VAUGHAN’S SEED STORE, CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, BOOK FOR FLORISTS 
Ribb ons an d Chiffo ns 
We offer only the best grades especially 
adapted for Florists’ use, but can 
also supply other grades not listed. 
Pattern 1900, No. 5 Radiance Rib¬ 
bon. Used for tying mats and crepe 
paper around pots, also used for 
making bows for basket and wreath 
work. Put up in 50-yard spools. 
Comes in all colors. Per spool, 90c. 
Box of 20 spools at 85c spool. 
Novelty Tinsel Pot Tie Ribbon. Brilliant metallic colors which 
blend themselves to varieties of flowers and plants. This is one of 
the biggest selling items in pot ties. Also used on corsage bouquets, 
wrist and shoulder shields. 50-yd. bolts, width %-inch. Per bolt, 
50c; 10 bolts for $4.75. 
Plain Edge Metaline Shower Ribbon No. 2. 50-yard bolt, 50c; 
10 bolts for $4.50. 
Picot Edge White Metallic Shower Ribbon. Something new and 
very rich looking. Price per bolt of 50 yds., 65c; 10 bolts for $5.00. 
Picot Edge White Ribbon. Suitable for plant decorations, bridal 
sprays, etc.; white and pink. No. 2, spool of 50-yards, 65c; 10 
spools for $5.50. 
No. 1 Baby Ribbon. Any color. Spool of 50 yards, 60c; doz. $6.00. 
Tinsel Ribbon. One inch wide, a rich pot tie ribbon also used for 
making bows for baskets and wreath work. In gold, silver or green 
or red gold, 50 yd. spool $ 1.2 5; 10 spools $11.50. 
Plain 3-S^ripe French Chiffon. Superior 
quality. In bolts of 40 to 45 yards. We do not 
sell less than a bolt of a shade. Four-inch, 
per yard, 434c; 6-inch, per yard, 534 c i in 6-bolt 
lots, 5 34c, per 
yard. 
Dotted Chiffons, all shades. In bolts of 40 to 45 yards. Sold only 
in original bolts. 4-inch per yard, 534c; 6-inch, per yard, 7c. 
Corsage Pins, assorted colors. Per gross, $ 1.50. 
Corsage Ties (Cord and Tassels) Per doz., 65c; per gross, $6.50. 
Elephant Gauze or Metaline. This ribbon has a bright metallic 
lustre with striped edges, width 534 inches, for baskets and bou¬ 
quets; we carry a stock of all colors. Price per bolt of 40 yards 
$1.20; ten bolts, $11.50. 
Ribbonzene Crinkle Baby Ribbon No. 1 . All colors. 500-yard 
spool 90c; doz. spools, $10.20. 
Valley Pattern Chiffon. Pink, white, lav¬ 
ender and purple. 6-inch, per yard, 7c; Six 
bolts at 634c per yard. 
Metaline. Pattern 9500, has a woven edge and positively cannot 
fray or pull out. 6-inch edges, highly lustrous, adaptable for 
basket and funeral work, all colors. 40-yd. pieces, per yd., 6c; 
6 Bolts, at 5J4c per yard. 
Brilliant Du-tone No. 5. Cellophane pot tie ribbon with silver 
striped edge in all colors. Per bolt of 50 yards, 85c. 
FLORAFOIL. Red, Blue, Silver, Fuchsia, Gold, Violet, and 
Green, the sensation for pot covers and decorations. 20 inches 
wide, 50 ft. rolls in a cutter box, $2.00; 20 inches wide, 100 ft. 
rolls in a cutter box, $3.50. Refills, 20c reduction. 
Corsage Shields, Shoulder or Wrist Shields. Chiffon edge. Per 
doz., $1.50; per gross, $15.00. 
Waist Shields. Chiffon edge. Corsage large, medium and small. 
Per doz., $1.50; per gross, $15.00. 
Books on Florists’ Problems 
Book prices are not prepaid; add 10c per copy if your order is to 
go by parcel post. 
Annuals, The Book of. By Prof. Alfred C. Hottes. 155 
Illustrations. 182 pages.$ 1.50 
Bulbs. The book for Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter 
Flowering Bulbs and Lilies. By Rockwell. Illustrated.... 2.00 
Commercial Flower Forcing, The fundamentals and 
their practical application to the culture of greenhouse 
crops. By Alex Laurie and L. C. Chadwick. 49 illustra¬ 
tions. 519 pages, cloth. 4.00 
Fertilizers for Greenhouse and Garden Crops. By 
Alex. Laurie and J.B. Edmond. 156 pages illustrated. 2.00 
Floral Designs de Luxe. 355 designs. 5.00 
Fritz Bahr’s Commercial Floriculture. A practical 
manual for the retail grower. 5.50 
Garden Guide. The Amateur Gardener’s Handbook. 576 
pages, 300 illustrations. Cloth. 2.50 
Garden Notebook. Gardening week by week, indoors and 
out. By Alfred Putz. Illustrated. 217 pages. Cloth. 1.50 
Gardening Under Glass. By F. F. Rockwell. Illustrated. 
289 pages. 2.50 
Greenhouse Construction. By Richard T. Muller. 
Illustrated. 141 pages. 1.50 
How to Grow Roses. By Pyle, McFarland and Stevens. 
144 pages, 32 plates in full color, 32 half-tones and other 
illustrations. 2.00 
Plant Culture. By Oliver. Illustrated. Cloth. 442 pages 3.50 
Perennials, The Book of. By Alfred C. Hottes. Illustrat¬ 
ed. 372 pages. Cloth. 2.00 
Plant Propagation. Greenhouse and Nursery Prac¬ 
tice. By M. G. Kains. 322 pages. 2.25 
Practical Landscape Gardening. By Robert B. Crid- 
land. Landscape Architect. Illustrated. Cloth. 2.50 
Plant Propagation. By Prof. Alfred C. Hottes. 999 ques¬ 
tions answered. 228 pages. Cloth. 2.00 
Practical Vegetable Culture. Illustrated. 300 pages. 
Cloth. 2.00 
Principals and Practice of Pruning. Profusely illustrat¬ 
ed. 425 pages. Cloth. 3.00 
The Art of Home Landscape. By M. E. Bottomley. Pro¬ 
fusely illustrated. 239 pages. 3.50 
1001 Garden Questions Answered. By Alfred C. Hottes. 
328 pages, numerous illustrations. Cloth. 2.00 
Trowels, Lawn and Pruning 
Tools 
TREE PRUNERS. Waters’ 6 ft., $1.65; 8 
ft., $1.85; 10 ft., $2.00; 12 ft., $2.25. Extra 
blades, each, 25c. 
No. 4 Jointed Tree Pruner, 12 ft. in three 
4-ft. sections. Each, $6.00. 
TROWELS. Vaughan’s 
Steel. Absolutely the 
best trowel in the world. It is one solid 
piece of steel, and will outwear several of 
the ordinary sort. Each, 95c; 3 for $2.75; 
6 for $4.50; 12 for $8.50. 
SAWS (Atkins) Double-Edeed Pruning. 
TRIMMER, California Pole. Curved, draw- 
cut saw with crook for removing branches. 
Each, $2.25; 3 for $6.00. 
Forester Pruning Saw. Makes heavy prun¬ 
ing easy and saves time. 26 inches long. 
Each, $175. 
SHEARS, Pruning. 6-in., $1.50; 9-in., $1.75 
Extra springs, ea., 15c. 
Henckel Twin Brand Imported Prun¬ 
ing Shears, with ratchet. 
734-inch.each, $3.00 
8 3^-inch.each, 3.50 
9 34-inch.each, 3.95 
Henckel. California pattern, with brass 
spring, $3.75. 
Grass. Vaughan Doo-Klip, for trimming 
around beds. Doz., $10.80. 
Border. Long handle, 9-inch, $4.75. 
