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Vol XXIV. 



A JOURNAL "»« fLORBTS. SEEDSMEN «« NURSERYMEN. 



riiOBIBTS' PUBLIBHIHO CO., OSO Omxton Bnlldlns. 884 Dewrboni St.. OUIUAUO. 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, OCTOBER 7, J909. 



No. 6J9. 



SHAMROCK SEED 



The real thing, imported direct from Ireland. 



.SOW THIS MONTH FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY. 



J4 trade packet, 25c; trade packet, 50c. 



VINCA 



The annual flowering; variety, seed should be sown now. 



Trade plit. Oz. 



Vinca Alba, white with rose center 16c 50c 



Vinca Alba Pura, ture white 15c ."tOc 



Vinca Rosea, rosy pink 15o 60c 



Vinca, mix- fl ICc 40c 



Asparaerus Pluxnosus Nanus, greenhouse grown, 250 seeds, 76c; 



IbOO seeds, $2 50. 



URTHUR T. B000IN6T0N, 3^*' u.rsi. 



New York 



Sold out of Field-^rown Plants 



We are now booking orders for 

 January, 1910, delivery 



Conquest— LiK>it rink, overlaid with deep rose pinlc. 



Saneamo- Brilliant, glistening pink, fast grower and very free. 



Mary Tolman— Light pink, does not fade, free bloomer and good 

 grower. 



Above varieties, $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1(00. 



Chicago Carnation Co., 



A. T. PmB, 

 Mgr. 



Joliet, III. 



Begonia Qloire de Lorraine 



Strong stuff, ready for 4-inch pots, $15.00 per 100. 



New Begonia Pres. Taft 



Strong plants, ready for 4-in. pots, $25 00 per 100; 

 extra strong plants, ready for 6-in. pots, $60.00 per 100. 



Iris Pallida Dalmatica 



$12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. Now is the time for 

 planting. 



Cash ^rlth order from unknown correspondents 



J. A. PETERSON. Wcstwood. Cincinnati, 0. 



Ten Days* Free Trial 



The Baur Carnation Clip 



Send us no money. The cleverest device ever Invented lor 

 mpnding Split Carnations, will he sent to you aosolutely free, 

 without » ueuc deposit. Aurth many times its cost. 



Outfit (1 plier and 1000 clins). S2 50. Ciius: $1.00 per 1000, 

 $1.50 per 2000 $i.25 per 5000, $6.00 per lO.OoO, $12.50 per 25,000, 

 $20.1 per 50 000. 



POIN8ETTIAS (Best in America)-2^ in., $5 00 per 100; $45.00 per 



<0uu 

 ADIANTUM CROWEANUM-S-in , fine and bushy, $10.00 per 100. 

 SWAINSONA ALBA-!<-ln , 16 00 per 100. 

 ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS- Strings 8 ft. long, 40c each. 



BAUR FLORAL CO., Erie, Pa. 



MY MARYLAND 



(io and see your neighbor who grows it, and it will convince you that you should plant some yourself. 



3-in. pots left. Will sell at $12.0u per lUO. 



Azaleas Lilies 



'•f the following varieties: Vervapneana, Madame Van der Cruyssen, 

 mpress of India; Sig. Rucker, De .Sihryveriana. Simon Mardner, 

 ■eutsche Perle . 12 to 14-in. crown, $7.00 per doz., $50.00 per 100. 



Hydrangeas 



Field-grown, one to six shoots to the plant. $8.00 to $30 00 per 10(i. 

 atisf action guaranteed. Pot-grown. 4-in., one to four shoots to plant, 

 i.; 00 per 100; 5-in., three to Ave shoots to plant, $15.00 per 100. 



Qloire de Lorraine Begonias 



3-in., $15.00 per 100; 4-in., $35.C0, 100; 6-in., $50.00, 100; 6-in., $75 00, 100. 



300 plants in 



Full cases at 1000 rate. 



Per 100 1000 



Formosum Lilium Longiflorum, 6/8, 400 to case $ 4.50 $4000 



7/tf, 300 to case 8 60 75.00 



Azore Lilium Loneinorum, 7/<), 250 to cabc 9.00 850i 



Giganteum 7/0, 300 to case 7 00 60.00 



o/io. 20 1 to case 1000 90.tO 



Chinese Lilies, 80 bulbs to basket, 4 baskets to bale, 



$3.60 per bale 28.00 

 Magniiicum Album and Auratum. Prices quoted on application. 

 Also fuli line of Dutch bulbs. 



>Vm. F. Kasting Co., 383-387 Blicott Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Hydrangea Arborescens Grandiflora Alba 



FORMA NOVA 



The original variety sent out by our firm, aud much 

 iperior to other forms, very distinct from others in shape 

 foliage, as well as in the size of floret and also in size 

 f panicle. 



We unhesitatingly claim this THE BEST form of the 

 NEW" HYDRANGEA. 



One year old field plants, select, $8.00 per 100; $70 00 

 er 1000; second size, fine plants, $7.00 per 100; $60.00 

 per 1000. 



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



Cold Storage Valley 



for Xmas 



Packe<l ill cases of ."iiwt and 1000. 



Res:ular grade per 1000, $13.00 



Extra grade, xxxx " 16.00 



Order now and tfive dates for later shipping 



THE W. W. BARNARD CO., JSffSi,.. Oiicago 



