Packing Sheds for Bamboo Canes 
Horseshoe Brand Products 
T HE Bamboo tree does not blossom until it attains its thirtieth year, when it produces seed profusely and then dies. 
It is said that a famine was prevented in India in 1812 by the sudden flowering of the bamboo trees, when 50,000 
people went into the jungles to gather the seed for food. I * 
There are various grades of Bamboo; some good for one purpose and not another. Bamboo for staking purposes 
must be clean, well cured, very strong and not brittle and worm-eaten. Horseshoe Brand Bamboo canes are of superior 
quality, well packed, perfectly sound and strong and. of full length. We should have orders at least four months in 
advance of delivery time for they are shipped via Suez, being too costly to ship by faster routes Orders for large 
quantities will be cabled. The following prices we quote for advance contracts: 
Hakone Stakes 
Shimizu Stakes 
Commonly 
used for supporting \ 
arious plants, etc 
Bleached and straightened Hakone stock— 
4 ft. long 
$ 8 per bale of 2000 
$ 75 per 10 bales 
4 ft. long 
$12 per bale of 2000 
$100 
< < 1 1 
O 
9 
ii i l n 
80 
1 i 
«t 
5 “ “ 
20 “ “ “ 
180 
6 “ “ 
10 
a a a 
90 
1 i 
1 1 
6 “ “ 
25 “ “ “ 
225 
rj ii ii 
14 
a a n 
125 
i 1 
i i 
rj a ii 
35 “ “ “ 
325 
8 “ “ 
20 
n a a 
180 
11 
i c 
8 “ “ 
50 “ “ “ 
450 
9 “ “ 
25 
a a a 
225 
t i 
H 
9 “ “ 
60 “ “ “ 
500 
10 “ “ 
30 
a a i i > 
275 
l i 
«< 
10 “ “ 
yQ a a a 
600 
Yellow Bamboo. 
Much stronger than the above. 
15 ft. long 
1 to 1 % in 
$ 
16 per bale of 
160 
$135 per 10 bales 
15 ft. long 
1 K to 1 yi in. 
100 to $125 per bale at 
13 per 100 
$ 
15 ft. long 
1 J^ to 1JJ in. 
50 to 
75 per bale at 
20 per 100 
-very fine. 
160 per 1000 
These prices are ex dock Port of New York; terms four months or 3 % 10 ds. 
Other sizes and varieties of Bamboo quoted upon application. Don’t write us for reduced 
prices—these prices apply to everyone—no exceptions. We will have in January size 
6 ft. in quantities ready for delivery—Hakone Stock. 
Order now for future delivery. 
RALPH M. WARD & CO. 
12 West Broadway, 
New York 
Representing Seitaro Arai , Yokohama 
Japan Bulbs ready for immediate delivery. 
But how good 
When writing to Advertiser* mention The National Nurseryman. 
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