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ADVIGE AND TERMS.

Please Read Garefully Before Ordering.

Payments izvariably in advance. Goods are sent C.O. D. only when 25 per cent. of the amount
is sent with order, with return charges added. Remit by Postal Money Order on Little Silver, N. J.,
Registered Letter, Draft or Express Money Order. Always enclose remittance in same letter with
order. Address all letters J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, N.J. Telegraph Office at Little Silver, N. J.
Also Telephone connections.

Prices of this Catalogue abrogate-previous quotations and are for the Spring of 1903 only. The
prices quoted are for the quantities specified, but six, fifty and five hundred of a variety (and no less)
will be supplied at dozen, hundred and thousand rates respectively.

How to Order. Order early. Small favors thankfully received always, but Z cannot undertake to
fill an order of less amount than one dollar as the cost of recording and filling it would exceed the amount
received. Please use Order Sheet, and be sure to write your name and address plainly—give Post
Office, County and State—and do this every time you write to me; and be particular to say always how the
goods are to be sent—whether by Mail, express or freight. Keep a correct copy of the order and
check off the Plants, etc., when they arrive. Persons sometimes forget what they order and make un-
just complaint. Ladies will oblige me by prefixing their names with ‘‘ Miss”’ or ‘‘ Mrs.,’’ as the case
may be. I will do my utmost to comply with the wishes of patrons to pack additions to an order, or
subsequent orders in one package, or to make reasonable changes in orders, but / cannot promise to do
so. During the rush of the shipping season, when many orders are received and dispatched in a day,
it would, in some cases, be almost impossible to comply. No change or countermand of an order can
be considered as final without my written consent.

Shipping. I deliver all goods to forwarders here without charge, after which my control ceases,
consequently my responsibility also. State plainly to what point goods are to be sent.
I particularly caution patrons against ordering Strawberry and Herbaceous Plants shipped by freight ;,
they should always go by express, or in small lots by mail. Transportation charges on all goods shipped
by freight or express are to be paid by the purchaser. The express companies now allow a reduction
of 20 per cent. from merchandise rates on plants.

Mailing. I send Plants dy mail postpaid, if requested, wherever so noted in connection with a
price. When the price does not include postage, the rate of postage is given on all mailable articles,
under each heading. Where nothing is said as to postage, the goods are unmailable. When Plants are
to be sent by mail, it must be so stated in the order and the necessary amount for postage included in
the remittance. Please remember that the rate of postage to Canada on Plants is double that of the
United States; hence in ordering goods by mail, Canadian customers will please remit double the
amount of postage asked for. Nothing by mail at thousand rates.

Packing is executed with the utmost care. Special pains are taken to pack lightly, thereby
reducing the expense of transportation toa minimum. All goods at prices quoted are packed free.
Everything is labeled.

Substitution. It is my custom, should the supply of a variety be exhausted (which will
occasionally occur in all establishments), to substitute in its stead a similar sort or give the value of
another grade of the variety named. When it is desired that I shall not do this, it must be so stated
in the order. To simply affix the words ‘‘No Substitution’’ is all that is necessary.

Glaims, if any, must be made upon receipt of goods, when they will be carefully and cheerfully
examined and, if just, all made satisfactory. Claims made after fifteen days from receipt of goods will
not be entertained. I send out only good stock in good condition, carefully packed in all cases; but
success or failure depends in so large a degree upon the care and management after received, that I do
not, because I cannot, undertake to guarantee stock to live. ;

Guarantee. I warrant my stock true to name, with the explicit understanding that should
any not prove so I will refund the money paid or replace it with other stock, but I am not liable for
damages beyond this. A sure indication of the purity of my stock is the fact that customers of former
years continue to deal with me.

Bas" Should you receive two copies of this Catalogue please hand one toa neighbor who is interested
in fruit culture.

Monmouth Nursery, Telephone 2=-A,_ J. T. LOVETT,
February Ist, 1903. Little Silver, New Jersey.

ORDER BLANK.

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JT. T. LOVETT.

Little Silver, New Jersey.

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In my catalogue of a year ago, I stated, that in order to give greater

attention. to the small fruits—my specialty for twenty-five years—I
would discontinue the sale of Fruit Trees; and although I had a good
stock of many kinds, I omitted them entirely from my catalogue for
the Spring of 1902. So many of my patrons called for them that I again
catalogued them last Autumn. After much thought, however, I have
decided for good and for all, to discontinue to carry Fruit Trees—for the present at
least—and devote my energies and best thoughts to the Small Fruits and Hardy
Herbaceous plants ; the branches of horticulture I love best, and which, for so long a
time have been my specialties. Since arriving at this decision I may state I have bought Clover Hill
Farm, located a few miles from my office ; a farm of nearly one hundred acres and especially adapted
to the successful growing of Small Fruits and Small Fruit Plants. For my Hardy Herbaceous Plant
Department I now have a seperate plant with greenhouses and frames for propagation, packing sheds,
etc., apart from my other greenhouses and grounds, fitted up in a most complete and up-to-date man-
ner for propagating and growing this class of plants; all of which is under the management of a man
who has devoted his whole life to the propagation and culture of them and who may be justly styled
the foremost expert in Hardy Herbaceous Plants in America.

My Fruit Trees, of which I have a goodly supply, are now upon the ‘‘bargain counter’’ so to
speak; and any in want of them, will be supplied on most favorable terms while they last. Lists

of varieties and prices will be promptly sent upon application.

Country Life in America.

Reflects every phase of country and suburban life, gives experiences and instruction in such mat-
ters as house building, gardening (indoors and out) horticulture, the small farm, the care of animals and
poultry, lawn making, out door sports, nature study, etc. It is published by Doubleday Page & Co.,
and is by far the best and most beautiful journal of its field ever published, either in Europe or America.
It is so beautifully illustrated and gotten up, it has been repeatedly pronounced the most beautifu
magazine in existance. No lover of gardening, nature or any sort of out door work or pleasure should
fail to get every number of it.

The subscription price, including the double Christmas number (regular price, 50 cents) and the
great gardening number—March (also 50 cents) and three large supplements is $3.00 per year. Sub-
scriptions will be received by me and promptly sent to the Publishers.

A Philanthropic Offer. Anyone ordering Hardy Herbaceous, Small Fruit or other plants
from this catalogue at each, dozen or hundred rates (1000 rates must be excepted) to the amount of ten
dollars, will receive this beautiful monthly for one year, with extra numbers, etc. as stated above
Sree of charge ; provided however, it is stated in the order, that the party ordering wishes it and gives
address for receiving it. I make this offer, believing everybody receiving it will be greatly benefited
by the information obtained and the vast amount of pleasure afforded by reading its pages.

J. T. LOVETT.

Digging Strawberries.

of the plants should be shortened about one-third, causing
them to quickly emit a profusion of new fibrous roots. The
operation should be performed with a sharp knife, as shown in

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STRAWBERRIES.

Strawberries give
the greatest yield
and the largest ber-
ries when grown in
rich, well-prepared
4 soil. If choice canbe
‘| made, select a loca-
tion where the soil
is moist and deep;
they will, how-
@i ever, Succeed upon
almost any soil
if well manured.
Avoid the shade of
trees. For spring
planting, the roots

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Pistillate, or Imperfect.

must have a perfect-flowered variety planted near them
to properly pollenize their blossoms, in the proportion
of one row of perfect-flowered plants to every three
or four rows of pistillates. When thus properly ferti-
lized, the pistillate varieties are generally the most
productive, and there is really no good reason for the
prejudice with which some growers regard them. If
but one variety be grown, however, it is, of course,
essential that it be a perfect-flowered sort, and not a
pistillate one. It is best always to plant at least three
varieties—early, medium and late—to expand the sea-
son of fruiting to its full limit. Bi-sexual, or Perfect.

easily handled. See Fig. 786. In planting expose the plants as little as
possible to the wind orsun. Do not plant very deep but be sure and press
the soil firmly about the roots. Should the weather be warm shade valuable
plants for a few days with a handful of coarse litter, etc., over each plant.
For hill culture in the family garden set the plants in rows two feet apart
and the plants fifteen inches apart in the rows, cutting
off all runners as they appear. Or for field culture,
where they are to be worked by horse and cultivator
and permitted to form matted rows, plant in rows
three feet apart with the plants one foot aparz in the |
rows, requiring 14,520 plants per acre.

The after culture consists in keeping the soil mellow
and free from weeds by frequent cultivation. At the
approach of winter, as soon as the ground is frozen,
eover the rows with salt hay or other loose, light
material. Light strawy manure is excellent for this
purpose, as the soluble portion leaches into the soil
and affords nourishment to the plants. Evergreen
branches are very useful for securing the covering in
place, and are of themselves a protection. When the :
plants start in spring rake the mulch from off the Fig. 786.
plants sufficiently to permit them to grow, and leave
it on the surface about the plants to protect the fruit and keep it clean,
and also to keep the soil moist and cool. When the plants are coming into
bearing an application of unleached wood ashes or muriate of potash along
the rows very early in spring, just before a rainfall, will be found to increase
the size of the berries.

The blossoms of all varieties here offered are bi-sexual, or perfect, except
those marked with the letter P, which are desti-
tute of stamens and are termed pistillate, or imper-
fect. See Figs. 779 and 780. Pistillate varieties

POSTAGE.—Strawberry Plants are mailed, postpaid, at dozen rates, if desired. If ordered at
100 rates, to go by mail, add 25c. ber 100 to the prices quoted. At 1000 rates by express only.

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LESTER LOVETT.
The Latest, the Most Beautiful and the Most Profitable Strawberry.

The Gandy, introduced by me in 1888, has proved to be the best Strawberry of its class as yet intro-
duced uniting large size, beauty, firmness and lateness. The plantis astrong grower and healthy, but asa
rule is not very productive, and the berries lack flavor. Lester Lovett possesses all the valuable prop-
erties of the Gandy, and is wonderfully prolific and of superior quality. It isa veritable giantin every
particular, and is as far superior to the Gandy as is that popular variety to the best late varieties which
preceded it. It continues to yield large, fine fruit for two weeks after the last berries of the Gandy
have ripened. The berries are globular or slightly conical, uniformly very large and perfect in shape,
continuing large to the close of the season; color brilliant, which they hold better and longer after
picked than any other variety I know; exceedingly firm and of high, rich, sweet flavor, with a delight-
ful and decided aroma.

The plant is simply mammoth, the leaves frequently measuring nine to twelve inches across, on
stems over afoot long. The berries are produced in clusters of three to ten, on stalks almost as large
as one’s finger and which hold the fruit from the ground yet deneath the foliage. It is the most pro-
digious yielder of any Strawberry I have ever seen—producing more than double the number of quarts
of fruit upon a given space than would be produced by the Gandy or any other popular variety.

All who fail to plant it at once make a great mistake. Dozen, 25c.; 100, $1.00; 1000, $6.00.

DORRAN OR URCGCLE JIM. This truly wonderful berry is of Michigan origin

and is a chance seedling.

It is described as follows: So large that twelve
selected berries fill a quart basket heaping full—
four of the berries topping it off nicely. The ber-
ries are heart-shaped, very uniform in size and
shape throughout the season, are a bright, beau-
tiful red color, rendering them exceptionally at-
tractive; of high quality and excellent shippers.
It is unsurpassed for canning. The plant is large
and healthy with abundant foliage, forming a row
just right for fruiting, and a most prodigious
yielder. Season medium to late ; blossom perfect
with plenty of pollen.

Pronounced by Western growers and horticul-
turists to be superior to all other varieties grown
in the West, and so fine as a market berry that it
has always commanded nearly or quite, twice the
sum per crate of any other_variety upon the Chi-
cago market during the past three years.

It is indeed a most valuable Strawberry. Doz.,
25c. ; 100, $1.00; 1000, $5.00.

Lester Lovett, Uncle Jim and Marie are a
lovely trio, each worthy the company of the
other. EKachisan honor to any garden and
each is entitled to entree to every home in
the land; wheather it be that of the most
gifted author or artist, the greatest million-
aire or the discerning and exclusive fruit
grower.

4 J. T. LOVETT, LITT@E SILVER) Wee

MARIE (P).

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So fine in fruit
and so heavy in
yield is this superb
new strawberry
that it is bound to
become a leader
and take a high
rank among fancy
market berries. It
is very distinct,
and possesses about
every point of ex-
cellence that go to
make up a highly
successful variety
and an ideal straw-
berry. Itisaseed-
ling of Crescent,
fertilized with
Cumberland, and
shows its parent-
age by itsimmense
yield,and the large,
uniform size of its
berries. The ber-
ries are fully as
large as Glen Mary
or Brandy wine,
round in shape,
dark crimson, very
attractive and of
the best quality.
It brings a fancy
price in market in
competition with
the best known

kinds, and holds
its size to the very last picking. The plant is a thrifty, healthy grower and excessively prolific, showing

thus far no indication of burning or scald. Not only is it profitable for market but in the home garden
is very desirable for its abundant supply of choice berries. Ripens about mid-season. Doz., 25c. ; 100,
$1.00; 1000, $5.00.

UNCLE SAM Alongside of twenty-two of the best standard
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varieties, this seedling excelled them all and this
happened not in one solitary, but for a period of
four years. This trustworthy grower who made
the report is not the originator or introducer and
is entirely disinterested. What he says, others
have confirmed. It is certainly a remarkable
berry and has an exceedingly promising future.
The berries are large to very large, bright red,
firm, and of delicious quality. Plant strong and
vigorous with tough, bright foliage, a great bearer
and of long season. It has ripened as early as
May 22d, and on July 5th of the same year berries
were picked one and a half inches in diam-
eter. May be said to be mid-season. Doz., 50c. ;
100, $2.00 ; 1000, $10.00.

SALEM.

A New England seedling that promises to take
a front place, if only for its fine quality, but its
other points of merit are so pronounced that there
isno doubt of its great value. The berries are
very distinct, being corrugated in form and uni-
form in shape, large, firm, dark crimson, and of |
extra good quality, finely flavored. Itbears well,
and the plant is very thrifty and stout. Ripens
mid-season to late. Produced by Benj. M. Smith,
formerly Treasurer Am. Pomological Society.
Doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00. .

Whatever you do or do not do this Spring, don’t
fail to plant some plants of Mersereau Blackberry.

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NICHOL’S GRANVILLE.

. Equalled by few strawberries in point of flavor,
which is sweet and delicious; of the very best
quality. It is a welcome acquisition, especially to
the home grower and sells quickly and well in the
local markets. The berry is of the old Charles
Downing type but larger; regularin shape, dark
glossy red, solid, and of the finest quality but
hardly firm enough for shipment to distant mark-
ets. The plants are vigorous and healthy, with
not the slightest trace of rust or scald, and ma-
ture their large berries to the very last, yielding
a large crop under good cultivation. I think it
willgive great satisfaction if fairly treated and
confidently recommend it to all those who de-

sire fine flavored berries. Midseason to late. Doz.,
0c. ; 190, $2.00.

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YANT.

This will surprise those who have never grown
it; its large yield and unfailing regularity in
bearing so well being really astonishing. Itnever
fails to produce a large crop of fine berries. The
plant is exceedingly vigorous with heavy foliage
which remains bright and clean until frost. The
berries are large, roundish-conical, deep crimson
firm and of superior quality. It thrives on ordi-
nary soil but owing to the heavy crop it sets
should be well fertilized to obtain the best results.
Those who have never grown it should not fail to
give it a trial as it will certainly please them.
Late. Doz., 25c.; 100, $1.00; 1000, $5.00.

PENNELL.

So beautiful and attractive as to take one’s fancy
at the first sight and so good as to confirm it after-
wards; for in quality, too, it is one of the best.
The berries are large, nearly round, very uniform
in both size and shape, dark red, firm, rich and
very good. Plant vigorous, hardy and productive,
with foliage free from rust or burn. Itis of much
value for both market and home use, being so
firm as to ship well and so handsome as to sell
well, whilst its good quality will commend it for
the family garden. Being so large, firm and good,
itis also one of the best for canning. I consider
it a variety of very great promise and well worthy
of extended trial. Midseason. Doz., 25c. ; 100,
$1.00; 1000, $5.00.

| For profitable fruit culture, plant Merser- |
eau and Rathbun Blackberries, Lester Lovett,
Brandywine and William Belt Strawberries,
King and Cumberland Raspberries, Premo
and Lucretia Dewberries.

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General List of Strawherries.

BRANDYWINE.

The berries are large, roundish-conical, regular,
bright glossy crimson, firm and of good flavor.
Plant a fine grower, vigorous and productive. For
best results it should be grown on strong, rich soil
as is the case with all large berries. Midseason.
Doz., 25c.; 100, 50c.; 1000, $3.09.

BUBAGH (No.5). P. For a near-by market
this isabout as profitable a variety as I know of,
being both very large and very productive. It is
a popular sort and I always sell out my piants of
it before the end of the season. The berries are
bright crimson, of fairly good quality, rather soft
but firm enough for local markets. Plant strong
and vigorous, exceedingly productive. Those
who desire an abundance of large, handsome ber-
ries, without regard to extra fine quality and firm-
ness of flesh will be pleased with it. Doz., 25c. ;
109, 50c. ; 1090, $3.50.

DOLLAR JUNIOR. A remarkable straw-
berry, possessing great beauty and merit and well
worthy of culture
wherever it is not
known. It is a
Californian seed-
ling of the old
Dollar straw-
berry, which [
purchased from
the originator
many years ago
and sent out as a
premium with my
journal Orchard
and Garden. The
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flavor. The plant is robust and productive but
requires a rich soil and thorough culture. Mid-
season. Doz., d0c.; 100, $2.00.

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EXGELSIOR. One of the very best extra
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early sort, firm, highly colored but of acid flavor.
A cross between the old Wilson’s Albany and
Hoffman, it partakes of the character of each,
with a plant that is more vigorous and healthy
than either. It 1s very productive and succeeds
over a large area of country. A splendid shipper
and keeper and decidediy profitable. Should be
largely planted wherever early berries are wanted.
Doz., 25c.; 100, 50c.: 4000, $2.50.

GANDY. The tandard late variety, very
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success which I predicted when I introduced it in
1888. Its only defect is a lack of productiveness
which may be remedied by good rich soil anda
liberal use of fertilizers. The berries are large,
obtuse-conical, very uniform in both size and
shape, brilliant crimson and remarkably firm; un-
excelled for canning. It grows well, has a strong
robust plant and large, clean foliage. More money
has been made from the Gandy by fruit growers
than any other variety introduced in the past
twenty-five years. It is more largely grown to-
day than any other strawberry in cultivation.
Doz., 25c.; 100, 50c.; 1000, $3.50.

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GLADSTONE. A strong, robust grown and
very productive of large berries. It is of the
Sharplesstype,
resembling
that very popu-
lar variety in
every way but
decidedly bet-
ter; being lar-
ger, more pro-
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and without
the disposition
to scald socom-
mon to the
Sharpless. The
quality is mild
and good, and
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so fine as to
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100, 50c.; 1000, $3.50.

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McKINLEY. This fully deserves the high
place it has reached among the standards. In

both plant and fruit it is all that can be desired
and those who are looking for extra fine quality
may seek no further, for in high rich flavor it is
without anequal. The berries are large, roundish
inclining to conical, sometimes flattened; firm,
bright crimson and with the delicious flavor of
the wild strawberry. Plant strong and vigorous
with healthy, bright foliage and on good soil a
heavy yielder. Its superior excellence render it
indispensable inthe home garden. Midseason,
Doz., 25c.; 100, 50c. ; 1000,, $3.50.

LOVETT. One of the most profitable of the
standard market sorts. The berries are medium
to large, uniform and regular, conical, bright
crimson and of good quality. Their firmness,
bright color and long-keeping properties render
this variety one of the best for shipping and it is
so bright and attractive that it sells quickly. The
plant is a good grower, with clean foliage and isa
good and sure cropper. Ripens about second early
and continues fora long season. Doz., 25c.; 100,
50c. ; 1000, $3.00.

LUTHER. (4ugust Luther). Those who are
seeking a very early Strawberry of good size and

fine quality will find it in this variety, inasmuch
as extreme earliness is its leading characteristic
and it possesses also the other properties desired.
The berries are of good size, roundish-conical,
dark crimson, firm and of high quality ; plant vig-
orous and productive ; foliage tough and healthy.
In the home garden it is of special value by rea-
son of its extreme earliness and supurb quality.
Doz., 25c.; 100, 50c. ; 1000, $3.00.

NEW YORK. Especially valuable for the
great size of its berries; which are truly mam-

moth. With extra culture and good soil its pro-
ductiveness is also surprising. Its berries are
round, regular and uniform, hold out in size well,
bright crimson, moderately firm, very good in
quality. Plants also very large, a strong grower
and healthy. Midseason, Doz., 25c.; 100, 50c. ;
1000, $4.00.

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WM. BELT. As a general purpose berry, this is, in my opinion, without an equal among known
varieties, either for market or the home garden. The plant is a vigorous though not a rampant
grower, succeeds upon almost all kinds of soils, and invariably yields very heavily ; and, best of all, the
berries are always of large size, and of the very highest quality. ‘The true form of its berries is shown
by the one at left of illustration, but they are often cockscombed, especially the first and second pick-
ings. Its flesh is solid and meaty, color deep crimson, and the blossoms very large, with abundance
of pollen. It begins to ripen quite early and continues until almost the close of the season, the last
berries being large, handsome and full-flavored. Indeed, it isa king among strawberries, being among
the largest—many-of the berries being of tremendous size—of the very highest quality, exceedingly
firm, and gives large pickings for a longer period than any other variety Iknow. Ishall plantit largely
myself, and can commend it highly to others. In planting be careful, however, to obtain the true
variety. Doz., 20c.; 100, 50c.; 1000, $3.50.

SAMPLE (P). Like most pistillates this is ex- ROUGH RIDER. Very valuable and profit-
cessively prolific, and the berries are large to the able for market, especially as it combines good
end of the picking, properties which have made — size with great firmness and productiveness; bear-
it popular and profitable. The fruit is very at- ing shipment to distant markets in splendid con-
tractive, roundish-conical with flattened apex, dition. Berries large, roundish but irregular,
dark crimson and of good quality. Plant strong
with large leaves, very prolific. It isa seedling of
Eureka fertilized with Gandy and is worthy of
such good parentage. Late. Doz.. 25c.; 100, 50c.;
1000, $3.50.

SMITH. An old favorite of mine and one
that has given
much profit to
all who have
grown it. It
is “a “leader
among early
market sorts
but also very
desirableinthe
home garden.
Whilst the ber-
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the largest size
they are ‘ex-=
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sweetand good,
slightly coni-
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and produced
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good flavor. The plant isa good grower and its extremely hardy and vigorous. Very early. Doz.,
foliage perfect. The variety has gained popular- 79¢-3 100, 50c. ; 1000, $2.50.

ity rapidly, owing to its valuable properties and If confined to three Strawberries for the home
general adaptability. Mid-season to late. Doz. garden, I would plant McKinley, William Belt,
25c.; 100, 50c. ; 1000, $3.50. and Lester Lovett, © > === ce ee iw

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Any land that will produce good crops of corn or
wheat is suitable for raspberries; and, unlike strawhber-
ries, they are benefitted by partial shade. Prepare the
ground thoroughly and manure liberally. The upright
growing varieties should be planted for field culture in
rows six feet apart, and the plants three feet distant i1
the rows, requiring 2,400 plants per acre; or four feet
apart each way, to be cultivated in hills, requiring 2,722
plants per acre. In garden culture plant three feet apart
each way and restrict to hills. It is best to place two
plants in each hill, requiring, of course, double the
the number. Soon as planted cut back the canes to
within a few inches of the ground. The cap varieties
succeed not only on good soil but many sorts yield large
profitable crops on the lightest kind of sandy land. In
field culture plant them in rows seven feet apart and
three and a half feet distant in the row, requiring 1,778
plants to the acre; or five feet apart each way, requiring
1,742 plants to the acre. In garden culture plant four
feet apart each way.

Keep the soil loose and free of weeds throughout
the season, cutting down the suckers with the hoe or
cultivator, and leaving only single rows, or three orfour canes to the hill, for fruiting. Prune the
bearing canes of the upright-growing varieties by cutting back one-half their length on an average
and shorten in the laterals. In pruning Blackcaps cut the bearing canes at the middle of the bend.
The pruning should be done in the late winter or early spring preceding the fruiting season.

GARDINAL.

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Truly a wonder among raspberries, its canes being so robust and gigantic ahd its fruit really
monstrous in size. It is of the Columbian and Shaffer type, surpassing them in its rampant growth of .
cane. The canes often attain a height of 15 to 20 feet, are entirely free from all disease, of ironclad
hardiness (having endured 35 degrees below zero without injury), and so productive as to be fairly
loaded down with its prodigious yield. The berries are very large, purplish crimson in color, firm and
exceedingly rich and sprightly, with full raspberry flavor. I believe no other raspberry will produce
so much upon the same space as this giant sort, and it is of immense value for the home garden, the
berries being so fine in quality, so abundant and so excellent for canning. The canes root from the
tips like Blackcaps, and being such a strong grower it should be given extra wide space. It succeeds
€verywhere, even at the far South, and will surely please all who plant it. Doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00.

(1000 rates upon application).

10 j. T. LOVETT, LITSEE SILVER, Nef

This grand raspberry
is no longer an experiment,
but a demonstrated suc-
cess. It has been fruited
in field culture North,
South, East and West, and

everywhere it has been
pronounced superior to any other variety in
cultivation. It is the only red raspberry I have
ever grown which unites large size, bright and
beautiful color, firmness and high quality of fruit
with productiveness, vigorous growth and hardi-
ness of cane. Its season is the earliest, its fruit
of the brightest crimson (there are none brighter
or more beautiful) and of the very best quality—
equaling in this property the ever popular Cuth-
bert as well as in size; and it is much firmer and
a better shipper than that grand old variety. In —
productiveness, vigor of cane, hardiness and
endurance in heat and drought, it is second only to the pur-
ple cane varieties (Cardinal and Columbia). I believe it
worthy of all that can be said in its favor; for in earli-
ness, large size, beauty of form and color, firmness and
fine flavor of its fruit and in productiveness, vigorous )
growth, hardiness and endurance of cane—in a word, in
value—it is without an equal among red raspberries. I
prove my faith by my works, for I have planted a large
field with this raspberry, and shall increase my acreage the
coming spring.

The following brief extracts from letters of patrons show
how well the King is liked in the different States.
Pror. H. E. Van Deman (late U. S. Pomologist) writes:
‘* Plant very healthy and robust and exceedingly productive;
fruit large, very bright red, and its flavor is equal to any.

Firm enough to ship to any market in good condition; it is
among the earliest.” F. §. Buiss, California, writes: ‘‘I am so well pleased with the appearance and
flavor of the King Raspberry that I shall send for more.” ©. J. Huuu, Conn., writes: ‘‘The King
has done finely with me, and I think well of it.” FRED. SCHWEITZER, Indiana, writes: ‘‘ King Rasp-
Lerry is fine—the finest.” E. M. HitcHcock, Mass., writes: ‘‘It is large, early, perfect in color and
of good quality.” O. F. Brown, Mass., writes: ‘‘King Raspberry is a vigorous grower, ripens early,
is good in quality, large and handsome. I liked its behavior so well last year that I ordered: more last
spring.” LUTHER BISBEE, Maine, writes: ‘‘King Raspberry is a success with me. I harvested a fine
crop from it and am very much pleased with it.” Wm. T. WoERNER, of N. J., writes: ‘‘King Rasp-
berry is very fine, firm and large. I shall plant heavily of it.” Guy SHoop, N. Y., writes: ‘‘The King
Raspberry is all you claim for it.” S. E. Ferry, N. Y., writes: ‘‘ Very full of large red berries that were
not inclined to turn soft after over ripe. It is 10 to 12 days earlier than Cuthbert.” G. W. BOSSERMAN,
Ohio, writes: ‘‘The King Raspberry is all that it is claimed to be, and I think it the best raspberry for
market in cultivation.” J. G. LANDIS, Penna., writes: ‘‘I1 am rooting out all my Loudon and Cuthbert,
and propose planting the King in place of them.” C. W. BLYSTONE, Penna., writes: ‘‘The Kings are
perfectly hardy and rampant growers. We had 15 degrees below zero, and they came through green to
the tip.” R. B. PuumBa, also of Pa., writes: ‘‘ King Raspberry made a splendid growth and stood the
hot sun and extreme cold uninjured. Berries firm, excellent flavor, and the brightest red of any berry
I have ever seen.” LL. B. CHAcE, Rhode Island, writes: ‘‘I had a nice yield from the King Raspberry,
and their keeping qualities are superior to other varieties.” Pror. S. T. MAYNARD, Mass.
Agri. College, writes: ‘‘The King red raspberry we regard as the best early berry.” Pror, W. J. GREEN,
Ohio Experimental Station, writes: ‘‘ King has proved the best early red raspberry.”

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Transplanted Plants, extra fine, doz., 50c.; 100, $2.00; 1000, $15.00.

J.T. LOVETT, LITTLE, SILVER, N. J. 11

COLUMBIAN. A purple-cap of great size in
both cane and fruit and of the Shaffer’s Colossal
type, which it resembles closely. The berries are
extra large, of globular form, deep purplish color,
sweet and high-flavored, but soft. Its canes are
exceedingly vigorous and rampant, sometimes
reaching a height of from ten to twelve feet, per-
fectlvy hardy and literally loaded with berries.
Thrives well at the South and very desirable for
canning and making jam. Midseason to late.
Doz., 39c. ; 100, $1.50; 1000, $10.00.

CONRATH. (Cap) .

the thoroughly tested blackcaps ripening early.

By far the best of all

It possesses earliness, vigor, hardiness, large
size and productiveness, surpassing by far Souhegan
or any of the other standard early sorts. The
berries are as large as Gregg, glossy black
(without the woolly appearance of that berry),
firm, sweet and meaty, maintaining their large
size to the close of the season. Canes of strong
growth, with healthy foliage, very hardy and
wonderfully productive. Always profitable and
satisfactory everyway. Doz., 30c.; 100, $1.25;
1000, $8.00.

GUMBERLAND. ((a2)). Thelargest
black cap in cultivation. It is of im-

miense size, longer than they are broad,

resembling blackberries ;

very little bloom, very firm, and of best
quality, sweet and pleasant. Its canes
also are above the average, being large

and vigorous growers, unrivaled in hardi-

ness and wonderfully prolific,

large crops each year. For large size,

vigor, hardiness and productiveness, it is

unexcelled. Midseason. Doz., 35c.;

100, $1.50; 1000, $12.00.

CUTHBERT. Still remains one of the best
and continues to be planted largely for market.
There are but few
red raspberriesand
none of its own
season, so good.
ithe canes are
strong growerswith
large, healthy foli-
age, and exceed-
ingly prolific under
good culture. The
berries are large,
deep crimson, me-
dium in firmness
and of goodspright-
ly flavor. It does
well at the South
and on the Pacific
coast as well as at

the North. Mid-
season to late. Doz., 35c.; 100, $1.50; 1000,
$10.00.

GOLDEN QUEEN. The best yellow rasp-

berry ever introduced and of remarkably beauti-

ful appearance. It is especially desirable for the
home garden its fruit contrasting finely on the
table with the red varieties. It is identical with
Cuthbert in all but color, being a seedling or sport
of that variety, and its canes are of equal vigor
and even greater productiveness. Berries large,
translucent golden yellow and of high quality.
Midseason. Doz., 35c.; 100, $1.50; 1000, $10.00.

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(Cap). The best blackcap of its
season and a great improve-
ment upon Gregg. It is popu-
lar and a profitable market sort.
Its handsome appearance and
flavor make it desirable for the
home garden. Berries as large
as Gregg, firm and of fine
quality ; canes of strong growth,
perfectly hardy and exceed-
ingly prolific. Midseason.
Doz., 85c.; 100, $1.25; 1000,
Be $8.00.

LOUDON. Itisapity that this should lack
the firmness of flesh and bright color essential to
a successful market berry as it is otherwise sucha
very fine sort. It is, however, one of the best for
the home garden where it is very desirable. The
berries are large and beautiful, dark crimson, rich
and juicy. Canes are strong and hardy, healthy
and very productive. Ripens shortly in advance
of Cuthbert. Doz., 35c. ; 100, $1.50 ; $1000, $12.00.

MUNGER. (Cap). A superb black cap, of
great size (fully one-fourth larger than Gregg),
round, jet black, firm and of fine sweet flavor.
It is indeed a fancy berry and sells readily and
well at sight. The canes are strong, upright
growers, entirely hardy and bear large crops regu-
larly. It is one of the best for canning and evapo-
rating. Late. Doz., $3oc. ; 100, $1.50.

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MILLER. Combines the best qualities of a-
profitable market berry—earliness, firmness and
bright color united to hardiness, vigor and pro-
ductiveness. ‘The canes are of stout habit, abso-
lutely hardy and yield heavy crops yearly.
Whilst not of the largest, the berries are yet of
good size, round, very firm, and of a bright
crimson color which brightness they retain fora
long time after being picked; quality fair to
good, sweet and pleasant. It is a popular sort, but
superceded by the King; it’s superior in every
way. It should be given strong soil or well fer-
tilized in order to give canes that are strong
enough. Doz., 30c. ; 100, $1.25 ; 1000, $8.00.

JAPANESE RASPBERRY OR WINE-
BERRY. The highly ornamental character of
this beautiful Raspberry from Japan has given it
popularity, and itis a decided acquisition to any
garden. The canes are robust growers, perfectly
hardy and enormously prolific, thickly covered
with purplish red hairs. The fruit is borne in
large clusters, of a beautiful translucent appear-
ance, running through all the shades of amber to
crimson as the berries ripen, very brilliant and
attractive. In quality it is quite distinct and of a
brisk sub-acid, rich and sprightly. It is excellent
canned or preserved, and for jelly-making or wine-
making is unsurpassed. ‘It ripens early in July
and continues long in bearing. It grows any-
where and can be planted in any out of way piace
in the garden and thus transform an unsightly
spot to one of beauty and yield a bountiful sup-
ply of splendid fruit as well. Doz., 50c. ; 100, $2.00.

LOGANBERRY:.

This very unique and remarkable berry should find a place in every garden. The peculiar combina-
tion of the Raspberry and Blackberry in its make-up gives it an additional interest to fruit-growers.
The berries are of great size—equaling large blackberries, which they resemble in form and

structure, dat are deep reddish maroon in color.

In flavor it is rich and sprightly—a mingling of the

raspberry and blackberry, the raspberry predominating, mellowed and refined, yet distinct from either

—melting and without core.
everybody as a desert fruit.
jams it is unequaled also.

The flavor is so luscious, novel and rich, the berry can not fail to please
For canning it is superior to all the other small fruits, and for jellies and
The canes are of strong, vigorous growth, semi-trailing in habit, and are
clothed with an abundance of large, dark green, leathery foliage.

What gives special value to this

novel fruit is its ear/zmess—ripening asit does at the close of the strawberry season, and in advance
of all but the very earliest raspberries—continuing each year to give ripe berries for three weeks. It

is scarcely firm enough to endure distant shipment well.
1000 rates upon application.

Transplanted plants, doz., $1.50; 100, $8.00.

Good tip plants, doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00.
By matl at dozen rates.

fot, LOY EPPO TATTLE SILVER, N. J. 13

BLAGKBERRIES.

Tf to be sent by mail, add soc. per roo. At rooo rates by express or freight only. Matled
postpaid at dozen rates.
Many kinds of blackberries will succeed, not only on good fruit land, but even on the most sandy,
rous soils. They require the same treatment as recommended for Raspberries, but in field culture
should be planted in rows from five to seven feet apart (according to the strength of the variety), and
three feet distant in the rows; in garden culture plant in rows five feet apart, and plant three feet dis-
tantin the rows. The pruning should be governed by the growth of cane, and should be severe. The
canes should be headed back in Summer by pinching off the top when three feet high, causing them
to throw out side branches, but when this has been neglected cut back the bearing canes one-third or
more according to the strength of the growth and cut back the side branches to one foot or eighteen inches.

RATHBUN.

Anextra large
Blackberry of
great value, sur-
passing all
others with the
single excep-
tion of Merser-
eau. It possesses
those properties
in a marked de-
gree which
make it valua-
ble as a market
sort; being early
large, beautiful,
a good shipper
and productive;
but its quality
is not good
enough for the
home garden. I
have fruited
several acres of
it forsome years
and am greatly
pleased with it.
The berries are
Wery--large.,
closely resemb-
ling the Wilson,
; jet shining
black, firm, solid texture but acid until very ripe. The berries never turn red after picking. It yields
so abundantly that its canes bend under the weight of fruit and the entire crop ripens perfectly. It is
entirely free from double blossom and orange rust, the foliage being entirely healthy and tough. It
ripens with the Wilson immediately after early harvest, and matures its entire crop quickly, but un-
fortunately the canes are sometimes injured in Winter at the North if not protected. The plants I
offer are strictly true having been grown from the original stock and I speak of this because,from its
resemblance to the Wilson, many spurious plants are being sold for Rathbun. Doz., 50c.; 100, $2.00;

1000, $18.00.

IGEBERG. A white blackberry! delicious
EARLY HARVEST. Its extreme earliness in quality and beauti-
and great productiveness .

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inducement to others.
The berries are not of
the largest size but are
very uniform, of a spark-
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quality and so firm that
they invariably reach the
market in prime condi-

white, firm; sweet,
tender and melting,
in large showy clus-
ters. Canes are very
productive, hardy and
vigorous. Well wor-
thy of a place in the
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at the South and on the Pacific coast, but not en- or albino blackberry
tirely hardy at the North. Doz., 35c.; 100, $1.00; that is reliable thus far introduced. Doz., 50c. ;
» 1000, 36.00, 100, $2.00.

14 I. TV EOVETT, TAMTTGE STEVIE Nays

MERSEREAU BLACKBERRY.
The Greatest Acquisition in Small Fruit of the Age.

(See illustrations first page of cover and opposite page).

The following two letters, each from an authority on Blackberries, tell the story of the Mersereau
in a brief and lucid way:

FROM THE EAST.

After fruiting the Mersereau Blackberry again this season I am still louder in its praise than before.
I will say right here that I have been among blackberries for the past thirty years and have seen and
tested all kinds that have been sent out in that time, but nothing has come up to the Mersereau. It is
the best flavored, finest shaped, largest sized, most prolific, finest looking, and perfectly hardy. Too
much cannot be said inits praise; it is ¢he blackberry to plant. My canes were the admiration of all
who saw them.—WmM. T. WOERNER, Middlesex Co., N. /.

FROM THE WEST.

We have no doubt that this Blackberry will have as great a sale if not greater than the Snyder,
once it is introducedinthis section. When Snyder was first introduced we sold many thousands of
them at $25.00 to $30.00 per thousand. The Mersereau has proved just as hardy, and the fruit is larger
and better and the canes are more prolific than the Snyder. There is no reason why this variety should
not prove a winner in the West.—W. E. Rossnry, McLean Co., Jils.

For twenty years I was in search of a blackberry
with an ironclad cane, and producing large berries
in abundance; one uniting the hardiness of cane
of the Snyder and the large size of fruit and pro-
ductiveness of the Wilson. Dozens and almost
hundreds were received and tested by me during
that time, but all were found wanting in one or
more of the requirements demanded, until I se-
cured the Mersereau. In this we have even more
than what I hoped for; as it is not only hardier
in cane than the ironclad Snyder, but it is more

A Mersereau Shortcake. productive by far and the finest in quality of any
blackberry ever produced.

The Mersereau Blackberry originated in northwestern New York, where the mercury falls from
fifteen to twenty-five degrees below zero, and where it has stood in open-field culture for many years
without the slightest protection, and has never been injured. ProF. L. H. BAILEY, the foremost horti-
culturist in America, and who first described the Mersereau, says: ‘‘Its advantages over Snyder are
its large size, less tendency to turn red after being picked, better quality and a stronger habit. This
variety originated with J. M. Mersereau, Cayuga County, N. Y., for whom I am glad to name it.”’

The cardinal properties of the Mersereau are great size, luscious flavor, great hardiness of cane and
great productiveness. But these are notits only merits. In hardiness it is doubtless without an equal
among blackberries, having endured a temperature of twenty degrees below zero and was not injured
in the least, even at the tips, although Snyder and Taylor’s Prolific were muchdamaged. Just how low
a temperature it will withstand uninjured is not known. The berries are sparkling black throughout,
and what adds great value to it, as a market berry, 7¢ remains black after it is gathered. In quality it
isso exceptionally sweet, rich, melting and luscious, being without core, and the seedy character of
Snyder and most other ironclad sorts also being absent, that a shortcake made of it, after the manner of
strawberry shortcake, is even more delicious than any made from strawberries. Asa shipper and keeper
it is unsurpassed, being firm and does not ‘‘bleed’’ in handling. The canes are of exceedingly strong,
upright habit, attaining, upon fairly good soil, a height of eight feet, if permitted to grow unchecked,
and are so stout as to remain erect without staking; foliage large, abundant, and entirely free from
rust or blight. Its yield is simply enormous, affording heavy pickings from the first until the crop is
all matured. Its season is early to midseason, ripening with the Snyder—in advance of Kittatinny,
Lawton, Taylor’s Prolific or Erie, but not so early as Early Harvest or the Wilson.

One thousand dollars per acre per annum is the record of the Mersereau ; for it has yielded twelve
thousand quarts of berries per acre, which sold at an average of ten cents per quart. Allowing two
hundred dollars for picking and marketing the returns were a thousand dallars an acre.

The foregoing in reference to the Mersereau appeared in my catalogue of last Spring. I also
printed reports from thirty-eight fruit growers, who had fruited it, in nineteen different States, attesting
the adaptability of this regal variety to all parts of this broad land. I would like to reprint these re-
ports and to print many others I have of the same purport, but lack of space prohibits my doing so.
Henry Ward Beecher said he could not eat blackberries without losing grace; the fruit of all varieties
in cultivation being so sour. That was twenty years ago. The Mersereau is truly an ambrosial fruit
and to eat it is to be happier and better. :

The past season the Mersereau has beaten its own record, and those who ordered it in lots of a dozen
or a hundred plants when first offered, are now planting it by the 5,000 and 10,000—one grower having
placed his order for 25,000 plants of it. The fact is, the demand for plants of Mersereau is so great and
as my stock is not large, I have advanced the price to the following scale and would advise those who
wish to be sure and secure a supply to order early. Strong plants, doz., $1.00; 100, $3.50; 1000, $25.00.

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My order for strawberry plants isreceived The plants
atrived in good order and are the very best I have ever
seen. Thank you very much. I shall try to throw every-
thing your way thatI can, and of course you will get my
personal orders. C. J. DEMING,
SOMERSET Co., N. J., Nov. 22, Igor.

Iam wonderfully pleased with the trees and plants you
sent me this week and writeto thank you. I want one of
your Spring Catalogues as soon as they are assued.

M, E. BAILEY.

FAIRFIELD Co., CONN., Oct. 22, I9go1

I have received my strawberry plants in good Condition
and am wellpleased withthem. Your plants are betterand
much nicer than those from any other nursery; my best
thanks for good count and nice packing. C. BALL.

KINGMAN Co., KANS., April 19, 1901

The plants of my order came yesterday by express in the
best of condition; and such fine plants; all were first class
indeed. Iam highly pleased with the whole orderand thank
you for sending me such fine stock. J. W. RieGs.

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ELDORADO. Sucha good grower and heavy
bearer with fruitso good
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strong, hardy and _ pro-
ductive. Ripens about
secondearly. Doz.,50c. ;
100, $2.00; 1000, $15.00.

Once very popular and es-
It has of

KITTATINNY.
pecially desirable for the home garden.
late years shown a tendency to rust in many locali-
ties, which, with its lack of hardiness of cane at
the North, has caused other and newer varieties to

be preferred to it. It bears large, long, handsome
berries of delicious flavor; and its canes are of
strong, erect growth and very productive. Mid-
season. Doz., 35c.; 100, $1.50; 1000, $10.00.

LAWTOR. (New Rochelle). The oldest of
the improved varieties and still a favorite with
many growers, as it does finely over a wide range
of country. It is of strong erect growth and bears
heavy crops of large berries which turn black be-
fore they are ripe and are then hard and sour; when
fully ripe and soft they are exceedingly luscious
end rich. Midseason to late. Doz., 35c.; 100,
$1.50; 1000, $10.00.

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good berry in
many ways,
yielding large
cfops of fine
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liable. The ber-
ries are quite
large, roundish,
jet black, firm
andy Ob wavery
good quality ;
never turn red
after being
gathered. Canes
strong, vigor-
ous, hardy and
productive. A
field of it has
proved exceed-
ingly profitable
at Monmonth.
It ripens early
and continues
to bear for a
long period. Doz., 35c.; 100, $1.50; 1000, $10.00.

MAXWELL. Reliable very early and fine.
It is of superior quality and very valuable for the
home garden and local market but hardly firm
enough for distant shipment. A strong, stocky
grower, productive, fair size, glossy black, sweet,
rich and lucious and Without any core. It ripens
with early havest and its canes are the hardiest of
all the very early sorts and the quality of its fruit
is the best. Doz., 35c.; 100, $1.50; 1000, $10.00.

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SNYDER. The standard early variety for the
far North; its canes being ironclad in hardiness
and excessively productive. Formerly very popu-
lar but being rapidly superceded by the Mersereau
—its superior in every way. The berries, though
not medium in size, are sweet, juicy and very
good, though with many seeds. Its large yield
and earliness cause it to be profitable. Doz., 35c.;
100, $1.25; 1000, $7.00.

TAYLOR’S PROLIFIG. Like Snyder this
is extremely desirable for
planting at the North and
Northwest, its great hardiness
of cane rendering it valuable
for cold climates. Few black-
berries are so reliable; it never
fails to yield an immense crop
of delicious berries much larger
than Snyder, rich, sweet and
lucious. It is one of the best
for planting anywhere, either
North or South and is the best
late blackberry, valuable alike
for the home garden or for
market. Doz., 35c.; 100, $1.25 ;

1000, 38.00.

WILSON’S EARLY. (Zrue). The old
leading market variety still largely grown in many
| sections and valued for its
earliness and fine large ber-
ries, but it has now become
badly mixed throughout the
country, deteriorated and
enfeebled, so that ithas been
superseded by other sorts.
The berries are large, long
and of good quality ; canes
slender, not very hardy, but
productive. I can supply
true, healthy plants of it.
Doz., 35c. ; 100, $1.25 ; 1000,
$8.00.

8

WILSON JUNIOR. A seedling of Wilson
and much like it, but better by having more vigor
and being more reliable. The fruit is equally fine
and possesses the same superior shipping and
keeping qualities. Early. Doz.,35c.; 100, $1.25;
1000, $8.00.

STRAWBERRY-=RASPBERRY.
Tree Strawberry.

This unique raspberry has been the subject of
much sweeping censure on account of the in-
sipid character of its fruit, but, on the other hand,
a vast amount of admiration has been expressed
for the great beauty of both fruit and plant. It
is indeed so ornamental as to be worthy of a place
in the garden for that reason alone. It is a true
raspberry of herbaceous habit with a mass of
deep green foliage and large, fragrant, pure
white blossoms, producing ripe berries from
early in July until frost. These are of great size, rich
bright crimson, of the blunted shape shown in the
illustration, exceedingly beautiful but dry and fla-
vorless. When cooked, however, it is decidedly
good and when mixed with other raspberries and
cooked itis splendid. The plant is always fresh
and attractive ; forming a mass of foliage and fruit
a foot to two,feet in height. Doz., 50c.; 100,
$2.00. (By mail if preferred.)

fia hOern ae Pel Le] Eee STEVE RN. J. 17

DEWBERRIES.

These should be more largely planted than they are, being so wholesome and delicious.
their fruit between raspberries and blackberries and are much larger than the latter.

They ripen
The vines or canes

are of trailing habit and difficult to keep from the ground, but this may be readily accomplished by

planting in hills and staking the plant.

hill ; although in thin land they may be planted as closely as four feet by four.
stakes in Spring, cut back to four or five feet according to the growth of cane.

Set the plants six feet apart each way, putting two plantsin a

When tying up to the
For best results a liberal

top dressing of manure or fertilizer should be applied in early Spring.

A new extra early Dewberry as iarge

eS and fine in fruit as the standard Lu-
Wy cretia and of even better quality,
ripening earlier—from seven to ten
days—and so fast that its entire crop
may be picked and marketed before
the second picking of Lucretia has
=\ begun. Fruit growers will appreciate

74=\the advantage of thus disposing of
} <i the whole crop at two or three pick-

\ings and so obtaining the top market
) price before Lucretia comesin. The
Mm fruit of Premo is very large, long,
ai lossy jet black, firm, sweet and fine
in quality. The canes are strong
growers, hardy and prolific; foliage
dark, tough and healthy, enduring
hot suns without burning. The blos-
som is pistillate, requiring every third
or fourth row to be planted with Lu-
cretia to thoroughly fertilize the
flowers and ensure an abundant crop.
Premo is of the same general charac-

ter as Lucretia, which it resembles, but differs especially in its early ripening, that being the great point
of superiority that will render it popular. It will not, however, displace Lucretia, inasmuch as that va-

riety follows it and continues the supply until blackberries come in.

For market growing there is no

question but that Premo will prove immensely profitable ; and now is the time to plant it and so be the

first in market.

A few hundred planted now will make many plants for next spring. In the family

garden it will prove a great acquisition, continuing the supply of small fruits and pleasing all with its

delicious berries,

LUGRETIA. By far the best of the standard

Dewberries,
largelyplanted

for market,

succeeds every

Y | where and al-
VAs ways _ profita-
i _ ble. The canes

Ztiléas < are of vigorous
K( a@@KS)) growth with
Zila aor we abundant foli-
©@ \ W age, of iron-
\ A i SD clad hardiness

» y (/ : POs
Wf i

“Nes

free from dis-
ease and in-
sectattacks,
MA and excess-
Y ively prolific.
The berries are
of great size,
of a beautiful
glossy black,
so firm that
piney. “Ship
and keep well,
and of very
fine quality. The fact of its ripeningits crop
before any of the blackberries are in sight makes
it immensely profitable and the berries are so
large and attractive that they always command a

Doz., 75c. ; 100, $4.00 ; 1000, $30.00.

high price. I cleared twice as much money the
past season from my crop of Lucretias as I did
from any of my other small fruits acre for acre
(and I had nearly ten acres of it in bearings) ;
the Mersereau blackberries being the only excep-
tion. The market fruit grower who fails to plant
Lucretia largely makes a big mistake. Itis of
the easiest culture, needs no petting or coddling,
and yields immensely everywhere. Doz., 30c.;
100, $1.00; 1000, $6.00.

AUSTIN’S IMPROVED. Ripens nearly
a week earlier than Jucretia and though not so
fine in fruit is profitable where earliness counts.
A very strong grower with large and stout canes
but of the usual trailing habit, and of great pro-
ductiveness. The berries are large, short and
thick, of excellent quality but lack firmness, he-
ing much softer than Lucretia. In the home
market it will be profitable for its earliness and
yield. Doz., 35c.; 100, $1.25; 1000, $8.00.

Essex Co., MAss.

King Raspberry I bought of you has done finely.
Itis a vigorous grower, ripens early, is good in
quality, large and handsome. [I liked its behavior
so well last year that I ordered more last Spring.
I have bought plants of you fora long time, and
I must say that they have always been true to
name, always came in good condition and never
failed to grow, O. F. BRowN.,

One-year plants mailed post-paid at dozen rates if destred. Lf by mail
at 100 rates, add 50c. per 100. Two-year plants are too large to mail.

A cool moist location is best for this fruit, and for this reason it
succeeds admirably when planted by a stone wall or fence; being -
benefited. by partial shade. Plant in rows four feet apart, and the
plants three feet apart in the rows. Keep the ground mellow and
free of weeds and grass, using fertilizers copiously. Mulching is
necessary for the best returns. So soon as the leaves turn yellow
and begin to fall, with a. pruning knife remove all the old wood and
cut back the young shoots a third of their length, cutting to the
ground enough of these to admit air and light into the bush freely.
When the currant worm appears, dust the bushes with powdered
white hellebore or tobacco dust; it can be exterminated also by mix-
ing the powdered white hellebore (to be had at any drug store) in
the proportion: of an ounce to a pail of water, and applied with a
syringe upon the leaves.

The annexed illustration shows plants of one and two years old,
with ground line and indications where to cut back at time of planting.

GHAUTAUQUA GLIMBING GURRANT.

Decidedly the greatest currant novelty that has been introducd for many years; quite as won-
derful as unique in its extraordinary climbing habit combined with the good properties possessed
by the best currants of the ordinary bush form. It is
not only a mere novelty, peculiar for being a climbing
currant, but it is really an extra good variety ; bearing
large crops of fine fruit every year. It is sostronga
climber and of such vigor and productiveness that one
single plantset at the side of the house, soon reached
a height of fourteen feet and covered a breadth of eight
feet, from which were picked thirty-two quarts of fine
currants. Other fruit growers grow the vine upon wire
trellises, the same as grapes, and obtain large and
profitable crops. When thus grown in vine form the fruit
is produced high enough from the ground to prevent
being splashed with earth during heavy rains, as is
common with the bush varieties. Mr. &. H. Fay, son
of the originator of Fay’s Prolific, and who handled
the cultivation and selling of that variety, declares the
fruit of Chautauqua Currant to be finer than Fay’s and
to produce more quarts of currants per acre by far
than any other currant grown. The fruit is large,
both in bunch and berry, holding its size well to the
end of its long stem, dark crimson, with less seeds than
other varieties and of the best quality. It is a wonder-
fulkeeper. Asa test in this respect a quantity of fruit
was permitted to remain upon the bushes from three to
four weeks to see how long they would keep. When
picked the merchant who handled them said they were
the finest and largest currants he had everseen; the
heavy foliage having protected them from the sun.
The fruit was picked twice a week and exhibited for
six weeks at the Pan-American Exhibition, with no
protection whatever from sun and weather, and. was
awarded a Silver Medal. 1 yr., ea., $1.00; doz., $10.00;
2 yrs., ea., $2.00 ; doz., $20.00. 100 rates upon application.

ELF: LG@VRLT, LITRE SILVER, N. J. 19

BLACK CHAMPION. The best standard
black Current for general cultivation; an improve-
ment upon the older varieties and very reliable.
Both berry and cluster are large, rich in quality
but milder and with less of the strong odor pecu-
liar to this species. A strong grower and heavy
annual bearer. 1 yr., doz., 50c.; 100,$2.00. 2 yrs.,
doz., 75c. ; 100, $3.00.

BLAGK NAPLES. An old popular variety
yet in much demand and valued for its great hardi-
ness and reliability. Bunch and berry of fair size,
and rich, full flavor. The best black variety for

jams, etc. Of vigorous growth and great produc-
tiveness. The best for Canada and the far North.
l yr., doz., 50c. ; 100, $2.00. 2 yrs., doz., 7dc. ;
100, $3.00.

GHERRY AND VERSAILLES. The lead-
ing market sorts until the advent of Fay’s Prolific,
and still planted largely. The largest of all the
red currants but not so productive as some others,
and the fruit, though very large, bright arid spark-
ling, is too acid for most palates. They are, how-
ever, very profitable for market and will continue
to be in much demand. So similar that one de-
scription applies to both. 1 yr., doz., 50c.: 100,
$2.00. 2yrs., doz., 75; 100, $3.00.

FAY’S PROLIFIG. Popular and profitable ;
now more largely planted for market than any
other red currant, and highly praised in all quar-
ters. A strong grower, prolific, a regular, reliable
bearer and comes into bearing early ; bunch and
berry large, bright red, of good flavor. lyr., doz.,
50c. ; 100, $2.50. 2 yrs., doz., 75c.; 100, $3.50.

NORTH STAR. Remarkable for its great
vigor and productivevess, and for the latter reason
should be well enriched with fertilizers. Very
profitable for market and its fine fruit should make
it a favorite in the home garden. Berries of good
size, though not so large as Cherry, bunches heav-
ier and longer, bright crimson, of excellent qual-
ity andless acid than others. 1 yr., doz., 50c.;
100, $2.50. 2 yrs., doz., 75c. ; 100, $3.50.

RED DUTGH. The well-known old currant
of our boy-hood, producing in great abundance
fruit of the finest quality, and the best for making
jellies, wines, etc. The berries, however, are
small, but may be increased in size by giving rich
soil, clean culture and intelligent pruning. Bush
a very strong grower. 1 yr., doz., 50c. ; 100, $2.00.
2 yrs., doz., 75c., 100, $3.00.

VICTORIA. Especially valuable for its late
ripening, being the best late red. Bunches long ;
berries medium to large, pale red and of fine qual-
ity. A strong, healthy grower and exceedingly
productive. 1 yr., doz., 50c. ; 100, $2.00. 2 yrs.,
doz., 75c. ; 100, $3.00.

WHITE GRAPE. The best white currant,
yielding abundantly, under good culture, beauti-
ful long bunches of large, translucent white ber-
ries of extra fine quality. Should be in every
home garden. 1 yr., doz., 75c, 2 yrs., doz.,
$1.00.

CRANBERRIES.

Mailed postpaid at 100 rates if desired ; 50c. per 1000 additional for postage.

GULTURE. Prepare the soil, if wet
and spongy, by draining away the sur-
plus water to 10 or 12 inches below the sur-
face; remove the topsoil, make level,
and cover with two or three inches of
sand. Plant two feet apart each way
(requiring 10,000 slips per acre) with
dibbles, leaving a top of one to one and
a half inches above ground. The slips
root readily, even when apparently dead
from drying; if placed in water 12 to 24
hours before planting. Flood the plants
at approach of winter, keeping them cov-
ered until after freezing weather in
Spring.

LARGE CHERRY.

all the cranberries.
a good keeper ; vine vigorous and prolific.

The largest and best of
Large, round, bright redand good size, bell-shaped, though variable in form,

BELL. Weli knownand extensively grown. Of

dark red ; vines very productive. Ripens early.

100, 50c. ; 1000, $2.50. Lots 0f 5000 and upwards at special rates.

The wllustration shows the ground line in
planting and where to cut back the roots
and tops.

The limits of a catalogue do not permit more than
brief mention of modes of cultivation of the grape. I
refer the reader to the excellent works of Fuller and
Husmann for full details. Plant in rows six feet apart
and eight feet apart intherow. Dig holes sufficiently
large to amply accommodate the roots of the vine and
use only fine surface soil in filling in, mixing withit a
little groundbone. Cut back one-year vines to two eyes,
placing the lower one beneath the surface ; cut back two-
year vines to three or four eyes, putting two or three
eyes below the surface. Spread the roots out, after
trimming them; place the stock of the vine at one side
of the hole and fill up with soil, pressing down firmly
with the feet. Set astake by the side of the stock, to
which the vine should be kept tied, which will be all the
support needed for two years Keep old wood trimmed
off, growing fruit on newcanes. Any manner of pruning
that will admit the sun and air freely to the fruit will
insure a crop.

_ By mail post-paid at dozen rates if desired. If by mail at roo rates, add 50c. per roo for one year
vines and 76c. per 100 for two years. Thousand rates of any upon application.

BRIGHTON. A choice table grape resem-

bling Catawba in color, form and size of both
It is vigor-
Coppery-red and in

bunch and berry, but ripens earlier.
ous, hardy and productive.

GONGORD. Well-known and the most popu-
lar of market grapes; reliable and profitable,
thriving everywhere. Large bunch and berry
black, juicy, sweet and tender. Vine a vigorous
grower, hardy, healthy and productive. LEarly.
1 yr., ea., 8c. ; doz., 50c. ; 100, $2.00. 2 yrs., ea.,
10c. ; doz., 60c. ; 100, $3.00.

EATON. Very large and showy, strongly re-
sembling Moore’s early in general appearance,
but larger in both bunch and berry. A vigorous
grower, hardy and productive, with large, healthy
foliage like that of its parent, Concord. Bunch
large, compact, berries very large, black with
heavy blue bloom, tender pulp, very juicy and
good. Ripens about with Concord. 1 yr., ea.,
l5c.: doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00. 2 yrs., ea., 20c. ;
doz., $1.25 ; 100, $8.00.

GREEN MOUNTAIN. (Winchell). The earli-
est White Grape and probably the very best of its
color. It combines vigor of growth, hardiness,
productiveness, and fine quality. Bunch and
berry medium to large, greenish white, thin-
skinned but tough, exceedingly sweet and rich,
with soft, tender pulp. A strong, healthy grower,
with clean, bright foliage, very productive. lyr.,
ea., 20c.; doz., $1.50; 100, $10.00. 2 yrs., ea.,
25c. ; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00.

MARTHA. A reliable white grape, vigorous
hardy ana productive, never mildews, somewhat
similar to Concord in vine and foliage. Bunch

quality very fine, tender, sweet and rich with
scarcely any pulp. One of the very best table
red grapes. lyr.,ea.,10c, ; doz., 60c. ; 100, $2.50 ;
2 yrs., ea., 12c.; doz., 75c. ; 100, $4.00.

and berry medium, somewhat pulpy and a little
foxy but sweet and good. Ripens about with
Concord. 1 yr., ea., 10c.; doz., 60c.; 100, $2.50;
2 yrs.. ea., 12c. ; doz., 75c.; 100, $3.50.

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DIAMOND. (Moore's). A vigorous grower,
hardy aud prolific, with large, dark, healthy foli-
age and handsome fruit, large in both berry and
cluster, compact, greenish white with rich yellow
tinge when fully ripe; of fine quality, tender and
juicv, with but little pulp. Oneof the best early
white grapes. Ripens just before Concord. lvyr.,
ea,. 10c. ; doz., 60c. ; 100, $2.50. 2 yrs..ea., 12c.;
doz., 75c. ; 100, $3.50.

MOORE’S EARLY. Desirable tor its large
size and earliness, being both popular ant profita-
ble. A rugged, hardy grower, with tough, thick,
healthy foliage, and a heavy bearer cn rich soil.
Bunch medium and seldom shouldered, berries
very large, black with heavy bloom, rather pulpy,
not of the best quality, but good. Ripens fully
two weeks earlier than Concord. A valuable early
market sort. 1 yr., ea., 10c.; doz., 60c.; 100,
$2.50. 2Zyrs.,ea., 12c. ; doz., 75c.; 100, $4.00.

NIAGARA. A profitable market grape suc-
ceeding well both North and South and very
largely planted. Bunch and berry large, with
thin but tough skin, greenish-white turning to
pale amber when fully ripe, slightly pulply, not
of the best quality but sweet and pleasant. Ripens
with Concord, lyr.. ea., ldc.; doz., 60c.; 100,
$2.50. 2 yrs., ea., 12c.; doz., 75c. ; 100, $3.50.

WILDER. (fogers No. 4). One of the very
best of the black grapes, highly prized for its fine
quality, size and beauty. Vigorous, hardy, heal-
thy and productive. Bunch and berries large,
black, sweet, tender and rich with high, sprightly
flavor. A fine keeper and valuable for market as
well as for the home. Ripens with Concord.
© yr.;, ea., l0c.;. doz., 60c..; 100, $2.30. 2 yrs.,
ea., 12c. ; doz., 75c. ; 100, $4.00.

WOODRUFF. A magnificent-appearing grape,
exceedingly profitable for market by reason of its
attractive appearance. Vine vigorous and strong,
very hardy, healthy and exceedingly productive.
Bunch and berry large and showy, brilliant red,
thick skin, quality only fair, ratherfoxy. Ripens
about with Concord. 1 yr., ea., 12c. ; doz., 75c. ;
100, $4.00. 2 yrs., ea., 15c. ; doz., $1.25; 100, $6.00.

WORDEN. (7rue). Resembles Concord but
is much superior to that variety. The bunch is
handsomer, the berries larger and of better qual-
ity and it ripens several days earlier. The vine is
equally as good a grower, hardy and healthy and
is even more productive. Very popular for mar-
ket and one of the best for home use. 1 yr., ea.,
10c. ; doz., 60c.; 100, $2.50. 2 yrs., ea., 12c.;
doz., 75c. ; 100, $3.50.

GOOSEBERRIES.

Plant in rows four feet apart and three feet distant in the rows.
The greatest enemy is mildew, which, however, may be generally

will apply equally to Gooseberries.

avoided by planting in partial shade and by thorough mulching.

The directions given for Currants

Mildew is now successfully treated

by dissolving one ounce of potassium sulphide (liver of sulphur) in four gallons of water and spray-
ing it over the bushes as soon as the buds have opened in spring, and several times during the sum-

mer.

for mailing.

COLUMBUS.

A superb native variety so

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large and fine as to rival the European sorts in
size and quality. It possesses great vigor and
stroug vitality of plant, with clean healthy foliage,
exceedingly productive. The berries are oval
in form, smooth, greenish yellow, of excellent
quality ; immensely profitable in market by rea-
son of being so large, abundant and fine, and it

merits a placeinevery garden. (Sze illustration).
2 yrs., ea., 12c. ; doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00.

dS varieties.

= 50c. ; 100, $2.00.

The varieties offered are seldom attacked by mildew.

I yr. by mail postpaid, if desired. Add 50c. per 100 if by mail at roo rates.
rooo rates will be given upon application.

2 yrs. are too large

An old favorite sort, valued

HOUGHTON.

chiefly fer its great productiveness and fine qual-

ity but now almost entirely superseded by better
Berries are small but very plentiful,

pale red and of exquisite sweetness. 1 vr.. doz.,
2 yrs., doz., 75c. ; 100, $2.50.

REDJAGKET. ( /osselyn). A pureiy native
variety of great vigor in growth, entirely exempt
from mildew, a good cropper with bright, clean,
healthy foliage and fruit of best quality. Berries
large, smooth, beautiful crimson, sweet and lus-
cious. Bush very strong, hardy and productive.
Valuable in the home garden and proStable for
market growing. 1 yr., ea., 10c. ; doz., 75c. ; 100,

$3.50. 2 yrs., ea., 12c.; doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00.
DOWNING. The old standard native sort that

has for years been so largely planted for market ;
universally known and always reliable. Berries
medium to large, pale green and very good. Bush
vigorous, hardy, productive, entirelv free from
mildew and succeeds everywhere. 1 yr., doz.,
50c. ; 100, $2.50. 2 yrs., doz., 75c. ; 100, $3.50.

Mersereau Blackberry—first in profit,
first in pleasure, North, South, East,

West.

GARDEN ROOTS.

Every home garden should contain a supply of these valuable roots and plants, all of which may

be grown ou good soil with comparative ease.

The advantage of having them on hand in one’s own

garden, just when wanted, much more then compensates for the slight trouble in their culture.

JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES.

ASPARAGUS.

One year, by mail, 25c. per 100 extra.

Mazled
at dozen rates.

In garden culture set the plants from one to
two feet apart in rows three feet apart; field cul-
ture in rows four to six feet apart and the plants
two feet apart, putting them about five inches
below the surface. Two year old are so much
better than one year old ones that I offer that
grade only.

COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE.
distinct and a superb sort of great size and very
large yield. The peculiarity is in the clear white-
ness of its stalks which it retains until well above

Very

the ground. In quality it isof the best, rich and
tender. It is profitable for market by reason of
its large size and attractive appearance. 2yrs.,

doz., 50c. ; 100, $1.00; 1000, $6.00.

GONOVER’S GOLOSSAL. The old stan-
dard sort, always very good, still largely planted,
and a favorite with many. Large, productive, of
rapid growth and fine quality. 2 yrs., doz., 25c.;
100, 60c., 1000, $3.50.

PALMETTO. (Zrue). Very popular by rea-
son of its earliness, large size, yield and freedom
from rust, in all of which it surpasses Conover’s
Colossal and is equally fine in flavor. A vast
amount of asparagus is sold under this name
which is not true, but I know my stock of Pal-
metto to be strictly pure. 2yrs., doz., 25c. ; 100,
60c. ; 1000, $4.00.

RHUBARB. Pie Plant.

Plant in rows four feet apart, with the roots three
feet distant and the crowns about an inch below
the surface. To grow large, heavy stalks it is
indispensable that the soil be deep and rich.
Topdress annually in the fall with stable manure
and fork under in the spring.

Myatt’s Linnaeus. The bist variety for gen-
eral use and very popular. Sitalks very large,
tender and delicately flavored; requires less
sugar than other sorts. Early anda heavy yielder.

Mature roots, not seedlings, 3 for 25c. ; doz.,
7c. ; 100, $4.00. (Lf by mail add 5c. each.)

These yield immense crops of large chunky
tubers which possesses great fatening properties
and hence are unsurpassed for feeding to hogs,
sheep, etc. They are an improvement upon the
old white variety with larger tubers and of much
heavier yield. Excellent also for salad and pick-
les; fleshy and crisp. They thrive finely in any
ordinary soil, are not injured by freezing in the
ground and may be left undug in the field for the
stock to root out for themselves. Cut tubers to
one eye, like potatoes, requiring about three bush-
els of tubers to the acre. Plant in Spring in rows
three feet apart and two feet apart in the rows,
two inches deep. I can supply both the Improved
White and Jerusalem Red, the difference being
only in color. Price of either variety, lb., 35c. ;

8 lbs., for $1.00, postpaid. By freight or express,
peck. 75c. ; bushel, $2.00; barrel, $5.00.

ITARRAGON.

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Valuable for its aromatic leaves which are so
frequently wanted in culinary operations for sea-
soning, etc,, andsoseldomfound. Haye a supply
of your own. Also largely used in making the
celebrated Tarragon Vinegar and for salads. The
foliage may he cut in the fall and kept in a dry
state like other herbs. The plants I offer are the
true Tarragon. Eachl5dc. ; 2 for 25c. ; doz., $.100.
(By mail if desired).

HORSE RADISH.

Of the easiest culture. Plant the sets in Spring,
in moist rich soil, small end down with the top
an inch below the surface. These will form
roots of large size in one season’s growth, and be
ready to dig in fall. Sets. Doz., 25c.; (dy mazl
if desired) ; 100, 75c. ; 1000, $5.00. Lf bv mazl
add 15¢, per 100 extra.

This charming and widely varied class
of plants possesses a value and affords an
abiding interest and pleasure given by no

: other. They are now rapidly regaining their
proper place in the estimation of discriminating flower lovers; after having been obscured for a time
by the passing craze for the gaudy and tender bedding plants used in ribbon beds. When once planted
they increase in strength and beauty each successive year, becoming thus a permanent investment.
Such great improvements have been made of late years in these plants that many of them can hardly
be recognized as the old-fashioned flowers of your youthful days. Their hardiness, ease of culture,
protusion and continuity of bloom, great beauty of both flower and foliage, combine to render
them the most satisfactory of all plants. They succeed admirably upon all sorts of soil and in any
Situation that is not too greatly shaded. In preparing a bed or border for them, remember they are
heavy feeders and are to remain undisturbed for years; and therefore make the soil rich and deep.
Arrange the plants in clumps and masses, rather than in scattered specimens; placing the tall grown
varieties at the rear or center of the beds, as the case may be, and the dwarf ones at the front. Apply
in autumn a covering of manure; which, fork under lightly in the spring. I cannot too strongly urge
the planting of these delightful plants in the garden and lawn; indeed the herbaceous border should
be an indispensable feature of every country home.

A landscape gardener of wide experience in writing of Hardy Herbaceous Plants, says; ‘‘The
almost entire exclusion of the great wealth of hardy plants from American gardens in favor of a few,
hardly a score of tender ones, has so impoverished them of all real beauty as to make them monoto-
nous. In almost every garden are seen the same stereotyped carpet and ribbon beds, mere lines of
color, that are unchanging during their season of four months as the patterns of carpets, and that
perish entirely with the first frost. The entire labor and expense is renewed the next season, and the
annual outlay is only limited by one’s willingness or ability to pay.”

My collection is one of the finest in the country, from which I have selected the few general
favorites here offered. Those in need of a quan-
tity of any variety will please write for special
prices. All here offered will be sent by matl/, if
desired, at prices affixed. ‘The prices quoted are
for good shipping plants. Prices for large, undi-
vided clumps will be given upon application, stat-
ing varieties and number of each desired.

Aster:

Aster Novae Anglae Rosea. One of the
finest of the Asters; very showy, exceedingly
strong-growing and free-flowering, presenting a
mass of bright rosy pink flowers in large clusters

during late summer and autumn, 4 feet. (See
illustration). Each, 12c.; doz., $1.25.
Baptisia.

Baptisia Australis. false /ndigo. A sup-
erb tall-growing plant of about three feet high,
With handsome,. dark green, deeply cut foliage
and numerous large spikes of showy, dark blue
bloom, during summer. One of the finest of orna-
mental plants, especially suitable for the back-
ground of borders, etc., and wonderfully effective
anywhere; a strong grower and very free bloomer.
Each, 12c,; doz., $1.25,

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Five Superb Hardy Flowering Plants.

SHOWN ON COLORED PLATE OPPOSITE.

AMERIGAN DRAGON HEAD.
(Physostegia Virginica).

Too much can scarcely be said in favor of this
grand perennial; its large, graceful spikes of tender
shell pink flowers being produced in such great
profusion from the middle of June until frost.
The flowers themselves are intensely interesting
and attractive, resembling large heather or small
orchids. As they are very lasting and the stems
are long and strong, it is of great value for cutting.
The plants form large dense clumps, three to four
feet high, require no petting and succeed on all
kinds of soils. Especially valuable for planting
with shrubbery yet equally valuable for massing
on the border. Each, 12c.; doz., $1.25.

PURPLE GONE FLOWER.
(Reudbeckia Purpurea.)

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Exceedingly striking and effective. It forms
strong bushy plants of from two to three feet
high, producing a constant succession of flowers
from July to October in great numbers. These
are very distinct from all others both in form and
color and are very large—usually about four inches
across—of a rich, reddish-purple with large, brown,
cone-shaped centre thickly set with golden-yel-

low tips. HExceedingly interesting and pleasing;
lasts a long time and valuable for cutting. KEa.,
ldc.; doz., $1.50.

WHITE DAY LILY.
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and is adapted to the border, lawn and rockery
but should be planted in groups for best effect.
An attractive and decorative plant at all times.
Ea., 10c. ; doz., $1.00.

JAPANESE LEMON LILY.
(Hemorocallis Thumbergu.)

In addition to its extreme beauty it is valuable
for its late blooming—in August and September
—andit is very attractive and desirable. The
bloom is abundant and continuous and is useful
for cutting, its flowers being of a bright lemon-
yellow, borne on long, graceful stems and are de-
lightfully fragrant. Ha., 12c.; doz., $1.25.

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Pl

ants.

For $3.00 I will send six each ; for $5.00 twelve each of same (by mail if preferred).

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Japanese Anemonies.

(Anemone Japonica).

Anemone Japonica Alba.

doz., $1.50.
Achillea or Millfoil.

(A Millifolium Roseum).

Gerise Queen.

A great bloomer, in-
cessant from June to
November, with
splendid broad flower-
heads, on long, slen-
der, graceful stems,
thrown up in profu-
sion. The individual
flowers are round, of
the brightest and most
pleasing cherry-red
imaginable, and are
very lasting, either
cut or when per-
mitted to remain.
The foliage is dark
green and finely cut;
as airy and attractive
as a Maiden Hair
Fern, 18inches. Each,
15c. ; doz. $1.50.

The Pearl. (A
Ptarmica fi. pl.) Very
showy and excessive-
ly free-flowering, of
pure white flowers, as
double as a Pompone
Chrysanthemum, in beautiful clusters, all summer.
Valuable for bouquets and designs, and especially
desirable for cemetery planting, 2 feet. Each,
12c.; doz., $1.25.

Lady Ardilaun.
upon A. Japonica Alba.
very handsome; large, pure white with broad, over-
lapping petals and on long, stiff stems.

Queen Gharilotte.
some flowers which are frequently fully four inches across, semi-
double and of a beautiful light pink.
than the other varieties and hence is valuable and desirable for preceding
them. Ea., 15c.; doz., $1.50.

Rosea Superba.
its fine form and beautiful, delicate color which is light rose.

Alba. One of the finest of all
autumn flowers, without exception.
Of thrifty habit and neat, compact form,
blooming constantly and profusely from
September until frost. The flowers are
© large, single, pure white with yellow
“ stamens, carried on long stems, very
beautiful and chaste. There is nothing
finer for cutting where graceful, delicate
effect is desired. See illustration. Ea.,
15c. ; doz., $1.50.

Elegantissima. A new variety of
great merit possessing vigor and strength
to an unusual degree and growing toa
height of five feet under favorable con-
ditions. The flowers are of a beautiful
satiny-rose color and are made up of two
distinct rows of petals. Ea., 20c.; doz.,
$2.00.

Claimed to be an improvement
The flowers are certainly

Ea., 15c.; doz., $1.50.
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It comes into bloom earlier

A charming new variety valuable especially for
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plant and splendid also for pot culture. It forms
a bushy tuft of dark green, finely cut, ‘fern-like
foliage, from which arise numerous spikes crown-
ed with dense showy panicles of feathery, creamy
white flowers. Each, 12c.; doz., $1.25.

Alyssum.

Alyssum Saxatile Gompactum. A beauti-
ful low growing plant, of easy culture, especially
suited for rockwork and fine for massing in beds.
It produces a great profusion of deep yellow flow-
ers, in large clusters, early in spring with delight-
ful effect. Prefers a light soil and sunny expos-
ure, 12inches, Each,:l2c.; doz., $1.25.

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American Dragons Head.

Physostegia Virginica.
see page 24. Also see colored plate.
doz., $1.25.

Physostegia Virginica Alba. A beautiful
variety of the above, of the same bushy form and
free-flowering habit, producing lovely pure white
flowers, on tall spikes, all summer.

For description
Bach,.12c. :

flowers. Kach, 15e.; doz., $1.50.

BLEEDING HEART.
Dicentra Spectabilis.

An old favorite plant, justly esteemed and ad-
mired for its beautiful heart-shaped flowers and
abundant fern-like foliage. Its singular flowers
are of a beautiful pale crimson and silvery white,
forming perfect miniature hearts, borne in grace-
ful drooping racenes of a foot or more in length.
It blooms very freely in spring and early summer,
and is an indispensable hardy plant, always popu-
lar. Hach, 12c¢!; dez., $1-25: .

BLACKBERRY LILY.

Pardamthus Sinensis.

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A curious and interesting little plant with Iris-
like foliage, broad, pale green and sword-shaped ;
and lily-like flowers of a rich orange color, thickly
dotted with dark crimson and brown. The suc-
ceeding seedpods soon split open exposing the
clusters of seeds which resemble ripe blackberries

It, is wery*
similar to the above, except in the color of its.

and remain in the plant until winter. They make
a fine winter ornament when dried. Ea. 10c.;
doz., $1.00.

BEE BALM OR OSWEGO TEA.
‘Monarda Didyma.

Strong-growing plants of from two to three feet
high with handsome, dense foliage, very aromatic
and sweet-scented. The bloom is very profuse,
exceedingly showy and attractive; large spikes
or heads of intense, rich, deep scarlet flowers,
presenting a mass of bloom that is truly gorgeous.
It flowers throughout July and August. Ea., 12c. ;

doz., $1.25.
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Bocconia Gordata. ‘Tall and stately, very
ornamental and sub-tropical in appearance, with
large, handsome foliage and large heavy plumes
of white flowers on tall stems from six to eight
feet high. It is a noble plant, unexcelled for
planting in the border or in centre of beds and
with shrubbery. Blooms continuously through-
out July and August. Each, 12c.; doz., $1.25.

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CAMPANULAS.

Gampanula Persicaefolia Grandiflora.
popular

BOLTONIAS.

Boltonia Asteroides. Very showy and tall-
growing, presenting a mass of beautiful bloom
throughout late summer and autumn. It produ-
ces myriads of single, Aster-like pure white
flowers and is very effective. Exceedingly valu-
able for planting with shrubbery. 4 to 5 feet.
Ea., 12c.; doz., $1.25.

Boltonia Latisquamaea. Presents a simi-
lar showy and effective appearance as the prece-
ding, the flowers being produced in bewildering
profusion during August and September. The
plant grows to a height of four or five feet and
the flowers are of the same Aster-like form larger
and shell-pink in color with centres of golden
yellow. Both of these varieties are useful for
cutting. Ea., 12c.; doz., $1.50.

Canterbury Bells.

A well-known old-fash-

Gampanula Media.
ioned favorite, very ornamental and charming,
growing about two feet high and bearing a great
profusion of lovely bell-shaped flowers of various

colors. It is of the easiest culture and is so de-
lightful a plant that old friends ‘still cling to it
with peculiar fondness and pleasure. It blooms
very freely and incessantly throughout July ; 2
feet. Each, 12c.; doz., $1.25.

A grand variety of this
of vigorous growth
and erect, graceful
habit. It throws
up tall stems, cov-
ered with innumer-
ablé bell-shaped
flowers of large size
and great beauty
and in color of a
light porcelain
blue. It blooms
freely all summer
and is one of the
finest of hardy
plants. Ea., 1dc.;
doz., $1.50.

Campanula
P. G. Alba. A
splendid compan-
ion for the preced-
ing, being a vari-
ety of it, similar
in every respect ex-
cept that its flow-
ers are pure white.
Each, 20c.; doz.,
$2.00.

Gampanula Persicaefolia Moerheimi. A
splendid new Campanula now being introduced,
and one of the finest of hardy perennials. The
flowers are from two to three inches in diameter,
double and semi-double, pure snowy white.
They are not bell-shaped like others of this class
but resemble a double white camellia. It is very
free-flowering, the stems of the numerous spikes
being entirely covered with the beautiful large
flowers. It is unsurpassed for cutting; 2 feet.
Each, 20c.; doz., $2.00.

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Glematis.

Glematis Davidiana. A handsome plant of
erect, dense, bushy habit and abundant dark
green foliage. The flowers resemble those of the
Hyacinth in shape and are borne in large clusters
in the axils of the leaves, deep porcelain blue and
slightly fragrant. A constant bloomer from July
to September and grows to three feet high. Each,
lc. ; doz., $1.50. |

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Glematis Integrifolia Durandi. New and
very scarce. It is an acquisition of great value
and has proved to be one of the grandest of this
class of hardy plants. It isa hybred of the herba-
ceous and Jackmanni type and whilst still herba-
ceous it is at the same time a vine, and produces,
very profusely, large, gracefully-formed flowers of
deep indigo-blue during the entire summer and
autumn and exceedingly striking and highly or-
namental. The flowers are so beautiful and last
so well they are especially reliable for cutting.
Strong plants, ea., 50c. ; doz., $5.00.

GONE FLOWERS.

(Rudbeckia purpu-

Purple Gone Flower.
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rea). For description see page 24.
colored plate. Ea., 15c.; doz., $1.50.

Black=-Eyed Susan. (7. Swub-tomentosa).
Showy and very ornamental; heavily branched,
three feet high, covered with a mass of brilliant
lemon-yellow flowers having dark: purplish cen-
tres in summer and early fall. Ea., 12c.; doz.,
$1.25.

Great Gone Flower. (2. Maxima). A
handsome and very striking plant, tall and stately
with broad glaucous green foliage and immense
showy flowers of clear bright yellow with tall dark
brown cones in centre. It grows to the height of
four feet and blooms very freely and continuously
throughout July and August. Splendid for the
border, background or amongst shrubbery. Ea.,
lic. ; doz., $1.50.

Cardinal Flower.

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Lobelia Gardinalis. One of the most brilli-
ant of border plants. It grows to a height of two
feet and rears up in autumn a profusion of dense
spikes of vivid cardinal-red flowers, which appear
with striking effect when contrasted with a back-
ground of dark green foliage. A native plant and
sometimes termed Wild Scarlet Sage. Each, 12c. ;
doz., $1.25.

Evergreen Gandytuft.

A very profuse bloom-

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er, and its handsome flowers are showy and useful

for cutting. It is a handsome, shrubby, low-
growing plant with evergreen foliage, completely
covered in spring with clusters of pure white

flowers. Very desirable for the foreground of
borders and for rockwork, etc, Each, 12c.; doz.,
$1.25.

Greeping or Gover Plants.

A most useful and valuable class of hardy plants,
indispensable for many purposes, especially as
covers under shrubs or trees where grass does not
readily grow, or for embankments, rockeries, etc.
They are all free-growing plants and thrive in ord-
inary soil. Very low rates, by the thousand, given
upon application.

Ground Ivy (Nepeta Glechoma). A hbeau-
tiful little evergreen plant of creeping or trailing
habit, fine for covering bare spots in shady loca-
tions; also for growing over banks, stones, etc.
Kach, 10c. ; doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00.

Moss Pink (Phlox Subulata). A charming

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dwarf, prostrate plant spreading out in dense mats
of brilliant rosy pink flowers in early spring and
forming a perfect carpet of bloom. It prefers full
sunlight. Also a beautiful variety of it, different
only in the color of flowers, which are white. I
can supply either variety, pink or white, as de-
sired. Each, 10c.; doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00.

Moneywort. (Lysimachia nummularia). A
rapid-growing creeper, quickly forming a dense
carpet of foliage, with pretty, deep yellow flowers,
appearing amongst its foliage; very valuable for
shady places. Each, 10c:; doz., $1.00; 100, $3.50.

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GIANT DAISIES.
Shasta Daisy. (Chrysanthemum Lencathe-

mum Hybridum). The first of a new type and
truly a floral wonder, produced by that great hy-
bridige Luther Burbank by rigid selection from
various combinations made through a series of
years. The flowers are positively gigantic, avera-
ging about a footin cirumference, with two, three,
or more rows of petals of pure glistening white
borne on single, stiff, strong stems nearly two
feet long, singularly graceful and elegant. The
plant is exceedingly hardy and blooms incessantly
for several months. It is extra fine for cutting,
the flowers remaining perfectly fresh and in good
condition for two weeks. It excites wonder and
intense admiration wherever seen and may be
regarded as well worthy of its famous originator.
Ea., 12c.; doz., $1.50.

Prince Henry Daisy. Decidedly superior
to the great Shasta Daisy and by all odds the
largest, the finest and the best of all the varieties
of Chrysanthemum Maximum, and when in full
bloom is truly a wondrous sight to behold. The
plant seldom exceeds twenty inches in height, is
bushy, dense and globe-shaped, and produces its
immense flowers in great numbers. These are
wonderfully decorative, of extraordinary size—
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fully open—with clear white petals and bright
yellow centres, on strong, stiffstems. They are
unsurpassed for cutting and furnish an abundant
and continuous supply fora longtime. Being so
large and handsome and so stout in stem they are
exceedingly valuable for decoration of all kinds.
The plant is of great hardiness, thrives in all sorts
of soil and succeeds everywhere. It is a grand
acquisition. See illustration on last page of cover.
Ea.. 20c. ; doz., $2.00.

Day Lilies.

Blue Day Lily. (/uzkia ovata). For des-
cription of this splendid plant, see page 24. Also
see colored plate. Each, 10c.; doz., $1.00.

Double Day Lily. (Hemorocallis fulva f.
pl. or Kwanso fl. pl. A showy species with hand-

some linear foliage and large, very double flowers
of a rich tawny orange, on tall stems; free-
flowering and very ornamental. Blooms during
summer; 3 feet. Each, 12c.; doz., $1.25.

Golden Day Lily. (Hemorocallis Dumortiert).
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foliage and a great profusion of large lily-like
flowers of brilliant orange-yellow. A constant and

excessive bloomer, of easy culture, and thrives
everywhere ; 2feet. Each, 12c. ; doz., $1.25.

_Japanese Lemon Lily. (Hemorocallis
Thunbergii). See description on page 24. See
also colored plate. Each, 12c.; doz. $1.25.

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Lemon Lily. (Hemorocailis fava). Bears an
abundance of large, bright lemon-yellow flowers
in Clusters, in early summer. Delightfully frag-
rant. A fine showy plant; 3 feet. Each, 12c.;
doz., $1.25.

Tawny Day Lily. (Hemorocallis fulva).
Fine for planting among shrubbery, massing, etc.,
by reason of its rich and showy bloom. It is of
the easiest culture, thriving everywhere, and
should be planted largely. The flowers are of a
deep tawny orange-yellow and borne in clusters
during July and August; 8 feet. Each, 10c.;
doz., $1.00.

Variegated Day Lily.
Undulata Variegata).

(Funkia Lancifolia

A grand ornamental fo-

liage plant with broad wavy foliage, conspicuously
and beautifully variegated with pure white. Al-
most indispensable in arranging foliage effect
among plants. Ha.,12c.; doz., $1.25.

White Day Lily. (/uxkia Subcordate Grandi-
fiora). For description see page 24. Also see
colored plate. Ea., 15c.; doz., $1.25.

FOXGLOVES.

Digitalis Gloxinoides. Animproved strain
of a _ favorite,
old-fashioned
border plant.
It grows to a
height of three
feet and furn-
ishes a_ great
display of mag-
nificent bloom.
The flowers are
large and tubu-
lar in shape,
thickly clus-
tered on long
hee gt «= Spikes ranging
ESM Oy widely in color
At through many
shades from
pure white to
deeppink. Val-
uable for cut-
ting and most
effective, when
planted with
shrubbery. Ea.,

12c. ; doz., $1.25.

Digitalis Purpurea. The charming old-
fashioned Foxglove, of the same habit as the
preceding in both plant and bloom, the flowers
however ranging in color from purple to white
with throats variously spotted and colored. It
grows from three to four feet high; a splendid
plant for the border and: also very desirable for
cutting. Ha-, 12c.; doz., $1.25.

DESMODIUM.

D. Penduliflorum. A handsome shrubby
plant with finely cut foliage and pendulous habit,
producing long, drooping clusters of showy, red-
dish-purple flowers along the branches in great
profusion during late summer andautumn. Very
attractive and effective. Ea., l5c.; doz., $1.50.

Gaillardia Grandiflora
or Blanket Flower.

For bril-
liancy of
bloom and
sticking
effectiveness
throughout the
summer there
are few hardy
plants that sur- -
pass this. Its ease of culture and free-flowering
habit should cause it to be largely planted wher-
ever showy effect is desired, whether grouped or
in masses. The flowers are large and of the deep-
est rich red with maroon‘centre; petals tipped
with orange and marked with circles of crimson,
orange and scarlet in various shades. It thrives
on any soil and blooms incessantly from June
until frost. Its long stems and enduring proper-
ties of the flower render it valuable for cutting.
Each, 12c.; doz., $1.25; 100, $6.00.

GARDEN HELIOTROPE.

Valeriana Officinalis. A favorite old-
fashioned plant bearing large clusters of light
pink, fragrant flowers; very delightful and free-
flowering. 2to38feet. Ea., ldc.; doz., $1.50.

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Hardy Grasses and Reeds.
Arundo Donax. _(S/urdy Bamboo). A stately

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bamboo-like reed of grand, tropical appearance,
attaining, on good soil, a height of from twelve
to fifteen feet. Its erect, sturdy canes are clothed
at regular intervals with long, waving, steely-
green leaves. It is wonderfully effective any-
where and especially fine on the margins of ponds
and lakes. Each, 20c.; doz., $2.00.

Arundo Donax Variegata. A superb vari-
ety, similar to the above in habit and vigor of
growth but with broad pointed foliage, beautifully
variegated with stripes of silvery white and green.
It produces a fine tropical appearance standing
singly upon the lawn, and is very effective when
planted with other hardy grasses. Always grand
and impressive. Should have a good mulch of

leaves applied in winter; 6 to 8 feet. Each, 20c. ;
doz., $2.00.
Eulalia Japonica Variegata. One of the

finest of ornamental grasses, attaining a height of
from five to six feet, with tall narrow leaves
striped white and green longitudinally. In
autumn it bears great numbers of tufts or plumes
on tall spikes which when ripe resemble ostrich
feathers and form useful ornaments for the house
when dried. Each, 1l5c.; doz., $1.50. Clumps,
each, 25c.; doz., $2.50.

Eulalia Japonica Zebrina. (Zebra Grass).
A beautiful variegated form, of the same habit
and similar to the above, but differing in having
its markings or variegation of yellow, and in

bands across the leaves at intervals instead of
longitudinally. The expanded flower spikes are
the same. Unsurpassed for lawn and border deco-
ration. (See tllustration). Ea., 1l5c.; doz., $1.50.
Clumps, ea., 25c.; doz., $2.50.

Eulalia Gracilima Univittati.. (/ajan
Rush). A very graceful and airy, tall-growing
grass ; very narrow foliage, beautiful deep green
with silvery-white midrib. Highly decorative.
as doz., $1.50. Clumps, ea., 25c.; doz.,

Phalaris Arundinacea Picta. (Ridbon

Grass). Exceedingly effective and attractive and
indispensable in orna-
mental planting. The

foliage is very abundant,
deep green beautifully
variegated with pure
white in longitudinal
stripes, presenting a very
charming appearance. It
should be largely planted.
Ea., 10c.; doz., $1.00;
100, $5.00.

Uniola Latifolia.
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attractive, ornamental
grass, of very -graceful
appearance when furn- Cer aay
ished with its abundant drooping panicles of

large, flat seed pods, swaying gently in the
breeze. 3 feet. Each, 12c.; doz., $1.25.

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Lancelota.
(True). The
best yellow
hardy plant
for miassing,
incessant in
bloom, and
so rich and
intense in
color .as to
attract all be-
holders. It
forms a com-
pact clump
of upright
habit, 2 to 3
Lee t whites:
and the flow-
ers are very
large, of a
dazzling gol-
den yellow
and on long
stems of a
foot long.
Splendid for
cutting. Ea.,
1c doz,
$1.50; 100,
$6.00.

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H. Sanguinia. (Coral Bells). Of great beauty
bothin plant and bloom. The foliage is ever-
green, very abundant and beautifully cut and mar-
bled. The flowers are exquisite, borne in large,
open panicles on tall clean stems, of a brilliant
clear scarlet, and the panicles of bloom are so nu-

merous as to produce a most vivid effect. It is
one of the best flowers for cutting. Ka., l5c.;
doz., $1.50.
GYPSOPHILA.
G. paniculata (Zady’s Breath). Of much

value for its graceful
habit and airy form;
in appearance being a
mass of _ thread-like
stems covered with
small, white flowers in
great profusion frm
midsummer until au-
tumn>, Its deli eae
sprays are invaluable
for cutting and boquet-
making. | Ka., 12c.; doz., $1.25.

HIBISCUS.

H. Moscheutos. (Swamp Rose Mallow). Tall
and robust—from four to five feet—with large,
light green foliage and showy bloom; an inces-
sant and profuse bloomer for two months. The
flowers are of great size, often six inches across,
pale rosy red with darker eye in the centre of
each flower, and produced in great abundance.
Of easiest culture but prefers a moist situation.
Fine for massing with shrubbery. Ea., 10c.;
doz., $1.00.

WASHINGTON, D.C.:

I have nothing to say but praise of your stock and never
lose an opportunity to recommend you to all my neighbors
down in old Virginia. A. EK. JOHNSON, M.D.

KINGS Co., N. Y.: : p i =
Shrubs and plants received in good order. I am very

much pleased with the stock sent and your careful pack-

ing. S. E. STILES, M.D.

J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 33

HOLLYHOGKS.

THE LOVETT co.

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The merits of this popular flower are well known; few hardy plants combine so many good
qualities. For planting in the border, for grouping on the lawn, or among shrubbery, they are

invaluable.

Double Hollyhocks. Love/i’s Superb Strain.
All colors mixed, such as crimson, pink, white,
yellow, salmon and blush. The great improve-
ments that have been made inthis old favorite,
cause it to be now one of the finest of hardy
plants. The tall spikes of large, intensely double
flowers of rich and pure colors are very effective
and beautiful. I can confidently recommend this
strain as the best in the country, remarkable for
brilliancy and purity of color and perfection of
form. Each, 15c.; doz., $1.50; 100, $10.00.

Single Hollyhocks. The old-fashioned, sin-
gle-flowered, Hollyhocks continue to be in more
or less demand and are preferred by many for the
beauty and decorative appearance of their fine
large single flowers. I can supply them in mixed
colors only. Each, 12c.; doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00.

Allegheny Hollyhocks. A charming inno-
vation in style and make-up of flower. The
flowers are very large—seldom less than five
inches across—so delicately shredded as to resem-
ble lace or fringe and pure and rich in color of
almost every shade. They are borne in great
numbers on tall spikes, forming immense
pyramids of massive bloom. Each, 1l5c.; doz.,

$1.50.
GOLDEN GLOW.

Rudbeckia Laciniata fl. pl. The finest
hardy plant of recent introduction and the most
showy of themall. Toomuch cannot be said of the
great profusion and brilliancy of its bloom, which
surpasses all others of itscolor. The plant is of
bush form, much branched, reaching from four to
six feet high, and covered completely with large
double golden-yellow flowers, which resemble
Cactus Dahlias, during July, August and Septem-
ber, presenting a gorgeous blaze ofcolor. It is of
the easiest culture and succeeds on all soils and
under all conditions. The flowers being on long
stems and keep well are splendid also for cutting.
A superb plant for shrubbery or border planting
and always effective and striking in any position.
Everyone who has a few feet of ground should
have this. Each, 10c. ; doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00.

WAYNE Co., TENN.:

The Mersereau Blackberry and King Raspberry are all
that can be desired, especially for size and firmness. I beg
leave to say I have been dealing with you more than fifteen
years and never failed to get just what I ordered.

A. J. GRAVES.
Morris Co., N. J.:

Received to-day the stock which I ordered, all in fine
condition. Iam well satisfied with them.

A. S. TRUYTER.
Essex Co.,N. J.:

The plants arrived allin fine shape. Thanks very much

for the extra count. A. B. SCHUNCKE.

84 USERS TS EON IOT RIO TIL B SLEEVE, INE

JAPANESE IRIS. Iris Kaempferi.

The Japanese Iris is quite distinct from all the
other species and is by far the most beautiful and
attractive, differing from the others in the flatness
of its flowers, the size of bloom and great breadth of
petal, and in its delicate rich shades of color. The
flowers are of most fantastic shape and of immense
size, often exceeding eight inches across, and of a
great variety of color and shade, ranging from ivory
white, through yellow, blue, crimson, violet, purple,
etc. Many are variegated, or spotted and splashed
with two or more distinct colors. They bloom in
wonderful profusion during June and July, are all
perfectly hardy and of easy culture, but require
abundant and continued moisture at the root. They
thrive admirably by the side of streams and on the
edges of ponds or lakes; in fact, in any similar
place where the soil retains moisture. Few people
are aware of the marvelous beauty of these charming
flowers, and yet their cost is not great and most gar-
dens contain a suitable place for them—patches of
low land probably now occupied by weeds or grass.

The following selection embraces the finest varie-
ties introduced :

Alida Lovett. Six petals; very large and dec-
orative, daintily but distinctly striped and pencilled
with intense blue.

A. L. Sherwood. Three petals;
veined with white, very large.

Bessie Lovett.
extra fine.

iy

rich purple
Six petals; lovely pure white,

Blue Beard. Very large and full ; of an intense
deep blue throughout.

Bluebell. Purplish blue with golden yellow

Robert Craig. White, shaded with voilet ;
at base of petals.

very lovely and extra fine.

Blue Jay. Three petals;

deep bluish-plum,
self-colored ;

l Stella. Pure bright azure-blue ; very beauti-
a rich and handsome color. A

ful and attractive, one of the finest.

superb flower in all respects. Each, l5c. ; doz., $1.50 ; 100, $10.00. The set of
Dagmar Georgeson. Deep indigo-blue, twenty varieties for $2.50.
flaked and reticulated with white.
Double White. Very large and fine; pure DWARF IRIS.
milky-white with brilliant golden centre.
Edith Gray. Deep lilac, blotched, streaked prowenr } IRIS NUDICAULE =
and marbled with white. TURAL y 2 :

Gold Band. Very large; pure white, with
bright, gold-band at base of petals.

H. G. Gorney.
running into yellow

J. T. Lovett. Nine petals;
blue shading to purple-lilac;
a superb flower.

Madonna. White, delicately suffused or pen-

cilled with rosy pink; a charming flower and one
of the most beautiful.

Mahogany. Dark red, shaded with maroon ;
very distinct and rich.

Navy Blue. Rich dark blue, yellow at base;
a splendid variety.

Painted Lady. White, richly suffused and

Six petals; rosy-lilac, white
at base of petals; very fine.

intense indigo-
very large and full;

ny {(
A charming low-growing species remarka-
ble for the great abundance of its bloom, and

growing but six inches from the ground. The
flowers are large and well formed, so numerous

striped with bright pink ; very showy and fine.
Professor Georgeson. Pure, rich purple-
plum color; of mammoth size.

Pyramid. Beautiful violet-purple veined
white.

as to be fairly pressed together, of a rich violet ,
and purple color, forming a perfect carpet of
bloom. They come into flower in early spring
and are splendid plants for the rockery and fore-
ground of the border, Ea., 10c.; doz., 50e.; 100,
$3.50,

J..4. LOVETT SLITTEE SILVER, [h-.. 35

GERMAN IRIS.

Iris Germanica.

The popular Fleur-de-Lis, the National flower
of France. The flowers resemble mammoth or-
chids in their peculiar shape and delicate colors,
shading, delicacy of structure, etc. They are all
very beautiful and in richness and purity of color
there are few orchids that will surpass them.
They bloom very profusely in spring and early
summer, and will do well in ordinary garden soil.
The foliage is luxuriant, broad, bluish-green and
handsome. I offer here but a select list of the
choicest varieties.

Blue Bird. Deep violet-blue throughout ;
rich and very handsome.

Geleste. Delicate pale lavender; very lovely,
extra fine, and should be in every collectlon.

Florentina. Pale porcelain, shaded, fringed
and dotted with orange-yellow ; fragrant.

La Tendre. Pale violet and lavender; large
and exceedingly fine, one of the very best.

Mme. Ghereau. White, veined with violet ;
very chaste and lovely, extra fine.

Pallida Speciosa, Rich indigo-blue; «a
splendid flower, very showy and attractive.

Rebecca. Buff and maroon, shaded with yel-
low; rich and showy.

Rosy Gem: Soit, pleasing rosy-lilac, very dis-
tinct; large and exceedingly handsome.

Sampson. Rich golden yellow and maroon, veined white.
Sappho. Deep blue and indigo; large and attractive.

Ea., 10c.; doz., 75c. ; 100, $5.00.

Mixed. All colors.
Doz., 50c.; 100, $3.50.

KANSAS GAY FEATHER.

BS

Liatris Picnostachya. The handsomestand
best of the species, blooming incessantly during
August and September. The flowers handsome
and showy, thickly clustered on tall stems form-
ing dense, cylindrical spikesof rich purple bloom.
The foliage is grass-like and the plant prefersa
rather dry soil. Ea., 12c.; doz., $1.25.

Set of the ten varieties for 65c.
Made up of choice named varieties of which the labels have been lost.

HARDY PINKS.

Her Majesty. Superb every way; so large
and beautiful and so profuse in bloom as to win
the admiration of all. The flowers are of the
largest size—as large as Carnation—pure white,
rich in their sweet clove fragrance and so numer-
ous as to form a perfect sheet of bloom. They

are unsurpassed for cutting. Ea, 12c.; doz.,
$1.25.
Mrs. Sinkins. Deliciously sweet and the

flowers of very large size and pure whitein color.
Ea., 12c.; doz., $1.25.

36 J. T. LOVET!, LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

LARKSPURS OR DELPHINIUMS.

DELPHINIUM HYBRIDUM PLANT.

Delphinium WHybridum. There are few
handsomer border flowers than the hybrid Del-
phiniums, and though blue is the prevailing color
yet the shades are extremely varied. They grow
from three to five feet high and are exceedingly
effective in groups or in beds all through summer,
their tall spikes of clustered bloom standing out
in great display. Ea., 12c.; doz., $1.25; 100,
$8.00.

Delphinium Hybridum. ‘‘Xelway’s Strain.”
The Messrs. Kelway have for a long time been
well known for their superior strain of Delphini-
mus which they have brought to such perfection
that to convey anything like an adequate idea of
the beauty and worth of these magnificent hybrids
by mere description is utterly impossible. Imag-
ine a group of tall flower spikes from five to six
feet high, and densely clothed for more than half
their length with exquisitely beautiful blooms,
the flowers are thickly set as on a good Hyacinth
spike, in various shades of blue from very light
to very dark, while others have flowers of the
deepest indigo and violet, and others, again, have
bronzy and metallic hues combined with other
shades. Blue flowers are too often absent from
the flower border and these noble Larkspurs are
the plants with which to fill the void with their
glorious range of color. Their incessant bloom
continues for a long season, lasting all summer.
For cutting they are superb, the full spikes being
most effective and stately in large vases. In brief,
they have many points of great excellence any-
one of which alone should entitle them to im-
mense popularity. Ea., 15c.; doz., $1.50; 100,
$10.00.

Delphinium Formosum. The old-fashioned
blue Larkspur, dearly prized for its rich color and
unfailing supply of bloom. An old favorite and

DELPHINIUM HYBRID UM, FLOWER.

still popular. It grows about three feet high and
produces very abundantly long spikes of most
intense dark blue flowers, an inch across, all sum-
mer. Ha., 12c.; doz., $1.25,

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

Mielleg’s Revelation.
in the improvement
of this sweet and
Charming flower;
much superior to the
ordinary, popular
strain. It is of won-
derful size and vigor
and thrives under all
conditions, as well in
full sunlight as in par-
tial shade; and in all
soils. The delicate,
bell-shaped, pure
white flowers are of
the most exquisite
fragrance and the
beautiful sprays are
produced in great numbers. It is entirely hardy
but is benefitted by a mulch of stable manure
applied in winter. Ha., 20c.; doz., $2.00.

ORIENTAL POPPY.

Papaver Orientale. Exceedingly showy,
with intensly bright crimson flowers, four to six
inches across, with black centres; produced un-
ceasingly throughout May and June. The plant
also is highly ornamental with a thick growth of
handsome, dark green, finely cut foliage. Daz-
zling in color and strikingly effective. Ea., 12c. ;
doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00.

A decided advance

J. T. LOVETT, LITTLEGILVER, N. /. 37

PAEONIAS.

The most beautiful of all Hardy Herbaceous
Plants, rivaling the Rhododendrons in the mag-
nificence of their bloom. They are of the easiest
culture, as hardy as the hardiest, and thrive in
any soil. For cutting no flower is richer or more
decorative. The Pzonia excels asa garden flower.
Of all cultivated hardy plants it undoubtedly oc-
cupies the first position as the most showy and
brilliant. We have now all shades of color from
the purest white to the most intense purple, in
blooms of immense size, exceedingly double and
sweetly scented, produced in unfailing abundance
during May andJune. Planted in masses in the
border, large groups among the shrubbery or in
clumps upon the lawn; there is no other plant
a2 will make such a magnificent display of
color.

SUPERB DOUBLE PAEONIAS.

Ambroise Verschaffelf. Rose.
Abel de Puiol. Lilac-rose, shaded with white.

Beaute’ de Villecaute. Purplish rose with
pink centre.

B. Deschamps. Light purple.

Gomte de Neipperg. A fine red shaded
with darker red.

Decandolle. Purplish rose ; very distinct.

Duchess of Orleans. Pale rosy-lake with
salmon centre.

Duqueslin. Red shaded purple.
Eclair. Bright lavender—pink.
Hesperides. White with flesh guard petals.

Humei. Bright rosy pink; large and full,
extra fine and late.

Lilacina superba. Bright lilac.
Louis Van Houtte. Rich crimson.
Lucy Mallard. Rosy carmine ; large.

Maxentius. Deep rich crimson.

Medusa. A lovely rosy-lilac.

Modeste. Rosy-purple with rose centre.

Parmentiere. Beautiful pale rose.

Ne Plus Ultra. Peach color

Prince Imperial. Purple.

Prince Prosper. Deep crimson.

Queen Mary. Rose guard petals and light
centre.

Thisbe. Beautiful flesh pink.

Triomphe du Nord. Rose shaded with crim-
son.

Vesticius. Bright pink.

Strong roots, two and three eyes, ea., 20c. ;
doz., $2.00 ; 100, $15.00.

PLATYCODON.
Platycodon Mariesi. With its large, beau-

tiful, deep blue, bell-like flowers, and great pro-

fusion of bloom it is no wonder that this charm-
ing plant isso highly valued and isso much ad-
mired. Itisfree from the defect in Platycodon
Grandiflorum with its tall and sprawling habit but
is a plant of elegant, dwarf habit, attaining a
height of but eight to twelve inches. Its large,
beautiful flowers are fully two inches in diameter
and of the most intense pure dark blue; extra
fine for cutting. Itisa grand flowerin every way

and should find a place in every garden. Ea.,
12c.; doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00.
Platycodon Grandiflorum. The flower

stems are tall—from two to three feet—very num-
erous, and covered with large, star-shaped flowers,
forming shallow bells, from two to three inches
in diameter, varying in color from clear, deep
blue to pure white and blooming throughout the
whole summer. Excellent for planting with
shrubbery. Ea., 12c.; doz., $1.25.

PRIMULA. Primrose.

Primula vulgaris. The popular English
Primrose ; an old favorite and justly esteemed for
its early Spring flowers of bright canary-yellow
color and intense, sweet fragrance. A charming
little plant that should be in every garden. Ea,
12c.; doz., $1.25.

38 J. fF LOVETE, LITRLE SILVERS N. /.

LYCHNIS.
Lychnis Semperflorens Plenissima. The

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old hardy Lychnis or true Ragged Robbin in an
ever-blooming, double form, and it is one of
the best hardy perennials ever introduced. The
flowers are very double, borne upon long stems
in great profusion and are of an exquisite, bright,
rosy redin color. It forces readily under glass or
in the house and is of the easiest culture, comes
into bloom in spring and continues all summer.
Unsurpassed for cutting and so charming in both
color and form that every one should have it.
Ea., 15e.; doz:, $1.50:

MOUNTAIN FLEECE.

Polygonum amplexicaule oxyphillum.
A large, robust plant, forming a compact bush,
from two to three feet high, with abundant foli-
age and covered with large panicles of very num-
€rous, small white flowers from late summer until
frost. Especially valuable for late bloom and
planting with shrubbery. EHa., 15c.; doz., $1.50.

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_ Phlox Amoena. A beautiful early-bloom-
ing, dwarf plant, only six inches high, forming a
mat of evergreen foliage, literally covered with
delightful, bright pink flowers from April until
June. The bloom is borne in close heads raised

above the foliage and is very effective. ay kes:
doz. @i5 7 ee

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HARDY GARDEN PHLOX.
Phlox decusata.

Phloxes of to-day are models of excellence and
beauty, perfected not only in flower but in habit
of plant. The new type is quite dwarf and stocky,
producing bloom in immense panicles, sometimes
eight and ten inches long, and from six to eight
inches across, of the greatest brilliancy and purity
of color, from white to crimson and purple, bloom-

ing profusely from June until frost. Those here
named are the finest of their color and the most
reliable and profuse bloomers.

Amabilis. White marked with rosy lilac;

compact.

Ball of Fire. Immense heads of rich, fiery
crimson ; extra fine and very showy.

Independence. Pure snowy white; elegant,
compact.

Joan of Arc. Immense panicles of pure white;
dwarf.

Robin Hood.
carmine eye.

Rosy Gem.
pink ; large.

Star of Lyons. White with rosy-lilac eye ;
dwarf and extra fine.

White, clouded purple with

Violet-rose, changing to clear

Strong plants, ea., 12c.; doz.,. $i-25:5) 5100;
$8.00.
Mixed. This is composed of choice named va-

rieties, but the labels have been lost and the colors
are not known. Doz., $1.00; 100, $6.00.

MOUNTAIN FRINGE.

Adlumia Girrkosa. A beautiful and very
graceful climber, specially valuable for covering
trellises, stumps, etc. Its foliage is as handsome
as that of the Maiden-hair Fern, which it resem-
bles, and the beautiful drooping flowers are tubu-
lar in shape and of a delicate flesh-color. Itisex-
ceedingly free-flowering, literally covering the
Ba.,.12c..; doz.,-$1.25.

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PYRETHRUM ROSEUM.

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Single. KELWAy’s STRAIN. The Pyrethrums
are unsurpassed for profusion of bloom, and in-
valuable for cutting. They are easily grown and
they flower continuously from early Spring until
Autumn. The foliage is most decorative in its
finely cut form and fresh deep greencolor. Prob-
ably no one has done so much to develop the sin-
gle section as the Messrs. Kelway, of England,
and those I here offer are of their celebrated strain.
They are truly ‘‘Colored Marguerites’’ and pos-
sess a range of color that is indiscribable. The
blooms are of large size with fine ray florets of
great substance, and in many shades of white, yel-
low, pink and red, absolutely perfect in form.
They are rapidly becoming very popular and no
border should be without them. Ea., 12c.; doz.,
$1.25 ; 100, $8.00.

Double Pyrethrum, ‘ Alfred Kelway.”’
Extremely showy and attractive, with broad, mas-
sive, full, double flowers of rich crimson, very in-
tense in color;.a grand acquisition. Ea., 20c.;
doz., $2.00.

Double Pyrethrum, “‘ Snowball.’”’ A beau-
tiful pure white variety. The flowers are large,
full and double, of fine form and extremely valu-
able for cutting. Ea., 20c. ; doz., $2.00.

PENSTEMON.

Penstemon barba"™
» 2 tus Torreyi. A superb:
my tall-growing border plant,
presenting a most showy
and attractive appearance
when in bloom and par-
ticularly gorgeous and
effective when planted
with shrubbery. It pro-
duces all through Sum-
mer, tall erect stemsupon
which are borne long,
loose, panicles of brilliant
scarlet flowers, exceed-
ingly brilliant and vivid.
It is wonderfully free-
KB NSS flowering and the blooms
are splendid also for cut-
ting. Ea., 12c.; doz., $1.25.

PYRETHRUM ULIGINOSUM.

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nished with linear foliage and bearing clusters of
large, daisy-like pure white flowers with yellow
centres. It blooms throughout Autumn until
very late when few other plants are in flower and
is splendid for cutting. Very valuable for plant-
ing with shrubbery. Ea., 12c.; doz., $1.25.
PERENNIAL PEA.

Lathyrus latifolius« @&6
A beautiful climbing plant PADS
with pale green foliage;
splendid for trellis, stumps
of trees, etc. The flowers
are pea-like; deep rosy red,
produced in racemes at the
axils of the leaves, in great
abundance all Summer. It
is superb for cutting and
keeps in good condition for
a long time. Very hardy
and of the easiest culture. :
Ba, ldex3 doz., $8.50. a
ROCK GRESS

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A beautiful little rock plant

Arabis Alpina.
of low and tufted habit, six to eight inches high,
with attractive, glacous foliage and covered with
pure white, fragrant flowers, borne in large heads
in wonderful profusion from early spring to mid-

summer. Very valuable and desirable for dry
places and rockeries. Ha., 12c. ; doz., $1.25,

40 J. TSE OVELT, LIGDLE STEVE NG e

SPIRAEA.

Spiraea Palmata (¢ruve). Very handsome,
with large showy heads of deep crimson flowers
produced very freely in succession throughout
June and July aud splendid palmate foliage. Ea.,
20c. ; doz., $2.00.

Spiraea palmata
elegans. One of the
finest and handsom-
est of hardy plants,
and a rare form of the
above. Its superb
flowers are produced
in large terminal
plumes made up of
fleecy panicles of rich
creatny white flowers
with deep crimson
anthers, delightfully
effective and _ rich.
The flower-heads are
unsurpassed for cut-
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$1.50.

HARDY SUNFLOWERS.

Helianthus Maximiliana. A _ grand tall-
growing species of from five to seven feet high
excessively free-flowering during autumn and
until severe frost. The flowers are large, single,
clear yellow, with several rows of petals and ver
full centre. Ea., 12c.; doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00.

Helianthus Mollis (Downy Sunflower).
Very distinct and handsome, with thick, velvety,
downy foliage of silvery white. The flower heads
are large and showy, single, bright yellow and
produced in great numbers from July to Septem-
ber. EHa., 12c. ; doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00.

Helianthus Multiflorus fl. pl.
or Dahlia Sunflower).

(Double
One of the most showy

and effective of all hardy plants, splendid for
massing in the border or planting among shrub-

bery. It forms a compact bush, entirely covered
with perfectly double, rich golden-yellow flowers,
of the size and form of fine Dahlias from June
until Winter. Ea., 12c.; doz., $1.25; 100, $6.00.

Helianthus Multiflorus Grandiplenus.
Au improvement upon the preceding in size, the
flowers sometimes being five inches in diame-
ter. It has broad Dahlia-like petals and for gen-
eral effect and usefulness is without an equal.
The best of all. Ea., ldc. ; doz., $1.50.

YERONIGAS, or Speedwell.

Veronica longifolia subsessilis. A
truly grand variety, thriving and blooming with
the greatest profusion in all soils and locations.
The flowers are exquisitely beautiful and of a rich,
deep blue color borne in dense, erect spikes a
foot long throughout August and September,
completely eovering the plant. Foliage large,
dark green and handsome. It is one of the most
beautiful of border plants, and by far the finest of
all the Veronicas. Splendid for cut flowers. Ea.,
lic. ; doz., $1.50.

Veronica incana. A most charming plant,
especially valuable for rockwork, etc., only six
to twelve inches high. Its foliage is of a beauti-
ful silvery grey and the flowers are deep blue,
borne on very numerous small spikes throughout
Summer. Ea., 12c. ; doz., $1.25.

Veronica Spicata. An

attractive

piant

making a great show of bloom insummer. The
plant is bushy, oneand a half feet tall and pro-
duces on erect stems numerous graceful spikes
of rich, deep blue flowers—most beautiful in
color. A splended border plant and merits its
general popularity. Ea., 12c; doz., $1.25.

VIOLETS.

Princess of Wales. A superb variety, bear-
ing large, single flowers of rich, soft violet-blue
on stout stems, and of the most exquisite and
intense fragrance. Ea., 10c.; doz., $1.00.

WOOLLEY WOUNDWORT.

Stachys Lanata. Vastly ornamental in its
foliage, which is its chief value, but it bears,
during summer, numerous dull purple flowers.
It is a beautiful little, low tufted plant with oblong
mullein-like foliage, silvery white and woolly,
with stems of the same character. Especially
desirable for edging beds, walks, etc., and also
very useful for bedding and rockwork. Ea., 12c.;
doz., $1.25; 100, $6.00.

STONE-GROP.

Sedum Maximum (Great Stone-crop). A
handsome plant of robust growth with large, pale
green foliage and large, broad heads of greenish-
yellow flowers in Summer. Ka., 12c. ; doz., $1.25.

J. PPO; LITLE SILVER, N. J. 4]

HARDY SHRUBS.

Flowering shrubs are of the greatest value and importance in the adornment of the home grounds,
giving a finished and artistic appearance even to those of only moderate dimensions. There is noth-
ing that will so quickly, and for the cost, add so much beauty to the surroundings. Those here gpered

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are entirely hardy, bloom at once, and continue to grow lovelier year by year. By a ap oe sele ey
of kinds, bloom may be secured continuously throughout the season (from early Spring to late in « =
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tumn), and with the addition of the variegated and golden-leaved sorts and those bearing ornamenta

fruit, a continual and varied display of beauty can be obtained. : +
Owing to limited space I describe here but a few of the choicest and most popular of ornamental

shrubs, everyone of which is a gem, though my assortment is large.

I shall be glad to quote sizes and

prices, upon application, for any others than here named. Those wishing shrubs in large numbers will

please write mie and obtain my wholesale prices.

The prices quoted are for shipping sizes.

Large

specimens of many kinds can be supplied if desired at special prices.
? Notre.—Mail plants are handsome, well formed and well rooted, as large as can be sent by mail,

one year or older; not the little, puny things so often sent out by mazl.
three years old and are too large to be sent by mail.

upon application.
ALTHAEA.

Rose of Sharon.

Showy shrubs well deserving of their great
popularity; of tall upright growth, especially
adapted for forming screens or hedges, blooming
very profusely during late Summer and Autumn
with large flowers, resembling Hollyhocks. Of
the easiest culture and thrive everywhere.

Double Purple, Double Pink, Double
Red, Double White. Large, double, hand-
some flowers, very showy and attractive. Mail
size, ea., 12c.; 3 for 30c. Express, ea., 20c.

Snowdrift. The best single white, exceed-
ingly ornamental. The bush is entirely covered
throughout August and September with large,
single, bell-shaped flowers of a pure, snowy-white.
Mail, ea., 20c. Express, ea., 30c.

Varlegated-leaved. One of the best of
ornamental-leaved shrubs. The foliage is beauti-
fully and clearly variegated with green and pale
yellow, which remains constant under hot suns
and never burns or fades. Mail, ea., 1l5c. Ex-
press, ea., 25c.

BERBERRY.

Japanese Berberry. The most beautiful
of all the Berberries. Dense and compact, with
round, glossy foliage, turning in autumn to fiery
crimson. The branches are thickly studded with
small, wax-like, bright coral-red berries which
remain nearly all winter and give the bush an
exceedingly lively and attractive appearance.
Express size only, ea., 50c.

Berberis.

Express plants are two and
Prices by the dozen and hundred will be given

Thumberg’s Berberry,.
dark green foliage changing
tumn, when the branches are covered thickly

Small, rich, glossy,
to crimson in au-

with brilliant red berries. Of low,
growth. Mail, ea., 12c.; 3 for 30c.
20c. ; 3 for 50c.

compact
Express, ea.,

Purple-leaved Berberry. Of upright habit,
with handsome foliage of deep rich purple, clean
and constant throughout the season; valuable
and very desirable in ornamental planting. In
autumn it is loaded with bright crimson berries,
very attractive. Mail, ea., 12c.; 3 for 30c. Fx-
press, ea., 20c. ; 3 for 50c.

CGCALYGANTHUS FLORIDUS.

Garolina Allspice.

A large shrub of spreading
growth, bearing through-
out summer, great num-
bers of small, double,
@ dull brownish-purple
A flowers of exquisite aro-
gimatic, strawberry-like
fragrance. The wood and
leaves are also sweetly
scented, which causes it
to be known also as
Sweet-scented Shrub and
Strawberry Shrub. Mail,
ea., 12c.; 3 for30c. Ex-
press, ea., 20c.; 3 for 50c.

BUDDLEIA VARIABILIS.

A superb hardy shrub but recently introduced
from China; of large, branching habit and grace-
ful form, abundant foliage, bright green above
and velvety white beneath, highly decorative.
The beautiful flowers are borne in racemes often a
foot in length, are of a delicate rosy-lilac tinted
sometimes with pale rose and violet, with an agreea-
ble, pleasant oder. The bloom is very profuse pro-
duced from June until October, and covers the
entire bush. A grand acquisition. Mail, ea., lic.
Express, ea., 25c.

42 J. L. LOVEAT, LITRLE SILVER N. J

BLUE SPIRAE.
Garyopteris Mastacanthus.

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THE Coviry “49

Especially valuable on account of its blooming
so late, when few other shrubs ‘are in flower. A
trim and shapely shrub of dwarf habit with large
flat heads of rich azure blue flowers, completely
covering the plant, and presenting a mass of beau-
tiful blue bloom from August until freezing
weather. “ Very effective and especially valuable
for its rare color and late bloom. Mail, ea., 12c.’;
3 for 830c. Express, ea., 20c. ;_3 for 50.

DEUTZIA.

Deutzia crenata fl. pl. Handsome and vig-
orous,a great bloomer,
bearing racemes of
double, white flowers
tinged with pink.
Blooms late in June.

| BWA Deutzia ‘‘ Pride
TS Vlnsyee of Rochester.” A

A d grand variety with
large, double white
flowers which have the
under side of petal
tinged with rose. Very
free-flowering and a

MA vigorous grower.
SS Middle of June.
SE Deutzia gracilis.

AA: .

ZU A charming and popu-
= NZ, Wi Zi, \ar shrub of dwarf
177 habit, growing only

> about two to three feet
high, and covered
with a mass of beau-
tiful pure white, bell-
shaped flowers. Very
early in June.

Deutzia Lemoinei. Magnificent in bloom
and finer even than the popular D. gracilis. The
flowers are nearly three times as large and borne
in broad, dense clustered heads of from 20 to 30
flowers in each, opening very full, pure snowy
white, and forming massive beautiful bouquets. It

is perfectly hardy and a good grower. Especially
valuable for forcing in winter.
Mail, ea., 15c.; one of each for 50c. Express,

ea., ‘20c.;; one of each for 75c.

EXOCGHORDA GRANDIFLORA.
Pearl Bush.

Large, strong and vig- LIK
orous, six to eight feet A
high, thriving every-
where, and excellent as ,
individual specimens. pv
It blooms in early spring 47
with great profusion, ¢

bearing large, snowy-
white, star-shaped flow-
ers on long, slender,
graceful branches, with
exquisite effect. Mail,
each @ 12cs 7 3) 10 oUt:
Express, each, 20c.; 8 =>
for 50c. PF \\

GOLDEN BELL.
Forsythia Virdissima.

An early spring-blooming shrub of spreading
habit ; the bloom is very profuse and borne on
long, graceful sprays, drooping bell-shaped, and
of bright orange-yellow. It blooms very early
and is very delightful and effective. Mail, each,
12c.; 3 for 30c. Express, each, 20c. ; 3 for 50c.

HYDRANGEA PENICULATA
GRANDIFLORA.

A grand hardy shrub, which in time attains a
large size, of spreading growth and superb when
in bloom, from August until end of October.
Every branch is then crowned with an immense
panicle of fleecy, pure white flowers, sometimes a
foot long and nearly as broad at the base. The
color changes later to pinkish hue. Entirely
hardy, very vigorous, a profuse bloomer and
thrives in all soils. Mail, ea., 12c.; 3 for 30c.
2 to 8 feet, ea., 25c. 3 to 4 feet, ea., 35c.

CHAMPAIGN Co., ILL., Feb. 3, 1903.
If you have your annual catalogue ready please send me
one at once. I was always well satisfied with my dealings
with your firm. Guy Cook.

hed; LOPPAL LIT SESSILV ER, Ri. f- 43

ITEA VIRGINIGA.

Very ornamental and attractive, of compact
form, with willow-like foliage and racemes of pure
white, fragrant flowers in June ; exceedingly free-
flowing. The foliage and branches change to a
deep, rich red in autumn, with delightful effect.
Mail, each, 12c.; 3 for 30c. Express, each, 20c.

INDIAN CURRANT.

Of exceedingly ornamental appearance and
pendulous habit, bearing during August and Sep-
tember, great numbers of small, pink flowers in
masses, followed by dark, reddish-purple berries,
entirely covering the branches and which remain
until late in winter. Mail, each, 12c.; 3for 30c.
Express, each, 20c. ; 3 for 50c.

LILAG. Syringa.

Purple Lilac (Syringa vulgaris). The pop
ular, large-growing shrub, noted for its richly
fragrant purple flowers, produced so freely in
early spring in clusters. So delightful and old-
fashioned that it should be in every garden.

White Lilac (Syringa vulgaris alba). The

well-known white form of the above, very beauti-
ful and equally vigorous and free-flowering.
Flowers in large panicles and very fragrant.

Mail, each, 1l5c. Express, each, 25c. :

JAPAN JUDAS.

Gercis Japonica. A favorite and choice
spring-flowering shrub on which the flowers ap-
pear very early ; before the dense glossy foliage,
in clusters along the branches; of a beautiful,
rosy-crimson, and so numerous as to thickly clothe
the branches with bloom. Express size ea., 30c.

PURPLE FRINGE. Rhus Gotinus.

- A very beautiful
shrub, often attaining
a height of fifteen feet.
It is remarkable for
the curious, feathery
appearance of its
bloom, which is borne
in large loose panicles
of a light purplish col-
or all over the entire
bush, which appear in
June and remain until
frost. It has the ap-
pearance of being en-
veloped in smoke or
mist, by reason of
which it is also known
as Smoke Tree and
Mist Tree. Mail, each,
15c. Express, each,
25c.

ROSA RUGOSA. Japan Rose.:

Wonderfully handsome and ornamental by_rea-
son of its abundant, dark green, glossy foliage of
great richness, and large, single flowers of bright
rosy crimson, borne in great profusion, followed
by large shining crimson fruit, borne in clusters.
It thrives everywhere and grows to four or five
feet high. Mail, each, 12c.; 3 for 30c. Express,

each, 20c. ; 3 for 50c.

SPIRAEAS.

——— —

Spiraea Anthony Waterer. Of great ex-
cellence, the best and the finest of the dwarf
Spirees and unexcelled in brilliancy of color. It
is of dwarf habit and dense growth and comes
into bloom very early. The flowers are profuse
and persistent throughout all summer and au-
tumn, of a beautiful, bright crimson, in large, flat
clusters. It is worthy of the greatest praise. (

Spiraea Billardi. Vigorous, erect grower,
bearing long, dense panicles of beautiful pink
flowers from June to October. Very profuse.

Spiraea callosa alba. A choice little shrub,
not exceeding two feet, with slender branches
and airy foliage, covered with beautiful pure white
flowers in clusters all summer.

(See prices next page).

44 Jil T. LOVETT, LITRE SUL Lies Nes
WEIGELA.

Spiraea Thunbergii. One of the earliest
of the Spirzas to bloom — in April and May, of
dwarf habit with slender, drooping branches
thickly clustered with beautiful white flowers.
The foliage is soft and lace-like, turning in autumn
to varied hues of bright crimson and gold.

Mail, each, 12c. ; Express, each, 20c.

STYRAX JAPORNIGA. Snowflake.

Exceedingly pic-
turesque and beau-
tiful, with round,
smooth foliage and
light-colored bark.
The flowers are
pure silvery-white,
hanging on long
stems and appear-
ing like snowdrops.
It is exceedingly
free-flowering,
coming into bloom
in June and contin-
uing for a long
tine. It) ISsoe/or
the finest of shrubs ya
for the home _
grounds and should be in every collection. Ex-
press size only, each, 30c.; 3 for 75c.

SNOWBALL. Viburnum.

Gommon Snowball (/. opulus sterilis). A
fine old-fashioned and popular shrub of large size
and spreading habit, bearing large clusters of glo-
bular white flowers in June.
Express, each, 20c.

Mail, each, 12c.

Japan Snowball.
(Viburnum plica-
tum). The best of the
Viburnums, of pure
color and better form
than the above, and
one of the finest of
flowering shrubs, but
difficult to propagate
and hence rather
scarce. Moderate in
growth and compact
(i LO Ticherdeep
green plicated foliage;
large, globular flower
clusters of the purest
white produced all
over the bush in great abundance. Exceedingly
choice; its fine flowers are very beautiful and
its handsome plicate foliage makes it a lovely ob-
ject at all times. Mail, each, 20c. Express, each,

30c.
SAGE.
Holt’s Mammoth.

The best sage anda great improvement upon
the ordinary garden sort.
Plant of strong growth
and bushy, spreading
habit with an abundance
of large, heavy leaves
of strong flavor over the
entire bush. Exceed-
ingly hardy, very sel-
dom blossoms and never
seeds. (See zllustration
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doz., 50c.; 100, $3.50.

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Eva Rathke. (ew). A valuable acquisi-
tion and entirely distinct in color of flower, which
is of arich deep crimson. It is exceedingly free-
flowering and continues for a longtime. Mail,
Ea, LOC, We xpress ed seoe-

Weigela amabilis. Large and handsome,
quite distinct, of spreading habit with large foli-
age and bright pink flowers in June and again in
the autumn. Mail, ea., 12c.; 3for30c. Express,
ea., 20c.; 3 for 60c.

_Variegated-leaved Weigela. (W. rosea
nana variegata). One of the finest of variegated
shrubs, of rather dwarf habit. Its deep green fo-
liage is beautifully variegated and margined with
clear creamery white, distinctly defined and very
showy. Stands the sun well without fading and
bears bright pink flowers during summer in greatest
profusion. Mail, ea., 12c.; 3 for 30c. Express,
ea, 20c) 3 foro0e

YUGGA FILAMENTOSA.

; Handsome and
a picturesque; fine
for grouping on the
lawn or in other
situations. Strong,
lance-like, ever-
green foliage cov-
ered withfilaments;
stout flower stems
of four or five feet
high bearing im-
mense pyramids of
large, drooping,
creamy white flow-
ers. Thrives well
everywhere. Mail,
ea., 1l5c. Express,
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HARDY VINES.

Vines are an essential feature in beautifying a country home, whether it be for the simple cottage

or the mansion.
ing else can take their place.

They should be largely employed, and there are innumerable positions where noth-
I offer here but a small selection, comprising the choicest and best for

general cultivation, all of which are hardy and vigorous, will thrive everywhere, and grow in strength

and beauty from year to year.

NotEe.—Mail plants are handsome, well formed, and well rooted plants, as large as can be sent by

mail, one year or older—not the little, puny things so often sent out by mail.

Express plants are two

and three years old, and are too large to be sent by mail. ates per dozen and per hundred will be

given upon application.
AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII.
Japan or Boston Ivy.

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There is nothing finer for covering walls and the

sides of buildings. It has become immensely
popular and is now indispensable for this purpose,
clinging firmly to brick, stone or other material
and forming a perfect coat of deep glossy green
foliage which turns to a brilliant crimson in
autumn. The leaves are ivy shaped and lap
closely over each other, presenting a close mass of
delightful verdure. It is a rapid grower and
spreads rapidly. Mail, each, 1l5c. Express,
each, 25c.

TRUMPET FLOWER.
Tecoma RPRadicans.

Showy and hand-
some at all times but
particularly so when
in full bloom during
August. The foliage
is Fern-like and bright
green; flowers large,
trumpet-shaped, vivid
orange-scarlet, borne
in large clusters and
presenting a gorgeous
effect. It is never
more attractive than
when covering a dead
tree, from which its
large terminal clusters of brilliant flowers hang
down with charming effect. It adheres to bark
or walls with great tenacity and is a very strong
grower. Mail, ea., 12c.; 3 for 30c. Express, ea.,
20c.; 3 for 50c.

GHINESE MATRIMORY VINE.
Lycium Sinensis.

A rapid and vigorous
climber covered with bright
purple flowers which are
succeeded by bright scarlet
coral-like berries almost an
inch long. It blooms
throughout the summer and
the fruit remains on the
vine until late in winter. Of
the easiest culture and
thriveseverywhere. A very
attractive and ornamental vine. Mail, each, 12c.;
3 for 30c. Express, each, 20c.; 3 for 50c.

HONEYSUCKLES.

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Hall’’s Japan Honeysuckle (Lowicera
Hlalleana). Among all the Honeysuckles this is,
perhaps, the most delightful, and best for general
cultivation. The flowers are very abundant, cov-
ering an entire vine with bloom, from May until
November; pure white, changing to yellow, delic-
iously fragrant with a sweet, jasmine-like perfume.
The Vine is of strong growth and furnished with
an abundance of dark rich foliage which remain
on the vine all winter, rendering it evergreen.
Mail, each, 12c.; 3 for 30c.; Express, each, 20c. ;
3 for d0c.

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- Paniculata. Nothing can exceed this in airy
grace and beauty. A vine of itin full bloom is a
sight to behold and to remember. It quickly
grows to a height of fifteen or twenty feet and
spreads out in all directions. In August and Sep-
tember, when other vines have ceased to bloom it
is completely covered with a sheet of fleecy
white made up of numerous pure white, star like
flowers on long stems, and so fragrant that the air
is perfumed to a great distance. Its masses of de-
lightful bloom remain until frost, and are succeed-
ed by tufted seed pods, which are also airy, grace-
ful and pretty. Mail, each, 20c.; 3 for 50c.
Express, extra large, each, 25c.

Special, one each of the three varieties for 75c.

Japan Golden-Veined Honeysuckle
(Lonicera Japanica aureis reticulatis). Highly
ornamental and beautiful, by reason of its splen-
didly variegated foliage, veined-or netted with
golden yellow. Flowers are large and of a deli-
cate peach color. Mail, each, 12c.; 38 for 30c.
Express, each, 20c. ; 3 for 50c.

_longer on the vine.

Henryi. The best of all the white
large-flowered varieties, producing
superb, large, pure white flowers con-
tinuously throughout summer and
early autumn. Beautiful in form and
pure in color; a good grower and
reliable bloomer. Mail, each, 30c.,
3 for 75c.

Jackmanni. Wondrously beauti-
ful are the masses of bloom produced
by this grand variety ; the most pop-
ular and the best of the large-flowered
sorts. The flowers are very large, of
an intense, rich velvety violet-purple,
and produced in such profusion as to
produce a veritable cloud of bloom in

midsummer. Mail, each, 30c.; 3 for
7dc.
VINGA. Periwinkle.

Vinca minor. A charming little creeping or
cover plant with beautiful evergreen glossy, box-
like leaves and clear, bright blue, tubular flowers,
produced very abundantly in summer. Valuable
especially for cemetery planting and under trees
where grass will not grow. Mail, ea., 10c.; doz.,
$1.00.

VIRGINIA GREEPER.
Ampelopsis Quinquefolia.

An old favorite climber, clinging firmly by
strong tendrils and presenting a dense coat of
bright green, digitate foliage. It is a strong
grower, its foliage changing to a brilliant crimson
hue in autumn, and is at all times highly orna-

mental. Mail, each, 12c. Express, each, 20c.
WISTARIA.
Ghinese Blue Wis= iy. a

taria (Wistaria Sineu-
sis). A splendid flower-
ing vine of extremely
vigorous growth and
which grows to a large

size. The flowers are Y &
very beautiful and so NS
abundant as to form yy

masses of color, borne _@
during May &nd June, % Ok
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eighteen inches long, of HAY ff st \

a beautiful dainty grey- “S
blue color. Mail, each, 15c. Express, each, 25c.
Ghinese White Wistaria (Wzstarza Sinensis
alba). Similar to the Chinese Blue, in all respects
except that the flowers are pure white and remain
A strong, vigorous grower
and almost as free-flowering as the other. Mail,
each, 20c. Express, each, 30c.

MINT.

Spearmint. (Meadow Mint.) Popular and
largely enters into the composition of certain bev-
erages in conjunction with sugar, ice, etc. Should
be in every garden, to have on hand when wanted.

Peppermint. From this is manufactured the
well-known peppermint of commerce.

Price of either variety: 3 roots for 25c.; doz.,
75c., (dy mazl) ; 100, $4.00.

J.T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 47

CANNAS.

Crimson Bedder.

Crimson Bedder. 3ft. The finest bedding Can-
na in existence. Brilliant dazzling crimson,
large compact trusses, and an early and very
free bloomer. Foliage bright green and glau-
cous. Dr. W. Van Fleet, the best judge of
Cannas in America, under the head of ‘‘Good
Cannas” in Rural New Yorker, says: ‘Crim-
son Bedder * * * has been a blaze of
crimson unapproached by any of its color dur-
ing the whole of summer. Crimson Bedder
has a strain of Canna iridiflora in its make-up,
which gives it a tough and resistant foliage;
standing the fierce coast winds better than
any other; not a leaf was torn in tac block
under observation, while the foliage of many
varieties was badly whipped.” This variety is
far and away superior to Chas. Henderson,
the only Canna of same height and same color
of its flowers. It comes into bloom several
weeks in advance of Henderson, is fully equal
to it in brilliancy and beauty, size of truss and
florets, and will produce four times as many
heads of bloom per plant in a season. It is
unrivaled as a bedding variety. See TIllustra-
tion. Dormant roots (till May 1st), each, 12c. ;
doz., $1.25. Established plants (after April Ist),
each, 20c.; doz., $2.00.

Buttercup. 23 ft. The finest dwarf yellow
Canna. An early and constant bloomer, flow-
ers large and good, trusses held well above
the foliage, and the color is bright rich golden
yellow, without markings, suggesting in its
rich and pure color the wild buttercup of the
fields. It is a finer variety tna Golden Bed-
der, though of same origin, and a most fitting
companion for Crimson Bedder—the two best
bedding sorts as yet offered. Established
plants, each, 20c.; doz., $2.00.

The popularity of the Canna has grown wonder-

fully in the last few years, owing chiefly to the vast
improvements that have been made, and it may now
well be termed the King of Summer Decorative Plants.
These improved varieties are so superior to the type
in habit, size, gorgeous coloring and profusion of
bloom as scarcely to be recognized as belonging to it.
Nothing equals them for bedding or massing upon
the lawn, grouping about buildings, or as single
specimens in the border; their tropical luxuriance of
foliage and enormous spikes of bloom, of varying
colors, dazzling in brilliancy and constantly produced
throughout the summer and autumn, render them of
the greatest value for ornamental effect.
finely in almost any soil, but prefer that which is rich
and moist, and bloom continually from time of plant-
ing—increasing in size and beauty until cut down by
frost.

They grow

Every variety offered has been fully and thoroughly

tested upon my own grounds, all of which are grown
in large quantities (some of the more popular sorts
by the acre, in order to meet the demand for good,
well-grown and well-developed roots and plants, and
-to enable me to sell them at the low prices offered.
The descriptions can in all cases be relied upon as
entirely accurate.

Plants or roots will be sent free by mail if desired.
Hundred rates of any variety upon application.

Three Grand Giant Flowered
Cannas.

PENNSYLVANIA,

This new Canna is the greatest red-flowered
varievy yet produced. It grows six feet high,
with massive foliage, and the flowers are much
more numerous and lasting than in Italia and
most other Giant or Orchid-flowered varieties.
The flowers are simply immense, measuring 7 to
8 inches across, with petals 2 inches broad, borne
on strong, branching spikes, and are a clear, deep,
brilliant scarlet color. Superb for massing. Well
established plants, each, 30c.; doz., $3.00.

MRS. KATE GRAY.

Another red orchid-flowered variety, similar to
Pennsylvania, except in color, which is bright
orange-scarlet, marbled with coppery red, with
yellow in throat. It is very profuse in bloom and
in every way a grand variety. This and the pre-
ceding are decidedly the finest and showiest of the
Giant-flowered varieties as yet known. Strong
plants, each, 30c.; doz., $3.00.

ALLEMANIA.

An improved Italia and the finest and most valu-
able of its class, except the preceding. It grows
5 to 6 feet high, and its monstrous flowers are
scarlet, with a very broad yellow border, inside
scarlet and dark red, rendering it most showy and
decorative. Its flowers, which in make-up and
color resemble Italia, are even larger, and the
heads are more freely produced, with fully twice
as many flowers on each head. (See Illustration.)
Strong plants, each, 25c.; doz., $2.50.

Special.—For $1.00 I will send one each, or for
$2.50 three each of the above three superb Cannas.

48 j. 7. HOVETSA; LERREE SULVER. No 7

GENERAL LIST,

Alphonse Bouvier. 5 ft. Of great richness of
color. Large flowers of a deep velvety crimson,
shaded dazzling red. A remarkably free
bloomer of immense trusses on strong stems.
It is one of the most-effective for bedding.

Austria. 6 ft. A giant-flowered variety, and of
special value for massive foliage effects.
Though not as profuse and enduring in bloom
as some others, yet its flowers are very large,
and are.a bright, clear canary-yellow.

Capt. Drujon. 4ft. Very large flower and truss
on long flower stalks; bright golden yellow,
with tiny streaks of dark red. A vigorous,
free grower.

Allemania.
Chas. Henderson. 23 to 3ft. One of the most
popular sorts. Large clusters of deep, bright
crimson color, and abundant, deep green
foliage. The standard crimson variety for
bedding, by reason of its compact, dwarf habit,
large size of flower and truss, and brilliancy of

color. An excellent variety also for vases
and tubs.
Egandale. 4 ft. Handsome, dark maroon and

green foliage, erect and compact. The spikes
of bloom are large and of fine form; of bright
cherry-red color, forming a fine combination
and harmony of color with its foliage. A
vigorous grower, free bloomer and the finest
bronze-leaved variety.

Fair Persian. 4 ft. Remarkably free-flowering,
being at all times laden with bloom in large
clusters. Florets large and of good form, a
beautiful shell-pink color, turning to amber;
foliage abundant, very ornamental and stately.

Florence Vaughan. 5 ft. Bright, rich canary-
yellow, heavily mottled with deep orange-
scarlet.

splendid trusses and very profuse. One of the

finest of its color, and a splendid variety in

every way.

Flowers large and of perfect form, in -

Golden Bedder. What is said on the preceding
page of Crimson Bedder applies to this variety,
except it is still dwarfer in habit (24 ft.); the
foliage is light green in color, is smaller, as are
also its florets, which are a bright golden-yellow
throughout, except a trace of red at base of the
small lower petal. An excellent companion for
Crimson Bedder.

J.T. Lovett. 5ft. The nearest approach to per-
fection in foliage of any Canna I have yet seen,
rivaling a Banana in beauty. So enduring is it
that its first leaves remain clean, bright and
perfect until ground freezes, and its rich, deep,
olive-green foliage is seldom or never injured
by wind, rain or sun. The florets are large
and long, set in a loose, open, drooping cluster
after the manner of the once popular Eheman-
ni, but in color are a rich crimson-lake, and
are freely produced early, late, and all the
time. For graceful habit, exquisite foliage,
and for effect in massing, it is without an
equal.

Leopard. 4ft. Large, compact trusses of large,
open flowers of bright canary-yellow, broadly
blotched and spotted with rich, reddish choco-
late. A unique and very distinct variety.

Mad. Crozy. 34 ft. Well known and popular.
Flowers in large trusses, crimson-searlet, nar-
rowly bordered with golden yellow.

Mad. Molin. 34ft. A showy variety, being large,
both in truss and floret, and of a brilliant gar-
net red. The spikes are produced in great
numbers and continue until frost.

Mrs. Fairman Rogers. 2 to 3 ft. A splendid
variety; rich, deep scarlet, edged with bright
canary-yellow. A compact grower and an
early and continuous bloomer.

Paul Bruant. 4 ft. Trusses of the largest size,
borne well above the foliage, of an intense,
brilliant orange-scarlet, with peculiar satiny
surface.

Paai Marquant. 4 ft. Unique and very beauti-
ful. Extra large flowers, which stand out
prominently in large spikes, of a bright sal-
mon-searlet, with rich, velvety lustre. Very
distinct.

Pres. McKinley. 3 ft. An early, constant, and
profuse bloomer, showing a mass of intense
color from June-to November. Large, massive
spikes or clusters of brilliant crimson flowers,
shaded with scarlet.

Queen Charlotte. 4ft. One of the very finest of —
the gilt-edge varieties. Large spikes of
flowers towering above the foliage; blood-red,
broadly banded with bright canary-yellow.
A perpetual bloomer and highly decorative.

Robusta. 6 to 8 ft. Valuable for sub-tropical —
effects by reason of its abundant, large, dark
chocolate-maroon leaves. It seldom produces
flowers. A veritable giant. |

Souv. d’Antoine Crozy. 34 ft. One of the finest
of all the gilt-edge varieties. Flowers of the
largest size, with well-rounded petals of bril-
liant crimson-searlet edged with a broad band
of rich golden yellow; a very free bloomer.

Price: Dormant Roots, till May Ist, €a., 10c3

doz., $ | 00.

Established Plants, after Abril Ist., €a., 15c.;
doz., $1.50.
Hundred rates of any variety upon application