thrive in spite of neglect, 
we have for a number of years made 
notes on the plants we found growing 
around old abandoned Southern homes 
and in some of the very old cemeteries of 
the South. In many instances the house 
had been destroyed by fire or had almost 
completely fallen down, but many of the 
Trees, Plants, and Bulbs that had been 
planted generations before were growing 
and blooming profusely. Thriving without 
eare or cultivation were Flowering 
Quinces, Crape Myrtles, Crinum Lilies, 
Day Lilies, and certain varieties of Roses. 
Throughout the years these plants had 
survived through unseasonably cold win- - 
ters, sweltering hot summer days, pro- 
longed wet seasons, and long periods 
without rain. 
About— 
YOU AND YOUR GARDEN 
For your garden we now offer the New 
Flowering Quinces that are long-lived and 
indifferent to extremes of heat and cold. 
They survive wet and dry seasons. They 
have a blooming season of over four 
months. The flowers are much larger than 
those of the old familiar variety. They 
come in shades of coral, buff-coral, coral- 
pink, pink, appleblossom-pink, salmon, 
rose, rose-red, Mandarin red, and white. 
Some of the new varieties grow low and 
compact, some upright and slender, and 
some erect with horizontal spurs similar 
to the growth of Pyracantha Lalandi. 
Some varieties have numerous’ thorns 
while others are entirely thornless. They 
will add to the pleasure of gardening and 
add charm and color to your garden at a 
time of year when color is most welcome. 
Whether you live in the South or in the 
colder sections ‘of. the North, the New 
Flowering Quinces will be a fine, carefree 
feature in your garden. 
In Crinum Lilies we have collected fine 
kinds from many places and believe that 
their long lived dependability and their 
lily-like flowers entitle them to a definite 
place in the Southern garden. 
The New Day Lilies are just as hardy 
and long-lived and permanent as the old 
familiar orange flowered kind. They have 
a much longer blooming season and the 
flowers are ‘much larger and finer in 
form and texture. They come in beautiful 
shades of red, purple, wine, rose, buff, 
yellow, orange, gold, and pink. 
Three of the kinds of nematode resist- 
ant, deep rooted, long-lived Roses found 
in old cemeteries are being used as under- 
stocks on which to grow the Roses we 
are offering here. ; 
It is our opinion that a distinctively 
beautiful garden that has a maximum of 
permanent features with a minimum of 
eare, like fine and enduring music and 
established and lasting literature, adds 
immeasurably to fine and gracious living. 
It is our belief that the free and liberal 
use in your garden of the plants offered 
here will contribute in great measure to 
its amaranthine qualities of beauty. 
FLOWERING QUINCE 
CHAENOMELES. Flowering Quince. 
(Chinasand Japan) ecetOnonttamOice COm—slaiee 
Unlike <Azaleas the New Flowering 
Quinces will grow in either alkaline or 
acid soil. They will grow in almost any 
soil and under almost all conditions, but 
they do appreciate good soil and grow 
and bloom better in full sun than they do 
in part shade. They will withstand ex- 
tremes of heat, cold, moisture and drouth. 
The New Flowering Quinces are far su- 
perior to the old familiar kind found 
around old homes and in old cemeteries. 
They have a much longer blooming sea- 
son. Some of them begin blooming here in 
late November and bloom for a period of 
three months. Other kinds begin later and 
bloom over a like period. The cut branches 
will come into bloom if placed in water in 
the house. When used as cut flowers they 
make distinctive and beautiful arrange- 
ments. When established in borders or in 
large groups in front of larger growing 
evergreen plants they are fully as color- 
ful as Azaleas. They have a longer bloom- 
ing season and may be grown where Aza- 
leas would not grow. Along with the New 
Crape Myrtles, the New Crinum Lilies, 
the New Day Lilies and the New Roses 
they make gardening a delightful adven- 
ture. 
CHAENOMELES BLOOD RED. -15°. 
Rather large growing in habit with good 
foliage. The flowers are large and of good 
lasting quality. $3.00 each. 
C. CANDIDA. —-15°. Medium growing 
with pure white flowers. $4.00 each. 
C. CORAL SEA. — 15°. Medium compact 
habit of growth with small leathery dark 
green leaves. The color of the flower is 
most charming and might be called a buff 
coral with a touch of Mandarin red near 
the tips of the petals. The medium sized 
flowers are about one and three-fourths 
inches wide. Starts blooming in mid-sea- 
son and has a second crop. The flowers 
are fine for cutting and making arrange- 
ments. 2 to 8 ft. $3.50 each. 
Cc. CRIMSON AND GOLD. —- 15°. Should 
be hardy wherever Quinces can be grown. 
Medium habit of growth. The flowers are 
somewhat cupped and of medium size. 
The color is rich dark velvety red with a 
COPYRIGHT 1949 BY THOMAS BELL FOSTER 
