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A WEEKLY JOURNAL"" FLORISTS. SEEDSMEN «» NURSERYMEN. 



t!L,oKielTH' FUUL.IHUIMO GU.. AMU IJMxtou Balldlns. OUIt Huatb Dearborn St., CUICAUO. 



VOL. XLIV. 



CHICAGO, AUGUST 7. 1919. 



NO. 1132. 



WINTER FLOWERING SWEET PEAS 



ASTA OHN. lavender: COLUMBIA, pink and white; CHRISTMAS 

 PINK; HEATHERBELL, mauve lavender; HELEN LEWIS, salmon 

 pink; MELODY, rose pink: MRS. CHAS. ZVOLANEK. clear laven- 

 der; ROSE QUEEN, pink SNOWPLAKE. white. 



Tr. pkt.. 75c; oz.. $1.25: ^-Ib. $3.50; lb.. $12.00. 

 LAVENDER NORA; LIBERTY, crimson; HEKCULES. rose-pink; 

 MRS. SPANOLIN, white; MORNING STAR, orange-scarlet; MRS. 

 SKACH, pink; PINKand WHITE ORCHID; WHITE ORCHID; YAR- 

 RAWA.rose pink. Tr. pkt., 60c; oz.. 75c; 14-lb., $2.50; lb.. $8.00. 



E.BURKE, finest lavender of all. Tr. pkt.. $l.00;oz.,$l.60; i4-lb.,$5 00. 

 HEATHERBELL, mauve lavender. Tr pkt., 65c; oz., $1.00; M-\b., IXOO. 

 WEDGWOOD, clear blue, Tr. pkt.. $1.00; oz., $1.50; J4-lb. tS.OO. 



A. HENDERSON & CO., 166 N. Wabaik Ave., 'Chictjo 



Shortage of Flowers 



You will be sorry you did not plant more Freesias, 



Flowers will be scarce this winter. Plant some more 



now. 5/8 to 6/8-inch true 



Purity stock, the best to grow, $12.00 per 1000 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO. 



Milwaukee, - - Wisconsin 



HYDRANGEAS 



French, 2^j-inch, Lilie Mouillere and Baby Bimbinette, 

 $12.00 per 100. 



BOSTON FERNS 



Bench plants, ready for 4-inch, $25.00 per 100. 

 Bench plants, ready for 5-inch, $40.00 per 100. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA 



2^-inch, assorted, $G.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 



PRIMULA MALACOIDES 



2i4-inch, $H.OO per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 



BEGONIAS 



Xmas Red and Prima Donna, 2X-iiifh, $0.00 per 100; 

 $50.00 per 1000. 



Wm. F. Kasting Co. 



568-570 Washiiiftoi St. 

 BUFFALO. N.Y. 



True Godfrey Calla 



(Devoniensis) 



$ 5.00 per 1 00 ) Established in 

 40.00 per 1000 j 2>^ inch pots. 



No florist can afford to be without it. 



THE E. G. HILlVcP. 



RICHMOND, :: v INDIANA 



SOME people talk a whole lot, but at the 

 same time say very little — others again 

 express a multitude of facts in a few words. 

 When we say Ward's Bulbs— Horseshoe Brand 

 —are the World's Best, we say a mouthful. 



Ralph N. Ward & Company, inc. 



THE LILY HOUSE 

 25 Murray St. New York 



Not How Uaeap 

 Bat flow Good 



Freesia Purity 



JUST RECEIVED 



per 100(1 



$ D.OO 



14.00 



17.00 



Inch Per 1000 



i2t0»8 JlO.OO 



»8 to %....>, 15.00 



%and up..\ 1800 



.1 UM KO— JAHk for price. 

 COLORED ^REKSI AS, separate colors or mixed. Ask for prices. 



Fresh <^eed8— Flower Seed Specialties 



CVrLAMKN- (.Selected Wandsbek strain). 



PANSY SI<,KD-. Separate colors or Giant Florists* Mixture. 



MIGNONKTTK-Oreenhouse forclnff. Ask for complete list. 



For plant stock consult classified advertisements or ask tor list of stock. 



ROMAN J. IRWIN, '%K-#g£i%TY 



ROSE PLANTS 



550 4-inch Shawyers at.. $18.00 per 100 



800 3-inch Sunburst at . . . 15.00 per 100 



200 3-inch Sprengeri at . . 8.00 per 100 



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Cash or C. O. D. 



W. J. & H. S. VESEY, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 



Specials, Ready Now 



SHEEP MANURE 



100 lbs I 2.25 



600 lbs 11.00 



1000 lbs 21.00 



Ton 40.00 



BARNARD'S 

 GREENHOUSE HOSE 



25 ft $ 5.25 



50 ft 10.25 



100 ft 20.00 



B9NE MEAL 



500 Iba r $13.10 



1000 lbs 2e,.{]fj 



Ton 50,00 



THE W. W. BARNARD CO.,»,%'.°SSifj;., Chicago 





INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS AND TABLE OF OONTENTS-l>AttES TWO AND THREE 



