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



GIANT COMET ASTER. 



White Bright Reii 



Salmon Rose, new. Lavender 

 Rose Light Blue 



The Bride Each 



Dark Blue trade pkt., 



Bright Carmine { 20c.; \ oz., 

 Sulphur Yelluw.. J 30c.;OZ.1.00 



Giant Comet Aster, all colors mwed. Trade pkt., 15c.; oz., $0.85 



Ostrich Feather, White Trade Pkt. 0.15 Oz. 1.00 



Flesh-color " " .20 ' 1.20 



Malmaison, pink " .25 1.50 



Many colors, mi.xed .15 " 1.00 



THE "CARLSON" OR EARLY FLOWERING BRANCHING 



Our seed of this is .saved from plants that were not blighted and were 

 grown for the seed only. There is a lot of seed on the market that is saved 

 from inferior flowers, the best having been sold for cut-flowers. In bloom 

 about two weeks ahead of the Giant Branching. 



White, Rose Pink, Lavender, Marquis-Pink, VioIet>Blue, Day-Break 

 Pink and Mixed. Each, trade pkt., 25c.; any 3 for 65c.; or per oz., 40c. ; 

 oz., $1.50. 



COMET ASTER. 



White . Light Blue and White. 



Dark Rose Deep Scarlet 



Pink, bordered White Carmine 



Bridesmaid, new White and Lilac 



Light Blue Dark Blue 



Peach-Blossom Silver Crey 



Empress Frederick, white 



Comet, all colors mixed, trade pkt., ISc; per oz., $i.00. 



TJNICTJM. This new .Vster is two feet in height and of branching habit. 

 The flowers are composed of long, narrowly-channelled petals regularly ex- 

 panded in all directions, o.to 6 inches in diameter. .Splendid variety for cutting. 

 Trade pkt., 25c.; i oz., $1.00. 



ELEGANCE ASTER. 

 THE BESTi^INGLE ASTER. 



The plants are very free blooming, and produce their beautiful 

 flowers on long, slender stems. The flowers are from 2 to '.i inches in dia- 

 meter, with small yellow centers, and last for a week when cut. The petals 

 are broad and wavy, reminding of the Single Japanese Chrysanthemums. 



White. Lavender, Dark Blue. Each, trade pkt.lOc.; i oz., 30c. 

 oz.. $1.00 



VARIOUS SORTS OF ASTERS. 



i Each 

 , trade pkt. 

 ]. 20c.; 



\ 0Z.,3SC. 

 i OZ.,$1.25. 



Peony-flowered 



t-iiower 



fine cut-flow 



■. Mixed 



White, line cu 

 " " Dark Scariet, 



Triumph Aster, Scariet 



White 



" " Deep,.Purple 



'« " Deep Violet 



" " Mixed, many colors. 



Giant Japanese or Tassel Aster, mixed 



Betteridge's Sulphur Yellow 



German Quilled, all colors mi.xed 



Crown or Cocardeau, mixed 



Queen of the Earliest, White 



" " " " Pink :'. :. 



Dwarf Bouquet Bi>ltze's), mi,\ed, e.\tra choice 



Washington or Jubilee Aster, mixed 



Vaughan's Beauty, Brilliant red, tall 



Fireball, a splendid dwarf .Vster 



Little Gem, height 6 inches, flowers pink anil white 

 Snowball. The best Dwarf White Aster 



Daybreak (\ ick's;, new, pink, fine for pots 



Lavender, new 



Purity (Vick's) 



Surprise Aster, pink, mottled and flushed with red 



" Sunlight, new, sulphur-yellow 



Gloria or Buttonhole Aster. The plants grow to a height of 

 10 inches. .\s many as 10 flowers have been counted on many 

 plants. The (lowers are about 2 inches in diameter, and arc 

 pure white with a brilliant scarlet margin 



Early Flowering Dwarf Asters, all colors, mixed. . 



Tall Asters, many das.ses and colors mi.\ed. 



Dwarf Asters, many cla>^scs and colors nuxed. .". 



Vaughan's Florists' Mixture of Asters. This is a mixture 



■ of .til the l)est varieties of .\slcrs suitable for cut flowers, con- 

 -i-ting principally of while, pink ami the brightest of red, with 

 a ~mall proportion of light blue and puqile and .some inter- 

 lafdiate shades. This mi.xture being made up by ourselves, we 

 know it to contain only the most salable colors for cut-flower use, 

 f>n'l offer it as a good substitute for the higher priced .separate 

 c olors. Per lb., $16.00 



White Asters In Mixture. This mixture, made up by our- 

 -elves, of all the wliile flowering Asters suitable for cut-flowers 

 includes Giant Comet, Victoria, Truffaut, Carlson, Boston 

 florist, Vaughan's New Upright White, Scrapie's Branching, 

 and others. P«sr lb., $16.00 



le Pkt. 

 $0.10 

 .15 

 .15 

 .25 

 .25 

 .30 

 .30 

 .25 

 .25 

 .10 

 .05 

 .10 

 .10 

 .10 

 .10 

 .15 

 .20 

 .25 

 .25 

 .30 

 .25 

 .50 

 .25 

 .16 



Oz. 

 $0.80 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 4^00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 1.50 

 .50 

 .35 

 .80 

 .60 

 .60 

 .85 

 1.25 

 1.50 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 2.50 

 1.50 



1.50 

 1.25 

 1.60 



ASTER. 



Snowdrift, new. .. 

 Lavender Gem, r 

 Violet King, new 

 Royal Purple, ne 



Aster, Perennial vars. 



Trade 

 ... $0 



large flowering, extra choice 



Amelltis Roseus, new Pkt., I5c. 



1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.75 



Auricula (.Primulas, tine mi.xed J oz., 



Bachelor's Button, mixed (see also Centaurea) 



Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum Halicacabum) 



.25 3.00 

 .05 .10 

 .05 .10 



.10 

 .10 

 .10 

 .05 

 .06 

 .05 



.15 

 .05 

 .05 

 .05 

 .05 



$1.50 



1.00 

 .50 

 .60 

 .80 

 .40 

 .40 

 .30 



2.00 



BALSAMS. 



Balsam, double pink, crimson, scarlet, fle.sh color, lilac; each, . . . 

 Alba Perfecta. This is the largest and best double white 

 BaLsam, unequaled in doubleness and large size of its caraellia- 



shaped flowers i OZ., 25c. 



Double White, a very good strain \ OZ., 15c. 



Atrosangulnea plenlssima, double blood red 



Prince Bismarck, -^Umon rose, new 



Double Camellia -Flowered, all colors mixed 



" Rose-Flowered, all colors mixed 



" Dwarf, mixed 



Vaughan's Invincible. A splendid stra,tii producing ver.\ 

 double flowers of the finest form. They are shy seeders. . 



Balsam Apple Olormordica) 



Pear 



Baptlsia Australls, False Indigo, blue 



Bartonia Aurea 



BEGONIA. 



Begonia, Single Tuberous Rooted, finest mixed, 1-16 < 



Double Tuberous Rooted, best mixed 



Erfordi. .\ >plen.li.i bedder. Blooms all Summer 



Vernon. Splen.liil bedder J OZ., 30c. 



Rex Hybrids. Saved from a very fine collection, 500 seeds. . .35 



Rubens, new, very fine Pkt.. 200. 



Berna. The foliage of this fine bedding Begonia is very dark, flowers 

 are rather large for the Semperflorens type and are of very bright, carmine 

 red; they are produced all summer and in great abundance. Trade Pkt., 2Sc. 



Gracilis Lumlnosa. This differs from Begonia Gracilis in the lustrous 

 reddish brown color of the foliage, while the flowers, measuring 1 to IJ inches 

 across, are of a fierv dark scarlet. It is very free flowering, and w here massed, 

 produces a splendid effect. Pkt., 25c. 



Semperflorens Red Lubecca, fine for bedding. Pkt., 25c. 



Salmon (Jueen. new. very fine. Pkt., 15C. 



BELLIS OR DOUBLE DAISY. 



Tra.le 



Vaughan's Mammoth Mixture 1-16 oz., 36c. 



White 1-16 oz., 35c. 



Pink 1-16 oz. ,60c. 



Monstrosa, new Giant double, white, extra 



" " " " pink , . 



Double Extra Choice, mixed i oz., 25c. 



Albus Plenus, double white J oz., 25c. 



"Longfellow," dark pink J oZ., 30c. 



"Snowball," double white I oz., 25c. 



Bldens .Vtrosanguinea, the black Dahlia ... 



Bird of Paradise (Poinciana Gillesii i 



Blue Daisy. See .\gathea. 



Bocconla .laponica. Plume Poppy, o feet high 



Brachycome Iberldtfolia, Swan River Daisy, blue 



White 



1.70 

 1.50 

 2.00 

 1.20 

 .50 

 .40 



.20 

 .40 

 .40 



Pink 10 .40 



BrowalUa Speclosa Major. For vases, baskets and bedding out. The 

 plants grow about a foot high and are covered with the most delightful 

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

 (3.30 seeds), 260. Trade Pkt. O/,. 



Browallla, mixed 



Bromus Maxima 



Bryonopsls Laciniosa, fine aimual climb 



Buddleya Variabilis 



Buphthalmlum Cordifolium; 



Cacalia, mixed, (Tassel Flower). 

 Calampells Scabcr, a splendid climber. 

 Calandrinia Grandiilora 



0.10 

 .05 

 .05 

 . 10 

 .05 

 .06 



CALCEOLARIA HYBRIDA. 



0.35 

 .15 

 .20 

 .60 

 .15 

 .15 

 .70 

 .30 



Our mixture is composed of the choicest selections of the tigered, marbled 

 spotted and variegated varieties, and, we know, will give entire .satisfaction. 

 Trade pkt., (1,000 ,seeds>, 60c.; 3 trade pkts., for $1.36. 



Trade Pkt. Oz. 



Calendula (Pot Marigold). Meteor lb., 80c. $0.05 $0.10 



Sul|)hurea Plena, double sulphur yellow 



Prince of Orange, bright orange .lb., 80c. 



Orange King, Grandiflora fl. pi., best lb., 



I'ongei fl. pi., double white 



.Mixed ■. . .1. 



80c. 



