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September 28, 1912 



DOVES 



DOVES 



DOVES 



SPE.CIAL PRICES FOR THIS 'WEEK ONLY 



You know how hard it is to get " Doves " during- the moulting season. We do from actual expe- 

 rience — and prepared accordingly. 



Order your supply of "DOVES" from the " House of Rice " and be sure of getting the best. Look 

 at the low prices. Prime Quality $10.00-$1 1.00 and $12.00 per dozen. 

 Use Rice's Famous MAGNOLIA LEAVES used by all Progressive Florists — The best on the market. 

 Packed in air-tight corrugated boxes, about 1000 leaves to a box — each leaf is usable— no waste. 

 Use Rice's Peerless BROWN OAK SPRAYS— finest prepared foliage for wreaths, fine with 

 chrysanthemums — excellent for bases of funeral designs. Send for samples and prices. 



Oar "Willing Helper" Katalog is a real Helper— Have you seen it ? WRITE TODAY. 



M. RICE (Sh CO., 



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THE LEADING FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE AND RIBBON SPECIALISTS 



1220 Race Street 



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PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



FINE FERNS 



We have a magnificent stock of ex- 

 ceptionally fine NEPHROLEPIS in the 

 following varieties, viz.: 



EI/EGANTIS8IMA, 6-lnch pots, .50c. 

 each; 8-iuch. $1.00 e;ich; extra fine 

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



ELEGANTISSIMA COMPACTA, S-inch 

 pots. $1.00 each. 



HARRISII — an improved Bostoniensis. 

 Extra fine plants, 8-iuoh pots. $1.00 

 each. 



BOSTONIENSIS, 8-inch pots, $1.00 each. 



GIATRASII, S-inch pots, $1.00 each ; 

 SVa-inch pots, 15c. each. 



SCOTTII, 6-inch pots, 50c. each; 8-lnch 

 pots, $1.00 each. 



VIKIDISSIMA. lO-inch pots, $2.00 to 

 $3.00 each ; 3y2-inch pots, 15c. each. 



MAGNinCA, 3y2-iuch pots, 25c. each; 

 6-inch, T5c. each. 



ASPARAGUS PLIMOSUS NANUS, 214- 

 inch pots. $4.00 per lOn. 



CROTONS 



Best assorted varieties iu 5-iii. and 6- 

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

 dozen. 



PAPER WHITE GRANDIFLORA 

 NARCISSUS 



13 c/in iHilbs. .H8.50 per 1.000; 14 c/m 

 bulbs. $10.50 per l.OCK). 



FREESIAS 



French-grown. 

 Mammoth bulbs, % in. and up, $12.<H) 

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

 in., $9.00 per 1,000. 



AZALEAS 



Best .Standanl ('oiiiiiierciai Varieties. 



New Imp jrtatioi;. 



r>iameter. 



Plants lU-12 in. 



Plnnts 12-14 in. 



Plants 14-lfi in. 



Plants 16-18 in. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 



Cold storage. Ver.v finest quulit.v ob- 

 tainable. Packed in cases of 500 and 

 1,000. 



LILIUM GIGANTEUM 



Cold storage. 7-0 inch bullie; case lots 

 of 30O. 



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- 

 iu. tubs, .$3.00 each. 



F. R. PIERSON CO., 



Tarry town-on-Hudson 

 NEW YORK 



ROBERT CRAIG GO. 



ROSES, PALMS. 



and Novelties in Decorative Plants. 



MARKET and 49th STREETS, PKILilDELPHiA, PA. 



ROTTED s^A°c°K°8 PEAT 



;<t»)R»tft»b»i»KKK»sftK»tKKKKnK»i»>*)»y 



SEIECTED STOCK U fl C C 



Best quality. Ang. and Sept. price, 60c. per 

 s.nck. any quantity. 



SPHAGIlUM NICEIVBURLAPPED 



10 bbl. bales, per bale. .$4.(10; 5 bales, $!.T5 



each ; 10 bales, $3.50 each ; 25 bales, $3.2.'> 



each. 



J. H. SPRAGUE, BARNEGAT, N. i. 



4 A. A. GIBBONS, Red Level, Ala. 

 We Are Now Shipping 

 'NA/^II-^ SIN/III-^XX^ 



Holly. Mi^tletoe. Needle Pines, Mag- 

 nolia FoIia!;e. Fancy and Dagger 

 Ferns. Natural and Perpetuated 

 Mosses. Satisfaction (;u:irantecd. 

 Give me your order, large or small. 



Palms, Ferns, Dacorative and Foliage Plants 



Orders taken uow for I.VIPORTED AZALEAS 

 On hand a splendid stock of Ferns in 

 leading sorts. Also Cocos, Asparagus 

 for Jardinieres. 



A. LEUTHY & CO. 



Perkins Street Nurseries, Roslindale.— Boston, Mass. 



ORCHIDS 



Largest Importers, Exporters, Grower* 

 and Hybridists in the World 



SANDER, St. Alban's, England 



and 258 Broadway, Room 721 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Hybrid Orchids 



I FLOWERED AND I 



UNFLuWERED.... | 



Julius Roehrs Co. 



Rutherford, N. J. 



OROMIDS 



Freslily Imported in Fine Condition. 



Cattleya Gigas. From tlie same place 

 wiiere we found the rare C. 0. alba. 



C. Gaskelliana. C. Trianae. C. Schroe- 

 derae, Oncidium papilio and Krameriannm. 



Also a quantity of Oncidiura varicosum 

 Rojrersii, small plants in spilte, doz., $18.00. 



LAGER & IIURRELL "?.■}."■ 



FERNS FOR DISHES 



BeBt Assorted Varletlee, 2^ In. pots. 



9Z.bQ per 100; $30.00 per 1000. 



500 Ql Miousnnd rates. 



Caih with ordfy. 



Frank Cechsiin, wo^i^cVst .Chicago, III. 



^ CHILDS' GLADIOLI ^ 



are noted the world over for 



John LeMris Childs 



FLOWERFIELD, L. I., N. Y. 



BOSTON FERNS ^^ToToor- 



WHITM\NI COMPACTA (New), to lake the 

 place of Whitmani. A better commercial fem — 

 2 1-2 in. $6 per 100 : $50 per 1000. 

 ROOSEVELT, 2 1-2 in; $6 per 100: $50 per 

 1000. 250 plants at 1000 rates. 



H.H.BIISMW$&SON,Wliitinan,Mass. 



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