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HORTICULTURi: 



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It has four compartments, one of which is a grapery. A fine compact house it is, without an 

 inch more wood in it than absolutely necessary. Its Iron Frame takes all the strain. Some 

 owners of our houses claim they will last 100 years. Maybe they will. That's a long time. 

 Vou get your money's worth, that's sure. Going to build .' Then we ought to build it. 



Lord k Birihaii Co. 



FACTORIES : 



IRVINGTON, N. Y. 

 DES PLAINES, ILL. 



New York 

 St. James BIdg. 



Boston 

 Tremont BIdg. 



Philadelphia 

 Heed Bide. 



Chicago 

 The Rookery 



Tuberous Rooted Begonias 



In five separate colors — White, Scarlet, Crim- 

 son, Pink and Yellow — 



SINGLE, $2.50 per 100 $20.00 per 1000 

 DOUBLE, $4.50 " " $40.00 " " 



GLOXINIAS 



In four separate colors — White, Blue, Red and 



Blue-bordered White. $4.50 per 100. 



Finest Mixed, all colors — 



$3.50 per 100. 



CROTONS 



Fine assortment, well-colored. 5-in. pots, 

 $9.00 per dozen. 



FINE FERNS 



Ready for Immediate Retail Sale 



We have an exceptionally fine and large stock of 

 the following varieties — first-class plants of excep- 

 tionally good value, — plants that will please the most 

 critical buyers, both In regard to quality and value. 



NEPHROLEPIS ELEGANTISSIMA (Improved). 

 The finest of this type, never showing a Boston frond. 

 It has not reverted in the last four years. 



Fine plants, 6-in. pots, $6.00 per dozen; 8-ln., 



$12.00 to $18.00 per dozen; large specimens 



in 12-in., pans, $3.00 to $5.00 each. 



NEPHROLEPIS ELEGANTISSIMA COMPACTA. 

 This bears the same relation to elegantissima that 

 Scotti does to Bostoniensis. It is a dwarf, compact 

 plant, especially fine in the small sizes. 



Fine plants, 6-in. pots, $6.00 per dozen; 8-in., 



$18.00 per dozen; extra fine specimens, 12-in. 



pans, $5.00 each. 



SMALL FERNS FOR FERN PANS. Best and 

 hardiest varieties assorted, — Pteris Mayil, Wimsetti, 

 Adiantoides, Aspidlum tsusimense, Cyrtomium falca- 

 tum, etc. 



Nice plants, 2%-in. pots, $3.50 per 100. 



F. R. PIERSON COMPANY, ^""•n'^S^'y'oSII''""' 



