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HORTICULTURE 



April 10, 1920 



DAHLIA ROOTS 



CACTUS. 



Doz. 



$8.50 

 2.75 



8.50 

 2.00 

 1.75 



100 



$60.00 



18.00 



60.00 

 15.00 

 12.0(1 



2.00 15.00 

 1.75 12.00 



ATTRACTION. New hybrid, large clear Iliac rose 



AVAl^NCHE. New hybrid, pure white 



•BIANCA. New hybrid, delicate pinkish lavender, 

 long stiff stem 



BORNEMAJfN'S LIEBLING. Kose pink 



»ELI>.V KRAJrER. Especially good rose pink 



•HELENE. Lavender pink with white center, fine 

 free flowering sort 



•J. H. JACKSON. Largest and best yery dark 

 crimson cactus, fine stem 



■KKIEMHILDE. Pink with white center, very fine 

 cut flower yariety 



JIME. HENRI CAYEUX. Pink with white center. 



•PERLE DE I>YON. Hybrid, pure white with at- 

 tractively fringed petals 



RUTH rOBBES. Hybrid, mauve pink 



•STERN. Bright yellow 



T. G. BAKER. Yellow 



VOLKER. Yellow 



PEONY. 

 •BARON G. DE GBANCY. or M.\DONNA. Large 

 white with pale pink shadings, long stems, 



excellent for cutting $2.00 $15.0i 



•GLORY OF BAARN. Clear soft pink very fine 



flowering, long stem 2.00 



P. W. JANSEN. Rosev salmon and yellow 4.00 



•QUEEN WILHELMINA. Best pure white peony- 

 flowered 1-75 



SOUTH POLE. Large pure white 4.00 



SUNRISE. Bright pink 1-75 



DECORATIVE. 

 ■CLIFFORD W. BUBTON. Bright yellow, one of 



tile best for coniniercinl use. ;in nid siandtiv.. i;i.7."> 

 •DELICE. Bright pink suffused with lavender 



pink, popular commercial variety 1.75 



ELSIE DAVIDSON. Large golden yellow 1.75 



•FRANK A. WALKER. New. lavender pink, very 



free with good stem 5.00 



HORTULANUS WITTE. New, pure white 5.00 



•JACK ROSE. Deep crimson, good commercial 



sort 1.50 



•JEANNE CHABMET. Pinkish lilac, very pretty 



and a good producer 1.75 



JOHN B. BALDWIN. Salmon red 2.75 



•MINA BURGLE. Scarlet, long stem, free flow- 

 ing, called by many finest scarlet on the market 2.50 



15.00 



25.00 



12.00 

 25.00 

 12.00 



12.00 

 12.00 



35.00 

 35.00 



10.00 



12.00 

 18.00 



16.00 



Doz. 



*MME. VAN DEN DAELE. Large flowers, white 



edged pink, fine form, long stem 2.00 



•PRINCESS JULIAN.*. White, excellent for cut 



flower purposes 2.00 



•SOUV. de GUSTAVE D0.4Z0N. Giant red, larg- 

 est and finest decorative in commerce 1.50 



SYLVI.A. Pink an.l white 1.75 



WILHELM MILLER. Brilliant purple 1.50 



COLOSSAL. 



FIBEBURST. Intense scarlet and very large $4.00 



MME. MARZE. Mammoth pure white 4.00 



•MRS. ROOSEVELT. Delicate pink shading to soft 



pink, very handsome 4.00 



•REGGIE. Cherry red, very free, long wiry stems. 1.75 



•W. W. RAWSON. White tinted lavender 4.00 



•YELLOW COLOSSE. New, immense flowers of 

 pure primrose, the finest yellow commercisil 



Dahlia 4.50 



SNOW. 

 'A. n. LIVONI. Soft pink, always a standby, very 



free 



•ACQUISITION. Deep lilac, large 



niAMANT. Pure white 



•GOLDEN AGE. Sulphur yellow, free flowering. . 

 •PRIMROSE DAME. Primrose yellow, free flower- 



inir 



•ROBERT BROOMFIELD. Fine large white, tall 



grower 



•STORM KING. Pure white, free bloomer, long 



stems, very satisfactory 1.75 



•STRADELLA. Purple, free flowering, long stems 1.75 



VIVIAN. White heavily tipped violet 2.00 



WHITE SWAN. Pure white 1.75 



100 



15.00 



15.00 



10.00 

 12.00 

 10.00 



$25.00 

 25.00 



25.00 

 12.00 

 25.00 



30.00 



2.76 18.00 

 1.60 10.00 



12.00 

 12.00 

 15.00 

 12.00 



POMPON. 

 = D.\KKEST OF ALL. Deep crimson, nearly black, 



free flowering $1.50 



•ELFIN. Yellow, good everyday variety 1.75 



LA PETITE BARBARA. Small white 1.75 



•LITTLE BELLE. Lilac pink, free flowering 2.00 



•SNOW CLAD. Small pure white, very free 2.00 



The above list includes only those sorts suitable for com- 

 mercial purposes, but those marked (•) we recommend eBpe- 

 cially for florists' cut flower trade. 



Not less than six of a kind at dozen rates, or twenty-five of 

 :i kind at hundred rates. 



$10.00 

 12.00 

 12.00 

 16,00 

 15.00 



ASTER SEED 



High grade tested stock for the commercial florist, raised by 

 leading Aster seed specialists. 



' EABLY. 

 QUEEN OF THE MARKET. White, Royal white, shell pink, 

 rose, lavender, purple and mixed, % oz. 30c.; V4 oz. 50c.; 

 v. oz. $1.00; 1 oz. $1.85. 



MEDIUM EABLY. 

 ROYAL ASTERS. Long stem branching habit, free from lat- 

 erals, a valuable type; white, shell pink, rose, lavender, 

 purple, mixed, % oz. 40c. ; Vt oz. 75c. ; V^ oz. $1.35 ; 1 oz. 

 $2.50. 



MIDSEASON. 



MIDSUMMER INVINSIBLE. An all around valuable florists' 

 market sort. White, shell pink, rose, lavender, purple and 

 mixed, % oz. 60e. ; 14 oz. $1.00; V2 oz, $1.75; 1 oz. $3.00. 



The Three B«8t Rochester Types — MIKADO PINK, LAVEaJ- 

 DER PINK, WHITE ROCHESTER, % oz. 75c. ; Vi OZ. 

 Sl.-J.-i: 1/, oz. $2.25; 1 oz. .$4.00. 



PINK ENCHANTBESS. An excellent midseason branching; 

 'A oz. 75c.; 14 oz. $1,25; % oz. $2.25; 1 oz. $4.00. 



KING ASTERS. Slightly quilled petals with incurved center! ; 

 We have taken space at the International Flower Show in 



week of March 15th, and hIU be pleased to meet all our friends. 



call on us. 



white, shell pink, rose, lavender, purple, crimson and 

 mixed, % oz. 40c.; Vt oz. 75c.; J4 oz. $1.35; 1 oz. $2.60. 



LATE MIDSEASON. 

 CREGO GIANT COMET. A strain selected for very large 

 flowers with finished centers; white, shell pink, rose pink, 

 lavender, purple and mixed, % oz. 35c. ; Vt oz. 65c. ; U oz. 

 $1,25; 1 oz. $2,00, 



LATE. 

 L.ATE AMERICAN BRANCHING. White, shell pink, rose, 

 lavender, purple and mixed, % oz. 35c.; 14 oz. 65c.; % oz. 

 $1.25 1 oz. $2,00. 

 IMPERIAL DAYBREAK (very fine). CTear shell pink. 

 IMPEBIAL LAVENDER DAYBREAK (beautiful lavender 

 shade, very popular), branching habit; both of the above 

 at 1^ oz. 75c.; % oz. $1.25; % oz. $2,25; 1 oz. $4.00. 

 For very late blooms of Imperial Daybreak and Lavender 

 Daybreak sow late. Excellent cut flowers can be had well 

 into the Fall. 



VERY LATE 



.4UTUMN GLORY. The very best shell pink late variety. 



Follows late branching type. % oz. $1.00; Vi oz. $L50; V4 



oz. $2.75; 1 oz. $5,00. 



New York, and L. J. Renter will be In attendance the entire 



If we can be of any assistance to visiting florlst,s, don't fall to 



L. J. REUTER CO. 



Short P. O. Address 



Plant 15 Cedar St., WATERTOWN STA. 



Brokers ftoSTON, mass. 



L. J. Reuter Co., Boston 72, Mass. 



MRS. BULLOCK VERY ILL 

 The many friends of Mrs. E. M. 

 Bullock. Elkhart, Ind., member of 

 Ladies S. A. F. and life member of 

 S. A. P. & O. H. will be very sorry to 

 leant that she has been critically ill 

 o£ bright's disease, with other compli- 

 cations since the middle of January, at 

 present writing is only able to sit up 

 a few minutes at a time. Mrs. Bullock 



i.s well known to the florist trade from 

 coast to coast, and many will be the 

 wishes for her speedy recovery. 



Mrs. C;h.\s. H. Maynaed. 

 Marlon, Ohio, 



GENERAL NEWS. 



John O, Button, of Farmingdale, N. 

 J., is planning to build several large 

 greenhouses in the near future. 



Miss Helen Kenyon and Miss Ade 



laide Roberts, of the Department of 

 Botany at Vassar College, have been 

 elected members of the Duchess Coun- 

 ty, N. Y.. Horticultural Society, the 

 first women to be honored In that way 

 The society and the college are now 

 planning for closer co-operatlon. ano 

 a committee to work for that end has 

 been appointed, consisting of N. Har- 

 old Cottam. William Inglls, William 

 Howells and Fred Stopher. 



