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



47 



Raised From Vaughi 



FRENCH MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



Ifrench Spawn is planted for the growing of button mush- 

 rooms. Ours is the very best to b<; had, being sown from 

 selected mushrooms. Put up in boxes of 2 pounds each. 

 Price, per box, 75c; if by mail, $1.20. The same loose, per 

 lb., 35c; if by mail, 45c; 10 lbs., ?3.20. 



The essentials in Mushroom growing are: an even 

 temperature, 55° to fiO°, maintained day ^nd night; 

 well prepared beds with good manure; a moist atmos- 

 phere, where the air is dry beds lose their moisture 

 quickly and must be watered. Water applied directly 

 to a Mushroom bed always injures the crop. 



MUSHROOM CULTURE. 



How to prepare the beds 

 and raise Mushrooms, Robin- 

 son, best English book, cloth 

 bound, 50c., postpaid. 



MUSHROOMS. 



The last few years have shown a large 

 the amount of Mushrooms grown and sli 

 are not only maintained, hut increaseil. Va 

 Store has been most successful in supplyin: 

 faction Loth thu lini'-rt..! lOimlish S|.a\\n 



We make at leasi . " nui)V'i tatkins° ye'ar 

 always have a fresh supply. 



English Mushroom Spawn. ^^^f'!, 



I he largest and most successful mak. r of Spaw n in the 

 world. He has made Spawn for some thirty ye ars and 

 lias kept up on all the new methods of manufacture. 

 Our Spawn is made by the famous tissue mi thod from 

 selected specimens. It has been found tliat English 

 Spawn, as a rule, does not bear so quickly as the Ameri- 

 can pure culture, but it, however, lasts much longer in 

 bearing. 



English Mushroom Spawn. </^JF5f?^?'S 



Price, i>er brick, 25c; 5 lbs., .$1.00, postpaid. By express 

 or freight, per brick, 15c; 2 for 25c; 8 bricks, $1.00; 25 

 lbs., $>.00; 100 lbs., $6.50; if shipped from New York, 

 $G.OO. Special prices on ton lots and upward. 



Pure Culture "Garden City" Spawn. The best spawn for beginners. The 



1 L highest development in the art of 



Spann making. This Spawn is made from tissue cultures from select specimens produced 

 by Spore (seed) culture. The bricks are inoculated with tiny threads from a young 

 specimen fruit, so that the special sorts or strains are produced, true to type. By this 

 selection of varieties the inferior yielding kinds are avoided. We carry the Cream Brown 

 or Bohemia variety, which has proven the best yielder. We can. however, supply the 

 Pure White, Brown, Alaska or Columbia pure culture Spawn. Price, per brick, 35c; 3 

 bricks for 60c, postpaid; by express or freight, 5 bricks for $1.00; 10 bricks, $1.75; 25 

 bricks, $3.50; 100 bricks, $12.00. 



DIRECT BRICKS. Inoculated direct from laboratory cultures. Write for prices. 



By W. Falconer. The best 

 American bnok on this sub- 

 pect. Postpaid, $1.00. 



MUSHROOMS. 



How to Grow. By Eraser, 

 12 pages. published by 

 Vaughan's Seed Store. Price, 

 10c, or FREE with every 

 order for Spawn amounting 

 to one dollar or over, if re- 

 quested with order. 



COLE'S EARLY. 



KleckleV S Sweet, a large oblong melon. A poor shipper, but with- 

 out doubt the highest quality of all Water Melons. 

 Skin dark green, flesh bright scarlet, ripening close to the skin. The 

 large heart does not crack open when ripe. Oz., 10c; % lb., 35c; lb., 75c; 

 '6 lbs., $3.25. 



True Ice Cream. The great Home Market Melon. It has too thin a 

 rind for shipping unless packed in straw. Few, if 

 any, surpass a True Ice Cream for quality and productiveness. Oz., 10c; 



% lb., 15c; lb., 50c. 



bearer. The flesh is red, of extreme firmness; in fact, almost as hard as 

 citron; very brittle and deliciously sweet. In color it is very light green, 

 almost white. The firmness of the flesh causes it to be the longest keeper 

 of the Water Melon family. Price, oz., 15c; oz., 25c; 2 oz., 40c; % lb., 

 €0c; lb., $1.80. 



Any of the following standard kinds at the uniform price of oz., 10c; 

 % lb., 15c; lb./ 50c; 5 lbs., $2.25, except where noted. 

 Citron, red seeded, lb., 60c. Gypsy Striped, or Rattlesnake. 



Colorado Citron, lb., 60c. Gray Monarch, or Long White Icing. 



Cuban Queen. Jones' Jumbo. 



Dark Icing. Kolb's Gem. 



Dixie. Phinney's Improved. 



Dnke Jones. Mountain Sweet. 



Florida Favorite, lb., 60c. Mclver's Wonderful Sugar, lb., 60c. 



WATER MELON 



Cole S Early. This is the Best Early Water Melon for the home 

 market today. For sweetness and delicate texture 

 of flesh it has no equal. The rind is thin but brittle, and therefore 

 not suitable for shipping: for the home market we know of none 

 better. Extreme earliness is its great merit. Oz., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb.. 

 60c; 5 lbs., $2.65. 



Early Fordhook. The first early shipping melon. Large for an 



early; skin, dark green; fiesh, crisp and sweet. 



Rind thin, but with tough skin. Oz., 10c; % lb., 20c j lb., 65c. 



.\ cross between Kolb's Gem and 

 Hoosier King. Its prominent points 

 nd productiveness. Melons weighing 75 

 is the most prolific Water Melon. Its 

 almost black. Of symmetrical shape, 

 ity of shape running through the 



Vaughans's Black Diamond 



of merit are its extreme size 

 to 90 pounds are frequent. I 

 color is a rich, dark green, 

 roundish to bluntly oval, a s 

 whole field. Oz., 10c; lb.. 



JOc; lb., 60c; 5 lbs., $2.50; 10 lbs., $4.50. 



Sweetheart. ^ standard shipping melon. Vine vigorous and pro- 



ductive. First fruits ripen early. The melons are 



large, uniform and heavy, mottled light and dark green. Rind is thin, 

 but firm, and the flesh is firm and solid, yet tender and melting. 

 Oz., 10c; % lb., 15c; lb., 50c. 



Improved Kolb's Gem. The best known shipping melon. The 



seed of this is saved from large, smootlr 



melons of a darker mottled green than Kolb's Gem. The melons 

 show a yellow blotch on the bottom. Oz., 10c; % lb., 15c; lb., 50c; 5 lbs., 

 $2.00; 10 lbs., $3.50. 



Triumnh One of the largest and handsomest of the shipping melons. 

 1 Z i_, A great seller. Oz., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb., 50c. 



Alabama Sweets. popular southern shipping melon, especially 



in Texas. Dark green color, good size and fine 



flavor. Select seed. Oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; lb., $1.00. 



MARTYNIA FOR PICKLES. 



The young and tender seed pods make a very fancy pickle. Oz., 15c; 

 % lb., 40e; lb., $1.50. 



MUSTARD. 



Oz. % lb. Lb. 



White London $0.05 $0.10 $0.30 



Brown 05 .15 .30 



New Chinese 10 .20 .60 



OKRA. 



Oz. % lb. Lb. 



White Velvet 05 .15 .40 



Dwarf 05 .15 .40 



Tall (Perkin's Mammoth) 05 .15 .40 



