Vaughan & Sperry wholesale cut flowers : receivers and forwarders of all horticultural supplies

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SPRING 1908
| Vaughan Sperry

(Wholesale Cut Flowers

Receivers and Forwarders of all Horticultural Supplies

Rose, Carnation and Chyrsan-
themum Cuttings, Guaranteed
Analysis Fertilizers, all Sea-
sonable Cut Flowers, Spring
Bulbs, Rubber Hose, Sphagnum
Moss, Budding Knives, Tissue

and Wax Paper, Flower Boxes

Violets Our Specialty

58-60 Wabash Avenue, lscace: Til.

LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE, CENTRAL 2571

Rooted Cuttings
Carnations

"E OFFER for immediate shinee strong,

clean, healthy cuttings of the following f first-
class, up-to-date varieties; well rooted, well: packed 9
and guaranteed to be satisfactory in every respect. —

Aristocrat, Per100 Per1000 Beacon, —- Per 100
beautiful cerise. $6.00 $50.00 orange-scarlet.. $6.00
Windsor, -- Red Chief,
i 50.00 Xmas searlet .. =a 0500
Victory, ¥ ~.
50.00 SCALP Obie ou craic e 3.00
Rose- Pink Andrew Carnegie. .12.00 1
Enchantress .... 3. 25.00 Defiance,
Enchantress, the one scarlet. .12.00
light pink.... . 2. 15.00 :
White Enchantress, 6.00
Melody or Daybreak . ; : ’ ‘.
25.00 While Perfection oe 3.00
Tahe . 12.50 Lady Bountiful ... 3.00 25.
White Lawson ‘ 25.00 Boston Market.... 2.00 |

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Rose Be
Strong, Clean Well Rooted
100 1000
American Beauties, $4.00 $35.00
i 20.00
20.00
Chatenay . 4 20.00
Killarney. : 50. 00

Chivkhniheniene Cuttings |
$1.50 per 100; $12.50 per 1000

Pink White : Estelle
Maud Dean T. Eaton Yellow — ee
Glory Pacifie M. Wanamaker Col. Appleton
Amorita Tvory Golden Wedding
Pink Ivory _ Mrs. Robinson Golden’ Chadwick
Marie Ligur May-flower - Monrovia .

Vivian Morel W. H. Chadwick Pennsylvania —

Also a Grand Bronze Pompon. Very Appropriate for Fane mi >.
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Cut Flower Work and Pot Plants. Price, $3.00 Per Hundred my’

Pure Bone 200 1bs. 1000 bs. 2000 Ibs.
Meal ‘ +183. 50 $14.00 $27. 50

"Nitrate af 25 ies 1001bs. 2001bs.
Soda sone SL. 25 $4.25 $8.25 -

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Rubber Hose

We handle only one brand, The Acme
“Plorist”’ Brand, the best in the world.

oi Per hundred feet. a0. -$10200
. American Beauty
Tissue Paper
M12siwnGehinicle HRae Oe mIsemat a)
Per bundle of ten reams... 5.50

: White Wax Paper

J2Grenehhes) Wee dene eppeeses lea)
Five reams............++. 6.75

Green Boxes
Best Grade
Ready for immediate shipment.

-3x18x5 inches, per 100... .$2.50
Bx21x5 inches, per 100... Een ate)
-314x21x7 inches, per 100.. 3.90
3146x30x5 inches, per 100.. 4.20

5x28x8 inches, per 100.... 5.75
-5x35x8 inches, per 100.... 7.50

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Guaranteed Analysis
Florists’ Fertilizers

\ROM NOW to replanting time you will need some of these.
Our prices can’t be beat if you insist on having the pure

article. (There are lots of «‘cheap’’ offers to be had—but an
ooo. fertilizer i isnot sas valueless, but harmful, as growers all know,

Blood and 200lbs. 1000Ibs. 2000 Ibs.
.-»- $4.00 $15.00 $28.50

100 Ibs.
SHAVINGS... 022ccceesee- 93-00

1001bs. 500]bs. 10001bs. 2000 lbs.

ep vertcen! Sheep Mantra veneecceseseSl.50 $6.25 $10.00 $18.00

The above fertilizers are so well known to all growers of flowers that further
Write for prices on larger quantities.

100lbs. 5001bs. 1000lbs. 2000 lbs.

nae Shr edded Cattle Mamure..............$1.20 $5.00 $7 00 $13.00

This we believe to be the coming fertilizer.
Tlinois. after using two cars for trial, ordered three hundred tons, and say: “It
is fully three to four times as strong as rough manure, and being put up in bags,
not a pound is wasted, which makes it cheaper in our opinion than rough manure
_ which we got for freight and cost of loading.”’

' Not only should cut flower growers give this a trial, but florists who do
bedding and other planting will find it a good seller to put on lawns.

Bassett & Washburn, Hinsdale,

Clean—no

Sphagnum Moss

Wisconsin Hand-Picked
POLAR LOmiaeiereic tcrrisets oret sate $1.25
Five bales ........ a aie OLOO

PBeti Dales ateimetatsre alem vine’ LO 00

Write for prices on car lots

Henkel’s
Budding Knives
Single blade, each........ $. 75
Two blades, each......... 1.00

The best and most practical florist
knife in existence,
Star Design Boxes
6x36x14 inches, per 100. .$12 50
8x24x24 inches, per 100.. 18.00

Violet Boxes
23(x6%x3% in., per 100..$2.00
34x8x4 inches, per 100... 2.20
5x9x6 inches, per 100..... 3.20
5%x11x8 inches, per 100.. 4.40

: Gladiolus in Mixtures
Young, vigorous bulbs, sure to produce fine flowers.
Per doz. Per 100.
Light and White, extra fine grade.........-
Light Colors, specially selected...........++-
Red and Scarlet, mixed shades............-
Red and Scarlet, extra fine
Striped and Variegated, very choice..
Yellow Shades, (always scarce) ..
Pink Shades
Lemoine’s, mixed
Grojff’s Hybrid Mixture
Childsti, giant flowered........ Ch Amaihs vicia nie
Superfine Mixed ....-.-e cere secsee wearer ints
Good Mixed

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Named Gladioli
First-class Bulbs of Good Size and True to Name
Per doz.
America, flesh-pink
Augusta, white, very fine
Brenchleyensis, vermillion scarlet .........
Ceres, pure white, spotted with rose
Eugene Scribe, rose, variegated carmine.
Isaac Buchanan, yellow, very fine
John Bull, white tinged with yellow
Madam Moneret, delicate rose
May, white, striped crimson
Napoleon III, scarlet, white lines in petals..
Nezinscott, scarlet, white throat
Reine Blanche, white, carmine blotch
Shakespeare, white, flaked rose
““1900”’ crimson, with white spots
Japan Lilies
25 at 100 rate, 250 at 1000 rate
Per doz.
Auratum, gold banded, 8 to 9 inches....... he 80
Auratum, 9 to 11 inches
Auratum, 11 to 13 inches
Album, white, 8 to 9 inches
Album, 9 to 11 inches
Album, 11 to 13 inches
Rubrum, spotted, 8 to 9 inches
Rubrum, 9 to 11 inches
Rubrum, 11 to 13 inches.
Dahlias Under Color and Mixed

Our mixed Dahlias include many very choice varieties.

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Double or Show, separate colors
Double or Show, all colors mixed
Cactus and Decorative, separate colors
Cactus and Decorative, all colors mixed
Pompon, separate colors
Pompon, all colors mixed
Single, mixed

Caladum Esculenlum, all sizes at market rates.

Tuberoses

Dwarf Pearl, large bulbs
Dwarf Pearl, second size bulbs
Tall Double, prime stock

We have in stock, Cold Storage Lilum Longiflorum and Lily of ae Pips.
If interested, write for prices.