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A Tryout Greenhouse 



We call it a "tryout" because the owner has rather extensive ideas of the size of 

 house he will eventually have, but he had us build this small one for him as a try- 

 out to prove to himself that a greenhouse gives all the fun and satisfaction we say- 

 it does. It is so located and arranged that it can be enlarged economically "and 

 lose none of its attractiveness. A plan that is planned ahead, as it were. 

 Perhaps you would like a tryout house? 



If you write us at once we will send you a catalog by return mail and by a little 

 extra effort your house ought to be ready for use this winter. 



Hitchings <SL Company 



Spring and Louisa Streets, Elizabeth, N. J. 



LILIUM HARRISII 



(The Q o r m u cf a Easter l_ i I y 



l_ET~ US supply your- wants in Lilies -this season 



We think we can make it to your advantage to do so, as regards both quality and price. 



The stock that we offer is not gathered indiscriminately from all kinds of sources, but is grown for 

 us by a few selected growers, whose stocks have been worked up from the true, original stock. In or- 

 der to ensure the health of the product, the bulbs are not grown on the same field oftener than one sea- 

 son, other crops being grown on the field the preceding year. The ground is thoroughly manured when 

 the previous crop is grown, leaving it in a high state of cultivation, and when the lily bulbs are planted 

 no fresh manure is used, and this prevents disease and ensures a crop of strong, healthy bulbs. 



In addition to this, we do not dig our bulbs as early as they are usually dug, but leave them in the 

 ground until they are thoroughly ripened and matured. When Harrisii is good, it leaves little to be de- 

 sired. There is very little, if any. stock obtainable as good as the stock that we are offering. We are 

 supplying only this one grade of selected stock, and when this is disposed of, we shall have no more to offer. 



While the quality of the stock that we offer is of the highest, our prices are as low as, or lower than, 

 the prices of those who offer the ordinary stock gathered from indiscriminate sources. We are sure buyers 

 will find our stock very satisfactory, and much more so than the Japan-grown Longiflorum, which has bad- 

 ly deteriorated in recent years. 



Bear in mind that we were the original introducers of Harrisii in Bermuda, and that we have excep- 

 tional facilities for obtaining our present supplies. Also take note that the smallest bulbs that we offer 

 are 6-7 inch bulbs, not 5-7 inch, as usually offered. 



6-7 inch bulbs, 335 to the case, $15.00 per case; full thousand lots, $40.00 per 1,000. 



7-9 inch bulbs. 200 to the case, $16.00 per case; full thousand lots, $75.00 per 1.000. 



9-11 inch bulbs. 100 to the case. $18.00 per case; full thousand lots, $175.00 per 1,000. 



FERNS 



We have an exceptionally nice lot of ferns in the following varieties, — good, bushy, well-grown plants 

 that will please the most critical buyers. Plants have been grown in pots, and are thoroughly well estab- 

 lished and nicely finished. 



Xephrolepis Bostoniensis and Piersoni, 6-in. pots $0.50 each 



Xephrolepis Elegantissima, Piersoni, Bostoniensis, and Harrisii, heavy 8-in. plants $1.00 to 1.50 each 



Xephrolepis Elegantissima, Bostoniensis, and Harrisii, heavy 10-in. plants 2.50 each 



F. R. PIERSON COMPANY, Tarr »* 1 5g w -%-5S dson> 



