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The Haskell Avenue Floral Co., Dallas, Texas 
BOSTON FERN. 
Ferns 
BOSTON DROOPERS 
This is the most elegant of all jardiniere 
or pot-plants. The cut gives a very faint 
idea of the beauty of these graceful plants; 
they are of easy growth and soon make 
large specimens, and no more attractive 
plant can be had for the dining-room or 
library. They are an elegant porch plant for 
summer, no insects bother them, and plenty 
of water is all the requirement of their 
culture; everyone should have one or more 
of this delightful plant. Small plants, by 
mail, 10 cts. each; 4-inch pot-plants, by ex- 
press, 25 cts. ; fine specimens from $1 to $5, 
according to size. Note that the $5 size are 
grown in 12- inch pots, and are heavy, cover- 
ing a space of about 4 to 6 feet, and would 
make elegant exhibition plants. 
GENERAL ASSORTMENT 
We have an elegant assortment of Ferns, 
of which space will not allow of description 
here. We will send 12 beautiful plants, all 
different sorts, by mail, for $1, or single 
plants, 10 cts. 
Ostrich Plume Fern 
JVephrolepis Piersoni 
The grandest of all Ferns; this sort we 
offer for the first time, and we feel confident 
that it will meet with a royal welcome by all 
of our patrons. This sterling novelty has 
met with the highest honors, having been 
awarded six gold medals by the Society of 
American Florists, the Horticultural Society 
of New York, the Big Kansas City Exhibi- 
tion, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 
the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the 
Providence, Rhode Island, Horticultural So- 
ciety, the Chicago Horticultural Society, and 
silver medals and certificates of merit 
wherever put on exhibition. No single plant 
has ever received the honors bestowed upon 
this Fern, and the demand for it will 
be very great. We want our customers 
to be sure and include this plant in 
their order. While the price is a little 
higher than the other Ferns, it is well 
worth the price, and we predict the 
price will not be much lower for some 
time to come, as the demand for this 
plant will be greater than for any 
Fern heretofore sent out. To see it 
is to want it; everyone who sees it in 
our place goes wild over it, and no 
plant attracts the attention of every 
visitor as this one does. We have a 
good stock and will fill orders at prices 
given as long as the stock lasts. 
The fronds are long and graceful, like 
those of the Boston Fern, but the 
leaflets are compound, and each side 
leaf is a miniature leaf of itself; it is 
a splendid grower. Price for nice 
strong plants, from 3H*inch pots, that 
show very distinctly the character of 
the plant, $1; small plants, from 2%- 
inch pots. 35 cts. 
Ficus elastica 
(Rubber Tree) 
The well-known Rubber Tree of commerce. 
These make the most elegant of all jardiniere 
plants; no insects bother them, and they 
have large, leathery, glossy leaves of the 
richest green, overlaid in the new growth 
with a tinge of red that gives them a very 
attractive appearance. W'e have heavy fine 
plants that will make specimens in a short 
time; they will stand the hottest sun without 
being in any way harmed; fine for cemetery 
planting. Price for nice young plants, by 
mail, 25 cts. ; larger plants, by express, 4-in. 
pots, 50 cts. each; Ci-in. pots, about 4 feet tall, 
$1.50 each; large specimens, from $2.50 to 
$5 each. 
FICUS ELASTICA. 
