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VAUGHAN'S BOOK FOR FLORISTS— CHICAGO AND NEW YORK. 



BAY TREE. BOX TREC. 



BAY TREES. 

 (Laurus Nobills.) 



These are now extensively used for store anil lawn 

 decorations and are most useful for all kinds of 

 decorative work. They are hardy and will stand 

 rough usage. They are easily cared for and should 

 pay for themselves the first season. No retail 

 flower store is rightly fitted up without a pair of 

 either pyramids or standards in front, they will 

 attract attention and customers. Our prices are for 

 trees due to arrive by April 10th. 



STANDARD OR TREE SHAPED. 

 Stems. Crowns. Each. 



42 to 45 in. high, 16 to 18 in. diam $6.00 



42 to 45 in. high, 20 to 22 in. diam 7.00 



42 to 45 in high, 24 to 26 in. diam 8.00 



42 to 45 in. high, 26 to 28 in. diam 10.00 



45 in. high, 30 to 32 in. diam 12.00 



45 in. high, 34 to 36 in. diam 15.00 



45 in. high, 40 to 42 in. diam 18.00 



BAY TREES, Pyramidal Shaped. 



4 ft. high, 20 to 24 in. diam., each $6.00 



4i ft. high, 24 to 26 in. diam., each. . . . 7.50 



5 ft. high, 26 to 28 in. diam., each 9.00 



6 ft. high, 30 in. diam., each. . . . 13.00 

 6 to 7 ft. high, 33 to 36 in. diam., each . . . 18.00 

 6 to 7 ft. high, 38 to 40 in. diam., each. . . . 20.00 



8 ft. high, 45 in. diam., each ... 25.00 



BOX TREES. 



(Buxus Sempervlrens.) 



Very useful for i|c<-i>ratii>ii I'if licr in stores, verandas 

 or lawns where soiiielhiiig clieaper than Hay Trees are 

 wanted. They are equally as hardy and stand all the 

 rough treatment that Bay Trees do. Our importa- 

 tion arrives about .\pnl 10th, when we will have a lot 

 of nice shapely trees in various sizes and shapes. 

 Prices do not include tubs. 



STANDARD OR TREE SHAPED. 



Stems about 2i feet, crowns 2 feet in diameter. 



Each. $4.00. 



Sterns 3 feet, crowns .^O inches in diameter. Each, 

 $7.00. 



PYRAMIDAL SHAPED. 

 Fine Shapely Trees. 



I J ft. high, each $1.00 



3 ft. high, each 2.50 



3i ft. high, each 3.00 



4 'ft. high, each 4.00 



4i ft. high, each 5.00 



5 ft. high, each 7.00 



5i ft. high, each 10.00 



BUSH SHAPED. 

 Very Fine, Bushy Plants. 

 12 to IS in. Iiinl., eiii h $1.00; doz., $10.00. 



BEGONIA. 

 GLOIRE DE LORRAINE . 



This is undoubtedly the greatest winter-flower- 

 ing Begonia. It grows from 10 to 12 inches high, 

 forming naturally graceful bushy specimens, 

 which from October to .\pril are completely 

 hidden in soft, rosy pink flowers. Many thous- 

 sands grown throughout the country for Christ- 

 mas sales bringing highest prices. It is used 

 effectively for centerpieces in table decorations. 

 Young plants bought in July and .August will 

 make fine specimen plants for Christmas sale, in 

 6 to 8-inch pots, which will sell for 81.00 to So. CO 

 each. If planted in 6 or 8-inch wire hanging 

 baskets, -mil make a grand show. 



We will have 25,000 strong, healthy plants, 

 well established in 2i-inch pots, ready to send 

 out the latter part of July and .\ugust. You 

 cannot afiford to be without this grand Begonia. 

 Get your order in early to insure early shipment. 

 Price, strong 2iinch pot plants, per doz., $2.00; 

 per 100, $15.00; per 1,000, $140. 



NEW BEGONIA FAIRY QUEEN . 



Foliage rich, glossy green. Flowers on sprays 

 0 inches long, opening at first a deep pink, chang- 

 ing to clear rose in the full open flowers. Blooms 

 when in 2J-inch pots. Coming into flower in 

 January, and continuing throughout the Summer. 

 /Will stand bedding out like a geranium. 



Strong Plants: 



Per doz. Per 100. 

 2i-inch pots each, 10c. $1.00 $8.00 



3- inch pots 1.50 12.00 



4- inch pots 2.50 



5- inch pots 5.00 



CASSIA ALATA— MRS. TEMPLE. 



A new variety of Cassia, a good thing for late 

 Summer blooming, the same as Salvia Splendens. 

 If used for planting around a re<l-flowering Carina beil 

 3 feet apart it makes a magnificent show. .\lso 

 grand for planting around Canna Black Beauty or 

 among grasses, besides making a very showy border 

 plant. Covered with pea-shaped flowers of a deep 

 .vellow through August, .September and October. 

 Strong plants from 2 ^ inch pots. Doz., 75c.; 100, 

 $6.00. 



Castor Bean. Tall and dwarf. Doz., 50c.; 

 per 100, $4.00. 



Centaurea Gymnocarpa. Per 100, $2.50. 

 Cobaea Scandens. Per 100, $5.00. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM . 



" Queen Alexandra." 

 Tho New Paris Daisy. This is the only true 

 Paris Daisy of p\ue white with double, semi-double 

 and single llc.wer^ on the same plant and at the 

 same time. .No llorist should be without this inter- 

 esting and most free flowering of all Daisies, for 

 besides being very useful for cut ting, it makes an 

 excellent [lOt plant. Doz., 50c. ; per 100, $3.60. 



BEGONIA. GLOinE DE LORRAINC. 



FANCY-LEAVED CALADIUMS . 



iny Bulbs, IJ to 2 inches in lUameter. For 

 window boxes, show plants or greenhouse growing, 

 this is one of the most decorative i>lants. Rich, 

 thrifty leaves, handsomer than Begonias; marbled, 

 veined and stri;ied with white, pink, and dark red. 

 Bulbs should be started into growth about .\pril 1st, 

 in a warm house. Price, named sorts, per dOZ.. 

 10 to 1.J varieties, $1.50; per 100, $10.00. 



FANCY LtOVED CALAOl 



GRAND BEDDING COLEUS. 



Anna Pflster. 



clges 



.\ellow intenniiigled with green an 

 i riinson. Habit of growth is compact 

 and bushy, rarely attaining a .height 

 of over 6 to 8 inches, and measuruig 

 Ml to 12 inches acro.ss. When bedded 

 I hey make a very fine show andmucl 

 more graceful than the old varieties 



oi Coleus. Doz., 60c.; per 100 

 $4.00. 



John Pflster. 



character of 

 tor; also the 

 same habit and growth, tile ilitTercnce 

 biMTiK in tlie i-oliiring iif (he foliage, 

 ulueh is a hriuhl iM im.son, edged and 

 lopped with old ^,,ld. Very striking. 

 Doz., 60c.; per 100, $4.00. 



Cactus. (Deutsche Kaiserln) 



hiiifX and of a beautifu 

 r. Will thrive in an^ 

 idslaiidalmost any kirn 



Price, each 15c.; XI 



E8CENS. QUEEN ALEXANDRA. 



