1960 Blue Book

This is a commercial florist supply catalog from American Florist Supply Company (Chicago) and related vendors. Content includes extensive listings of ornamental bulbs for spring, summer, and fall planting: fancy-leaved caladiums in named varieties (Ace of Hearts, Fannie Munson, Fire Nymph, etc.) with color descriptions; tuberous-rooted begonias in double camellia forms from Belgium and America; gloxinias; giant American hybrid amaryllis; elephant's ear; tuberoses; large-flowering cannas with dormant roots graded by size and price per hundred or thousand; and lilies including American-grown Croft and Ace varieties, Regale lilies, and imported Japanese types (Giganteum, Album, Rubrum, Auratum). Additional merchandise includes heavy plastic sterilizing cloth, vinyl plastic covers, polyethylene film in various gauges and widths, soil testing kits (Simplex, Soiltex, Sudbury brands), Saran cloth house covering in multiple shade densities with fabrication options, and black sheen shading cloth for chrysanthemum forcing. Pricing, specifications, and F.O.B. shipping points provided throughout.