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Title: Book for florists
Identifier: bookforflorists1895vaug_0 (find matches)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Vaughan's Seed Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seedlings Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Chicago. Ill. : Vaughan's Seed Store
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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5 oo 6 oo 6 oo 7 oo 8 oo 6 oo 4 5 6 oo 6 oo Grandeur a Merveille, large rosy Blanchard, pure, large Elfride, rose, extra flue La Franchise, waxy white, large bells La Grandesse, largest pure white Mont Blanc, pure white Hme. Van der Hoop, extra Paix de l'Burope, splendid, pure _ c So Queen Victoria, pure „ 2 20 Voltaire, creamy white SINGLE RED AND ROSE. Amy, deep red Gertrude, rosy pink, fine General Pelissier, crimson, early Gigantea, blush large; close spike 5 50 HomeruS. verv early, deep rose _ „ 5 D0 L'Adorable, rosy red „ 5 00 Lord Macauley, bright, large _ 6 00 lime, Hodson, rose striped, 5 c0 Marie Theresa, red, „ ™ 5 50 Norma, pale waxy pink, good,- 6 00 Robert Steiger, crimson, fine 5 0o Queen Victoria Alexandrina, red 5 50 Queen of Hyacinths, crimson fine Sultan's Favorite, rose, 5 50 SINGLE BLUE. Argus, blue, white eye, „ Baron von Thnyl, deep, large truss. Blue Mourant, dark Blondin, light, fine spike g Charles Dickens, deep, good spike... Czar Peter, light, grand sort Grand Lilas,extra fine King of the Blues, deep, fine spike Leouidas, clear blue, large spike Le reyrovise, porcelain Mary, dark, fine spike _ . ,Q Regulus, light, large bells _ t 00 Uncle Tom, dark _ 'William I, purplish black 5 50 5 00 4 75 6 00 5 00 7 00 7 00 7 00 5 5° SINGLE YELLOW. 5 00 5 00 5 00 Alida Jacoba, bright, 7 00 Due de Malakoff, salmon, striped orange, Hermann, orange _ g DO Ida, bright, large spike, early j0 00 King of Holland, orange La Citroniere, bright, fine bells _ 7 50 L'Or d> Australie, clear yellow, fine large spike 10 00 La Pluie d'Or, light „ 5 00 Anna Maria, purple center - $ 5 5° Duchess of Bedford, pure, large - 5 5° Jenny Lind, very early - 6 50 La Deesse, pure, yellowish center 6 00 La Tour d'Auvergne, pure, good bells, large truss, best double early white 6 00 La Virginite, blush, broad truss - 4 75 Miss Nightingale, pure white - 15 00 Nanette, early, pure. ~ 5 5° DOUBLE RED AND ROSE. Acteur, deep rose, 5 50 Bouquet Royale, rose, dark center 5 50 " Tendre, carmine rose Czar Nicholas, rose Grootvorst, rose, large truss L'Esperance, rose Lord Wellington, rose, Noble par Merite, red, splendid _ Prince of Orange, semi-double .-. Princess Alexandra, pink 5 00 5 00 5 °° 5 5° 7 5° 5 00 6 50 5 50 DOUBLE BLUE. Blocksberg, light, good truss 5 5° Chas. Dictcens, dark 5 00 Crown Prince of Sweden, dark,™ _ 5 °° Garrick, bright blue, 6 00 General Antinck, deep.. Lord Raglan, dark, large bells.. Lord Wellington, dark blue.. 5 00 Mignon V. Dryfhout,light 6 °° Othello, black 6 00 Prince of Saxe Weimar, dark blue 4 75 Rembrant, light, large bells 5 25 Rudolphus, light, 6 00 DOUBLE YELLOW. Bouquet d'Or, orange 7 00 Goethe, bright, fine truss - 7 5° Janne Supreme, rich yellow 9 00 Louis d'Or, pale yellow, salmon center 7 50 Ophir d'Or, reddish center 8 00 William III, pink center, extra - 8 00 N. B.— When order- ing Hyacinths please be careful to use the exact wording of the catalogue in respect to names, also giving price, so that we may be sure to send the exact grade you want. Be careful to state if you want colors sep- arate, or ALL COLORS MIXED TOGETHER. 2* MIXED HYACINTHS for forcing and bedding.e&~^> I Mixed Hyacinths this season are scarcer and higher than in the fall of 1894. Our stock is of the very best fully matured and will give as good flowers as a great many of the named from other dealers. Ourmixtureis for forcing as well as for bedding. These are not to be compared with the cheap mixtures which are used for bedding only. 250 Bulbs at 1000 rates, and 25 at 100 rate. In ordering less than 25 Bulbs of any one kind add 10 per cent, to 100 rate, SINGLE MIXED. Blue, all shades Light Blue Red and Rose Rose White and Blush _ Pure White 4®~Equal Quantities of above 6 shades.. Yellow All Colors Per 100 1000 $3 °o $27 5° DUTCH ROMAN HYACINTHS. For second early blooming in the latter part of January and February. They bloom freely and often send up several flower spikes. (Ready September 10th.) Per 100 1000 Single white " Pure white, U2oo$r5 0o " Light Blue- J 3 25 3 00 3 25 3 00 28 00 27 30 28 00 26 00 DOUBLE MIXED. Blue, all shades Light Blue Red and Rose, Rose - White and Blush Pure White «S>Equal Quantities of above 6 shades Yellow Single and Double, All Colors Mixed Per 100 1000 $3 00 $27 5o 3 25 3 00 4 00 3 00 28 00 27 50 35 co iO 00 Per 100 1000 Single Blue -J " Rose.™ >%2 oc $15 00 " Red ) NAMED FORCING QUALITY. This grade is much superior to the mixed as the bulbs are larger and will give better results. They are especially recommended for beds or borders where good effect is wanted as they can be had in any color or shade. Per 100 1000 Single Red, White and Blue I4 00 $35 00 Double Red, White and Blue 4 00 35 00 ^ TUBEROSES. commission Stock." We are GROWERS BY CONTRACT of nearly a million Tuberose Bulbs for home trade and export, which are cured and shipped under the supervision of experienced men in our own employ. We supply well cured, carefully handled stock free from the disease so prevalent in the cheap cured commission bulbs. Bulbs ready about November 15th. Prices good only until January 1st, 1895 *EXOELSIOR PEARL, True, Dwarf, first-class strong bulbs. Telegraphic word, "Modern." Per 100, $1.25; per 10=0, $8.00; in 5000 lots $7.50; (10,000. $70.00.) EXCELSIOR PEARL, Dwarf, medium, excellent mail- ing size. Telegraphic word, "Militia." Per 100, $1.00 per 1000 $5.50; in 5000 lots $4.50. TALL DOUBLE, first-class, strong. Telegraphic word, "Malvern." Per 100, $1.25; per 1000, $8.50. TALL DOUBLE, medium, Telegraphic word, "Mignon," Per 100; $1.00; per 1000, $5.50. SINGLE, VARIEGATED LEAVED, ALBINO. Write for prices. *Our stock of Fxcelsior Pearl has been bred up by several years of careful selection from bulbs producing the shortest Stalks with full heads of double flowers. But two or three firms can supply this extra Dwarf ' Fxcelsior" Strain.
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