FLORICULTURE 



RES. U. S PATENT OFFICE 



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A WEEKLY JOURNAL"- FLORISTS. SEEDSMEN *«« NURSERYMEN. 



FL.UK1STS' FUBLISHINO CO., 635 Caxton Baildine. 508 South Dearborn St., CHICAGO 



VOL. XXXV. 



CHICAGO. DECEMBER 3. 1914. 



NO. 888. 



"IT'S A LONQ, LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY" 



SHAMROCK SEED 



TRUE IRISH 



FROM THE OULD SOD 



H tr. pkt $0.25 



Ounce 1.00 



Tr. pkt $0.40 



J4lb 3.00 



Arthur T. Boddington, 3f/%'h1k"'si New York 



Lilium Formosum 



Extra fine for Easter pot plants, size 7 to 9 inches, at $15.00 

 per case of 300 bulbs— Horseshoe Brand quality. 



Plant now for Easter. 



RALPH M. WARD 



&C0. 



THK LILY HOUSS 



5;.' iSS SSf • 7> M«n«r Shwt NEW YORK 



HONE OF WINTER-FLOWERING BEGONIAS 



Now in bloom: 



Begonia Glory of Cincinnati 

 Begonia Melior Cyclamen Giganteum 



In best strain, choice well flowered plants. 

 Quality our aim. Price list on application. 



J. A. PETERSON & SONS, Westwiti Ciadiuitti, 0. 



Narcissus Paper White 



Th« Tru« Glant-fflow«rlng 



Per case, 1250 bulbs $10.00 



Per 5 cases, 5000 bulbs 37.50 



These bulbs are selected extra size, and the best Quality 

 obtainable. 



30 and 32 Barclay Street, 



NEW YORK 



Big Cut in Prices of Bulbs 



We have a surplus of the following— all A No. 1 guaranteed bulbs— 

 and in order to move them quickly we offer at exceptionally reduced 

 prices. Offer only holds good until our supply is exhausted: 



LILIUM FORMOSUM (Immediate delivery) 



Oredlt prices Cash with order 



7- 9, 275 to case $16 00 per case; $15.00 per case 



8-10. 225 to case 16.60 per case; 15..')0 p-^r case 



9-10, 190 to case 17.00 per case; 16.00 per case 



GIGANTEUM- 



7- 9. SOO to case 15 00 per case; 14.00 per case 



8-10. 225 to case 19.00 per case; 18 00 per case 



9-10. 20J to case 19.t0 per case; 18.00 per case 



MAGNIFICUM- 



8- 9, 200 to case 10.50 per case; 10.00 per case 



Wm. F. Kasting Co.^Lf/.?:^ ^ 



FERNS FOR FERNERIES 



We have a fiae stock in six or eight of the leading varieties. 

 Price, $3.50 per 100. $30.00 per 1000. 



DECORATIVE FERNS 



Roosevelt, strong, 2^4-inch pots, $4.00 per 100, $37.50 per 



1000. 

 Boston, strong, 214-inch pots, $3.50 per 100, $30.00 per 1000. 

 Scottii, strong, 2 '4-inch pots, $3.00 per 100. 

 Scholzeli, strong, 2i4-inch pots, $4.00 per 100, $37.50 per 



1000. 

 Whitmani, strong, 2i^-inch pots, $4.00 per 100, $37.50 per 



10(i0. 

 Elegantissima Improved, 2^-inch pots, $4.00 per 100, 



$37.50 per 1000. 



THE McGregor BROS. CO., Sprln^ieia, Ohio 



OPHELIA 



We have the largest stock 

 of this rose in the country. 



It is the handsomest of all forcing roses in free, full, 

 habit and foliage, as well as in beauty of bloom. 



Its fieorlom of bloom is marvelous. 



It is the* queen of fancy colored roses. 



Already popular and being planted very largely in its 

 second year. 



It has paid the most money per square foot of any variety 



in our houses. _ 



Write for prices. 



THE £. G. HILL CO., Richmond, Ind. 



ORDER NOW 



Holly, Bouquet Green, Wreathing, Xmas 

 Trees and Xmas Decoration Sundries 



ESTIMATES FURNISHED ON FULL LINE 



The particular florist avoids disappointment by placing 



orders with us. 



TBE W. W. BAKNARD CO.,».l£?SS».Chicag( 



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