March 24, 1906 



horticulture: 



371 



STRONG WELL ROOTED CUTTINGS 



Of the following varieties ready for immediate delivery 



Robert Crais: 

 Enchantress 

 Mrs. M. A. Patten 



SJ2.00 per I OO $ I OO.OO per IOOO 

 3.0O per I OO 25.00 per IOOO 



4.00 per I OO 30.00 per IOOO 



J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO., Joliet, III. 



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AT BOSTON 



Robert Craig Wins Again 



Not another scarlet carnation has been able to 

 take first honors with ROBERT CRAIO. 



The introducers of CRAIG fill all orders on time and send 

 out only healthy, vigorous, well grown selected cuttings taken 

 from blooming stems. 



Fend in your order now. We can fill it promptly. 



$3.00 for 25 

 6.00 for 50 



5 per 



$12.00 for 100 $50.00 for 500 



25.00 for 250 100.00 for 1000 



ent, discount for cash with order. 



COTTAGE GARDENS COMPANY, 



QUEENS, N. Y. 



A PAIR OF QUEENS 



Richmond Wellesley 



2 1-2 inch pots 2 1-2 inch pots 



$12.00 per 100 $10.00 per 100 



WABAN ROSE CONSERVATORIES 



NATICK, MASS. 



There are many purchasers of cut- 

 tings who seem to think that every 

 cutting should live; our experience 

 has been in establishing those shipped 

 in to us, we lose from five to ten per 

 cent. I regret to say that there are 

 many in the craft who receive cuttings 

 in good condition and after 30 or CO 

 days when they receive a statement 

 of their account, write and say that 

 "The cuttings which you sent me ar- 

 rived in poor condition and I have lost 

 over half of them." This is the first 

 intimation tha.t the consignor has had 

 that the cuttings were not satisfactory, 

 and under the circumstances he can 

 not, and should not be held responsi- 

 ble for any mistreatment the cuttings 

 have received while in the purchaser's 

 care. 



When cuttings are received by the 

 purchaser upon examination of same, 

 if they are not found to be satisfac- 

 tory or as represented by the firm 

 from whom he is buying same, he 

 should wire to that effect at once, "Cut- 

 tings not satisfactory, here subject to 

 your order." If the cuttings are ac- 

 cepted and no complaint made im- 

 mediately, it goes without saying that 

 they were satisfactory at the time re- 

 ceived and the purchaser of cuttings 

 should not expect the shipping firm to 

 stand a loss which the consignee may 

 have occasioned by mistreatment in 

 establishing. 



We have found it well to have 

 printed instructions and put them in 

 the box with every shipment of cut- 

 tings, advising the purchaser as to the 

 treatment they should have. When 



we are making such shipments, unless 

 otherwise instructed, we advise the 

 party by mail the day of shipment that 

 we are sending a quantity of cuttings 

 by express, naming the company. In 

 this way there will be no delay and the 

 consignee receives his cuttings prompt- 

 ly, for if the express company fails to 

 advise him he can be on the lookout 

 himself for their arrival. 



We must bear in mind that a satis- 

 fied customer is our best advertise- 

 ment and our aim should be quality, 

 not quantity. To paraphrase what a 

 certain writer once said. "Bulk- 

 quantity, whether of bank notes or 

 piled-up masonry or population, 

 amounts to but little." It is quality 

 that tells the story. The character 

 that is in us and in what we produce, 

 the moral worth that we represent, 

 the good that we are doing, not for 

 ourselves and for today, but for others 

 and for the generations to come, and, 

 in order that we may level up accord- 

 ing to the best standards and achieve 

 real success, it means that we must 

 have the thread of the "square deal" 

 running through all our transactions 

 with one another as florists as well as 

 with the world at large. And when 

 we consider what the carnation stands 

 for in all its loveliness and ideality we 

 have a shrine before which we can be 

 glad to worship. 



A No. 1 Stock. $l.ro per incO. SPECIAL FOR 



EASTER, 85c. per i.nno in lots of lo.ciou 01 



more. Coons Guaranteed Perfect. 



Galax Leaves, Brown or Green 



$1 00 per Lino 



H. L. FORTUNES 



431 State Street, HEW HAVEH, COM. 





DAHLIA 

 PLANTS 



NOW READY 



A large collection of rare and 

 new varieties. 



ROOTS 



A quantity of standard sorts 

 on hand. Catalogues free. 



DAVID HERBERT & SON 



SUCCESSORS TO 



L K. PEACOCK, Inc. 



ATCO, NEW JERSEY 



ROSES 



Brides, Bridesmaids, Qolden Gates 

 and Ivories, 2' 2 in. pots, $4.00 per 

 100; Mme. Abel Chatenay, $5.00 

 per 100. We call this extra fine stock. 

 Order at once. 



Prosperity Carnations, rooted cut- 

 tings, $2 00 per 100, 2 H in. pots, $2.50 

 per 100. Boston Market, rooted 

 cuttings, $2.00 per IOO. 



L. J. REUTER 



60th St. and Gibson Ave., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



