FLORICULTURE 



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A WEEKLY JOl)fiNAL"x> FLORISTS. SEEDSMEN ah<> NURSERYMEN. 



XXOKISTS' PUBL.I8UIMO CO., 530 Caxton Balidtna:. 508 South Dearborn St., CHICAGO 



VOL. XXXV. 



CHICAGO, JANUARY 28, 1915. 



NO. 896 



ROBERT SYDENHAM 



SPBNCKR SWKKT PKA 



/ Is one of fifteen novelty Sweet Peaa described in our 1916 Florists' 



Catalogue. 



ROBKRT 8TDBNHAM. (Holmes.) One of the most individual 

 colors intrtoduced into the modem Sweet Pea. It is a bright 

 orange-salgaon, self-colored, rather lighter than the Stirling 

 Stent and deeper than Melba or Barbara. It is of immense size 

 and is a ^nd aogfiisition; it created a great sensation when 

 exhibited at the Great Annual Exhibition in London. Trade 

 pkt.. 20c: 6 for tl.OO. 



Tbi» CataloatKi has now beeki distribated. If you have not received a 

 copy, a post card «ill fetch one. It contains a full list of Quality 

 Bulbs and Seeds. 



Arthur T. Boddington,3^,^*X New York 



BONE 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.rEIERSON&SONS, 



Big Cut in Prices of Bulbs 



We have a sorplus of the roUowing— all A No. 1 guaranteed bulbs— 

 and in ovder to aiave them onickly we effor afr^e ie e p t Ao aa H yrednoed 

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



LILiUM FORMOSUM (Immediate delivery) 



Credit prices Cash with order 



8-10, 225 to case S16.50 per case; $15.60 per case 



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



GIGANTEUM- 



7-9, SCO to case... 16.00 per case; 14.00 per case 



8-l0, 225 to case 19.00 per case; 18.00 per case 



9:10. 200 to case 19.C0 per case; 18.00 per case 



MAGNIFICUM 8 9. 200 to case. Credit price, $10.50 per case. Cash 

 with order, llO.OO per case. 



Wm. F. Kasting CC'L'S.n.'t. 



OPHELIA 



W* have the largest stock 

 of this rose in tko country. 



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

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



Its freedom 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 E. G. HILL CO., Richmond, Ind. 



INVESTIGATING 



If you are looking for lily bulbs, there's 

 no need of looking farther than HORSE- 

 SHOE BRAND. It is the logical answer 

 to your problem — provided, of course, 

 you want to make as much profit as 

 possible from lilies. Horseshoe Brand 

 lilies have made more lily growers than 

 any brand ever known. — WaM^ 



ASPARAGUS SEED 



Plumosus Nanus 



(New Crop Seed) 



We are regularly supplying the best «iowerft with our brue 



Greenhouse grown strain. 



lOOseeds 10.50 20008eed8 | 9.7ft 



SOQseeds 2.25 5000seeds 18.75 



lOOOseeds 4.00 



30 and 32 Barclay Straet, NBW YORK 



ARAUaRIA EXCELSA 



Fine specimen plants. 14 to 18 inches 

 high, three and four tiers, 76 cents each. 

 19.00 per dozen. 



ASPARAGUS PIUMOSUS 



Strong. 2^-inch pots, ready forS-indi, 

 $2.76 per 100: $25.00 per thousand. 



Strong. 2*2 inch pots, ready for 4-inch. 

 S3.00 per 100; S27.50 per thousand. 



Strong, 4-inch pots, $1.00 per dozan. 

 S8.00 per 100, 



ROOSEVELT FERNS 



Strong plants, from 4-inch pots. $1.60 

 per dozen; $12.00 per 100. 



THE McGregor bros. co. 



Sprin^eld, Ohio 



FLOWER SEEDS S:;,"^ 



10 per eent iiieoiBt for eask. 



Complete list for the asking. 



They're FBBSH T. P. Oz. 



Igerstani, blue fO.lO $0.25 



Alysiam Little Oem 10 .45 



AsterQ.of Mkt., mzd,.. ,10 .60 



BegoBla Erfordii 25 



Cebaea SeaDdeas. purple .10 



Dracaena lallTlsa 10 .26 



I'artet'He-Not Victoria. .16 .80 



HUinaaette Machet 10 .50 



Petaala, Calif. Oiants . . .26 



SslTla Splendens IB 1.00 



Saifta FlrebaU 26 



Lobelia Speaosa. $o.lo $0.60 



Lobelia Ci7Stal P. Comp .16 1.26 



Pjrethram Aureum 06 .26 



!■"« ■■ 10 ,26 



Rnapdragoa, Giant 10 ,80 



Stock Cat aW Csm Aiaia. . .26 

 StMSkTenWeeks'.mzd.. .26 



StokMla Cyanea .16 



Tkaabergla lo .40 



Terbeaa, Mammoth 16 1.00 



Tinea, mixed colors 10 .40 



Wkalesale List mailed as soon as ready. 



TBE W. W. BARNARD CO., 



211-2IS«.Ma«ssstt. 



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