. American homes and gardens. ether new or old, it is a place of recreation andforgetfulness of business cares, a safety-valve from overwork and a placewhere the man who is city-tired may find rest and new life. Let Me Help Make Your Hardy Garden If you love the hardy garden flowers as I do, you will want my new book, which tellshow my hobby grew into a business and how I came to have the largest American col-lections of Peonies, Irises, Anemones, phiox, and other truly desirable perennial plants. The book may be an inspiration to you, as it has been to others. When you read it,you may want to


. American homes and gardens. ether new or old, it is a place of recreation andforgetfulness of business cares, a safety-valve from overwork and a placewhere the man who is city-tired may find rest and new life. Let Me Help Make Your Hardy Garden If you love the hardy garden flowers as I do, you will want my new book, which tellshow my hobby grew into a business and how I came to have the largest American col-lections of Peonies, Irises, Anemones, phiox, and other truly desirable perennial plants. The book may be an inspiration to you, as it has been to others. When you read it,you may want to write and tell me about your garden and share with me your joy inhardy plants. The message of the stately Iris, the rainbow flower, the charm of theglorious Peony, and the lure of the gorgeous Poppy are expressed in the book, which too,contains full page color plates of fine flowers in each class. Shall I send you a copy ? Free if you write. BERTRAND H. FARR, Wyomissing Nurseries 105 Garfield Avenue, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. THIS is an illustration—one of 123—from the Biltmore Nursery book, Flower-ing Trees and Shrubs. It makes plain one of the purposes of the book—toshow, not to tell, appropriate uses of trees and shrubs in beautifying the home book will help you in your plan to enjoy the continuous charm that attract-ive landscapes hold. Its 64 pages of descriptive matter state the uses, charac-teristics and cultural preferences of the desirable ornamental plants, while the en-gravings depict the beauties of individual flowers, of specimen plants, and of harmon-ious groupings in which these plants are used. Flowering Trees and Shrubs,This Biltmore Nursery Book,Is a Guide to Outdoor Beauty With the range of selection offered in this book,you can realize this year your hope of having anideal hardy planting, for all the noteworthy varie-ties of trees and shrubs may be had in sizes tomeet every requirement. Ideal collections of thosemost noted for their beauty


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