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Ginseng. 



U can be cultivated with success. 

 I sell strong plants, ready for 

 planting out, by the 100, 1000 or 

 10,000 at low rates. Sample 100 

 by mail, postpaid (different sizes), 

 for $4.00. Full information as to 

 growing, and prices in quantity, 

 free 



Kelsey's HARDY American Plants and 

 Carolina Mountain Flowers are 

 known universally. (. ataioRues ireu. 



HARLAN P. KELSEY, 



^ Highland Nursery, 



-^ — KAWANA, N.C. 



Crimson 

 Rambler 

 Rose. 



StroiiK young plants, 

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F. R. PIERSON CO. 



Box Q, 

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Decorative Plants 



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Ihe better. 



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Plants Bulbs and Requisites 



Thpv are the Best at the 

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Henry A. Dreer, 



Chestnut 5t. Phili. 



10.000 Berberis Thunbergii, 1 J4 to 2 ft. 

 20,000 " redberried, 2to3^ ft. 

 15,000 " purple leaved, 2 to SJ^ ft. 

 20,000 Buckthorns, 2 to 4 ft. 

 30,000 California privet 3 to 6 ft. 

 10,000 common privet, 3 to 6 ft. 

 5.000 strong Multiflora and Sweet Briar Rose.s. 



Also Althea, Snowberry. Spira;a, Viburnum, Cor- 

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How TO Grow Cut Flowers (Hunt). 

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Greenhousc Construction (Taft) —It 

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American Fruit Culturist (Tliomas). 

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Truck Farming at the South (Ocmler). 

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