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Slate’s Good Seeds and Prompt Service, South Boston, Virginia 
Rose, Ophelia 
TUBEROSE 
No outdoor planting is complete without its Tuberoses. 
Their fragrance lends enchantment to any scene. The bulbs 
may be planted two to three inches deep among the peren¬ 
nial border, in a bed of annuals, or in a garden row to 
themselves. They throw tall spikes about four feet high 
and covered with white double flowers whose fragrance 
cannot be equalled. 
Price, 6c each, 40c doz., $2.50 per 100, postpaid. 
Roses 
Hardy Everblooming Hybrid Tea 
We offer below a very select list of the better roses of 
the day. Some of these are recent introductions that have 
created a great deal of favorable comment. Others are 
good standard sorts. Roses delight in a light, rich, warm 
soil with partial shade. The soil should be well drained 
and well cultivated, but a good water supply is desirable. 
Keep the old dead wood cut out of the rose bushes and 
spray often for both insects and disease. For mildew use 
Sulfodust; for leaf spot. Fungi Bordo; for chewing insects. 
Arsenate of Lead; and for aphis. Black Leaf 40 or Nicotine 
Dust. All of our roses are hardy field grown two-year-old 
stock and most of them are own root growth. 
Columbia, Robust grower, long stems, rose pink. 
Dame Edith Helen, New bright pink. 
Double White Killarney, Large pure white. 
E. G. Hill, Dazzling pure scarlet. 
Jonkeer J. L. Mock, Deep salmon pink. 
Kaiserin Aug. Victoria, Snow white, lemon center. 
Los Angeles, Large buds, coral pink. 
Madam Butterfly, Salmon pink. 
Mrs. Aaron Ward, Beautiful buff yellow. 
Mrs. E. P. Thom, Fine pure yellow. 
Mrs. L. Swisher, New salmon pink. 
Ophelia, Popular salmon pink. 
Padre, Coppery scarlet. Fine variety. 
President Hoover, Creamy yellow tinted pink. 
Radiance, Rosy opaline pink. 
Red Radiance, Rich crimson. 
Souv. Claudius Pernet, Pure yellow. 
Sunburst, Rich golden yellow. 
Talisman, Gold and old rose tinged red. 
Ville de Paris, Pure deep yellow. 
Price—All of the above 35c each; 3 for $1.00 postpaid 
for shipment in February or March. 
HARDY CLIMBERS 
American Beauty, the best of the reds. 
American Pillar, Vigorous rambler, pink. 
Chaplin’s Pink Climber, Bright pink. 
Emily Gray, Orange yellow climber. 
Paul Neyron, Beautiful pink climber. 
Paul’s Scarlet, Flame scarlet climber. 
Price—All of the above 35c each; 3 for $1.00 postpaid 
for shipment in February or March. 
Caladium 
Slate's Flower Bulbs 
AMARYLLIS 
Equestra, Salmon Red . 
Each 
$ .25 
Dozen 
$ 2.00 
CALADIUM (ELEPHANT EAR) 
Each 
Dozen 
5 
to 
7 
inch Bulbs . 
.$ .10 
$1.00 
7 
to 
9 
inch Bulbs . 
.15 
1.60 
9 
to 
11 
inch Bulbs . 
. 20 
2.00 
11 
to 
12 
inch Bulbs . 
. .25 
2.50 
CANNAS 
(Bronze foliage sorts marked *) 
Price of all varieties, 10c each; $1.00 dozen, postpaid. 
$5.00 per 100 by express collect. 
AUSTRIA, 4% ft., Canary Yellow with Red Dots. 
CITY OF PORTLAND, 3% ft., one of the best Pinks. 
EUREKA, 4 ft., Pure White. 
FIERY CROSS, 4 ft., Fiery Scarlet. 
FIREBIRD, 3% ft.. Fiery Red. 
HUNGARIA, 3 ft.. Rose Pink and Salmon. 
*KING' HUMBERT, 4 ft.. Large Orange Scarlet. 
MRS. ALFRED F. CONARD, 4 ft., Salmon Pink. 
RICHARD WALLACE, 4 ft., Canary Yellow. 
THE PRESIDENT, 4 ft., large flower of Bright Red. 
WINTZERS COLOSSAL, 6 ft., large flowered Scarlet. 
*WYOMING, 6 ft.. Deep Orange, Orchid Flowered. 
YELLOW KING HUMBERT, 5 ft., Yellow, blotched red. 
A MIXTURE OF ABOVE SORTS. 
DAHLIAS 
Price 15c each; $1.50 dozen, postpaid. 
WHITE, Double Flowers. 
PINK, Large Doubles. 
RED, Double Flowered. 
YELLOW, Doubles. 
A MIXTURE OF COLORS. 
GLADIOLI 
We are offering this year a select list of large bulbs in 
this wonderful flower so cheap that anyone can afford to 
make liberal plantings. The varieties listed below are 
recognized as among the finest of today and the list covers 
a good range of colors. The Gladiolus ranks as the most 
important cutflower and is easy to' grow. Plant early in 
the spring in any good soil, setting bulbs three inches deep 
and six inches apart in the row. Give frequent shallow 
cultivation. When cut just as the first bud begins to open, 
the flower stalk will continue to bloom and keep for two 
weeks in water. 
Halley, Early salmon pink. 
Peace, An enormous flower of white. 
Mrs. F. Pendleton, Pinked blotched crimson. 
Virginia, Flaming scarlet. 
Souvenir, Deep indigo blue. 
Herada, Clear Mauve. 
Alice Tiplady, Saffon-Orange. 
E. J. Shaylor, Deep rose pink. 
Slate’s Exhibition Mixture. 
Price all sorts: 5c each, 40c doz., $2.50 per 100, post¬ 
paid. 
