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QUALITY
NURSERY
STOCK
SINCE
J886,
PROPRIETOR
NEW BRAUNFELS, CCOMALCOUN
To My Thousands of Friends and Customers in the South—
ADVANCED PRICES OVER LAST YEAR: Our customers will find prices advanced this year on everything we produced. The reason for this is known to our southern Friends, because they have to pay higher prices for all labor also, and in the nursery business prices of labor, packing ma- terial, taxes, etc., have advanced so much that we could produce three trees at the price of two years ago, where we now can grow one, consequently prices had to advance, as with all other commodities. However, our prices in comparison to other Nursery Catalogs is the lowest; we have always sold at reasonable prices and know our customers understand the advance prices this season.
Varieties of trees and seeds that have mostly originated here on our grounds, which are the result of my own work in horticulture all these years, are well known to many of my friends and customers. Their own success with these varieties have been the strongest possible recommenda- tions for them.
For, of course, the varieties, having originated here, are the best for this section.
Way back in 1886 we started here in the nursery business. We have been at it ever since. We began on a little 5-acre patch, but soon outgrew this place. Now we have over 100 acres in Nursery Stock.
We have planted more roses and fruit trees this year than ever before. These have made good growth, too, and are fully up to our usual well known standard. Our stocks of evergreens, ornamentals and flowering shrubs are the largest and finest in the South. So we feel we can please you. We have no agents. This is our sole representative. We do but very little advertising. We depend on the high quality of our goods to hold our customers and bring us new ones. Our prices are reasonable — very low, in fact, quality considered — so low we have to sell for cash only, and do not ship C. 0. D.
A pleased customer — as our 34 years of nursery experience has taught us — is the best advertising any firm can have. We still number among our best customers many who bought nursery stock from us a quarter of a century ago. That is a source of great satisfaction to me. To every man who is thinking about putting out an orchard, I cordially invite to write us. Address me, personally. Tell me about what you have in mind. I will be glad to give you the benefit of my lifetime’s experience as a horti- culturist. I will recommend and help you select varieties that have proved themselves best for this section. I will advise you as to the preparation of your soil, fertilization, irrigation, etc. Our oldest customers trust us most. They benefit by our experience by leaving it to us to select their assort- ments. Of course, we make mistakes. We are only human. But we cheerfully correct any errors we make, when they are reported to us.
Yours for more and better Texas fruits,
OTTO LOCKE,
Comal Springs Nursery, New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas.
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FRUIT TREES
Apples
The Apple is not very profitably grown in Southern and Western Texas. There are a few varieties that grow, and only certain localities where these succeed. The latter are in the mountainous regions of Texas and Mexico. The best results are obtained on heavy clay soil. Light or sandy soil must be manured before apples can successfully be grown on same. The ap- ple we grow in our state has a very fine aromatic flavor, more so than that grown in the North, and people who think their soil may be adapted to its culture should experiment with a few trees. Trees grown in the North should, however, never be planted; they will never prove a success. The following is a collection of those that I have found worthy of planting in the South.
PRICES: Strong 4 to 6 feet, 2 years old, grafted on whole roots, 50 cents each, $5.50 per dozen, $40.00 per 100.
Winesap — Tree a strong grower and produc- tive; fruit of medium size, red flesh, crisp, juicy, high flavored; valuable for table, market or cider. Ripe in October.
Hackworth — A new apple from Alabama. We consider it one of the best apples. Ripens for about a month, has a fine flavor and is a very good apple for home market; as large as Ben Davis, not quite so red, and ripens early in July. This variety should be in every apple orchard.
Kinnard’s Choice — Fruit medium, mostly cov- ered with a dark red, flesh yellow, tender, juicy and aromatic; very hardy and productive.
Black Twig — Tree upright grower; fruit like Winesap, but one-fourth larger.
New Apples
75c each, $7.50 per dozen.
Becker — This is the only apple that has given satisfactory results in the coast country and does very well here. The tree is a strong up- right grower, large foliage, bears young, tree is very productive. Ripens in July. Color is yel- low with red stripes, well flavored.
Heidemeyer — Imported about 1850 from Stutt- gart, Germany. Roundish, conical, color golden yellow, flesh yellowish, juicy, aromatic, rich quality; very good to best. Season August. Bears heavy crops every year. Is one of the best apples for Southwest Texas.
Stringston — This new Australian apple has been fruiting here, for years. Is a fine, large, round summer apple, highly colored to the sun- ny side, of good quality; the trees bear young and are very good growers, having fruited in the nursery the first year. Ripens end of July.
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Crab Apples
Price, two-year-old trees, 50 cents each, $5.50 per dozen,
This pretty apple is especially adapted for preserves and is always sure to bring a good crop.
T ranscendent — (Siberian.) An attractive yel- low color, splashed and striped with red; bears very young, annual crops thereafter. We value it highly for preserves. Buds and blossoms ex- quisitely beautiful. Ripens in July.
Pears
4 to. 5 feet high, 50 cents each; $5.50 per dozen; 6 to 7 feet high, 75c each, $8.00 per dozen.
In order of ripening. One and two-year-old trees.
The pear is the most profitable fruit we know of. After a tree has once begun to bear, it will bear regularly every year. The tree is very long-lived if it has a favorable locality where it can send its roots deep into the ground for a supply of moisture; for this rea- son pear trees should only be planted where the sub-soil is rich and deep.
The soil most adapted to pear culture is rich loam, which contains a good supply of humus. Sandy soil with clay sub-soil is also good if well manured. Pear trees should however, never be planted on soil where roots of cotton and potatoes rot, as such soil has the same ef- fect upon pear trees. The following are the best varieties:
Summer Beauty— First raised in 1873, and introduced in 1893 by us. This pear is the fin- est and the surest bearer of all varieties that ever have been tested so far south. The trees have not failed to produce heavy crops every year since 1880. It is a vigorous, symmetrical grower and late bloomer, so that spring frost will not injure it. The fruit is very large and handsome, of yellow color with a bright red cheek, flavor sweet sugary, rich, aromatic and pleasant, excellent quality, always grows in clusters of from three to five. One of the rar- est and most productive pears in cultivation. Ripening the end of July.
Lock’s Pride — This is a seedling of Le Conte. Very prolific; two weeks earlier thanLe Conte; does not blight. We have never been able to supply the demand for this new pear and offer again this season a few hundred extra good trees, originated at San Marcos, the mother tree over thirty years old, still bears heavy crops every year.
Le Conte — Of remarkable vigor and beauty of growth. The fruit is bell-shaped, of a rich, creamy yellow when ripe, very smooth and fine looking, and a good shipper.
Bartlett — Standard and dwarf. Everyone is acquainted with this large yellow pear. Fruit very rich and highly aromatic — the reason why this pear can always be sold while others may be refused. Tree grows dense and of even and conical shape.
Keiffer Hybrid — Called by many the “Queen of Pears.” Fruit large to very large, skin yel- lew with a brilliant vermilion cheek, flesh brit- tle, very juicy, with a marked musky aroma. Tree very vigorous and very prolific. Consid- ered the best all-around pear.
Garber Hybrid — Oriental strain, like the Smith’s fruit resembles the Kieffer in size, shape and color; ripe three weeks before.
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Quinces
60 cents each, $6.00 per dozen.
The Quince likes a rich, deep, moist and at the same time loose soil, and requires careful cultivation. The fruit is only used in a cooked state and it is a great favorite with the house- wife owing to its rich aroma, which makes it fit for all kinds of preserves and jellies.
Orange — Large, roundish, bright golden yel- low; cooks tender and is of excellent flavor. Valuable for preserves and flavoring; very pro- ductive; one of the most popular and exten- sively cultivated of old varieties. Ripens in October.
Champion — Fruit very large, fair and hand- some. Tree very productive, bears when young; flesh cooks as tender as the apple; flavor very delicate, imparting an exquisite taste and odor to any fruit with which it is cooked.
Almonds
The almond succeds in Western Texas, Ari- zona and New and Old Mexico and California, where irrigation is practiced. The tree blooms very early, and the crop is often destroyed by late frosts.
Sultana — Large kernels, soft shells. Tree is strong, upright grower, and it is one of the best. 4 to 6 feet, 50 cents each.
Pecans
2 to 3 feet, $1.00 each, $10.00 per dozen; 4 to 5 feet, $1.50 each, $15.00 per dozen; 7 to 8 feet, $3.00 each; 8 to 9 feet, $5.00 each.
This is by far the choicest table nut that is grown in America. Each year the demand is increasing; the supply can never equal the de- mand for good nuts. They are a healthful, nu- tritious article of food. Plant a tree if you have only a small place, and a thousand trees if you have the land for them. You can count on a good income for your children and your grandchildren. The pecan tree grows on any deep soil, clay with gravelly sub-soil preferred. If you have a river bank that washes badly and you want to make this ground valuable, we can enlighten you, by advising to plant it in a pecan orchard; after the trees are 4 to 5 feet high plant the ground in Bermuda grass for sod, and you have more than doubled the value
of your land. If it’s a shade tree you want to plant this winter, stop and think it over; why not plant a pecan tree?
\j Lone Star — Seedling of the Daisy pecan. Larger and thicker, slightly harder shell; a wonderful bearer, fills well, a fine grower, large leaves, same as its parent, the Daisy. We offer only a few trees the first time. 2 to 3 feet at $4.00 each. Only one tree sold in one order as they are very limited.
“Daisy” — Takes the first place of all com- mercial nuts ; is not only the largest paper shell in existence, but it is well filled, of a fine, sweet flavor; a regular bearer and it has not failed to bear a good crop since it first began in 1894.
Frotscher — A large oblong nut, bright yellow- ish brown in color, with a few purplish black markings, shell very thin, cracking easily, ker- nels large, easily removed, full of good quality. One of the handsomest nuts grown.
Schley — Size medium to large, oblong, some- what flattened; light reddish brown with a few markings of purplish brown; shell thin, separ- ating easily from the kernel, kernel full, plump, bright yellowish brown in color, flavor rich nutty, in quality one of the best. Tree a good grower and an excellent variety.
Stuart — One of the oldest of the named va- rieties, but somewhat short; ovoid in shape, shell thin, partitions somewhat corky, kernel plump, quality very good.
Success Pecan — Originated in Southern Mis- sissippi. Large size, shell thin, kernel very plump, quality good, flavor good; highly pro- lific; one of the very best and most promising sorts.
Van Deman — A large nut averaging from 45 to 50 nuts per pound; oblong in form; shell quite thin, quality good; tree vigorous grower, prolific bearer.
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Walnuts
Juglans Cordiformis— Nuts medium size, thin shell; if cracked longitudinally kernel can be removed entire. Meat is of good quality; tree is a vigorous grower and forms a fine head. Perfectly hardy. We consider it the best of all walnuts. Two years, 2 toJ feet, 75 cents each.
Juglans Sieboldiana — A native of the moun- tains of Japan. Extremely hardy and vigorous grow'er. Three-year-old trees have produced nuts. Wonderfully productive. Meat sweet and of best quality. 75 cents each; trees 2 to 3 feet.
Apricots
One-year trees, 4 to 6 feet, 60c each, $6.00 per dozen.
The apricot is one of those fruits that do fairly well on limestone soil; a rich, heavy soil, however is preferred. As the apricot blooms early it should not be planted extensively in localities visited by late frosts. The fruit is much beloved for its rich and aromatic flavor, and the apricot should be represented by a few trees, at least, in every garden. The culture is about the same as that of the peach.
Royal — Fruit large, oval; color of skin dull yellow, tinted with red on the sunny side; flesh pale orange color, firm, juicy, rich and vinous; freestone. Ripens end of June.
Moorpark — Large, excellent; an old favorite and one of the best bearers. This is the best of all apricots.
Nectarine
Honey Nectarine — The best, sure bearing nectarine. Originated on our trial grounds. A seedling of Honey peach. Size and shape of the Honey peach, very prolific. We offered this nectarine a few years ago, but owing to great demand we could not offer them last year, and have this year again a good stock of this variety. Price 60 cents each, $6.00 per dozen; 4 to 6 feet high.
Figs
50 cents each, $5.00 per dozen; $30.00 per 100.
Strong trees.
We might also say there is no tree which so abundantly repays its owner for the little trouble it requires as the fig. From June to October ripe fruit may be had almost daily from the same tree, providing there is enough moisture to constantly keep the tree growing during this time. The best place for a fig tree is near a well or a spring or any other place where there is always a plentiful supply of water. During extreme cold weather figs some- times freeze to the ground, but they sprout from the roots again in the spring. This, how- ever, only happens every ten or fifteen years, if only the hardiest varieties are planted.
Ferguson — The largest and most productive of all figs. Color of fruit is dark red. Very sweet. We never had enough trees of this fine variety. For the first time we have been able to offer a few hundred trees this year, and or- ders should be placed early.
Green Ischia — Green; medium size; of excel- lent quality.
Magnolia — Large; rich fruit, yellowish brown. Hardy here. Small one-year trees bear fruit first summer.
Brown Turkey — Medium, brown, very sweet and excellent; very prolific and hardy. The most reliable fig for open field culture.
Celestial — Small pale violet with bloom very sweet; prolific, hardy.
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Peaches
Prices, except where noted, 2 to 3 feet, 35 cents each, $3.50 per dozen; 3 to 4 feet, 50 cents each, $5.00 per dozen; 5 to 7 feet, 60c each, $6.00 per dozen.
The peach is probably more extensively cul- tivated in our country than any other fruit, and it well deserves its popularity among the American people, as there is nothing that ex- cels a luscious, red-ripe peach. There has, however, been much complaint of late that the finer varieties do not bear enough in Texas. People attribute this to the drouth, yet the failure in most cases is due to the ignorance of the people. The traveling tree agents from other states introduce new varieties every year that are in most cases not at all adapted to our climate. Therefore, never buy a tree unless you know that it was grown by a reliable nur- seryman in your own state. West Texas is a dry country, but nevertheless good peaches can be raised, and plenty of them, provided proper varieties are planted.
The peach succeeds in almost any soil, but it prefers sandy soil with red clay sub-soil to any other. The following varieties are all thoroughly tested by me, and I consider them the best collection that can be made for our climate. They are selected from 400 different varieties, and as each variety has a ripening period of from ten to fifteen days, peaches may be had at all times from the middle of May until November. I have arranged them in order of ripening, for the convenience of the buyer.
i. Ripening Here from May 20 to June 10.
Mayflower — A new variety of extreme early ripening; a late bloomer, and being almost en- tirely covered with red, it is a good market variety. Tree a strong thrifty grower, very prolific; size large, nearly round.
Early Wheeler — Prolific; white, blush cheeks, flesh white, extra firm, of better quality than Alexander, with true clingstone flavor. The best shipper among early varieties.
Dwarf Japan Blood — Tree of dwarf habit, surest bearer of all the early peaches; fruit is
large, pointed; red cheek and end, and some- times blood-red flesh.
Early Alexander — A new peach, one week earlier than Alexander. Tree is a rank grower and late bloomer, the peach is well colored and a fine market variety, large to extra large fruit.
Alexander — Good quality, high color; flesh greenish white. Best bearing May peach.
Greensboro — Earlier and larger than Alex- ander; fine flavor and attractive appearance.
Arp Beauty — A rival to Elberta; character, size, color and quality the same, and ripens two to three weeks earlier. The value of this as a market and family peach will be easily seen, and no other statement will be necessary to place it at the head of good peaches.
Triumph — “The earliest yellow peach in the world.” A perfect yellow freestone; of excel- lent quality. Ripens after Alexander. A good keeper, very prolific. Two-year-old trees bore half a bushel each.
Honey — The sweetest of all peaches we have, and about the best bearer. Late frosts have never killed the young fruit here. Color is at- tractive and it always sells easily. Honey is about the best peach for general planting we have in the South and the Gulf Coast.
Family Favorite — Productive, skin quite fuz- zy, clear cream white with rich pink blush on one side. Flesh white, tint of red at stone. Ex- cellent quality.
Indian Cling or Blood Cling — Red inside, ripens in August, bears regular, trees very hardy; a good peach.
Bokara — The hardiest peach known. It is of fine quality and a good bearer. Does remark- ably well here.
Early Rivers — White, red-cheeked, tender; free-stone; bears very young and rarely misses a full crop. Ripens June 20.
Mamie Ross — A seedling of Chinese Cling. Fruit very large, nearly covered with a deli- cate carmine, flesh white, juicy and of good quality; a regular and prolific bearer.
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li. Ripening June 20 to July 15.
Pallas — Large, flesh white, melting with a rich, vinous aroma; profuse annual bearer; as sweet as Honey peach.
Gen. R. E. Lee — Cling; similar to Chinese Cling, but earlier and more prolific.
Carman — A large, white free-stone with red cheeks, that originated in Limestone County. Fine flavor; ripens July 5.
Early Bell — Very large; skin white, with red cheeks; flesh white, firm and excellent flavor; tree a rapid grower and very prolific; a seed- ling of Chinese Cling.
Dixie — A seedling from Elberta; large; two weeks earlier and a better shipper. Fine flavor; beautiful color, yellow with pink cheeks. Tree is a fine grower and the best bearer in San Marcos, Texas, where it originated. A gentleman working in the Wood National Bank bought a peach many years ago, and it being of such fine flavor and large size^ he planted the seed just back of the bank building, where it grew vigorously, and after bearing, everyone seeing it was astonished at the size and good color of the fruit, as well as the productiveness of the tree. Mr. F. M. Johnson sent us the first buds and named it the “Dixie” peach. We find it to be superior to Elberta in flavor. It is the finest peach that ever originated in Southwest Texas. Peach is yellow like El- berta.
Bertha — Another fine, large yellow peach; originated on our grounds; a seedling of Dixie, larger than its parent; ripens ten days after Elberta; heavy bearer; largest peach weighed eleven ounces. A peach that has come to stay.
Belle of Georgia — Very large, white free- stone of excellent flavor. Trees grow and bear well; fruit a very good shipper.
Elberta — The peach that everyone knows. A large yellow free-stone, red to the pit. The peach for the market.
Thurber — This is one of the oldest peaches; free-stone; very prolific. Peaches ripen begin- ning of July. Excellent for canning.
Southern Early — This is the largest of all early peaches. Good quality; very prolific; sweet and juicy. Ripens in June.
Comal Cling — The best, largest and finest yellow cling-stone. The original tree was found growing behind an old house at one of my neighbors. Fruit very large, juicy and sweet; trees growing to large size; leaves very large; a regular bearer. Ripens July 1 to 16.
Old Mixon Cling — The juiciest and best fla- vored white cling-stone peach; of very large size and best bearing qualities.
Hero — A splendid variety for canning pur- poses. The tree grows to a very large size and. produces beautifully colored, white fleshed- juicy clingstone peaches in great abundance; sure to bear every year; flowers very resistant against frost.
Governor Colquitt — (Yellow Cling.) Large, yellow, fine quality; very hardy; made a full crop when three years old; one of the finest market peaches; firm, rank grower. Origi- nated at New Braunfels, Texas. Ripens August 20.
III. Ripening from September 1 into October.
Henrietta — The best late clingstone. Very large, yellow, crimson cheek; a regular bearer.
IV. Ripening in October to November.
Stinton’s October — Yellow fleshed, red cheeked October cling; a regular bearer, and one of the very best all-around late peaches.
Common Seedlings — Extra strong; 15 cents each, $12.00 per 100.
Plums
In order of ripening. Prices, except where noted: 2 to 3 feet, 40 cents each, $4.00 per dozen; 3 to 4 feet, 50 cents each, $5.50 per dozen; 5 to 6 feet, 75 cents each, $8.00 per dozen.
There is no fruit tree that bears such an abundance of fruit at so early an age as does the plum. Many varieties bear the first year after planting, and for this single reason should be most extensively planted. A plum tree re- quires very little care, but for the fact that it produces its fruit in such great abundance the
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tree does not live very long, and new trees ought to be planted every year to always have an abundance of this useful fruit. The Amer- ican or Chickasaw varieties are mostly used for preserves and jellies, while Japanese varieties are for the table.
Rich loam with gravel sub-soil is the best soil for plum culture, while sandy soil is al- most as good if manured.
The following is the best collection for the South and cannot be excelled by any:
First — A combination cross of Hawkeye, Hammer, Milton, Wyant and Burbank. The earliest of all plums; the largest and most pro- ductive of all early plums. It blooms late, and ripens in an incredibly short time after bloom- ing. Tree never fails to produce all it can hold.
McCartney — Originated in Texas; larger than Wild Goose; 14 days earlier; egg-shaped, golden yellow color; enormous bearer. This is the best yellow plum.
Shiro— A combination of Robinson, Myro- bolan and Wickson. Rank grower, enormously productive; fruit will keep a month, and is so transparent the pit can be seen through the flesh; apple-shaped; the earliest of all Japan- ese plums.
Gonzales — A cross between the American and Japan plum. The fruit is larger than a Botan, it is sweet and juicy and will keep for a week after ripening. The tree is a good grower and is very prolific. It ripens the mid- dle of June.
Nona — Ripens June 28; large, somewhat pointed, color bright red, flesh yellow, juicy, high quality; regular bearer; very valuable for
our section. We consider it one of the best plums.
Happiness — A new hybrid. The fruit is very large, color glowing red, and quality it is rarely equaled. It is really the most productive of all plums. Tree is a good grower. Pit very small. Three-year-old trees averaged $5.00 per tree this year, as this variety was not damaged by the late frost last spring.
Bartlett — Has the quality and flavor of the Bartlett pear. Fruit turns a deep crimson when fully ripe, light salmon colored flesh. Tree has a beautiful upright growth.
Sweet Botan — Japanese; one of the finest oldest varieties which is too popular to need a long description.
Wickson — Japanese; tree grows in vase form, sturdy and upright. The fruit is evenly dis- tributed all over the tree. It changes to white when about half grown, and remains so until a few days before ripening, when it changes to a glowing carmine. Small stone; the flesh is of a fine texture, firm, sugary and delicious and will keep two weeks after ripening. A fine rare plum.
Mikado — A very large plum of greenish yel- low color, nearly round, very little suture; rapid grower, more so than any other. This is the most remarkable of all plums for its enormous size and quality.
The Santa Rosa — No one fruit has so strong- ly individualized the name of Luther Burbank as the plum. Some tw'enty varieties, now well known and very widely grown, are the result of his creative genius, all of which have stood
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the test of experience with growers and in the market of the world. As a result, his latest, the Santa Rosa, is in every way not only a superior fruit from every point of view, but must be regarded as the best thing in the way of plums that has come from his hands. The Santa Rosa is a medium bloomer; quality of fruit is unequaled; as a shipping plum it is the peer of them all. Plums are a deep purplish crimson, each fruit averaging 6 inches in cir- cumference each way; the flesh near the skin is purple shaded with rosy scarlet and pale amber towards the stone, which is very small; the eating quality is unequaled; rich, fragrant, delicious. Ripens a week before Climax and two weeks earlier than the Burbank. Tree is strong, vigorous, upright grower.
Success Plum — A new blood red plum; a Jap- anese variety; very sweet and juicy; a new plum that has been tried thoroughly and proved to be very prolific. One-year trees, 3 to 4 feet, $1.00 each.
Duarte — The tree is a good grower; it is a better plum than Apple, Sultan or any blood plum so far introduced. The new plum is from seed America by Climax pollen, 1900. Skin deep purple, big yellow dots, blue bloom. Tree up- right, hardy looking; fine grower, never fail- ing; abundant bearer. Ripens July 10.
Burbank — Japanese; named after the intro- ducer of this and most of the other good plums. The best bearing variety we have. When fully ripe the fruit is deliciously sweet.
Satsuma — A large and well flavored plum with blood red flesh, skin bluish red, pit is very small; trees grow large and old, and is a very good bearer.
Excelsior — Fruit medium, sweet, juicy, melt- ing, color reddish purple; a good plum and very productive.
America — A seedling of Robinson crossed with Botan. The most beautiful of all plum trees in appearance. It is of large size, a little above the average size of Japanese plums, and larger than the popular American varieties. Flesh of light yellow color, moderately firm and very delicious. Ripens two or three weeks earlier than Burbank. Exceedingly prolific.
Kelsey’s Japan — Vigorous; greenish yellow, very large, excellent; prolific; sweetest of all plums; early bloomer.
Mulberries
5 to 6 feet, 50 cents each, $5.00 per dozen.
6 to 8 feet, 75 cents each, $8.00 per dozen.
As a shade tree for the chicken yard the
mulberry is about the best to be had. Chick- ens eat the fruit as soon as it drops from the tree. The finer varieties are also eaten by children. The tree grows very quickly and is easily transplanted.
Hick’s Everbearing — Profuse; ripens three months; fine grower for shade and the best of all trees for the fowl yard.
Travis Mulberry — (Everbearing.) Luxuriant, symmetrical and compact. Best of all mulber- ries for fruit. It is very large and sweet, and bears in greatest profusion. Originated in Travis County.
Russian — Unquestionably the best shade tree. The tree is very hardy and long-lived, and grows rapidly to a beautiful round shape. The fruit is small and does not drop from the tree when ripe; some trees do not produce fruit at all. It is very much sought for street plant- ing, for the shining leaves stand the dust well.
English — A very quick growing mulberry, with very large and well shaped leaves. The fruit is large and black of color; stem is very straight, and can be topped at any desirable height. 4 to 5 feet, 35 cents each, $3.50 per dozen; 6 to 8 feet, 50 cents each, $5.00 per dozen.
Japan Persimmons
(Diospyros Kaki) — A fruit from the Orient that has come to stay. The growing of this fruit in the South, both for the market and home consumption, is no longer an experiment. It has proven itself adapted to the whole cotton belt, and is becoming quite popular on the northern fruit market.
Trees of the native persimmon will grow on any soil in the South, but are not long-lived in wet, low places; high, well-drained, sandy soil suits them best, and they will do better on very poor land than any other kind of fruit tree. They are especially suited for planting in old peach orchards, as the old trees become worthless, or to replant the land after a peach orchard has* been destroyed.
Fruit should be shipped just before it begins to soften, and directions how to eat it should be printed on wraps to be used with each fruit, and dealers instructed to display only ripe fruit.
Price of Japanese Persimmons on native Per- simmon Roots, 50 cents each, or $5.50 per dozen, $40.00 per 100.
Hachiya — Very large, oblong, conical, with a sharp point; very showy; diameter 3 inches longitudinally and 3 inches transversely; color of skin reddish yellow, with occasional dark spots or blotches and rings at apex; flesh dark yellow; some seed; astringed until fully ripe, then very good. Tree vigorous and very shape- ly.
Hyakume — Large to very large, varying from roundish oblong to roundish oblate, but always somewhat flattened at both ends, gen- erally slightly depressed at the point opposite the stem; nearly always marked with rings and veins at the apex; skin light buffish yel- low; flesh dark brown, sweet crisp and meaty; not astringent; good while still hard; a good keeper; one of the best market sorts. Trees of good growth and sure bearer.
Triumph — Originated near Sanford in Orange County, Florida, from seed from Japan. Its quality is the best, size medium, tomato- shaped; color of skin dark red, handsome and showy, flesh with but few seeds. It is very productive, the fruit of a single tree having been sold for $17.00. Ripe in October and holds on the tree until January.
Tane-Nashi — Very large, roundish, conical, pointed; very smooth and symmetrical; color of skin light yellow, changing to bright red
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at full maturity; flesh yellow, generally seed- less, astringent until fully ripe, then one of the best.
Yemon — Large flat, tomato-shaped, somewhat foursided; diameter 2 y2 inches longitudinally and 3 inches transversely; very smooth and regular in outline; skin bright orange yellow, flesh yellow, generally seedless, quality very fine. Tree rather an open grower with distinct foliage of light shade.
Pomegranates
The Pomegranate seems to have been cre- ated especially for our dry climate. It suc- ceeds in any soil and bears regularly an abund- ance of the most refreshing fruit.
Little trouble is required for its culture. It is always free from all diseases, and grows in any deserted corner of the garden where no other fruit succeeds. The fruit is very sweet and refreshing, and ripens during August and September.
Old Favorite — Is the best of all the fruiting pomegranates. I call it Old Favorite because it has been grown here at New Braunfels for at least fifty years, and it has been proven to be far superior to all the other fruiting kinds
Grapes and
Grapes — Standard List
In succession. Finest quality. This list con- tains the best and most successful. 25 cents each, $20.00 per 100, except where noted.
The grapes thrive in almost any soil and is successfully grown all over the South. With but little skill and labor it brings abundant crops every year. The following are the best southern varieties.
America — Growth very strong; clusters con- ical, sufficiently compact; berries black with white speck; skin thin and tender. A very good port wine has been made from it without fortifying. Very prolific.
Catawba — Clusters and berry large, dark red, juicy; fine for market, table and wine.
Brilliant Grape — Growth strong; vines en- dure winters anywhere. Clusters large, cylin- drical, or somewhat conical; berries large, light to dark red, translucent, with a thin bloom; very handsome when well ripened; skin thin, rather tender but seldom cracks; pulp meaty yet very tender, melting and delicious.
Delaware — Bunch small and compact; light red, very sweet.
Moore’s Early — Very large, black; good mar- ket.
R. W. Munson — Growth strong; clusters me- dium to large, cylindrical, often shouldered; berries black, never crack; pulp tender, juicy, very fine quality; good wine grape.
Niagara — Large, white; very good table and market grape.
which were introduced later. The fruit is the very largest, and refreshing and sweet. The tree or shrub is extremely hardy and has glossy green leaves. Flowers are large and crimson color. 50 cents each. Strong 5 to 6 feet, one-year, 25 cents each.
Oranges
Satsuma — Experience has taught us that orange culture here for a profit is a failure. A good many of our customers made large in- vestments in orange orchards in Texas, and on account of frost have not realized anything on their investments, and we are growing only a few for such customers who want them and can protect them in winter. One-year-old, 75 cents each, $8.00 per dozen.
Lemons
The “New Wonder” Lemon is a true ever- bearing variety. On a plat six feet high, not less than 90 lemons were growing at a single time. Fruit has been taken from this tree weighing 4 pounds. It is not uncommon to make twelve lemon pies from one lemon. Will fruit freely the second year. Price, 6-inch pot plants, 75 cents each.
Berry Plants
Concord — Large, black; table, market.
Jacques — (Black Spanish, Le Noir, Blue French); berry small; large clusters; black; red wine.
Herbemont — (McKee, Bottsi, Brown French.) Small; large clusters; purple; finest quality; table, wine; best old grape in Southwest Texas.
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Dewberries and Blackberries
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or fruit, hardiness and vigor of growth. It is so far ahead of all other varieties in cultivation that it is really in a class for itself, especially in size and productiveness. People who have tried this dewberry say that they will grow no other. Experiment stations say it will out- rank all others, and there is no doubt about it, as it is thoroughly tried and adapted to our country. Price, large plants 10 cents each, $1 per dozen.
Dallas — (Blackberry.) Very vigorous, droop- ing, thorny, productive; large, fine.
Strawberries
Prices 25 cents per dozen, $1.25 per 100, $8.00 per 1000.
To grow Strawberries with success irriga- tion is required in Western Texas, but where water may be had plentifully it is very valu- able, being about the first fruit in spring.
Klondyke — The plant is exceedingly vigorous, seems to be absolutely rust proof, and as near drought proof as a variety can be. Every berry is firm and brilliantly colored. This makes it the greatest and safest money-maker. On good or well manured soil it is simply wonderful.
Lady Thompson — A great favorite with all growers. Mid-season; fine large berries.
Texas — The money making strawberry of the South. Besides being an immense producer of fine flavor and beautiful color, it is a thrifty grower and a splendid drought resister. Dur- ing the hot summer months we often lose our strawberry plants; the Texas strawberry, how- ever, is perfectly hardy and stands the heat well.
Prices 50 cents per dozen, $3.50 per 100, $20.00 per 1000.
The Blackberry is not so successfully culti- vated in our part of the state as it is in North Texas, but the Mayes Dewberry reaches its greatest perfection here. It produces fruit of enormous size, of good flavor and in great abundance. Every lover of berries ought to have it.
Mayes’ Dewberry— New; very large, highly flavored. It roots deep, is very prolific and never fails.
McDonald Berry — It is hard to decide whether this is a dewberry or blackberry. It bears in clusters like a blackberry, but tips like a dew-
berry. It grows on any soil and is the most productive of all berries. Berries are large, juicy, and of the best quality.
Dewberry, Guadalupe — It is several years ago that we introduced the Guadalupe Dewberry and owing to the great demand for this new variety we got so short on plants that it took us several years before we could offer them again, and now is the first time we again have the plants of this fine dewberry on the market. It is a native of this section, that in cultivation proved to be the best of all dewberries. It is really a marvel. There is no bush-dewberry that can equal this in productiveness, quality
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Shade and Ornamental Trees
All shade trees are nursery grown, are straight and have splendid roots.
The physical welfare of yourself and those that you hold dear is greatly advanced by the trees and plants which surround your home. What a deserted impression does a splendid house make if not a tree or plant is near, and what a pleasant feeling comes to you if you see a small hut surrounded by beautiful shade and ornamental trees. What a comfort does a single shade tree afford a farmer, when after he comes home from his toil in the field he can recline under the same and take his after- noon nap.
Therefore, plant shade and ornamental trees around your house and you will be repaid for your trouble in many different ways.
Umbrella China — A native of Harris County and now widely known over the state. It is the finest and quickest growing of all shade trees. We have all sizes at the following prices: 3 to 4 feet, 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen, $20.00 per 100; 6 to 8 feet and over, 50 cents each. We are the largest grower of Um- brella China trees in Texas, and have over 10,000 this year to offer. 10 to 12 feet, extra heavy, $1.50.
American Elm — Long-limbed, fast growing, is always admired; grows well on any ordinary soil. Price, 6 feet, branched, 50 cents each, $5.50 per dozen; 8 to 10 feet, $1.00 each.
Ligustrum Japonicum makes a splendid ever-
green shade tree; leaves dark green, pointed. 2 to 2 y2 inches long; produces large bunches of creamy white flowers, followed in autumn by purple berries. Price of trees, well trim- med, 3 to 4 feet, 50 cents each; 5 to 6 feet, 75 cents each, $7.50 per dozen; 6 to 8 feet, extra heavy, $1.50 each, $15.00 per dozen.
Carolina Poplar — A rapid growing native shade tree; is very largely planted as a street and avenue tree, and is very popular. 5 to 6 feet, 50 cents each; 6 to 8 feet, 75 cents each.
Judas Tree or Red Bud — A very long-lived shade tree; very hard wood; large round leaves, making a dense shade. It is not a quick grower. The first tree to bloom in spring; has very pretty red flowers which last a few weeks. Price, 4 to 6 feet, 50 cents each; 8 to 10 feet, $1.00.
American Ash — A tree which is particularly well adapted to this latitude; makes quick growth and forms nice tops ; leaves are a lively green color. 6 to 8 foot trees, 50 cents each, $5.50 per dozen; 8 to 10 feet, $1.00 each.
Stercullia Platanaefolia (Japan Varnish Tree) — A very hardy and at the same time very beautiful shade tree. It is particularly adapted to this climate, but not very well known. The stem is always straight and smooth and has the same color as the leaves, which are a beau- tiful light green. The leaves are from 6 to 10 inches across. Tree produces a spreading and dense top, and grows to a very large size. A
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tree of fancy appearance, but stands as much drought as a hackberry. 4 to 6 feet, 50 cents; 6 to 8 feet, 75 cents; 8 to 10 feet, $1.50 each, extra heavy.
Sycamore — A lofty wide-spreading tree, hand shaped leaves; valuable for its handsome fol- iage and free growth. 5 to 6 feet, 75 cents.
Weeping Willow— A grand old tree for the cemetery and for the lawn. Should be planted in deep, rich soil where it is constantly moist. 4 to 6 feet, 50 cents each.
Tamarix
4 to 5 feet, 50 cents each, $5.00 per dozen.
Taririfloracans — Large, dark green foliage, upright growth; can be grown into a tree.
Canaris Jap. Piumosa — Finest of them all. Upright, curly light green, feathery leaves.
Casyuca — Like the Indica in growth and foli- age, upright curly light green, feathery leaves.
Estival is — A constant bloomer. Pink blooms, greyish foliage; very attractive.
Indica — Upright; dark green, thick foliage; a late bloomer; flowers come in clusters, light pink color.
Oddeseana — Neat grayish foliage; flowers rose colored; very profuse bloomer; blooms from June to August.
Tamarix Africana — Fine feathery foliage, like that of the Juniper; valuable in sand or soil where most shrubs will not do well; upright growth; small pink flowers on long stems.
Shrubs
All the following shrubs have been tested for years and found to be especially adapted to the South. I have a splendid stock of fine plants for this year’s trade.
Altheas
' Grafted on hardy stock.
One of the best hardy flowering shrubs that we know of, and most especially adapted to West Texas, for the reason that it blooms dur- ing the entire summer, even when monthly roses and other everblooming flowers are not in bloom. The flowers are not in the least af- fected by the sun in July and August, but are just as beautiful as they are in the cooler months. Price of strong plants, 2 to 3 feet, 35 cents each, $3.50 per dozen.
Amplissima — Double red; very free bloomer.
Deante — The best double white.
Beule de Feu — A good double red variety; opens well.
Duchess de Braband — White, red inside; very double.
Lady Stanley — Large double pink.
Tota Alba — Single, pure pearly white; dwarf habit; earliest of all Altheas to bloom and blooms freely. Don’t overlook this sort be- cause it is single. It is very desirable.
Lucy — Double red; large flowers.
Coerulea Plena — Double light purple.
Althea Rosea — (Seedling.) Mixed, all colors from best seed. Strong plants, 2 to 3 feet, 20 cents each, or $15.00 per 100. The best and finest summer bloomer.
Syringa — Lilacs
35 cents each, $3.50 per dozen.
Purple Lilac — A well known favorite.
Syringa Rothomagensis — Red Persian Lilac; very profuse bloomer.
Gran diflora Alba — Very large, pure white trusses of flowers; extra fine; grafted.
Mad. Leon Simon — Very large; rosy lilac.
Tournefort — Double; lilac color.
Croix de Brahy — Single; red.
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Crape Myrtles
The Crape Myrtle has reached such a high degree of popularity that there is hardly a flower garden without a few of these lovely flowering shrubs. They are lately being used for hedges, which produce the most striking effect, and such a hedge is admired by all who see it. The first flowers appear early in May, and from then until frost the plant is contin- ually a mass of flowers. Price of strong plants,
1 to 2 feet, 35 cents each; 2 years, at 50 cents each, or $5.50 per dozen.
Pink — The earliest of all Crape Myrtles to bloom. Tree is of rather a dwarfish habit, but produces more flowers in one season than any of the others.
Crimson — Grows to a good sized tree, and is almost always in bloom. The flowers are of a very rich crimson color.
Purple — The largest of all; produces very pretty purple flowers in great clusters.
White — Always rare. Is a very profuse bloomer, but slower grower.,
Spirea
Spirea Van Houttei— A splendid new garden shrub, and one of the most beautiful of all. Immense bloomer with snow white flowers. 35 cents each. Extra strong, 50 cents each.
Anthony Waterer — A fine hardy perpetual blooming shrub, particularly desirable for the door yard and lawn, or wherever fine hardy flowering shrubs are wanted. Rich, rosy red flowers in large round clusters ; very free bloomer. Price, 50 cents each.
Miscellaneous Shrubs
Buddleia Lindleyana (Summer Lilac) — One
of the most desirable summer flowering shrubs. Beginning to bloom in July, it continues until cut by severe frost. The flowers are of a pleas- ing shade of violet mauve, and are borne in dense cylindrical spikes. It succeeds every- where, and flowers freely the first season planted. Price, 50 cents each.
Cydonia (Pyrus- Japonica) — Japan Quince. These are about the first spring blooming shrubs, flowers frequently appearing by the first of January. Some produce medium sized fruit, which makes fine jelly. 2 to 3 feet, branched, 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen, $20.00 per 100.
Lonicera (Upright Honey Suckle)
Alba (White Tartarian Honeysuckle) — Forms a high bush, with creamy white, fragrant flow- ers. 2 to 3 feet, 35 cents each.
Rosea — A beautiful shrub; very vigorous and producing large bright red flowers striped with white. 2 to 3 feet, 35 cents each.
Lonicera Morrowi (Bush Honeysuckle) — A handsome Japanese variety with white flowers during May, but especially valuable for its bright red fruit during the summer and autumn months. Price, 35 cents each.
Lonicera (Red Bush Honey Suckle) — This upright honeysuckle has pretty fragrant pink flowers, fine for florists; grows in round bush 4 to 5 feet.
Flowering Willow (Chilopsis Linearis) — Na- tive of the dry sections of Western Texas and Mexico. They bloom constantly from May till late fall; grow on any soil and are long-lived. The lace-like followers are about an inch and a half long and are borne in clusters. Color, pur- ple, 4 to 5 feet, 35 cents each; white, 4 to 5 feet, 35 cents each.
Philadelphus Grandiflora — (Syringa or Mock Orange) — The Philadelphus is an invaluable shrub. Of vigorous habit, very hardy, with large handsome foliage and beautiful white flowers produced in the greatest profusion in the blooming season. It merits a prominent place in all collections of shrubbery. 2-year-old plants, 25 cents each.
Salvia Greggii — New, hardy, everblooming, red-flowering shrub. A native of West Texas. Extremely hardy, is a great drouth resister and has stood a temperature of ten degrees below zero. It flourishes and blooms profusely in hottest and driest weather. It is as near an everblooming plant as we have ever seen. It begins to bloom in early spring. The blossoms literally cover the plant. It requires, a killing frost to check its flowering and a light frost in fall does not stop the blooming. The color is an indescribedly lovely shade of red. It is a hard wooded shrub, and adds another good shrub to the already good assortment of the Southweast. Grows 3 to 4 feet high, and is very full and neat in appearance. Field grown plants, 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen.
Salvia Greggii, White — New. We, having propagated the first plants of this new Salvia, are the only house that can furnish genuine stock of this new white everblooming flowering shrub. The white Salvia is a seedling of Salvia Greggii. The shrub is just as hardy and vigorous a grower. It blooms from early spring until late in the fall, and blooms contin- ually throughout the hot, dry summer. The flowers are larger than those of its parent, and of a creamy white color. This new shrub excels all other outdoor summerblooming plants, and is excellent for bouquets, wreaths and all design work. It is a hard wooded shrub. Grows 2 to 3 feet wide. Field grown plants, 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen.
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Vitex Agnus Castus — (Chaste Tree) — A very- large, showy shrub with compound leaves com- posed of five to seven leaflets, dark green above and downy grey green beneath. The flowers are borne profusely during the late summer, in long, dense, terminal racemes. Lilac and White, 3 feet, at 50 cents each.
Pomegranate — Red, flowering double; much used for parks. Blooms all summer, is very hardy. 2 years, 25c each; $2.50 per dozen.
Deutzias — Pride of Rochester. Grows strong and upright, 4 to 6 feet high; flowers very double and full. Pure white tinted with blush. Price, 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen.
Coral Berry — A hardy shrub, that is very useful for borders, hedges and general land- scape work; has red berries in the autumn, the bush being covered with brilliant red berries. Price, 2 years, 35 cents each; per dozen, $3.50.
Plumbago
Capensis — A well known variety; sky blue flowers. Price, 35 cents.
Lady Larpens — Small bush; very free bloom, flowers dark blue. Price, 25 cents.
Broad Leaved Evergreens
These are easily transplanted and grow very rapidly, therefore they should never be over- looked when ordering. You will always have a vacant place for a few. All the leaves should however, be cut off before planting, otherwise they often fail to grow.
Euonymus Japonica — One of the fastest growing evergreen shrubs, suitable for either hedge or single specimen; can be greatly im- proved by cutting back to induce bushy form. No evergreen has such a bright dark green
color in winter as this. For quick results this
Broad-Leaved Evergreens
Buxus Arborea (or English tree box) — Suc- ceeds almost every where. It is of rather slow growth, compared with other evergreens. Re- markable for its longevity, and finally gets to be 10 or 12 feet high. The Buxus makes the finest evergreen hedge. Strong, two-year-old bushes, 75 cents each; $7.50 per dozen.
California Privet — Splendid for specimens, screens, hedges. 2 to 3 feet, 10 cents. For hedging, $6.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1,000. Two years, extra heavy, $7.00 per 100.
Amoor River Privets (South) — Of similar form and habit to the California type, not so shiney, but hardier, leaves small, round, very dense. 2 to 3 feet, 30 cents each; $2.50 per dozen; $20.00 per 100.
Ibota — Spreading and tall, the hardiest pri- vet; color greyish green; fruit black. 2 to 3 feet, 30 cents each; $2.50 per dozen; $20.00 per 100.
excels. Fine 1 year plants, 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen; 2 feet, 50 cents each.
Euonymus Pyramidalis — An upright growing variety; dark green foliage. Fine for corners in Euonymus hedges. 50 cents each.
Rosemary — Evergreen with greyish green foliage highly perfumed, used for medicinal purposes. 2 years, 35 cents each; per dozen, $3.50.
Japan Medler — Trees of medum height, with long, glossy leaves, which are evergreen; flow- ers white in spikes, and produced in winter. Fruit of the size of a wild goose plum, round or oblong, bright yellow, and produced in clusters; sub-acid and refreshing; maturity from end of February to April. 2-year pot plants, 50 cents each.
Pittosporum Tobira — One of the finest ever- green shrubs. Well adapted for trimming.
Grows round and compact. $1.00 each.
Cape Jasmine — Flowers large, white, frag- rant; foliage rich, glossy. Price, large plants, 40 cents each; $4.50 per dozen.
Magnolia Grandiflora — Its large, shining green foliage, accompanied in summer with large, fragrant, milky-white flowers, places it pre-eminently above all ornamental trees. This, as well as all other evergreens, should be handled and planted very carefully, as they are extremely sensitive to injury from drying. Their roots should never be allowed to get dry when out of the ground. In planting, the soil should be pressed firmly about the roots. Two feet, 50 cents; 3 feet, $1.00 each; 4-5 feet, $1.75.
Yucca Filamentosa — Evergreen. This plant is an object of beauty the year round. The leaves are 2 feet long, bristling out of all angles, with sharp points; flower stalks stout. Four feet high, with 100 to 200 bell-shaped creamy white blossoms hanging from branch- ing arms. Perfectly hardy and lives to a great age. Two years old, 25 cents; $2.50 per dozen.
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Bonita Arbor Vitaes Originated in Comal Springs Nursery.
Cone-Bearing Evergreens
American Arbor Vitae Thuya — Erect pyra- midal habit, with soft bright green foliage, dense from ground up; grows rapidly and soon forms a most beautiful hedge. Price, 2 to 3 feet, 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen.
Bonita — A new Arbor Vitae of the greatest merit, a chance seedling originated in our nursery. It is of a perfect round growth, dwarf and as round as a ball; has the beau- tiful green color of the Arbor Vitae, but the leaves are much thinner. This is the only Arbor Vitae to plant in the cemetery, as it has the round, compact form, and never gets over three feet high. It is a seedling among 3,000 Compacta Arbor Vitaes; is better than the Biota .Nana and more dwarf than any yet in existence. We have some nice, round plants 10 to 12 inches, $1.00; 2 feet $2.00; 3 feet, $3.00.
Golden Arbor Vitae — This is the handsomest and most compact of the Arbor Vitaes. Green, with a beautiful golden tint. True grafted trees. Two foot, 75 cents each; 3 to 4 feet, $1.50.
True Berkmans (Biota Aurea Nana) — A new Golden Arbor Vitae of a dwarf and compact habit; a perfect gem for small gardens or cem- etery lots; will not grow higher than 6 to 8 feet. Two foot, $1.00 each.
Chinese Arbor Vitae — Dark green, vigorous, hardy, desirable. Two to 3 feet, 50 cents each;
4 to 5 feet, 75 cents each; 5 to 6 feet, $2.00 each.
Golden Pyramidalis Arbor Vitae — Like the Golden, but grows tall and slender. A very ornamental sort. Do not confuse this with Cupressus Pyramidalis. One to 2 feet, 75 cents each; 2 to 3 feet, $1.50 each; 5 to 6 feet, $2.00 each.
Compacta Arbor Vitae — A seedling, compact growing Arbor Vitae, of a lively dark green color, and of globular shape. One to 2 feet, $1.00 each.
Irish Juniperus (Juniper) — A handsome ever- green shrub, with dark green foliage and some- what drooping branches. Two feet, 75 cents each.
Cupressus Pyramidalis — This is a beautiful tall, columnar evergreen. Does well in Texas; a little tender in far North. Pot grown, sure to live. One to 2 feet, $1.00; 2 to 3 feet, $2.00.
Rosedale Arbor Vitae — Very compact growth, with sugar loaf form of the Golden Arbor Vitae, but with fine, cedar-like foliage of a bluish cast. Makes a beautiful ornament, perfectly hardy and vigorous growth; the most beautiful of all Arbor Vitaes. One to 2 feet, $1.00 each.
Seedling Arbor Vitae — Extra fine, 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen; $40.00 per 100.
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Hardy Out-door Palms
Washingtonia (Prichardia Filifera) ■ — The hardiest of the Washingtonia type, quick grow- er, more erect. Large plants, weight 50 to 100 pounds, 3 feet, $2.00 each; 4 feet, $3.00 each.
Sabal Palmetto — The famed cabbage Palmet- to. This forms a tall tree with a large head of fan leaves. This tree can be grown all over the South, and is very hardy here. One to 2 feet, $2.00 each.
Roses
Strong field grown, 1 year old, 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen, except where otherwise noted; 2 year old, extra strong, 50 cents each; $5.50 per dozen.
Of all the flowers which man has taken into care, the rose has reached the highest degree of popularity. It is the queen of flowers, the flowers of poets, and will always be the dearest of flowers to the lover of the beautiful.
While wild roses are met with in almost every country, the cultivation of the rose began probably at the same time when the cultivation of man began, and with the cultivation of man that the roses has kept pace, being now at the same height of development as is humanity.
Ofthe many thousands of varieties which have for centuries been introduced by the hy- bridizers, those of each succeeding century show a marked improvement over those of
the foregoing. Of the roses which were con- sidered the best only a century ago, very few are grown today.
Many hundreds of different varieties have been tried on our grounds, and of all only such are described in the following list, which in our judgment, are the very best for outdoor planting.
Fortunately, we live in a climate where even the tenderest roses stand the winter without cover, and any of the roses in this catalogue may be planted outdoors.
Plant your roses in an open place. Never try to grow roses in ttie shade of trees. The
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plants you receive from us are grown by the latest methods of cultivation which we practice together with a means of accumulating power and strength in the young plants, and which is just the opposite from forcing roses in greenhouses for bloom. Do not set out your roses the way you get them, but trim off at least one-half of the wood. Slow growing sorts should be trimmed more severely than the quick growing varieties. We are one of the largest rose growers in Texas, and have this year 40,000 extra strong plants to offer.
New and valuable Roses, $1.00 each, or these 10 roses for $8.00.
Frank W. Dunlop — A vigorous grower, break- ing freely at the base. Averages 40 to 50 petals to the bloom; opens freely. The color is almost identical with that of Russell. Free from spot and easily handled; forcing rose. It is of great size and a very profitable producer. Long stems. Price, each, $1.00.
Rose Premier — A cross between Ophelia and Russell. There is nothing handsomer in the whole range of dark pink. The color, form and big ample foliage, being fine in the ex- treme and the fragrance, unsurpassed; almost thornless, with splendid stems; a free grower; a wonderful bloomer.
American Beauty — Hardy rose of largest size, having the everblooming qualities of the Tea Rose, with the delicious odor of the Damask or Moss Rose. In color it is brilliant red, shad: ing to a rich carmine crimson. The flowers are borne on long, stiff stems, hence a splendid rose for cutting.
Columbia — Too well known to need descrip- tion; glowing pink, deepening as it opens; a marvel of freedom in growth and bloom, with
long stems, nearly thornless, quite fragrant, lovely in the bud state, and handsome in the full open flower which turns to deep rose. Own roots, strong plants.
Crimson Queen — A beautiful crimson hybrid Tea of the Hadley type, but different in tone; a fine grower with broad, beautiful foliage.
Frau Karl Druschke (White American Beau- ty)— Form of flower identical with American Beauty. Color clear white, beautiful in bud and half open.
Mrs. Chas. Russell — In a class by itself just as American Beauty is, and one of the very best sellers in the market; both plants and cut blooms always in heavy demand. Each year an increasing number of florists are finding how to handle this grand variety; when well done it leaves little to be desired.
Ophelia — Is grown by every wide-awake florist. The queen of fancy roses; orange sal- mon. No forcing variety ever attained such wide popularity so promptly and it tops the list of profit. It has the handsomest foliage in the family, ample, large and of wonderful texture; noted for its splendid stems. It is the most fragrant of forcing varieties, with the full June-rose fragrance. Ophelia stands charged with pushing Killarney off the stage. There ought to be room for both.
Sunburst — This big yellow rose is in a class by itself. It has proven a valuable summer variety and has made many friends. It is also a fine cut flower variety throughout summer, and is a marvelous keeper, the color being beautiful, whether it comes light or deep orange. Being an all-the-year round rose makes it profitable.
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Mme. Butterfly — Hill’s glorified sports of Ophelia, seen and admired by hundreds of vis- itors.
The verdict has been that it is of freer growth than the parent. All the color tones of Ophelia are intensified, making it a harmony of bright pink, apricot and gold.
It averages more petals to the bloom. It produces more blooms to the plant, because it makes more branches, everyone carrying a bud consequently requires fewer plants to fill the bench.
The tight buds are a lovely shade of Indian red, yellow at the base. They are unique for corsage and for low table decorations. The opening flowers are perfect in form and tex- ture, clear and brilliant in color, and of de- licious fragrance.
The longest stemmed products are of a size and texture not often seen in Ophelia. Strong plants, $1.00 each.
Crimson and Red
Baby Rambler (Mme. Levasseur) — This rose is so well known as hardly to need a word of description. It is a dwarf form of Crimson Rambler, which produces flowers absolutely continuously. Invaluable either for pots or for outside bedding.
Etoile de France (Hybrid Tea) — The gold medal rose of France, and claimed by the raiser, J. Pernet Ducher, to be the finest rose he has ever sent out. A very strong, vigorous grower, with handsome green-bronze foliage and exceedingly free flowering. The flowers are very large and borne on long, stiff stems. Color, a clear red crimson velvet. Very frag-
rant and keeps well. Without any exaggera- tion, we may assert that Etoile de France will be appreciated by all lovers of the queen of flowers.
Baidu in — A new hybrid Tea rose. About the best crimson outdoor bedding rose we now have. It is very strong growing and healthy, and produces very large and double roses of a glowing carmine color, which are as sweet as a June rose.
Madam Charles Wood — A true perpetual bloomer. The flowers are extra large, very double and full and quite fragrant. Color is bright, fiery scarlet, passing to a fine easy crimson, elegantly shaded with maroon.
Mad. Mason — It is entirely hardy, blooming nearly all the time, bearing numbers of large, full double flowers of unusual beauty and won- derful fragrance. Clear, bright rose. Distinct and charming, a great rose.
General McArthur — A grand, new, everbloom- ing crimson scarlet rose. In all the rose family we know of nothing that can compare with this in dazzling color, fragrance of flower and profusion of bloom. Is as fragant as a rose can be, has good sized flowers, blooms con- tinuously the whole season through, and gives fine stems for cutting. It makes a strong, stately plant that may be depended upon for strong flower shoots.
Gruss an Teplitz — We unhesitatingly say that for bedding no rose we offer will compare with Gruss an Teplitz. It is a perfect sheet of rich crimson all summer. When we say that we know of no rose that has such bright colors
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in it as this variety, we are stating facts. The richest velvety crimson overlaid with the brightest penetrating scarlet.
Hoosier Beauty — The color is magnificent crimson scarlet with darker shadings and a velvety texture. Buds long and pointed; can be cut fairly close and is a splendid keeper and shipper; has more petals than Richmond; de- liciously fragrant. A good, salable rose in summer as well as in winter. Clear in growth does not mildew or spot. This variety pro- duces more good buds to the plant than any red rose now before the trade.
Marie de LaSalle — As free in growth as Teplitz, flowering continuously. Buds long and elegant opening into lovely blooms of fine form and large petals. Color bright, deep cerise; reverse of petals shaded carmine; large and full. A decidedly free bedding rose.
Meteor — A very velvety red everbloomer of the deepest glowing crimson, as fine as a hybrid. Flower very double and petals slightly recurving. A beautiful open rose.
Mrs. Chas. Hunter — One of the best outdoor roses. Very free bloomer; long pointed buds. Color slightly darker red than Balduin; one of the best and hardiest.
Queen of the Belgians — This rose is superior in every respect both in growth and beauty of flower and form to Helen Gould. We know that of all the new roses that have proven of such wonderful qualities; a fine free bloomer; flowers large, and extra fine for cut flowers. This rose should be in every rose order. It will give more flowers and pleasure than any two others together. Extra strong plants. 75 cents each.
Rhea Reid — A fine double red; very free in bloom and growth. Makes good flowers in
summer. An extra good bedder. Flowers very large perfectly double, and of fine deep red color.
Rose Marie — This is the finest garden bed- ding rose in existence either old or new. We had to pay a special price for this wonderful rose. This rose was awarded first prize in the leading flower shows. The buds are long pointed. Color deep pink. A rose that can be used for all occasions. Long stems; very free bloomer. Price, 75 cents each.
Pink
Antoine Rivoire — A grand fancy bedding rose, very large, very, full, perfect in form. Color flesh tints with orange center and car- mine edge.
Bridesmaid — The pink sport of Catherine Mermet. It is a stronger grower than its par- ent; has handsome foliage and the flowers are a much livelier pink. The most popular pink rose ever introduced.
Burbank — Raised by Mr. Luther Burbank of California, known the world over as the ‘Wiz- ard of Horticulture.” The color is cherry crim- son. It is, in other words, the very deepest and brightest pink rose in cultivation. One of the freest bloomers and perfectly hardy.
Catherine Mermet — A fine pink rose; a good grower and bloomer; one of the best pink roses for outdoor culture.
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Jonkherr J. L. Mock — Although introduced only four years ago, this beautiful rose quickly found its place among our best bedding va- rieties. The flowers, which are produced in the greatest freedom on long, stiff stems, are of large size and perfect in form, of a deep imperial pink, the outside of the petals silvery rose white; highly perfumed.
Champion of the World — A perpetual bloom- er, summer and winter. The flowers, which are produced in the greatest profusion, are perfectly double and of perfect shape. They are of a deep rosy pink and delightfully frag- rant.
Duchess of Albany — Red La France; very large; deep pink, full and highly perfumed. One of the finest pink roses.
F. R. Patzer — Free-flowering character: growth very robust and erect; with large and handsome foliage. The blooms are produced with great freedom. They are carried on long stiff stems. The color is creamy buff, back of petals warm pink; as it opens it changes to light orange pink.
Ki Harney — No rose has attracted so much attention as Killarney. The color is brilliant sparkling pink. The flowers are extra large and full, with broad, thick petals and delight- ful tea fragrance.
Wm. R. Smith — As a summer bedder this variety ranks above all others; produces im- mense quantities of fine flowers of creamy white with pink shading; strongest growing of all the summer bedders, making a fine branch- ing bush in one year’s time. Has fine, firm, glossy foliage; long flowering stems.
La France — Perhaps no rose is more wide- ly known or more highly valued for a garden rose than La France. It is a hybrid Tea of very beautiful form and color; an early and constant bloomer, producing a wonderful pro- fusion of buds and flowers all through the growing season. It is exceedingly sweet and handsome, and altogether one of the loveliest and most desirable roses one can plant. The color is a delicate shade of peach blossom, changing to amber rose, elegantly tinged with crimson.
Lady Ursula — A truly magnificent rose of vigorous erect growth; exceedingly free bloom- er the flowers produced on every shoot are large, full and of great substance in color; a delightful tone of flesh pink; delicately tea scented.
Mme. Caroline Testout — A magnificent hy- brid Tea, of the very lovliest shade of pink.
Maman Cochet — A magnificent pink rose of the Mermet type. The grandest of outdoor bed- ders in pink, making an enormous growth in one season. Color very bright, rose with shad- ing of yellow in center.
Malmaison — This is certainly one of the choicest, and as a rose for general cultivation is unsurpassed. The color is a beautiful rich, creamy flesh, with a rose center; flowers very large, perfectly double and deliciously fragrant; a strictly first class rose in every respect.
Marie Van Houtte — In the open ground it is truly magnificent. The flowers are extra large, very double and full and are deliciously scented. The color is a pale canary yellow, passing to a rich creamy white, shaded with rose. Grows strong and sturdily.
Mrs. George Shawyer — Wonderfully free in bloom, profuse in production of good strong breaks, and of fine leathery foliage. Color, bright peach pink; buds long and well filled, carried on 3 to 4-foot stems a first favorite with a great many growers. We grow own root plants.
Paul Neyron — Deep pink, very large and extra fine rose, and very free bloomer. A rose without thorns.
President Taft — This is without question the most remarkable of all pink roses. It has a shining intense deep pink color possessed by not other rose. It is a fine grower, free bloom er, good size and form, fragrant, and in a class by itself as to color. Mr. Frank Good, who is probably familiar with more roses than any man in America, says: “Talk all you want to about the rose President Taft, and then you will not say enough.”
Radiance — A grand free-growing, big habited rose, with long stems and globular blooms of intense rose pink color; very fragrant. A fine summer variety and the finest of all the out- door pink bedding roses. Always in heaVy demand.
Wellesley — This grand rose (Liberty crossed with Bridesmaid) retains the form of Liberty with fullness of Bridesmaid, and in color is a beautiful shade of pink. The outside of the petals being bright and clear with a silvery reverse. It is very vigorous, healthy grower, carrying the flowers on long, stiff stems. It is free flowering and possesses fine keeping qual- ities.
Yellow
Alexander Hill Gray — The respect of all rose lovers warrants the issuing of a champion rose, and a tea at that, to pay due homage to one of the world’s greatest tea rose growers. It is wonderfully floriferous, every shoot being crowned with a flower bud, which develops into a bloom of very large size, great substance and perfect formation, with high pointed center from which the petals gracefully reflex. The best and largest pure yellow tea rose yet intro- duced. Its color is a solid deep throughout, Marechal Neil-like lemon-yellow; strongly tea scented.
Blumenschmidt — Pure citron yellow, outer petals edged, tender rose, a sport from Fran- cisca Krueger, which it resembles in form, but is more vigorous in growth.
Souvenir de Pierre Notting — This is a beau- tiful rose, seedling of Marechal Niel and Maman Cochet, with beautiful closely-set foliage and strong, sturdy habit of growth. The bloom is very large, perfectly full, of elegant form, has a beautiful long bud. The colors are very bright, distinct and clear, and have no un- pleasant tones — orange yellow, bordered in car- mine rose.
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Tip-Top or “Baby-Doll” — -This delightful little sweetheart rose is an everblooming poly- antha, and will fall into the Cecil Brunner class for choice corsages and for fine, dainty floral work. The color is absolutely new, and quite startling in its brilliancy — golden yellow, tipped with clear, bright cerise. The arrangement re- minds one of Mme. Watteville. The little buds and bloom are very perfect in form, long and pointed, borne single or in small clusters. Foliage narrow and sharply pointed. A beau- tiful baby rose.
Etoile de Lyon — Many new varieties of yel- low roses have been introduced since this was a novelty, but none combine more good quali- ties than this good old sulphur-yellow rose. Buds are of beautiful shape and flower is very full.
Mrs. Arthur Waddell — A strong, rampant grower; buds long and pointed; rose scarlet, opening coppery salmon; large and semi-double, but a wonderful keeper. One of the showiest roses extant; a splendid forcer.
Francisca Krueger — A strikingly distinct and handsome rose. One of the very best for open culture. The flowers are deeply shaded copper- yellow in color and are of large size. Always in bloom.
Helene Gambrier — This lovely yellow hybrid Tea everblooming rose will fill a long-felt want from the fact that everybody has been looking and longing for a good yellow rose that com- bines vigorous hardiness with rich color and free blooming qualities. This Helene Gambrier does. Flowers are of a delightful shade of deep, rich yellow.
Mme. Jenny Gillemot — Buds long and point- ed, deep saffron-yellow; immense; opens very freely. A fine upright grower of branching habit; exquisitely beautiful, very large in size, bud very long and pointed.
Mme. Cecile Brunner — Synonyms: Mignon and Sweetheart. The tiny pink Polyanatha rose, extremely useful in the cut flowers trade, where it has acquired new popularity the past two years; forces nicely in winter time.
Perle des Jardins — Golden yellow, large, double free bloomer; the finest yellow rose in cultivation.
Lady Hillington — A very popular yellow forc- ing variety, already planted in considerable quantity in this country. It is of very quick, free growth, with pretty narrow foliage, and is one of the freest in the tea section in the con- tinuous production of flowers. The buds are slender and graceful, a deep shade of yellow which does not easily fade. Everybody can grow this pretty yellow rose and have it in quantity.
White
Catherine Zeimet (White Baby Rambler)— This is surely a beauty. It grows to a height of 15 to 20 inches, and produces double pure white flowers in wonderful abundance. It has a fragrance similar to hyacinths. Of free, compact growth and very attractive, a sheet of white and always in bloom. Extra strong. 50 cents each.
White Killarney — With many growers used in preference to the original White Killarney, as it has many more petals and makes a finer flower for warm weather use.
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria — This is one of the grandest of all roses. It is a strong, vig- orous grower, producing buds and flowers of enormous size. Color pure ivory white. We have no hesitancy in saying that this rose is unequaled by any other in its color. A grand garden rose on account of its vigorous growth and hardiness.
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Bessie Brown — This rose is considered one of the finest of the roses of late introduction, and is well worthy of the place it occupies among roses. It is of the Hybrid Tea class and will stand frost if slightly protected. Blooms are enormous size; of heavy substance and perfect shape, lasting splendidly when cut. The color is snow-white, faintly flushed and tinged with pink. A fine, strong free growing, producing long stems.
Clothilde Soupert — Flowers are borne in large clusters all over the bush. They are large, perfectly full and double, and most de- liciously sweet. Color beautiful creamy white, splendidly tinged with amber, deepening at the center to a clear bright pink, and sometimes both red and white roses are borne on the same plants. Very vigorous bush.
The Bride — This is decidedly the most beau- tiful‘white tea rose. It is a sport from Cather- ine Mermet with which it is identical in growth and shape of flowers. The flowers are very large and double, on stiff stems of fine texture and substance, and last a long time after being cut; makes one of the best varieties for cor- sage wear or bouquets. During extremely hot weather it becomes a pinkish white; at other times a beautiful pure white.
White Cochet — The charming new white tea rose. Another new American rose. Its habit is exceedingly strong and upright, like its parent, Maman Cochet. It possesses the same large, beautiful, healthful foliage, and it is a most profuse and constant bloomer. The flow- ers are of enormous size, round and delicately tea-scented. It is without doubt the largest white rose, both in bud and flower.
Snow-Flake — One of the most beautiful white roses I have ever grown. The flowers are not very large, but always open to perfection. A
very quick-growing variety, and one that pro- duces a tremendous amount of flowers the year round.
White La France — This rose is identical with La France, except in color, which is almost pure white. The shading in fawn it has only enhances its beauty. A grand rose.
Climbers
Climbing Helen Gould — Probably no red rose has held its place in the heart of rose lovers for so long a period as has the beautiful Helen Gould. We have now the pleasure in introduc- ing this famous rose in a climbing form. Every- one is familiar with this warm-watermelon red color of its charming flowers. This is a grand climber.
Climbing Etoile de France — Brililant red, crimson velvet. Centering to vivid cerise. Iden- tical with Etoile de France, except in its vig- orous climbing habit.
Climbing Clothilde Soupert — Rich, creamy white flowers, sometimes tinted with blush and borne in immense profusion. A fine hardy climbing rose that will bloom all the time.
Climbing Kaiserin Augusta Victoria — Flowers same as the Kaiserin, which is too generally known to require description here. Stout canes, very quickly covers verandas, etc. Always in bloom.
Climbing Meteor — Is of strong, vigorous habit of growth, producing in great profusion throughout the season magnificently formed buds and flowers, which in color are of a dark velvety crimson, the equal of any rose in cul- tivation, and possibly more glowing than its illustrious parent.
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Cl Maman Cochet — Same as Maman Cochet a strong pink climber and good bloomer, flow- ers are double and keep well.
Crimson Rambler — The most popular out-of- door climber of today; a rapid producer of long, heavy canes, reaching a height of ten to twenty feet in one season; rich clusters of bloom form a mass of vivid crimson beauty until late in the season. Perfectly hardy in the most trying climates, being a native of Japan.
Dorothy Perkins — Beautiful, hardy pink, blooming in clusters. An extra good climber for the South.
Marechal Neil — Beautiful, deep yellow; very large, full globular form, sweet, free bloomer; the finest climbing rose; two years, budded.
Veilchenblau — The blue rose. Color steel- blue or amethyst, sometimes reddish lilac; a seedling of Crimson Rambler, with double florets in fine clusters. It is probably the most beautiful grower, with handsomest foliage of any climbing rose in existence; the leaves are exceedingly long and slender, with high gloss. Indications point to its becoming a very popular novelty.
Tausendschoen — Soft pink, blooming in clus- ters. The branches look like large pink ostrich plumes; a splendid forcing variety under the same treatment given the Crimson Rambler. Very valuable.
White Dorothy — Pure white, sport from the beautiful rambler Dorothy Perkins.
Yellow Banksia — Yellow, small flowers; very fragrant. Both Banksia roses are very hardy.
Climbing, Clinging and Creeping Plants
These long-lived plants are the most popular and best for the South to cover arbors, galler- ies, old trees, etc., in a very short time.
Kudzu — The famous Chinese Kudzu grows more in three months than most vines do in five years. Adaptable to porches, arbors, fences, rockerries, old trees, etc. If you wish a vine that will grow anywhere in the bed or poorest soil, then plant the Chinese Kudzu. The large, bold, green leaves afford a dense shade. The clus- ters are deliciously fragrant. 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen.
Ampelopsis Veitchii (Boston Ivy) — This plant resembles very much our ivy, but grows very rapidly, covering a large wall in one sea- son. The foliage is small and neat and blood- red in color in fall. 35 cents each.
Ivy, Hardy English — The hardy evergreen vine that remains so all the year, making it one of the most valuable of all hardy vines. It is used in covering walls and has become popular for covering graves, especially in the shade where grass will not succeed. Price, 25 cents each, pot grown.
Antignoum Leptophus (Queen’s Wreath) — A splendid plant from Central Mexico, producing rose-colored flowers in racemes two feet long. The profusion of bloom is such as to give the resemblance of roses at a distance, hence its name, “Rosa de Montana,” or Mountain Rose. Will live out in the winter anywhere in the South. The vines are killed by frost, but it quickly shoots up in the spring and develops its flowers from May until frost. This is one of the most lovely vines. Bulbs, 25 cents each Smaller bulbs, 15 cents each.
Bignonia
Strong grafted plants of the very best va- rieties.
Mme. Collier — Dark red flowers, with pale yellow to the inside. 50 cents.
Cocci nea — Long, slender flowers, red, striped yellow. 35 cents.
Speciosa — Long pointed flowers borne on long stems; flowers light yellow. 35 cents.
Clematis Paniculata — One of the most beau- tiful of our hardy climbing vines. The flowers are pure white, and are borne in great panicles or clusters of bloom, which fairly cover the plant so that a mass or sheet of fleecy white. The fragrance is delicious, resembling the Eng- lish Hawthorne blossoms, and so subtle and penetrating that a large plant in bloom fills the air with exquisite fragrance. 25 cents each.
Clematis Drummondii — -Many varieties of Clematis grow wild in Texas. Among them this is the best. When in bloom the plant is
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covered with white flowers, which come in such profusion that it attracts attention along fences in the moonshine, being at white as cotton. Flowers are not iragrant. A rapid climber. Strong plants, 25 cents each.
Wistaria Senesis (Purple Wistaria) — A quick- growing climber, producing long racemes of purple flowers. 35 cents each.
Wistaria Sensis (White Wistaria) — A long, drooping cluster of pure white color, very ele- gant, strong two-year plants. 35 cents each.
Vinca, Evergreen (Trailing) — Dark green, 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen.
Vinca Harrisemii (Trailing) — Two shades of green and gold. Strong plants, 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen.
Vinca Varigata — Shaded green and white. 25 cents each.
Honeysuckles
Prices 35 cents each; $3.00 per dozen.
Cocci nea — Flowers red, good bloomer; stands Texas sun well.
Fuchsia-Flowered — A new perpetual flower- ing, weeping honeysuckle. Its flowers are long and trumpet-shaped, beautiful coral red; borne in large clusters, and drooping like a Fuchsia. It is a strong, rapid grower with beautiful leaves.
Halleana — One of the finest Honeysuckles grown. Blooms from May till November; is always evergreen and one of the most fra grant; flowers white, changing to yellow.
Rosea — Evergreen, dark green foliage; young sprouts have pink leaves; flowers white with pink.
Floribunda — A good white flowering variety.
Ornamental Grasses
Zebra Grass
No garden is complete without a few of these beautiful grasses. They are so easily trans- planted and grow with so little care that every- body can afford to have them. The beautiful plumes they produce keep for years if cut at the right time and properly dried.
Eulalia Japonica Variegata — A variegated hardy grass from Japan. In appearance it somewhat resembles the Ribbon Grass while in a young state. It forms compact clumps. Its flower stocks are very graceful and numerous. 25 cents each.
Eulalia Japonica Zebrina (Zebra Grass) — Bright green blades with yellow bars across them ; grows to a height of 5 to 6 feet; pro- duces fine-lace-like plumes which last for years if cut when fresh; perfectly hardy. 25 cents each.
Eulalia Univittata — Plumes silvery white, produced upon very long stems; blooms early; a graceful new variety, 4 to 5 feet. 25 cents each.
Lemon Grass — Came from Malabar, where, as in many other parts of the world, the tea made from it is a favorite beverage. A delight- ful perfume is extracted from the leaves. High- ly valued for its medicinal properties and sweet
fragrance. Height 2 to 3 feet. Large clumps, 50 cents each.
Umbrella Plant (Cyperus Alternifolius) — A splendid plant, throwing up stems two or three feet high, surmounted at the top with a whorl of leaves diverging horizontally, giving it a novel appearance. Fine for center vases or aquariums. Price, 25 cents each.
Gynerium Roi des Roses — Plumes very com- pact, of delicate rose color; very fine blooming and compact growing. New variety, 5 to 6 feet, grow light. 50 cents each.
Gynerium Argenteum (Pampas Grass) — Enormous bunches of long, handsome, dark green blades, producing long stalks of silver- white plumes, grow light. 50 cents each.
Amaryllis Johnsonii — Brilliant red flower, 5 inches in diameter, with a distinct white stripe in the center of each petal; very fragrant. 35 cents each.
Crinum Lilly — Nice strong bulbs of these beautiful summer blooming outdoor lillies. Wine and milk colored. 35 cents each, $3.50 per dozen.
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Cannas
Dry, divided roots, the best to transplant. 20 cents each; $2.00 per dozen, except where noted.
This is one of the most thankful flowers. It produces its flowers from spring until frost kills the tops of the plant, and in such differ- ent and exquisite colors that nobody can help admiring them. The plant needs plenty of watering, and can only be had where there is a plentiful supply of same.
David Harum — Foliage bronze, height 3 feet, growth sturdy, habit moderately clean, flowers similar to King Humbert, but color is reddish yellow orange.
Musafolia — Leaves of purplish deep bronze and dark green and often 4 feet long; grows 7 to 8 feet high and grows luxuriantly; the flower is small, red and inconspicuous.
King of Bronzes — Leaves a rich bronze red with rounded ends and large, height 7 to 8 feet, growth luxuriant; flower small, but in trusses of fair size and pretty.
Moonlight — Green foliage, height 2 to 3 feet, growth luxuriant, truss and flower small, but delicately formed, of a creamy white color; the best of all white Cannas. 25 cents each.
Lorraine Imperial — Beautiful flesh color, spotted light yellow.
Coronet — Medium height, golden yellow, shading darker towards inside.
Joliet — Foliage green, height 5 to .6 feet, growth luxuriant, habit clean; flower one of the finest red, a brilliant orange scarlet, often
6 inches across.
Louisiana — Foliage green, height 5 to 6 feet, growth luxuriant. The finest red Canna. Large flowers, deep crimson, darker than Duke of Marlborough, with crinky edges and silky sheen. Flowers often 6 inches across.
Indiana — Foliage green, height 5 to 6 feet, immense golden orange flowers veined with red, often several inches across and borne high above the foliage.
Flambeau — Foliage green, height 6 to 7 feet growth luxuriant, habit clean. Color a glowing fiery vermilion or orange red with golden borders and throat; in size immense, often 6 to
7 inches across with wavy edges; flowers’ stalk rise a foot higher than the foliage. It is ideal for the center of a Canna bed. New.
Mercedes — Foliage green; height 3 feet; growth sturdy; habit clean. A quietly elegant flower. A pure lemon yellow shading to white with throat spotted with vermilion; petals have a silky sheen.
King Humbert — Foliage bronze, height 3 feet. The finest bronze-leaved Canna. A gorgeous thing. An orange scarlet flower streaked with crimson and gold. True orchid type.
Shenandoah — Another beautiful dark foliage variety; flowers pink; very fine.
Alemania — The giant of all Cannas. Pro- duces the largest flowers. The outer petals are scarlet, with a very broad, golden yellow border; inside of bloom is scarlet qnd dark red.
Austria (New) — The gorgeous new orchid- flowered Canna; a hybrid with “Canna Flac- cida” as one parent. Flowers of immense size, 5 to 6 inches across. Color golden yellow.
America — The first red-leaved Canna in the giant-flowered class. Height 4 to 5 feet; foliage fine glossy, bronze, almost as if varnished; flowers extra large, deep orange, flamed and striped with a deeper shade.
Feuermeer — Dark red, medium height, good bloomer. 25 cents each.
Harmony — Great clusters of good sized flow- ers, geranium red, carmine bronze foliage; 3 feet. 25 cents each.
Hungaria — Fine rosy pink, very free bloom- er. 25 cents each.
Eureka — The best white canna for all pur- poses, large substantial flowers, very freely produced on strong vigorous plants. 25 cents each.
Cheerfulness — No more appropriate name could be given this brilliant novelty. Its beau- tiful bright fire red or deep orange flowers appears early and continues until frost. Add to the prevailing color a golden border and center, with each petal flaked carmine crimson and you may form some conception of this fas- cinating variety. 25 cents each.
City of Portland — A wonderful bright rosy pink, much deeper in color than Hungaria, a free flowering, vigorous growth. 25 cents each.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson — A rich but soft crim- son pink with very large flowers with broad overlapping petals, a robust grower, and free bloomer; very good and deservedly popular. 25 cents each.
The President — Immense florets of bright red color insured its immediate popularity. 25 cents each.
Fanal — An intense fiery cinnabar red, that compels attention, an ideal grower, producing a great abundance of flowers on upright stems, well above the foliage, a fine bedder. 25 cents each.
Mrs. Alfred Conard — One of the very best cannas in commerce today. Large, exquisitely shaded salmon, pink flowers in great abund- ance, upright stalks. 25 cents each.
Orange Bedder — Superior to all preceding varieties of this color, bright orange with just enough scarlet suffusion to intensify the daz- zling mass of color. 25 cents each.
Rosea Gigantica — Large flowers, beautiful rose pink color.
Golden Eagle — Clear golden yellow of fine upright growth. Flowers produced in large clusters well above the foliage; 4 feet. j 25 cents each.
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Bananas (Musa)
Orinoco — The hardiest and commonest sort. Plants of large size with dark green leaves, very robust and easily grown. Strong suck- ers, $1.00 each.
Flowering Plants
Iris (German Blue) — Very hardy. 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen.
German Iris (Flag) — Color ivory white and yellow; very hardy. 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100.
Gladiolus — Blooms only once, and although its beauty lasts only a short time, it is beloved by everybody who knows it. The flowers are borne on spikes 2 to 3 feet long and blooms in success for 8 to 12 days, the lower flowers blooming first. To have a continuance in bloom the bulbs ought to be planted at intervals of every two weeks from March 1 until the end of May. My bulbs are extra large, well ma- tured and taken only from the best varieties. Bulbs, extra large, of the finest varieties that money can buy. 50 cents per dozen; $3.50 per 100.
Try a hundred of my extra large and extra fine bulbs, and have the grandest flowers you ever saw in colors.
We can furnish the following named varieties large bulbs, true to name.
America — A fine pink variety, much used by florists, opens well. Price, 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen.
Velvet King — The best Scarlet Gladiolus. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen.
Francis King — Beautiful vermilion-scarlet, very useful for cutting. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen.
Chicago White — The pure White Gladiolus, rare. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen.
Tritoma, Everblooming — The greatest plant ever introduced, surpassing the finest Cannas
for attractiveness and brilliancy, equal to the Gladiolus as a cut flower, and blooms inces- santly from June until December. Plants are hardy in open ground. Strong roots. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen.
Caladium Esculantum (Elephant’s Ear) — One of the most effective plants in cultivation for the flower border or for planting out upon the lawn. It will grow in any good garden soil, and is of the earliest culture, but to obtain the best results it should be planted in rich com- post and plentifully supplied with water. Price, medium bulbs, 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. Large, 50 cents each.
Mexican Tuberoses — Unlike any other variety it has stiff, tall stems; flowers pure white, single, delightfully fragrant, blooms continu- ously. Invaluable either for pots or open garden. Large bulbs, 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen.
Shasta Daisies — Burbank’s great production. Largest flowers and constant bloomers of all daisies. Wonderfully hardy, especially in sum- mer. Strong plants. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen.
Malvaviscus Drummondii — A native of Texas, producing during summer a profusion of nice scarlet flowers and edible fruit. 25 cents each; $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per 100.
Sweet Williams — Best mixed, strong plants. Per dozen, 15 cents.
Carnations
The Carnation excels all other flowers, the rose alone excepted. If planted in the open ground it will bloom all summer, and if taken out and brought indoors at the approach of cold weather, it will bloom in winter.
Mixed Color (Seedlings) — Grown from the very best Italian seed. 50 cents per dozen.
Dahlias
Strong bulbs, 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen; $20.00 per 100.
Another beautiful perennial of great magnif- icence, raising its brilliantly colored flowers on lofty stems. We have only the very latest and best varieties.
For many years we have tried to get the Dalhia true to name, and have never succeeded in getting them until this year. We purchased the highest priced varieties from the Dahlia King at Bridgewater, Mass., of the Dahlias that were awarded the first prize at the World’s Fair at St. Louis, and we are now able to furnish bulbs of highest quality and true name. We have secured them directly from the Dahlia King regardless of price, and are sure our cus- tomers would rather pay a little more and get the very best than any others.
The Dahlia thrives best in a sunny location with ordinary soil.
Decorative Dahlias
California— In color it is a beautiful clear, rich, yellow — one of the finest yellow Dahlias to date. The blossoms are large and produced upon good, long, stiff stems. Very free flower- ing. Price 60 cents each.
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Mina Burgle — Beautiful, deep glowing crim- son; finest crimson variety in existence; good for cut flower purposes, having long stems and being extra free bloomer. Price 50 cents each.
Darlene — New decorative seedling. An ex- quisite shade of shell pink with a dainty blend- ing of white at center. Theplants make ideal specimens averaging about 3 feet in height. Darlene is ideal. The foliage is a heavy deep green, a perfect contrast with the pink and white blossoms from June till frost. Unques- tionably the finest pink and white decorative Dahlia to date. Price 75 cents each.
Maud Adams — The color is pure white, very effectively overlaid clear, delicate pink. This wonderful variety is unsurpassed in quality in every respect, in reality, a model of perfection. The most popular variety for florists. I cannot recommend this variety too highly. Price 50 cents each.
Clifford W. Burton — Bright yellow, large and free.
Gettysburg — Very large and bold. Deep scar- let. One of the best for cut flowers.
Minos — Velvet maroon; extra fine; very free; best dark decorative.
Mrs. Hartong — Deep orange, tipped pink and sometimes white, large.
Frank A. Walker — Expressly named for Mr. Frank A. W alker of Stoneham, Mass., in com- pliment to his intense love for Dahlias, a charming shade of deep lavender pink. For cut flowers this variety is exceptionally good. Price 75 cents each.
Souvenir de Gustav Douzon — Orange, red, extra large flowers. One of the best.
Cactus Dahlias
Bianca — A new Cactus Dahlia of large size and splendid form. Coloring is beautiful rose lilac with white shadings and bloom is held perfectly erect on strong, stiff stems; very free bloomer. Price 75 cents each.
Clara G. Stedwick — Clear, bright salmon; large and very free.
Kalif — A truly majestic flower, frequently measuring over nine inches across. The flower is a perfect hybrid Cactus form and in color a pure glowing scarlet. The habit of the plant is all that can be desired growing with us about 4 feet in height. The gigantic flowers which are produced freely, are held erect on strong, stiff stems of wiry stiffness, making it a most effective and useful variety. Kalif re- ceived the highest award at the National Ger- man Dahlia Society. Price each 75 cents.
Dr. Jameson — Deep crimson, very free.
Gen. Buller — Rich, velvety crimson, tipped white. Very good.
Iceberg — Ivory white, fine form
J. H. Jackson — This is the best dark Dahlia yet out, almost black.
Kriemhilde — Pleasing shade of pink, white center. Extra.
Mrs. C. H. Breck — A new hybrid Cactus Dahlia of exceptional merit. Color creamy passing to various shades of rose pinks. $1.00.
W. B. Childs — A reliable variety. Color a beautiful dark maroon. 75 cents.
Show and Fancy Dahlias
Dr. J. P. Kirkland or Cuban Giant — Dark crimson, large and free.
Fascination — Rose pink, large. One of the best.
Lucy Fawcett — Pale yellow, striped deep pink or light magenta. One of the best of this set. Very large and free flowering. 50 cents.
W. W. Ransom — Very popular, speaks for itself for the superior feature of this flower. Color pure white, overlaid with amethyst-blue. This wonderful combination gives it the ap- pearance of delicate lavender; flowers measure from 7 to 9 inches in diameter. Price 60 cents each.
Robert Broomfield — Pure white, large flower, free.
Storm King — Pure snow white. One of the very best, very free.
Stradella — This is one of our seedlings and can be highly recommended. The color is rich deep purple crimson. 25 cents each.
Latona — New Holland peony flowered Dah- lia. An unusual blending of orange buff and yellow flowers are nearly full to the center, and produced freely upon good stems. $1.00.
Rose Gem — A new variety imported from Holland, one of the finest of its color to date. The habit is perfect, it being a good, strong, growing variety producing its blooms upon strong, stiff stems well above the foliage. The coloring is very beautiful and something new; a pleasing shade of salmon-pink, with a silvery sheen. We think Rose Gem properly named as it is surely a gem among the Dahlias. 75. cents.
Madonna — A perfect wonder. Its remark- able qualities being beautiful shape, excellent cut flower variety, and one of the most satis- factory in the garden. The flowers are borne in miraculous profusion, upon long graceful stems of wiry stiffness, making it one of the most desirable. In color it is very beautiful, white, slightly tinted with a very delicate shade of lavender pink. The form is perfectly original, each petal curling and twisting in a very pleasing manner. 75 cents.
Newport Dandy — A lilac pink of the most delicate shade. The yellow center is open with the inner petals twisting and curling over it. A large size flower and very profuse bloomer. 75 cents.
Yellow Mons Le Normand — Giant French decorative Dahlia. An early and continuous bloomer, of good habit, producing its immense flowers on long stems. In color a rich golden yellow, with occasional reddish markings. The largest and finest of its color. One of the most satisfactory garden varieties and equally good as exhibition sort. $1.00 each.
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Leo XIII — The habit of this plant is all that can be desired, producing large flowers upon splendid stems, well above the foliage. Beau- tiful deep yellow. $1.00.
Princess Juliana — Splendid Holland decora- tive. It is perfect as an exhibition flower; ideal for garden decoration and unsurpassed for cutting; finest white decorative Dahlia for cut flowers. 50 cents.
Pompon Dahlias
Ariel — Deep orange buff, free.
Darkness — Very dark maroon, extra fine; free.
Fairy Queen — Sulphur, edged pink, very fine.
Star of the East — Clear white, distinct.
Peonies
Peony — We have bulbs of the very best varieties, double, in different colors. No. 1 bulbs, 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen.
Violets
Prince of Wales (New Single Violet) — This violet is far ahead of any violet known. It is wonderfully free-flowering, with stems from 10 to 12 inches long; large, green leaves of thick leathery texture. The grand single flowers of
Flower
All the flower seeds that I offer are guaran- teed to be fresh and of the highest quality. All seeds are now grown by us.
Aster Seeds — We have grown for the last two years beautiful, double, large branching Asters and having received so many inquiries for good seed, we are glad to offer this year seed of the best mixed varieties at 25 cents per package.
a true violet color that does not fade, are of round symmetrical form, almost as large as pansies, and of the richest and most delicate fragrance. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen.
Hollyhocks
Best varieties, in all colors, strong plants. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen.
Pansies
Giant-Flowering Pansies (Viola Tricolor Max- ima)— I have imported the finest mixed pansy seed that I could get in Europe, and have very strong plants to offer at 20 cents per dozen; $1.50 per 100 plants.
We have a large stock of Pansies and Carna- tions.
Phlox — Hardy; fine clumps in different colors — red, pink, white and violet color; will grow on any soil and live and flower freely for many years. 30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen.
Yellow Day Lily (Hermerocallis Formosissi- ma) — One of the hardiest of all lillies; single. Once planted you have it always. Rich gold color, striped inside. Price 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen.
Seeds
Coxcomb — Best mixed. 10 cents per package.
Hollyhock Seed — Large, double pink and double white in separate packages. 25 cents each.
Hollyhocks — Large double mixed, extra fine. Per package, 10 cents.
Impomea (Japan Morning Glory) — Mixed. 10 cents per package.
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Pansy — The best mixture of giant-flowering kinds, all colors. Large package, 20 cents each.
Zinnias — Large collosal flowers. No other flower will stand the summer heat as well as the large Zinnias. They should be planted every month during summer to have flowers until frost. Our Mammoth Collosal Zinnias were admired by all visitors. We have them in a fine mixture of all the best colors. 10 cents per package.
In named varieties, separate colors as fol- lows :
White, Golden Yellow, Sulphur Yellow, Flesh Color, Crimson, Scarlet.
15 cents per package.
Delphinium — Double, in white, pink and mixed. No other spring flower will give so much joy as a bed of double Lakspur. Fine for city parks.
Antirrhinum (Snapdragon) — Najus grandi- flora. Per package, 10 cents.
Scabiosa (Mourning Bride) — Sweet Scabious. Very desirable for summer cut flowers. Use- ful in making up. Very hardy and can stand our long hot summer well. Per package, all colors, mixed, 10 cents.
Sweet Peas — Grandiflora and Spencer Sweet Peas of the very best varieties. Price 15 cents per package; per pound, $2.00.
Dianthus Chinensis (Chinese Pinks) — Very best, mixed. 10 cents per package.
Dianthus Plumaris (Eye-Pinks) — Package. 10 cents.
Dahlia Variabilis — Double mixed. 15 cents per package.
Dianthus Caryophyllus Barbatus (Sweet Wil- liam)— Package, 10 cents.
Balsams — Improved rose, extra double. 10 cents per package. (Home grown).
Poppies — We can furnish the separate colors of the following:
LAVENDER, tall large flower, 10 cents.
SINGLE PINK, medium flower, 10 cents.
PEONY FLOWERED, very large double; used for cut flowers, 10 cents.
DOUBLE RED, large double tall, 10 cents.
SINGLE RED, medium sized flowers, the poppy of France, 10 cents.
DOUBLE WHITE, very large double;, finest for cut flowers, 10 cents.
Poppy — Mixed, best and single and double. 10 cents per package.
Phlox Drummondii — Best mixed. 10 cents per package.
Cypress Vine — A most beautiful climber with delicate dark green, feathery foliage and an abundance of bright, star-shaped scarlet and white blossoms. 10 cents per package.
Verbenas — Giant flowered. 10 cents per pack- age.
Vinca Rosea — Red and white mixed. 10 cents each.
Vegetable Seeds
Tomatoes — For many years I have devoted a great deal of my time in testing the old and new varieties of tomatoes, as they are intro- duced, and among them all I have found only two varieties that I can highly recommend as the best for the Southland. All those who have planted seeds from the President Roose- velt and our new Triumph Pink Tomato know that they are the best ever offered in the
Roosevelt Tomatoes Grown on Trellis.
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South. We are the largest tomato seed grow- ers in the South, and take seed from choice, full-ripe tomatoes.
Burbank Tomato — A good smooth medium sized tomato, very prolific, introduced by Mr. Luther Burbank. We have thoroughly tested it here and it is the best bearer of all toma- toes; very smooth, sweet, very little acid; does not blight. Per package seed, 25 cents.
Tomato, John Baer — Very large, round, smooth tomato, very firm, a good shipper. The best tomato for the market. John Baer will take the best prices everywhere. This variety is very productive, does not split, and keeps well. A brilliant red color. We will double our field next year with John Baer because it paid better than any other variety. Price, per package, 15 cents; per ounce, $1.00.
Locke’s New Triumph Pink Tomato — This tomato is an improved McGee tomato, having been selected and grown from the best pink tomato which was selected from a lot of Prof. N. C. McGee’s variety which bears his name. As Prof. McGee’s tomatoes were of different shades of pink and red, we have so improved this tomato that the plants grown from our seed will all produce pink tomatoes of large size. The tomato is round and smooth, and immensely productive, of large size — we had some weighing a pound each. This variety is unexcelled for black land. Uniform packages containing about 1,000 seeds, 15 cents each; per ounce, $1.00; per pound, $15.00.
Cantaloupes
Rocky Ford Cantaloupe — The best cantaloupe for the Southwest. Too well known to need any further description, home grown seed Price, per ounce, 15 cents; per pound, 60 cents.
Onion Seed
Bermuda Onion Seed— White Bermuda, light yellow, the best of all onions. $2.00 per pound.
Seed Corn
Mexican June Corn — This corn will bring a good crop if planted at any time from April to the middle of July. It stands our hot, dry summer well. The seed, and every stalk of poor quality is cut out before it pollinates the other corn. This corn is adapted for our con- ditions, as we have grown it for several years. Price, $2.00 per bushel.
Dawson Early, or Sure Cropper Corn — We are glad we can offer seed of this corn. It is the surest corn to plant, matures early, makes a low, stout stalk, and can stand more drought than any other variety known.
Best for our semi-arid country. Our seed corn is all raised on our grounds, without irri- gation, and is well selected by myself. Price, $2.00 per bushel. Place your orders for seed corn early.
Tomato, President Roosevelt — The earliest, best and most productive of all the round, smooth, large tomatoes existing. Upon sev- eral years’ trial we found the new tomato President Roosevelt, the earliest, best, smooth, new tomato up to now existing. It is immense- ly productive, nearly all meat, having very little seed; firm and of very mild flavor. The growth of the plant is very vigorous, 5 to 6 feet high; the foliage is large, the bright, scar- let, solid fruits weigh on an average of 1 pound each; in clusters of 4 to 8. Packages, 15 cents each; per ounce, $1.00; per pound, $15.00.
Cucumber, Locke’s New Ideal — The best cu- cumber ever grown in Texas. Improved by us and acclimated to our conditions. Very vigor- ous and healthy, and grows throughout the summer. We raised the finest green cucum- bers in the middle of July and August. Flesh white and crisp, of excellent flavor. Early, and immensely productive. Color is dark green with pale green stripes. Without doubt the best cucumber for the market gardener. Splen- did for fall planting. Package, 10 cents; 1 ounce, 20 cents; *4 pound, 50 cents; per pound, $1.50.
Melon Seeds
Alabama Sweet — The best watermelon for sandy soil. All our melon seed is taken from selected melons. 10 cents per ounce; 60 cents per pound.
Tom Watson — Best watermelon introduced to date. Perfect in shape; no strings; delicious in taste; splendid shipper. Package, 10 cents; 1 pound, 60 cents.
NUMBER OF TREES OR PLANTS TO THE ACRE
Distance Apart 3x 3 feet. 6x 6 feet. 8x 8 feet. 10x10 feet. 12x12 feet. 15x15 feet. 16x16 feet. 18x18 feet. 20x20 feet. 25x25 feet.
No. of Trees
.4840 .1210 . 680 . 435 . 302 . 193 . 170 . 134 . 108 . 69
Proper Distance of Planting
Peaches, Apricots,
Nectraines 12 to 16 feet each way
Pears 18 to 20 feet each way
Plums, Cherries .....10 to 15 feet each way
Persimmons 10 to 12 feet each way
Apples 16 to 20 feet each way
Grapes 6 to 8 feet each way
Dewberries, Blackberries, rows 3 to 6 feet apart, 2 feet in row.
Christmas Trees
Christmas Trees — We have a fine lot of well-shaped Chinese Arbor Vitaes that we offer to our customers for Christmas trees. They are nursery grown, well shaped, and much better than our common cedar trees.
Send your order early, as we have only a limited supply.
5- foot trees, 50 cents.
6- foot trees, 75 cents.
7 to 8-foot trees, $1.00.
We also have cedar trees at same prices.
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Certificate of Inspection of Nursery Stock
No. 4 STATE OF TEXAS
Department of Agriculture
OFFICIAL NURSERY INSPECTION CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the nursery stock grown, exhibited or held for sale by Otto Locke at New Braunfels, County of Comal, State of Texas, has been inspected by a duly authorized inspector of this department in accordance with the provision of the Orchard and Nursery Inspection Laws of the State of Texas, and was found to be apparently free from dangerously injurious insect pests and plant disease.
A printed copy of this certificate on any shipping tag attached to any shipment of nursery stock is authority to any freight or express agent in Texas to accept same for transportation. This certificate is void after September 1, 1922.
Austin, Texas, July 2, 1921.
ERNEST E. SCHOLL,
Approved: Chief Inspector of Orchards and Nurseries.
GEO. B. TERRELL,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Certificate of Inspection of Nursery Stock will be on every shipping tag we send out, and on every shipment. The State Nursery Inspector found our stock in a good
healthy condition.
Evergreens, Nursery Stock, Ornamentals, Flowering Shrubs
WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST AND CHOICEST STOCKS OF THE FINEST ASSORTMENTS OF NURSERY STOCK, EVERGREENS, ORNAMENT- ALS AND FLOWERING SHRUBS IN THE SOUTH,
AND ARE CONFIDENT WE CAN PLEASE YOU.
Write me for full information, or mail me your order and I will fill it.
OTTO LOCKE, Proprietor.
Comal Springs Nursery
New Braunfels, Texas
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