8 
G. C. WATSON, PHILADELPHIA, TRADE LIST, SPRING, IQof 
Ricinus Borboniensis, green.... 
“ sanguineus, blood-reil. 
Salvia splendens (Scarlet Sage). 
“ “ Clara Bed man 
very fine 
Smilax 
Trade Pkt. 
.... $ .10 
IO 
new) scarlet, dwarf and compact, 
lb. jfo.eo 
•25 
.40 
•15 
Stocks. 
Large Flowering, Dwarf, Ten Week. 
^ h' te 50 2.50 Crimson 
Canary Yellow 50 250 Blood Red 
Bright Rose 50 2.50 Finest Mixed 
Wallflower- leaved White, “Snowflake” u 0/ fi 25 
Cut and Come Again (Princess Alice) White 
•5° 
•50 
•50 
•50 
•50 
.sweet Feas. 
New Large Flowering Varieties. 
Blanche Ferry, Ex. Ey., pinlc and white, 2 weeks earlier than other 
sorts 
Blanche Burpee, Pure White 
Queen of England, p U re White 
Cardinal, Crimson Scarlet 
Countess of Radnor, Rj c h Lavender ZZZZZZZ'ZZZZ.'. 
Lottie Eckford, Wlvte, bordered blue 
Lady Mary Currie, Clear Pink 
Cupid , the new Dwarf White Sweet Pea) 
Eckford’s Mixed, Large and Fine 
Oz. 
■05 
.10 
•' 5 
•°5 
■05 
•05 
.10 
10 
■°5 
Ounce. 
I -20 
L25 
3-5° 
•30 
2.50 
2.50 
2.00 
3.00 
Lb. 
■5° 
.60 
•5° 
.40 
•5° 
•50 
.60 
•75 
.40 
Scabiosa, Dwarf Dbl. White 
Thunbergia, Mixed 
Torenia Grandiflora, Sky Blue 
Verbena, Large, Choice Mixed 
“ New Mammoth, Mixed 
Vinca Rosea 
“ “ Alba 
“ “ “ Oculata 
“ nixed 
Zinnia elegans, Extra Choice, Dbl. Mixed 
Trade Pkt. 
10 
15 
3° 
20 
3” 
20 
.20 
.20 
■15 
Ounce. 
•25 
•5° 
1. 00 
1.50 
•75 
•75 
•75 
75 
.60 
Watson’s English Hushroom Spawn 
The <"i> Brand. 
As is well known, good spawn is one of the chief foundation stones in success- 
ful mushroom culture and should receive the first attention. Much better spawn 
can be got to day than twelve years ago when the Watson Brand was fir.-t put on 
the market, but this improvement has been brought about largely through the 
educative influence and the liberal advertising given to a superior article. Although 
spawn closely approaching the Watson in quality can be got from one or two sources 
to-day, it is still true that none of them are equal in two important respects: (1) 
yield and (2) earliness. The Watson has been tried again and again alongside the 
most highly lauded and has proven the heaviest cropper, and the earliest to come 
into bearing. Another reform in which the Watson Brand was the pioneer is the 
cost of spawn. Absurdly high prices were the rule until a more reasonable and 
equitable figure was forced 011 the most conservative by the example of a first-class 
brand being sold at a fair price. Notwithstanding the keen competition of to-day 
the Watson Brand figures are as low as any reliable stock can be bought for while 
the quality is of the same high standard as heretofore. This being granted it follows 
that mushroom growers should procure their spawn from the pioneer in “a good 
article at a fair price” and take no chances with importers of less experience. 
Note my low prices : 2 5 pounds, $ 2.00 ; 50 pounds, $3.50; 100 pounds, 
$7.00. Special rates for larger quantities. By 
mail, postpaid, per brick, 25c., 5 for #1.00. 
Watson s Mushroom Culture, 24 pages, free to buyers or intending buyers : — 
to others, 10c. 
Mushrooms: How to Grow Them By Falconer. 170 pages, Si . 00 postpaid 
Robinson’s Mushroom Culture, 172 pages, 65c. postpaid. 
