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VAUGHAN S BOOK FOR FLORISTS — CHICAGO AND NEW YORK. 



VAUQHAN'S SNOWBALL. TU,. Host Dwarf Whit<- AsU. 



IS iiiKravcd Iroin a photograph, 



lite flowers and the free flowering habit of the plants. 



shape of the 



Our ir.uEtration, which 

 A'ell shows the beautiful 

 Pkt., 15c. ; i oz., oOc. 



NEW LARGE- FLOWERING CALLA. 



Calla Devonlensis. 

 BLOOMING CAM. AS FROM SEED IN 1 YEAB. 



The most beau- 

 tiful and best 

 Calla up to date, 

 without a doubt. 

 It IS equally val- 

 uable for pots 

 and cut. It pro- 

 duces from 3 to 

 4 times as many 

 flowers as the 

 older sorts. 



The seedlings 

 come true and 

 will bloom pro- 

 fusely the first 

 year. This Calla 

 came from Eng- 

 land about 6] 

 years ago and ii 

 a great improve 

 ment on C. Ae 

 thiopica. It; 



bloom 



1 R n ( 



nomenal, while 

 its culture is of the simplest. 



One-year-old plants often produce from 6 to 8 flowers 

 which are of great bcautv. They are pure white, 

 large and are borne on stout stalks. Thev are also good 

 keepers. If sown at intervals of 4 to 0 weeks this 

 Calla can be hfid in bloom all the year. 100 -soods, 

 75c.; 1000 seeds, 86.00. 



NEW EVER-BLOOMINO ASTER. "IDEAL." 



This new Aster produces, perhaps, more salable cut flowers to a plant than 

 any other kind The plants grow from 16 to 18 inches high and are in bloom 

 from the beginning of August to the end of September almost uninterruptedly. 

 In shape the flowers resemble the Victoria type, except that the petals are looser 

 so as to give the flowers a very graceful appearance. White, light blue, dark 

 blue, crimson; each, trade packet, 15c.; H oz., 30c.; oz., Sl.OO. 

 Height in inches. Trade pkt. Vi oz. 



12 Dwarf Victoria, all colors, mixed 80.30 S0.45 



16 Dwarf Paony-Flowered, mixed 



16 Daybreak (Vick's), fine pink; great for cut 



Purity, a good white for cut flowers and pots 



10 Dwarf Queen, white, crimson, light blue, dark blur, 



pink Each, 



" " all colors mixed 



6 Dwarf Ilouqiipl, mixed, extra choice 



Vauulian's Firchiill, a splendid Aster 



Triunipl" X^ti-r, a'let white or mixed 



G.TiiKi.-i (iuill.-d. - ixcd, lb., 82.50 



Gloria or Itiitlontiole Aster. The plants grow to a 

 height oi 11) inches, a'e very branching and free-bloom- 

 ing. As many as 40 flowers have been counted on many 

 plants. The flowers are about 2 !4 inches in diameter 

 and are pure whit-^ with a brilliant scarlet margin 35 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum- Flowered. 



10 



.30 



.10 



.30 



.40 

 .30 

 .20 

 .50 

 .65 



Oz. 

 81.50 

 1.30 

 1.20 

 1.30 



1.45 

 1.20 

 .80 

 1.60 

 3.00 



(Hi- 



ll' inch. 



Brilli 



Lu;ht lil.: 



\V1 



Wlule 



White turning to Rose . 

 White turning to Azure Bl 



Dark Blue 



Peach Blossom 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum-Flowered 

 Sl.OO. 



COMET ASTER 



Each. 

 .Trade pkt., 15c. 



trade pkt., 10c. 



White 



Rose 



Rose and White . . . . 



Light Blue 



Peach Blossom 



(Height, 14 inches.) 

 Light Blue and White. 



Deep Scarlet 



Lavender 



Carmine 



White and Lilac 



Each, 

 Trade pkt., 15c. 



Pkt. 



Comet Aster, all colors mixed 80.10 80.25 



VauRhan's Excelsior Mixture of Dwarf Asters 25 ..'>0 



VauKhan's Excelsior Mixture of Tall Asters 25 .50 



Tall Asters, many sorts mixed (for cheap packets only) lO .30 



Dwarf Asters, " " " " 10 .20 



Perennial Asters, extra choice mixed 10 .25 



Auricula (Primula), fine mixed 



Ilachelor's Button, mixed (see also Centaurea). 

 Halloon Vine 



BALSAMS. 



, double pink, crimson, scarlet, flesh color, lilac; each 05 



•erf ecta. This is the largest and best douK white Balsam, 

 ilt d in doublcness and large size of its camellia-shaped 



>/ioz.,25c. .10 



le White, a vciy good strain H oz., 16c. .05 



Ic ('ameliia-Flowered, all colors mixed 05 



Ir Itosi— Flowered, all colors mixed 05 



I,- Du.irf, mixed 05 



;ii\\'S IWINCini.E. A splendid strain producing 

 u! i.- il .vi rs of the finest form. They are shy seeders 15 



81.00 

 1.75 

 1.75 

 ..50 



Balsam Apple (Monr.ordica) 



Balsam Pear 



Baptisia Australis, False Indigo, blue 



Bartonia .4urea 



Bpconia, Single Tuberous Rooted, finest mixed 



Double Tuberous Rooted, best mixed 



Erfordi. A splendid bedder. Blooms all Summer 



Vernon. Splendid bedder ^^oz., ."lOc. 



" Dwarf, grows only 5 inches high; blooms all Summer 



and is excellent for ribbon, carpet bedding and pots 



Rex Hybrids. Saved from a very fine collection 



de pkt. 



S0.05 

 .05 

 .05 

 .05 

 .60 

 ..50 

 .25 



. .10 



Oz. 

 .15 



Bellls or Double Daisy, Vaughan's Mammoth Mixture, 



1-16 oz., 36w. 

 " " " " White, 



1-16 oz., 30c. 

 * " " " Pink, 



1-16 oz., 50c. 



Double Extra Choice, mixed 14 oz., 30c. 



F>">' "iixc^! H OZ., 25c. 



All. us I'!, ■,!„-,. ,l..,ll>Ir VvhitO 1^ OZ.,:iOC. 



'LonKfellow," dark pink li oz.,35c. 



"Snowball," double white , 14 oz., 35e. 



Bird of Paradise (Poinciana Gillesii) 



Blue Daisy. See Agathea. 



Bocconia .laponica, Phmu- Pr.piv,-, f.-et high 



Brachycome Iberidifolia. S ^ m Ri\< r l)ai-,\ , blue 



^' •• Win, 



2.00 

 3.50 

 3..50 



Browallia Speclosa 3faJor. The most beautiful of all the Browallias. 

 The plants grow only about a foot high, form dense Jittle bushes w'hich 

 are covered the entire year with an abundance of the most delightful 

 skv-blue flowers, much larger than those of the other varieties. Trade 

 pkt. (250 seeds), 25c. 



CALAMPEIJS Scaber (Eccremocarpus); fine climber. 



CALENDULA (Pot Marigold), Meteor 



Rulphun-a Pl.-na, d.iuble sulphur vollow 



Trade ; 



SO. 



.lb., 70c. .( 



I' . Il pi . .I.Mll.l.- White 







CALLIOI'SIS, ini.Kcd 



Dwarf Sorts, nvxed 



r.old. n Wave, a good cut -flower lb., Sl.OO 



I^anreolata, yellow, perennial, good cut-flower lb., 



Calllop^is Coronata Maxima. Splendid cut-flower. Pure gold- 

 en yi llrnv ■_> to 3 inches across, on long, wiry stems; hardy and 

 blooTns nearly all season 



80.70 

 .10 

 .10 

 .10 

 .10 

 .15 

 .10 

 .10 

 .lO 

 .10 



CALCEOLARIA MYBRIDA. 



snotterl and variepated varieties, anil, we know, wi 

 Trade pkt. (1,(X)0 seeds), .50e.; 3 trade pkts., for $1.25. 



