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HORTICULTUKE 



August 17, 1912 



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LILIUM HARRISII 



Grown from tlie original pure stock. 

 Extra fine, ti-7 inch bulbs, 350 to tUe 

 case, $15.00 per case. Full thousand 

 lots, $40.00 per 1,000. 



LILIUM CANDIDUM 



Extra sizeil bulbs, $5.00 per 100, 

 $40 00 per 1,000; Mammoth bulbs, $0.00 

 per 100, $50.00 per 1,000. 



WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS 



12-15 c/m bulbs, $2.50 per 100, $22. 

 per 1,000. 



FREESIAS 



French-grown. 

 Mammoth bulbs, % in. and up, $12.00 

 per 1,000; Extra sized bulbs, H to % 

 in., $9.00 per 1,000. 



PAPER WHITE GRANDIFLORA 

 NARCISSUS 



13 c/m bulbs, $8.50 per 1,000; 14 c/m 

 bulbs, $10.50 per 1,000. 



PHOENIX ROEBELENII 



The finest and most graceful of all 

 palms. Hardiest for summer decora- 

 tion. Ironclad. Does splendidly out 

 of doors Fine specimens In new 12- 

 in. tubs, $5.00 each. 



CROTONS 



Best assorted varieties In 5-ln. and 6- 

 In. pots, $6.00, $9.00 and $12.00 per 

 dozen, 



COLD STORAGE LILT OF THE 



VALLEY 



Very finest quality obtainable. Packed 



in cases of 500 and 1,000. 



COLD STORAGE LILIUM GIGAN- 



TEUM 



7-9 inch bulbs ; case lots of 30!1. 



FINE FERNS 



We have a magnificent stock of ex- 

 ceptionally fine ISEPHROLEPIS in the 



following varieties, viz. : 



ELEGANTIS8IMA, 6-inch potS, .50c. 

 each; S-inch, $1.00 each; extra fine 

 specimens, 12-inch, $4.00 to $5.00 each. 



BOSTONIENSIS, 10-tnch and 12-inch, 

 $5.00 to $7.50 each. 



GIATRASI, S-inch, $1.00 each; 10-inch, 

 extra fine specimens, $3.00 each. 



SCOTTII, 6-inch pots, 50c. each; 10- 

 inch, extra fine specimens, $2.50 each. 



VIRIDISSIMA, 10-inch, $2.00 to $3.00 

 each. 



MACNIFICIA, MUSCOSA, ELBGAN- 

 TISSIMA COMPACTA, 3>^-inch pots, 

 25c. each. 



GIATRASI. VIRIDISSIMA, BOSTON- 

 IENSIS, 31/0-inch pots, 15c. each 



SMALL FERNS FOR FERN PANS, as- 

 sorted varieties, 2i4-inch, $3.50 per 

 hundred. 



ASPARAGl'S PLCMOSl-S NANUS, 214- 

 inch pots, $4.00 per hundred. 



F. R. PIERSON CO., 



Tarrytown-on-Hudson 

 NEW YORK 



Boston Flower Exchange 



WILL HOLD THEIR ANNUAL 



Auction Sale of Stalls 



ON 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1912 



AT 9 O'CLOCK A.M. 

 Sale -bo fc»e IHold in -tKe IVIarlce-fc 



AT 



C PARK ST., BOSTON, MASS. 



Per Order Board of Directors 



their business methods and the result 

 has been a steady growth till their 

 shipping trade now extends trom 

 Maine to California and from New Or- 

 leans to Minnesota. Lester E. Part- 

 ridge, secretary and manager is well 

 known to the trade and is prominent 

 in the work of the convention, being a 

 member of the Allied Trades Commit- 

 tee. Mr. Partridge says factories are 

 still closed for the summer and will 

 probably not resume till the middle or 

 last of October, and that he expects 

 prices to keep firm on the present 

 basis or possibly go higher. 



A. L. Vaughan. 



A. Li. Vaughan, of the company that 

 bears his name, is one of the best 

 known wholesale commission men in 

 Chicago. He started when a slender 

 lad and filled various important posi- 

 tions tor a score of years. Seven years- 



ago the firm of Vaughan & Sperry was 

 formed and last year Mr. Vaughan 

 bought out his partner's interest, tak- 

 ing entire charge of one of the busiest 

 stores in the wholesale section, where 

 his genial manner makes even a busi- 

 ness call a pleasure. Give him a call 

 when at the Convention. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Baker, Ore. — The Baker Floral & 

 Seed Co., Center street, lost about 400 

 lights of glass by hail on July 22. 



Chambersburg, Pa. — George Ridge- 

 ley is now running the greenhouses 

 formerly owned by William B. Reed. 



Des Plaines, III. — It is reported that 

 the George M. Garland Co., greenhouse 

 builders, are to open a branch office 

 in San Francisco next winter. 



Revised Prices for Surplus 



OF 



Horseshoe Brand 

 Lily Bulbs 



Immediate delivery. Quality 

 good and bulbs strictly up to 

 size. No counter offers will 

 .be accepted. The following 

 are the prices until further 

 notice : 



Lilium Formosum 



Size 6-8 in $12.00 per box of 200 bulbs 



7-9 in 24.00 per box of SOO bulbs 



S-9 in 24.00 per box of 260 bulbs 



8-10 in 25.00 per box of 250 bulbs 



y-lO in 22.00 per box of 200 bulbs 



9-11 in 22.00 per box of 180 bulbs 



" 11-13 in 18.00 per box of 120 bulbs 



Lilium Harrisii 



Size 5-7 in $16.00 per box of 400 bulbs 



6-7 in 16.00 per box of 335 bulbs 



The following to arrive shortly. 



Lilium Multiflorum 



Size 7-9 in $18.00 per box of 300 bulbs 



8-10 in 22.50 per box of 250 bulbs 



9-10 in 20.00 per box of 200 bulbs 



Lilium Giganteum 



Size 6-8 in $16.00 per box of 400 bulbs 



7-8 in 16.00 per box of 350 bulbs 



7-9 in 16.00 per box of 300 bulbs 



8-10 in 22.50 per box of 250 bulbs 



9-10 in 22.00 per box of 200 bulbs 



9-11 in 21.60 per box of ISO bulbs 



■• 10-11 in 22.50 per box of 150 bulbs 



■■ 11-13 in 24.00 per box of 120 bulbs 



Prices on other Japanese bulbs quoted 

 upon application 



Cold Storage Giganteum for sale 



Now is the time to order all 

 fall bulbs — don't be the last 

 man and get what's left. 



fVriie to-day. 



Ralph M. Ward & Co. 



71 Murray Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Not How Cheap 

 But Ho» Good 



