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HORTICULTURE, 



February IG, 1907 



BEACON CARNATION 



(ORANGE-SCARLET) 



Ori8:inated at Ellis, Mass. 



Has beeti tested four years 

 and proved to be of 



Great Commercial Value 



Do you want to 

 keep the "Blues" 

 and grow Bea- 

 con? You can't 

 do both. 



Commencing to bloom early in the Fall, it gives a profusion of flowers for Christmas (when scarlet 

 is in demand at remunerative prices) and CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE WINTER MONTHS. It may 

 not score as high on the exhibition table as some, but WILL FIGURE UPON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR 

 LEDGER in a manner highly satisfactory. 



The blooms, under ordinary culture, average 2 3-4 to 3 inches in diameter, the guard petals are broad, 

 well arranged, and of good substance, the centre loosely arranged and not too full. Color, scarlet with a 

 dash of orange, which lightens up the flower, especially during dull, dark weather, making it very brilliant 

 and attractive. The stem is long, stiff and wiry. Calyx long and seldom bursts (less than four per cent. 

 last winter). It propagates easily. The plant is a vigorous, healthy grower, of ideal habit, and a most pro- 

 fuse bloomer. A night temperature ol 50 to 52 degrees suits it admirably. 



A bench of Beacon in full Bloom is a siglit not easily forgotten 



... PRICES ... 



Per 100 $12.00-50 at 100 rate Per 1000 $100.00—250 at 1000 rate Per 2500 $95.00 per 1000 



Per 5000 $90.00 per 1000 Per 10,000 $80.00 per 1000 



In lots of 20,000 or more, cash with order, or received prior to shipment, $75.00 per 1000 



WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE PROMPT DELIVERY 



COTTAGE GARDENS CO. 



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Queens, N. Y. 



Mmntlon 



This 



Paper 



PETER FISHER 



Ellis, Mass. 



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{CARNATION WINSOR 



{We have not advertised Winsor until now because we have not had to. It is so good and its merits have 

 been so generally recognized that it has practically sold itself. Our advance orders were very large, and we did 

 not feel the necessity of advertising it until we were in a position to fill and take care of our early orders. We 

 iare now nearly caught up with our advance orders and have a fine lot of stock on the cutting bench, so that we 

 can promise, for the present, February delivery on orders received within a short time at least. 

 If you have not already purchased a stock of this, you should lose no time doing so. We are going to sell 

 more Winsor than has ever been sold of any novelty that has ever been put on the market. Its merits and value 

 are now so well established that one is not buying a chance. We are cutting and shipping right along between 

 one and two thousand flowers a day to the New York market, where our flowers are sold. 



There is nothing on the market that approaches Winsor to-day in carnations. It is the best seller on the 

 market, on account of its lovely color, fine stem, perfect calyx, and fine keeping and shipping qualities — in fact, in 

 this regard it covers every necessary requisite as a market variety. 



From a growing standpoint, it leaves little to be desired. It is unusually healthy, very vigorous and pro- 

 ductive, and. we think, the most profitable carnation ever introduced. This may seetii high praise for a carna- 

 tion, but it is no exaggeration. Winsor gives a large percentage of high-quality fiowers. It practically does not 

 split at all. Notwithstanding the fact that we have had the darkest, dullest winter we have ever had, when the 

 Enchantress and Lawson types are splitting badly all over the country with every one, we have not had one-half 

 of one per cent, of split calyxes or Winsor — in fact, we seldom see a split calyx. Hundreds of visitors who have 

 been at our Scarborough place will substantiate this statement, extravagant as it may appear. 



Any one who fails to plant Winsor this year will regret it. Rose Pink Enchantress is good, and a good 

 many other varieties are good, but if you want tiie winner, plant Winsor. 



We not only have a good thing in Winsor, but we are delivering good stock. As a sample of the testi- 

 monials that we are receiving, see this space in last issue. We are trying to give 110 cents on the dollar, and 

 guarantee to please everybody with the stock sent out, or we will not ask you to pay for it. We have still to re- 

 ceive our first complaint, and we have shipped between one and two hundred thousand cuttings to date. 



STRONG ROOTED CUTTINGS, February delivery, $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1,000. 



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'. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Yj 



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