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We would like to call attention to our large Exhibit at 



THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL, 



At NASHVILLE. 



Our Exhibit Comprises over 4,000 of the very Newest and Finest varieties of 



ITALIAN, FRENCH, AND AMERICAN CANNAS. 



Over 2,000 of the Finest and Choicest varieties of 



SUnnER-FLOWERING ROSES , 



among which will be found the new sensational rose of the season, Souv. du Pres. Carnot, Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria, Mine. Caroline Testout, Meteor, Clothilde Soupert, the Wichuraianas, the Rugosas, etc. 



AN UNRIVALLED COLLECTION OF DAHLIAS , 



of the very Newest and Finest varieties, a number of which have not yet been offered for sale. This collection of 

 Dahlias will surprise lovers of this beautiful flower, as many of the varieties are great advances over existing sorts. 



Also some fine, large specimens of 



PALMS AND OTHER DECORATIVE PLANTS, 



among which will be found Araucarias, Sago, Date and Fan-leaf Palms, Abyssinian Bananas, etc. 



Thousands of the finest varieties of 



DOUBLE TUBEROUS BEGONIAS, TUBEROSES, JAPAN LILIES 

 and a Fine Collection of RARE ORNAMENTAL SHRUBBERY, 



among which are Variegated English and Japan Hollies, Andromedas, Colorado Blue Spruce, Kalmias, Retinosporas, 

 Hydrangeas, etc. 



We would be pleased to have our friends examine our exhibit carefully, and will be glad to send our large illustrated Catalogue 

 containing a complete list of the Choicest Selections in Seeds and Plants, to all who may write us for it. 



P. R. FIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



Burbank Ganna. 



The American Seedling, with Giant Yellow Orchid= 



like Flowers, and splendid mu.sa like foliage. 



Best of all the new giant flowered type. 



Originated with Luther Burbank, of 



California, and the entire stock 



controlled by us. 



SEEING IS BELIEVING. 



Mr. D. Zirngiebel, of Needham. Mass., of the Society of 

 American Florists Canna Committee, who tested it with all" the 

 best new ones, says: "Yellow Burbank is the best yellow in 

 cultivation now, very large flowers of a handsome, bright shade 

 of nearly pure yellow." 



Mr.'J. T. TEMPLE.of Davenport, la., of this committee, says: 

 '*I consider Burbank one of the best of this year's novelties." 



Mr. Fred Kanst. head gardener of South" Park, Chicago, and 

 an expert judge of Cannas at the World's Fair, says: "The flow- 

 ers were much admired in the park this summer. " The foliage is 

 like rubber: it is always good; you can't tear it." 



Mr. James Dean. Chairman of that Committee, and chief of 

 New York's horticultural display at the World's Fair, says: 

 "Burbank is a new giant flowered forerunner of a new class' of 

 these beautiful flowers." 



PRICE, FINE PLANTS, Each, Postpaid, $1.00. 



CANNA BURBANK. 



NEW FRENCH CANNAS, we carry a 

 most complete stock of high class 

 varieties. 



^ESTIMATES CIVEN ON APPLICATION FOR ALL 

 CANNAS OFFERED IN THE U. S. 



VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, 



NEW YORK: 14 Barclay St. P. 0. Box 688, CHICAGO. 



