422 HORTICULTURE September 23, 1911 



"IT'S RICE FOR QUALITY AND PRICE." 



Magnolia Leaves 



WE ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR A SUPERIOR QUALITY NOT KNOWN 

 BEFORE. DEVELOPED BYA NEW SCIENTIFIC PROCESS. PRICES 

 ARE LOWER THAN FOR SO-CALLED "HIGH QUALITY" LEAVES. 

 MEDIUM SIZES. GREEN AND BROWN. KEEP INDEFINITELY 

 IN COOL PLACES. AN EVERYDAY NECESSITY. SALES IN- 

 CREASING WONDERFULLY. AMPLE STOCKS. JOBBERS SUP- 

 PLIED. GET SAMPLES. PRICES SURPRISE. 



M. RICE & CO. 1° PHILADELPHIA 



The Leading Florists' Supply House and Ribbon Specialists 



CATALOGUE ON REQUEST. 



LILIUM HARRISII 



The Bermuda Easter l_ily) 



I— ET~ US supply your 'XA^an-fcs 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. 



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



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



Nephrolepis Elegantissima, Bostoniensis, and Harrisii, heavy 10-ln. plants 2.50 each 



F. R. PIERSON COMPANY, Tar, » t N ^r Y n „• R H i[ ds,B • 



