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Bargains in.... 
Plants i#* Bulb? 
FALL PRICE-LIST 
Offeree! by 
Davis & Son, 
Purcellville, V2i. 
HE prices given in this list are net, and are not entitled to the discounts given in our 
General Catalogue for 1896. At prices named, except where noted, we ship hy 
mail, prepaid, when desired. 
We guarantee all bulbs and plants true to name, to arrive in good condition, 
and to prove satisfactory. 
Make all Money Orders, Drafts and Checks payable to A. B. Davis & Son, at Purcellville, Va. 
We would call special attention to our stock of Palms, Ferns, Rubbers, Draca;nas, Norfolk 
Island Pines, and other decorative plants. We have a nice, well-grown, healthy, clean stock, and 
we are offering our plants cheaper than ever before. 
Many do not succeed with this class of plants, because they do not pot them in a congenial 
compost. They do best potted in a compost composed of equal parts of leaf-mold and decomposed 
turf (or top soil), with a quart of raw ground bone (well mixed in) to every bushel of compost. Do 
not sift the compost, but use it with all the fiber in, as their large, succulent roots delight in an 
open, porous soil. Also see that the pots are clean and have good drainage. 
When received, pot the plants in but one size larger pot than they came out of. Keep in a 
night temperature of 60 degrees, and sponge or syringe them every bright day. They delight in an 
abundance of light, but the excessive hot sun often scorches their foliage if the plants are not 
used to it or if the leaves are wet. 
With a little careful attention regarding their requirements, this class of plants can be suc- 
cessfully and satisfactorily grown by lovers of beautiful plants. 
A. B. 
£st&biisbecl 1S66. 
