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NOTE OUR DISCOUNTS ON $i0 ORDERS.
FOR CLUBS ONLY.

You do not know how easy you can secure a $10 order from
among your friends, and thus secure the benefits of this most
liberal offer until you try.

REMEMBER, these discounts do not apply to collections of
plants or bulbs, but to plants and bulbs at price per single plant

and bulb
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and bulbs (at price per single plant and bulb) from Catalogue to
value of $15.00.

Letters of Inquiry cheerfully answered; always write your
questions on a separate sheet of paper, leavi ing room for answers
to eae between each question. We can often reply much more
quickly.

Extras. When making out your or der, write it on a separate
sheet from your letter. Mark the price to each, and ALWAYS
select some additional plants, that would be acceptable. Some-
times we cannot send ail plants wanted. A second list comes
handy to select from; and often we feel generous happy. When
in such a mood, to know just what would please our patron, the
second list is just what we want to select from.

No Orders will be sent unless the amount of order is sent
with it, this may be sent by Express, Postal Money Order or by
Register ed Letter. Do not send stamps, please, except when it
is impossible to send any other way.

Orders for plants must amount to £1.00. We cannot and will
not be bothered in the busy drive of work with smaller orders.
if sent, we shall return it. Carefully see that your name is very
plainly written, also your Postoffice, County and State. It saves
delay, bad temper, and often unnecessary scolding.

Please state whether you wish your plants sent by Mail, Ex-
press or Freight.

Our Terms are Invariably Cash with the Order.

Please write your name in full, giving Post-office, County,
and State; also street and number in large towns; amount of
money inclosed. We ean also ship, C. O. D., return charges on

Brey es to be paid by purchaser.

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Introduction,

Lam pleased to present this, my Third Annual Catalogue. I
trust I may give satisfaction to all customers. My aim is so to deal
with customers that they may continue to favor me with their or-
ders. | shall always be glad to know whether plants ar-
rive safely and give satisfaction.

I will send plants carefully packed by mail on receipt of price.
Can send large plants by freight or express.

I do not catalogue all the varieties [ grow, onlv those I have in
quantity. I have arrangements, however, by which I ean fill orders
for almost any plants desired. No plant order filled for less than $1.

Those desiring orders filled for any kinds of seeds, trees or
shrubbery, will do well to correspond with me.

All mistakes will be righted.

I will send any five twenty-five cent plants for $1.00. Always
write whether plants shall be sent by mail or express. We have two
trains a day from Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, parties living in
these places who desire to purchase plants, will have time between
trains to purchase and return same the same day

I will be pleased to hear from any of my customers, whether
plants or seeds are satisfactory, and will appreciate any testi-
monials. |

Parties ordering seeds to the amount of $1.00 can select

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Extras will be given with all orders.
GHEAP GOLLEGMTIONS.

FOR $1.10. POSTAGE PAID.
1.—3 Fuschias, 6 Begonias, 4 9.—1 Pink Echinopsis, 1 Sedum,

Chrysanthemums, 1 Mont- 1 Scarlet Cereus.

bretia, 2 Zephranthes. 10.—2 Cuttings each—4 sorts,
2.—14 Fuschias (my selection.) bronze and gold Gerani-
3.—14 Begonias (my selection.) ums, 3 tricolors, 8 new
4.—12 Chrysanthemums (my se- | double, 8 single.

lection.) 11.—5 packages seeds (my seiec-
5.—12 Violets, 1 Poinsettia, 1 tion.)

White Cyclamen. 12.—1 package French Canna, 1
6.—6 Alstroemeria, 1 Heliotrope, package Giant Perfection

1 Palm, 1 Steptosolon. Stock, 1 package Tacsonia
7.—1 Amaryllis Longifolia Alba, Buchani, 1 package large

1 Agapanthus, 1 Cactus flowering Petunia, 1 pack-

Daihia. age Freesia, 1 package Cos-
8.—6 Large Flowering Cannas. mos.

At these prices these must be my selection.

Suggestions.

In Southern California below the frost belt—begonias, primulas,
ferns of all kinds, and shade-loving plants thrive in a lath house par-
tially shaded by vines. Most begonias are fine bedding plants in
sheltered locations. Begonia rubra is a wonderful grower. I have
one at this time fifteen feet high.

When setting out plants, from pots, in the ground, loosen the
roots that are matted around the ball, and turn themin the direc-
tion they should grow. Having always grown around in a circle
they must be taught to grow outwards. Many fine camelias, and
other choice plants, are lost, because planted just as they are taken
from pots. It is not necessary to disturb the roots only to loosen
them.

Be careful in setting out plants in the ground, to press the soil
carefully with the foot, before watering and to watch them for a
week or two that the air does not get in to the soil and dry out the
roots.

The roots of plants should go down for water, therefore when
watered, it should be thoroughly done, otherwise the roots will seek
the surface and be dried, and baked by wind and sun and the plant
be stunted.

I will send a photograph of my mammoth cactus,described below
boudoir size, for 35 cents.

Cereus triangularies is a most interesting variety of this grotes-
que family. Grown without support it rambles over the ground,
planted near a house it becomes ambitious. My largest specimen of
this cactus is nine years old. The first four years it contented it-
self clambering on the ground and about the lower part of the ver-
anda. .Five years ago it started to climb, and now has reached the
roof of the second story of the house, 35 feet from the ground. It
has sent out innumerable great triangular branches in every direec-
tion, attaching itself by long, white roots, which loosen as the
branches become strong and hang like a grey fringe all over the
plant. It reaches across the windows on the upper and lower ver-
andas, twists itself under the ceiling for several yards and winds about
the railing. The flowers open at 5 p.m.and close at 10a. m., they
measure twelve inches across, are double, creamy white outside,
petals yellow, the stems two inches in diameter. This cactus is
said to be one of the curiosities of the United States, being the
largest of its kind known.

ROSES.

The Rainbow.—California’s new striped Tea Rose. _A seedling
from “Papa Gontier’”—very beautiful. Striped and splashed with
carmine on a pink ground. Price, $1.00.

Vick’s Caprice.—This grand novelty is a true hybrid perpetual
Rose, ,being a sport from the H. P. Rose Archduchesse
dAutriche, therefore perfectly hardy. We esteem this one of its
greatest advantages, as it may be grown to perfection by the
amateur equaliy as well as by the professional florist. The flow-
ers are large, ground color soft satiny pink, distinctly striped
and dashed with white and carmine. It is beautiful in the bud
form, being quite long and pomted, also showing the stripes and
markings to great advantage, making ita valuable and desira-
ble variety for cutting. Price, 50 cents each.

Souvenir de Wooten.— New Crimson Winter Flowering Rose.—
This is an American seedling, from the seed of Bon Silene, fertil-
izes with Louis Van Houtte; the flowers are very large and per-
fect, of a dark velvety red color and highly perfumed. It is very
beautiful in the bud, of extraordinary size, and the most perfect
form, a grand Rose Price, 50 cents each.

Madame Hoste.—The Grandest New Rose - Of immense size; itis
as large as Cornelia Cook and as free as Perle des Jardins;
creamy white color, deepening to pale yellow’ in
the center; blooms constantly and profusely, the magnitfi-
cent flowers are borne on long, erect stems. I cannot say
too much in praise of this rose. From its many good qualities it
is destined to create a sensation in the rose-loving worid. Price,
35: cents each.

New Hybrid Tea Rose, Duchess of Albany.—It is said by
those who have grown it, that this new rose for all purposes has
no peer. It is identical with La France excepting in three points.
These are: a more vigorous growth, a larger and more expanded
fiower, and a deep. even pink in color; not shaded, but what is
termed a solid color. The growth of the plantis exceedingly
vigorous, and the flowers, which are thrown up well above the
foliage, are produced in extraordinary profusion, the plant being
covered with handsome flowers. Price 30 cents.

New Tea Rose, Sappho.—Buds fawn color suifused with rose,
the opening fiowers shaded vellow and tawny buff, centers deep,
brigh yellow: large, full and globular. It’ produces blooms
with extraordinary profusion, even for a Tea Rose. The petals
are large and of much substance. A splendid Rose to keep after
being cut. This we commend as being one of the prettiest and
sweetest Roses ever brought before the public. Certainly grand.
Has our highest praise Price, 35 cents each.

Grace Darling.—One of the most elegant Roses ever our pleasure
to behold. Strong. vigorous grower; color a porcelian rose,
elegantly shaded with vinous crimson, a decided color, but never
quite obscuring the ground of beautiful vellow upon which it
rests. The colors seem to stand out separate and distinct. Very
sweet. A veritable beauty. Price 30 cents.

4 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD.

New Tea Rose, The Snowflake, or Marie Lambert.—This is
a lovely white Rose, a pure Tea, but a foreign seedling, the
freest flowing white Rose we have seen. It will be especially
usetul in set designs. For a pot plant it cannot be excelled, as
it possesses every good quality of a pot bose. We counted on
one plant one hundred and forty-three buds and flowers in a
single day, and the plant was only nine months old. It can be
used in place of white Carnations for set pieces at an immense
saving, because it can be bloomed prolitably at one dollar per
one hundred buds, Not oniy will it cover twice and three times
the space, in funeral design for instance, that a Carnation covers,
but it will give greatly superiorresults. Tryit. Price 30 cents.

Paui Neyron.—Deep, shining rose, very fresh and pretty, flowers
large; often measruing five inches in diameter, and it has this
merit: though very large, the buds always developé fine, per-
fect Roses. It is, moreover, a good strong grower, with nice,
almost thornless stems. Price 30 cents to 31.00.

Giant of Batties.—Brilliant crimson, large, very double and
sweet. Esteemed one of the finest. Price 35 cents. ;

Her Majesty —Of immense size, perfect form and exquisite col-
oring, being a delicate, but bright pink, shaded with rosy sal-
mon. The largest Rose ever produced. Its immense size, per-
fect symetry and exquisite coloring combine to make it the Rose
of Roses. Price, 35 cents.

Queen of @ueens.—Pink, with blush edges, large, full. and of per-
fect form. A true perpetual flowing Rose, every shoot being
terminated with a flower. A splendid garden Rose. Price, 35
cents to 31.00.

Mad. Catherine Soupert.—Hybrid perpetual, exquisite pink,
large fine form, good bloomer. Price 25 to 75 cents.

Princess Hohenzollern.—A very strong, vigorous grower, with
beautiful foliage, dark and large; flower very large—more than
semi-double—of perfect form; often produced in clusters: color
br ght, deep. satiny red, with a lighter center. Price, 30 cents.

Hybrid Tea Rose, Viscountess Folkestone.—A grand agquisi-
tion; one of the very largestand most durable of roses, unsur-
passed in freedom of bloom, and remarkable for its fine keeping
qualities. It remains along time in bud, and after being ex-
panded the buds have been frequently kept a week in good con-
dition before dropping. The foliage is rank and dark, the canes
heavy, carrying buds finely erect; the flower is delicately tinted,
almost white, showing a faint creamy pink on the reverse of the
petals. When partly open it is slightiy cupped: the inner petals
are apparently quilled. When fully expanded itis an immens-
half sphere of the softest satiny texture; a perfect rose. Price
30 cents.

Ye Primrose Dame.—An exquisite new Tea Rose, as beautiful as
its quaintly pretty name. It is a very double variety. with petals
beautifully curved; very free flowering. The outer petals are a
soft but distinct canary color, the center.a rich, rosy salmon or
apricot: the shading from the outside to the center is very
beautiful Itis of a cup shape, showing the glowing center
from the first opening of the bud. The foliage is fine, but luxu-
riant and healthy. The habit is somewhat like Niphetos. Buds
of fine form and excellent shape. Price, 25 cents.

Mad. de Watteville.—Salmon blush, each petal bordered light
rose like a tulip, lovely color and shape. This rose delights ev-
ery one. Price, 25 cents.

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Princess Beartrice.—This beautiful English novelty, is one of the
- finest introductions of late years. The originator a celebrated
English Rose Grower, claims that it is the best tea rose ever
raised by him, and we are sure it will please all lovers of choice
roses. It is of vigorous growth, with stiff erect wood, thick hand-
some foliage, which when young is bright crimson. The buds
are large and double, and the most perfect form, the petais are
of fine texture and substance; the open rose is also exquisitely
beautiful and lasting well when cut. Theecolor is distinct from
any other variety, the outside petals are pale bluff, center goiden
yellow, shaded with bright rosy crimson, from its first opening,
the petals roll their edges backward displaying the bright apri-
cot center. Very sweet and fragant. Price, 25 cents.

Souv. de Victor Hugo.—A splendid ever-blooming rose, introduced

from France; large tulip-shaped flowers, delightfully scented

and a very free bloomer; color lovely citron red, with beautiful
amber and fawn shading. Price, 25 cents each.

Madame Scipion Cochet.-— Vigorous in growth, with fine, healthy
foliage. Flowers are large and can be cut with long stems;
petals are thick in texture: color pale rose, shaded with clear
yellow, making a combination of coloring. Price, 30 cents.

Mme. Philemon Cochet.—Has extremely beautiful heavy foliage,
and plenty of it, being a fine rapid grower and a profuse bioom-
er, the flower always coming ona long stem: the bloom is of
medium size, semi-double, and a delicate pink, with shell-shaped
petals. Price, 30 cents,

Sovenir de Therese Levet.—Pure, clear, velvety crimson. Each
petal shows on the center of margin a decided point, giving the
flower a clear-cut appearance. Its odor is powerful and delicious.
You are not getting a common red Rose when ordering this.
Price, 30 cents.

Princess Sagan.—This new rose is a most daz7ling shade of crim-
son, Shaded scarl t Price, 25 to 35 cents.

Countesse de Frigneuse.—Delicate canary yellow; long pointed
buds; exquisite. Price, 25 cents.

Mad... Kruger.—Magnificent large buds; of a rich shade of
tawny yellow. Price, 35 cents.

The Bride.—Beautiful in bud, and in full bloom pure white; out-
side petals sometimes tinted delicate rose. Price. 20 cents.

Cherokee Rose.—-Pure snowy white, large single; spring green
foliage; arampant; grown; Atsthetic. Price, 25 cents.

Marshall P. Wilder.—Hybrid perpetual, bright cherry red; fine.
Price, 35 to 50 cents.

Letty Coles.—Soft pink, shaded crimson. Price 20 cents.

Wm. Francis Benett.—An admirable forcing rose; its rich, glow-
ing crimson color and charming fragrance, combined with large
size and correct shape, have rendered it a general favorite.
Price, 25 to 50 cents.

Mad. Ktienne.—A profuse blooming sort, bearing large, full and
fragrant buds of arosy pink color. The edge of the petals
shades off to light rose; centre occasionally shows a rich blush.
Price, 30 cents.

Meteor..-A rich, dark velvety crimson Hybrid Tea; a free-bloomer
and vigorous grower. Price, 25 to 60 cents.

6 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD.

ROSES.

OLDER VARIETIES.

Laurette.— White shaded rose, splendid winter bloomer

Marie Van Houte.—Yellow shaded rose, exquisite; a perfect rose.

Countess Riza du Pare.—Coppery rose, beautiful shading.

Bougere.— Bronzed pink. :

Duchess de Brabant.—Pink, fine bloomer.

Isabella Sprunt.—Lemon yellow.

Homer —Clear rose, salmon shade.

La Sylphide.—Blush, fawn centre,

Premium de Charrissiens.—Carmine rose.

Safrano.—Apricot yellow.

Queen's Scarlet.—Wonderful bloomer, fine.

Gen de Tartas.—Deep rose buds, hanging like bells.

Mad. Pernet.—Silvery rose.

Souvenir d’un Ami.—Pink cupped.

Valle de Chamouinx.—Copper and rose.

Yellow Tea.— Elegant long buds.

Adam.—Light pink, beautiful shape, very large petals.

Prices of above named varieties, 20 ets. each, 6 for $1, 13 for $2.
Perle des Jardens.—Golden yellow, loveiy in bud and flower.
Coquette de Lyon.—Canary yellow.

Etoile de Lion.—Beautiful chrome yellow.

Duchess of Edenburg.—Intense glowing scarlet.

Andre Swartz.—Beautiful crimson.

Catherine Mermet. - Beautiful tlesh color—a magnificent rose.

Paul Floret.—Waxy pink.

Niphetos.—Pure snow white. beautiful buds.

Bella.—Pure white beautiful long buds.

Louis de la Reve.—Blush, shaded pink.

Princess «of Wales.— Light rose, shaded saffron.

La Princess Vera.—Flesh color, base of petals deep pink.

Mad. Welch.—Soft yellow, inner petals coppery yellow.

Mad. Lambard.-— Salmon pink, beautiful buds, one of the hand-
somest and most satisfactory roses grown, beautiful in bud and
in flower; always in bloom.

Mad. Dennis.—Waxy white.

Malmason.—Flesh color, large beautiful bud and flower

La France — A grand rose—deep rose pink, exquisitely fragrant.

Sunset. —A tawny shade of saffron yellow, beautiful buds, one of the
finest roses grown.

Triumph of Luxumberg.—Soft pink.

Sombreul.—White.

Jules Finger.—Rosy scarlet, shaded crimson.

Nancy Lee.—Dwarf grower, large soft pink buds.

Queen's Scarlet.

Jacquiminot.—Deep rich red.

Prices of above, 25 to 50 cents each ; $2.25 to $5 per duzen.

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Polyanthea Roses.—-Little white pet. Flowers in large clusters.
Very pretty. Price, 20 cents.

Mad. Cecele Bruner.—The prettiest and daintiest rose imagina-
ble; pink shaded saimon. Price, 20 cents.

Perle D. or.—Resembling the above, salmon buds. Price, 20 cents.

CLIMBING ROSES.

Mad. Alfred Carriere.—Rapid grower; always in bioom; buds and
blossoms pearly white, with long stems. No collection is com-
plete without this rose Price, 29 cents.

Cloth of Gold.—Golden yellow.
White Lamarque.—Pure white.

Rene. Marie Henriette.— Sometimes called red-flowering ‘‘Glorie
de Dijon.’ Color, rich crimson, elegantly shaded; flowers large,
full and fine form, very double. very sweet. An extra fine sort,

James Sprunt.—A grand rose; deep cherry-red, medium size, full,
very double and sweet. A strong grower and profuse bloomer.

W. A. Richardson.—A most unusual shade of orange yellow;
much admired.

Euphrosne.—Large, pearly white; a vaiuable winter bloomer.

Reve D. or.—Beautiful in flower and foliage; a rampant grower ;
saffron yellow. The best and most satisfactory of all climbing
roses.

GHRYSANTHEMUMS,

MY NOVELTIES.

Pyrethrum Roseum.— Resembling the prettiest pyrethrums
roseum in havit and color. Very high soft centre, ceep pinkish
carmine petals. Tall grower. Masses of flowers on long stems.
Very early. Price 50 cents.

Mrs. H. C. Ford.—Entirely distinct. Like a fringed astor. Ex-
quisite pink blossoms with notched petals. Very double. Blooms
very earty and continues to throw up shoots which bloom all
winter. Price 50 cents.

Marguerite.—Pure white, like marguerites. Very valuabie on ac-
count of its perpetual blooming qualities. Price, 15 cents.

NEW VARIETIES.

Ada Spaulding.—Lower half of flower a rich deep pink, shading in
upper portion to the purest pearl-white. Petals very large,broad
and solid. Splendid. Price, 60 cents

Mrs. Charles Dissel.—A thoroughly tested variety ; an improved
Mrs. Thompson. Stronger in growth than that variety, larger,
thoroughly inecurved in shape. In color, variable, mostly a soft
shade of lavender pink, sometimes creamy white, sometimes
white with pink centre, and occasionally all three shades on the
same plant. Price, 60 cents.

8 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD.

John Lane.—Magnificent pink ball in appearance; fine for pots;
splendid for cutting. Color a rose-pink, with peach or light shad-
ings on under side of petals, ends of centre petals tipped with
gold. Price, 60 cents.

Miss Mary Weightman.—A magnificent and very distinct chrome
yellow; in form ioose and feathery, but very large and full.
Flowers 10 inches across. Early. Price, 60 cents.

Mrs. Wm. Bowen.—tThe finest, freest-growing and freest-flower-
ing ot the Wheeler type; color magnificent. Appeared in three
of the large premium-winning collections, and was universaliy
admired. Price, 75 cents.

The Bride.—Immense pure white, very double flowers, reflexed;
outer row of petals tubular; a grand variety for all purposes.
Price, 35 cents each.

Violet Rose.—A new shade of color, being a true rose shade, and of
the very largest size; one of the most remarkable Chrysanthe-
mums ever raised, and a great acquisition. Price, 35 cents each.

Lord Byron.—A very brilliantly marked bronzy red and gold
flower; large, double and good. Price 35 cents.

Sunset.—A remarkable and very striking flower, with broad, long,
flat petals of rich orange yellow, marbled with brown, red and
crimson; golden disc; flowers of immense size. Price 25 cents.

Amber Gem.—Beautiful amber. Flowers grow in form ofa ball.
last many weeks. Price, 50 cents.

Chiffonier.—Silvery pink. Petals turning and twisting towards
centre, formin ; a ball of perfect negligee. Price, 50 cents.

Mrs. irving Clark.—Soft cream white, suffused with rose and
sometimes yellow. One of the largest, finest and best. Price,
30 cents.

Seurce d’Or.—Bright orange, with gold shadings. Splendid.
Price, 20 cents.

Monadnock.—tThe flower is full, bright yellow tubular florets. A
beauty and a very odd flower. Price, 25 cents.

Lillian B. Bird.—Of the very largest size, long, tubular petals of
perfect form, producing flowers which are twelve inches in diam-
eter; the color is an exquisite shade of “shrimp pink,” the flower
when fully open being an im:uiense half-globe; a magnificent
variety. Price, 25 cents.

Mountain of Snow.—Pure white, immense size, the blooms form-
ing a perfect ball. Price 25 cents.

Thistle.—At first a shade of lemon yellow, changing to a pure
white. Their thread-like petals are like a paint brush or thistle.
Frice, 50 cents.

Gold Thread.—Crimson, maroon, and yellow. Long, thread-like
petals on outside; inside shor er, in form of tassel. Price, 50 cts.

Oriole.—Crimson, tipped with gold; distinct. Price, 50 cents.

Golconda.—Like an Orange tassel: semi-double. Very long, grace-
ful petais, of canary yellow. Tall grower. Price 50 cents.

Carroll Elliott.—Rich, deep red, each petal tipped golden yellow.
Price, 30 cents.

Chin Ko.—Reflexed, plush, cream centre turning white. Price, 25e.

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Mountain of Snow —Pure white, distinct, iinmense size, and
borne on long, erect stems, the blooms forming a perfect ball
Magnificent as an exhibition plant or for cut flowers. Price, 20
cents. ;

Mrs. Levi P. Morton.—Of distinct and unique appearance,a bright
pink, the floret petals are wide and long, and radiate with the
utmost regularity from the dise. The base of each petal is pure
white, forming a broad and decided ring around the yellow cen-
tre. Price, 25 cents.

Mrs. Alpheus Hardy.—The celebrated Chrysanthemum for which
$1500 was paid by the introducers. Large, pure white, petals
covered with silky hair, giving it a lovely fluffy appearance;
called the white ostrich plume chrysanthemum: strong plants.
Price 50 cents.

Leopard.—Ground color a deep shade of carmine, irregularly
splashed snd spotted with pure white, flower quite large, petals
partly tubular; a very distinct and novel variety; quite late.
Price, 35 cents.

Mrs. Andrew Carnegie.—The flowers of this variety are very
large and beautiful of a handsome dark velvety crim-
son, with reverse of petals a light shade of chrome _ yellow.
The petals are twisted and incurved so that the formation of the
flower is very attractive, and shows the peculiar combination of
colors to great advantage; very fine. Price, 25 to 50 cents.

Chrysanthemum Sunnyside.—A variety producing flowers which
often measure ten inches in diameter. The flower resembles an
immense Pond Lilv; of a pearly white color, deepening in the
center to delicate rose. Price, 25 cents.

Mrs. Anthony Waterer.—This is an immense spreading flower,
which has been produced eleven inches across, the individual pet-
als being one and a quarter inches across, at first very pale blush
on outside, which tint it loses as it matures. When fully ex-
panded it has the appearance of a bunch of white ribbon. It is
invaluable for cutting. Price, 35 cents.

Walter W. Coles.—A very bright, reddish terra-cotta, reverse
pale yellow, outer petals broad, long, pointed and horizontal. A
very large flower and exquisitely beautiful. Price, 20 cents.

Colossal.—Probably the largest of all: Chrysanthemums, form
somewhat flat, with tips of petals incurved. The color is of
ae changing to blush. A charming variety. Price, 35
cents.

G. F. Moseman.-_-By far the finest of all Chrysanthemums yet
grown, nine inches in diameter, irregular incurved petals, buff
without and bright terra-cotta within, large, robust and free-
growing. Price 20 cents each.

Marvel.—-A very large, flat flower of regular rosette shape; ground
color is of a pure waxen white, and on this is a large irregular
pee f wine color. No two flowers similarly marked. Price,

cents.

hae erent amber color, florets long and tubular. Price, 25
cents.

Rose Hill.—Narrow petals, forming immense balls, pale pink.
Price, 35 cents.

The Chrysanthemums named above will be ready in April. The
entire set for $10.

10 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD.

OLDER VARIETIES.

Cullingfordii.—Reflexed, brilliant velvety crimson, shading to
scarlet. No other variety has yet approached this in color; there
B no suey gion of violet or lilac shading aboutit. Price, 15 to

5 cents.

Christmas Eve.—One of the finest late flowering whites in culti-
vation. Pure snowy white. Superior in shape and first-class in
every way. Price, 15 cents.

Grandifiorum.—A magnificent variety; flowers of immense size,
often 6 inches in diameter; petals very broad, incurving so as
to form a solid ball of the purest golden-yellow. Price. 20 cents.

L. Canning.—Singularly pure wh.te; splendid for ent blooms or
potted plants. Price, 25 cents.

Mrs. Cleveland.—A ure white variety, with long tubular petals,
flowers very iarge, like President Cleveland. It will be a general
favorite. Awarded certificate of merit at the New York show,
where it caused great admiration. Price, 10 to 15 cents.

Lady St. Claire.—One of the most beautiful of all white Chrysan-
themums. Ineurved. Price, 10 to 15 cents.

Ventura.—Rich maroon red; petals half tubular, half flat; tube
yellow Price, 2) cents.

Mattie Widney.—Rose color; tubular petals; flat at ends. Price,
10 cents.

Lamanda.—Clear yellow; irregular; very beautiful. Price. 15 cents.

Large flat petals; yellow center; pure white. Price, 10 cis.

Mrs. Frank Thompson. - This is the largest Japanese variety and
is one of the most striking varieties ever offered. The petals are
very broad, of great substance, and deeply incurved when fully
open, but reflect as the flower grows old. Color a creamy white,
beautiful velvety, greenish yellow center. Price, 15 cents.

Lacinata.—Very distinct, very fine fringed: petals white. Price,15c.

Edna Craig.— Lovely white; large perfect flower, anemone center.
Price, 10 cents.

Duchess. --Deep maroon inside petals: outside yellow; rich and
beautiful. Price, 10 cents.

Golden Pompon.—Very dainty and pretty. Price, 10 cents.

Nellie Bly.—Twisted golden petals. Price, 10 cents.

King of Crimsons.—Price. 10 zents.

Evangeline.—White; perfect, lovely. Price, 10 cents.

Tubiflorium.—Long straight petals of pink and white; beautiful.
Price, 15 cents.

Shower of Gold.—Plant grows in ro:nd masses, completely cov-
ered with marguerite-like flowers of brown and gold; charming.
Price, 10 cents.

Eda Shepherd.—Deep rose; large semi-double; flower beautiful.
Price, 15 cents.

America.—Blush white; large semi-double. Price, 10 cents.

Christmas Eve.—Beautiful; perfect; white. Price, 15 cents.

Fair Maid of Guernsey.—White in clusters, like tassels. Price,15c..

Pearl.

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Mad. C. Audiguer.—Lovely pink. Price, 10 cents.
Moonlight.—Exquisite white; immense flowers. Price, 15 cents.
Lady St. Clair.—White Chinese; exquisite. Price, 10 cents.
Mrs. Mary Morgan.—Deep pink. Price, 10 cents.
Robert Bottomly,—White large flower; fine. Price, 10 cents.

J.Y. Murkland.—Semi-double; snowy white; curled petals; yeliow
center; beautiful. Price, 10 cents.

Mrs. John May.—Clear bright yellow. Price, 10 cents.

Habran de Mediana.—Long peculiar drooping petals; blush
shaded purple. Price, 35 cents.

Fimbriatum,.—Delicate pink. Price, 10 cents.

Wenonah.--White laced with lavender pink; very beautiful. Price,
10 cents.

Borquet Blanche.-—Fine pure white; late. Price, 10 cents.
Hmily Dale,--Large pink incurved flowers. Price, 10 cents.
M. Bacot.—-Most perfect pink white. Price, 10 cents.

Mrs. Jessie Barr.--Pure white; soft and fleecy in appearance; a
gem. Price, 15 cents.

Gladiator.—Deep crimson Price, 15 cents.
Palma.—- Orange red and gold. Price, 10 cents.
Bartoldi.-—Deep rosy pink, changing to light maroon. Price 15 cts.

Maggie Mitchell.—Blush white; large flower; late bloomer. Price,
10 cents.

Mrs. Wm. Hamilton.—Extra large double; late. Price, 15 cents.
Bonnie Rose.-—-Rose; large fine shaped flowers. Price, 10 cents.
Montgolfer.—Maroon, tipped golden yellow. Price, 10 cents.
Guiding Star,—White.

Cincinnati.—New, choice; like tassels; orange brown shaded pur-
ple. Price, 15 cents.

GERANIUMS.

CHOICE NEW SORTS.

The Aristocrat.—A most beautiful single variety; immense
trusses of a deep velvety cherry color; flowers very large. This
geranium is said to have been stolen from the garden of an
English nobleman and brought 1o Santa Barbara. Genuine
name not known. To see it, is to desire it. Ready in April at 25c.

The Raymond,--Dwarf bedder; vivid scarlet, with dark stems to
florets; trusses lie flat on top of stem in immense balls; most
showy and striking. Price, 25 cents.

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Pink Pearl,—Very large perfectly round florets of an exquisite
shade of pink, two petals with distinct white base; a most lovely
variety ; elects unusual admiration. Price, 25 cents.

New Gold and Bronze Geranium, ‘“ California,”’--Goiden yel-
low leaf with a zone of shaded brown and red, brilliant crimson
searlet trusses of flowers which stand well above the foliage.
Price, 25 cents; 4 sorts for 75 cents.

OTHER GERANIUMS.

Double,—LaA FAVORITE, LA CIGNE, BRUANTI, MAD. HOSTE, PRO-
GRESSION, GOLD DUST, SATISFACTION, CRIMSON VELVET, R.
BUTT.

Single,—QUEEN OF THE BELGENS, ARC EN-CEIL, POET NATIONAL,
DAZZLER, GEN. GRANT, LUMONARY ELECTROQUE. Many choice
Seedlings. Price, 10 cents each, 12 for $1; cuttings, 25c. per doz.

Gold and Bronze Geraniums.—FANNY, EXQUISITE, BRONZE, BED-
DER, CLOTH OF GOLD, CAROLINE PATTERSON. Price, 10 cents
each ; cuttings, 35 cents per dozen.

GERANIUMS---FOLIACE VARIETIES.

Silver.—MT. oF SNow, CASTLE MIuk. Price, 19 cents each; cuttings
35 cents per dozen.

Tricolor.—GLEN EYRE BEAUTY, SUNSET, MRS. POLLOCK, FREAK OF
NATURE, Happy THOUGHT. Price, 15 cents each; 10 for $1

PELARGONIUMS.
These are the splendid regal sorts with fluted petals.

Mad. Thibaut.—Exquisite shades of pink with white edge; strong
plants. Price, 50 cents; small, 25 cents.

Dr. Masters.—Rich crimson scarlet with black markings. Price 50e.
Countess of Oxford.—Very dark red, white edge, Price, 30 cents.

Mrs. Copeland.—Pure white with a few faint pink lines on lower
petals ; large splendid trusses of flowers. Price, 60 cents.

Empress of India.—Immense trusses of blush pink flowers with
dark markings. Price, 35 cents.

Mrs. Wells.—Resembling the above, but more crimped; fine.

Dr. Andre.—Beautiful crimped petals, pink shades.

Mary Ashley.—A lovely seedling with large velvety pink flowers,
two very dark petals.

Daughter of the Regiment,F. Dorner and Refulgens.—Price,
25 cents each.

THIRD ANNUAL CATALOGUE. 13

ROVELMIES AND RAREMIES.

Lady Washington Geranium Mrs. Copeland.—large snowy
white flowers, beautifully frilled; a few faint lines of_ pale
pink on lower petals; red petals and stamens, exquisite. Price,
65 cents.

’ Mad. Thibaut.—Not new, but always scarce; white, richly blotched
and marbled with rose; the upper petals marked with crimson-
maroon; large white centie; 1mmense trusses of very large
fine flowers, with undulated petals. Price, 50 cents.

Strong plants of the two above ready April 1st.

Coraopsis Lanceolata.—The most lovely and useful hardy plant
that has been sent out for years; it is a continuous bloomer, and
bears profusely, its bright, large, golden yellow flowers, high
above the foliage; blooms winter and summer; is fine for cor-
sage and boquets, and most showy in the garden; fine for bor-
ders. Price 10 to 20 cents per plant, $1.00 to +2.00 per dozen.

Solanum Beteceum or Tomato Tree.—Fine, stately, tropical,
ornamental plant, bearing fruit the first year; fruit hangs droop-
ing below the foliage, is about the size of a hen’s egg; smooth
skin, rich orange salmon color, when ripe; the flavor is delicious,
seeds like a tomato; This fruit is destined to become very popu-
lar; it is good raw ur cooked, and makes fine jelly. In Ceylon
it is called the “poor man’s fruit.” Plants, 25 to 50 cents each.
Ready April 1st.

Bouganvillia Glabra.—Fine climber; shining leaves with showy
pies lowers alw ysin bloom. Price, 25 to 50 centseach. Ready
April 1st.

Thunbergia Laurifolia.—This magnificent climber cannot be too
highly praised. To the Florist, and all who require winter
blooms, it is indispensable, as it flowers in the greatest profu-
sion during the winter months. Color delicate violet blue.
Price, 50 cents.

Fragrans.—Another valuable winter blooming plant, flowers pure
white, and free flowerer. Price, 25 cents. Ready April 1st.

Bignonia Chamberlaynii.—Fine climber with beautiful foliage
and exquisite creamy yellow gloxinia-like flowers, with orange
markings inside. Price, 50 cents to $1 each Ready April 1.

Bignonia Venustra.—The grandest of all climbers; beautiful ever-
green foliage; wreaths of long flowers in clusters of most ex-
quisite orang. salmon; no climber elicits more universal admir-
ation than this. Price, 50 cents to $1 each.

Alstroemerea.— Beautiful tuberous rooted plants, natives vf South
America; they bloom in spring and summer, growing to the
height of three feet; flowers various shades of straw color, sal-
mon and yellow; very showy and beautiful; quite rare. Price,
10 to 25 cents each.

Swansonia Alba.—A choice shrub with beautiful fine foliage and
spikes of pure white pea-shaped flowers; very beautiful. Price,
25 cents each. Ready April 1.

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AMARYLLIS.

Choice Seedlings.—From my own seed saved from a fine collec-
tion of named sorts, viz., ANLICA, VELTATA DEFRONEL. EMPRESS
oF InpIA, and others. I ean thoroughly recommend these be-
cause I know they are choice. Price, 25c, 50c, 75¢ and 41 each,
according to size and variety.

Equestris (BarbaGdoes Lily).—A profuse flowering variety; flow-
ers red, with white centre. Price, 25 cents each.

Formcsissima (Jacoboean Lily).—Dark scarlet, free blooming.
Splendid for pot culture, and can be grown in water like Hya-
cinths; flowers in summer, if kept dry during winter. Price,
5 cents each.

Johnsonii.—Strong, vigorous growth, bearing from 3 to 6 brilliant
red flowers on each stem. The petals are striped with white,
rendering the flower very attractive. Very fragrant. Price 50
cents each. :

Amaryllis Defiance.—'t isa wonderfully sturdy grower. Never
fails to bloom with fair treatment. Itis a continuous bloomer,
flowering repeatedly during theseason. Flowers very large, pet-
als broad and very firm, lasting in water many days. Extraor-
dinarily large carmine-red flowers. A bar of white running
through each petal, and the whole fl eked and suffused with
shadings of white Price, $1.0) each, 2d size 75 ets each, 3d size
5) ets each.

Amaryllis Aulica.—Oue of the most beautiful amaryilis in cultiva-
tion, bright, broad green foliage, distinctiv curved, flowers very
large with broad spreading petais of a rich red—with white lines
—ereenish yellow throat. Splendid large bulbs, from 41.09 to
$1.50 each; smaller, 75 and 50 cts. each.

Amaryll s Longifolia Alba.—Very thick, broad, light green foli-
age; flowers white, shaded br »wnish pink; fragrant and beauti-
ful, a great bloomer. Price, buibs, 20 ets. 49 cts. and 75 cts each.

Amaryllis Belladonna Rosea.—Large bulbs with flowers of an
exquisite pink color; fragrance like ripe apricots, foliage dies
down in the spring, after which the bulb throws up the flower
stalk. Price, 35 cts. to 75 ets each: extra large bulbs, $1.00

Pure White Perpetual Blooming, Large Flowering, Fra-
grant Cyclamen, Mt. Blanc.—This charming cyclamen, un-
like other sorts, blooms the year around: it throws its snowy
white exquisitly fragrant flowers high above the foliage—one
good size bulb will frequently have 50 to 100 buds and blooms at
one time. The foliage has beautiful silvery markings. Price of
bulbs, 15, 25 to 50 cents each.

Pilocereus Senilis, or Old Man Cactus.—This curious Cactus
attracts the attention of every one; it is most grotesque and
peculiar, resembling exactly the top of an old man’s head (in
minature) covered with white hair. From Mexico. Pric:, 75
cents to #1 each. Ready April 1.

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Luism OF PLANS.

Abutilon, or Chinese Bell Flower.—Named Varieties, white,
yellow, red, pink, veined double, all sorts. Price, 10 to 20 cents
- each; $1 to $1.50 per dozen.

Anemone, Japonica Alba.—Pure white blossoms on long slender
stems, two to three feet high. Price, 10 to 25 cents each.

Alstroemerias.—Beautiful tuberous rooted plants, growing two to
three feet high with spikes of large funnel-shaped flowers in
shades of yellow and salmon: prettily shaded and marked; rare.
Price, 10 to 20 cents each; $1 to »1.50 per dozen.

Golden-Spurred Columbine.—The finest of all Columbines:
blooms all summer; flowers of pure lemon yellow; spurs over
taree inches iong. Price, 15 cents.

Coerulea, or Rocky Mountain Columbine.—One of the finest
hardy perrenial plants, violet-blue and white. Price. 20 cents.

Arundo Donax Fol. Var.—This is the stateliest and most graceful
of all known variegated grasses. It grows from six to ten feet
high; it is of vigorous habit, with long, broad,elegantly recurved
leaves, picturesquely marke! with broad silver stripes that mar-
gin their whole length. Price, 25 to 50 cents.

Hardy Asters.—These are exceedingly beautiful, producing for «
long time great masses of elegant, daisy-like blossoms, of deli-
eae colors; a single plant will bear several thousand blossoms,
and make a show for a long distance: perfectly hardy and bloom
profusely every year; beautiful lavender and pure white. Price,
15 cents; 2 for 25 cents.

Agave Americana ov Century Plant.—Price, 15 to 50 cents each ;
variegated, 20 cents to $1 each.

Ardisia Japonica.—Masses of scarlet berries hang low under the
deep-green foliage; very taking and decorative Price, 25 cents
to $1 each.

Agathea Celestis—Blue Daisy.—The flowers are daisy-shaped,of
a delicate light blue, with a yellow disc; it blooms in great pro-
fusion all the year. Price, 10 to 20 cents.

Akebia Quinata.—A perfectly hardy vine; it will grow about 20
feet high and make a close mass with its small,evergreen leaves.
The flowers are a rich cinnamon-brown, about an inch in diam-
eter, deliciously fragrant, and of a shape so odd that it seems en-
tirely fitting that they should have come to us from Japan.
Frice, 20 cents.

Aloysia Citriodora—Lemon WVerbena.—Foliage delightfully
fragrant. Price, 10 cents. Ready in April.

Agapanthus Umbellatus—The Blue African Lily.—This is a
splendid plant; foliage large and graceful; the clusters of 20 to
30 bright blue flowers are produced on flower stocks about 3 feet
high—the flowers opening in succession for a long period during
the summer. Price, strong plants, 50 cents; small, 25 cents.

Ampelopsis—Bipinnati.—_New; beautiful lustrous bluish-green
foliage, shaded red-bronze; red in autumn. P. ice, 10 to 25 cents.

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Agapanthus Umbellatus- Variegata.—Foliage white, striped
with green; porcelain blue flowers in fine contrast with the foli-
age. Price, 50 to 75 cents each.

AmpeJopsis—Tricolor.—Charming foliage, variegated, pink, green
- and white. Price, 10 to 25 cents.

Asparagus Tenuissimus.—We consider this extremely elegant
plant, which is a native of South Africa, to be the greatest aequi-
sition for decorative purposes, or for cutting from, that has been
offered for many years. It 1s a climber, and is grown and can be
strung like smilax, but the extreme delicacy of the foliage can-
not be deseribed. It is as fine and graceful as Asparagus, finer
than the fronds of the most delicate fern. The sprays will be in
great demand for bouquet and other floral work, as, in addition
to its gracefulness, it does not wilt like ferns or smilax, but re-
mains bright and green for weeks. Price, 20 to 50 cents each.

Abelia Rupestris.—A beautiful shrub from China; it is evergreen
and the rosy white flowers come in clusters at the ends of the
branches; flowers in the fall and winter; delicately perfumed.
Price, 15 to 25 cents.

BOUVARDIAS.

Davedsoni.—Blush. Price, 25 to 50 cts.

Humboltii.—White, long tubular flowers; fragrant. Price, 25 to
50 cents.

Flavescens.—Light yellow. Price, 25 to 50 cents.
Alf:ed Neuner.—Double blush. Price, 25 to 50 cents.
President Cleveland.—Dazzling scarlet. Price, 75 cents.

BEGONTAS,
REX VARIETIES.

The most ornamental of window plants when well grown. Give
them a soil composed of loam, well rotted manure and sand.
They require a warm, moist atmosphere, and shady situation,
suitable for wardian cases. They are universally admired for
their grand leaves, which are elegant in form, rich in coloring,
and of the deepest velvety texture. Do not allow the sun to
strike the leaves while wet, and do not overwater. I have 25
choice kinds. Price, 25 to 50 cents each.

FLOWERING VARIETIES.

Alba Perfecta Grandiflora.—The foliage resembles the well-
known Begonia Rubra, but the flowers are pure white, and borne
in immense pendant clusters. Price, 10 to 25 cents.

Agyrostigma Picta.—Sometimes called ‘‘Angel’s Wings.” The
‘leay es are smooth and are thickly covered with clear aes mark-
ings or spots, the under side crimson color, flowers white, tinged
with pink. Price, 10 to 25 cents.

Metallica.—Dark,rough leaves,the surface a lustrous bronze-green,
veins depressed and dark red: a free bloomer: the unopened
buds are a bright red, with surface like plush. When opened
the flowers are waxy white. Price, 15 to 25 cents.

New Begonia, Manicata Aurea.—One of the most beautifully

variegated plants ever introduced, Leaves large, glossy

and smooth, a delicate shade of green, blotched profusely with

bright golden yellow, flowers bright pink Everyone who sees

it admires it the most of any foliage plant we grow. New and
searce. Price, good strong: plants, 75 cents.

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Begonia, Diadema.—Thisis a distinct new variety; the leaf is
large and deeply lobed, giving it avery tropical appearance;
color of leaf rich olive green, handsomely spotted with silver ; it
grows well, and is indeed very attractive. Price, 20 cents.

Rubella. A very ornamental species, belonging to the Ricinifolia
section. Leaves irregular, blotched red on a pallid ground, ribs
banded with purplish brown, under surface red. This makes a
grand specimen plant and will enrich any collection of begonias.
The flowers are borne on long stalks one foot above the foliage
in large panicles of pink and white. A superb Begonia. Price,
20 to 35 cents.

Rubra.—The leaves are a dark green, the color of the flower a dark
rose, glossy and wax-like; this peculiarity is so marked that
when plants are placed singly in a room the glossy appearance
of the leaves and flower gives the impression that they are arti-
ficial rather than natural. Price, 10 to 25 cents.

Sanguinea.—A showy variety with very large leaves, the upper
side of which is a rich olive, the under side crimson, and of a pe-
culiar leather-like substance; dainty flowers, light rose to white.
Price, 10 cents.

Sandersonii—Coral Begonia.—One of the best flowering Begon-
ias. The flowers are a scarlet shade of crimson, borne in pro-
fusion tor months ata time. Price, 10 to 2' cents.

Semperflorens Gigantea Rosea.—This fine new variety attains
to a large size, and is a compact mass of glossy, olive-green
leaves. It is so free in bloom as to present the appearance of a
fine bouquet. The flower is white in the center. shading toa
delicate shell pink, distinctly margined with bright rose, and en-
livened with dense clusters of yellow anthers, producing a charm-
ing effect. It blooms continually, but is freestin Winter This
magnificent sort elicits remarks of admiration wherever seen.
Price, 20 cents.

Semperfiorens Gigantea Hlegans—New HEver-blooming Be-
gonia.— \ true ever-bloomer, attaining a height of 15 inches,
with glossy, bright tropical foliage, bearing flowers of beautiful
rosy flesh color on strong stems thrown well above delightful
foliage. Price, 35 to 50 cents.

Weltoniensis —The flowers are a lovely shade of pink and very
abundant. Price, 10 cents.

Zebrina.—Leaves a bronzy green, with darker stripes and blotches,
under side deep crimson. Price, 15 cents.

Gilsoni.—Strong grower; beautiful foliage; large airy panicles of
dainty double fragrant flowers; the only double Beyonia of its
class. Price, 15 to 40 cents.

Oderata Alba.—Shining green foliage; large pure white panicles;
delicate fragrant flowers: tall grower. Price, 10 to 25 cents.

Oderata Rosea.—Resembling the above, leaves shining green;
flowers in immense panicles; deep rose color. Price, 15 to 35e.

Hibrida Multiflora.—Small foliage, completely covered with clus-
ters of rose pink flowers; very hardy, grows tall. Price, 10 to 20ce.

Rubra.—Grows sometimes to the height of 10 or 12 feet; panicles of
very large coral red flowers. Price, 15 to 30 cents.

Margaritee.—New. _A variety with leaves like Metallica, bronze-
green, with purplish cast, large*trusses of delicate rose-colored
bloom. Price, 10 to 25 cents.

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McBethii.—The leaves are fine cut, plant bushy in form and very
free flowering, being constant the year ’round; white flowers,
waxy in texture and carried in panicles. A fine bedder. Price,
10 to 25 cents.

Palmata.— Peculiar palm-like foliage, resembling a fan; a unique
valietv. Price, 20 cents.

Ricinifolia,—The leaf will average a foot or more in diameter;
color a rich green, with reddish markings, surface velvety, pink
blooms, lifted high and spray-like quite clear of the foliage.
Price, 20 to 50 cents.

Robusta.—The flower is composed of two wide and two narrow
petals, the wide ones are bright rose, the narrow petals are al-
most pure white, a distinct pink stripe in the center of each en-
livened with golden anthers. Borne in clusters, and with the
coral-red buds form a most elegant and chaste appearance. Price
10 to 20 cents.

Fuchsoides Coccinea.—Elegant, free blooming variety. It re-
sembles Hybrida Multiflorain growth; the flowers are a bright
scarlet. Price, 10 to 20 cents.

biggswelliana.—Flowers dark crimson, center pink, very free
bloomer, a beautiful variety, will please everybody. Price, 15 cts.

In Southern California Begonias do beautifully bedded out in
sheltered localities.

The Great New Bedding Plant.—Tuberous-Rooted Bego-
nias.—The Tuberous-Rooted Begonias are among the handsom-
est of our summer flowering bulbs. Planted in pots or in the
flower border, they riv-1 the Geraniums with their rich and va-
ried coiors, ranging from the most delicate shade of yellow and
salmon to the most striking crimson and seariet. It has only
been known the last few years what a wonderful bedding plant
the Tuberous Begonia is. Plant in sheltered locations and you
will have a mass of beautifui foliage set off with unsurpassed
sprays of immense flowers measuring from 4 to 7 inches across.
The shapely glistening leaves gracefully droop to the :round
and form a dense Oval pyramid; while this is crowned with an
unbroken mass of flowers immense in size and endless in color.
The tubers can be taken up and stored like a tuberose, when per-
fe tly dry covered with sawdust. Bright Scarlet, Orange Scar-
let, Crimson Searlet, Pink, White, Yellow, 35 cents each; mixed
single, 25 cents each; mixed double, 49 cents each; extra choice
single, 50 cents each: extra choice double, 75 cents each ; in April.

Bougainvillia Glabra.—Magnificent ciimber with glossy foliage
and brilliant, deep, pink flowers—always in bloom. This climber
attracts universal attention and is most desirable. Rare and
beautiful. Price, small plants, 25 cents; strong plants, 50 cents.
Ready in April.

CANNAS.

Excellent plants for garden decoration. Where sub-tropical ef-
fects are desired they are indispensable. The varieties offered are
the cream of existing sorts, and bear flowers of similar size and
form as Gladiolus.

Adolph Weick. —Rich pea-green foliage, very dwarf and compact.
habit, flowers large, of a rich crimson searlet, shaded with
orange. <A free-blooming and attractive sort which should be in
every collection. Price, 15 cents each, $1.10 per dozen..

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Ehemanni.—The most distinct of all Cannas on account of its
large oval soft green leaves and carmine-red flowers, which are
produced on long flower stems; each of the smaller branches
bears about 12 flowers. The flowers are as large as a Gladiolus,
and are use:i to advantage in bouquet-making. This is one of
the most striking and desirable of Cannas ever introduced, and
cannot be too highly reeommende:!. Price, 20 cents each, $1.35
per dozen

Nouttoni.—Is quite distinct from Ehemanni in coloring, being a
rich shade of crimson scarlet. The flowers are very large, grow-
ing erect instead of drooping. The foliage is of a beautiful blu-
ish green, growing very compact and remarkably free-flowering,
forming nearly solid masses of rich, warm coloring. The plant
Boge not : xceed 6 feet in height. Price, 15 cents each, $1.10 per

ozen.

Canna, “mile Leclaire.—Flowers large, bright golden yellow,
mottled and spotted crimson and searlet. It will be found use-
ful as a cut flower, as its peculiar color gives it the appearance
of an orchid. One of the best and most distinct varieties. Pea-
green foliage Price, 20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen

Felix Cro:sse.—Glaucous green foliage; large coppery red flow-
ers. Price, 20 cents each.

Henry Martin.—Orange scarlet; extra large flowers; foliage dark
green. Price, 20 cents each.

Hippolite Flandrin.— Extra large bright salmon flowers; foliage
light green. Price, 25 cents each.

Nabob.—Magnilicent foliage: shaded and striped purplish red;
large crimson searlet flowers. Price, 35 cents each.

Oriental. —-Smaller foliage; more dwarf plant; shaded like the
above; flowers large bright red. Price, 30 cents.

Felicie.—Yellow, blotched rosered. Price, 15 cents.
Fine Seedlings.—Price, 15 cents each; 41.25 per dozen.

Canna Flaccida.—A native of Florida and a variety well worthy
of general cultivation. It grows two to four feet high, with am-
ple foliage of a pale tender green, and bears an abundance of
large lemon_yellow fiowers. Its general character will make it
a favorite. Price, 10 cents.

The collection of Cannas noted above, $1.60.

Calla Lily, or Egyptian Lily of the Nile.—Large white flowers,
broad foliage. Price, 5 to 10 cents each, extra large, 25 cent.; 40
cents to $2.00 per dozen.

Spotted Calla.—Price, 10 to 50 cents each.
Coleus.—Choice sorts, 10 to 20 cents each; 75 cents to $1.25 per doz.

CACTI.

Cereus Triangularis.—A magnificent sort with large triangular
stems, and immen-e creamy white flowers. blooming at night.
Plants of this variety are grown from the Giant specimen de-
seribed in front of catalogue. Good blooming plants. Price,
25 cents: extra large plants, 50 cents to $1.00 each.

Cereus Flagelliformis.—Whip-cord or Rat-tail Cactus. Bright
rose colored flowers. Price, 15 cents to 35 cents each.

20 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD.

Cereus Colubrinus.—(From Cuba.) This Cereus isa very quick,
strong grower, soon attaining stately proportions. It bears fine
white flowers that bloom at night. Price, 25 cents to $1.00.

Philocactus Lalifrons,—A very strong growing species, quite
the giant of its family, producing stout, flattened stems, 4 to 5
inches broad, deeply crenated, and 8or10feet high. The flowers,
which bloom at night, seem to share th- dimensions of the
plants, for they measure 7 to 9 inches across; the petals are of
a delicate creamy white: the sepals and tubeof a reddish hue.
Price, 50 cents to $1.50 each.

Echinocereus.— A wide-spread species. Stems generaliy branch-
ing three to six inches high, fresh green. Large clusters of this
plant produce sometimes an enormous lot of reddish purple
flowers, three inches long. Splendid bloomer. Price, 50 cents.

E. C. Chloranthus.—Spines mostly white and red, and beautifully
arranged on the plant: the lower lateral and central ones often
tipped with purple; upper central ones entirely purple. Flow-
ers yellowish green, and always low down on the plant, forming
circle around the stem and different in shape from most Echino-
cerei. Price, 50 cents to $1.00

M. Grahami.—A miniature fish-hook cactus, scarcely ever reach-
ing a foot in height. Spines white and brown, lacing over the
whole plant. A good bloomer, and very desirable. From Ari-
zoha 25 cents tod50 cents each.

M. Macromeris.—Quite distinct sort, becoming rare; large flow-
ers. Price, $1.00.

Opuntia —.—Variety without spines and beautiful rose-colored
flowers. Price, 15 cents to 30 cents each.

Stapelia Variegata.—Bears beautiful flowers, having a ieathery
texture; buff yellow, with maroon markings; blooms when quite
small; maroon flowers, covered with fine hairs. These curious
flowers resemble a star fish. Price, 10 to 25 cents.

Cereus Grandifiora, Cereus +}cDonaldi, Cereus Dr. Regate
~— Climbing sorts with round stems and very large white flowers;
night bloomers; resembling each other so much that there is
l.ttle choice between them. Good plants, 20 to 50 cents each.

Cereus Alice Wilson, Cereus Orange Gem, Cereus Reful-
gens.— Splendid large double flowers, shaded metalic crimson,
inside very beautiful; blooming plants. Price, 35 to 50 cents.

Cereus.—Large, thick, light green, flat stems; flowers very large
cream white, with brown outside petals. Blooming piants. Price,
20 to 50 cents.

Cereus Scarlet.—The old well-known sort, commonly known as
“Case Knife’ Cactus. This sort is completely covered with
scarlet blossoms in spring; good sized plants frequently bear 70
to 100 buds and blooms at once; blooming plants. Price, 15 cents
to $1 each.

CARNATIONS.

Lydia.—Orange and yellow. Price, small plan:s, 10 cents.

Pres. Garfield.—Great bloomer; fine rich vermillion. Price, 10 cts.
Duke of Orange.—Yellow striped crimson. Price, 10 cents.

Fairy Princess.—White pencilled purpie crimson. Price, 10 cents.
Portia.—Dazzling scarlet. Price, 10 cents.

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Cloth of Gold.—Pure yellow. Price, 15 cents.

Buttercup.—Yellow variegated rose; Splendid. Price, 15 cents.

Mrs. Caroline Severence.—Cherry blotched silvery grey; scarce.
Price, 20 cents ‘

Desdemona.—Very large: perfect; fringed cherry rose; great
bloomer. Price, 15 cents. : 2 :

KE. G. Hill.—Brilliant: fringed crimson searlet; splendid. Price, 15¢

Grace Wilder.—Fringed; rose; charming. Price, i0 cents.

Flavia.—Dainty yellow. Price. 10 cents.

L. L. Laimborn.—New; exquisite snow white. Price, 10 cents.

Hinizie’s White.—Fine old white sort. Price, 10 cents.

Sensation.—Salmon and scarlet. Price, 15 cents

Col. Wiider.—Scarlet and maroon. Price, 20 cents.

Maud Tait.—Peach pink; petals ineurved. Price, 20 cents.

Colum bia.—Orange and red. Price, 15 cents.

Petunia.—Very large; fringed; white and maroon. Price, 10 cents

Wm. Swayne.—Strong, vigorous grower, bearing early and con-
tinuously, large, full fragrant flowers of a pure white; being
very firm and of heavy texture, it will prove valuable for ship-
ping long distances. Price, 20 cents.

Mrs. f. Mangold.—An exquisite shade of salmon pink. Price, 15c.

Silver Spray.—Exquisite snowy white; very large petals: delight-
ful fragrance; fringed. Price, 15 cents.

Mrs. Carnegie.—Very large; white striped and pencilled rosy car-
mine. Price, 20 cents.

Starlight.—Pure beautiful yellow; new. Price, 25 cents.

Scarlet Gem.—Fine fringed scarlet Price, 10 cents

‘ arnations ready in April.

Caladium HEsculentum.—tThe Caladium Eseulentum is one of the
handsomest of ornamental-leaved plants. _ | eaves three feet or
more in length, nearly as broad. There is nothing so good as
this Caladium for a grand bed of foliage in the garden. Price,
good roots, 15 to 20 cents each. $2 per dozen; extra large roots, 40
cents each, »3 per dozen; strong plants, 25 cents each.

Coronilla Glauca.—Pretty shrub with light bluish-green foliage
and clusters of goiden-yellow pea-shaped blossoms; very showy.
Price, 15 cents each.

DAHLIAS,

Double. In shades of red, white and vellow; splendid sorts. Price,
strong roots, 25 cents each; $2 per dozen.

Scarlet Cactus Dahlia Juarez.—This is a gorgeous variety;
grows from 5 tu 6 feet high; beautiful in bud; a fine ploomer; it
blooms till very late in fall and is a most showy bedding plant.
Price, strong roots, 20 cents each; $!.50 per dozen.

Pure White Cactus Dahlia Constance.—A fine companion for
the above; grows 4 to 5 feet high; beautiful snowy white flowers.
Price, 20 cents each; $1. 50 per dozen.

Dainty Yellow Cactus Dahlia Mrs. Hawkins.—A dwarf vari-
ety with flowers a lovely yellow, slightly tinted red. Price, 15
cents each ; $1.25 per dozen.

Diosma Alba or “ Breath of Heaven.’”—Named from dios—d -
vine, and osme—odor, referring to the powerful perfume that
characterizes the species. It is a beautiful shrub with fine heath-
like foliage, that yields a delightful odor; when in bloom is com-
pletely covered with small white starry flowers; very valuable
for bouquets. Price, 25 to 50 cents each.

22 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD.

Daisites.—Pure white; double. Price, 10 cents each; $1 per dozen.

Erythrina Crista-galli, Coral Plant.— A magnificent plint,
producing its scarlet and crimson pea-shaped flowers on spikes
i8 inches] ng. Planted in May they will flower profusely thro’
the summer; they may be taken up in the fall, and kept in per-
fect preservation during the winter in a dry cellar, the roots
covered with haif-dry earth. Perfectly hardy in California.
Prize, good plants, 15 to 35 cents each.

KFUCHIAS.

Gen. Vandever. New. This is a seedling I raised; it is of a climb-
ing habit; rich shaded foliage; very large flowers; sometimes
semi-double; magnificent Price, 15 to 25 cents.

fnow Storm.—Immense double scarlet and white flowers. Price,
25 cents.

Pheromenal.Immense double searlet and purple red flowers.
Price, 25 cents.

Nelle Morton.—Double; scarlet and white: airy. Price, 10 to 25e.

Morstrosa.—Wonderful bloomer; very double; red and white.
Price, 10 to 20 cents. ¢

Mada. Vander Strauss.—Scarlet and white; fine Price, 10 to 20e.

Otto.—White and scarlet; double. Price, 19 to 20 cents.

Miss Lucy Finnis.— White and red; double, Price, 10 to 20 cents.

Aurora Superba.—Salmon pink; single, Price, 19 to 29 cents.

Doily Varden.—Very doubie; dark. Price, 10 to 2) cents.

Biack Prince —An old standby; great bloomer. Price, 10 to 20cts.

Chas. Blane.—Will grow anywhere; handsome; foliage and flower
single; very handsome: profuse bloomer. Price, 10 to 20 cents.

Otto.—Immense single flowers; great bloomer. Price, 10 to 20 ets.

Marshall McMahon.—Orange scarlet flowers Price, 10 to 20 ets.

Arabella.—Pink and white; waxy. Price, 10 to 20 cents.

Mrs. Vidier. Exquisitely dainty; dwarf; flowers iavender blue
and coral red; double. Price, 25 cents.

Dolly Varden.—Very double; dark. Price, 10 cents.

Champion of the \World.—Double; large. Price, 10 cents.

Joseph Rosain.—Splendid double; scarlet tube and sepals; corolla
violet blue, striped scarlet. Price, 10 to 20 cents each.

Bari of Beaconsfield.—Blooms 3 inches long, tube and sepals of
a light rosy carm ne. Price, 10 to 20 cents.

Extraordinary.—sSepals scarlet; large corolla, rich violet blue,
Price, 15 cents. :

Twelve 1!) cent Fuchias for $:; large strong plants, 25 cents

each, }2.00 per dozen

Freezia Refracta Alba.—No description can do adequate justice
to this beautiful plant. The flowers are two inehes long and
about the same in width, shaped li-e minature Gladioli, and
borne in clusters of six to te on depressed horizontal scapes.
The body of the flower is pure white, with lower segments
spotted lemon yellow. The perfume _ is delicious, being a mix-
ture of Mignonetite, Violet and Jasmine, and one plant is suffi-
cient to perfume a large ~oom, without the overbearing perfume
of Hvyancinths or Tuberoses. The plant has tooth-shaped bulbs
and flat, spreading leaves. Its cultivation is of the simplest, re-
quiring only to be potted in good soil, to be watered sparingly at
first, placed ina sunny window and watered more as growth

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progresses. When out of flower, store in some dry place. Per-
fectly hardy in Southern California. Dry bulbs in late summer
or autumn, 5 cents each, 50 cents per dozen. Large blooming
clumps in winter and spring balled, 50 cents each.

Farfugium Grande—Leopard Geranium.—The leaves are
large, borne on long stems. They are round, smooth, of a deep
green color, and blotched with distinet golden-yellow spots dis-
tributed irregularly over the surface. Very ornamental. Price,
25 cents.

Like the above except the leaves are variegated with white.
Price, 30 cents.

GRASSES.

Cyperus Alterna folus or Umbrella Gvrass.—Beautiful orna-
mental grass for the garden or for pots. It throwsup long, slen-
der stems with a whorl of leaves diverging horizontally; strong
plants. Price, 10 to 20 cents each.

Papyrus or Egyptian Paper Plant.—This is the plant which
yielded the substance used as paper by the ancient Egyptians.
One of the most elegant and eraceful plants for the lawn or gar-
den, and for large vases. The roots are shallow, the plants
forming rhizomes which ereep over the ground, and throw up
stems eight to ten feet high with an elegant drooping grassy tuft
on the top that falls gracefuily around. For decorations noth-
ing more suitable can be used than the long stems of these
grasses. Price, 25 to 50 cents each.

Gloxinias.—These are among the landsomest of our summer-
blooming greenhouse plants. The rich and varied coloring of
the flowers being beautiful in the extreme. Dry bulbs 35 cents each.

Giadiocias.—Choice named sorts mixed 15 to 25 per dozen. Extra
choice 50 cents. “Snow White” 30 cents each
DOU LE IVY-LEAVED GHRANIUMS.

These are the grandest of all house plants, or for baskets or vases in
the open air. They cgn be trained in one season on a trellis from
two to six feet high and*wide, or can be grown to droop as de-
sired, being covered from January to October with a profusion
of lar ge trusses of double flowers.

Joan of Arc.—The flowers are perfectly double, white as snow and
literally cover the plant when in full bloom.

La Rosiere.—Immense trusses of large, well-formed flowers, of a
rich, salmon pink color.

Abel Carriere.—Currant red.

Hor.ce Choisel,—Glowing salmon pink.
Mme. Thibaut.—Very rich, deep rose.
La Printemps.— Clear salmon.

Hden Marchii.—Beautiful salmon pink. Price 20 cents each: 6 for
$1 00.

Rose Geranium.—10 to 20 cents each.

Apple Geranium—Exquisitely scented foliage, 15 cents each.

Hibiscus.—splendid for the house in pots; and fine in Caiifornia
out side, very large brilliant flowers and fine giossy foliage.

Single and Double Scarlet.—25 to 50 cents each.

Hoya Carnosa.—Or climbing wax plant, 25 to 75 cents vach.

Heliotrope —Light and dark sorts, 10 to 25 cents each; 60 to $1.25,
per dozen.

24 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD.

English Ivy.—Plain foliage, 10 to 25 each.

Variegated.—Pink, zreen and white, 25 cents each.

Jasmine Azorica. Beautifui foliage, clusters of snowy white
fragrant flowers, 15 to 35 cents each.

J. Poeticum.—Glossy leaves white fragrant flowers, rapid growers
10 to 25 cents each.

J. Sambac, Grand Duke of Tuscany.—A shrubby variety, with
very large white flowers, very double. Among the most fragrant
of all in this genus of sweet scents. Strong plants 50 cents each.

Mandavilla Suaveolens. Splendid climber, with graceful foliage
and fine clusters of large pure white exquisitely fragrant flowers
resembling the jasmine. One of the most beautiful vines; 15 to

50 cents each.

Rhyncospermum.-Jasmiuoides, an evergreen greenhouse
climber which has an abundance of fragrant white Jessamine-
like flowers in the spring for three months, 2U to 5u cents each.

Jap-nese Hydr nges.- Beautiful, fringed white Price 31.00
Double red $1.00; strong piants the two for $150. Rose with
biatk stems 25 to 50 cents each.

Japonica Variegata.—25 to 50 cents each.

impatience Sultana.—Charming little house plant; grows well in
shade outside flowers rose, 10 to 50 cents each.

Impatience Lucy.— Mauve pink flowers, 10 to 25 cents each.

ipomea Leari.—Perennial blue morning glory, splendid ciimber,
10 to 25 cents each.

Laurustinus.—25 cents each.

Lobelia.—Seyveral varieties, 50 cents per dozen or 5 ets. each.

Lilium Longiflorum.—Small bulbs 10 cts., large 20 cents,

Lasitandra Macrantha F/oribunda.—Magnilicent evergreen
shrub; light green foliage like velvet; edged dark red; large
fiowers, rich violet blue, 25 to 50 cents each.

Macka+va Bella.—Evergreen shrubs; lagender flowers, 15 to 25
cents each. .

Milla Biflora.—Small bulbs, with beautiful fragrant white star
shaped flowers; 144 inches across. Price, 10 to 15 cents each.
Montbretia Crocosmaetiora.—Medium sized bulls; foliage re-
sembling a giadiolia; flower orange scarlet; showy and beauti-

ful. Price 10 cents.

Othonia Sedifolia.—Fine for borders; fleshy foliage; yellow star-
Shaped flowers, per bunch 10 cents.

Poinsettias —Pulcherrima, a tropical plant of gorgeous beauty, the
bracts or leaves that surround the flower being in well-known
Specimens, one foot in diameter and of the most dazzling scar-
let. In a hot house temperature of sixty degrees it begins to
bloom in November, and remains expanded until February.
Price 25 to 75 cents each. Grows outside in So. « alifornia.

Plumbago.—Capensis, deserves gen: ral culture, produces its large
trusses of azure-blue flowers from March till November; one of
the best bedding-plants; splendid shade of dark blue, 10 to 25
cents each.

Flo a Alb ».—Like the above, but pure white; beautiful, 20 to 50
cents each

Oxi: lis.— Four sorts perpetual blooming, white and pink, 6 cents
each ; per dozen 40 cents; yellow per dozen 8 cents, large pink 10
cents per dozen.

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Double Petun as.—sSplendid sorts, fringed and plain, 15 to 25 cents
each.

Passafiora—Scarlet, 25 to 50 cents., Maroon, 25 cents. Constance
Elliot 25 cents.

-‘Tacsonia’: Von Volexmi —Splendid crimson passion flower, with
long stems, 35 cents each.

Buchan.—Kose colored flowers fine, 25 cents each.

Pansies.—Henderson’s Highland, Cox’s Prize, Bugnot’s; 50 cents
per dozen. These sorts in mixture or separate as pr éfered ; 3
dozen *1.25 Choice fancv mixed 25 cts. per dozen, 3 dozen 60 cts.
Trimardeau 25 cents per dozen.

Primula or Chinese Primrose.—splendid plants; large flowers,
fringed, red and white; 50 cents each, small plants 25 cents each.

Stevia.— Plain green foliage. Price 10 to 25 cents

Stevia Serulata Variegata —Foliage green and white. Price 10
to 25 cents each.

Salvia Sple dens.—Splendid scarlet flowers. Price 10 to 20 cents
each.

Salvia Patens.—Exquisite sky blue flowers. Price 20 to 40 cents.

Tritoma Nobilis.—A grand new variety of the Red Hot Poker
plant. Price 50 cents.

Thunbergia.—Fragrans, charming climber; pure white flowers.
Price 25 to 50 cents each; Laurifolia, sky blue flowers gloxinia
like. Price 50 cents each,

Violets.—Swanley White, 3 for 25 cents, per dozen 50 cents. Queen
Victoria; single blue each, 5 cents, per dozen 50 cents. Double
blue, each 5 cents; per dozen 40 cents.

HARDY SHBROBS.

Duetzia.—Pride of Rochester, Exquisitely beautiful flowers double
pure white. Price 20 cents.

“yringa.—Double and single. Price 15 to 25 cents each.
Sp rea.— Double white, and single pink. Price 15 to 25 cents each.

Wigelia Variegata.—Foiiage variegated white. flowers pink.
Price 25 cents.

JAPANESH PLANTS.

Camelias.—Magnolias and other interesting and beautiful plants,
from Japan, the Flowery Kingdom.

Camelias Double,—Red, white and pink. Price $1.25 to $2.50
each; according to size.

Camelias.—sSingle, white and red. Price $1.25 to $2.50.

RETINOSPORA.

A mostinter sting classof conifers most beautiful variegation
in gold or white,

Retinospora obtuso aurea variegated. Retinospora obtus argen-
tea variegata. Tiese two are variegated with yellow or white.

Retinospora filifera aurea, tree of very elegant appearance,
branches feathery, dark green, variegated with golden yellow.

Retinospora plumosa, very hardy and graceful, with delicate
glancuous foliage.

Retinospora aurea, a most valuabie variety; its shoots _are-

golden tinted throughout the year brighter in the Winter. Price
single plants of above varieties from 50 cents to $2.00.

26 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD.

DAPHNE ODORA ALBA.

Of this favorite and beautiful shrub we have plants from one to
two feet high bushy with buds. Price froin 50 cents to $2.00 accord-
ing to size and shape; pot grown.

AZALIAS. :

Few plants reward the flower lover more liberally with al
wealth of bloom than these; they are fine for indoor cultivation,
and beautiful for the garden in partially shaded places. Even small
plants bloom profusely. The flowers are very large, and are white,
pink, crimson orange and rose. Price from 75 cents to 41 50 each.

A cuba Japonica. (Or Gold Dust Tree.)—A most beautiful
evergreen, some of them are almost a golden yellow with a tinge
of green; others dark green with silvery white or \ellow.
Varieties mentioned bear bright red berries in winter. Price
fr m 50 cents to $2.00.

Weeping Go:Gcen Retinospora.—aA strikin: variety with golden
variegations Makes a most beautiful effect when planted ona
lawn. Price from 5) cents to $1 00.

Sophora Pendula —One of the most beautiful weeping trees.
Very regular and graceful habit, made up of picturesque short
curves and small foliage hanging in pendulous trusses. Rare
and choice. Price 75 cents to 31.00

Quercus Cuspicate.—This noble evergreen oak merits to be in-
troduced everywhere. Its magnificent growth. elegant form,
entities it toa place amongst the finest ev rgreens’ Its habit
and foliage resembles the Camphor tree icr which it might
easily be mistaken at a distance. Its bark is shiny and smooth,
limbs straight, crown of a magnificent shape. Price 50 cents to
$1.00.

Thea Chinensis —The tea plant of Japan. This is a highly in-
teresting evergreen shrub; ornamental with pretty waxy white
blossoms. Its yo ng leavesfurnish us tea. Pric 50 cents to
31.00.

Stauntonia Hexaphylla,—An extremely fine climber bearing in
spring long racemes of white flowers, very fragrant, fruit s
edible. Can be highiy recommended. Price $1,0°.

Tecoma Jasminoices, (from Riu-Kiu.)—Glossy green foliage, ve-y
showy pure white blossoms with crimson throat like a gloxinia.
V ryfine evergreen climber. Price 75 cents to 3 .0).

Raphis Flabelliformis.—The handsomest, rarest palm of Japan.
Finest when grown in groups. Strong plants. Price from $1.0)
to 3.00

Prunus Mume.—We have these lovely flowering trees in different
varieties, blossoms double or half double, pure white, rosy pink
or dark rose. Who ever has seen these beautiful trees in flower
n Japan where they are cultivated with idolatry will never for-
get the enchantir-g sight they offer in Spring. Open ground,
either color 25 cents. Strong pot piants, grown in faney shapes
from 31.00 to $2.00. These will all flower first year, all set with
buds

Prunus Persica.—Double flowering peaches. Double red and
white on one stem -very rare, grown in pots, with buds. Price
ov cents to ¥!.50.

Prun s Pseudo Cerasus., (Double Flowering Cherries.)—Best
double variety, potgrown plants with buds, the flowers are rosy
pink often the size of a half dollar. Price 50 cents to *1.00,

Prunus Triflora, (Smomo).—A beautiful flowering plum tree—rosy
semidouble blossoms pot grown, with buds.

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All the above varieties of double flowering trees are cultivated by
Japanese to the greatest perfection. Spring in Japan transforms the
whole land into avast flower garden as no cottage however humble
but boasts of one or two of these plants, in open ground or care-
fully grown in pots—the temples are surrounded by them. Every
joner of the beautiful should cultivate them. Price 50 cents to

1.00,

Pyrus Spectabilis —Another of above varieties is the half-double
flowering Crab Apple; rosy pink large flowers, buds a deep car-
mine. Price pot grown, with buds 75 cents.

Magnolia Grandiflora Exoniens‘s.—Resembling the Southern
Magnolia, but the foliage is a richer shade of green, flowers

large, creamy white, with the odor of a fresh lemon. The South-
ern Magnolia requires age to bloom, this variety blooms when
only two feet high, which makes it very valuable. Price, Strong
plants $1.50 to $2.50 each.

Magnolia Grandiflora.—Fine plants. Price 75 cents to $1.50 eacn.

Japanses Maples.—These charming foliage plants are becoming
greater favorites every year, their varied colors, manifold shanes
and : raceful appearance, make them one of the most beautiful
ornaments toa garden. Their hardiness recommending them
especialiy to the Ea tern States.

Atropurpureum. Reddish purple,

Atropurpureum Variegatum.—Same as No.1 variegated with
a bright pink.

Atropurpureu: Dissectum.—The finely dissected leaves of a
rich purple color are like lace. The tree is of a drooping habit,
the effect is beautiful.

Atropurpureum Dissectum Variegatum.—Same as No. 3 the
foliage variegated with pink and white One of the most deli-
eate and charming, must not be too much exposed to the hot
sun.

Acer Polymorphum fanguineum —Leaves of a superb blood
red color.

Acer P. Aureum —Foliage golden green through which the light
shines as through amber, one of the rarest and most exquisite
of all Maples.

Acer P. Versicolor, -Foliage spotted irregularly with pink, white
and green. A choice and most interesting variety.

A. Reticulatum.—Leaves with a white ground, covered with anet
work of translucent green.

A. P. Roseo Marginatis.—The bright green leaf is surrounded by
a distinct margin of rosy pin :, extremely beautiful.

A. P.. Palmatum.—A variety with a large leaf of a very bright
green.

A. P. Filicifolium.—The leaves of this variety are deeply cut,
the lobes resembiing fern fronds; one of the rares: and most
beautiful

A. P.S olopendifol um.—A deeply cut narrow leaved variety of
a rich claret color, very graceful and distinct. Price for each
$1.00 to $2.00 according to size and variety; set of twelve all fine
well grown plants from 15 to 24 inches, $15.00.

Serrata.—These very handsome and ornamental evergreens which
in winter are mostly covered with scarlet or dark berries are
cultivated to a great extent inJapan. Above finely variegated.
Price 50 cents to $1.50 each.

28 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD.

Illicium Religiosum.—The holy plant of Japan, planted around
temples and graves of Emperors. A very interesting, beautiful
evergreen—with sweet scented vellow star like flowers in spring.
Foliage bright green, very glossy. Price 50 cents to $1.00 each.

Cinnamonum Camphor. (Camphor Tree.)—This tree should be
cultivated everywhere where the thermometer does not fall be-
low 10 degrees above Zero, Fahrenheit. Itis one of the most
beautiful evergreen trees imaginable: attains a height of 50—60
feet, of an upright habit, forms a beautiful dense crown; is
entirely free from disease or insects—most valuable for its
wood; from it is extracted the camphor of commerce. An ave-
nue of these trees, or single specimens are superb. Is of rapid
growth, the leaves have a strong camphor ordor. Price 50 cents
to $1 00. 25 cents for smail plants.

Cinamonium Sericeum.—The cinnamon tree of commerce ;very
interesting and ornamental with thick, ovate leaves of a deep
glossy green, with a strong spicy cinnamon odor. Price, 35 to
$1 each.

Scisdopitys Verticillata.—The Japanese Umorella Tree.—Has
been recognized as the grandest conifer in the world. Its ap-
pearance is truly wonderful, once it has attained a larger size.
Jt attains a height of 80 feet; it is at first of somewhat slow
growth, but once established, is not behind in growth to any
other conifer. They are perfectly safe to transplant and hardy
all over the East. Plants from 1 to 24% feet. Price, $1.25 to $4.00.
Price of larger plants on application.

Petunias.— The very finest iarge fiowering sorts, beautifully
fringed and marked; a fine collection; single and double; extra
selected. Price, 25 cents each; 5 for $1. Ready April 15.

Tutoma Nobilis.—Magnificent spikes of splendid coral-red blooms,
grows eight feet high. Price, good roots, 50 cents.

PALMS.

California Fan Palm.—1% to 5 feet. Price, 50 cents to $2.50.

Latana Borbonica, or Chinese Fan Palm.—Beautiful shining
foliage. Price, $2.50 to $5.

Seaforthea Elegans.—One of the most graceful of all Palms; two
feet. Price, >2.50 to $5.

Chamerops Excelsa.—Price, 50 cents to $1.50.

Cocus Plumosa.—Elegant plumy foliage;3 feet. Price, $3 to $5,

Brahea Glauca.—Bilue Palm. Price, $1.50.

Brahea Edulus.—Guadeloupe Island Palm. Price, $1.50 to $3.

Dracena Australis.—Price, 50 cents to $1.50.

Coryphea Australis.— Price, $1.25 to $2.50.

Palmetto.—Price, small plants, 25 cents.

Dwarf Palmetto.—Price, 25 cents.

Sweet Brier.—The old Sweet Brier Rose. Price, 15 to 25 cents.

Sedum rotundifolia.—Large, sprays of pink flowers always in
bloom. Price, 5 to 20 cents each; 25 to 50 cents per dozen.

Echeverias — Semperveriums Mesembryanthemums.—
Price, 10 to 50 cents each.

FERNS.

Nephrolepsis Exaltatum.—Sword Fern—A really graceful Fern,
multiplying very fast in throwing out vines, on which grow sep-
arate plants again. Price, 30 cents.

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Alsophilia Australis.—Australian tree-fern, a very rapid growing
species. Ready in May. Price, 50 cents to $1.

Pteris Tremula, or Shaking Fern.—One of the finest Ferns for
house decoration, growing very rapidly, and throwing up large,
handsome fronds;it makes magn ficent specimens; easily grown
and very popular. Price, strong plants, 50 to 75 cents

Pteris Argyrea. A very showy Fern, with variegated foliage
fronds large, light green, with a broad band of silvery-white
down the center of each Very distinct. Price, 50 to 75 cents.

Microlepia hirta cristata.—A beautiful fern from the South Sea
Islands. The fronds are finely crested, and terminate in tassels,
which, with its charming drooping habit, give the plant a re-
marka’ ly graceful appearance. Price, 25 to 50 cents.

Asplenimum flacedum.—Gracefui and early grower. Price of
young plants, 15 cents.

Onychrina Japonica.—Beautiful fine cut fronds; useful for cut
flowers. Price, 25 to 50 cents.

Adiantum Cuneatum.—Maiden hair; very fine fronds. Price, 25
to 50 cents.

Davalia Stricta.—Lovely new fern with fine cut foliage. Price, 25
to 5!) cents.

Sitatobium Cicatarium.—Price, 25 cents.

Streptosalen.—One of the most beautiful half climbing shrubs we
have; alwaysin bloom; with its gorgeous orange yeliow flowers
it is the admiration of everyone who sees it. Fine house plant.
Price, good plants, 20 cents.

Zephranthus Rosea.—Bulb, with charming lily like pink flowers
on long stems Price, 10 cents each; $1 per dozen.

Zephranthus Candada.—Pure white flowers; fine bloomer; fine
for borders. Price. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen.

ORCHIDS.

“Even to look up at them perched on bough and stems, as one
rides by, and to guess what exquisite and fantastic form may issue,
in a few months or weeks, out of those fleshy, often unsightly leaves
isa strange pleasu:'e—a spur to the. fancy which is surely whole-
some, if we will but believe that all these things were invented by a
Fancy, which desires to call out in us, by contemplating them, such
small fancy as we possess; and to make us poets, each according to
his power, by showing a worid in which if rightlv looked at, all is
poetry.” Kingsley.

It was supposed, some years ago, that to grow Orchids well,
houses of special construction were needed, and also the services of
a learned gardner; but now it is found that the cultivation of,m ‘ny
of these attractive plants, is atten. ed with hardly any more diffi-
eulty, than the growing of ordinary greenhouse stock. Our climate
is especially adapted for the grewing of Orchids, our cool summers
being just what the Orchids want; too excessive temperature, either
warm or col', being the worst enemies of Orchids. The Orchids
named below are from Mexico, and have stood the winter in a lath
house, out of doors.

Cattleya Citrina.—The flowers are of a bright lemon yellow. de-
liciously fragrant. and are produced singly or in pairs: it blooms
from May to August, and lasts for three or four weeks. Price,
75 cents to $1.50 each.

Chysis Aurea.—Flowers yellow, disposed in a small spike; lip
mated with crimson; produced at different times of the year.
rice, $1.50.

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Chysis Bractescens.—Flowers 2 to 3 inches across; sepals and
petals white; lip with a yellow blotch in the centre. Price $1.50.

Coelia Macrostachya.- Flowers red in many-flowered racemes;
blooms in April. Price 75 to $1.50.

Leelia Anceps.—Flowers fragrant, two to four inches across;
sepals and petals rosy lilac; lip deep purple shaded with rosy
lilac: very free flowering, and an easily grown species; Decem-
per and January. Price $1.00 to $2.00.

Leelia Albida.— Flowers 17% to 2 inches across and very fragrant;
nearly white, with pale pink lip streaked yellow in centre; De-
cember and January. Price $1.00 to 42.C0.

Leelia Majalis.—Flowers bright silvery rose, lin blotched crimson
purple, and margined rosy lilac; June and July. Price $2.00.

Lelia Autumnalis.—A lovely and showy Orchid. It produces on
spikes its blooms of from six to nine; the sepals and petals are
of a beautiful purple color; lip rose and white, with yellow in the
centre; the flowers are four inches across; December and Jan-
uary. Price ~1.00 to $2.0:'.

Epidendrum taicatum.—Very easily grown, large flowers;
orange, olive-brown and yellowish green. Price 75 cents to
£1.50.

Epidendrum Vittalinum Majus.—Flowers bright orange-scar-
let, about 244 inches in diameter; lip bright yellow, produced on
erect spikes of from 10 to 15 flowers each; Summer. Price 75
cents to $1.50.

Lycaste Skinneri.—A splendid favorite among Orchid growers
(especially amateurs from Guatemala. The flowers are very
large, from four to six inches across, of a fleshy texture, blush
white and crimson. Blooms du:ing winter months’ highly re-
comm nded for small cultivators. Price $1.00 to $2.00.

Oncidium Ornithorhyncum.—Flowers soft rosy purple, per-
fumed like the Heliotrope. The gracefully drooping panicles
are thickly laden with bloom; autumn or winter; this is an ex-
quisite sort resembles little pink buds. Price $1.25 to $2.00.

Stanhope: Oculata. Flowers large, curiously formed, thick and
waxy in texture: the color of the flower is pale yellow spotted
with purple; July to September. Price $1.00 to $2 00.

Sobralia Macrantha.—Growing 6 to8 feet high, with flowers 6
inches in diameter, very sweet, of a beautiful rich. purple and
erimson. Price $1.25 to $2.00.

CACTI.

Echinopsis Mulleri.—The most valuable Echinopsis. on account
of its rapid growth, and because it blooms when only two years
old. Flowers double, satiny rose in color, very beautiful. Price
blooming plants, 25 cents; larger 6 cents to $1.00.

KE. Eyriesii.—Well known species; neat in shape and free bloomer;
flowers 6 to 8 inches long, iike a curved funnel, white, and very
fragrant. This plant produces many offsets that soon make
nice little specimens, and the rename is very interesting in appear-
ance. Price, blooming plants 25 cents to $1.50.

Mamillaria Grahami.—One of the finest Mamillarias to be found
having beautiful white spines, interlacing the whole plant;
blooms very profusely during late summer months Price 35 to
50 cents. ,

M. Macromeris.—This Mamillaria is characterized by its large
tubercles and long spines. It bears a very fine double flower,
244 31% inches across, of a distinct carmine color; a very effective
plant. Price 25 to 50 cents.

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KHRNS.

Five sorts of native ferns, Common Names, Lace fern, Gold-back,
Wire Stem, Maiden Hair, Brake; also a splendid Woodwardia.
Price, 20 to 50 cents.

ROVEL AND SARE OARIEMIES OF SEEDS.

Tpomea Heavenly Biue.—-This beautiful Ipomea originated in my
garden and is a eross between Ipomea Leari, and Mina Lobata.
The foliage is very large, heart shaped thick and light green;
flowers 44% to 5 inches across, in large, airy clusters, and of that
indeseribable heavenly blue so rarely seen in flowers ‘The
throat is yellow inside, spreading softly into the blie. In the
morning about 10 o’clock no lovelier sight can be imagined than
this climber, which is completely covered with bloom, so much
so as to almost cover the foliage. Every one who sees it for the
first time is filled with delight at its beauty, exclaiming, ‘That
is the lovliest thing I ever saw.” Don’t fail to try it. Price. 20
cents pkt.

ASTERS.

Grant Hnperor —A new variety; gives magn ficent large flowers
of perfect form, fine colors mixed. Price 15 cents pkt.

The Queen.—A Dwarf, very beautiful, bluish purple. Price 15c pkt

Begonia Rex.—Saved from a collection of 25 sorts of these grand
foliag Begonias. Price 59 cents pkt.

Shrubby Begonias—Newest and finest sorts, crossed with choicest
Rex. sorts. Price 50 cents, | pkt. black begonias 51.00.

To the amateur interested in begonias; it is very fasinating to
grow plants from seed, as some new and splendid sorts often result.
Cycilam n.-—Perpetual flowering, fragrant Mt. Blanc; pure white.

Price, 2) cents pkt.

Cyclamen, Hmperor William. -Deep red. Price, 30 cents pkt;
mixed, 15 cents pkt.

Chrysanthemums.—This seed is very choice, from a large collec-
tion of the best varieties; try it once, and raise some new sorts.
Price, 15 cents pkt.

New Candituft, Hmpress.—Fine large white flowers. Price, 10
cents pkt

Eroses.—All classes mixed, or separate. Price, J0 cents pkt

The flower lover who has never experimented in raising roses
from seed, can have no idea of the pieasure there is in planting the
seed and watching their growth and development. All new varieties
are from sports or from seed. Plants bloom when small. The seed’
I offer is trom the most beautiful varieties in existence.

Roso Rugosa, Alba and Rosea.—The Ramonais Rose : f Japan—
Large single flowers and peculiarly beautiful foliage, followed
by splendid large red berries. Price, 10 cents pkt.

Cherokee Rose.—Magniticent climber with beautiful foliage; large
esthetic single flowers. Price, 19 cents pkt.
Rose Camelleafloria Alba.—Japanese rose, single white flower-
ing; beautiful shining foliage. Price, 10 cents pkt.
One pkt each of the above rose seeds, 30 cents.

Hehfords.—Beautiful large flowering pure white sweet pea, “Queen
of England.” Price, 15 cents pkt.

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Echfords.— New large flowering sweet peas; fi -wers produced in
the greatest profusion, nearly double the size of ordinary varie-
ties, more perfect in form, with new colors and markings; very
choice mixed. Price, 10 cents pkt.

Aristolochia Elegans.—Its handsome and elegant flowers are
borne on long stalks and have a slightly distended tube, which
is suddenly bent upwards, the upper part dilated into a cordate,
cup-shaped limb of a rich dark purple color,ornamented through
out with irregular branched markings of a creamy white, and
having a golden yellow eye surrounded by rich velvety purple;
its blossoms are produced in the greatest profusion. 25 cts pkt.

Dianthus “ Snowfiake.’—Doubie; pure white; lovely: 10 cts pkt.

Avralia Papyrifera—Chinese paper plant; very tropical with ri-
cinus-like foliage. Price, 10 cents pkt. ;

Alstroemeria.—Beautiful tuberous rooted plants: natives of South
America; spikes of showy funnel shaped fiowers; yellow and
orange-salmon. Price, 10 cents pkt. Soak seeds two days.

Montbretia Crocosmaefiora.—Fine Gladiolus-like bulbous plant
with brilliant orange scarlet flowers. Price. 10 cents pkt.

Primula Sinensis Fimbriata.—Chinese Primrose. Splendid
sorts with larse beautifully fringed fiowers; fine house plant.
Does well outside in shaded locations; red and white mixed, or
separate colors. Price, 30 cents pkt.

NEW AND BEAUTIFUL POPPIES.

Fairy Blush Povpy.—A charming new variety with immense
globular, perfectly double flowers; the petals are elegantly
fringed and pure white except at the tips, which are a rosy
cream color. Price 10 cents pkt.

New Shirley Poppies.—The blooms are semi-donble and vary in
color from pure white through the most delicate shades of pale
pink, rose and carmine to the deepest crimson; charming. Price
10 cents pkt.

Poppies Japanese Double Pompon.—Very small, handsome,
double-fringed flowers, finest mixed colors. Price !0 cents pkt.

The Mikado, New Striped Japanese Poppy.—One of the finest
sorts ever introduced. The petals at the edge are eut and fring-
ed, and curled like a Japanese Chrysanthemum: the color is
most attractive, being pure white, the fringed edges are of a
brilliant crimson scarlet. Price 10 cents pkt.

Poppy Snowdrlft.—The finest white variety in cultivation. The
large, pure white flowers. which are produced in great abund-
ance, are perfectly round and double and the petals are finely
imbricated: habit dwarf and compact. Price 10 cents pkt.

Poppy. Crimson King.—Flowers brilliant crimson, perfectly
double and round. Price. 10 cents pkt.

Chamois Rose.—Splendid new color; exquisite blending of Cham-
ois Rose. Price, 10 cents pkt.

Price of above collection of Poppies, 4° cents.

Freesia Refracta Alba.—Blooms first year from seed. 10cts pkt.

Mina Lobata.—Half hardy Mexican, climbing annual; the buds
are at first of a vivid red, but turn to orange yellow immediately
before they open, and when fully expanded the flowers are of a
creamy yellow shade. Plant very early in house and transplant
to garden. Price, 10 cents*pkt.

Coriopsis Lanceolata.—New; perrienial; a lovely thing; very
large golden yellow flowers. Price, 10 cents pkt.

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Geraniums.—Gold and Silver tricolor; very ioe mixed. Price,
-,.15 cents pkt.
Silver Leaf—choice mixed. Price, 15 cents pkt.
Double— from splendid new var ieties: choice mixed, 15 cents pkt.

~ Gold and Bronze—choice mixed. Price, 10 cents pkt
Zonale—splendid new sorts, mixed. Price, 10 cents pkt.
Apple Scented—Price, 10 cents pkt.
Price for the above collection of Geraniums, 60 cents

Dwarf Large Gladiolus-flowered French Cannas.—Splendid |
collection; all shades of red and yellow; light and dark foliage;
mixed or separ ate sorts, 10 cents pkt. Extra selected from new-

est and latest large flowering sorts, 20 cents pkt. Pour boiling
hot water on the seeds and soak two days before planting.

Gillardia.—Choice new varieties; double and single; mixed. Price,
10 cents pkt.

Callieopsis, ‘Golden Wave.’—New: one of the most effective
annuals for a mass of gold color. Price, 5 cents pkt.

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GENERAL LIST OF SEEDS.

Abutilon.—Choice mixed. Price 10 cents pkt.
Aquilegia Chrysantha.—Yellow Columbine. Price10 cents pkt.
Aquilegia Coerulea.—Blue Columbine. Price 10 cents pkt.
Baisam —White perfection. Price 10 cents pkt.

Calendula, Prince of Orange.—Orange and yellow. Price 10
cents pkt.

Coleus.— Beautiful foliage plant, choice mixed. Price 10 cents pkt.

Cosmeos.—snhowy, tall growing plants, 4 to 6 feet high; large single
flowers. on slender stems; finely divided foliage; pure white
Price 10 cents pkt. .

Cosmos.—Mixed. Price 10 cents pkt.
Cobea Scandens.—Rapid climber; purple fiowers. Price 10c pkt.
Dahlia.--Large flowering single; all colors mixed. Price 5 cents pkt

Gracilis.—Blotched and striped; splendid colors, beautiful varie-
gated and striped mixed. Price 10 cents pkt.

Constance.—Pure white; eactus dahlia; the dahlia bloom soon
from seed and often give some fine new varieties. Price 10c pkt.

Cactus Dahlia.—Choice mixed. Price 10 cents pkt.

Dianthus Mourning Cloak.— Double: Flowers large velvety ma-
roon, edged white. Price 10 cents pkt.

Erythrina, C. Gaila.—' oral plant; magnificent large plant;
flowers brilliant dark red, in large spikes, strikingly handsome.
Price 10 cents pkt.

Gypsophila Muralis.—Trailing pink blossoms. Price 5 cents pkt.

Hollyhocks.— Extra choice mixed. Price 10 cents pkt.

Habrothamus.—Evergreen shrub; coral- like searlet flowers. Price
10 cents pkt.

Hyacinthus Candacans.—Showy bulbs; white Yucca-like flowers.
Price 5 cents pkt. ysis Ae hee

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Heliotrope.—Extra choice mixed. Price 10 cents pkt.

Ipomea Leari.—Beautiful perennial morning-glory; large deep
blue flowers; very rapid climber. Price 10 cents pkt.

Helichysum.— Everlasting flowers, great variety of colors. Prics
choice inixed 10 cents pkt.

Mignonette.—Choice mixed. Price, 5 cents pkt.
Giant white upright. Price, 10 cents pkt.

‘Mandavilla Suaveoleus.—-Beautiful climber; large starry white
fragrant blossoms. Price, 10 cents pkt.

Nasturtium.—Dwarf; choice mixed. Price, 5 cents pkt.
Cloth of Gold--—Price, 10 cents pkt.
Climbing--choice. Price, 5 cents pkt.

Phaseolus Caracalla—Or Snail Vine.—Fine climber; large fra-
grant waxy vioiet and white; curious flowers. Price, 10cents pkt.

Petunia--Hybrida, Grandiflora.—Very large flowers; all colors;
veined and blotched ;flewers 4 inches across; exquisitely fringed.
Price, 20 cents pkt. Double—-No flowers in my garden have
been more admired, than my double and single Petunias, for
their great size and beauty; don’t fail to try them. Price,
double 40 cents pkt Plants in April, 25 cents each; 5 for $1.

Pansies.--Choice fancy mixed, 20 cents pkt.
Henderson’s Highland.—Price, 40 cents pkt.
Choice mixture of ‘‘Royal Exhibition,” “Highland,” Bugnots and
Prize Pansies Price, 40 cents pkt.
Giant Trimardeau —choice mixed. Price, 15 cents pkt,

Passafiora.—Scarlet Pa-sion Vine; splendid climber. Price, 10 ets.

Edulus--large foliage; lovely flowers; followed by edible fruit.
Price, 10 cents pkt.

Von Volexmi (Tacsonia)—A passion vine with large deep crimson
flowers that hang pendant from stems, a quarter of a yard
long. Price, 15 cents pkt.

Buchani-——Lovely rose-colored flowers; beautiful foliage. 10¢ pkt.

Phormium Tenax (New Zealand Flax)—A splendid ornamental
plant. Price, 10 cents pkt. Plants 25c to $1 each.

Ricenus Gibsoni.—Fvuliage rich, dark redish bronze; stems and
seed vessels bright scarlet; very tropical in effect, Price 5c pkt.

Smilax.—Dainty climber, exquisitely sweet scented flowers. Price
5 cents pkt. .

Stocks Large Flowering Dwarf.—-Choice mixed; (ten weeks)
Price 10 cents pkt.
Large flowering Emperor Hybrid.—Price 10 cents pkt.
Large flowering Giant perfection ;magnificent flowers ; veryshowy
and double; colors white rose, straw, old pink. Price, mixed, 10
10c pkt; separate colors, 15 cents pkt.
Large flowering Dwarf Stock, wall flower leaved; exquisite.
Price 10 cents pkt.

Verbena, New Mammoth mixed.—Flowers as targe as twenty-
five cent piece; fine colors, mixed. Price 10 cents pkt.

Swansonia Alba.—Fine evergreen flowers, white in clusters. Price
10 cents pkt.

Salvia Splendens.—Flowers intense brilliant scarlet; very showy
bedding prant. Price, 10 cents pkt.

Wistaria.—Price 10 cents plist.

Everlasting’s.—I furnish everlasting flowers dried, a splendid
collection of natural colors, deep-red, pink white, Pyaar orange
and shades; beautiful large flowers in assorted or separate
colors; any quanity desired. Price 25 cents per large bunch.

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