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



FLORISTS' PUBUSHINQ CO- 838 Caxton BulMlns, SOS South D«arbom St- CHICAQO. 



Vol. XXX. 



CHICAGO, AUGUST J5, J9J2. 



No. 768. 



ASPARAGUS PLUNOSUS NANUS 



(Greenlious* Grown) 

 EXTRA SPECIAL OFFER TILL SOLD 



100 for $ 0.40 



260 for 75 



500 for 1.85 



1000 for 2.50 



5000 for 10. OO 



10.000 for 18.00 



AKTBDR T. BODDINGTON, „,*^'i^d... New Yiik 



Pandanus Veitchii 



FINELY SHAPED PLANTS 



Nicely variegated, in specimens, at 



$1.50, $2.S0, $3.00, $4.00 ui $5.00 each. 



Good value, 

 never had them better. 



J. A. PETERSON & SONS. WcstwN^, CiMiniti, 0. 



BUY now; 



SPECIAL OFFBt IN COLD STORAGE LILIES 



eicaatonma, 7x9, 8M to cm* $17.00 per case 



▲Ibam, 8 X 9, 220 to eaae 17.50 per caae 



3% cash discount with orders. Do not let the other 

 dealer tell you these are not as good as others. We do not 

 have to pay traveUng men expenses and are giving you the 

 benefit of same. We guarantee our bulbs. 



W. F. HASTING CO., 



383-387 

 Ellicott Street. 



Boffak), N. Y. 



COMMODORE! 



Our new red carnation, to be disseminated in January, 1913. 



What red shall you plant to supplement Beacon? 

 Try our scarlet-crimson Commodore. 



We iruarantee it a money-making commercial. As free as Beacon ; 

 always a better color; the prettiest grower of them all; an easy rooter. 

 Has pleased all the expert srrowers who have seen it in the past three 

 years. 



$12.00 per lOO; $100.00 per lOOO 



Let us book your order for early cuttings. 



THE E. G. HILL CO., Richmond, Ind. 



ALL SEASONABLE 



Summer Flowers 



at Lowest Market Prices. 



Chicagfo Carnation Co., ^m. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



30 East Randolph St., Chicago, 111. 



PYFER. 



lanasor 



CANDYTUFT 



Our stock of this popular hardy annual is the best possible to pro- 

 cure. Where srrown in rows for cut flowers, best results can be obtained 

 only by setting the plants at least a foot apart in the rows and 1*3 feet 

 between the rows. 

 8. U W. Co.'b Giant Hyaclnth-riowored. Immense spikes of 



pure white flowers. J4-lb.. $1.25; lb.. $4.00: trade pkt. 15c; oz., 36c. 

 SmpresB. Flat heads of white flowers. H-\h., $1.00; lb., $3.00; trade 



pkt., 10c; oz., 30c. 



8. 



MIGNONETTE 



* Y:. ^' * Triumph. This Mignonette is one of the choicest 

 varieties for winter forcing. In type similar to Allen's Defiance, 

 except that spikes are more compact and the individual florets are 

 much larger in size. Seed of this grand variety is grown in ©ur 

 greenhouses, and is saved from the best spikes. Plants grow from 

 2 to 3 feet high, producing flower-spikes up to 20 inches lon«. 

 Pkt. (about 1000 seeds), 50c; ifl-oz., 75c: oz., $5.00. 



STUnrr & waiter CO., so Bwdir stmt, New Ywk 



GERANIUMS 



Strong, 2i2-inch pot plants, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000: 

 Beaute Poitevine, Alph. Eicard, Buchner, M. Castellane, 

 Jean Viaud, Mme. Landry, Mme, Jaulin, Berthe de 

 Prescilly, Brevant, Mt. of Snow (Silver Leaf). 



Wm. Langwith (Double Red Silver Leaf), $4.00 per 100- 

 $36.00 per 1000. ' 



Mrs. Pollock (Tricolor), $4.00 per 100; $36.C0 per 1000. 



Note.— If you are not ready to handle your Geraniums 

 at once, let us book your order for future delivery. 



TBE NdXEGOR BROS. CO., SftafiM, Okw 



ATTENTION, FLORISTS! 



surface lines to all other railway stations eievatea and 



C Out-of-town Florists are cordially invited to make our place head- 

 Quarters when n Chicago. Special accommodation p?ovidedfor 

 visitors. Reading and writing rooms, telephone service? Itc 



*''^'"vo''^M'^i*ic^' »1^« Coliseum during Florists' Convention, Stand 



No. F 69. Also at our salesrooms, 231-233-235 West Ma<lison Street. 



9L Our representatives, Messrs. Fred Lembke.Wm. M. Reid, C. O.Wilcox 



TheW.W.BaiMrdCo.».isT:i!!. 



Long Distance Phone. Franklin 635 Automatic. 34,467" 



.It. Chicago 



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