HTkw, Rare and Beautiful Plants. 
XXXIV. 
5UPFLIE/ tn? Requisites. 
Including Many Articles Essential in Gardens and Greenhouses. 
WE HAVE arranged to supply our customers with the many essentials required in garden and greenhouse 
work, some of which are not readily accessible, or cannot well be procux-ed of proper quality for the pur- 
pose intended. Orchid growers, especially, will find our peat, moss, cylinders, cribs, rafts, etc., the very 
best for the purpose, and of moderate price. 
n^TERmi FOR ORCHID CULTURE. 
(Also for Nepenthes 
RAFTS, CYLINDERS and CRIBS. Made of Red 
Cedar and Chestnut wood, put together with copper 
wire and brass nails. 
Cribs. Red Cedar. Per doz. 
4 inch. $3 00 
5 " 2 3.5 
H " 3 .50 
7 " 3 75 
S " 3 00 
9 " 3 50 
10 " 3 To 
11 " 4 30 
13 " 4 50 
Rafts— 
7 inch 1 50 
S " 3 00 
9 " 3 35 
10 " 2 40 
11 " 3 60 
13 " 3 80 
14 " 3 00 
K! " ■ 3 35 
Cylinders— Each 
8x13 inches $1 00 
10x14 " 1 25 
13x18 " 1 50 
14x34 " 3 00 
|^"Tho same sizes made of Chestnut at prices one- 
thii'd less. 
tt^" Special prices for large quantities. • 
COFFER WIRES, three sizes, per lb., 35, 50 and 60 cts. 
and Sarracenias.) 
FEAT, FIBROUS, of best quality. The proper article 
for growing most orchids is our fibrous peat, which is 
reall,y the fine wire-like roots of hard-wooded vegeta- 
tion, combined with a proportion of decomposed leaves 
and roots. The fibrous part is separated from the finer 
decomposed material by drying and shaking the large 
clumps or cakes as received, and is reall.y the very best 
thing in which to grow orchids, affording proper sup- 
port and perfect drainage. In practice, it is used with 
about one-fourth dry sphagnum moss, chopped up with 
it and thoroughly mixed. The finer ■ portion of the 
peat, as shaken out, is a very good material, when 
mixed with good loam, in which to grow palms, ferns 
and all stove plants. Our fibrous peat for orchid cul- 
ture we claim is of superior qualit,v; nowhere else have 
we found peat to equal it. It is of lasting quality, and 
does not rot or decay quicklj', as is generally the case 
with peat which is taken from wet, marshy places — our 
peat is taken from upland beds, and therefore will last 
thi-ee limes as long, and will not sour. Anyone famil- 
iar with the appearance of the healthy stock through- 
out all the orchid houses at Rose Hill, well knows that 
the quality of peat and the best quality of live sphag- 
num moss contribute considerable to the general good 
result. Fibrous peat, per bag, $3; per barrel, $3.50; 
prices for larger quantities on application. 
LIVE SFHAONUM MOSS. First quality, short va- 
riety, upland grown, $3.50 per barrel ; second (luality, 
long variety, swamp gi-owth, ^ per barrel. 
Dead or Dry. Excellent for mixing with peat for pot- 
ting material, and also good for packing, SI. .50 per bar- 
rel. Prices for larger quantities on application. 
rOTTINQ HflTERlflL. 
Suitable for Palms, Stove Plants, Ferns and New Holland Plants; also for Rhododendrons and 
Azaleas for Pot or Out-door Culture. 
COCOANUT FIBRE. The real article, in the fine \ FINE PEAT, not fibrous. Per bag, .*1. 50; perbbl.,$3. 
hair-like state; the best thing for perfect drainage in I LEAF MOULD. Per bag, $1 ; per bbl., $1.50. 
flower pots or tubs. Per bbL, $3.50; smaller quantities FEAT and LEAF MOULD MIXED. Perbag,$1.50; 
in proportion. per bbl., $3. 
