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GEORGE J. FOSTER 
Cannas, Gladioli and Peonies. 
Standard Cannas. Each 10 100 
Leading' named sorts S .15 SI. 00 $ 8.00 
Gladioli. 
If you want a flower of easy culture and at the same time one that 
is gorgeously grand, plant a few first-class Gladioli Bulbs. 
Each 10 100 
Gladolus, America. Large flower, flesh pink $.20 $1.50 $. . . . 
Brkncht.EYENsis, Vermillion scarlet 10 .75 5.00 
MeadowvalE, Popular Mixture 05 .40 3.00 
May, Pure white, with crimson blotch 05 .40 3.00 
Shakespeare. White suffused with carmine 10 .75 5.00 
Silver Trohpy, mixture, white, light and yellow .10 .90 7.50 
Herbaceous Peonies. 
Within the past ten years this splendid section of hardy herba- 
ceous flowering plants have been brought into very prominent notice 
because of the general improvement in varieties of comparatively 
recent origin. In these newer sorts, we have not only immense blooms 
reaching in some specimens seven or eight inches in diameter, but 
the range of color is also so varied that almost every tint of pink, 
white, red, crimson and even some shades of yellow is cotnjmsed in 
the list. Plant vigor has also been improved and strong stems three 
feet long are not at all uncommon in some of the varieties. There is 
also an element of practical, permanent value in the Peony; that is 
the plants once purchased and planted in suitable soil continue to 
increase in size and profusion of bloom for years with very little 
further attention; while they pay an annual dividend in the way of 
magnificent blooms that are unsurpassed for decorative purposes. 
Each 10 100 
Compe de Paris, Pink and white, strong stem $ .25 $2.00 $ 
DeWCATA, Delicate pink, full double 25 2.00 
Early White, Pure white, one of the earliest 30 2.50 
Fragrans, Solid pink, large, profuse, showy 25 2.00 10.00 
Hercoi.es, Dark crimson, single, with yellow stamens .25 2.00 . ... 
Hitmeii, Dark rose, full double, late, very fine 20 1.80 10.00 
Joan de Arc, very delicate, flesh color, becoming 
white 50 4.00 ..... 
Old Crimson, Solid crimson, earliest of all 25 2.00 
REEVESii, Purplish rose with white center, full 
double strong 25 2.00 
Sinensis, Rubra Dark Pink, distinct, very dble 20 1.80 10.00 
WhiTLEGIi, White, one of the best 50 4.00 
Oliice ol Illinois State Entomologist. 
Urbana, Ili,., September 18. 1908. 
This is to Ccrtify that the growing nursery stock and premises of Geo. J. Foster, 
situated at Normal, 111., have been inspected according to the provisions of an Act to 
prevent the introduction and spread in Illinois of the San Jose Scale and other dangerous 
insects and contagious diseases of fruits, approved and in force April 11. 1899. and that no 
indications have been found of the presence of the San Jose scale or other dangerous 
insects or plant disease. 
This certificate is invalid after July 1, 1909. S. A. FORBES, State Entomologist. 
Address GEORGE J. FOSTER, 
NORMAL McLEAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 
