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



The last few years have shown a large increase in 

 the ajnount of Mushrooms grown and still the prices 

 are not only maintained, but increased. Vaughan's Seed 

 Store has been most successful in supplying with satis- 

 faction both the Imported English Spawn (Vaughan's 

 Special )and Pure Culture Spawn to market growers. 

 We make at least five importations yearly, so as to 

 always have a fresh supply. 



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Raised From Vauthan's Special English Spawn. 



FRENCH MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



r'rench Spawn is planted for the growing of button mush- 

 rooms. Ours i.* the very best to be had, being sown from 

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

 Price, per box, 7.5f; if by mail, $1.20. The same loose, per 

 lb., 3oc; if by mail, 45c; 10 lbs., $3.20. 



The essentials in Mushroom growing are: an even 

 temperature, 55° to 60°, maintained day and night: 

 well prepared beds with good manure; a moist atmos- 

 phere, wh^re the air is dry beds lose their moisture 

 quickly and must be w^atered. Water applied directly 

 to a Mushroom bed always injures the crop. 



the largest and mo."t successful maker of Spawn in the 

 world. He has made Spawn for some thirty years and 

 has kept up on all the new methods of manufacture. 

 Otir Spawn is made by the famous tissue method from 

 selected specimens. It has been found that 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. iy^JpcHANS 



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Price, per brick, 25c; 5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. By express 

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

 lbs., $2.00; 100 lbs., $0.50; if shipped from New York, 

 $6.00. Special prices on M ton lots and upward. 



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



highest development m the art of 

 Spawn 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 

 >ir 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; 2 

 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. Wjite for prices. 



MUSHROOM CULTURE. 



How to prepare the beds 

 and raise Mushrooms, Robin- 

 son, best English book, cloth 

 bound, 50c., postpaid. 



MUSHROOMS. 



By W. Falconer. The best 

 American book on this sub- 

 pect. Postpaid, $1.00. 



MUSHROOMS. 



How to Grow. By Fraser, 

 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. 



WATER MELON 



Cole's Early. 



This 



Vaughans's Black Diamond. 



COLE'S EARLY. 



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



'ZZ out doubt the highest quality of all Water Melons. 



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



large heart does not crack open when ripe. Oz,, 10c; % lb., 25c; lb., 75c; 



5 lbs., $3.25. 



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

 M . swx, ^.^^ shipping unless packed in straw. Few, if 



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

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



Winter Water Melon (Novelty). 'lnTl\%^^-%'^^c 



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

 citron; verv 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., 12c; oz., 20c; 2 oz.,35c; lb., 

 I 50ci lb., $1.50. 



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

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

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



i Colorndo Citron, lb., eOc, Gray Monarch, or Long White Icing. 



Cuban Qneen , lb, 60c. Jones' Jumbo. 



Dark Icicir. Kolb's Gem. 



Dixie. Phinney's Improved. 



Duke Jones. Mountain Sweet, lb. 60c. 



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



the Best Early Water Melon for the home 

 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., 30c; lb., 

 60c; 5 lbs., $2.65. 



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

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

 Rind thin, but with tough skin. Oz., 10c; ^ lb., 20c; lb., 66c. 



cross between Kolb's Gem and 

 osier King. Its prominent points 

 of merit are its extreme size and productiveness. Melons weighing 75 

 to 90 pounds are frequent. It is ih'- most prolific Water Melon. Its 

 color is a rich, dark green, almost black. Of symmetrical shape, 

 roundish to bluntly oval, a similarity of shape running through the 

 whole field. Oz., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb., 60c; 5 lbs., $2.50; 10 lbs., $4.50. 



Sweetheart, a 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. 



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

 seed of this is saved from large, smooth 

 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. 



Triumoh. one of the largest and handsomest of the shipping melons. 

 A great seller. Oz., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb., 50e. 



Alabama Sweets. 



Select seed. Oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; lb., $1.( 



MARTYNIA FOR PICKLES. 



lery fancy pickle. Oz., 15c' 



MUSTARD. 



White London $0.05 



Brown 05 



New Chinese 10 



OKRA. 



Oz. 



White Velvet 05 



Dwarf 05 



Tall (Perkin's Mammoth) 05 



V* lb. 

 $0.10 

 .15 



Vi lb. 

 .15 



Lb 



$0.30 

 .30 

 .60 



