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'Ada Qreenhouse

W. E. Pitt^ Proprietor

•Ada,

Oklahoma

Special Notice

We guarantee our plants to be healthy and true to name. All orders are filled from the same stock, and if the plants are given the proper attention there is no reason why each customer should not meet with the same success.

We absolutely cannot hold ourselves responsible for plants that are sent out in a healthy condition and go wrong for the want of proper attention.

All plants will be knocked out of the pots.

We pack all our plants in damp moss, so that they will reach you in the best possible condition.

We do not pay express or postage on any plants or cut flowers.

We have quit growing and handling nursery stock, confining ourselves to the Florist business only.

Hanging Baskets

Nice for Front Pm'ches

Small Baskets $1.75

Medium Baskets $2.25

Large Baskets $3.00

Filled with Ferns, Geraniums, Vines, Jew and beautiful growing plants. You should have one of these in your se- lection.

Carnations

Carnation plants should be repotted whenever there is indication of their be- coming pot-bound. Transplanted into the garden after all danger of frost is over, and given at least 12 inches in space, with good soil and cultivation, these plants should furnish abundant bloom from July until late fall or may be kept “pinched back” to retard bloom, potted up at approach of frost and brought in- side for winter blooming. 15c each, $1.25 per dozen.

ENCHANTRESS — The standard shade of shell-pink, by which all other light pinks are measured.

ENCHANTRESS SUPREME — A light salmon-pink, which does not bleach in the full sun, and is not so liable to split as the Enchantress it improves.

MATCHLESS— A large, pure white, long stemmed and free-blooming. The petals are attractively fringed and the perfume delightful.

3IRS. C. W. WARD— One of the very good deep pink sorts, of attractive size and form, very free blooming and strong scented.

WHITE ENCHANTRESS — Pure whire; like its parents.

Geraniums

Our collection is made up of the best of the old favorites and new varieties. Novelties are listed in general collections without extra charges. Price, thrifty plants, 20 cents, $1.50 per dozen.

S. A. NUTT- — -One of the best double red for this climate.

LA FAVORITE— Very large trusses; Snow White.

BEAUTY POITEVXNE — The best double salmon-pink bedder.

GEN. GRANT — Good red scarlet.

JEAN VIAUD — Clear pink.

LANDRY — -Dark salmon, double.

STRAWBERRY GERANIUM — A plant

of low habit. Leaves nearly round, and striped freely with silver bands. Blooms white, of a great beauty and borne in spikes nearly twelve inches high. Adapt- ed for hanging baskets, vases, efc. This is also known as Strawberry Geranium. Price, 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents.

EASTER GREETING — The new ever- blooming pelargonium. The flowers of Easter Greeting have the large size and the gorgeously rich colorings of the “Lady Washington Geranium. ” To this is added, in Easter Greeting, the habit of continuous blooming, which has made the ordinary bedding Geranium so highly valued. Easter Greeting is the first of a new race and one of the most valuable introductions in recent years. As an Easter plant it rivals the Azalea; but un- like the Azalea, Easter Greeting will re- main in full bloom all summer. Each, 25 cents; large, 50 cents.

Chrysanthemums

GENERAL COLLECTION — We revise our Chrysanthemum list each season, dis- carding old varieties, where later intro- ductions of superior quality will take their place. The following list is made up of the very hardiest varieties. All delicate sorts not suited for out-door cul- tivation have been eliminated. Price, ex- cept where noted; 10c each, $1.00 per dozen, $8.00 per hundred.

WM. TURNER— -(Mid-season) Japanese incurved; color, pure white. Very fine for exhibition purposes.

YELLOW WM. TURNER — (Mid-sea- son) Yellow sport from that popular variety, Wm. Turner.

GOLDEN WEDDING — Very fine yellow. Mid-season.

SILVER WEDDING — The same as the yellow. White.

HELEN FRICK — One of the best late pink.

HELEN FRICK — White, the same as the pink.

Cannas

Large Flowering

The Canna is one of the most popular plants grown for summer flowering. They begin to bloom soon after planting and are a solid mass of blooms until frost. Nothing is more beautiful in the lawn than a group of Cannas.

To bring Cannas to perfection, plant in a very rich soil, water liberally, re- move the old flower stalks as soon as the blossoms are faded and give them nour- ishment a few times during their bloom- ing season.

No plant will give as much pleasure for a sma.l outlay as the Canna.

Price, except where noted, 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen, $6.00 per hundred.

KING HUMBERT— -Five feet; color, a brilliant orange scarlet with bright red marking; foliage is very broad and of a rich, coppery bronze. Very popular variety.

HUNG ARIA — Three to three and one- half feet. A good pink variety, flowers large, in good sized trusses.

ALLEMANIA — Four feet, yellow, beau- tifully mottled throat.

UNCLE SAM- — Tall red, vermillion, bright orange shadings.

LOUISIANA — Five to six feet tall, crimson scarlet with green foliage.

FLORENCE VAUGHAN-— Five feet tall. Yellow, spotted and cirmson.

Alternanthera

10c Each, 75c per Dozen

Fine dwarf growing foliage plants for bordering flower beds or carpet bedding or planting on grave unexcelled.

AUREA NANA — Bright yellow.

TRICOLOR- — Crimson and dark green.

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Ferns

NEPHROLEPSIS ROSTOMKXSIS — The Popular Boston Fern. Too well known for description. 25 cents to $3.00 each.

WHITMAN! — Handsome broad plume- like fronds. 25 cents to $2.00 each.

Gladiolas

AMERICA — A beautiful soft, flesh pink. 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen, $4.50 per hundred.

MRS. FRANCIS KING — Light scarlet. Fine for cutting. 10 cents each. $1.00 per dozen, $4.00 per hundred.

Hardy Phloxes

ED3IAND ROSTAND — Large flowers of reddish violet. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.

Impatiens Sultana

IMPATIENS SULTANA — Flowers of brilliant rosy-scarlet color. $1.00 per dozen, large plants, 10 cents each.

ORANGE SULTANA-— Prices same as above.

New Dwarf Lantanas

2 1-2 inch pots, 10c each; 3 inch po+s, 20c each

Moon Flowers

EVENING-— (Moonvine) Produces large whwite flowers, very fragrant; as a quick-gi owing vine for shade it has no equal. Large plants, 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen. Young plants, 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen.

Antirrhinum

(SNAP DRAGON)

2 1-2 inch pot plants 10c each, $1.00 per dozen.

SILVER PINK — The finest pink. WHITE.

Alyssum

(DOUBLE SWEET)

2 inch pot plants 10c each, 75c per dozen

Only raised from cuttings, making them superior to those grown otherwise.

Artillery Plant

10c Each

This is a very pretty little plant of drooping graceful habit and fern-like foliage, literally covered with very small, pretty flowers, giving the plant a pleas- ing effect; fine basket or pot plant.

Asters

2 1-2 inch pot plants

10c each, 75c per dozen

Early and late varieties, in separate colors. Our Asters are produced from exceptionally fine strains.

Asparagus

2 1-2 inch pot plants 10c each, $1.00 per dozen

SFRENGERII — Very useful as pot plants or hanging baskets. 15 to 50 cents each.

PLUVIOUS NANUS — (Asparagus Fern) Too well known for description. 15c each.

Begonias

Nice Plants, 25c each Large Plants, 50c each

RUBRA— This Begonia Is still a great favorite. The flowers are a rich coral red, hanging in large pendent clusters; these, combined with the rich green fol- iage, make it one of the best plants for house culture.

MARGUERITE — Leaves a bronzy green j somewhat resembling Metalica, but giving ■ a more bushy form. Light rose colored flowers.

GLORY D. CHATELENE — The finest of all flowering Begonias. Clear pink.

LUMINOSA — Xmas red, the finest red.

The above two sorts bloom the year through.

Coleus

Choicest varieties, including Verschaf- felti and Golden Bedder (two of the best for massing). 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen, $4.00 per hundred.

COLEUS TRAILING — A useful variety for vases, porch boxes, etc., it being of a trailing habit, center rosy-crimson and yellow, bordered maroon and edged green. 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen, $4.00 per hundred.

Caladium Esculentum

(Elephant’s Ear)

One of the most effective plants in cul- tivation for the flower border, or for planting out upon the lawn. It will grow in any good garden soil, and is of the easiest culture; but to obtain the best results it should be planted in rich com- post and plentifully supplied with water. Price, large strong bulbs, 2 5 cents each; six for $1.00.

Ice Plant

Nice for hanging baskets or boxes, growing very rapidly, having a small pink flower on it. 10c, or 3 for 25c.

Calla

THE GODFREY EVERBLOOMING

CALLA — (New) Flowers as large as the largest and outbloom the others three to one, pure white. Plant dwarf and com- pact. 25 cents each; large ones in bed or bloom $1.00 each.

Shasta Daisy

In growth the plants are as strong as j a common field Daisy, very tall, well j branched, with fine cut foliage and huge white flowers borne in profusion, on long | stiff stems. The flowers are pure white with gold centers, petals very long and | centers soft and velvety. It is a very pretty hardy plant and one of the novel- ties that has come to stay. Price 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.

Grand Giant Dahlias

The sorts here offered are, without ex- ception, the largest and most perfect double - flowering Dahlias now grown, flowers of all of them attaining a size of between five and six inches across under ordinary cultivation. Price, 20 cents each; any six for $1.00.

PERLE DE LYON — (Decorative) One of the choicest white Dahlias yet offered.

JACK ROSE — Brilliant crimson red, similar in shade the popular “Jack” Rose, which suggests its name; preferable for garden decoration or for cutting.

A. D. LE VON A— One of the best pink.

Petunias

Verbenas

PETUNIA, SINGLE — Raised from fin- est strain of seed procurable; assorted colors. 10 cents each, 75 cents per dozen. $4.00 per hundred.

DOUBLE FRINGED — Our collections include the very choicest fringed varieties to be had. Young plants, 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen. Large plants, 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen.

PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS — Color, true blue, splendid summer blooming plants. 10 to 25 cents each.

PANSIES — Our pansies are raised from the best seeds that money can buy, and always give satisfaction. 10 cents each, 75 cents per dozen, $5.00 per hundred.

Salvias Flowering Sage

SALVIA BALL OF FIRE — This variety is all that its name implies, a ball of fire. The plants do not exceed eighteen inches in height and are a mass of flowers the entire summer. 10 cents each, 75 cents per dozen, $4.00 per hundred.

TRADESCANTiA — (Wandering Jew) — Light and dark variegated; red and green, fine for baskets and vases. 5 cents each, 6 0 cents per dozen.

THUNBERGIA — ( Black-Eyed Susan ) — Buff, white, orange and yellow, with dark eyes. Very useful vine for boxes, vases and hanging baskets. 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen.

VINCA— (Periwinkle) — White, white with pink eye, rose-colored; one of the best bedding plants, be mg always in bloom, especially suited for cemetery, re- quiring but iittle care. 10 cents each, 75 cents per dozen, $5.00 per hundred.

VINCA MAJOR VAR1EGATA — Has no

equal as a trailing vine for vases, boxes and hanging baskets. Heavy glossy green broadly margined creamy white foliage; flowers blue. 10 to 30 ceiva each, $1.00 to $3.00 per dozen.

For sunny situations Verbenas will be found well adapted for boxes and vases. Price, 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen.

Water Hyacinth

A plant that grows in water, having a lavendar flower. 25 cents each.

Vegetable Plants

We pack our plants In damp moss so that they will reach you in the best pos- sible condition. A?1 plants will be ready about April 10th.

SWEET PEPPER— Large bell; fine flavor, $1.00 per hundred.

HOT PEPPER — Red cayenne, $1.00 per hundred.

EGGPLANT — Large purple, $1.00 per hundred.

TOMATO PLANTS —

June Pink 50c per 100

Dwarf Champion 50c per 100

Acme 50c per 100

Pots

We pack them in straw and deliver them to the depot; and when this is done, we are not responsible for the breaking in shipping.

2 inch 5c each, 5 0c per dozen

3 inch 10c each, 75c per dozen

4 inch _ 10c each, $1.00 per dozen

5 inch _ 15c each, $1.50 per dozen

6 inch _ 20c each, $2.00 per dozen

8 inch _ 50c each, $5.00 per dozen

Prices are subject to change without no! ice.

Fertilizer

BONE MEAL — Absolutely high grade. Per pound, 15 cents, 100 pounds $6.00.

Tuberose Bulbs

MEXICAN EVERBLOOMING— Flowers single, pure white. Each bulb will throw from 2 to 5 flower spikes in one season. 5 cents each, 50 cents per dozen.

Special Geranium Collection

OKLAHOMA SUN PROOF— 1 dozen small ones, our selection for $1. 1 dozen large plants, our

selection, for $1.50.

Special Coleus Collection

1 dozen choice plants for 75c, our selection.

After June 1 we will have quite a few plants left over that have not been sold and will make a special sale on these plants. You send us $1 and we will send 1 dozen choice plants, not over three of each kind. Some of these are 25c plants.