VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, BOOK FOR FLORISTS. 



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AMERICA 



GLADIOLUS IN COLORS 



All tarsir-flow iinif l.ulbs. In tliese shades will 

 flowers eriiial to the finest named kinds. 



Per lOu 



Red and Scarlet Shades $1.35 



.Scarlet White Throat 3.00 



Striped Sliades 2.75 



Pinli Shades 1.50 



YeUow Shades 3.50 



Per 1000 

 $11.00 



22.00 

 13.00 



VAUGHAN'S GLADIOLUS 



Our stores ui Chicago and Now York have tuk. n a front rank in the last 

 icw years in growing and wholesaling the Gladioli. 



We have introduced two remarkable kinds in recent years — Princeps, the 

 $1,000 wonder, and Mrs. Francis King, the remarkable cut flower sort. 



We have become headciuarters for all the best selections in quantities, and 

 florists are planting our namerl earlv flowering types in five to ten thousand 

 lots. 



niuke no nii-'^talve in bii.xing 



Uadiolus bulbs at our stores. 



AMERICA 



The finest pink Gladiolus yet introduced, heing- especially vuluable to florists, both 

 for sale as a cut flower or use in design work; of strung healthy growth, spikes average 

 from "J to 3 feet long, individual flowers are large open and spreading, all facing- one 

 way. color being a delicate lavender pink, might be called a tinted white. An easy 

 forcer and a money maker for the norist. Per dozen $0.50, 100 $3.50, per 1000 $.'10.00. 



AUGUSTA 



$15.00. 



Gladiolus should 1.. planted liberally by all. Strong 

 Dior being pure white with blue anthers. We are head 

 1 splendid stock of large healthy bulbs. Per dozen, $0.35: 



The best •'Floi 

 healthy long spiki-j 

 quarters on thi.s vai 

 per 100, $1.75; per 



BARON J. HULOT. Dark velvety purple flower of the Lemoino type, tall and slender, 

 flowers thickly set on spike. Best blue we have seen. Per doz $1.30, per 100 $10.00. 



.AIRS. FRANCIS KING, introduced in 1906. and everybody who has seen it growing 

 or exhibited, tells us that we have not sounded its praise loudly enough, and that it will , 

 surely take a place in the first class for vigor of growth and brilliancy in bloom. Its . 

 color is light scarlet of a very pleasing shade, which attracts attention at once. The ; 

 ilowers, measuring 4 to .". inches, are borne on long stems and 4 to 6 are open on the 

 spike at one time. Scarce. Per dozen $0.50, per 100 $3.00. 



PRINCEPS. The '•King of all Gladiolus." popular beyond every other variety, both 

 in this country and throughout Europe. It has made a class for itself, and you do not 

 have the best of all until you buy it. 



Individual flowers are oVa inches in diameter and sometimes one inch larger, color 

 being a brilliant scarlet crimson with three broad white blotches on the lower petals. 

 Very scarce. Each, $0.18; per dozen, $1.75; per 100, $12.00. 



CHILDSII VARIETIES 



Per doz. Per 100 



Blanche. Pure white, with faint marks $1.30 $9.00 



Columbia, light orange scarlet: per 1000, $20.00 $0.35 $2.50 



Governor McCormick. Fine rose color 75 4.00 



Henry Gilman. Salmon scarlet; per 1000, $18.00 35 2.25 



Kate. Blush white, with crimson blotch 35 2.50 



Mrs. Beeoher. Beautiful deep rosy crimson 50 3.00 



.Mohonk. Dark pink, spotted throat 40 2.75 



\Ym. Falconer. I^ight pink and blush, mottled; per 1000, $20.00 35 2.50 



Vaughan's Select List Named Varieties 



The following vai 

 fmest large flowering 



Augusta. Pure 

 BrenchleyensiB. 

 Ceres. Pur< 

 Eugene Scribe. 

 Emma Thursby. 

 IsaiJC Buchanan 

 Jessie. Rich ve 



being discarded. 



Gladiolus as being the 

 Per doz. Per 100 



per 1000, $12 



ine red 



$0.35 



$1.75 



.20 



1.45 



.20 



1.45 



.65 



3.50 



.45 



2.50 



.60 



4.00 



.25 



1.75 



.25 



2.25 



.25 



1.75 



.65 



3..50 



.40 



2.50 



.60 



4.25 



white, blue anthers; 

 Intense scarlet ; per 

 white, spotted purplish 

 Tender rose, blazed 



White striped carmine 



Yellow 



vety red, splendid cut flower 



Madam Moneret. Delicate rose color; per 1000, $20.00 



May. Pure white flaked rosy crimson 



Octoroon. Fine salmon pink 



Heine Blanche. Pure white, dark carmine blotch 



Shakespeare. Pure white, blotched pink and violet; per 1000, .$38.00. 



VAUGHAN'S MIXTURES— How Made 



We make all of our mixtures of these bulbs ourselves, using named varieties and mix- 

 tures of proven merit; by this method we can safely guarantee our customers satisfac- 

 tion when buying our mixtures. 



RAINROW MlXTURES'^'e have composed this mixture from the choice varieties 

 K/iliyDUvr /ni^n^/tcj ^^^^.^^^^ ^^.^ ^^^^ ^^^^ including the famous Childsii, 

 Lcmoines and Nanctianus sorts. Florists who want a fancy mixture for retailing can 

 make no mistake in buying this. Per 100, $2.75; per 1000, $25.00. 



VAUGHAN'S XXX FLORIST MIXTURE^^^<^^ up f-m^named -hUe W light^varle^ 



designed to meft the demand of our llorist customers for a mixture suitable to be used 

 for cut nowers. Per 100. $1.75; per 1000, $15.00. ^^^^^ 



Seedling Mixture $1-50 ?12O0 



Extra Fine Mixed. Light and white; part from named sorts 2.00 18.00 



Vaughan's Fancy Mixture. A'ery fine 3.50 30.00 



Childsii Mixed. Grand in size and color 2.00 18.00 



Good Mixed '^•^ 



