SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, 



1610-1618 

 LUDLOW ST. 



Valley, 



$3.00, $4.00 



and $5.00 



per 100. 



Spanish Iris 



VARIETY, 



The Wholesale Florist 

 «>f Philadelphia 



$4.00 and 

 $5.00 per 

 100. 



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PITTSBURG CUT FLOWER CO,, Ltd. 



504 LIBERTY ST., PITTSBURG, PA. 



Fancy Roses, Carnations, White and Yellow Iris, and Novelties 



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: A GARDENER'S FRIEND. 



In times past the common toad was 

 looked upon with horror. It was said 

 to be poisonous, its ugly, weird-looking 

 appearance being considered sufficient 

 proof of its deadly character; yet it is 

 perfectly harmless. That the toad is 

 beneficial to the gardener is admitted by 

 everyone who has observed its habits. 

 From some extensive observations it has 

 been found that eleven per cent of the 

 toad's food is composed of insects and 

 spiders beneficial or indirectly helpful to 

 man, and eighty per cent of insects and 

 other animals directly injurious to culti- 

 vated crops or in other ways obnoxious 

 to man. The toad feeds on worms, snails 

 and wood-lice, common greenhouse pests, 

 and the many-legged insects which injure 

 crops of the greenhouse, covered frame 

 and open garden. It feeds to some ex- 

 tent on grasshoppers, crickets, cater- 

 pillars, and destroys large numbers of 

 ants. It consumes a considerable number 

 of beetles of various kinds, especially 

 click beetles, the adults of the common 

 wireworm, the cucumber beetle and cock- 

 roaches. 



As a rule, the toad is nocturnal in its 

 habits, although it will sometimes ven- 

 ture out during the daytime, when 

 tempted by an abundance of food in its 

 immediate vicinity, or more commonly 

 when the air is full of moisture. The 

 toad does not take dead or motionless 

 food. Only living and movitig insects, 

 etc., are devoured; so long as they re- 

 main motionless they are safe, but im- 

 mediately they commence to travel they 

 are captured. The toad's tongue is its 

 only organ for seizing food; the tongue 

 is covered with a glutinous substance 

 which adheres firmly to the food seized. 

 So rapid is the motion of its tongue that 

 a careful watch is necessary if one would 

 see the animal feed. The toad is a gross 

 feeder, and disposes of enormous quan- 

 tities of food. In twenty-four hours the 

 amount consumed by the toad equals 

 four times the stomach capacity — that is 

 to say, in the time mentioned the stomach 

 is filled and emptied four times, so rap- 

 idly does the process of digestion pro- 

 ceed. Toads, although they may be ugly 

 externally; may be reckoned among the 

 best friends that the gardener has. — 

 Gardeners' Magazine. 



Gary, Fla. — E. A. Lorbeer handles 

 not only nursery stock, but palms, flower- 

 ing plants, etc., in their season. He re- 

 ports a very busy spring. 



Toledo, O. — Mrs. E. Suder has taken 

 the store at 905 Madison avenue and will 

 fit it up as one of the finest flower stores 

 in the country, surpassed by none in a 

 citv of this size. 



Headquarters for Killarney Roses; also a good daily 

 supply of Maids, Brides, etc, Carnations, Violets, 

 Bulbous Stock, *' Greens," etc 



Chicag^o Market Quotations 



CHICAGO ROSE COMPANY 



J. F. DBGNAir, Sec'y and Mgr. 



heS^rlX^ Efb\7t^?I\1l!'iii. 56-58 Wabash Sve., Chicago 



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Be your own Commission Man. 



Sell your own stock at the Flower Growers' Market 



-SEE- 



PERCY JONES, Mgr., 60 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



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Wild Smilax, Corrugated Boxes, Hardy Ferns, 

 Laurel Festooning, Southern Boxwood, 

 Bronze and Green Galax and all kinds of Florists' Supplies 



Furnished at short notice. We carry the goods and can fill your orders. 



Welch Bros., 15 Province St., Boston, Mass. 



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Wholesale Gut Flower Prices. 



Boston. May 2. 

 PerlOO 



BeautieB, Specials $25.00 to $35.00 



Extra lO.OOto 15.00 



Short Stems 2.00to 6.00 



Brides, Specials 4.00to 8.00 



" Seconds l.OOto 3.00 



Bridesmaids, Specials 4.00 to 8.00 



Seconds l.OOto 2.00 



Ohatenay l.OOto 8.00 



Wellesley, Killarney 2.00 to 8.00 



Liberty 3.00 to 12.00 



Carnations, Special 3.00 to 4.00 



Select 2.00to 2.50 



Ordinary 1.50 



Violets .50 



Lily of the Vaiiiey ! .' !!'..'!!'..*."!!!.'!!! 3.00 to 4!oo 



▲sparagxis Plumosus, StrinRS 40.00 to 60.00 



" Sprays, bunches, 25.00 to 60.00 



Sprengeri, bunches 25.00 to 85.00 



Smilax S.OOto 10.00 



Adiantum 75to 1.00 



Oallas 4.00to 6.00 



Harrisii 6.00to 800 



Mignonette l.OOto 3.00 



SweetPeas 75 to 1.00 



Yellow Daffodils 1.50 



Tulips, Double 2.00 



Spanish Iris 2.00 to 3.00 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



Remedy for Ants. 



If those ■who are troubled by ants will 

 try my method they will find this diffi- 

 culty solved. Take two tablespoonfuls 

 of Babbit's potash and dissolve in a pail 

 half full of water. Make a small hole 

 in the top of the ants ' nest and pour in 

 slowly. Good-bye, ants I 



Tf. S. Armstrong. 



There's a reason why you should place 

 your order for Cut Flowers with the 



Detroit Gut Flower Supply House 



Try it and it becomes self evident. 



6 ADAMS AYE. WEST, DETROIT, MICH. 



CHAS. H. PEASE, Msr. 



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Wliolesale Gut Flower Prices. 



Beauties, Specials. 



Extra.... 



" Medium.. 



Short 



Brides and Bridesmaids, Fancy... 

 " Medium.... 



Short 



Liberty, Richmond, Specials 



Select 



Ohatenay. Killarney, Select 



Oarnations, Fancy 



Select 



Ordinary 



A.dlantum 



Asparagus Plumosus. Strin^fs. 



Sprays, per bunch 



" Sprengeri, bunch 



Smilax 



Valley 



Double Violets 



Baster Lilies 



Calla Lilies, per doz. . .$1.00 to $1.50 



Mignonette, Select 



Daffodils single, and double 



Pansies 



Daisies, white and yellow 



White Lilac, per bunch 50c 



Sweet Peas 



Iris. Spanish 



Pittsburg, May 2. 

 Per doz. 



$2.50to $3.00 



1.50 to 2.00 



75 to 1.00 



.50 



PerlOO , 



$10.00 



$6.00 to 8.00 



4.00 



10.00 to 1^.00 



4.00 to 8.00 



6.00 to 8.00 



3.00 



2.00 



1.00 to 1.50 



1.00 to 1.50 



50.00 



.30 to .50 



.30 to .50 



25.00 



2.00 to 3.00 



.25 to .50 



6.00 to 12.00 



2.00 to 4.00 

 2.00 



..50 to 3.00 



.60 to 

 S.OOto 



1.00 

 6.00 



