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FEB 25 1916
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Why Trade With Schmidt « nd Botley?
To Our Flower Loving Friends:
T IS CUSTOMARY to “toot your own horn.” It is not our intention to waste your time with wild statements, but we solicit your business if we can secure it on the following terms : First of all, we want to give you value received for all remittances you send us, and if we do not do this, write us and we will cheerfully refund your money. So you will see you are taking no chances in dealing with us. We will agree to send out stock true to name. If it should not happen to be so, we wish to know it and will replace it free of cost. We grow most of our own seed and for that reason we know it is good and fresh. In fact, we test them before sending them to you. Our stock is all inspected so we know it is free of disease. As to service, we are going to fill every order within twenty-four hours of receipt of same, except it be from April first to May tenth, when we receive such a vast number of them that we ask our customers to send in orders about a week before they are ready for them or, better yet, send in your orders as soon as you receive this catalogue and state when we shall send the order, and should you wish to change the date, you can do so by dropping us a postal. We have a large storage and packing shed where we can make one shipment of your order, thereby often saving two express charges. We send a circular with all orders giving general instructions how to grow plants.
Thanking you for all orders received and hoping to receive your future orders, we remain,
Very truly yours.
The Schmidt & Botley Co.
OUR REPUTATION SET OF FOUR ROSES
(As shown on page 1 of cover.)
Price, first size 15 cents each, second size, 25 cents each, third size, 40 cents each. The four of the first size 50 cents,
second size, four for 80 cents, third size, four for $1.35.
3— JONKHEER J. L. MOCK “rr r1 z e h *
1-WHITE KILLARNEY A/7op“ S4
Rose. Identical with its parent, excepting in color, which
Identical with its parent, excepting in color, is a pure white.
O QTTNRTTINT This magnificent giant yellow Rose is
_ a fine forcer; it stands head and
shoulders above all others of its color and will rank with American Beauty and the Killarneys in value and grandeur. It has long, pointed buds, which can be cut tight for market. The color is orange-copper or golden-orange and golden-yel- low ; edge of petals lighter ; all intense shades, extremely brilliant in effect. Belongs in the class of big Roses ; has created a sensation wherever shown.
, FLORAL CENTER OF THE WORLD
.20 MILLION PLANTS SOLD j EACH YEAR
highest aw-ard — at the International Rose Show held in Paris. Color is carmine on the outside, which contrasts beautifully with the lovely pink of the inside of the flower as the petals unfold and curl. The blooms are large, perfectly formed and highly perfumed.
4— PRINCE E.
C.D’ARENBERG £>-a A
fiery-scarlet with buds of unusually good substance ; a fine erect grower, with ample foliage ; should be carefully tested for forcing, as it has promise in this line.
On Account of the Great Demand for This Most Popular Collection We Have Decided to Offer
It Again, the Same as Last Year.
Our Popular Mail Trial Collection of Porch and House Plants
(As shown in colors on page 2 of cover.)
10 Plants for Only 60 Cents.
EXCELSA (New F>ery Red Rambler Rose) — A splendid new Climb-
ing Rose, remarkable in many ways but particularly in
the brilliant fiery red, or intense crimson-scarlet, of the flowers. The flowers are very double ; they are larger than any of the Rambler Roses and borne in trusses of thirty to forty on each ; the body of the flower is brilliant in color but towards the edges of the petals they light up with a wonderful scarlet-crimson. It is very vigorous in growth.
FTTCTTST A TRfYPHF.F, Double; open flower, dark purple, and x i xmx 1 11^ it, Tery beautiful . one of the flnest_
THE
‘ROOSEVELT FERN” Tt is our £00d fortune and VV7VA1 V r great pleasure t0 offer this
wonderful new Pern. In this short time it stands second in popularity of all the Ferns, and will soon be more popular than even the old favorite Boston Fern. In general characteristics it resembles the world-famous Boston Fern, but it will sweep that Fern from the hoards for two reasons: It produces many more fronds than the Boston, thus making a bushier, handsomer plant. Then the pinnae are beautifully undulated, giving the “Roosevelt” a pronounced wavy effect seen in no other Fern ; as the plant ages this effect becomes quite distinct. A charming and most notable variety.
MRS GF.ORGF, RTTRKF, Geranium. An exquisite shade of coch- ITXXXO. i-iyxivvix-i or ineal-carmine ; medium-sized flowers.
Must Be Ordered Complete.
ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII J {*%.«£•&«&){
fronds frequently four feet long ; a rich shade of green, retaining fresh- ness for weeks after cutting ; firfe house plant, as it withstands dry atmosphere.
“ROMAN flflTTI” New Chrysanthemum — This new variety is ivonmi^ yj \jliu without doubt the largest and best yellow yet
introduced. Flowers of immense size, twelve inches across, color, as the name indicates, being pure golden-yellow. It has also the merit of being the strongest and most robust of all yellow “Mums.” Blooms in October. A XT AT, ANFTTF New French Hydrangea — A splendid large white,
T x which has made a reputation for itself during the
past two seasons. An easy variety to force.
MARQUIS CASTELLANE
bedder.
FUCHSIA WHITE An immense large-flowering white. PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS A Te!1:kn.own favorite, and always.
— valuable because it produces large trusses of beautiful light blue flowers.
SCHMIDT AND BOTLEY BEST 6 CARNATIONS
(As shown on pacre 3 of cover.)
10 Cents Each or the 6 for 50 Cents.
MATCHLESS This new white variety is well named, and well de- of exhibition size and quality, it is a true commercial, easy to handle, comes into bloom early, and is quite continuous ; a non-burster. WHITE WONDER A £reatly improved White Perfection, which throughout the season ; snow-white, fragrant, absolutely perfect in form, large in size, on stiff stems. PHTL A DFLPHT A This variety sold in larger quantity than all 1 lliunwuur xxx^x the other novelties of 1914 Co]or rwir,r rose-pink of exquisitely beautiful shade. |
MRS C W WARD A perfectly formed flower with full center: Lawson, deeper than Windsor, having strong, erect stems twenty-four to thirty-six inches in length. A vigorous, healthy grower and has never shown disease of any kind. A very early and free bloomer. The leader in its shade of pink. POCAHONTAS ®.ne of the deePest Of crimson varieties; a fine HERALD Scarlet, with good calyx, stem and habit; free and con- |
OUR “DECORATION DAY” |
COLLECTION OF PEONIES |
1— FESTIVA MAXIMA
est white in existence ; color snow-white, flecked with an occasional clear purple Bpot on edge of center petals.
Just When You Want Blooms. Price, 40 Cents Each, or 3 for $1.00.
2— EDULIS SUPERBA ™s the famous Decora-
tion Day Peony. \I ith us
in Ohio it never fails to he in full flower on May 30th. Color, a beautiful, bright, clear pink, with silvery reflex. To those who want flowers on Decoration Day, buy Edulis Superba.
3— FELIX CROUSSE
brilliant ruby-red, exceptionally fiery, bright and effective; very large, full, bell-shaped bloom.
Florists Springfield, Ohio
PLANTS BY MAIL
Small plants will be sent free by mail when so desired. The greater part or all of the soil is re- moved from the roots, which are carefully packed in damp moss. We cannot forward bulky plants, such as Azaleas, Camellias, large Hoses, Shrubs and sim- ilar stock by mail.
PLANTS BY EXPRESS
We will pay express charges on all orders when requested to do so by our customers, except such of- fers where we say by express at purchaser’s expense.
But when we pay charges we kindly ask our cus- tomers to select premiums in accordance to our mail clubbing rates, and we remove nearly all the soil from the roots, which makes it equivalent to re- ceiving plants by mail. The proper way to receive plants is by express at purchaser’s expense, and the cost oftentimes is not over 35 cents, except in far away places, and at no time should the charge be over S cents per poilnd. The charges are now placed on each shipment, and whenever the agent attempts to charge more .than stated on the shipment, pay it, take his receipt for it and we will fund the over- charge. When purchaser pays express charges we can send larger and better plants and always add enough extra plants to more than pay the expr'essage Every order over $2.00 should be sent by express.
MAIL AND EXPRESS CLUBBING RATES
Tie pay postage on all shipments sent by mail. We also pay express charges on all shipments by express, except such offers as orneruise stated, if customers will so state in their orders. We then remove nearly all the soil from the plants, which is equivalent hnp. 1 ' sen*.by mail. In that event select your premiums in accordance with mail clubbing rates. The proper way is
to have plants come by express with some soil on. Oftentimes charges will not be over 35 cents.
NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PREMIUMS ON MAIL AND EXPRESS ORDERS nr ^emium Rates apply only to Plants and Bulbs at price per single plant. Do not apply to collections, prices by dozen, fifty
or one Hundred rates, or to Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees or Small Fruits.
PLANTS BY RAIL
Shrubs, Hedge Plants and other dormant stock can be forwarded safely by fast freight lines, even to very distant points, at low rates.
PACKING FREE
We make absolutely no charge for boxes or pack- ing, or delivery to any express.
SAFE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED
We guarantee the safe arrival of all plants to any part in the United States or Canada.
FOREIGN SHIPMENTS
We are constantly making shipments of Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, etc., to Cuba, Porto Rico and Mexico, and by our system of packing the goods invariably arrive in the best condition.
ALL ORDERS, unless instructions are received to the contrary, are _ executed a*id -forwarded upon re- ceipt. Customers placing orders for stock to be reserved and sent later must distinctly specify this at time of ordering.
PREMIUMS ON MAIL ORDERS
For a remittance of $1.00 you may select extra plants valued at 10c.
For a remittance of $2.00 you may select extra plants valued at 30c.
For a remittance of $3.00 you may select extra plants valued at 50c.
■or a remittance of $4.00 you may select extra plants valued at 75c.
lor a remittance of $5.00 you may select extra plants valued at $1.00.
For a remittance of $0.00 you may select extra plants valued at $1.50.
For a remittance of $7.00 you may select extra plants valued at $1.75.
For a remittance of $8.00 you may! select extra plants valued at $2.00.
For a remittance of $9.00 you may select extra plants valued at $2.25.
lor a remittance of $10.00 you may select extra plants valued at $2.50.
And for each dollar sent above $10.00 you may select plants to value of 25c.
PREMIUMS ON EXPRESS ORDERS
For $2.00 select extra plants to the value of 60 cents; $3.00 select $1.00; $4.00 select $1.50; $5.00 select $2.00; $6.00 select $3.00; $7.00 select $3.50; $8.00 select $4.00; $9.00 select $4.50; $10.00 select $5.00; and for each dollar sent above $10.00 you may select extra plants to value of 50 cents.
SEED ORDERS ARE ENTITLED TO SAME DISCOUNT AS PLANTS. WHEN PURCHASED AT PRICES PER SINGLE PACKET.
Always say how you want us to ship your order, by" mail or express, and if we are to pay charges or you. In this way there can be no mistake. If we are to pay express we will remove so il and you select premiums according to mail clubbing rates. The proper way to receive plants is by express at your expense, and the charges on a $3.00 order will not be over 35 cents to 50 cents, except to extreme far away points.
ERRORS AND COMPLAINTS
We exercise the utmost care in filling orders, striving to do a little more than we offer, yet in the press of business errors sometimes occur, and when orders are received that are in some way damaged or not satisfactory, we wish to be promptly notified of the fact, and will make such an adjust- ment of your claim as will be satisfactory. When you write us, simply give the nature of your complaint, giving a list of the plants damaged and price paid for them, and state whether you wish these items replaced 01 the amount refunded. It is nearly impossible to find time in the busy sea- son to adjust your complaints promptly unless you give us all the informa- tion required to do so in your first letter.
LOST OR UNSIGNED ORDERS
Letters are often sent us unsigned and letters are sometimes lost in the mails. If you do not hear from us within a reasonable time, please send us a duplicate of your order, stating when and in what form payment was sent and sign the name and address the same as in the first order, so that it may have immediate attention,
SPECIAL EXPRESS RATES FOR PLANTS
By special arrangements with all Express Companies, all plants are car- ried at a reduction and on account of a graduated scale of rates runs from twenty per cent, to thirty-three and one-third per cent, less than the reg- ular merchandise rate. As this is the largest shipping point of plants in the United States, and as all offices are sending out plants every day in the year, the charges being regulated at the offices here, you are insured of the special reduction.
PLANTS BY MAIL
All stock listed in our Catalogue, unless noted, is offered at prices marked, By mail, postpaid, and we deliver all such items free of all ex- pense to any postofflce in the United States.
SPRINGFIELD GIVES LOWEST EXPRESS RATES
Only where all the Express Companies are represented, as at Spring- field, can the absolutely lowest Express rates be given our customers.
Prmtacrp These can be sent for fractional parts of one dollar or where postoffice orders cannot be had, provided a two-cent stamp extra
j. usia-gc p a jg sent witjl every remittance. None but stamps in perfect order will be accepted.
nuarantpp rvf CTnalitTr nnrl We guarantee all Trees, Shrubs. Plants. Bulbs and Seeds that we send out to be true to name, and to
yjUdicUiLCC ui v^Udiity aim V3civi»-c reach purchaser in good condition when forwarded by mail or express (freight shipments at purchaser’s risk), and hold ourselves in readiness to replace all stock that may accidently prove untrue to label, free of charge, or refund the amount paid therefor; hut it Is mutually understood and agreed between the purchaser and ourselves that our guarantee of genuineness shall not in any case make us liable for a .greater sum than that, originally received for such stock that may prove untrue. Most failures with Plants, Bulbs and Seeds are due to soil conditions, unfavorable- weather and other causes entirely beyond our control, rendering it impossible to guarantee success; and although we will take all possible care to send only such stock as will under proper conditions give satisfactory results, we do not, and should not be expected to guarantee stock to grow or guar- antee results in any way, and we cannot entertain complaints that are not made promptly after receipt of goods.
Tr Vnn Wi^h Orders Held Tlease say so, then we can book your order (and set items aside for you if necessary) until proper time to ship;
j.i jl vv ran n m otherwise we will send at once or acknowledge their receipt. We work extra forces when necessary, and al-
ways try to ship promptly.
Onr Fall Catalogue of imported Bulbs, Plants and Seeds for fall planting and winter bloom will he ready about September 1, and sent to all our _2_— . patrons this year without request ; to others free on application. If not received promptly, a postal card will bring it,
IMPORTANT INFORMATION for Correspondents and Customers bef?he followingread
Fir«it of All Tel1 us how you want your order shipped. If by mail, we pay postage. If by express, we send it collect, unless you say that we shall
j. usi m z-yii pay charge .’ ;n that event, we will remove nearly all soil, thereby making it the same as a mail shipment and make your selection of
premiums the same as when plants are sent by mail. This is just what is done by all firms who pay the express charges.
•'pup ■p-rnnpr VUaxr to TTaxrp Plants sent y°u is for y°u to Pay the exPress, then we send larger plants, leave on enough soil in order not xnc jriupci vv <xy ru era to disturb the plant and add enough extra plants to more than pay the express charges.
'TVip Amount of Pharcrp<; is Siven on each shipping tag, and if the agent tries to collect more, pay it and send the tag to us and we will refund xiic ui v/iiaigto the difference. If the amount should not be on the tag, ask your agent for the amount they were billed out of this
city. Express charges, as a rule, on a $3.00 order are not more than 35 cents and to far away points about 50 cents, so you can figure for yourself the extra you can get for a small outlay.
fftf T3 We do not pay express on fruit or tree orders, nor allow premiums on them, nor put them in your premium list. They are net and not subject . * ~LJ* to discount, so kindly keep your plant and tree orders separate. Our nurseries and greenhouses are now combined and we can send your order
in one shipment, instead of two as heretofore, and save you one express charge. So send us your fruit orders and you will be pleased. We can send fruit by express or freight.
INDIVIDUAL ORDERS ARE ALLOWED THE SAME RATES AS CLUBBING ORDERS.
The Schmidt & Botley Co.
Florists Springfield, Ohio
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SPECIALLY PREPARED
ROSES FOR THE GARDEN
WHILE our old customers are familiar with the grade of Roses which we send out, we wish to direct the attention of those who have never planted our stock to the manner in which these plants are prepared. The bulk of our Roses are grown in cold greenhouses, where artificial heat is only used to exclude severe frosts. Under this treatment the plants de- velop in the most natural way, and are much superior to stock which has been forced in a high temperature into an unnatural and weakened growth, and to the comparatively worthless Roses which are sold so cheaply in a dormant condition. Our Roses are all grown on their own roots.
HOW TO GROW ROSES
SITUATION
Good Roses may be grown in any open, sunny position, if possible sheltered from north winds, and clear of all roots of trees and shrubs.
PREPARATION OF THE BEDS
Roses will grow and give good returns in any fertile, well-drained ground; but it is worth while to use some care in the preparation of the beds, as the general health of the plants, quantity and quality of bloom usually more than repay the extra care expended on this detail. The best soil for Roses is sod from an old pasture and well-rotted cow manure. Dig out the bed to depth of two feet or more, and if drainage is imperfect, it must be provided for. Fill in with a mixture of soil and manure as above. It is best to make the beds some time in advance of planting, to allow time for settling. After the soil is settled, it should be about an inch below the level of the adjacent surface ; make the beds not over three and one-half feet wide, which enables you to pick the blooms without stepping on the bed.
PLANTING AND SUMMER CARE
The ideal time to plant is in the spring, just after danger from frost is past. Tea and Hybrid Tea varieties can be set 18 inches apart. Hybrid Perpetuals two feet apart, and both eight inches from the edge of the beds. When the plants are supplied in pots, they should be set so that the ball of earth is about two and one-half inches below the level of the ground. Firm the soil well around the plants, and give a thorough watering if the Boil is dry. Throughout the summer the surface of the bed should be cul- tivated weekly. If this is done, watering will be unnecessary.
PRUNING
About the end of October it is well to cut back to about three feet all the canes of the strong-growing sorts. The principal pruning should be done in the spring, beginning with the Hybrid Perpetuals in March. If quantity of bloom for garden effect is the object sought, then four or five canes may be left three feet in length, and all very old or weak growth cut away entirely. After the plants are through blooming, the canes should be shortened back at least one-half to enable the plants to make a strong growth for the next season of bloom. If quality is desired, all weak growth should be removed, and the remaining canes cut back in proportion to their development, the weaker ones to about four inches from the root, and stronger ones eight to nine inches. All canes should be cut off about
a quarter of an inch above an outside bud.
By doing this, the plant will grow in an open head, as the buds usual- ly grow in whatever di- rection they first take.
Roses, pruned in this way, require no staking up, and will need no sum- mer pruning, the cutting of the flowers with good stems being sufficient. Everblooming Tea sorts are best not pruned until they show evidence of growth, indicated by the buds beginning to swell. By that time dead or unhealthy wood is readily detected, making it easy to see what should be cut away and what should be retained. They do not need such severe pruning as that described for the Hybrid Perpetuals, and all wood that looks promising may be left on. Climbing Roses require no pruning be- yond cutting out the very old or dead wood and the shortening of the laterals and canes to make the growth conform to the space to be covered.
WINTER PROTECTION
In the latitude of Springfield a covering of three or four inches of manure or leaves over the entire bed is sufficient. In colder latitudes, draw the leaves up around the stems six or eight inches higher, and in very cold places, earth them up and protect with cornstalks or evergreen boughs. For Tea Roses a good plan is to put a temporary fence of twelve- inch chicken, wire netting around the bed, filling in loosely with leaves, with a little earth or some branches over all to prevent them from blow- ing away.
ENEMIES
When grown under favorable conditions, Roses are not so apt to be at- tacked by insect pests and other troubles as they are if half starved and otherwise neglected. Our own experience shows that a weekly application of Bordeaux Arsenate of Lead Mixture, at the rate of eight ounces to five gallons of water, applied with a whisk broom, or any sprayer that will reach the under side of the foliage, beginning at the time that the plants have developed into active growth, and continued throughout the season, will keep them free of almost all insect pests, as well as fungous diseases.
Miscellaneous Hints and Suggestions for the Amateur Florist
SOIL FOR POT PLANTS
Ninety-nine out of every hundred plants that can be grown in the house will do well in any good soil that is not too heavy to allow water to run through it readily. A soil prepared after the following formula will answer the needs of the flower-grower excellently : One part ordinary
loam ; one part leafmold or turfy matter. Mix these together and add enough sharp sand to make the whole so friable that it will fall apart readily after squeezing it in the hand.
The “turfy matter" advised as a substitute for leafmold is obtained by turning over sod and scraping away that portion of it which is full of grass roots. This gives you a light, spongy soil, rich in vegetable matter, and almost as valuable as genuine leafmold from the woods. A sprinkling of bone meal can be added to give richness, if thought advisable. But we think it best to wait until a plant has made some growth before using much fertilizer. At no time should enough be used to produce a rapid growth, for rapidity, as a general thing, means weakness. A sturdy, healthy development is what should be aimed at, and the wise gardener will be content with it.
DRAINAGE
Every pot more than three inches across ought to have something in the way of drainage before filling it with soil. If there is no outlet for water, the soil is soon soured by it. This results in diseased roots, and anything that interferes with healthy root action will eventually destroy the plant unless the difficulty is promptly remedied.
WATERING
We are often asked to give a rule for watering plants. There can be no hard-and-fast rule because conditions differ so widely ; but it is always safe to wait until the surface of the soil has a dry appearance. Then ap- ply enough water to thoroughly saturate all the soil in the pot, after which wait until the surface takes on a dry look again before applying more.
Plants in small pots dry out rapidly, and will require watering much oftener than those in large pots. In winter much less water is needed than in summer, Plants not making active growth will need but little water. Plants exposed to the sun will require a good deal more water than those in the shade.
REPOTTING
We do not advocate frequent repotting. We prefer to supply our plants with food in the shape of fertilizers rather than forcing them to depend upon the soil itself for nourishment. Our experience with root-bound plants which have been kept growing healthy by the application of fer- tilizers convinces us that a great deal of hard work can be saved by pay- ing less attenttion to repotting than we have been in the habit of doing.
Young plants will require shifting to pots of larger size as their root system develops. To not repot such a plant would be to check its growth
at a time when the development of a vigorous root-system is a matter of great importance.
In repotting any plant, large or small, disturb the roots as little as pos- sible. Slip it out of its old pot, put it into the new one and fill in about it with fresh soil. Water well after you have the plant in its new pot to settle the soil you have added.
FERTILIZERS
There are many good kinds on the market. We cannot mention any par- ticular kind here, with the exception of bonemeal, which has already been spoken of. This we consider a thoroughly reliable plant food.
But let us say right here, use whatever fertilizers you make choice of with great caution. Be governed by the instruettions which accompany it. Don’t think that because a little is good a good deal must be better. It is an easy matter to kill your plants by being too kind to them.
Never use any fertilizer on a plant that is standing still. Wait until it begins to grow, and then weak applications, increasing the amount as the plant develops. So long as plants grow well, be content to let well enough alone.
INSECTS
The insect most frequently met with among house plants is the aphis or green plant louse. The preparation on the market under the name of Niko- teen is the best weapon we know of to fight this enemy. Prepare and usa it as directed on the bottle in which it comes. Keep a supply of it on hand, and make use of it whenever you discover an aphis. Do this prompt- ly, and it is an easy matter to prevent the insects from spreading all over your plants ; but wait a few days and you will find that the pest has in- creased a thousandfold. "A stitch in time saves nine."
If the leaves of your plants turn yellow and drop without any apparent reason for it, you are safe in suspecting that the red spider is the cause of the trouble. ' Turn up a leaf and examine it carefully. If you find tiny webs on it you may be sure your suspicions were well founded.
Nothing troubles the red spider but moisture. Showering — not sprinkling — with clear water will rout him if persisted in. Lay the infested plant down on its side and turn on the hose. Do this several times a week until the plant shows no more yellow leaves and not a web is to be seen. Keep water constantly evaporating on stove and register in winter. Do any and everything that will help to keep the atmosphere of the room moist, but depend upon showering as a general treatment.
AIRING YOUR PLANTS
Give the plants in your window fresh air on every pleasant day. Open a door or window at some distance from them, and let the cold air from out of doors mix with the warm air of the room before it reaches them. This is very necessary, especially in winter, when our rooms are sure to be overheated, and the air in them is depleted of its life-giving qualities.
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OUR SPLENDID OFFER for only one dollar we win
v v send you seven of our large, superb
two-year-old Roses, embracing only the very choicest and best ever- blooming varieties for bedding out, each one priced at 25 cents to 40 cents at catalogue rate. The selection must be left to us, and we will send only strictly high grade Roses. All will be different, and all correctly labeled.
SPECIAL OFFER :
We will send THREE different varieties of Large Two= Year=01d Roses for 50 cents by Mail
6 Roses
Consisting of Five Good Ever=Blooming Hybrid Tea Roses and One New Climb= ing Rose (DR. W. VAN FLEET), the Best of the New Climbers, for
50c.
Henri Martin.
Standard Varieties
MOSS ROSES
Price, 20 Cents Each) Four for 75 Cents) Two-Year-Old, 35 Cents) Three for $1.00
Jonri Martin Rich, glossy pink, tinged with tent t itiai im crimaon. large globular flow-
rs, very full and sweet ; finely mossed ; one of le finest.
TUnnnlip TVFnrotiil Targe, full flowers , fine
isiancne ivioreau creamy.white, elegantly
tinged with rosy-blush, nicely mossed; fragrant and beautiful.
Flesh Pink Rose Wichmoss
(C. M.) (Half Hardy.) The prettiest little novelty Rose of recent years. A cross between Wich- uraiana and Moss Rose Salet. Buds borne in clusters, heavily mossed, and are of Lncnantress pinK color. Price, one-year plants, 30 cents each, three for 85 cents; two-year, 60 cents each, three tor 5l.au.
SPECIAL OFFER We vviI1 send tlie entire set of six very fiue P'ants for only 50 cents. In splendid two-year-old plants, the set of sis for
_ $1.50. This is a splendid collection of ever-blooming bedding Roses. It cannot be excelled. Must be ordered complete
to get them at this price..
Any Rose in this Hardy Six Collection can be purchased at 10 cents each, or six for 50 cents in one-year-old. Strong two-year-old, 30 cents each; four for $1.00 ; twelve for $2.50.
We are constantly in receipt of inquiries from our customers for Roses that are ever-blooming and yet hardy. On this page we again offer a fine ■collection combining these two qualities.
DR. W. VAN FLEET
Dr. W. Tan Fleet stands at the very head of the Climbing Roses. Noth- ing like it has ever before been produced. Its parents are the lovely sea- shell pink rose, Souvenir de Tres. Carnot, and the fast-growing, climbing or trailing pure white Memorial Rose, Rosa Wichuraiana. The flowers, when open, run four inches and over in diameter — borne constantly from the time the sun shines in the spring until late in the autumn. The color is a very delicate shade of flesh-pink on the outer surface, deepening to rosy-flesh in the center. The flowers are full and double, delicately per- fumed. The variety grows vigorously and is Immune from mildew and ■other diseases which often befall Roses.
EUGENE BOULETTE
(H. T.) This Rose is a very free bloomer and has proved itself valu- able as a bedder for the garden. Color is deep crimson to carmine, -and the large flowers are so freely produced that they make a sheet of gor- geous color.
F. R. PATZER
A distinct free-growing variety with large handsome flowers, which are produced very freely on stout, stiff stems, of perfect form and highly tea scented. The color Is creamy-buff, the back of the petals being a delicate warm pink ; as the petals reflex the color becomes light orange-pink, form- ing a most charming combination.
JAMES COEY
Deep golden-yellow, edged white.
NITA WELDON
From Photograph Showing Dr. Van Fleet.
Ivory-white with the edges of each petal tinted faintest blush. It has ■more delightful phases of beauty in its several stages, from the bud to The fully developed flower; the flowers which are produced in marvelous profusion are of large size, very full, and of globular form, the buds being
long and pointed, vigorous growth and perfect habit. Awarded the gold medal N. R. S.
RHEA REID
Considered by many experts to be the finest red Rose in existence ; has no rival. Rhea Reid is an offspring of American Beauty, which fact alone would place it right in the front rank along with its hitherto unrivaled parent. Its superiority over American Beauty is due to the following great essentials : As fragrant as La France, as continuous as The Bride,
and a much darker and richer red than the American Beauty.
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Lady Hillingdon.
Antninp Rivnirp (H. T.) Flowers large and of Camellia-like iwvuuc form; clear, rosy-flesh, shading to yellow, shaded and lined bright carmine. A superb variety and very free.
Anrlrp Cnmnn (H. T.) Fine bronzy foliage, with long finely nine uai vii ghaped buds, the flowers are large, full and globular, carried well above the foliage upon rigid and strong stems. Color deep rose and carmine. Edges of petals carmine-lake. As a garden Rose this will become popular on account of its distinct soft color and its remark- ably free-flowering qualities and hardiness.
Rpqcip Rrnwn (H. T.) Blooms are of enormous size, snow-white, JJcssic xji n vvii fa ; ntly flushed and tinged with pink. A fine, strong, free grower, producing long stems.
TtliimpneptimiHt (T) Pure citron-yellow, outer petals edged uiuiiiuianiiiiiui' |en[]er rose> Has a vigorous growth. Winner of
three first premiums.
Bridesmaid The most popular pink Tea Rose. Thousands of
lu ° 1 a u this variety are grown every year for cut flowers, and it is also very desirable for summer bedding out of doors. It is a delight- ful shade of bright pink, very free flowering and easily grown. Burbank Bright pink; a grand bedder.
Ch amnion of the World <B_ C.) Everyone wants a hardy ever- A'lidiupniMu ui me yv ui iu blooming Rose Frora early summer
until frost it can be depended upon to produce flowers in abundance ; color, rich glossy-pink, delightfully fragrant, and such a strong, vigorous grower that it is almost invulnerable against attacks of insects.
(T.) This grand Rose continues to be one of the best and most beautiful varieties for bed- ding ever introduced. Flowers are deliciously sweet; color beautiful creamy-white, tinged with amber.
(H. T.) The gold medal Rose of France; the finest Rose ever sent out. A very strong, vig- orous grower and exceedingly fine flowering. The flowers are very large and borne on good, long stiff stems; color a shade of clear red crimson- velvet; very fragrant.
Ftoile de Lvon A 11(311 golden-yellow; a strong, healthy and
utuuc uc ujuu vigorous grower; immense bloomer, bearing flow- ers and buds early and late. Remarkably hardy.
TT'iicrpnp Bnulpffp (H. T.) This Rose is a very free bloomer and Eugene uuuicuc has proved itself valuable as a bedder for the
garden. Color is deep crimson to carmine, and the large flowers are so freely produced that they make a sheet of gorgeous color.
F R PatzeF T-1 A distinct free-growing variety with large . j.v. 0.1 handsome flowers, which are produced very freely on stout, stiff stems, of perfect form and highly tea scented. The color is creamy-buff, the back of the petals being a delicate warm pink ; as the petals reflex the color becomes light orange-pink, forming a most charming combination.
fimac nn Tonli+’z (H. T.) One of the finest and most useful va- ui uaa dll icpnit rieties ever sent out. The color is brightest scarlet, shading to deep, rich, velvety crimson ; very fragrant. The freest grower and the most profuse of any ever bloomer.
HnlHpn (T.) A magnificent Rose, with large, full, finely
uu ucu u<ue[ome(| flowers; buds long and beautiful. Color rich creamy-white, tinged with golden-white and clear rose. A free-blooming, beautiful variety.
Clothilde Soupert
Etoile de France
Helen HnnH (T-) This is a true Cochet Rose. The color is a deli- cate yellow, suffused with pink, each petal edged deeper. With its immense size and exquisite form, makes it without question the greatest Tea Rose ever introduced.
Helen Onillrl <T) Hardy ever-blooming Rose. The flowers are full and perfectly double, the buds beautifully made, long and pointed. The color is warm rosy-crimson like the color of a ripe red watermelon. Hardy as La France.
Hermosa Beautiful pink; an old favorite.
Isabella SDriint 1T-1 Flowers freely during the winter. Flowers “ of the richest yellow color.
Jonkheer J. L. Mock <H; T:> A polity of distinct merit.
Color is carmine, changing to miperial- Pink. The blooms, which are produced with the greatest freedom, are carried on stiff and erect stems, and are of large size, perfect formation and highly perfumed. Growth is vigorous and free. “We can confidently recommend this sterling novelty as a most valuable addition. 15 cents.
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria t(,H. v7e h?v® ,whivtc. Eouse8
& that have elegant buds, but when
full blown are not all that is desired. This Rose combines both these good qualities. Color a pure snowy-white.
Killarnev ^ 1 A new Hybrid Tea Rose. It is a strong, robust J grower and a free and continuous bloomer ; the color is brilliant, sparkling pink, the flowers are extra large and the buds long and pointed; petals large and of great substance; it is quite hardy and very sweet; altogether a Rose of unsual beauty and excellence. Price, 15 cents each; two-year-old plants, 35 cents each.
T.adv RnttprsiPfl (T.) Bright rosy-crimson, beautifully tinted with J orange; passing to apple-blossom pink, hardy
and productive.
Ladv Hillingdon IT.) a beautiful Tea Rose that has created J ® quite a sensation. The blooms are an exquisite
shape and color a deep apricot-yellow, shading to orange. Deliciously fragrant.
Madame Caroline Testout iH T) Clear bright satiny pink;
flowers very large and extremely showy, quite distinct. It is the Rose par excellence in Oregon and the Pacific Coast; in fact, it does well everywhere. Price, one-year-old, 15 cents; two-year-old, 40 cents.
Marechal Niel Rose The W0J 'Id-renowned Rose. A beau- tiful deep sulphur yellow, very large and exceedingly fragrant. It is the finest yellow Rose in existence. It has a climbing habit, and where it is allowed to grow until it attains a large size, as it will in a few years, it yields thousands of beautiful golden- yellow flowers. Especially desirable for the South. We have a grand stock of this variety in three sizes. Price, strong one-year-old plants. 10 cents each: large and nicely shaped two-year-old bushes at 35 cents, and an extra strong, robust fellow that will take care of himself anywhere — the best you ever got — 50 cents.
Mnmnn Fnrlipt (T.) An excellent pink Rose, with large flowers, on long, straight stems ; color deep rosy-pink, the inner side of petals silvery-rose. Equally valuable for pot culture or outdoor planting.
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Rhea Reid.
Madame Constant Soupert Maiden Blush
Yellow, tinted red.
(W. R. Smith.) The beautiful new flesh-tinted Garden Rose. A most promising Summer Bedding Rose with beautiful, firm, glossy foliage ; very vigorous growth, with flow- ers of heavy texture. Color white, shading to pink. Produces immense'' blooms on long stiff stems ; hardy with light protection. One of the very best Garden Roses. Strong one-year-old plants, 15 cents each; three for 40 cents. Two-year-old plants, 35 cents each.
Marie Van Houtte Color straw-yellow, flushed with crim- ,
Mpfpnr (T-) The color is rich velvety crimson, exceedingly bright mcicui an(1 attractive. The plant is of vigorous growth and very free flowering. It is a constant bloomer.
Mila Rarthnrl The deep Golden Rose. In fact, the deepest
iTiiie. .oei liiuu yellow in color of any Rose we grow. The
foliage is very bright. This is a Rose of magnificent size and color. Altogether a grand Rose, and always in bloom.
Mila Franvice!! KViia-ar (T.) The coppery-yellow Rose. In its iYllie. A lailAlbia XVl UgCl shading of deep coppery-yellow it
stands unique and distinct from all others.
Mllp Tfplpna fiamhipr <H- T> A grand ever-blooming Rose; ivxxic. iicicua uaiuuici color, lovely canary-yellow, with deep
peachy-red center changing to creamy-pink as the flowers open. It makes a neat, handsome bush, blooms abundantly all through the season, and flowers are large, very double and sweet.
Mrc R R Fant (T.) Makes splendid buds, extra large full
itxis. -L*. xv. vai v flowers, bright, clear rose-pink, perfectly double
and full and delightfully sweet ; an excellent bedding Rose, as it blooms all the time, and both flowers and buds are large and beautiful.
Mrs Upgraw <B. C-) Everyone wants a hardy ever-blooming Rose, rvxxo. xxcgiaw jrom eariy summer until frost it can be depended upon to produce flowers in abundance. Color rich glossy pink, delight- fully fragrant and a strong, vigorous grower.
Mra RiirUpv Crnss (T.) Pale, soft, rosy-yellow with deeper 1Y1IS. AXUUiey ciuss shadings, a delightful color and of beautiful, rounded form, has good stems, holding the blooms quite upright. A splen- did bedding variety. Price, 15 cents each, two for 25 cents; two-year- old, 35 cents.
Mmp Tpnnv Fiillpmnt <H- T-) Buds lonS and Pointed, deep lYiiiic. jenny uinemut saffron-yellow ; blooms large, petals im- mense ; opens very freely ; a fine upright grower of branching habit ; very large in size, but very long and pointed.
Mmp Tiilpe firnlpy (Red Kaiserin.) (T.) Its growth is very ivxiuc. juics utuicz, strong with a rich leathery foliage. The flow- ers are of a clear, deep pink with a tint of lavender. Price, one-year- old, 15 cents; two-year-old, 30 cents.
Mm,p Spo-nrifl Wphrr (H. T-> Rosy-salmon. The bud Is long ivxxuc. uc^uiiu yvcxj-x and pointed, opening into an enormous bloom which deepens its color until fully expanded. Should be tried both indoors for forcing, and also as a bedder. Awarded two gold medals. The texture of the Rose is very thick and heavy, and the form of the petals peculiarly beautiful; color salmon-flesh on opening. Price, 15 cents each; two-year-old plants, 35 cents.
Mv Marvlanrl (T.) Large, full, double flowers, a pleasing shade lYxaij'ia u. of saim0n-pink. Distinct and beautiful. Splendid for forcing. Price, 15 cents each; two-year-old plants, 35 cents each. Dnna finntipr (T.) An excellent crimson Tea, and one of the best x apa uunuci for ad purposes. It has a perfect shaped bud on good length of stem, making it desirable for cut flowers.
Paarl rtf thp finrrlpnia (T.) No yellow Rose in cultivation can x can ui tnc uaxucus equal this in its profusion of deep golden- yellow Roses. The only Tival of Marechal Niel.
Prp«iHpnf C'nmnt (H. T-) B is a Rose of the largest size, beau- x icBiuciu v^aniui tiful both in bud and open flower. The buds
come on long, stiff stems. The color is distinct and novel, a lovely fawn, shading to pearl.
Radiance' T-1 (Carmine.) (New.) Color a brilliant rosy-car- vaxx -.axiyt jne displaying beautiful opaline-pink tints in the open flower. - The- fe'rm is fine ; flower large and full with cupped petals. Splen- did, healthy foliage.
Rhea Reid <H- T-) The finest Ted Rose in existence, surpassing v '-ci re « even the well-known favorite American Beauty. Rhea Reid is an offspring of American Beauty. "Its superiority over American Beauty -is due to the . following great - essentials : It is fully as large, is as double as Bridesmaid, as fragrant as La France, as continuous in bloom as The Bride and a much darker and richer red than the American Beauty. . , ' . ' _
Richmond (H.'T.) Produces freely throughout the year, long pointed xuviiuiuiiu re<j budg Qn tall_ straight stems, with elegant dark foli- age; very fragrant- Price, 15 cents each; two-year-old plants, 30c each. SafranO (T-) Bright apricot-yellow, changing to orange and uaixouu fawn, sometimes tinted with rose; fragrant and a ram- pant grower.
SoilV dp Piprrp "N'otfino* (T.) A magnificent Rose of strong ouuv.UCffWienUHUlg growth, extra large, perfectly double flowers, rich orange-yellow, bordered with crimson-rose.
SnilVPnir dp la Molmoiaon (B- This Rose has creamy-
oouvenir ue id luaunaitsuit flesh color with rose center.
Strinpd T,a FYanra The striped La Prance combines all the good x pcu xaa x xaxivc qualities of La Prance in growth, fragrance, shape of bud and flower. Nicely striped, markings plain and distinct ; a Rose on satiny-pink ground.
‘•ylinrisiP This is one of the most beautiful ever-blooming Roses
o utilise jn cultivation; the flowers are extra large, perfectly double, and delightfully tea-scented. Dark peachy-red, elegantly shaded with orange and crimson — like the sunrise tints seen in the summer sky — a strong, healthy grower.
Q,ir,apf ■ (T.) A grand variety. The flowers are of large size, fine, OUIISCL form, very double and deliciously perfumed; the color
is a remarkable shade of rich golden-amber, elegantly tinged and shaded with dark ruddy copper. Pric.e, 15 cents each; $1.35 per dozen, postpaid; large, fine two-year-bid plants, 35 cents each; $2.75 per dozen.
TllP Rrillp (T.) A the white ever-blooming Roses now in
Xll'C I>1 JUC commerce' have' beautiful double Rowers, but none of them Compare with. The Bridg jn the, size and shape -of buds and half-expanded flowers. ’ ' ' i
WpIIpsIpV (IT T.) (Rose-pink.) The flowe'rs are extra large and TV eiicsic,y . Q0jor, bright clear rose-pink, reverse of petals sil-
ver-rose; a vigorous grower, hearing '.its flowers- on tall, stiff canes; very free bloomer.
"Whitp Rmio-prp ' (T-> A pure- ivory-white sport from Bougere ; yviiiic uuu0cic does not pink up- ip. the garden; extra.
Whifp ‘K'illnrnpv (H. T.) A Pure white "sport of the popular ti Alice ivituu iicj . Killarney Rose.- Identical with its parent, ex- cepting in color, which is a pure white.
Whitp Martian fnrhpf <T-> Has rich, -healthy foliage, produc- muit: Md.mdn Louiei ing large> flne flowers of the purest
white, in fact, it is an exact counterpart of. the. beautiful Maman Cochet, and all who have tried it pronounce it the finest bedding Tea Rose in existence.
William Nnttino- (H. T') Very large, full, reverse coral-red, in- ” ax i a. oHAUg side saimon, center, deeper ; first-class for forc- ing, bedding and cut flower, sweetly perfumed. Price, 15 cents; two- year-old, 35 cents. , , \ • i -
Yellow Maman Corhpt (T ) Best hardy ever-blooming yellow leiiow lYiaiIld.II L,OCnei Rose in existence.. This variety is ab- solutely the best hardy ever-blooming yellow Rose in existence. Its grace- fully molded .buds, magnificent open flowers, stiff strong stems, heavy foliage, vigor of growth and blooming capacity,, rtiake it the best of its class and color. Strong one-year-old plants, 20 cents each, three for 50 cents, twelve for $1.00, postpaid; two-year-old plants, 35 cents each, six for $1.75, twelve for $3.00.
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ALTHEA
(H. T. ) Opaque salmon-pink; fine.
BETTY
(H. T.) Very large flowers; fairly full and of spiendid form. Color coppery-rose, shaded golden-yellow ; deliciously perfumed. Without doubt- a sterling Rose. Gold medal. National Rose Society.
CLIMBING AMERICAN BEAUTY
(Climbing H. P.) A seedling from American Beauty with Wichuraiaha and Tea blood in its veins. The introducers say of it: “Same color,
size and fragrance as American Beauty, with the addition of the climb- ing habit. Good foliage, and better blooming qualities. One plant of this new Rose will produce twenty times as many flowers in June., as ttRe( old American Beauty, besides blooming occasionally during the sunmier,) , Blooms three to four inches across; has proved perfectly hardy 'and stands heat and drought as well as any Rose in our collection.” ; We_te.eJL_s.ure: this Rose has a great future. Price; 15 cents, three for 40 cents ;. larger plants, 35 cents, three for $1.00; two-year-old, 50 cents.
The Ideal Garden Rose, - — - v-
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY . ..
(T.) In describing this Rose we might say it is large and very large. Some of the flowers have as high as sixty petals and sometimes more, opening to a very high center. In color it is a most magnificent red. It is very easy to cultivate and requires little or no care. This makes an ideal Rose for your garden and is extremely showy when a number of - these plants are massed together. Price, strong one-year-old plants, 30 cents each, three for 85 cents; two-year-old plants, 60 cents each, three for $1.75.
Deep Blood Red Rose,
FRIEDRICHSHRUHE
tH. T.) (Half hardy.) Color deep blood red; large, full, well formed, flowering freely and continuously ; excellent habit of growth. Awarded gold medal at Dusseldorf. A splendid Rose.
MME. VALERE BAUMEZ
( T. I Selected from a large number on trial, first on account of its
fine growth, combined with its unusual and delightful color, light flame : -■ with, golden center, shaded glowing salmon. Form full and beautifully rounded, of large size on heavy, upright canes ; the foliage is very hand- some, thick and glossy, of beautiful dark green. A wonderfully striking floWer ; looks as if illuminated.
MRS. FOLEY HOBBS
(T.) Vigorous and free; ivory-white flushed pink at the edge of the petals — an Irish giant.
: , MRS. GEO. SHAWYER
i" (T.) This Rose promises good things in its color and class. The color \ is a lovely bright shade of pink. A valuable Rose both for summer and winter cut flowers. Has all the ear-marks of a fine bedder.
MELODY
(T.) A lovely shade of yellow, deepening to apricot in the center, perfect in form and very double. It is one of the handsomest yellow Roses we have ever seen, and as a garden Rose cannot be surpassed. Price, strong one-year-old plants, 20 cents each, three for 50 cents; two-year* old plants, 40 cents each, three for $1.10.
GEORGE REIMERS
(H. T. ) Fiery red, with shades of garnet and ruby reds commingled; more lustrous than Richmond ; large, perfectly formed flowers with massive petals ; long bud ; continuous bloomer. Will have a great future.
HELENE WATTINNE
(T.) White with lemon-yellow center. Hardy. Splendid exhibition Rose. One of the very best Hybrid Teas.
IRISH FIRE FLAME
(T.) (Alex. Dickson, 1913.) One of Alex. Dickson’s single Roses that is a good bedder. It makes beautiful buds that remain in shape a long time, having great substance. It comes with long stems, and with its unique color, it forms a combination that at once places- -it in the front rank of beautiful Roses. The color is old gold or coppery-yellow, flamed with ruddy-crimson. Certainly a most glorious Rose; if you have never had the pleasure of seeing how beautiful a single Rose is, .try Irish Fire Flame.
JAMES COEY
(T.) Deep golden-yellow, edged white.
JONKHEER J. L. MOCK
(H. T.) A novelty of distinct merit. Color is carmine, changing to imperial pink. The blooms, which are produced with the greatest free- dom, are carried on stiff and erect stems, and are of large size, perfect formation and highly perfumed. Growth is vigorous and free. “We can confidently recommended this sterling novelty as a most valuable addition.”
MADAME LEON SIMON
(T.) Growth vigorous and upright; flower buds long and pointed. Color dark rose with yellow center, reverse of petals carmine ; very floriferous. Superb.
MILADY
(H. T.) A rich crimson Rose. Flower of large size and very double, splendid form, and very fragrant. Extra fine.
MISS ALICE DE ROTHSCHILD
(T.) In color a rich deep citron-yellow, which intensifies as the bloom expands. The flowers are very large, with high pointed center. The growth is vigorous, continuous in blooming, deliciously fragrant ; a .superb Rose in every respect ; appropriately described by one grower as a bed- ding Marechal Niel.
MME. P. EULER
(H. T.) Entirely distinct in color, being a vermilion silvery -pink, very large, very double and of good form; also possessing great lasting quali- ties, very free-flowering and fragrant.
MRS. CHAS. RUSSELL
(H.T:>- This wonderful new American Rose has taken the country by storm ; no other forcing Rose except American Beauty can compete with it when it comes to counting points. A bunch of three dozen blooms carried perfectly from Boston to Springfield ; stems three feet long, stiff and sur- mounted by grand rosy-pink blooms of the largest size and build.
Climbing American Beauty.
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Recent Novelties in Roses 1916
Price of These New Roses, One-Year-Old, from Two and One-Half Inch Pots, 15 cents; Any Three for 40 cents. Strong Two-Year-Old, 35 cents each; Any Three for $1.00.
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RECENT NOVELTIES IN ROSES 1916 — Continued from Page 7
Ophelia.
Price of These New Roses, One-Year-Old, from Two and One-Half Inch Pots,
15 Cents
Any Three for 40 Cents. Strong Two-Year-Old, 35 Cents Each;
Any Three for $1.00.
OPHELIA
(See cut.) (H. T.) Ophelia is a fine grower, with big:, bright foliage that shows at a glance that it is a variety that will hold its flowers well. It is long stemmed, bushy and free branching, and a free producer of bloom. It is very fragrant and resembles Richmond in this respect. Color, clear, bright pink, suffused yellow. Price, strong one-year plants, 30 cents each; two-year, 60 cents each, three for $1.75.
MRS. ANDREW CARNEGIE
(Cocker, 1913.) (H. T.) Sent out by James Cocker & Sons, of Aber-
deen, Scotland. This Rose is an epoch making flower, as an old Kentish grower put it. “a nailer.” At the stand wTiere Mrs. Andrew Carnegie was shown there was a big crowd around it all the time the show was open. Queen Alexandra admired it as she passed through the show in the morn- ing before the great rush of the afternoon. One enthusiast describes it as having ‘‘lit up the whole show.” With its handsome shape and de- licious fragrance it combines a color that entrances. Pale lemon-yellow at base of the petals shading to pure white. Won the gold medal N. R. S. Price, 35 cents; two-year plants, 75 cents.
MME. EDOUARD HERRIOTT
“The Daily Mail Rose”
(H. T.) This is M. Pernet’s wonderful novelty that won the Daily Mail prize of $250 in London. It has leaves that shine as if varnished, close set and well branched ; the flower is of good size and is terra cotta and bronze and geranium-red and coppery-red. It is without a doubt the most promising variety of this class that we have had for some time. The buds are long and sharply pointed. Its pure rich colorings, together with its beautiful green glossy foliage, makes it an ideal Rose. Price, nice plants, 40 cents each, three for $1.00; two-year-old, 60 cents each.
MRS. WALTER EASLEA
(H. T.) Glowing crimson-carmine; lovely.
MRS. FRED STRAKER
(T.) Orange-crimson and silvery-fawn.
NATALIE BOTTNER
( H. T.) Pure white and is said to even excel Druschki. The shape of the flower is similar to Kaiserin Augusta Victoria and the blooms are borne on long, strong stems.
NERISSA
(H. T.) An enormously large, full flower, of fine shape, of a creamy- yellow color, the center being tinted with peach. Price, 20 cents each.
“NEW ROSE HADLEY”
(H. T.) Hadley is a development from a line of seedlings raised by Alex. Montgomery, Jr. Varieties used in this development being Liberty, Gen. McArthur and Richmond. Color deep velvet crimson, retaining its brilliancy all seasons of year : is very double and well formed. Fragrance excelled only by American Beauty. Strong rapid grower and flowers are borne on long stiff stems. Has proven itself under thorough trial to be an all year round forcing variety.
NITA WELDON
(See cut.) (T.) Ivory-white with the edges of each petal tinted faintest blush. It has more delightful phases of beauty in its several stages, from the bud to the fully developed flower ; the flowers which are produced in marvelous profusion are of large size, very full, and of globular form, the buds being long and pointed, vigorous growth and perfect habit. Awarded the gold medal of N. R. S.
MRS. AARON WARD
(H. T.) This Rose is a real joy to the grower and absolutely distinct. Has a color that catches the eye at once. Coppery-orange in the open bud, golden-orange when partly developed, pinkish-fawn of lovely shade when fully open, when it looks like a full fluffy-silk rosette. No wonder everybody that sees it falls in love with it ; one of the most beautiful Roses in existence.
PEERLESS
(T.) Delightful pink Rose with light tones in center. Flowers large and produced freely all summer.
MRS. GEORGE PRESTON
(T.) Warm, silvery rose-pink.
POLLAERT ROSE
(H. T.) This is the much-heralded improved La France. The claims made for it are that it is a stronger grower, and that the fragrance is more pronounced.
The Remarkable Pink Rose,
PRESIDENT TAFT
(H. T.) This Rose was raised in Cincinnati, the home of President Taft. All will admire this Rose. It is without question the most re- markable of all pink Roses. It has a shining intense, deep pink color pos- sessed by no other Rose. It is a fine grower, free bloomer, good size and form, fragrant and in a class by itself as to color. Do not confound this Rose with Leuchtfeuer which some have attempted to rename President Taft.
RENA ROBBINS
(H. T.) White with golden-yellow heart, flowers of grand form, and a mass of bloom throughout the summer and until frost.
ROBIN HOOD
(H. T.) This new Rose has a glorious rosy-scarlet color that is at once soft and bright and lasting; the bloom is full and of the beautiful build of the H. P.’s. It is a grand grower, heavy caned and profuse in foliage ; flowers very freely produced ; we feel sure this will prove a delightful companion for Gen. McArthur and Rhea Reid.
SENATOR MASCURAND
“The Yellowest of all Roses”
(H. T.) This is our pick of all the yellow Hybrid Tea Roses; it is a good grower, very free bloomer; flowers are large, full and globular; color deep orange-yellow, lighter on the edge of the petals. This is a much better garden Rose than Mrs. Aaron Ward. When we say orange- yellow, we do not mean lemon-yellow; it is the yellowest of all Roses.
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HARDY CLIMBING PRAIRIE ROSES
Price, Except Where Noted, 10 Cents Each, Any Six for 50 Cents;
Large Two=Year=01d Plants, 30 Cents Each.
Dorothy Perkins. GREVILLE, OR SEVEN SISTERS— Flowers in large clusters. It varies in
PRAIRIE QUEEN — The flowers are very large and of peculiar globular color from white to crimson.
form; bright rosy-red, changing to lighter as the flowers open; of very TENNESSEE BELLE — Flowers bright, beautifully pink; is more slender
strong, rapid growth. and graceful in growth than any of the varieties.
New Dwarf Cluster or Polyantha Roses
RAMBLER ROSES
Climbing Baby Rambler desman
— Climbing Polyantha. This is a true ever- blooming Crimson Rambler, for at this writing (August 1st) it is in full bloom in the garden with enormous heads of richest crimson. There has been a widespread demand for a Crimson Rambler that would bloom more than once. Here you have it. Everyone knows how Baby Rambler is always in bloom. This is simply a climbing form of the Baby Rambler, em- bracing all its good qualities.
Crimson Rambler ^iTiUV'oi
bright red Roses that last for two weeks. Oft- times these sprays of bloom are two feet in length by a foot in breadth. At first sight you would not believe it a Rose.
Dorothy Perkins
in clusters of from six to ten and are very double, with prettily crinkled petals. Remark- ably prettily pointed buds, beautiful, clear shell-pink in color, lasting a long time without fading. The flowers are sweet-scented.
Flower of Fairfield
Brilliant crimson, base of petals white ; flowers perpetually and profusely in brilliant clusters from early summer until frost.
PViilnrlAlnhisi (Crimson Climbing Rose)
IT lllltlUcipilIcl __ Splendid flowers, two
and one-half inches across, perfectly double. Borne in clusters, completely covering the whole bush. Color, pure deep rich crimson.
Unequalled for covering porches, trellises, screens, fences, etc.
Ladv Gav A most desirable variety of re- 1 au-? v -r markable, vigorous growth, with flowers of a delicate cerise-pink, passing to soft-tinted pink. The effect of a plant in full bloom with the combination of the soft pink flowers, cherry-pink buds, and the deep green of the foliage is indeed charming.
Pink Rambler (Euphrosyne) — Fiow-
IT UHL JVcEHUJltl ers of lovely shade of
light pink.
Tausendschoen <JhousaTnd Beauties)—
^ New. Imagine a lux-
uriant Climbing Rose literally covered with thousands of bright blossoms, borne in clus- ters and quite double. Colors of every imag- inable shade, from white to deep pink. A hardy vigorous grower with few thorns and handsome foliage.
Trier Mr- Peter Lambert’s grand, hardy climber, blooming in clusters ; color, pure white, nice and full.
White Dorothv <New-) A Pure white
Willie HOlUUiy sport of well-known Dorothy Perkins, of same habit of growth and freedom of flowering; a splendid companion for the pink variety, as it flowers at the same time. A most valuable addition to this class. Awarded gold medal National Rose Society and Award of Merit, Temple Show, England.
Yellow Rambler (Aglaia) — Flowers l eiiuw ivcuiiuiei borne in immense
clusters like Crimson Rambler, of a decided yellow color.
The New Baby Rambler Roses Have Increased Very Fast in Popular Favor. They are Con= tinuous Bloomers and are Entirely Hardy.
Price, 10 Cents Each; Any Six for 50 Cents; Thirteen for $1.00. Two=Year=01d Plants, 30 Cents Each; Any Four for $1.00
tj„Uv Pnmhlpr This is the ori£inal Baby Rambler, daddy of iitiuy iiciiuuici. jn bloom all the time, flowers in large clusters of brightest crimson. It grows to a height of eighteen inches and hides the plant with Its bloom. A most wonderful Rose.
D„kv Tanepn3echnf'n (New.) Imagine a luxuriant Climbing Rose Ijciuy A<tu»ciiuokiiucii covere(j vvitln thousands of bright blossoms, clusters. Colors of every imaginable shade, from white to deep pink. A hardy, dwarf grower with few thorns and handsome foliage.
CaihoviTiA l7aiinAt This *s tlle New White Baby Rambler. A continuous V.<d.lllcl. me hcuuci blooming Rose of great merit, fine for bedding.
* Erna Teschendorff
Rambler.
The much-heralded variety from Holland. Color, bril- liant dark carmine-red, and is darker than Red Baby Very free flowering.
Tpnnnp TV Arc This is a pure white Baby Rambler, a fit companion for Mme. ncdiiuc u -£_v v. Norbert Levavasseur, the original Baby Rambler.
TeSSie This new Baby Rambler is an ideal Rose for massing, bedding or for pot ucooic culture. The flowers, which are produced in huge clusters, are of a bright cherry-crimson color which does not fade.
Mme. Norbert Levavasseur T,1}e Crimson Baby Rambler. It is in bloom
all the time, flowers in large clusters of brightest crimson. It grows to a height of eighteen inches, and hides the plant with its bloom. A most wonderful Rose.
Rosy-pink on rich creamy-white ground ; bloomer ; very satisfactory for bedding.
Perfectly Hardy Everywhere, Making Them Especially Desirable for Planting in Severe Climafes. These are the Most Rapid Growing Roses in Existence.
Each ; Any Six for 50 Cents; Strong Two=Year=01d, 30 Cents; * for $1.00; Any Twelve for $2.50.
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HARDY ROSES— HYBRID PERPETUALS
Price, Strong One=Year=OId Plants Out of 2|=Inch Pots, 15 Cents, Two for 25 Cents; Strong Two= Year=01d, Out of 4-lnch Pots, 35 Cents, Four for $1.00, Except Where Noted, by Express, Purchaser’s Expense.
ANNA DE DIESBACH — Brilliant rose color, very large and broad leaves.
AMERICAN BEAUTY— Probably the widest known and most prized cut flower among all American Roses, and equally popular for bedding. Deep pink approaching crimson, of exquisite form and fragrance, and large size.
CLIO — Color, delicate satin blush, with a light shading or rosy-pink at the center ; very broad and full.
CAPT. HAYWARD — High built, large, full handsome flowers of carmine- crimson. Distinct.
COQUETTE DES ALPES — (H. P.) Large, full, finely formed flowers; pure white, sometimes faintly tinged with pale blush ; profuse bloomer.
CONRAD F. MEYER — Clear flesh-pink; four inches across.
EUGENE FURST — A beautiful, velvety crimson, with distinct shading of crimson-maroon.
FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI — (H. P.) A pure paper-white, free-flowering, large-sized Hybrid Perpetual. It is a remarkably handsome plant with bright, heavy foliage and strong, upright growth. There is nothing in the line of perfectly hardy Roses that can compare with this one in form, color and general finish.
GIANT OF BATTLES — (H. P.) Rich red; very large and of good form.
GENERAL JACQUEMINOT — Known as "General Jack:’’ shining crimson.
GLOIRE DE I’EXPO DE BRUXELLES— Bright crimson; velvety texture.
GLOIRE LYONNAISE — Pale shade of chamois or salmon-yellow. HIS MAJESTY (The King of Roses) — Dark, deep crimson; superb.
J. B. CLARK — An intense deep scarlet; shaded black.
MARSHALL P. WILDER — Scarlety-crimson, richly shaded maroon.
MME. CHAS. WOOD — (H. P.) One of the finest bloomers. A grand Rose on account of its constant blooming, which begins soon after planting and continues all through the season. Flowers are large and perfectly double ; color rich crimson-scarlet.
MADAME MASSON — (H. P.) The flowers are large, color a clear, bright rose, highly perfumed, one of the best for planting.
MADAME PLANTIER — The ironclad white cemetery Rose.
MAGNA CHARTA — A bright, clear, deep pink, flushed rose.
MARIE BAUMANN — Brilliant, vivid red; good bloomer.
PAUL NEYRON — Lovely deep rose, or bright pink; very large.
PRINCE CAMILLE DE ROHAN — Deep, rich velvety crimson.
SOUVENIR DE PRES. CARNOT — A grand Rose of the largest size; the color a delicate fawn or salmon ; extra fine.
ULRICH BRUNNER— (H. P.) Splendid flowers of fine form with shell-shaped petals ; one of the most abundant bloomers ; color cherry-red.
VICK’S CAPRICE — Satiny-pink; striped white and carmine.
W. E. LIPPIATT — (H. P.) Brilliant velvety crimson, shaded deeper; large and full on erect stems.
General Jacqueminot.
SPLENDID LIST, complete in every particular. None better. None so cheap. Hybrid Perpetuals are considered the most valuable of all hardy plants. They are distinguished by their vigorous, upright growth and large, bold flowers, fre- quently measuring five to six inches in diameter. When you plant Hybrid Per- petuals you may be quite certain of having Roses every year without further trouble. Though called perpetual, it must be understood that they are not such early and constant bloomers as the Ever-blooming Roses. The Hybrid Perpetuals should not be ordered for house culture, as they are not suitable for that Do not become impatient if your plantings of these do not bloom the first season — give them a chance to become established. These Roses are es- pecially suited to plant in all the Northern States and Territories, also in the colder parts of the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky,
Tennessee, North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, etc.
HARDY EVER= BLOOMING CLIMBERS
BOTH HARDY AND EYER=BLOOMING. WHERE THE CLIMATES ARE SEVERE, SHOULD BE PROTECTED DURING WINTER.
Price, 10 Cents Each in Strong 0ne=Year=01d, Except Where Noted. Any Six for 50 Cents. Large Two=Year=01d, 30 Cents Each, Any Four for $1.00.
CAROLINE GOODRICH — Velvety crimson.
CLIMBING CLOTHILDE SOUPERT — Ivory-white, shading in center to sil- very-rose. In bloom all the time; of healthy, vigorous habit of growth, not subject to disease or insects. One of the most satisfactory, hardy, ever-blooming climbers.
CLIMBING KILLARNEY — (The Grand New Hardy Ever-blooming Climbing Rose) — Makes a strong growth, with a beautiful deep bronzy-green foli- age, bearing its long, pointed buds and flowers on heavy shoots and canes. The color is an exquisite shade of deep brilliant pink.
CLIMBING WHITE COCHET — From Australia. No word is needed to em- phasize the value of this grand climber which has retained all of the good qualities of the parent in addition to its climbing habit ; it has al- ready awakened a lively interest among Rose growers. Flowers are large, double and white, like the bush White Cochet Rose. Specially rec- ommended.
SILVER MOON — Clear silvery-white with a mass of bright yellow stamens; petals of splendid substance and beautifully cupped ; exceedingly large and fragrant flowers ; growth vigorous and very free blooming. A de- sirable new climber.
CLIMBING METEOR — Rich velvety red buds and flowers, much larger than Meteor, and richer in color.
MRS. ROBERT PEARY (Climbing Kaiserin Augusta Victoria)— The white
flowers are simply magnificent ; buds long and pointed, exquisitely mod- eled and gracefully finished ; very fragrant. A strong, rapid grower without a weak spot.
REINE MARIE HENRIETTE— Rich crimson. Flowers beautifully formed, being very double and sweet scented. A strong grower and very free bloomer.
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EVER=BLOOMING CANNAS ULAR 1 BEDDINQST»LANT.
This Superb Collection Includes Only the Very Choicest Sorts and Widest Range of Color.
For the nicest effect and best re- sult s, C annas should be planted about twelve inches apart, and Coleus about nine inches apart, so measure your beds and.you can soon tell just how many you want. Our C annas are all started and growing in pots, and not dormant roots.
For glaring, gorgeous color, grand foliage and priofusion of bloom, nothing equals a bed of Cannas.
KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES
THERE is a growing demand for bed- ding stock, so start your order with a selection from our Superb List of 'Cannas ; . and select your borders accord- ingly.!- A bed of this kind of stock will give you bloom from early summer until Jack Erost lights upon them. There is no trouble connected with them, except to plant and 'water them, and there is nothing you can buy that will give you so much : for youEmoney as-beddihg plants. We have s grown them in large quantities, and are anxious .to supply, you. No other bedding plant will give the; same uniform good re- sults in our varied and trying climate. They 1 'do well in all sections of the country, and
stand at the head of the list, succeeding in any sunny position" IrT any , kjmT'of “s6il,~l5uf responding quickly to liberal treatment. For best results the bed should be spaded two feet deep and- a liberal amount of well-decayed manure of any kind thoroughly in- corporated, and at all times supplying water freely. For best effect plant in large masses of one color, setting out the plants 12 inches apart. To find the number of plants required for any bed from 3 to 20 feet in diameter see table on this page. All have green foliage unless otherwise specified.
Price, IS Cents Each; Except Where Noted, Two for 25 Cents; Ten for $1.00; Fifty for $3.50;
One Hundred for $6.00; by Express Purchaser’s Expense.
ALLEMANIA DAVID HARUM
Table showing the number of plants required to fitl a circular bed of the dimensions given below. In planting begin outside row—, where Tsix inches apart, three inches from - edge of bed; where twelve inches apart, six inches from edge, of bed.. |
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A square bed will take about the same number of plants. An oval bed, add length and breadth and divide by 2. For example, an oval bed 7 feet long by 5 feet wide will require same number of plants as a circular bed 6 feet in diameter. t ■ _ _ . , |
Pleasing dark salmon with golden markings.
BEACON
Four to four and one-half feet. Moderate-sized flowers borne in great, impressive heads of rich cardinal-red, which, for color effect, we think is unparalleled.
Fairest Pink Canna, “BETSY ROSS”
Three feet. Named after the illustrious maker of the first American flag. Is one of the loveliest, sweetest and most beautiful of all pink Cannas yet introduced.
BURBANK
Lemon-yellow, their gracefully open throats revealing a thick spattering of bright scarlet. Six feet.
CHARLES HENDERSON
A popular crimson of uniform habit. Three and one-half feet.
CRIMSON BEDDER
Dazzling crimson-scarlet, well displayed above the foliage. A con- spicuous bedder. Three and one-half feet.
DARK LEAF BEAUTY
In dark-leaved Cannas no variety attracts so much atteniton and is so effective as “Dark Leaf Beauty,” and while its flowers are small the massive foliage of the plant is of such an intense rich color as to at once place it at the head of the list of ornamental bedding plants, where foil- age or sub-tropical effect is wanted. The plant grows to four feet high, with foliage of the richest glistening bronzy-purple, shaded black, and having crimped, wavy margins.
Bright vermilion-scarlet, mottled with deep red and with crinkly-edged petals. Three and one-half feet.
EGANDALE
A favorite bronze-leaved sort, soft currant-red flowers. Four feet.
ELDORADO
The flowers are of the largest size. The color is a rich, pure golden- yellow, speckled with a red so light that the general effect, even at a very short distance, is that of a pure golden-yellow. Height three and one- half feet.
EVOLUTION
Four feet. Flowers rich golden-yellow, shading to a center of beautiful blush-pink ; one of the most rare and pleasing colors of any Canna in existence.
FUERST BISMARCK
Rich scarlet-crimson ; very large flowers. One of the best.
FLORENCE VAUGHAN
Bright, rich golden-yellow, spotted with red ; of large size and perfect form. Four feet,
GLADIATOR
A very showv bedding Canna, with large flowers of brassy-yellow, speckled' in bright red. The long center petal and lower petal are a solid dark red, making a most striking contrast to the predominating yel- low. Three and one-half feet.
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GENERAL LIST OF CANNAS==Continued
Price, 15 Cents Each, Except Where Noted; Two for 25 Cents; Ten for $1.00; in Lots of Fifty for $3.50, by Express, Purchaser’s Expense; One Hundred for $6.00, by Express, at Your Expence.
GLADIOLAEFLORA
A beautiful novelty among Cannas, both in form and color. Large spikes are made up of numerous small cup shaped flowers with overlapping petals, compactly hugging the stem — like Gladiolus. The color arrange- ment, which is nearly alike inside and out, consists of a rich golden-yel- low ground, the upper half of each petal being occupied by a solid blotch of most vivid scarlet within an irregular gold band. Two and one-half to three feet.
HALLEY’S COMET
Three to three and one-half feet. Large, scarlet flowers that catch the eye — a pure yellow throat, and a narrow thread of yellow all around each petal's wavy edge.
INDIANA
Three to four feet high, above which the flower spikes shoot up to a height of six feet, each one bearing fine, big clusters of Orchid-like flow- ers. Color is a glistening golden-orange, daintily marked and striped with red. Single blossoms are often seven inches across. Height five feet.
J. D. EISELE
Bright vermilion-scarlet, overlaid with orange ; a fine bedder. Three and a half feet,
LOUISIANA
Vigorous grower. Flowers are a vivid scarlet. Height three and a half to four feet.
MADAME CROZY
Is a brilliant vermilion-scarlet bordered with deep golden-yellow ; flow- ers are borne in great clusters, and in such profusion that they crown the plant with a blaze of glowing color. Height three and one-half feet.
MLLE. HERAT
The nearest approach to a pink in a first-class bedder. Four feet.
MONT BLANC
Large trusses of pure white flowers, touched with creamy-white. The best white Canna to date. Three feet.
MISS BERTHINE BRUNNER
Large, open panicles of pure yellow flowers, minutely spotted with orange-scarlet. Height four feet.
MRS. KATE GRAY
Flowers six inches across ; color a splendid shade of rich orange-scar- let, finely flaked and streaked with golden-yellow tints. Height five feet.
PATRIE
Three feet high, A strong heavy grower, with thick stems and large flowers; beautiful bright red. Green foliage. Five feet
PENNSYLVANIA
One of the best; remarkably free, of an intense vermilion-scarlet, over- laid with an orange sheen, foliage rich green.
PILLAR OF FIRE
The giant of its class, grows six to seven feet high : flowers bright crim- son-scarlet, borne in erect spikes like blazing torches ; continuous bloomer invaluable for center of beds, etc.
PARTENOPE
Flowers of extra large size, the broad, wavy petals glisten like silk; the prevailing color is orange, delicately streaked with scarlet tints, and suffused with salmon ; early and a free bloomer, green foliage five to six feet in height.
PRESIDENT MEYER
A glorious Canna with large flowers in immense trusses. Color, rich cherry-carmine. Four feet.
ROBUSTA
This is the largest of all the dark or bronze-leaved Cannas ; grows six feet high, with tremendous length and breadth of leaf. It seldom blooms, but for hiding unsightly walls, fences, etc., or for a massive background! it is “just the thing."
ROSEA GIGANTEA
Extra large flowers, borne in such great abundance that the mass of color is truly amazing ; a deep rich rose, almost a coral-carmine ; soft and lovely ; one of the most beautiful Cannas grown. Four feet.
SOUV- DE ANTOINE CROZY
Very brilliant and attractive ; one of the showiest in our collection. Rich crimson-scarlet bordered widely with golden-yellow. Three and one- half feet.
VENUS
(Green-leaved.) An exceedingly beautiful variety, at once the most delicate in coloring and texture, and as vigorous and long-seasoned as any Canna grown. Long, erect stems bear trusses of large size, perfect form and ever-clean freshness. The large, oval petals are exquisitely variegated ; warm rose-pink, mottled near center, and edged with creamy- white. Makes a very pretty cut flower. Height four feet.
WYOMING
Bronzy-purple foliage, with immense spikes of massive orange flowers.
Six Extra Good Large Flowering Cannas of Special Merit.
FIREBIRD
(Oiseau de Feu) — A remarkable novelty with perfectly formed flowers, seven to eight inches in diameter, of a brilliant cardinal-red ; the foliage is of heavy, leathery texture ; requires rich soil for best development. Four feet. Price, 40 cents each ; three for $1.00.
HUNG ARIA
Few incoming visitors to our grounds the past season failed to go out of their way to inspect this new Canna. It catches the eye insistently and demands attention. The petals are large and waxy, made up into big round, full trusses. Its color forcibly suggests the well-known Paul Xeyron Rose, and is unquestionably one of the most attractive pink Cannas ever produced. Three and one-half to four feet. Price, 25 cents each: five for $1.00.
KING HUMBERT
In this grand new Canna we have a combination of the highest type of flower with the finest bronze foliage. Its flowers will measure six inches in diameter, produced in heavy trusses of gigantic size, and are of a brilliant orange-scarlet with bright red markings ; while the foliage is broad and massive and of a rich coppery-bronze with brownish-green markings. Height five feet. Price, 15 cent seach; eight for $1.00.
MRS. ALFRED F. CONARD
One of the most distinct varieties yet introduced; a beautiful and exquisite shade of a salmon pink, of immense size. Three feet. Price, 25 cents each ; three for 60 cents.
MRS. CARL KELSEY
An immense orange-scarlet, wondrously flaked and striped with golden-yellow, with wavy-edged petals; entirely distinct. Six to seven feet. Price, 20 cents each; three for 50 cents.
WILLIAM SAUNDERS
Four feet. 1908 novelty in bronze-leaved Canna. Flowers bright scarlet, immense clusters. A vigorous grower. Price, 15 cents each; seven for $1.00.
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Florists Springfield, Ohio'
Our Popular Five=Foot Canna Bed
Our Cannas are All Started and Grown in Pots, Ready for Immediate Effect.
This bed is made up of 18 Cannas, Pillar of Fire, which we consider one of the very best bedding Cannas ; it grows to be about 4 feet, color a rich, bright red. For a border we have 20 Yellow Coleus. Price of bed complete $2.60 by express, puchaser’s expense. If by mail add 25 cents extra. Should you not want the border of Coleus, will sell the 18 Cannas for $1.80. Should you desire any other Cannas, please select from our list on pages 11 and 12. If you prefer Sweet Alyssum, Dusty Miller or Salvia for a border, we will sell them at the rate of 25 for $1.00.
Many people prefer Canna beds entirely of one kind of color; therefore we offer the following suggestions for planting in such manner ; Cannas should be planted in good rich garden soil mixed with half of old, rotten stable manure. Water sparingly for the first two weeks after planting; when growing freely, water liberally. Set the plants twelve inches apart each way, and if more than one kind is used be careful to plant the taller growing kinds in the center and the dwarf ones on the edge. This applies to planting in beds.
It is well to select kinds that will grow the required height you would like to have the plants attain. Note height of each kind is plainly stated in description.
For a Solid Red Bed of Cannas
We would recommend either of the following: PENNSYLVANIA, J. D. EISELE, CHARLES HENDERSON, PILLAR OF FIRE. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents; ten for $1.00; fifty for $3.50, by ex- press, purchaser’s expense.
For a border to this Red bed we would suggest YELLOW COLEUS or DUSTY MILLER. Price, six for 25 cents; twenty-five for $1.00, or $3.50 per hundred, by express.
For a Solid Bed of Variegated Cannas
We recommend MADAME CROZY and ALLEMANIA. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents; ten for $1.00: fifty for $3.50; one hundred for $6.00, by express, purchaser’s expense.
For a border RED SALVIA or DUSTY MILLER. Price, six for 25 cents; twenty-five for $1.00, or $3.50 per hundred, by express.
BEAUTIFY YOUR LAWN WITH A BED OF CANNAS, “THE KING OF BEDDERS’’
Nothing makes a finer appearance on a lawn than a bed of Cannas. It matters not how large it is or indeed how small ; if you have a suitable spot, that gets the sunshine, plant a bed of Cannas and enjoy the pure beauty of their freshly opened flowers every day from June until frost. So great is the variety of sizes and colors that there seems no limit to the combinations and places in which these Cannas can be successfully used. For example, the dwarfer kinds may be planted in single or double rows along the walk, or side of the porch ; others may be banked against the side of a building or in front of a hedge or a background of shrubs (always placing the shortest kinds in front) or used as a hedge plant they prettily mark a dividing line where no real barrier is needed, but the best effect of all is produced when many plants of a kind are placed together in masses or large beds, round, square, oval or oblong, or a triangle bed of glowing color for some suitable corner.
DIRFFTTrYN^* ROR T, A YTNR OTTT PIRDTIT AR 'RFIDS Always use tallest growing varieties in the center, and then carefully grade uilXCvV l 1V/1XO l v/xv nn x xin xx l v uva I ij.in i eaeh succeeding circie, using dwarf kinds for the outside. plant one Canna
in center of bed, next six Cannas fifteen inches apart in a circular row fifteen inches from the center. . For each succeeding circle use six more Cannas than were used in the previous circle, and make it fifteen inches farther away from the center. Measure your beds, and you can soon tell just how many plants you need. Remember that our Cannas are started plants, not dormant roots, as are often sent out, and will come to you in good growing condition. For a border to the Canna bed we would recommend red Salvia or Coleus (red or yellow.) Salvias should be planted ten inches apart and the Coleus eight inches apart.
PRTr’Ti’ OF1 PANTV AS FOR RFDDTNP Ten for $l.00, except those mentioned at higher price than 15 cents each; fifty for $3.50, or JIV1C..E. ur 1 V7IV rtnuuirs v" $6.00 per hundred, by express, purchaser’s expense.
PRICE OF SALVIAS FOR BORDER Twelve for 50 cents; twenty-five for $1.00, or one hundred for $3.50, by express, at purchaser’s expense.
PRICE OF COLEUS FOR BORDER Twelve for 50 cents; twenty-five for $1.00, or one hundred for $3.50 at purchaser’s expense.
BRILLIANT SALVIAS
The Most Attractive of A1I Bedding Plants.
These are unsurpassed for brilliancy of color. A bed or border of Salvia Splendens will attract more attention than any other bedding plant.
Price, 7 Cents Each; 60 Cents per Doz. ; 25 for $1.00; $3.50 per 100, by Express, Purchaser’s Selection and Expense.
Alhort R a on pail This variety we consider the best of late introduction.
Flowers and foliage same as the old variety Splendens, but in growth it is dwarfer, making it more valuable for bordering beds, etc.
Mrs PafFP (A Splendid New Dwarf Salvia) — The grandest addition to our iiixo. x age list of.bedding plants. It forms a compact bush, completely cov- ered with rich scarlet flowers.
Purpurea
New Purple Sal- via. An entirely new color in the,
Salvias ; rich pur pie, heavily shaded1 maroon. A strong grower and per- sistent bloomer.
St. Louis
Claimed to be an i m p r o vement of , Splendens in flow- er and growth. A very good variety ; scarlet flower and green foliage.
White Salvia
Identical with Splendens, only
The New Bedding Salvia, Mrs. Page. white flower.
Salvia Splendens.
to
Scarlet Salvia Splendens “V5S„”fd
a compact bush, completely covered with rich scarlet flowers.
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Gloriede Chatiline.
Otto Hacker I? a class by
strong, vigorous er, of fine upright habit, with large, ing deep green leaves eight to ten long. Flowers bright coral-red, borne in immense clusters eight to ten inches across. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
Pink Rubra y<?“ *?ave only one ®eS0nia, let it be a pink Rubra. It is so fast growing that W'H ln a year or two reach the top of your window, sending up heavy stiff canes an inch in diameter, and. rising beside them will grow strong, slender branches, gracefully drooping under heavy waxen silver spotted leaves and pendent panicles of pink colored flowers as large as a hand.
President Carnot A stronE growing variety, foliage large ; flowers beautiful coral-red, large pendent palicles similar to Rubra, but very much larger. One that is sure to succeed under all circumstances.
Picta Rosea ^'e P'.an*; is very compact in growth, forming a dense, well-proportioned bush with rich green foliage, spotted with silver. The flower is a rosy-flesh color, shaded with a silvery-pink and enlivened with dense clusters of yellow anthers. One of the most wonderful flowering Begonias within our knowledge. It blooms continually.
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CHOICE BEGONIAS == Flowering Varieties
Price, 10 Cents Each ; Any Six for 50 Cents; Any Thirteen for $1.00; Except Where Otherwise Noted.
This class of plants is deservedly popular. They are suitable for pot culture in the window or the outdoor plant stand. During the greater portion of the year the plants are, in the different varieties, covered with a profusion of graceful, drooping racemes of pink, white, crimson and bi-colored buds and blossoms that are exceedingly attractive, and having a waxy, coral-like appearance. The plants themselves are of neat, compact habit, with glossy green leaves in some varieties and exquisitely cut ones in others,
A lKo P*vrfor>tn Crnnrliflnrn This. variety closely resembles the well known Begonia Rubra AAlUd, A eilcctd vj i unui u a in foliage and growth,, with beautiful pure white blossoms.
Aro-pnfpfl Ollttata Has purple-bronze leaves, oblong in shape with silver markings, and mgciHCd uuuala js in every way a most beautiful Begonia. It produces white flowers in bunches On ends of growth stems, r ' •
Haironm A Ihn Pi oia Bong, slender lance-shaped leaves on short stems, thickly studded pegonid. iAXUd, ITlClcl wtu? sijvery _white. White flowers,
rVimllinfi T_,npprnp <New. Flowering Begonia) — This is the. grandest of all flowering Be- v,ui tu c ■ goriias. The green foliage is long and pointed, freely dotted with sil-
very-white.. The flowers are borne in great clusters, almost hiding the plants; the color is bright ■coral-red. Fine plants, 20 Cents each. ■
Clnripfip Chatilinp <New Ever-blooming Flowering Begonia) — This new Begonia is un- ' J .dpnbtedly the freest blooming variety known. Is of easy culture, low
bushy habit and literally covered the entire year with a wealth of bright pink flowers with yellow Stamens. It well merits the; name of Ever-bloomiflg Begonia. Price, 15 cents each.
Marinrip Tlnw Flowers are salmon- DldlJUIie XXttW piuk. taU growtagp
MrRptllii Has very deeply indented leaves, which are fine and small. White flowers, waxy in texture.
M. De Lesseps Spotted with silver.
r A very strong, free- growing variety that will succeed with any ordinary care, growing rapidly and send- ing out quantities of lovely pink and white flowers.
Rubra Has strorlg, slender branches, gracefully drooping under heavy waxen leaves and pendent panicles of coral-colored flowers as large as a hand. Medium-sized plants are frequently seen with more than twenty such panicles at a time. Price, 15 cents each.
^nnrlpt-cnnii (Coral Begonia) — One of the best flowering Begonias. Flowers od.IMlt!FsuIlll scarlet shade of crimson, borne in profusion for months at a time. Slemnprflnrpna Rwcpq A superb variety, strong, upright, grows large ocmpei 11UI cns ivuaed. pink flower3. shading white towards center, the bud only exceeded in beauty by the open flower, which is borne on a strong, thick stem. The leaves are smooth and glossy and attached closely to the main stem; both leaf and stem are quite upright growing, and forming a shrubby round plant.
Thurstonil Its flowers are rosy-white, foliage bronzy-green.
7ehrina erect-growing variety with a beautiful profusion of pendent leaves.
lul Besides its graceful form, the leaf is distinguished by its glistening silver shading following the leaf, the body being a very dark velvety green ; under side plum color, veing green. Flowers pure white. A beautiful variety.
Three Grand New Ever=Blooming Begonia Gracilis Luminosa
Red, White and Pink. Best Pot and Bedding Plants on the Market. Price, 1 0 Cents Each ; Any Six for 50 Cents ; Thirteen for $ 1 .00.
Have proven themselves to be very fine bedding plants as well as pot plants. One of the members of this firm planted a row along the north side of his house and it was a mass of bloom all summer, and can now be recommended to fill a place that we are often asked, "What will grow on the north side of my house?" Plant these Begonias there, in single rows or in a bed in any shady or sunny place, and if they do not do all we say they will we will refund the money.
Begonia Gracilis Luminosa (Red) famu^* very
strong and robust, but still keeping its place so as to make a most attractive plant. It has proved the most free-flowering of all Begonias, always in bloom — spring, winter and autumn. The flowers, when first opening, are a bright cherry, chang- ing to a clear coral-red. Its foliage is rich glossy green, often shaded deep bronze.
Begonia Gracilis Alba (White) SSff'SiSfT “c„£,.™K*S
pure white, sometimes tinted delicate pink. It is an exceptionally strong, robust grower and a true ever-bloomer. A splendid hedder and a grand pot plant.
p,;mQ nn__„ This new variety is of very sturdy and even IxTtXUlllS) rriUld DUIlIld habit, growing about ten inches high and form- ing a freely branching bush ten to twelve inches across ; a ball of flowers. Un- commonly large flowers which are of a beautiful rose color, shading to carmine towards the center. Flowers borne on strong short stocks and bear extremely early.
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Rex Begonias
Price, 15 Cents Each; Any 4 for 50c., Except Where Noted
The King of the Begonias
These Rex Begonias are the best!, and easiest to grow of any of the Rex fanilly. They delight in a moist, shady situation, and make excellent house plants, and for baskets and vases if not exposed to the full rays of the sun.. They do best in light, open soil, composed of rich loam, loose woods earth and rich sand,
Elnfnnt Xanev Broad -like metallic zone; edge fUllctlll ue tUlcy and center dark red> finely dotted
over with silver.
Lesoudsii (King of Rex) tl
beautiful markings of this magnificent Begonia. It is a cross between Begonia Diadema and a Rex variety, but re- tains in a marked degree the Rex character. We consider this the finest of all the Rex family, both in size of leaf and rich coloring.
Ricinifolia (Star Begonia) pf^o8oMed
high and spray-like> quite clear of the foliage. Leaf very large, averaging a foot or more in diameter, separated into seven or nine large points and carried on thick, heavy stems eighteen inches or more in height. Foliage rich green, with red markings ; surface velvety. A fine decorative plant.
Strong three-inch pot. Price, 20 cents; three for 50 cents.
Rnhprt GpnrP’P a fine, upright-growing variety. V lwucu large, beautifully lobed, rich glossy
silver leaves with a distinct palmate center of bronze-green.
Edge of leaf is metallic-green, distinctly spotted silver.
Rubriim Tfle entire leaf has a pinkish metallic luster, which makes it one of the most attractive va- rieties. The leaf is very large, with the plant is a
Robert George.
GORGEOUS BEDDING
Tuberous- Rooted BEGONIAS
Have you ever tried our Superb Bedding Begonias? if you have not you should certainly plant at least a few this spring. They are grand.
The Tuberous-Rooted Begonia is the fashionable plant of the day, and richly does it deserve its honors. The very handsomest of our summer-blooming plants, flowering throughout the season, and as fine and varied in their color as the Gera- nium family. They are splendid bedders, delighting in a light soil of woods earth, very old cow manure and sharp sand. See that the bed is in partial shade and you will be delighted with the result. In the South, or where they cannot be planted in the shade of a house, a covering of burlap or canvas, some six or eight feet above them, merely to throw off the sun’s rays, will allow them to come to absolute perfection, but they must have plenty of light and air. Do not allow them to become dry, and during hot weather they will take two waterings a day. When through flowering they can be dried off, shaken free of earth and wrapped in cotton until February or March, when they may be started again. Single sep- arate colors, white, scarlet, pink and yellow, 10c each; three for 25c; seven for 50c; fifteen for $ 1 .00. Double, separate colors, white, scarlet, pink and yellow, 15c each; four for 50c; ten for $1.00.
NEW HARDY BEGONIA, EVANSIANA
This is a tuberous -rooted herbaceous hards7 perennial, losing its tops in the fall. Roots remain in ground and will start new growth in the spring, same as Phlox and Peony. Plants require rich porous soil and partial shade, and will bloom throughout the summer. A bed on the east side of a house suits the plants. The peculiar character of this plant is that the plants produce bulblets at the axil of the leaves, which drop to the earth in the fall and remain dormant until spring, then start into new growth. Price of bulbs up to March 15th, which will make good size blooming plants by middle of summer, 20c each, or three for 50c. Plants from two-inch pots after March 15th, 20c.
of Rex).
BEGONIAS, Fringed, Tuberous = Rooted
These are without doubt the finest Tuberous-Rooted Begonias yet introduced. They are an improvement over the Tuberous type offered heretofore, having the same brilliant colors, but the flower has a fringed edge similar to the Carnation. They make handsome bedding plants, flowering all summer, and for pot plants are unsurpassed. This is the first time these bulbs have ever been offered in America, and they are certain to create much favorable comment. We have them in five colors.
Begonia Cristata SinS*e fringed. Price, I5 cents each; set of four for 50 cents;
Double fringed. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents; seven for 50 cents; fifteen for $1.00.
Begonia Crispa
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Mad. Jaulin,
DOUBLE GERANIUMS
Price, 10c. each; six for 50c.; any fourteen for $1.00
Alphonse Riccard
Countess de Harcourt
Bright vermilion-scar- let large florets and
trusses ; the finest large-flowering scarlet bedder.
Beaute Poitevine ™nlbblL1uUble salmon‘
Berthe de Presilyi6^ beddeSr:lTery'rose-
A dwarf, com- pact - growing
variety. The perfect double flowers are unsurpassed for cut flowers. They are borne in large trusses, and are spotless snowy-white, retaining their pure whiteness even in the heat of summer.
Drill HI Dr\/rln« Magnificent combination LtOUDie Ltryuen of colors; center of flow- ers coral-white, gradually shading to the most ex- quisite, glowing, soft crimson ; beautiful variety.
Firf* Rrnnrl Co,or a dazzling flame scarlet, i nc uiaiiu flue, prominent truss, flowers large and of great substance, an excellent bedder and pot plant.
Francis Pc-rlrinc Color a bright pink. The ridllCla rcrKIIla blossoms are perfect in
form and borne well and clear above the foliage.
Hpffirant hr* Flowers bright red, trusses of uci.viaimic enormous size and borne high above the foliage.
lean Vianrl Bright rosy-pink, white blotch vJCdll VldUO in center : dwarf, compact, vig- orous and exceptionally free blooming.
I a Favnriff* Da Favorite is a pure white 77 , u,l.lc Geranium, as free-flowering as
the single varieties, and which can be used for planting in beds for furnishing a supply of beauti- ful white flowers for vases.
Marquis Castellane nvo Cd“i0Shades
of red ; an excellent bedder.
M me Rarnev A splendid pure deep pink ; mine. Ddrney superb truss. A grand bed- ding variety, close compact habit; superb bloomer.
Mmp Innlin Delicate peach-pink. with
mme. jaunn wide border of White.
Miss Frances E. Willard IsPf vi£?r°us growth; flower stalks very lon;
ii-.* v. , i ii, . . and carried well above the foliage* color is
a delicate blush, shaded with pearl-pink, a most charming piece of shading.
S. A. Nutt 0ne of the best rich dark crimson bedders.
Sedlicfpnr ’nlProvecf Beaute Poitevine; a freer grower, with longer stems*
»ea ucteur florets of the largest size, a delightful salmon-pink • bordered white, a grand bedder; color held perfectly in the open air. ’
CHOICE SINGLE GERANIUMS
Price, 10 cents each; six for 50 cents; any fourteen for $1.00.
Albion 0ne of tlle flnest single whites ; pure in color, immense in size, of " * circular form, and, best of all. of strong, healthy constitution.
Drvrlprt Bright soft crimson, pure white at the base of petals, giving it a large
L»ryuen white center
Granville Barge, soft, clear pink.
Jacauerie Beautiful deep cardinal-red, beautiful; immense trusses on excep- u w tionally long stems ; very vigorous grower.
f ’ A iibre Enormous trusses, large, round florets, pure snow-white, retaining its n ii yj pureness the entire season; in freedom of bloom, splendid habit and growth of plant, this variety resembles the excellent white variety La Favorite ; we believe this to be the very best single white up to date.
pnl„nf Fine trusses of bloom in great profusion; individual oruani flowers large, of fine shape, center of flowers white, carmine-lake, the five petals regularly and distinctly bordered with bright solferino,
j Trusses are of extraordinary size, of almost Pansy form; the color
mauonna is a soft light pink, a beautiful and distinct shade. A variety that will probably never be equaled.
Madame
veined with
Maxime Kovalevski
A very distinct and striking orange shade of Lincoln red, a new color in the bedding class ; handsome
foliage ; fine, vigorous grower.
j£ q J-JjJJ Beautiful salmon; a fine large flower.
W __ D,,_i An exquisite shade of cochineal-carmine; medium-
mrs. Vieorge DUrKe sized flowers; very free.
New Single Geranium, Rival ilave'r'typfloLe^ng20^11^ ^he
good points of both parents. Splendid pot plant. Color a unique soft shade of salmon-red, upper petals beautifully blotched.
Nuit Poitevine 'Je.autiful .r°se-purple, lower petals feathered rich scar-
n • i j * j An improved type of Richmond Beauty, flowers being larger rttinicil Lauy and freer in bloom.
Dirhmnnrl DOQ11f,, Brilliant scarlet-crimson, shading through delicate Klinmonu Deauty Violet-rose to a distinct white center; splendidly formed flowers, abundantly produced in fine trusses ; pleasing habit ; magnificent bedder.
Telegraph ^ic'1 01'ange-ceiase ,' mammoth flowers.
W» Dazzling scarlet, florets slightly circular and slightly
• A* V^nauant cupped, forming a magnificent truss; one of the best for bedding.
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Leaved
Crystal Palace Gem Broad g°i<Jen yeiiow
margin with a cen- tral disk of green; dwarf and free. Price, 15c each.
A tricolor Geranium with very dark green foliage, having a light creamy, almost white center, with a dark zone; flowers bright scarlet. Price, 15 cents each ; two for 25 cents.
Bronze
Happy Thought
lVfnrlnTnp It makes a round, pretty
iviaaame oaiieroi plant about one f00t hiKh
and wide ; foliage bright green, edged pure white.
Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Mrs Pollock (Golden Tricolor Geranium)
The best and most satisfactory Golden-Bronze of all the tricolor foliage Geraniums. It is very Geranium, distinct in its markings, having a bright bronzy-red zone belted with crimson and edged with golden- yellow. Price, 15 cents each; three for 35 cents.
GOLDEN=BRONZE AND FANCY=LEAVED
GERANIUMS
Price, 10 cents each; any six for 50 cents.
Bronze Bedder
the sun well.
Foliage bright golden-yellow with scarlet blossoms. Stands
» Its edges are variegated and flow- 3=3 UAquiMtc ers are of salmon color -sss
SWEET=SCENTED GERANIUMS — Price, 10 cents; any six for 50 cents.
Balm Large leaves, very strong fragrance.
Broad-Leaf Rose
Resembles the common Rose Geranium, having a thicker leaf not so deeply cut.
Lemon-Scented Fine lemon odor-
Mrc Tsivlnr Dark green foliage of a pecu- * u liar fragrance. Flowers are
scarlet, shaped like a Pelargonium and borne in great profusion.
Nutmeg-Scented perfume leaves’ nutmeg
Oak Leaf ®ne the finest of the fragrant sorts.
Pepper-Scented Jg* ^ ™woiu
Rose (Cut Leaf.) Needs no description.
c Indispensable in the formation of bouquets. Beautiful pink flowers borne in clusters.
PELARGONIUMS Lady Washington Geraniums Price, 25 cents each; five for $1.00.
Crimson King King of Spain
Pansy Geranium, Mrs. Layal.
(New.) A beautiful intense crimson-scarlet; one of the most desirable varieties.
Fine bold flowers of a reddish -purple color, dark blotches, lighter center ; very showy and effective.
MaHamp Vlhprf A splendid flower with black-maroon blotches, bordered fiery- lvld.Ud.IIIc V lUci 1 red, the entire flower edged with rose. Growth and bloom- ing qualities excellent.
MaHartlP Thihaut White, richly marked and blotched with rose; the upper ividUdiuc iniuaui petals marked crimson-maroon with large white center; petals heavily ruffled.
Mrs T aval (The genuine “Pansy Geranium.’’) Rounded, satiny, exquisitely J marked and colored, this variety is truly Pansy-flowered. Its colors range from a large crimsoned chocolate center through pink to white at the edges. Price, 20 cents; three for 50 cents.
lVfvc Rnhprt ConrUfnrrl The flowers are two inches across, of the purest snow- line,. ivuucit Ofliiuiimu White, and very free in bloom. You cannot imagine anything prettier.
Prince Georffe Attractive; crimped flowers of a soft salmon-pink, lower petals j. i nice ucursc marked with small blotch of orange-maroon, upper petals blotched blackish-maroon ; enormous trusses.
if nrH’<a AVnnHer Splendid semi-double white flower of great beauty; very ooiiui uiua "vlluu pure in color, occasionally showing a small rich maroon spot in upper petals. The flowers are beautifully fringed and are produced in great profusion. (innHifnrH’c T4p«f A beautiful shade of pink surrounded by a deep band of OdHUiiUlU » xvcoi purest white, with a large white throat.
SurDfise Large black blotches on upper petals, which have fiery-red edge, sur- uui pi n’t rounded with broad, white band with bright red spot in center. Tnirimv Tlnirlrl Immense showy trusses; lower petals soft blush, upper petals xu i JL'UIUU maroon and crimson.
NOVELTIES IN PELARGONIUMS — Price, 30 cents each; any three for 80 cents.
Swahinn MaiH (Schwabenmadchen.) This new sport of Easter
oxi r tuu Greeting has large reddish carmine flowers with
five very regular black blotches bordered with purplish-carmine. Very effective coloring. Its habit, foliage, robust growth, and everblooming: qualities are like its parent Easter Greeting and can therefore be grown either as a pot plant or bedded out.
Wurtemhere-ia Easter Greeting sport. Medium size florets of a
s bright carmine, with large velvety, sharply de-
fined blotches. Has all the good qualities of its parent. Equally valu- able bedded out or as a pot plant.
T n/>v Rpckpr This Bra n d novelty is a sport of Easter Greeting and occivci js [j)je ;n everything but color, which is a rosy- pink. It is if anything even more free in bloom.
Prince PiQititii'elt (Andenken an Furst Bismarck.) Immensely l liiit-c uiamaiuv large flowers strongly crimped of fine shape,
with from six to ten petals, color rich purple with velvety black blotches. Remarkably robust habit. The large clusters rise gracefully above the beautiful foliage. The blooming plant with its enormous flowers makes a striking impression.
NEW PELARGONIUM “EASTER GREETING” — Price, 25 cents each; three for 60 cents.
(Ostergruss ) This new, ever-blooming Pelargonium w'as shown at Mannheim Horticultural Show planted out as a bedding plant, and bloomed con- tinually until late in the fall. It will prove a forerunner of a new race of ever-blooming kinds, and will increase the demand for a plant that rivals the Azalea in beauty. The following description is from the German introducer, Carl Faiss : “This new species is the earliest of all Pelargoniums with enor- mous florets and clusters having light green foliage and of dwarf, robust growth. It blooms from March until fall. The florets are of a fiery amaranth- red with five large regular shaped spots. The first and only kind to bloom as well bedded out as in pots and to do so all summer. The only kind that stands bedding out in groups.”
DOUBLE IVY=LEAVED GERANIUMS — Price, 10 cents each; six for 50 cents.
Caesar Franck
This is unquestionably destined to become the
most popular Ivy Geranium yet introduced. The
color is a magnificent shade of soft rich crimson, with an exquisite shy- ing of tender rose at the base of petals. The flowers are about as double as Crimson Rambler Rose, which they resemble, only much richer in color and finish ; produced on long stems in enormous trusses.
FlnnrAMG Flowers very large and double; petals large, salmon, heav- A WHlWis ily shaded rose.
Geranium Alliance j,ts,. c°lor„,is th«, most exquisite shade
delicate lilac-white; upper petals feathered and blotched bright crimson-rose; flowers semi-double, abundantly pro- duced in fine large trusses.
Joan Of ArC ^he dowers are perfectly double, white as snow, and literally cover the plant when in full bloom. The foliage is extremely handsome, the dense, glossy green leaves making it a most effective background for the great clusters of snow-white flowers.
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NEW AND BRILLIANT COLEUS
Twenty=Five, $1.00: $3.50 Per 100, by Express, Purchaser’s Selection and Expense, Except Novelties.
Price, 5 Cents Each ; Twelve for 50 Cents;
AHmlratinn Foliage large and fine- /\U 1 1 1 1 rdtlOIl iy serrated; color rich purple and carmine. Very distinct.
\ Anrifi Pfictor (The latest novelty.) /vn net t'tisLer Has a dwarf growthj
and has the effect of a yellow Alternan- thera, but somewhat variegated.
Beckwith’s Ciem Fancy variety, with
iacciywilii a VJCI11 large leaves of heavy
texture and finely scalloped edges. The center \ leaf is dark velvety-maroon, bordered with fiery- red; the edge is green, changing to creamy-yellow at the point of the leaf.
Bizarre crimson center edged with green and gold.
Butterfly A crimson-bronze, old gold and
Count Cuvier Center fier.v-red, surrounded with deep maroon edged olive-green, serrated edge.
Davtonia Felvety red-brown, widely bordered J yellow.
Firebrand Dark crimson shaded garnet, fine bedder.
Glorie Autumn ?eep bronzyrcrimson
foliage, golden margin.
f"ir»1rIon Rpdder clear yellow when well developed, edge 'Julucn crinMed, center rib of lighter yellow.
Hnlflcn Verschaffeltii Beautiful yellow variety, scal- uoiuen VCritlldliciiH loped edge, tinted bright red.
THREE NOVELTIES IN COLEUS
PRICE, 10 CENTS EACH; THREE OF ANY KIND, 25 CENTS;
75 CENTS PER DOZEN; $5.00 PER HUNDRED.
Non; Ciixni Cnidus Christmas Gem— (Brilliancy, or Dr. Ross)— Leaves immense eight to twelve l>ev\ UldUl wuieuts jTlches long Looks like a Rex Begonia, and just as beautiful. Cannot be excelled as a pot plant. The name aptly describes the appearance of this variety, which belongs to the giant-leaved section ; of strong vigorous habit, growing from two to three feet high, with leaves often nine to ten inches long, which are of bright carmine, shad- ing off to a deep maroon, the margin being yellow and green, the whole leaf having a rich velvety luster.
e j.* A grand Coleus. Leaves eight to ten inches long
sensation and five inches wide ; has a deep velvety texture, beautifully scalloped edge; color crimson-maroon, with center of light red.
n,.„ •„ The grandest Coleus of recent
Lfunerid. years; has a deep velvety tex- ture. Color crimson, maroon center ; beautifully scalloped edge of light red ; a fine, showy bed- der. A magnificent variety.
Grace Adams Hero Leopard
Coleus represent more colors in their variegation than any other plant. They are certainly the most popular of col- ored foliage plants. Whether grown as single specimens or in masses of ribbon lines they are equally attractive. They are of the easiest cul- ture and well adapted to our climate, flourishing in the hottest sun as well as displaying their beautiful colors in the shady corner where hardly any other plant would do. Plants should be set about a foot apart, so that when the size of the bed is ascertained it is easy to figure how many plants of each kind are needed in a row. All are good bedders and will stand the hot sun without losing their brilliant coloring.
Green leaf, small blotches
of red, crested edge..
A deep jet black.
Greenish-yellow ground thickly dotted and splashed maroon.
Miss Retta Kirkpatrick Shaded
yellow, broad green-lobed margin ; large foliage.
Mrs. Hunt carmine center, bordered ma- roon, with bright green margin.
Queen of the West Large leaf- .
^ margin of bright
yellow and center edge of creamy-white ; the whole covered with blotches and spots of bright car- mine and deep maroon.
Raff Carnet Center of leaf wine color, broad ® * margin spotted dark maroon.
Richard Schmidt Af valuable new vari- ety originating with us and quite distinct. Center of leaves bright car- mine, spotted yellow, balance of leaves chocolate splashed with green. A fine variety for pot culture.
Crimson, with brightest golden edge.
Yellow, blotched crimson and green.
Trailing: P°autv An excellent variety for ® J hanging baskets and
vases on account of its trailing habit ; center of leaves fiery crimson surrounded with deep maroon ; deeply serrated edges of bright olive-green.
Verschaffeltii Rich velvety crimson ; the best bedder.
Yellow Bird Strong grower; color golden- yellow.
Setting Sun Spotted Gem
Mammoth Verbenas
FOR BEDDING
RED, WHITE, BLUE STRIPED, PINK
Price, 6c. Each; 60c. per Doz.; 25 for $1.00; 100, $3.00 by Express, Purchaser’s Expense.
The Verbena is one of the prettiest and most popular of all flowering plants suitable for form- ing beds on the lawn. Commences to flower and spread from the first day the plant is set until late in autumn, every day becoming better and handsomer. Colors range through all the dif- ferent shades of scaylet, .purple, crimson, pink, white, etc.
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CARNATIONS, THE DIVINE FLOWER
Price, 10c. Each; Any Three for 25c.; Any Seven for 50c., except where noted; $6.00 per hundred.
The Carnations which we furnish are thrifty young plants from pots, and should be handled as follows : The young plants can be grown in a cool greenhouse, hotbed or cold frame where the tempera- ture can be maintained at 50 degrees at night, with plenty of fresh air during the day. The little plants should be shifted along required, and never lowed to get pot-bound.
As soon as all danger from hard frost is over, plant in the garden 12 inches each way, and keep well cultivated until they be- gin to bloom, when a light mulch of strawy manure will be beneficial to retain moisture in the soil, and help nourish the plants.
Plants so treated should begin to flower in July, and continue to produce an abundance of flowers until killed by frost. For winter-flowering, the same cultural notes apply, with the exception that they can be planted somewhat closer in the garden, and flower shoots kept pinched back until about the die of August, when they should be planted on benches in the greenhouse for the season’s crop of flowers. Any good fresh soil, moderately enriched, will grow them. Plant nine to twelve inches apart, according to • the size of the plants. The same night temperature that is required for the little plants before plant- ing out will make good flowers with fifteen to twenty degrees higher and plenty of fresh air during
Benora Clear white, penciled with bright red.
Narrow foliage ; long stems. Flowers large, freely produced. Very clear cut and beautiful.
A novelty of this year. Color, beautiful s c a r 1 e t-crimson. Flowers large, full and deeply fringed. Free blooming ; one of the best cut flower varieties to be had.
Commodore
Enchantress Vlxcirrisltc, delicate pink of
large size.
A grand shade of pure pink ; a trifle darker than Pink Delight without the salmon shade. Lovely in color, early, free and continuous ; size, large with full center; form, very perfect.
Mvc f! W Ward A perfectly formed iYirh. Ky. VV . Wdiu Qower with full center ;
color, deep pink, several shades lighter than Lawson, deeper than Windsor, having strong, erect stems twenty-four to thirty-six inches in length. A vigorous, healthy grower and has
never shown disease of any kind. A very early and free bloomer. The leader in its shade of pink.
Gloriosa
Rose-Pink Enchantress ^ose.p^k!iful White Enchantress Larse "hite
\Vk |tp Ilot'l pcf inn The , best and most wane reiiecuuii populai. pure white
WhltiP Wnnrlpr A flatly improved White Willie vvimuei Perfection> which VleKills
blooming in September and continues throughout the season ; snow-white, fragrant, absolutely perfect in form, large in size, on stiff stems.
SIX NOVELTIES FOR 1916, EVERY ONE A GOOD ONE
PRICE 15 CENTS, ANY TWO FOR 25 CENTS.
CHAMPION
A fine scarlet; an early bloomer, very free, with.long stiff stems, good calyx and fine.
GORGEOUS
A giant variety, large in every sense of the word, stiff-stemmed, a won- derful grower, producing a flower on every shoot. The color has been de- scribed as scarlet, as crimson, and as rosy-scarlet by different writers. It is in reality a cerise with a preponderance of scarlet shading, a grand sort in every way.
PHILADELPHIA
This variety sold in larger quantity titan all the other novelties of 1914. Color, glowing rose-pink of exquisitely beautiful shade.
NORTHPORT ,
Winner of everything in the dark pink classes and the sweepstakes cup at Cleveland, and a dozen or more certificates' during the autumn. Color, a fine deep pink. Stem, good and stiff and of good length. Calyx, strong. One of tlie largest. Extra good in growth.
MATCHLESS
This new white variety is well named, and, well deserved the two gold medals that it won; beside being of exhibition size and quality, it is a true commercial, easy to handle, comes into ; bloom early, and is quite continuous ; a non-burster, and fine keeper and shipper.
THE HERALD
Brilliant scarlet, with good calyx, stem and habit. Free and continuous in bloom. Promises to become a very popular scarlet.
SURPRISE COLLECTION ONLY $1.00
We usually have at the end of the selling season a number of choice plants that we have grown a surplus of. To those who will send us a dollar we will, after June 1, 1916, send a fine lot of plants that will be a surprise to you. If your order goes by express we can send many more plants than if it goes by mail. So send us a dollar, and after June 1st we will send you the Surprise Collection of Plants. The selection to be strictly our own.
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Florists Springfield, Ohio
OUR
SUPERB PANSY
PLANTS
OUR SUPERB PANSY STRAIN
is the very best the world produces. The colors are truly won- derful, including over a hundred different shades and combina- tions, with blendings and markings entirely new and of most ex- quisite beauty. Its cul- ture is not at all dif- ficult and may suc- cessfully be attempted by anyone inexperi- enced in horticultural affairs. Pansy plants planted in the spring as soon as the frost is out of the ground will begin to bloom at once, and afford daily pleasure for a month before Coleus or Gera- niums could be even planted. If snow should fall after planting they would
not be hurt. In fact, to get the best results from Pansies, they should be planted just as early as they can be. To get best results and extra large flowers, the soil must be extremely rich — we use equal parts well-rotted manure and soil.
Price, for nice, strong plants, 5 cents each; six for 20 cents; 12 for 35 cents; 40 for $1.00; $2.25 per 100.
OUR CHOICE LIST OF FUCHSIAS Price, 10 cents each; any six for 50 cents.
For window pot plants or for partially shaded spots in the garden these plants, with their gracefully drooping flowers, are held in high favor. There are no better Fuchsias than these; including the very best Double and single varieties. They are beautiful and cheap.
Fuchsia Trophee.
and
Avalanche
Beautiful golden foliage, dark, double violet-purple corolla.
Rlnrlc Prinr<» Makes a shapely bush, and is Uiavn. rimcc probably the freest in blooming. ' We have seen specimen plants six feet in height and four feet across loaded with thousands of its bright buds and blossoms of a beautiful waxy-carmine or pink color.
Bland’s New Striped The tube^nd sepals
corolla a rich plum-colored purple, regularly and red rose.
the best ; sepals a rich crimson ; deep purple and very double ; flowering and easy to grow.
neror <0r Single Phenomenal.) This new Fuchsia is by far the largest of all the single flowering varieties. It is an exceptionally strong grower, bearing immense blooms of a very rich dark purple. It ranks among the singles the same as Phenomenal does among doubles. ’i
Hloirp Hoc It is nearly perfection as
VJioire uei> m<tcnej> t0 free growing and habitj
beginning to bloom quite early in the season and continuing very late. The tube and sepals are brilliant deep scarlet, thick and leathery in texture ; the corolla is very large and double and pure white.
Mmp Van Der Strauss I'ine> larse and eleeant mme. van uct oirduss form; sepals long and re_
flexed ; pure red ; corolla large ; double white ; the finest market double white Fuchsia.
Mon strosa The short tube and sepals are a bright, rich jtiviisi. v/ reddish-crimson color; corolla extra large, full and double white, tinted pink, flower of the largest size. Phenomenal The grandest of them all. Phenomenal is the v 1 largest flowered Fuchsia in cultivation. The plant
is a tall grower, branching like a tree; the leaves are a dark, glossy green, with veins of dark crimson, giving the foliage a rich, orna- mental appearance. The flowers are of enormous size, a single flower measuring three and a half inches across; sepals bright scarlet, with rich violet-purple corolla. Very double.
Rosain’s Patri strong and bushy, beginning to bloom quite II o x eariy ;n the spring, and continuing very late.
The tube and sepals are brilliant scarlet, thick and leathery in tex- ture ; corolla is very large ; double and pure white.
Saulev Freres Erect grower; very large flower; corolla very j double of rosy-violet; long, recurving sepals
of bright coral-red.
SoeClOSa Corolla scarlet ; sepals blush. One of the best bloom- r ing varieties for summer or winter.
Trailing Queen eTnh^Jyuch„twisdaen
parture, differing from all other large flow- ering vareties in its habit of growth, as it is a trailing vine. The young plants, as they commence growth, creep out to the edge of the pot and then go trailing downward. It continues growing and branching in this way until the vines are a solid, wavy mass of the most elegant foliage and flowers. The flow- ers are borne in large, drooping clusters; very large, long and graceful.
Double ; open flower, dark
very beautiful ;
purple, one of the finest.
Wqvp nf I ife Golden foliage, dark VV dVC tM pUrpie> single flower. A
beautiful variety.
White Phenomenal ^rie— d
tical with Phenomenal in every respect but color of the corolla, which is white, veined ftnd shaded carmine. ^
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White Giant The
and b e s
white Fuchsia grown. Fine form, very double. Color a pure white. This is a better grower than “Storm King," and superior to that variety, or in fact any of the white Fuchsias. We find it to be an excellent winter bloomer.
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Florists Springfield, Ohio
Grand Exhibition “MUMS”
Price, 10 Cents Each; Any 6 for 50 Cents; Any 14 for $1.00, Except Where Noted
Our splendid list of Chrysanthemums is unsurpassed anywhere. We take great pride in keeping it up to the highest standard and excellence. A glance over our splendid list will convince anyone that this is no idle assertion. We have by far the most complete collection of this most popular flower in the great Middle West, and there is absolutely not one poor grower or inferior sort among them. Owing to their extreme easy culture, Chrysanthemums are easy to grow and the gorgeous bloom will undoubtedly surprise you.
Black Beauty Color blood-red ; petals long and curious-
Rlack Hawk Dark velvety crimson. This is President Roosevelt’s favorite variety.
BrOll7e fiiant Exhibition bronze. This is an elegant grower, heavy, stocky stem, clothed throughout in fine foliage. The flower is of immense size,
•crowded with petals, which are stiff and of great substance ; form incurving, a most imposing bloom of largest size, a beau- tiful rich bronze, or old gold color. Received premium of fifty •dollars for best bronze.
It blooms in Sep-
Carrie A deep yellow. dandelion shade.
tember.
Clementine Touset <The “E*r,y Chadwick”)—' The
largest obtainable white for the date, October 12. Has splendid stem. Plant in June, and take either crown or terminal bud.
Col. D. Annleton 14 has proved to be one of the fin- ‘‘ est yellows ever sent out. It is an
ideal exhibition variety, with flowers of immense size, measur- ing twenty-two inches in circumference and of great depth. Flower is a magnificent Japanese incurved. Color beautiful shade of clear yellow.
Diana A pure white medium flower, largely used in mak- ing designs.
Dr. Encuehard Japanese incurved. Color a true pink.
® Perfectly double ; midseason variety.
Estelle Produces extra-sized flowers of the purest white.
F. A. Cobbold (Midseason.) A large, handsome flower, on a strong, stiff stem. The color is
mauve-pink.
Golden WeddinO" Nothing can exceed the richness of ® its color. The form of the Golden Wedding is unique; the outer petals droop downward in pic- turesque irregularity; the center of the flower is built high, with broad petals irregularly overlaid, so that, although the flowers are large, they are not heavy, solid-looking.
Glory of the Pacific Shows a clear pink color to ex- J cellent advantage. A pink of
large size and good form. This variety will delight every grower. Harrv A. Parr Perfect ball-shaped' flowers. Color lemon J yellow.
Ivory Pure white flower> °f exquisite form and finish.
John K. Shaw Japanese incurved. Fine light pink, splendid stem. Grows to a height of three and one-half feet and blooms about October 15th.
Jules Humbert Color violet-amaranth, reverse silvery- white, enormous flowers of great
beauty ; early flowering.
John Shrimnton Rich velvet-V crimson— the finest red r Chrysanthemum extant; has won
many prizes on account of its many good qualities.
Liberty This is the grandest of all yellow Chrysanthemums.
J a clear, rich, deep golden-yellow, very bright of ; size. This variety was exhibited eight inches across last fail
FOR CULTURAL DIRECTIONS, SEE PAGE 25
Col. D. Appleton.
Color
large
Major Bonaffon Soft, clear yellow, full to the center, eight inches
J in diameter and nearlv Hppii
Monrovia
Ministre Olanesco
in diameter and nearly as deep.
One of the very earliest bloomers. Color a pleasing shade of deep yellow.
Very large flower, rosy-violet in color, heav- ily plumed.
One of the most beautiful pink varieties yet produced; a prime favorite wherever known.
An extra fine very early pink variety of the larg- est size. Color beautiful rose-pink. It is a fine dwarf grower. First-class pink Chrysanthemums are scarce, and this va- riety will prove exceedingly valuable on account of its earliness and large size.
Minnie Wanamaker Pure snow-white; incurved and perfectly double.
The outside of the petals is a soft creamy-white, the in- side striped and tinted with a soft rose shade.
It is the most popular style — immense, incurving, broad-channeled — the purest white; from a flat incurved form it gradually changes into a perfect ball of snow, sixteen to eighteen inches in circumference.
Bright pink, broad-spreading Japanese variety, and incurving petals, which are covered with granular hairs. Awarded certificate at Chicago and Philadelphia.
Mrs. Chamberlain Mrs. Coombs
Mrs. Egan Mrs. Henry Robinson
Mrs. Higginbotham
Mmp If'Jin (Exhibition.) From the second crown this
mine, jean aeinte brings blooms of creamy-white, tinted rose; long petals cut at the tips and reflexing.
October Frost A pure white, with broad, slightly incurved petals. One of the earliest to flower.
PerCV Plumridjie JaPanese incurved variety of buttercup -y el - *' ® low ; bright and glistening.
D F Richardson (Schray’s Pink) — The brightest, clearest pink v" v yet introduced in the Chrysanthemum fam-
ily. Center petals incurved.
Silver Wedding: Purest snow-white in color; very broad, heavy ** deep flower, measuring fourteen inches in diam- ter. Probably the largest of all whites, and no doubt the very best.
Simplicity Elowers of fine form. ^ J grower.
The Yellow Eaton
A pure snow-white, a good, strong
The Queen Virginia Poehlmann
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A bright yellow sport from Timothy Eaton, only a shade lighter than Appleton. Foli- age very beautiful, stem first rate, and quite strong enough to hold up the monster blooms, which do not show coarseness.
Half-globular form, with broad incurved, shapely petals of great substance.-
The flower is almost pure white, of good size, incurved full petals overlying each
other in the center.
White Bonaffon Color pure snow-white. The flower forms a per- fect ball when in full bloom. Is a dwarf grower. Winter Cheer Beautiful, round, incurving pink, almost the shade of Balfour ; stem and foliage perfect ; easy to do.
W. H. Chadwick Magnificent variety in both form and color, and unsurpassed in size. White or blush. Four feet. Terminal bud. hate midseason.
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OUR BIG FOUR PRIZE WINNERS
Single Chrysanthemum, Miss Irene Cragg.
The Largest Flowering and Latest Novelties for 1916
Price, 15 cents Each; Any Three for 40 cents.
These grand new Chrysanthemums we offer on this page are the very newest out, most of them being offered now for the first time, and will not be found in other catalogues. They are certainly world-beaters and we unreservedly guarantee them to be all we claim for them — the newest and finest "Mums” in the world. You can order from this list with absolute assurance that any one of them will be a beauty, and the price at which they are sold you will find very low by comparison with other catalogues published.
Antiaue (Totty.) Kose-bronze sport from Dr. Enguehard; a duplicate in all but eolol 1 which is good. A fine commercial bronze.
ChclS Raffer The best commercial white of its date ; flower much like Bonaffon ir ' ® form, but larger; pure snow-white with a grand stem, and foliage a;
handsome as Eaton ; a very easy doer.
These are Superb Sorts, Very Distinct Color, and Prizewinners
Everywhere.
Price, 20 Cents Each or Set of Four for 60 cents
Beautiful bronze, with shading that leaves nothing to be desired
Mrs. 0. H. Kahn
lights up finely in its color,
RamapO A seedling from Appleton and
the parent ; yellow.
iuite free from the top-knot of will prove a grand commercial
Pacific Supreme
(New.) A fine new seedling of Glory of the Pacific, its beautiful pink color being in- termediate between the shades of Pacific and Win. Duckham.
Yellow Eaton Col°r, soft chrome-yel- 1CUUW ridlUll low ; a fine, broad-pet -
aled, incurving ; showing no center ; very large.
SINGLE OUTDOOR CHRYSANTHEMUMS
The Curios of the ’Mum Family
This section comprises the best varieties for cut sprays and are also useful for specimen plants. They are well adapted for pot culture owing to their comparative dwarf habit. When used with front row or edging for planting, they give a touch of grace and beauty which is exquisite in the extreme. Those listed below make up a choice collection and are all highly recommended.
NEW SINGLE CHRYSANTHEMUMS
Try a few of them; they will please you. Price, 10c. each;
6 for 50c.; any 14 for $1.00.
ACTO — Has Dahlia-like petals, bright rose, lighter reverse.
ARTHUR HORNE — Clear yellow; very free bloomer.
ENA REIfvlER — Terra cotta ; one of the best.
GRACIE LAMBERT — Deep pink; a beauty.
KATIE COVELL — Maroon; stilt erect petals.
MARY RICHARDSON— Redd ish- sal - mone ; one of the most distinct.
MISS IRENE CRAGG — Best pure white.
Wells’ Late Pink.
Chrysolora rbis new variety eal1 be briefly described
Mrs. David Syme
as an early Col. D. Appleton, coming into bloom much earlier and of larger size. A very fine incurved yellow.
A grand white, as large as "Moir.” It carries the foliage right up to the flower; stem absolutely perfect, and when on the hud about August 15th, produces a flower that is as near perfection in its color as it is possible to get. Mensa Finest single white for commercial cutting; ,x rucuoa giant white of heavy substance and strong texture.
9!iin«Viin,p Eclipses all other early flow- VlClUUcl OUllolllllc ering golden-yellows ; incurved.
Rnirnn Rnltl (New Chrysanthemum) — This new ivuiiirtii Aruiu variety is without doubt the largest and best yellow yet introduced. Flowers of immense size, twelve inches across, color, as the name indicates, being pure golden-yellow. ; has the merit of being the strongest and most robust of all yellow “Mums.” Blooms in October.
Qmitli’i! A vQn Early white of perfect incurved
omitn s Advance form . comin„ int0 bloom first
week in October. Very large, undoubtedly one of the best and most useful now in use.
TimrHViv Ralnn One of the largest of the Japanese AllllUlll,y fidlUIl incurved type; and winner of
every cup and prize for which it was entered. Purest white of true globular shape.
Unaka A Strong grower with long stems and good foli- age ; a fine incurved bloom from early buds. Color lavender-pink.
WaIIs’ 1 ,n+ a Pinlr Grand pot variety, producing an yvciio Udtcriim enormous bush; stem stiff as a ramrod; the foliage is beautiful. It is as free and clean a grower as “Eaton ;” as big and substantial as a foot- ball— nineteen inches around, and solid. The color is pure, true, bright pink.
AVhitf* rnnmlinc Growers who value so highly the Willie lAlUHlUets p,rand early pink, Mrs, Coombes.
will be delighted with its white sport offered herewith, valuable as an October white where big, fine blooms are needed.
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Ostrich-Plumed Chrysanthemum
Cultural Directions for Chrysanthemums, Which, if Followed, Will Insure Success
Whpil tn Plnnf The Chrysanthemum is easy to please on this point. it ic i ± mill/ Any (ime after the ground can be worked, even up to
ill give you good blooming plants in the fall, the ground deep; put in quantities of manure. The Chrysan- themum is a gross feeder ; if fed well, the flowers will be large and the plant strong.
Disbudding and Stopping 1
Allow four shoots to grow from this main trunk. When these four shoots are four inches high, pinch out the terminal bud, and save three or four branches that will spring from each of these limbs. Allow these last branches to attain a height of nine inches, then pinch back for the last time. Allow one bud (flower) to each stem and that a terminal bud.
When to Lift In localities subject to heavy frosts in October and November, plants should be, lifted into large pots or boxes by September 1st. After lifting, drench thoroughly and never allow them to suffer for water. Give manure water, if liossible, once a week. If protected from frost by sheeting, they need not be brotight into the house till well into October, and when brought in place in a room without fire, give plenty of air when not frosty. In cold climate winter in cellar. Itlflupk AnhiHpe: Nothing destroys this troublesome insect so easily as
juia.vjn. clean cold water dashed on forcibly with a syringe
Bach year the taste for Chrysanthemums becomes more exacting,' and to meet it .we offer only the finest, exhibition and cut -flower varieties — sorts that are noted the country over.
Hardy Chrysanthemums
We offer an assortment of hardy varieties, including several well-marked types. They flower profusely in October and resist early frosts, and are, therefore, showy and beautiful after everything else in the garden has been killed. They are excellent for cut flowers and bouquets. Sure bloomers and satisfac- tory growers that attain a height of from two to three feet. They should be included in all orders for plants of perennial character. While it is true that all varieties flower in spite of the frosts, there are some that retain their color better than others.
Hardy Mums.
GRANDMOTHER’S HARDY GARDEN “MUMS”
PRICE, 10 CENTS EACH; ANY SIX FOR 50 CENTS; ANY FOURTEEN FOR $1 00
The fragrant, reliable, old-fashioned Chrysanthemums that reigned supreme in the garden corners and alongside the house in our grandmothers’ homes.
HARDY WHITE. HARDY PINK. HARDY YELLOW. HARDY RED.
Ostrich Plumed Chrysanthemums
The Best of the Choicest and Rare Price, 10 cents each; the entire collection of six splendid sorts for only 50 cents Enfant des Mondcs a strong free-growing creamy-white variety.
LotliS Boehmer (Pink Ostrich Plume) — Louis Boehmer has the same wonderful hair-like growth or excrescence that ap- peared for the first time in the white variety, but it differs from it in color, hav- ing a most beautiful shade of lavender-pink ; shaded with silvery-pink on the ends of the petals.
PptTp of T,Vfmnni<5P Bright, clear golden-yellow, somewhat plumed, uiiiidisc quite full. Beautiful globular form.
M. Fromont The only red Ostrich Plume, a fine incurved, nicely plumed ; nearly globular in form.
Monarch of Ostrich Plumes ®right creamy-yeiiow. a beautiful
form and finely incurved.
Ttnphmpr Perfectly incurved flower, with broad petals showing a " liii-c uucniuci plush-like surface. The pure white blooms seen at most of the shows were extremely beautiful.
OUR POMPON COLLECTION OF THE
Old Fashioned, Hardy CHRYSANTHEMUMS
Many of our “Mum” loving friends ask us for hardy varieties of Chrsyanthemums that will live outdoors all winter. To those of our friends who want hardy “Mums," we heartily recommend our Zero Collection. They are quite hardy, and include a beautiful and wide range of
PRICE 10 CENTS EACH; ANY SIX FOR 50 CENTS.
Arctic Pure snow-white; exceedingly pretty.
Autumn Glow Bright red: blooms in clus'
Baby
ters.
In a class quite by itself; a fine grower with dainty foliage and stiff stems. Solid little flowers with curiously folded petals ; like plump, golden buttons. Very late.
Dinizulu Rosy-lake ; very fine.
Edna Clear glowing pink.
■pi A strong handsome variety, very early C lora and free bloomer ; beautiful deep gold- en-yellow.
Ida Extra good yellow, quite distinct.
Ladysmith Rosy-lake, tinged salmon.
Lillia Tall, stiff stems ; good sized flowers xjnua freely produced; grand red color.
Madge Has no superior among yellows.
Prince of Wales Magnificent pure white
Rhoda White, pink shading.
SOGlir McltHlic Very fine ; pure white.
Wm. Westlake Bright golden-yellow.
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HANDSOME DECORATIVE HOUSE -d PORCH PLANTS
Palms Listed Here are the Best and Easiest Grown of all the Palm family. Palms Priced at over 50c Must Be Sent by Express at Purchaser’s Expense.
ARECA LUTESCENS
One of the most valuable and beautiful Palms. Its dark, glossy green leaves are gracefully curved on slender stems, and the entire foliage is gracefully disposed ; the trunk and stems are golden-yellow. Price, nice plants, twelve to fifteen inches high, 60 cents; large specimen plants, twenty-four to twenty-eight inches high, $1.25 each.
LATANIA BORBONICA
The well known Pan Palm. This is one of the most exquisitely graceful among Palms. Its wide- spreading, gracefully arching leaves are elegant and effective for apartment decoration. It is con- sidered the handsomest and most valuable of all Palms. Price, young plants, 25 cents each; strong plants with character leaves, 50 cents each; large, handsome specimens, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 each.
KENTIA BELMOREANA
The Kentias are among the best of the Palm species for general cultivation, being almost impregnable against diseases. This variety is one of the best in its class ; grace- ful habit, bright green foliage, grace- fully disposed ; as a decorative plant for the window, dinner table or conservatory it scarcely has an equal. Price, small plants just showing character leaves, 15 cents each; larger size, nice plants twelve to fifteen inches high, 50 cents each. Specimen plants, twenty-four to thirty inches high, $1.00.
Extra large size, $1.50 each.
CYCAS REVOLUTA
(Sago Palm.) The Cycas makes a magnificent spe- cimen plant, and is one of the most valuable plants grown for the decoration of the lawn or house. Their heavy, glossy, deep green fronds resist alike the gas, dust and cold to which decorative plants are frequently t exposed. Price, large plants, five and six leaves, $1.00
3 KENTIA FORSTERIANA
This is one of the finest pot plants imaginable, and the easiest to grow of any of the Palm family. Being almost hardy, it is not injured by slight changes in the temperature, and its sttiff, glossy leaves enable it to stand the dry, hot air of the living room without injury. The leaves are a deep, glossy green, fan-shaped, split deeply into segments. Very graceful for table decora- tion. Price, fine plants twelve to fifteen inches h'gh, 50 cents each; nice, large plants, twenty-four to thirty inches high, $1.00 each. Extra large plants, $1.50 each.
PHOENIX RECLINATA
A fine decorative Palm ; one of the finest vase plants, particularly for outdoor decoration. It is of very robust habit, and is very easily grown. Will not bum under the hottest sun, and stands whipping by summer storms without marring its beauty. Price, for nice, strong, young plants, 50 cents each; fine, large plants, $1.00 each. Extra nice specimen plants, $1.50 each. These are all good, strong plants.
Latania Borbonica.
Aucuba Japonica or
Gold Dust Tree
The Handsome Evergreen Foliage Plant — Hardy in the South
Beautifully variegated, large, laurel-like foliage, mottled and splashed with bright golden-yellow. It is a superb house plant, retaing its handsome, va- riegated foliage the year round. For the center vases for summer or winter decoration it has few equals and as a specimen plant for the lawn or veranda is without a peer. It is also nearly hardy and thrives in sunshine or shade. As an all around decorative plant it is unexcelled. Price, nice young plants twelve to fifteen inches, 35 cents each; fine plants out of six-inch pots, 75 cents each. Very large specimens, splendid plants, out of eight-inch pots, $1.00 each. Must be sent by express at purchaser’s expense, as they are too large to be sent by mail.
PHOENIX CANARIENSIS
(The Canary Island Date Palm.) No other Palm has gained so speedily in public favor the last few years as this handsome habitue of the Canary Islands. This Palm belongs, to the pinnae class, which means that its branches are feather-shaped. These branches are long, gracefully arched, and are borne in luxuriant abundance. Price, for nice, strong plants, 50 cents and $1.00 each.
ARAUCARIA EXCELSA
As a decorative plant for the house this is one of the handsomest and most serviceable ; deep green feathery foliage, arranged in whorls ; highly ornamental.
Note — Araucarias do best through the summer months plunged in the ground to the top of the pot, in a shady, well-protected place. Price, nice plants, fifteen to eigh- teen inches high, three tiers, $1.00 each; larger plants, four to five tiers, twenty to thirty inches high, $1.50 each.
DRACENA INDIVISA
Of all the plants in use for centers of vases, baskets, or for beds in the open ground, nothing is more valuable than this is. From its graceful drooping habit it is sometimes called the “Fountain Plant.” Price, 10 cents each. Extra large, 20 cents.
FICUS ELASTICA
(India Rubber Tree.) Large, smooth, leathery leaves, evergreen foliage. Generally esteemed one of the finest house plants grown, the plant attaining a large size and tree shape. Each new leaf is enclosed in a long, coral- red envelope, looking like a great red flower bud. Price, fine plants, 35 and 50 cents.
NO PREMIUMS ALLOWED ON PLANTS
ORDERED FROM THIS PAGE Do not include fruit or ornamental trees on page 47 in your premiums.
If we were late in sending your order last year, give us another chance. Will see that it does not haopen again. Do not include our fruit and o-namental stock on paaes 47 to 49 in your pre- r:um list, as these prices are net and not sub- ject to discount.
Dracena Indivisa.
COMPLAINTS
When the goods reach you if there is any com- plaint to be made the complaint must be made within ten days, otherwise we cannot entertain it. There is no difficulty about sending goods to you, no matter where you live. It is a singular fact that our trade in California, where we ship with en- tire safety, is as large almost as our trade in Ohio.
OUR GREAT 60c. MAIL TRIAL COLLECTION FOR OUR NEW CUSTOMERS
Because you do not find this collection in the body of this catalogue as has been our custom for twenty years, do not think we discarded it, but think so well of it that we put it in colors on sec- ond page of cover. Please take a look at it before mailing your order.
We pay express on all shipments if you will state in your order for us to do so, and then select premiums in accordance with mail clubbing rates. However, in this event, all soil will be removed from plants, the same as is done by all firms that prepay express charges. The proper way is to have them come at your expense, as it will oftentimes only cost you 35 cents.
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DECORATIVE FERNS
THESE beautiful plants for home decoration vie with the Rubber plants for first place in the esteem of flower lovers. They are finely cut and sometimes oddly shaped. Fronds have a graceful effect produced by few other plants. With practically the same care as given flowering plants they do exceedingly well in the parlor and conservatory. The Ferns of the Uteris family do as well as the Sword Ferns ; the best varieties for the house are to be found in the Pteris family. The Nephrolepis family, of which the well-known Boston is a member, has furnished us so many beautiful species of late years and are succeeding so well that this family is steadily growing in popularity. The varieties we list on this and the following page are all recommended for indoor growing in pots as specimens or for ferneries for table decoration. * Ferns should be planted in a good light soil with some sand and leaf mold added ; see to it that wherever planted they have good drainage. Their diversity and gracefulness of foliage make them much valued as plants for vases, baskets or rockwork, or as specimen plants for parlor or conservatory. Keep them out of the direct sunlight and water carefully, that the delicate roots lying near the surface may never become dry.
(The Boston Drooping Fern.) Much has been heard of this Fern during the past year ; of the same form as the Sword Fern, Nephrolepis Exaltata, but has larger and broader fronds. In well grown specimens the fronds attain a height of six to seven feet. Fine for hanging pots and baskets. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents. Larger plants, 35 cents each. Extra fine plants, 50 cents.
(The Plumed Scotti Fern.) The ideal plumed Fern, holding the same position to all other plumed varieties that Scotti holds to the old Boston. It is a sport from Scotti. possessing all the merits of that most popular variety, but with the pinnae sub- divided, giving it an airy, feathery appearance. Price, nicely shaped plants, 15 cents, 25 cents and 40 cents each, postpaid.
Nephrolepis Bostoniensis
Springfieldii (New-'
Boston Fern from photograph.
Nephrolepis Superbissima
Baby
In this
new Fern we have a novelty of rare merit and sterling worth, which is bound to become popular. Of the
Ostrich Plume type. The fronds grow stiffly erect in the most luxuriant manner, giving it a feathery appearance, New fronds are constantly developing and are a rich, dark green, and remain so. Just the thing for the center of vases, window boxes, etc., where an erect growing plant is needed It will thrive and grow in any good, light garden loam, with but little care. Price, 15 cents each, two for 25 cents. Fine large plants, 35 cents each.
Of much dwarfer and bushier growth than the Bos- ton Fern. The fronds droop gracefully, and are not as long and coarse as the Boston. It is a rapid grower, and to see it in all stages of growth from a runner in the bench to a fourteen-inch pot specimen will convince you that it will be in great demand as a house Fern. Price, strong plants, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents. Nice three-inch pot plants, 25 cents each; three for 60 cents. Large plants, 35 cents each.
(New.) Known as “Fluffy Ruffles.” A unique variety, different from all others and really in a class by itself. It makes a dwarf, compact growth, the fronds being very dense, firm and rigid, and of a deep green color. Young plants, 20 cents each: four-inch, 35 cents. Fine specimen plants, 50 cents.
’s Breath (The Wonderful New Fern, Nephrolepis Amerpohlii.) This is the newest and grandest of all Ferns. It is so delicately
fine and fluffy in foliage that it has been given various names, among them “Baby’s Breath,” indicating that its fronds are so very fine and delicate that a baby’s breath would set them in motion. Our repu- tation for it, that it is the finest of all Ferns. No Ostrich Plume can compare with it in fluffiness. Price., 15 cents each; fine specimen plants, 35 cents and 50 cents. (See cut.)
Do not include fruit or ornamen- tal stock in your premiums.
New Nephrolepis Whitmanii.
New Nephrolepis Whitmanii T<TI?e "ewe,st ®nS, fines‘ F,rrn yet introduced.)
* r It is the best Fern of the Boston type yet
introduced. It is somewhat similar to the Fern Tarrytown, but much more compact and shorter in its growth. Price, fine young plants, 15 cents each; three for 35 cents. Strong, four-inch pot plants, 35 cents each. Extra fine specimen plants, 50 cents each.
Baby’s Breath.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U. S. A.
Is the acknowledged headquarters in the United States for the growing and shipping of plants by mail and express, and is the greatest Rose producing center in the world. It is cen- trally located, geographically, with four express companies — American, Adams, United States and Wells Fargo — which connect with all others, and has unequaled facilities for receiving and shipping orders and procuring the lowest rates to all parts of the country.
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FERNS and FERNERIES
All Ferns and Other Plants Listed at 10 Cents May Be Purchased at Three for 25 Cents.
a (Maiden Hair Fern)— A very beautiful and graceful
Adiantum ^Un&aXlllTl Fern, its delicate fronds being much used for cut flower work. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
A t rlt ■ ■ ... The most valuable of all Ferns yet introduced for
Aspiaium 1 sussimense fern dishes; of strong but dwarf and graceful habit ; of good color and of better keeping quality than any other Fern we know. A clear, good grower and very ornamental. Price, 10 cents each.
(Holly Fern)— It is very graceful. The leaf is a V^yrtomiurn raicaium rich, glossy green, and each leaflet is about the shape and size of a Bose leaf. The fronds are fine for any cutting on account of their lasting quality. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
a very beautiful Fern, having long, graceful fronds.
unycmum japomcum The wiry texture of the leaf makes it keep a long time; very useful to cut for vases, etc. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Moirii Charming new Fern, nicely variegated; handsomely created; dwarf, r LcrlS may 11 Price, 10 cents each: three for 25 cents.
nf0_;c Vl/’fci'So (Smal|-leaved Silver Fern) — A very pretty variegated-leaved * LcrlS Victoria variety; compact; strong grower and one of the best for fern dishes. Price, 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen.
Df-£»ric A rn-vron (Silver Fern) — A very showy Fern with variegated foliage; ■ f'-' /Vigyrca fronds large, light green, with a broad band of silver-white down the center of each. Very distinct. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
DfprJc Cro+ir't AIKo I SriAatn A handsome Fern, nicely variegated; grows Tlvni* V^rcLlCd. /\lud Llllcdld very rapidly into handsome plants. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
A very pretty and useful Fern for specimen or dish. Green
Pteris Wimsetti leaves
cents each; three for 25 cents.
with the ends very peculiarly crested.
ni0,;c Mormlfiro Beautifully crested fronds; very useful for fern * Leris IHdgllllK.il dishes. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
e 1 f A useful basket variety of graceful habit. Price, r tcrls oerrulclta 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Pteris TremnTn (shakin9 Fern) — One of the finest Ferns for house rlclls * iClIlUld. decoration, growing very rapidly and throwing up large, handsome fronds. It makes magnificent specimens. Easily grown and popular. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
Price, io A Fern Dish Collection.
Colorvinolla Fmili>inn <The Beautiful Moss Fern)— A new up-
ocldglllvlld LIlUlUllIcl right growing Moss with numerous feath- ery stems branching from the base and forming a dense tuft. Well grown plants attain a height of twelve to fifteen inches. We know of no Moss superior to it. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
Q.ir-t-j > 1 -i f o Attractive. Eight to twelve inches high. Long, narrow ocrrUiata leaves in dense masses. Price, ,10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
FERN COLLECTION No. 1 FOR
For a dish seven inches in diameter we wiil send you six fine Ferns for 50 cents, our selection.
50c
FERN COLLECTION No. 2 LOR $
For a dish nine inches in diameter we will send you 12 Ferns, our selection, that make a fine showing.
JJOO
Asparagus Sprengerii.
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS
One of the handsomest of. our foliage plants. The leaves are a bright green, gracefully arched, and as finely woven as the finest silken mesh. Their lasting quality when cut is remarkable, retain- ing their freshness for weeks, hence it ranks as the most valuable plant we have for this purpose, surpassing the Maiden Hair Fern in grace, fineness of texture and richness of color. (See illustration.) Price, 10 cents each; extra large plants, 25 cents each. Extra nice specimen plants, 35 cents.
ASPARAGUS
SPRENGERII
A desirable species, useful as a pot plant or for baskets ; fronds frequently four feet long; a rich shade of green, re- taining freshness for weeks after cut- ting ; fine bouse plant, as it withstands dry atmosphere. Price, 10 cents each. Extra large plants, 25 cents each.
Asparagus Plumosus Nanus.
SILVER STRIPED PEPEROMIA
So thick and waxy-like are the leaves of this parlor gem that nearly every one takes it to be an artificial plant. The leaves are distinctly varie- gated white and green, and have the appearance of being powdered with frosted silver. Its small spikes of Mighonette- like flowers are quite interest- ing. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
A Silver Striped Peperomia.
Quick mails practically place a greenhouse at your door. You can make a much better selection from a plant catalogue in the quiet of your home than in a crowded city store.
Success With House Plants
(By Lizzie Page Hillhouse,)
A text-book, the result of practical experience, that, faithfully followed, will enable every ladv to keep her home attractive with dainty and fragrant flowers. PRICE, CLOTH, 75 CENTS; PAPER, 65 CENTS.
Flower Queries
Five Hundred Questions on Practical Floriculture Answered and Topics Discussed.
A practical book written in the form of questions and answers on the cultivation and care of indoor plants and flowers. Nothing like it pub- lished. Every lady in the land should have it. It is a mine of condensed and accurate information on flower culture. PRICE, 25 CENTS.
We pay express on all shipments if you will state in your order for us to do so, and then select premiums in accordance with mail clubbing rates. However, in this event, alt soil will be removed from plants, the same as is done by all firms that prepay express charges. The proper way is to have them come at your expense, as it will oftentimes only cost you 35 cents.
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The “Roosevelt Fern’
(Nephrolepis Roosevelt.) It is our
good fortune and great pleasure to offer this wonderful new Pern. In this short time it stands second in popularity of all the Ferns, and will soon be more popular than even the old favorite Boston Fern. In general characteristics it resembles the world-famous Boston Fern, but it will sweep that Fern from the boards for two reasons: It produces many more fronds than the Boston, thus
making a bushier, handsomer plant. Then the pinnae are beautifully un- dulated, giving the “Roosevelt” a pronounced wavy effect seen in no other Fern ; as the plant ages this effect becomes quite distinct. A charming and most notable variety. Fine young plants, 15 cents; strong plants, 35 cents; extra strong plants, 75 cents.
The Grand New Dwarf Improved Whitmanii.
“Teddv Junior” (The Fern for everV household.) — It is a
“ sport from the now famous Roosevelt Fern, and
while its habit of growth is to produce a shorter frond it retains all the
valuable characteristics of the parent plant. The fronds are broad and beautifully tapered from base to tip ; they droop just enough to make a shapely, graceful plant. “Teddy" will produce about four times more fronds than any other Fern ever introduced. It is such a compact, vigorous grower that it will thrive under most adverse conditions making an excep- tionally rapid growth and producing a plant of rare beauty and perfection in the average dwelling house without special care or attention. As a table decoration. Fern growers can appreciate the commercial value of a dwarf variety that will produce forty to fifty fronds twelve to fifteen inches long in a four-inch pot. Young plants, 35 cents; strong plants, 50 cents; extra strong plants, $1.00.
“Improved Whitmanii”
(Or Whitmanii Com pa eta.)
Identical as Whitmanii, but more compact, stronger grower, and fronds are much stronger. Try one and we believe it will please you. Price, 15 cents each; nice specimen plants, 50 cents.
INESE AZALEA INDICA
j , 1 1 1 1, yet introduced gives better satisfaction or is becoming more every season for window and conservatory decoration. We offer only large plants, well shaped and' covered with buds, which can only be sent by express (too large to send by mail). Price, spedmen plants, $1.00 — ch. Must be sent by express, purchaser’s expense.
We offer three distinct varieties at 10 cents each or three for 25 cents.
The Impatiens delight in a light, rich soil, and thrive best in a partially shaded position. They are a mass of bloom all the time, are splendid bedders and superb pot plants for the house. When grown in pots cars should be taken to avoid overwatering.
AMERICAN WONDER LEMON
The Largest and Finest Edible Lemon in the World
■Price, for very strong young plants, 10 cents each; six for 50 cents; strong handsome plants from four- inch pots, 25 cents each; large two-year plants, 50 cents each.
THE AMERICAN WONDER IS A TRUE EVER=BEARER
Blooming and fruiting at the same time. Think of sixty Lemons setting from one branch of bloom on a small twig. It has bloomed and set fruit on the naked trunk of the tree. There is no Lemon in the world to •compare with it.
ITS CULTURE
Plant it in any good garden soil in a large pot or small tub, and keep it in the house or cellar during the winter. You can set the tub and plant out on the piazza or lawn when the weather gets warm. Give plenty of water while growing. No plant is easier to grow.
OTAHEITE ORANGE
A grand pot plant, and one of great beauty and novelty. It blooms most freely during the winter, though it is likely to bloom at any and all times of the year. The fruit is about one-half the size of ordinary oranges, and very sweet and delicious. Price, 10 cents each; large strong plants, 25 cents each.
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American Wonder Lemon.
Nice strong plants, 20c. each; any three for 50c.; strong plants out of 4=inch pots 35c. each: any three for $1.00.
Our “Six Best”
Double Petunias
Price, 10c. each; any three for 25c., 90c. per dozen.
Excellent ^negated
white and
purple.
Majestic i>ur- Pink Queen
pink.
Striking ™0Yti
blotched with carmine
Snowball ®,®sitted0' Vesuvius soiwco
White Double Petunia, Snowball.
Let us tell our friends that these new French Hydrangeas are the most meritorious plants brought out iu years. They have enormous trusses of bloom that completely hide the plant. They are half hardy and may be planted in the latitude of Philadelphia and in the Gulf and Pacific states. They are also fine as house plants, blooming in tlie spring time about Easter. When kept at a temperature of seventy degrees out of doors they bloom about June.
Avalanche ^ sPteBdid large white, which has made a reputation for itself during nvaiam.uc the past two seasons. An easy variety to force.
BoUQUet Rose Darge trusses of well-formed flowers, rosy-amber turning to
ket this season.
F Q Ujll One of the very best pink that we have yet tried ; trusses of in IJ* ’ * size. Color, pleasing shade of baby pink. Growth vigorous, foliag
immense foliage large
and attractive. It is one of the easiest to force into bloom during the spring, coming into flower early.
T o T nmi in p Very large flowers, pale rose, turning to bright pink; has become a ajci nunauic general favorite during the past two years.
lVfllp T?pnpp FnillnrH Very large panicles of milky white, irregularly dentated nine, iicncc vuuuaiu flowers. It is entirely distinct. This variety should really have been awarded the silver medal given to Mme. Emile Mouillere last year as the best white.
M m e TVFnnripp TT a mnv Delicate flesh-rose color: a vigorous grower, the indi- IVime. iviaurice tiamar Tidual flowers being very large; one of the easiest
to force. Early.
AT m p TT Mmiillprp This has been the favorite white variety in the New York c. .i vru nci c nlarije{ tlris year, very free flowering, of good size and form. Awarded silver medal at the National Flower Show at Boston last year. A great favorite with English growers, one London grower known to us handling over thirty thousand of this variety alone.
Mousseline ^T,le Famous Blue-Flowered Hydrangea) — A beautiful plumbago- au-Tccmic blue. The introducer describes it as a beautiful mauve-rose with cream-colored center; the flower heads are large and held erect ; a decided acquisition. If you desire a beautiful deep blue Hydrangea flower get this one.
Sffllivpnii* Hp Mmp F Fhji liTupfl One of the very liest, of splendid erect
oouvemr ae ivime. cj. c^naurara habit . very robust. ^ne SiZed heads of
bright rose-colored flowers. One of the very best of the bouquet type.
Vicomtesse de Vibraye f0ra™rng t
bright rose changing to blue.
New French Hydrangea, Avalanche.
Single Petunias
DWARF BEDDING PETUNIAS
Price, 7c. each; 5, any variety, for 21
NOTE — Our Single Petunias are an entirely i strain, quite distinct from the old sorts.
Where effect is wanted, nothing excels our la free-flowering varieties of Petunias. They are of cc pact bushy habit, and are covered the entire sunn and fall with their bright flowers, and can be used beds, borders, baskets, vases, window boxes, or in ; sunny place where a mass of color is needed. T; are always full of flowers and always satisfactc The five varieties offered below are equally disti and effective. Very fine for bedding, hanging b kets, window boxes and vases.
Alba Pure white-
Brilliant Rose White and r°sy ™iet
"RpIIp Ftoilp (Howard’s Star)— A beautiful fi xjciic Aju/iic flowering strain, color erimson-i roon, with a clearly defined five-pointed star of bin white. For bedding, baskets, vases, , etc., this is ceptionally free.
Cerulea ®e'*ca*e shade of blue.
Violace? Dark violet throat; very fine.
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THE NEW FRENCH HYDRANGEAS
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FRAGRANT HELIOTROPES
Angel’s Trumpet.
Rare New and Choice Old Impatiens
Impatiens delight in a light, rich soil, and thrive best in a partially
shaded position. They are a mass of bloom all the time, are splendid bedders and superb pot plants for the house. When grown in pots care should be taken to avoid overwatering.
Price, 10 cts. Each, Any Three for 25 cts., Any Seven for 50 cts.
Some of These are Entirely New and Distinct in Color. All are True Ever- Bloomers; are Good Bedders and Make Splendid Pot Plants for the House.
DELICATA — A delicate, light rosy-pink with a darker colored center.
AT RO V 1 0 LAC E A — Deep purplish-violet.
ALBA RUBRA MACU LATA— White, tinted pink and sometimes blotched. This is a beauti- ful variety.
IMPATIENS SULTANI — Certainly the freest- blooming, bedding or house plant in cultiva- tion. The plant is literally covered with
brilliant, rosy-scarlet flowers. For summer bedding or winter blooming in the house it has no equal.
ALBA ROSEA — Rosy-white.
IMPATIENS HOLSTII — The flowers measure from one and one-quarter to one and three- quarter inches across, and are of a brilliant vermilion color.
AURANTIACA — Orange-vermilion.
Two New Heliotropes
Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
BUISSON FLEURI — (New.) Semi-dwarf growth, covered by unusually large trusses of large flat- faced flowers. Color, rosy-violet with star-shaped eye.
CENTEFLEUR — Immense trusses of the darkest purple, without doubt the finest Heliotrope of re- cent introduction. Must be seen to be appre- ciated.
PRICE, 10 CENTS EACH. TWO FOR 15 CENTS ANY THREE FOR 20 CENTS
ALBERT DELAUX — Foliage is a bright golden- yellow, very pronounced, and marked slightly with delicate green. The deep lavender color of the flowers contrast admirably with the ever-vary- ing foliage. Free-flowering.
MADAME BRUANT — Immense panicles of very large flowers, a rich purple with large white eyes.
SNOW WREATH — The nearest approach to pure white we have in the Heliotrope.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE— Dark lavender.
MADAME DE BLONAY — Large trusses of white flowers.
Orders Held
Be sure to say so, then we can book your orders (and set items aside or you if necessary) until proper time to ship, otherwise we will assume the order is wanted at once.
Brugmansia, or Angel’s Trumpet
Grows easily, blooms freely and the flower is something to be proud of. The Brugmansia blooms indoors in winter and in the garden in summer. The plant has large, tropical leaves with blooms eight inches long by six inches wide at the mouth, nesembling a trumpet, hence the name “Angel’s Trumpet," Pure white in color and as fragrant as a Jasmine. Blooming plants, 15 cents each; three for 50 cents; larger plants, 25 cents each; specimen plants, 40 cents.
Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia Splendens)
A curious plant, with thick, fleshy twining stems, which are covered with stout, sharp spines nearly an inch long. The foliage is bright green arid the flowers are a beautiful coral-pink, very pretty when in bloom. Price, 15 cents each, postpaid; two for 25 cents.
POINSETTIA (Mexican Fire Plant)
Native of Mexico. A common plant of the tropics, and well known in northern hothouses for the great scarlet bracts surrounding its flowers ; produced in winter, and often remaining bright for months at a time. Does well anywhere, in southern Florida outdoors, and anywhere in the North as a house plant, growing to large size. Price, 15 cents each.
Holstii Hybrida Aurantiaca — Orange-vermilion.
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OLD=TIME FAVORITE PLANTS AND VINES
All the Choice and Rare Old Favorites are Found on this and Following Pages
ABUTILONS
Chinese Bell Flower or Flowering Maple
Price, 10 cents each; three varieties, your selection, 25 cents.
SOUVENIR DE BONNE— Leaves distinctly edged with a pure white band. Flowers are bright orange, veined with crimson.
GOLDEN BELLS — A bright golden -yellow.
ROBERT GEORGE — Orange, veined with crimson.
SNOW STORM— Strong grower, standing the hottest rays of summer, and always a mass of bloom. The large bell-shaped flowers are snow-white.
SAVITZI I— Leaves are deep, dark green in the center, with a wide border of pure white.
ECLIPSE — Fine for baskets and vases, trailing in habit. Its foliage is very at- tractive, beautifully marked dark green and yellow. Flowers bright yellow with crimson throat.
SHOWER OF GOLD— Beautiful variegated foliage of bright green and gold; flowers light yellow, veined crimson.
SANSEVIERA ZEYLANICA
This beautiful house plant is well adapted for the decoration of sitting rooms, halls, etc., as It stands dust and neglect of watering with impunity. The leaves jjl grow to a length of three to four feet, and are beautifully striped crosswise with broad, white variations on a dark green ground. Price, nice plants, 15 cents each; larger size, 25 cents each.
ALOYSIA CITRIODORA
Sanseviera Zeylanica.
LEMON VERBENA— Foliage delightfully fragrant.
for 25 cents.
Price, 10 cents each; three
Pi lea Serpaefolia
Acalypha.
(Artillery Plant.) Desirable for filling in hanging baskets, window boxes, vases, etc. It also makes a graceful plant as a single specimen. It has graceful frond-like leaves ; flowers small and produce a snapping sound when water is thrown on the foliage. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Manettia Bicolor
ACALYPHAS
ACALYPHA TRICOLOR Large and highly colored leaves, bright with blotches of crimson-bronze. Price, 15 cents each; large, two-year-old plants, 25 cents.
It is both a rapid and beautiful climber. The flowers are an inch and a half in length, of intense bright scarlet, shaded into flame, tipped with the deepest golden -yellow and covered with a thick scarlet moss.
Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
CRAB CACTUS
EPIPHYLLUM TRUNCATUM Brilliant red flowers borne in great pro- fusion. Price, 15 cents each.
ACALYPHA SANDERII Leaves are dark green, from the axil of each of which springs a long drooping spike of glowing crimson-scarlet, nearly an inch in diameter and from eighteen to twenty-four inches long, very velvety in texture, reminding one of a long piece of brilliant chenille.
Price, 15 cents each; two-year-old plants, 25 cents each.
ACALYPHA MARGINATA — Large foliage, dark olive margined rose. Price, 10 cents each; large two-year-old plants, 25 cents each.
Alyssum
(Double Sweet.) Splendid for edg- ing beds. Also fine for winter bloom- ing in the house. Flegant for bas- kets, vases, or window boxes. Price,
I cents each; 50 cents per dozen. Alyssum.
CESTRUM, or Night=Blooming Jasmines
Cultivated for the delicate fragrance of their elegant flowers, which are tome in clusters; of easy cultivation.
PARQUI — An excellent garden plant, growing rapidly. Foliage long and of a deep green color. Produces its richly fragrant flowers at every joint. Sweet only at night. It is also well adapted to house and win- dow culture. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
SMILAX
For using for a green with cut flowers it has no equal, it’s hard texture enabling it to keep for several days without wilting after be- ing cut. It is also flue as a parlor or window- plant. Price, 8 cents each; four for 25 cents.
CROTONS
We have five distinct varieties, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
The Crotons are among the finest decorative foliage plants known. Leaves are more or less veined and margined, sometimes entirely varie- gated with shades of yellow, orange and crim- son. Crotons love heat, sunshine and moisture.
CHINESE PAPER PLANT
Brilliant, rosy-crimson blossoms : very late.
Price, 20 cents each ; two for 30 cents.
CRAPE MYRTLE
Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
CRIMSON — The old crimson variety.
PINK — Colored a fine shade of pink.
PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS — A
well known favor- ite, and always valuable because it produces large trusses of beauti- ful 1 i g h t. blue flowers. Price, 1 1 cents each.
CAP E N S I S ALBA— The coun- terpart of Plum- bago Capensis, ex- cept in c o 1 o r, which is creamy- white; a constant bloomer; a splendid new sort. Price, 10 cents each.
COCCINEA ROSEA SUPERBA
— Flowers in racemes from twelve to fifteen inches in length ; the color is bright satiny-carmine ; a grand house plant, and worthy of extended culture. Price, 15 cents each.
Pittosporum Tobira
Bears white flowers, orange blossom fragrance. Price, 15 cents.
Justicia Carnt-a
Brazilian Plume Plant, rose- colored. Price, 10 cents.
Plumbago Capensis.
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FEVERFEW LITTLE GEM
Flowers are large, of perfect form, and of the purest white. Splendid for cutting. Price, 8 cents each.
SWAINSONIA GALEGIFOLIA
A native of Australia ; extremely graceful ; trained at a window or on a trellis, presents a lovely sight of light green foliage, and a splendid profusion of sprays, re- sembling Sweet Peas in form.
PURE WHITE — Large, milk-white, exquisite. Price, 15 cents each.
PINK — Beautiful pink, with white blotches. Pries, 15 cents each, or the two varieties for 25 cents.
LANTANAS
Yellow, White, Pink and Variegated. They are fine for bedding.
10 cents each. Any three Lantanas for 25 cents.
HARKETT’S PERFECTION — A lovely new variety, with large red and yellow flowers and beautiful yellow foliage.
COMTESSE DE BIENCOURT — Flowers bright rose and yellow foliage.
MICHAEL SCHMIDT — Flowers fresh and sparkling, of brilliant yellow, passing into a purple-vermilion.
ALBA PERFECTA — Finest pure white.
AMIEL — Orange-red and coppery-yellow. Dwarf habit.
WEEPING LANTANA — This plant has a most graceful drooping habit, grows rapidly and blooms continually summer and winter, producing large clusters of flowers of the most deli- cate lilac or rosy-pink ; foliage a beautiful dark greeu.
GENISTA CANARIENSIS, Fountain of Gold
The drooping branches are covered with delicate sage-green (foliage, and every twig tipped with a long raceme of exquisite pea-shaped blossoms of a pure canary color, al- most hiding the foliage, and suggesting the name
“Fountain of Gold.” Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
UMBRELLA PLANT
(Cyperus Alternifolius)
An ornamental grass, throwing up stems about two feet high, surmounted at the top with a whorl of leaves, diverging horizontally, giving it a very curious appearance. Splendid for the center of vases or as a water plant. Price, 10 cents each, three for 25 cents; larger size, 20 cents each, three for 50 cents.
solanum jasminoides
GRANDIFLORA
A beautiful plant of climbing habit, attaining a height of three to five feet, but can be grown in bush form.
Its flowers are star-shaped and borne in clusters, large, pure white, with a violet tinge on back of petals ard on the buds. In pots It is a continuous bloomer both summer and winter. Price, 8 cents each.
VINCA MAJOR VARIEGATA
A beautiful variegated trailing plant, admirably adapted for hanging baskets and vases. The leaves are of a glossv green, broadly margined a creamy- white ;
flowers blue. Price, 10 cents each, three for 25 cents; Umbrella Plant,
large plants, with vines two or three feet, 25 cents each.
Giant Flowering
HIBISCUS
10 cents each; two=year=old, 25 cents, except where noted.
Hibiscus Peachblow.
Large flowering tropical plants with very glossy foliage. The plants under the hottest sun produce enormous flowers in great numbers and make noble specimens. They can be grown in tubs and kept for years. The blossoms average five or six inches in diameter and are gor- geously colored.
PEACHBLOW — The finest novelty offered in recent years. The flowers are double, and from four to five inches in diameter. Color a clear, rich pink, with a small deep crim- son center : an entirely new and most beau- tiful shade. Price, *15 cents each; large two- year-old plants, 30 cents each.
AU RANT I AC A — L arge, double, orange-colored flowers ; early and profuse bloomers.
GRANDIFLORA — Rich scarlet-crimson flowers.
MINIATUS SEMI-PLENA— Large, semi-double, brilliant and attractive : bright vermilion-scar- let; ought to be in every garden.
DOUBLE HIBISCUS ZEBRI NUS— Petals scar- let, edged and striped with creamy-yellow and white. A unique variety.
RUBRA — Double variety, with large red flowers.
GEN. DE COURTIGIS -Large-sized flower; single, light scarlet ; very showy.
CARMINATUS PERFECTUS— Full, round flow- er of a perfect shape, and of a rich, soft car- mine-rose, with a deep crimson eye.
InHPY On Pa8e 64 will be found an alphabetically arranged table of contents. This will greatly assist you in finding any particular plant 1 licit; X that you may wish.
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bver=KIooming Paris Daisies or Marguerites
Price, 10 cents each ; any three for 25 cents, except where noted.
MADAME GAILBERT — For decorations of all kinds. Blooms constantly and will produce ten blooms to the older variety’s one. Nothing is so airy and graceful as these blos- soms of large white petals, showing a yellow disk.
ETOILE D’OR— Similar to the above, but a rich golden color. These two varieties go handsomely together.
AGATHEA CELESTIS (Blue Daisy) — Delicate light blue, with yellow disk. Flowers daisy shaped. Blooms in great profusion during winter and spring.
QUEEN ALEXANDRA — A wonderful improvement on the type; a fine large flower, double Anemone center of short, white, overlapping petals, inclosed by long Tay petals
New Marguerite Daisy
MRS. SANDERS — The flowers are large, pure white, as shown in illustration, occasionally throwing up single flowers, which really add to the beauty of the plant. Price 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
Cyclamen or Persian Violet
Price, 15 cents each ; three for 40 cents.
No more ornamental plant for greenhouse or parlor culture than Cyclamen. It grows readily, blooms freely, and remains a long time in flower. Put in pots. The whole secret of growing Cyclamens to perfection is light, air and low temperature.
CYCLAMEN GIGANTEUM ALBUM— Pure white.
CYCLAMEN GIGANTEUM ROSEUM SUPERBUM — -Pink, with dark eves CYCLAMEN GIGANTEUM EMPEROR WILLIAM— Deep red.
CYCLAMEN SUPERBUM— Brilliant rose, deep pink.
New Marguerite Daisy, Mrs. Sanders.
The Baby Primrose (Primula Forbesii)
Wonderfully free-blooming plant, to flower as soon as borne. Flowers of a deli- cate rosy-lilac, with eye of pale gold; produced in great abundance. Price, 10 cents each; three tor 25 cents.
Chinese Primroses
Red, White, Blue and Pink for Winter Flowering.
Large-flowered and beautifully fringed. Few plants give better satisfaction than our Primroses, especially for winter blooming, for which they are particularly adapted. They delight in a rich, light sandy soil and should be grown in a cool temperature to obtain the best results. We will send three distinct varieties of Chinese Prim roses in above colors for 25 cents. Price, per single plant, 10 cents.
Alternanthera
Beautiful dwarf plants of compact habit, growing about six inches high, and ad- mirably adapted for edgings, beds or ribbon lines. Always attractive and highly ornamental.
AUREA NANA — Bright golden-yellow. Price, 6 cents each; 60 cents per dozen.
PARYCHOIDES MAJOR — When at its best the color of this variety is a clear car- mine, the strong foliage making a dense but soft cushion. Price, 8 cents each : four for 25 cents.
Cuphea Platycentra (Cigar Plant)
Grows twelve inches in height. The tube of the flower is scarlet, with the end partly white and crimson. These plants thrive beautifully in hanging baskets, vases, etc. They are also valuable as pot plants in the window. Price, 8 cents each : two for 15 cents.
Cyclamen Superbum.
Ageratums
Price, 10 cents each ; any three for 25 cents. LITTLE BLUE STAR — Five inches high, bears clusters of small blue flowers.
PRINCESS PAULINE — Both colors, blue and white, are combined in the same flower ; the body of the flower being white.
STELLA GURNEY — Dwarf and compact growth; fine for bedding or basket and vase ; color deep, even blue. MONT BLANC — Large flowered white. Strong, compact grower.
German or Parlor Ivy
A strong growing climber suitable for large baskets or vases, well adapted for covering trellis work quickly or trailing in the parlor. Leaves glossy green and flow- ers yellow in clusters. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Ageratum Little Blue Star.
Camellia Japonica
This beautiful flower can be grown with success in the North as well as the South, and every flower fan- cier should have one. Their dark, shiny leaves con- trast beautifully with the waxy-like blooms which come in white, blush-pink, red and variegated shades. They are quite hardy in the southern states, and require no protection and very little care. Price, purchaser's se- lection of colors, $1.00; three for $2.75 (by express only, at purchaser’s expense). Not to be included in Clubbing Rates.
N. B. — Our Camellias are imported from Holland and while we exercise great care in sending them true to name, they sometimes become mixed through no fault of ours, and sometimes they will vary a light shade as to color. Consequently under these circumstances we can- not replace them on this account.
Tradescantia, or Wandering Jew
Beautiful trailing plants with thick, waxy lance- shaped foliage ; useful in baskets and porch boxes. BICOLOR — Dark green with two stripes of frosted silver. Price, 6 cents each; three for 15 cents.
Tradescantia Multicolor, or Wandering Jew
Most useful of all decorative plants. The one now offered is much more beautifully variegated. Price, 6 cents each; three for 15 cents.
Tradescantia Multicolor.
Royal Purple
(Strobilanthes Dyerianus) — It surpasses the finest Coleus in exquisite coloring of the leaves, besides which, the long racemes of lovely violet blossoms with which the plant is covered in midwinter, greatly enhance its value and beauty. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Saxifraga Sarmentosa
(Or Beefsteak Plant) — Of low habit. Leaves nearly round, and striped freely with silvery bands. Blooms white, and borne in spikes. Adapted for hanging baskets and vases. 10 cents; three for 25 cents.
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Ever=Blooming Primula Obconica
A lovely perpetual-blooming Primrose and admirably adapted to growing in a cool climate. The flowers are profusely borne in loose trusses, of a delicate rosy-lilac shading to white.
OBCONICA GRAND I FLORA — Flowers pure white.
OBCONICA CARMINEA — Color deep cerise-pink.
OBCONICA ROSEA — Pleasing shade of light pink.
Price, nice plants of any variety, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents; $1.25 iper dozen, postpaid. Large plants, any variety, 25 cents each; any two for 40 cents; $2.00 per dozen.
Holt’s Mammoth Sage
Perfectly hardy and increase with age. The leaf is borne well above ground, is of unusual substance, strong in flavor and of excellent quality.
Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents; large field-grown plants, 25 cents.
Russelia Multiflora
The flower panicles are extremely long and are covered with tassels of flowers one over the other. Color a grand coral-red. Always in bloom. No better plant is grown for baskets, vases and window boxes. Price, 10 cents each.
PASSIFLORA
Beautiful
JASMINES
Fragrant
■GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY — Easily grown, even the small plants bearing a profusion of double, creamy-white flow- ers having a delicious perfume. It is by far the most delicious in bloom and fra- grance of all Jasmines. Will thrive out of doors and bloom through the season. A magnificent plant, and one of the most valuable and popular of pot plants. It can be stored in a dry cellar in winter.
It will please you. Try it. Price, fine plants, 25 cents each ; large plants, 35 cents each.
CAPE JASMINE OR GARDENIA FLORIDA
— A pot shrub, producing an abundance of large, double white, wax-like blossoms of great beauty and renowned fragrance.
Price, 25 cents each.
GRANDIFLORUM — Evergreen foliage, ar- ranged on long, graceful branches, which are inclined to vine. It blooms in the fall and winter, bearing, in the greatest profusion, small, pure white flowers of a spicy fragrance. Nice plants, 10 cents each; large plants, 25 cents each. GRACILLIMUM — beautiful pure white flowers, borne in clusters ; delightfully fragrant. In bloom from October to February. Nice plants, 10 cents each; large plants, 25 cents each.
MAID OF ORLEANS — A very attractive new sort, with good sized double flowers, blooming profusely all summer ; shining, pale green foliage. Price, nice large plants, 10 cents each; larger plants, 25 cents each.
REVOLUTUM — A strong, climbing plant With glossy leaves and single, deep yellow, fragrant blossoms; easily grown. Almost hardy in this latitude. Price, 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen ; large plants, 25 cents each. RHYNCOSPERMUM JASMINOIDES, AFRICAN JASMINE — Glossy, evergreen foliage, produc- ing masses of pure white Jasmine-like flowers of delightful fragrance. Of climbing habit. Price, 15 cents each; large size, 35 cents each.
White Moonflower Grandiflora
Rapid summer climber, blooming the first sea- son. The flowers are immense, pure white, sweet-scented, five inches in diameter, borne very profusely, and as they open at night are very striking. It is a splendid plant for verandas. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Ipomea Maxima
(The Wonderful New Giant Moonflower)
A decided imrpovement over the old standard variety Ipomea Grandiflora. The flowers are more than twice the size of the old variety, oftentimes measuring from six to seven and one- half inches across and are produced in such wonderful profusion that they completely cover the vine with a veil of glistening white. Its growth is very rapid, when planted in a good, rich light soil ; there is no equal to it for porch and lattice shading. Large growing plants, 10 cents each ; three for 25 cents.
Blue Moonflower, Ipomea Learii
A handsome, quick-growing climber. It often flowers in bunches of a half dozen. The flow- ers are about four inches across, of a rich violet-blue, with five purple rays. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Primula Obconica Rosea.
(Passion Flower)
PASSIFLORA PFORDTI — Large flowers borne profusely even on very young plants, a rich shade of blue suffused with rose. 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
HARDY PASSION FLOWER, CONSTANCE ELLIOTT — Flowers very large and pure ivory-white. Excellent for cemetery purposes. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Three Splendid
OLEANDERS
YELLOW, WHITE and PINK
Nothing nicer for porch or lawn decora- tion. Give good, rich soil and plenty of moisture during growing season. May be wintered over in any cellar where it does not freeze.
MADONNA GRANDIFLORA — Large-flow- ered double white. 10 cents each; two- year-old from four-inch pots, 25 cents. ROSE QUEEN — Flowers double and rose colored. 10 cents each; two-year-old from four-inch pots, 25 cents.
YELLOW OLEANDER — Light, yellow-col- ored blossoms. 1 0 cents each.
Magnolia Grandiflora
“Where the Sweet Magnolias Bloom”
Leaves very large, very much like those of the Rubber Tree. Flowers six to eight inches across, creamy-white, waxy and powerfully fragrant. Not considered hardy north of Washington. But as It begins blooming when quite small, it can be treated as a tub plant and wintered in the cellar. 40 cents each; larger size plants, 60 cents each, by express, purchaser’s expense.
Olea Fragrans
(Sweet Olive)
Shrub, succeeding admirably as a house plant, producing small, white flowers, which are of the most exquisite fragrance, continuing to bloom almost the entire winter. 40 cents each.
Ipomea Grandiflora.
Madeira Vine
Baby Primrose. (See page 32.)
A rapid-growing vine, covering a large space in a short time. Fleshy, heart-shaped leaves of a light green and numerous racemes of feathery flowers of delicious fragrance. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Ruellia Makoyana
Indoor plant for culture in pots, vases and baskets ; of bushy, spreading habit and finely marked leaves. Price, 10 cents; three for 25 cents.
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Plant a Few of These Gorgeous Lilies. They are Surpassingly Beautiful Hemerocallis
(Lemon Lily.) — The clear, yellow Lily-like flowers are borne on long, stiff stalks, making them superior flowers for large vases or for pulpit bouquets. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Lilium Auratum
Perfume is exquisite, light yet penetrating, magnificent by. daylight, hut by moonlight a well-grown plant, carrying five or more blooms. 25 cents each; three for 60 cents.
Lilium Candidum
(The Madonna or Annunciation Lily.) This Lily is the emblem of pur- ity. The deep lemon anthers contrast beautifully with the wax-like petals. The fragrance is delicious and never oppressive. It is one of the best Lilies to grow in the house or outside. Perfectly hardy. 20 cents each ; three for 50 cents.
CALADIUM ESCULENTUM
(“Elephant’s Ear.”) — Very effective, and suitable for either a single plant on the lawn, masses in beds or margins of water; its very distinct leaves often attain a length of three feet by twenty inches wide, and have a rich, tropical effect. Price, for nice bulbs of Caladiums, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents; $1.00 per dozen. Large bulbs, 25 cents each; $2.50 per doz.
Caladium Esculentum.
AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA
(Belladonna Lily.) — Silvery-white, turning to soft rose as the flower ages. Extra large bulbs, to bloom at once, 35 and 50 cents.
AMARYLLIS FORMOSISSIMA
Darkest scarlet, very rich and pure, and produced freely. 15 cents
each ; two for 25 cents.
AMARYLLIS JOHNSON11
Flower during the winter and spring months. Keep dry during summer, and start them into growth in the fall by watering. The flowers are pro- duced four to ten on long stalks, two feet high, and resemble a Lily in shape. Color is bright red. Strong bulbs, to bloom at once, 35 cents each: two for 60 cents.
AMARYLLIS TREATII
(The Beautiful Fairy Lily.) — Stems about a foot high, flowery very large, pure white, scented. Perfectly hardy south of Baltimore ; can be left in open ground over winter. In Northern States bulbs should be lifted in October and stored in a cellar over, winter, like Gladioli, or can be planted in pots. 5 cents each ; six for 25 cents.
AQAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS
(Blue Lily of the Nile.)
UMBELLATUS — A splendid plant, bearing clusters of bright blue flowers
on long flower stalks and lasting a long time in bloom. Price, 20c each. UMBELLATUS ALBUS — A beautiful white-flowering variety of the
above Price, 20 cents each.
GLOXINIA
The coloring is exquisite ; the ground color of many is pure white, with throats of blue, scarlet, rose, crimson or velvety-purple': or the tubes are bright color with white throat. The bulbs should be started in a warm place and kept growing in a partially shaded place, protected from hard rains. They will bloom until late in summer, when they should be dried off, letting the leaves die, and can be kept over winter in the cellar free from frosts. Dry bulbs. 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
HYACINTHUS CANDICANS
An excellent bulbous plant for summer and autumn flowers. Its white, pendent, bell-shaped flowers are produced on flower stalks three to four feet high, each stalk having from twenty to thirty flowers. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Lilium Longiflorum
Pure white Lily, very fragrant. Large flowering bulbs, 20 cents each; three for 50 cents.
Lilium Speciosum Monstrosum Album
A variety of the above, with broad, flat stems and immense heads of flowers. Pure wdiite and very fragrant; petals gracefully recurved; a Very fine sort. 30 cents each ; two for 50 cents.
Lilium Rubrum
White ground, with bands and spots of rose or crimson on each petal. One of the best Lilies; flowers are very large. 25 cents each; three for 60 cents.
Double Tiger Lily
(Tigrinum FI. PI.) — This magnificent Lily is borne in immense clusters on tall stems; the flowers are very large, frequently six inches across and very double ; color deep fiery-red, spotted with black. 1 5 cents each ; three for 35 cents.
The New Hardy White Spider Lily
The flowers are borne in large clusters, 'are of waxy whiteness and un- surpassed fragrance. More beautiful than most of the high-priced Lilies. An extra choice garden flower which we cannot too strongly recommend. Also a fine pot plant. Fine flowering bulbs, 20c each; three for 50c.
CALLA LILIES
WHITE, BLACK, YELLOW AND SPOTTED Callas delight in a light, rich soil, and require plenty of water after growth has commenced. Give them plenty of light and air.
THE GREAT DRAGON ARUM
(Black Calla.) — Flower of gigantic size and curious color. On the out- side it is a light green color, while the inside is of a deep red-purple, glis- tening beautifully in the sun with a satin sheen. The spadix in the cen- ter of the flower is a glossy, purple-black color. Good bulbs, 25c each.
CALLA HASTATA
Yellow Calla. It is just like the others only the flower is a lemon-yel- low. It is very distinct. 25 cents each.
THE GODFREY EVER=BLOOMING CALLA
This new hybrid is a true ever-blooming variety. Compared with the ordinary White Calla, it gives three flowers to one, the flower being equally large, of perfect form and very much whiter. The plant is of dwarf, com- pact, strong growth, about eighteen inches high. 15c each; four for 50c Larger size, 25 cents. Extra large, 50 cents.
DWARF CALLA “GEM”
The "Gem” is of strong and dwarf habit. The foliage is of a lustrous dark green, is produced in great- abundance. Its flowers' are pro- duced in the greatest profusion, be- ing literally an ever-bloomer. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
CALLA RICHARDIA'
(Spotted Calla.) — Leaves are of the richest- green, spotted with pure white. The flowers are white, with a rich chocolate throat. It can : either be grown in a pot, planted in a border, or in a va'se or rustic stand, the latter being a very ef- fective way of showing its beauty. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents. Very large bulbs,
25 cents each.
CALLA ETHIOPICA
(Egyptian Lily.) — Large white flowers, broad foliage, and it will prosper under very adverse circumstances. We have three sizes:
Small plants, to bloom next winter, 10 cents each; strong, blooming bulbs, 25 cents; extra strong bulbs that will produce a half dozen blooms, 35 cents each.
Calla Lily.
MILK AND WINE LILY
(Or Crinum Fimbriatum.) — Its bulbs growe large, and its strong-growing foliage is erect and sword-shaped. Flowers in umbels very large and showy, three to four inches in diameter, striped with white carmine and very fragrant. Hardy in the South. Extra fine blooming bulbs, 35c each.
TWO NEW CRINUMS
WHITE AND PINK
Capensis Longifolia (Alba.) Capensis Longifolia (Rosea.)
Produce immense long spikes of white and pink blooms. First time ever offered. Large bulbs, 25 cents each; two for 40 cents.
LILY OF THE VALLEY
We offer strong, imported pips that have been grown especially for win- ter blooming. If you wish them for Easter, start them in February. We can supply the bulbs all winter. 5 cents each1; 35 cents per dozen.
SUMMER BLOOMING OXALIS
The bulbs, which are the size of peas, or larger, planted the first of May, or earlier, will flower by the first of June, and will furnish a neat and attractive border the whole season. They are also very beautiful grown in hanging baskets.
DIEPPIE — Pure white. | ROSEA — Old rose or salmon.
PURPUREA — Fine purple. i LASANDRIA — Rosy-pink.
Two cents each or 15 cents per dozen.
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OUR CHOICE COLLECTION OF DAHLIAS
Price, 15 cents each; any four for 50 cents (Except where noted)
EXCEPTING where noted, we supply all Dahlias in dormant roots, but as the season advances and our supply of certain varieties becomes exhausted in this shape, green, growing plants are supplied instead. These will give equally as good results as dormant roots (many experienced planters will only plant green plants), and by the time they are cut by frost will have produced strong roots, which can be carried over winter in the usual way.
One of the most important points in the cultivation of the Dahlia is to select a well drained position where they will receive the full benefit of the sun during the greater part of the day. As to soil, they are not at all particular, excepting that in the case of a stiff clay some loose material should be added, such as coarse sand, or anything which will make the soil loose and friable. Soil must be deeply dug. Nothing is more satisfactory than well -decayed stable manure; but where this cannot be convenient pro- cured pure bone meal, sheep manure, or any chemical fertilizer rich in ammonia and phosphoric acid will answer as a substitute.
The planting of dormant roots in the latitude of Springfield may be done at any time between April 25th and June 15th, the earlier planting being preferable. Green or growing plants must not be set out until all danger of frost is over, say May 10th or 15th. Do not crowd your plants, but plant at a distance of not less than two and one-half or three feet, and, as soon as the shoots appear, remove all but two or three of the strongest, and these, when about a foot high, should be secured to stout stakes.
CACTUS DAHLIAS OF SPECIAL MERIT
A selection of fourteen varieties made with a view of supplying the amateur with an assortment of Cactus sorts, which in our own experience we have found to be the freest-flowering under the most varied conditions of soil and climate, and which can be depended upon to make an early and continuous display in the garden, and at the same time furnish an abundance of choice flowers for cutting.
COUNTESS OF LONSDALE — Longest season and freest bloom of any Cactus type ; flowers very large, complete and perfect. Color, an exquisite warm blending of amber and salmon-pink.
EARL OF PEMBROKE — Long, broad petals of ruddy plum.
FLAMINGO — Long, sharp pointed quills; orange- red with slight bluish tinge at tips.
GEN. BULLER Deep velvety. Crimson shading to white tips.
PORCUPINE — Very fine scarlet-maroon.
FLORADORA— A remarkably free-flowering, bright blood-red.
GENISTA — Amber, shaded to golden-yellow.
KRIEMHILDE — A magnificent new variety, bear- ing perfect flowers of fresh delicate pink, shad- ing to deep rose-pink. The center petals, ul- timately changing to creamy-white, give the mature flowers a captivating pink and white effect,
MARY SERVICE — Pinkish-apricot.
STANDARD BEARER — Bright, pure scarlet.
Flowers large, thick and full to center, of symmetrical and perfectly round form, petals semi-quilled.
STRATHLEIN KRONE — Rich, dazzling cardinal. A very showy Dahlia.
WINSOME — Blooms early and late, with abun- dant masses of large creamy-white flowers.
WHITE DOVE — Good sized, round and compact flowers of glistening white ; each petal fringed deeply.
PRINCE OF YELLOWS— Rich canary-yellow with broad fringed petals. Blooms rather late, but is a splendid yellow in a long season.
Floradora.
Princess Juliana.
A Very Select List of Recent Novelties
All Being Awarded Certificate of Merit.
AVALANCHE — (Peony flowered.) A splendid pure white, large, but of graceful form, prob- ably the best white of this type yet introduced.
60 cents each.
CANARY BIRD — (Peony flowered.) A fascinating sulphur-yellow. Flowers well placed and of great substance. Plants ready April 15th. 50
cents each.
GEISHA -(Peony flowered.) A rich, gorgeous commingling of scarlet and gold ; the flowers loosely arranged with wide, curled and twisted petals. 30 cents each.
MADAME A. LUMIERE — (Decorative.) Ground color white suffused towards the ends of the petals with red. the tips pointed with bright violet-red. 20 cents.
MONT. BLANC— (Decorative .) Very large creamy- white, with unusually broad, flat petals. The finest white cut flower sort we have. 30 cents
each.
PRINCESS JULIANA— (Peony flowered.) The queen of the Dahlias. Pure white well formed flowers; long stems; the best for decorative work. Award of Merit 1910, R. H. S. 30 cents
each.
GLORY OF BAARN — Soft pink, very large flower sometimes 7 inches across. Flowers on long stems arising free from the foliage. 30 cents each.
SNEEUWWITJE (Snow Queen) — (Peony flowered.) Extra large flower, pure white, strong plant. 30 cents each.
VICTOR VON SCHEFFEL— (Peony flowered) Delicate pink shading to deep rose-pink. 30 cents each.
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SELECT STANDARD DECORATIVE and SHOW DAHLIAS
Price, 15 cents each; any four for 50 cents.
A. D. LIVONI — Perfect pink with quilled petals.
ARABELLA — Primrose, tipped and shaded old-rose and lavender.
BLACK BEAUTY — A beautiful dark, vel- vety-maroon.
CATHERINE DUER — Iridescent Geranium- red.
CLIFFORD V/. BRUTON— Largest; canary- yellow.
CUBAN GIANT — New decorative. An im- mense ball of bright maroon, free and lovely.
ECLIPSE — Very fine bright scarlet.
ELDORADO — Ball-shaped; copper color; very fancy.
EMILY — Rosy-lavender, changing to white.
FASCINATION — R o s e-p ink; sometimes striped white ; very good.
GRAND DUKE ALEXIS— Giant white lav- ender tinged, quilled petals.
HENRY PATRICK — Large pure white.
JACK ROSE — (New.) A magnificent flow- er with perfect form. Color rich crim- son-red with maroon shadings. Named for its counterpart among Roses, the famous “General Jack."
JEANNE CHARM ET — Pink-lilac edge. White center, yellow margin ; long stems.
LUCY FAWCETT — Sulphur- yellow, striped and spotted carmine-rose.
MRS. HARTONG — Deep orange tipped pink.
NYMPHAE — Shrimp-pink with white cen- ter; most beautiful of all.
ORANGE KING — Very rich glowing orange-scarlet.
QUEEN VICTORIA— A very fine pure golden-yellow.
QUEEN OF YELLOWS— Perfect form, solid yellow.
RED HUSSAR — Tall, bushy, upright with wrinkled highly ornamental foliage. Flowers full, recurved to ball shape — fiery-cardinal with bronze edge at bot- tom.
ROBT. BROOMFIELD — Very good white.
SCARLET “CENTURY”— The brightest dazzling scarlet, without shade or blemish. The flowers are of fine, round form and finish. A profuse bloomer.
SOUVENIR DE GUSTAVE DOAZON — A
most sensational Dahlia ; a decorative variety of mammoth proportions, which under ordinary cultivation will produce flowers six inches across, and can be grown to measure nine inches. Center rounded up and darker than balance. Brilliant orange-red; a free bloomer and very showy.
STORM KING — Pure white, extra fine.
STRADELLA — The color is deep purple- crimson, with deep cup-shaped petals that are loosely arranged. The flowers are perfectly round when in full bloom, borne on long graceful stems well above the foliage.
SYLVIA — Superb Decorative Dahlia. A very valuable decorative Dahlia. Flow- ers from four to six inches in diameter, of fine form, white shading to soft pink on the outer petals. Splendid sub- stance, giving it an unsurpassed keeping quality. An early and profuse bloomer.
WILLIAM AGNEW — Large ball-shaped; brilliant crimson-scarlet.
WHITE QUEEN— Pure white.
YELLOW LE COLOSSE— A grand “Deco- rative Dahlia, splendid for exhibition. Color a very bright yellow, flowers ex- ceptionally large, perfect form, with full, high center.
Sylvia.
OUR SIX BEST SINGLE FLOWERING DAHLIAS
Price, 15 cents each; any four for 50 cents.
A very profitable class ; always a mass of bloom early and late. Stem invariably long.
ADMIRAL DEWEY — Brilliant imperial- purple.
JOHN COWAN— 'I rery fine rich scarlet- maroon.
MARS — Bright scarlet.
TWENTIETH CENTURY— Early in the season an intense rosy-crimson, shading gradually to almost white on the edges and a light halo around the disc. As the season advances the flowers become lighter, changing to almost pure white, suffused with soft pink.
VIVID — Bright scarlet, extra fine and free.
YELLOW WILDFIRE— Flaming scarlet, with yellow center.
Three of
POMPONS
Twentieth Century
Our Choice
Price, 15 cents each; any four for 50 cents.
CATHERINE — Purest yellow, large for its class.
SUNSHINE — Brilliant scarlet; fine form, full flower. Makes a gorgeous show when planted in masses.
PRINCE CHARMING— Cream, tipped purple.
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SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS
GLADIOLUS The most attractive of all summer-flowering bulbs. Wonderful improvements are being made each year in the size, color and beauty of these flowers, and our list comprises only the best both in mixtures and in named sorts. For best results they should have a sunny position. A good sandy loam suits them best, but they do equally as well in heavy soil provided there is perfect drainage. Well-rotted stable manure is the very best fertilizer, and where convenient it should be spread over the land in the fall, and dug in the following spring. Sheep manure is an excel- lent substitute, and can be applied in the spring. The best time to plant is about the first of May, putting in the smallest bulbs first, and reserving the larger bulbs for later planting. A succession of bloom may be had from July to October by making plantings two weeks apart up to the end of June. To make a good show they should be planted from three to four inches apart each way. The depth to plant is regulated by the size o" the bulb, large bulbs being covered about six inches deep, smaller ones from three to four inches. After they have flowered and the foliage begins to turn yellow, which is usually along about the beginning of October, lift the bulbs, cutting off the stems, placing them in trays or shelves in an airy cellar or some such place, where the temperature will not fall below 45 degrees or over 60 degrees. In such a position they will keep perfectly until time for resetting the following season. They are very effective in lines or beds or when planted among Roses, Peonies, shrubbery, etc. In cuttig Gladioli for the house, it is best to cut the spikes as soon as the first one or two lower flowers are open. The remainder will open in the house. Remove the faded flowers, cut a little off the stem, and change the water every day; treated in this way, a spike will last a week or ten days. If Gladioli are wanted by mail, add 5 cents per dozen for postage. Single bulbs mailed without additional charge.
A picture of our Gladiolus.
AM E R I C A — Beautiful variety with its soft laven- der-pink stalks two to three feet long. 6 cents each; 60 cents per dozen.
AUGUSTA — Pure white with blue anthers. 6 cents each; 60 cents per dozen.
ATTRACTION — Rich deep crimson, with large white throat. 7 cents each ; 70 cents per dozen.
BARON J. HULOT — Dark velvety purple. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen.
BRENCH LEYENSIS — Vermilion-scarlet. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen.
DR. SELLEW — Rich rosy-crimson, penciled dark- er, throat rayed white. 6 cents each ; 60 cents per dozen.
EUGENE SCRIBE— Tender rose, blazed carmine- red. 7 cents each ; 75 cents per dozen.
EUROPE — Best pure white yet introduced. 12 cents each; $1.25 per dozen.
GLORY — "The Ruffled Gladiolus.” Large round flowers of cream-white with a crimson stripe centering each petal ; edges of the flower waved and ruffled. 8 cents each; 80 cents per dozen.
HALLEY — A large, elegant flower of salmon-pink ^tinged rose ; the lower petals have a cream blotch with a stripe of bright red through the center. 8 cents each; 80 cents per dozen.
ISAAC BUCHANAN — Pine, popular yellow. , 6
cents each; 60 cents per dozen.
JESSIE — Rich velvety-red, early bloomer. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen.
MARIE LEMOINE — Cream-yellow flushed salmon and lilac, lower petals spotted purplish-red and yellow. 12 cents each; $1.25 per dozen.
MRS. FRANCIS KING — The leading decorative Gladiolus. Good anywhere. Strong flower stalks of brilliant vermilion-scarlet. 7 cents each ; 80 cents per dozen.
MRS. FRANK PENDLETON— Immense sized flow- er, delicate salmon-pink with blood-red blotch in throat. 12 cents each; $1.25 per dozen.
MRS. BEECHER — Deep rosy-crimson, with pure white throat freely marked and spotted. 7 each: 80 cents per dozen.
NEZINSCOTT — Bright scarlet with crimson-black. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen.
NIAGARA — Best yellow. 8c each; 85c per dozen.
PANAMA — A new seedling of America which re- sembles the parent variety in every way except that it is a much deeper pink. A grand va- riety which evokes words of praise wherever ex- hibited. Spike very long with flowers large and well arranged. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen.
PEACE — A grand white with pale lilac feather- ings on interior petals; large flowers correctly placed on a heavy straight spike. 12 cents each; $1.25 per dozen.
PRIMULINUS — A rare species from South Africa. The flowers are small, of a primrose yellow color, and borne on tall, slender stems. Blooms the whole season. 12c each; $1.25 per dozen.
SUPERB — Pink flaked and striped. 12 cents each ; $1.25 per dozen.
SCARSDALE — Large flowers of lovely pinkish lav- ender shading rich deep rose color; spike straight and tall. 12 cents each; $1.25 per doz.
SCRIBE— B eautiful rose, tinted white, striped car- mine. ;T0 cents each; $1.00 per dozen.
SHAKESPEARE — White, tinged rose. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen.
TACONIE — Shades of pink with blush throat and lemon and. crimson markings on lower petals.
5 cents each ; 50 cents per dozen.
VICTORY— Medium sized flowers in full spikes; delicate sulphur-yellow, shaded deeper in lower petals. 5 cents each ; 50 cents per dozen.
VELVET KING — Dark scarlet. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen.
WILLY WIGMAN — A grand cream-white flower; the lower petal marked dark red on a yellow blotch ; early. 7 cents each ; 75 cents per dozen.
THREE NEW FORCING GLADIOLUS
4 cents each; 35 cents per dozen.
BLUSHING BRIDE — Pure white, with carmine- red spots ; large flower.
THE BRIDE — White, extra fine for market forcing.
PEACH BLOSSOM — Rose, extra fine for forcing.
TUBEROSES
Noted for their delicate beauty and fragrance, rivaling orange blossoms in sweetness. The flowers are pure white, very wax-like and dou- ble, and are borne on stems two to three feet high. W’ill not bear much cold. Do not plant in the spring till the ground is warm. They may be started in the house in a warm place, but care should be taken that they get no check in setting out. Plant three or four inches deep in rich ground.
DWARF EXCELSIOR PEARL— Grows about eighteen inches high, blooms very early, ma- tures perfectly; flowers pure white, large size, very double and intensely sweet. Fine extra large, well-ripened bulbs, all sure to bloom, 5 cents each; six for 25 cents; fourteen for 40 cents; thirty for $1.00.
GLADIOLUS PRIMULINUS HYBRIDS
We describe the hybrids as follows : Of medium size, borne profusely ;
colors, bright and varied with an undertone of yellow — as pure yellow, chamois, orange, buff, copper, yellow shot with orange-red, buff with orange-rose, orange-red, some with soft orange or golden throats, etc. ; growth vigorous, from 3 to 5 feet high; spikes long, graceful and well furnished. All of which we offer in mixture. 6 cents each ; 60 cents per dozen.
GLADIOLUS MIXTURES— All First Size Bulbs
SPECIAL FINEST MIXED HYBRIDS— A grand mixture of choice, showy, large-flowering Gladiolus, including new unnamed hybrid seedlings.
PRICE, 40 CENTS PER DOZEN; $2.50 PER HUNDRED
1 Per doz. Per 100.
Schmidt & Botley’s Extra Choice White and Light Va- rieties Mixed $0.40 $2.75
Schmidt &. Botley’s Extra Choice Striped and Variegated
Varieties Mixed 50 3.50
Schmidt & Botley’s Extra Choice Pink and Rose Colored
Varieties Mixed 40 2.25
Schmidt & Botley’s Extra Choice Red and Scarlet Varie- ties Mixed 40 2.25
Schmidt &. Botley’s Extra Choice Yellow, Salmon and
Orange Colored Mixed 50 3.50
Schmidt & Botley’s Extra Choice White-throated Red and
Pink Varieties Mixed 40 2.75
Schmidt & Botley’s Extra Choice Blue Hybrid Mixed 60 4.00
Schmidt &. Botley’s Extra Choice "Childsii" Named and
Hybrids Mixed 40 2.50
Schmidt & Botley’s Extra Choice "Groff Type” Named
and Hybrids Mixed 40 3.00
Schmidt & Botley’s Extra Choice Lemoine’s Hybrids
Mixed (Weight 6 lbs, per 100) 30 1.50
Tuberose.
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OUR SPECIAL SELECTION OF PEONIES
WE REALIZE there are many who have not the time or inclination, or who will not feel competent to make a selection from the long list of Peonies, and for the assistance of of such we offer the following collection. These have been selected with great care, covering as wide range of color as possible, and with the idea of giving the greatest possible value for the amount invested.
The Plants We Offer are Field Grown Divisions with Two to Five Eyes, Com= monly Known as One=Year Plants. We Can Supply Two=Year=01d Roots at Double the Price Quoted.
ALBERT CROUSSE — Immense, very full, convex bloom, as perfect in out- line and contour as a Show or Fancy Dahlia flower. The petals are im- bricated like a Carnation and overlap each other. The color is best de- scribed as an even, delicate sea-shell pink, an unusual shade for a Peony, and is unapproached in this regard by any other variety. This grand Peony has all the points of excellence. A most striking flower. 75 cents each.
ANEMONEFLORA RUBRA — A rich crimson with narrow petals. Very distinct. 25 cents each.
ACHILLE — Opens light flesh-colored pink, finishing blush-white with an occasional creamy spot. 25 cents each.
ANOREA LAURIES — Rosy-red; very free, late bloomer. 25 cents each.
BERLOIZ — Bright currant-red: center tinted rose and shaded with ama- ranth ; very late. 35 cents each.
L’INDISPENSABLE (Guerin) — Creamy, center pale pink. 40 cents each.
L’ECLITANTE — Flowers large and full, deep carmine, tinged with velvety- crimson ; very beautiful. 25 cents each.
LOUIS VAN HOUTTE (Calot, 1867.) — Very fine, shapely bloom; medium to large flower ; color bright violaceous-red of dazzling effect. 25 cents each.
MADAME BARILLET DESCHAMPS — Fine rose, free bloomer. 30 cents each.
MADAME BREON — Rose with whitish yellow. 30 cents each.
MADAME BOLLET — Large, very double flowers; clear rose with white re- flex, lingulated with carmine ; late bloomer. 25 cents each.
MADAME CROUSSE (Calot, 1866!) — Free bloomer in clusters; large flowers of pure white with crimson flecks on crown ; thought by many to be the best all around white. 35 cents each.
DUCHESS DE N EMOURS— Sulphur-
white flower with greenish reflex fading to pure white. 25 cents each.
DUKE OF WELLINGTON— One of
the largest of white Peonies. A grand cut-flower variety, having fine stems. Try it. 35 cents each.
EDULIS SUPERBA— This is the famous Decoration day Peony.
With us in Ohio it never fails to be in full flower on May 30th.
Color, a beautiful, bright, clear pink, with silvery reflex. To those who want flowers on Decoration day, buy Edulis Superba. 25 cents each.
EUGENIE VERDIER — Very large pup-shaped bloom, finishing with A high built center. Color delicate blush, almost white. 75 cents •each.
FESTIVA — This is known around Chicago as the drop white in al- lusion to its crimson spots. In every way as fine a flower as Fes- tiva Maxin(a. Dwarfer grower and blooms one week later. 35 cents each.
FESTIVA MAXIMA— The finest white in existence ; color snow-white, flecked with an occasional clear purple spot on edge of center petals. 35 cents each.
FELIX CROUSSE— A rich, even,
brilliant ruby-red. exceptionally fiery, bright and effective; very large, full, bell-shaped bloom. 50 cents each.
GENERAL MAC MAHON— Carmine-red. 40 cents each.
GRANDIFLORA ROSEA— Light rose color; guard petals very large; a
A picture of one of our Peony plantings.
MATHILDE DE ROSE NEEK—
Bright, clear, rose, late, long stemmed. 35 cents each. EISSONIER — Deep, dark, rich red. In the cut-flower market it is known as the American Beauty Peony ; extra fine. 50 cents each.
MADAME CROUSSE— Immense size ; of delicate pink, changing to pure white. 35 cents each.
MADAME DE VATRY (Guerin. 1863.) — Lilac-white guards and crown ; sulphur-white collar of wide petals; center splashed crim- son. 60 cents each!
MADAME EMILE GALLE— Large double cup-shaped imbricated flow- ers ; color delicate sea-shell pink with touches of heliotrope and lav- ender. This is probably the most ethereally beautiful of all Peonies ; :"expressibly grand. 60 cents each.
R JULES ELI E— Finest glossy flesh-pink, shading to deeper rose at the base. 60 cents each. MARIE LEMOINE — Sulphur-white, massive bloom, delicately shaded chamois, with narrow carmine edge. 40 cents each.
MARIE — White and little pink. 30 cents each.
QUEEN VICTORIA— O p e n s flesh- white, changing to pure white : center petals tipped with carmine spots. 25 cents each.
VICTOIRE TRICOLORE — Deep pink guards; center yellowish flesh-color tinted pink ; a glorious flower^ 25 cents each.
ROSE D’AMOUR — Beautiful bright rose. 30 cents each.
WALNERIANA — Beautiful flesh color, with bufflsh center. 35 cents each.
vigorous grower. The salmon shadings make this a very beautiful variety. 40 cents each.
GRANDIFLORA RUBRA— Blood-red, fine form, large flower ; late. 40c each.
HUMEI — Very large, compact and striking cherry-pink flower; among the very best ; highly cinnamon-scented ; graceful in habit and grown very largely for cut flowers and valuable for landscape work. 25 cents each.
N. B. — We have some fine named varieties of Peonies that have become mixed in handling which we offer at 20 cents each or three for 50
PAEONIA OFFICINALIS
This type is the old-fashioned “Paeony,” and comes into bloom from ten days to two weeks ahead of most other sorts. All are strong growers, with large, full, double, fragrant flowers.
LA TULIPE— Enormous, globular, fragrant flowers, delicate blush-white, shading to ivory-white, with red tulip markings on outside of guard petals. Stays in bloom for two weeks; fragrant. Grand cut-flower va- riety. 50 cents each.
MUTABILIS ALBA— Blush-white.
ROSEA — Bright rose pink.
RUBRA — Brilliant, glowing, deep crimson.
30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. One of each for 75 cents.
Special Offer:
Any three Peonies listed at 25 cents we will sell you for 60 cents; any six for $1.00.
Any three Peonies listed at 35 cents we will sell you for 90 cents; any six for $1.50.
Any three Peonies listed at 50 cents we will sell you for $1.25; any six for $2.25.
Any three Peonies listed at 75 cents we will sell you for $2.00.
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Hardy Climbing Plants for House, Porch, Trellis or Screen Climbing
(The Cluster-Flowered Clematis.) — The flowers are pure white, and are borne in great clusters or panicles of blooms. The individual flowers are small, but so numerous that they cover the green foliage with immense sheets of white. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents. Extra strong two-year- old field plants, 25 cents each; three for 60 cents.
Akebia Quinata
A fast grower, perfectly hardy, and one of the most gracefully hardy climbers, with deep green foliage, producing flowers in large clusters, bunches of violet-brown flowers, which have a pleasant cinnamon odor. Fine for covering trellises and verandas. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Chinese Cinnamon Vines
Beautiful Leaves. Dainty Flowers. Exquisite Perfume. Most Desirable.
Easily Grown, Rapid Climber in the World.
This Orchid Gem of the far East comes to us a marvel of beauty and fra- grance. Its repaid growth, abundant foliage and modest, sweet-scented flow- ers, give it supremacy over all foreign and domestic climbers. The hand- some, glossy, heart-shaped leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers a window, arbor or veranda a perfect bower of beauty They stand r. Cinnamon Vine Tubers, or Roots, 5 cents each; six for sizes, 8 cents each; three for 20 cents.
Apios Tuberosa
A hardy tuberous-rooted climber, closely resembling the common Wistaria in vine and foliage. Has clusters of deep purple flowers, which have a violet fragrance. 7 cents each; four for 25 cents.
Clematis Paniculata.
The Queen’s Wreath
(Antigonon Leptopus.) (A Magnificent Hardy Vine.) — Is absolutely hardy. The flowers are borne in prodigious profusion, and a well estab- lished plant, loaded with its gorgeous carmine flowers, is one of the grand- est sights. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents. Field grown plants, 20 cents each; three for 50 cents.
RED, WHITE AND BLUE CLEMATIS
CLEMATIS JACKMANI — Superb velvety-purple of its large flowers have always been held in that relation to other Clematis which Jacqueminot holds to other hardy Roses. The blooms are royal, coming in great numbers continuously from July until winter. Perhaps three times as many Jackmani are grown as all the other varieties combined. 40 cents each.
HENRYI — Large, pure white, the best of all white Clematis. 40 cents each.
MME, ED. ANDRE— This is the nearest approach to a bright red Clematis and has been called the Crimson Jackmani. The plant is a strong, vigorous grower, and very free in bloom. Color a dis- tinct crimson-red; a very pleasing shade and entirely distinct from all other varieties. 40c each.
Clematis Paniculata
Chinese Hardy Matrimony Vine
A strong and vigorous hardy climbing plant, and in a short time after planting is covered with bright purple flowers, which are succeeded by brilliant scarlet berries nearly an inch long, every branch being covered with them. The berries ripen in autumn and remain on the vine late into the winter. 10
cents. Extra large field-grown plants, 35 cents, by express only.
Matrimony Vine.
Ivy — Hardy English
The hardy evergreen vine that remains so all the year, making it one of the most valuable of all hardy vines. It is used in covering walls, and has become popular for covering graves, es- pecially if in the shade where the grass will not grow. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Hardy Climbing Chinese Kudzu Vine (See Cut)
If you wish a vine that will grow everywhere, plant the Chinese Kudzu. It will flourish where nothing else will grow, and will last for many years. The large, bright green leaves afford a dense shade. It makes a wonderfully strong growth in summer, freezing down to the ground in winter and coming up in the spring again, from large tubers. Flowers rich purple, formed in handsome clusters. 15 cents; two for 25 cents. Larger size, 25 cents each.
Honeysuckle
CHINESE TWINING — Blooms at intervals through the summer and retains its foliage late in winter, flowers nearly white; quite distinct.
10 cents each, three for 25 cents. Field grown plants, 25 cents each.
FUCHSIA-FLOWERED HONEYSUCKLE— A new
perpetual-flowering, weeping Honeysuckle. Its flowers are long and trumpet-shaped, beautiful coral-red, borne in large clusters and drooping like a Fuchsia. 15 cents each. Field grown plants, 25 cents.
AUREA RETICULATA — A variety with beauti- ful variegated foliage ; the flowers are netted and veined with clear yellow ; flowers yellow and fragrant. 10 cents each. HALLEANA- olor white, changing to yellow; very fragr; r,t; blooms from June to November. 10 cents ea I ; three for 25 cents. Field grown plants, 25 cents.
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Perpetual Blooming Sweet Violets
Sweet Violets are great favorites and always in demand. They do well in open ground, and if given a sheltered place will usually begin to bloom before the snow is gone, and continue bearing their lovely flowers for several months. Vast quantities are grown for market, and find a ready sale at good prices. Following are the best varieties.
Price, 10 cents each, any three for 25 cents.
Single Violet, California
Buyers prefer it to all others ; it is en- tirely hardy and of the richest dark blue and very fragrant.
Lady Campbell
Double purple, similar in growth and shape of flower to Marie Louise, but color a little lighter ; very good for cut-flower planting.
New Violet, Peacock
The markings of its charming colors are difficult to describe. The prevailing color is white, with delicate tracings and mark- ings of sky-blue.
Swan ley White
Very fragrant, large flowering double white Violet ; good grower.
Governor Herrick
The flowers are rich dark purple color and are carried erect on long and stems. For freedom of bloom this variety outclasses all others. Very fra- grant.
Marie Louise
Bold, fine flowers, very fragrant, very prolific. The color is of a dark blue ; flowers double. This is the favorite dou- ble or blue Violet that you see in the florists’ windows.
Princess of Wales (See Cut)
(New Single Violet.) This variety is far ahead of any other single Violet known. The grand single flowers of a true violet- blue color that does not fade, and of the richest, most delicious fragrance.
HEDGES AND SCREENS
We receice so many inquiries concerning suitable shrubs for planting as permanent hedges or screens, that we are induced to make special men- tion of a few of the most useful and ornamental sorts, in sizes practicable for such purposes.
Price for Plants on this page to be sent by ex- press or freight at purchaser’s expense. Purchaser may select twenty-five plants at price given at one hundred rates.
By using medium sized plants, a hedge can be made as cheap- ly as a good board fence, and then, with a little care, it becomes every year more and more a thing of beauty. Such hedges continue as a principal attraction in our best kept places.
California Privet
We call special attention to our two and three-year-old plants. They are exceptionally bushy this season and suitable to give immediate results.
Or ill ornamental hedge plants this is the most popular, and more of it Is planted than all others combined. Its foliage is a rich dark green, and is nearly evergreen, remaining on the plant until midwinter. It is of free growth and succeeds under the most adverse conditions, such as under dense shade of trees, where other plants would not exist. To form a dense hedge from the base up the plants should be severely pruned the first two seasons. Plant the one-year-old size eight inches apart in the row, the larger sizes ten to twelve inches apart.
Per 100
Strong. 1 year, 18 to 24 in $3.00
Strong bushy, 2 year, 24 to 30 in 5.00
Strong, bushy, 2 year, 30 to 36 in 6.00
Selected bushy, 2 year, 36 to 42 in 8.00
Cydonia Japonica
(Japan Quince.) Hardy anywhere. These rank among our choicest shrubs, growing to a height of five or six feet, but they stand the knife well, and with proper pruning may be grown in any form. As a single shrub on the lawn they are very attractive, and for the edges of borders or groups of trees they are specially adapted. Their large, brilliant scar-
Per 1,000.
$25.00
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let flowers are among the first to bloom in the spring, and they appear in great profusion before the leaves are fully developed. Price, 15 cents each for plants fifteen to eighteen inches, $1.00 per dozen, $7.00 per hun- dred. Plants eighteen to twenty-four inches, 20 cents each, $1.50 per dozen, $10.00 per hundred.
Berberis Purpurea
(The Purple-Leaved Barberry.)
The Barberry is a very pretty shrub for lawn planted singly, or for hedge, growing to a height of five to six feet. This variety has dark purple foliage, making a pretty effect planted with green foliaged shrubs. Growth compact, with long slender and drooping branches, from which is at the axil of each leaf a drooping cluster of golden-yellow flowers which are followed during the summer and fall by bright crimson berries. One of the most beautiful of our hardy shrubs. Price, 15 cents each. Fifteen to eighteen-inch plants, $1.00 per dozen, $7.00 per hundred. Eighteen to twenty-four-inch plants, $1.75 per dozen, $12.00 per hundred. BERBERIS THUNBERGIANA — Should be planted twelve to fifteen inches apart. Twelve to fifteen-inch plants 12 cents each, $1.00 per dozen, $6.00 per hundred. Fifteen to eighteen-inch plants, $1.25 per dozen, $8.00 per hundred. Eighteen to twenty-four-inch plants, $2.50 per dozen, $15.00 per hundred.
BERBERIS VULGARIS — (Common Barberry.) Fifteen to eighteen-inch plants, 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen, $7.00 per hundred. Eighteen to twenty-four-inch plants, 20 cents each, $1.75 per dozen, $12.00 per 100.
Boston Ivy.
A Select List of Hardy Climbing Vines
Boston Ivy
(Ampelopsis Veitchii.) This vine also goes under the name of "Japanese Ivy," and "Boston Ivy.” It clings readily to' any surface, not even excepting glass, where it will spread its fairy-like tracery of infinite small leaflets and the accompanying circular suckers by which it is attached. The older leaves attain a moderate size. They are graduated down to very small ones. The texture is leathery and smooth. The foliage is closely over-lapping, not a stem visible. Its color, very bright in autumn, is a delicate green in summer. Price, strong plants, 15 cents each; extra large plants, very fine, 30 cents each.
Wistaria Chinensis
Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents. One-year, field- grown, 35 cents. Extra large imported vines, eight to ten feet, $1.00 each. This size by express only.
(Chinese Wistaria.) (Purple.) — A rapid-growing tall vine with handsome foliage and flowers. Flowers pea- shaped, purplish, profusely borne in dense drooping clusters seven to twelve inches long, opening in mid- spring. Very showy and desirable.
Wistaria Chinensis Alba
(White Wistaria.) A form of the above with pure white flowers.
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The Planting and Care of Shrubs
HRUBS, deciduous and evergreen, are as much a part of the well-balanced garden as the lawn or flower borders. Many of them are as deco- rative as any ornamental foliage plant, while others are highly useful as cut flowers, and a well-arranged planting presents an attractive ap- pearance throughout the entire year.
Shrubs have many uses ; such as a dividing line between the flower and vegetable garden, or between the lawn and uncultivated land beyond; as a background to a flower border; for hiding an unsightly building, fence or foundation; or they may be planted in a mixed shrubbery border, in which case those of short, dense growth should be planted along the front of the border, graduating to the tall-growing kinds at the back. Thorough preparation of the soil by spading, and the addition of a liberal quantity of sheep or stable manure or bone meal will be well repaid by strong, vigorous, healthy growth. All the attention necessary to such a border would be occasional cultivation to keep down weeds, and a little top dressing of manure or bone meal in the late fall to keep up the fertility of the border. In planting, care should be taken not to overcrowd, allowing sufficient room for future development, and unless an immediate effect is wanted — in which case they may be planted closer and some of them moved when necessary — the majority of the dwarf- growing kinds may be set about three feet apart, the tall, strong growers about five feet apart.
Deciduous Shrubs should be planted in spring as soon as frost is out and the ground in workable condition. This gives them a chance to make some root growth before hot weather comes; and, while it is quite possible to plant up until the beginning of May, they will not do as well as if planted earlier.
Deciduous Shrubs of all kinds may be planted directly after the first frost in the fall, usually about October 15th in the latitude of Springfield, and as there are six weeks of good weather after that date, and less to do at that time than in the spring, it is well to take advantage of the conditions in the autumn.
The question of when and how to prune shrubs is one that frequently is asked, and as no hard and fast rule can be given, we can but indicate in a general way what should be done. All shrubs that blossom before midsummer, such as Deutzias, Forsythias, Lilacs, Philadelphus, Weigelias, etc., produce their flowers on the growth of wood made the previous year. To prune these in spring would be to destroy most of the flowers for that season. These, therefore, should have any necessary pruning done immediately after flowering. Varieties which blossom after midsummer produce their blooms on wood made the same season. This class includes such kinds as Altheas, Hydrangeas, etc., and these should be pruned in early spring. In our judg- ment, shrubs are, as a rule, pruned too much, all the pruning, or rather trimming, that is necessary being just enough to keep the plant in nice symmetrical shape, care, of course, being taken to cut out all dead wood, and removing sufficient surplus growth, if any, to admit a free circulation of air and sunshine to all parts of the plant.
NOTE — Shrubs will be shipped on receipt of orders, or as soon as they can be dug, unless instructed to the contrary. The larger sizes can only be sent by express or freight, at purchaser’s expense. No charge for packing or delivery. Smaller sizes can be sent by mail at our expense.
ALTHEA
ROSE OF SHARON
A strong, erect-growing shrub of the easiest culture and unsurpassed by anything in the hardy shrub line for freedom of bloom or range’ of color. From midsummer until frost, when few other shrubs are in bloom, the Althea is the most handsome with its large Camellia - like flowers of the most varied and beautiful shades. We have the following choice varieties in strong two-year-old plants.
Price, 25 cents each, post- paid; extra large field-grown stock, by express, 35 cents; three for $1.00.
ALBA PLENA — Double white,
crimson center.
ARDENS — Purplish-blue; double.
AMARANTHUS — Deep purple; shaded to red at center; semi- double.
BOULE DE FEU — The prettiest of all double red.
BICOLOR — rDouble white, splashed carmine.
CARNEA PLENA — Flesh-pink, with cherry-red eye ; double.
DUCHESS DE BRABANT— Red- dish-lilac ; double.
ELEGANTISSIMA— Double white with red eye.
LEOPOLDI — Double ; flesh-white ; crimson center.
PAEONIFLORA — White with cher- ry-red center ; semi-double.
PULCHERIMA — Double white, overcast with rose.
RUBIS — Splendid single red.
TOTUS ALBUS — Fine single pure white ; very large.
Two Handsome Evergreen Foliage Plants
GOLDEN EUONYMUS — One of the prettiest foliage plants we have. Medium sized leaves, broadly margined, bright golden-yellow, bushy, compact habit, and quite hardy south of the Ohio River. Is an excep- tionally pretty plant for the house or porch. Price, nice bushy plants, eight to twelve inches high, 35 cents each.
SILVER LEAVED EUONYMUS — Same as above except leaves are mar- gined silver. Price, nice bushy plants, ten to twelve inches high, 35 cents each. One of each for 60 cents.
CORNUS SIBIRICA
(Red Siberian Dogwood.) — Umbels of white flowers in May. In winter the naked, bright red branches are conspicuous even at long distances. This variety has the brightest red bark of any and is particularly val- uable for color contrasts. Price, 25 cents; large size, 35 cents.
CORNUS FLORIDA
(White-flowering Dogwood.) — An ornamental, spreading, irregularly shaped tree, producing large white flowers in spring and rich crimson foliage in autumn. Plants 4 to 5 feet high, 75 cents each.
BUDDLEYA
VEITCHIANA
A great improvement over the old type, being more vigorous, and producing flower spikes over twenty inches long by three across; in color it is a pleasing shade of violet-mauve with orange-yellow center. Price, 35 cents each.
CLETHRA
ALNIFOLIA
(White Alder or Sweet Pepper Althea
Bush.) One of the best of our
native dwarf Shrubs, bearing spikes of pure white, deliciously fragrant flowers during July and August. Price, 35 cents each.
CALYCANTHUS
The well-known “Sweet-scented Shrub.” It bears in May a profusion of double purple blossoms, which have a strong, delicious pineapple fragrance; very popular. Price, 25c each; extra strong plants, 40c.
CRATAEGUS OXYCANTHA
(English Hawthorn.) — Well known in all English gardens and popular here. Bears clusters of single white, fragrant flowers in Mav, and later scarlet fruit. Price, 25 cents; large size, 35 cents.
(Coccinea Flore Pleno. Paul’s Double Scarlet Thorn.)— Covered in May with beautiful, fragrant, crimson flowers. 25 cents each; larger size, 35 cents each.
AMYGDALUS COMMUNIS
(Alba Flore Pleno. White-Flowering Almond.) — ••Erect, slender branches covered in May with small, very double and fragrant white flowers. 15 cents each.
CERCIS CANADENSIS
(Judas Tree, or Red Bud.)— A showy tall Shrub or small tree. All the branches and twigs are covered with a mass of small rosy-pink flowers early in the spring before the leaves appear. Nice young plants, 20c each.
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HARDY ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING SHRUBS— Continued
SPIREA
All the Spireas bloom with a riotous extrava- gance, which makes them quite striking. Their individual style, color and habits of growth differ so mark- edly that a collection of varieties will insure bloom the entire season and still evade the monotony of repetition.
Caryopteris
Mastacanthus
(Blue Spirea)
A hardy perennial plant. It is of a vigorous growth, producing flowers in great profusion the whole length of its branches, even young plants flowering freely. The color is a rich lavender or sky-blue. A valuable plant either for bedding or pot culture, blooming continuously from mid- summer until cut by frosts in the fall. Price, 20 cents each; large size, by express only, 35 cents each.
ARGUTA MULTIFLORA
(Snow Garland.) — A slender dwarf, three to five feet high, with branches a snowy mass of clear white flowers in early May. Price, 20 cents each ; large size, 35 cents.
ANTHONY WATERER
A fine dwarf Spirea with dark crimson flowers, one of the finest shrubs.
Price, 25 cents; larger size, 40 cents.
BILLARDI ROSEA (Billard’s Spirea)
A hardy upright shrub with brownish branches, growing 4 to 5 feet tall. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, bright green above, pale or grayish beneath. Flowers bright pink, produced in long dense panicles in sum- mer. Very showy and attractive, and splendid for cut flowers. Price, 25 cents; larger sizes, 35 cents.
Caryopteris Mastacanthus.
BILLARDI ALBA
Indentical with Rosea except in color. 25 cents each; larger size, 35
cents each.
CALLOSA
A good dwarf shrub bearing white flowers during the early part of the summer. Suitable for foundation planting or along the front of taller growing shrubs. 25 cents each; large size, 35 cents.
REEVESIANA
Last of May. Beautiful clusters of white florets which bend the branches gracefully and cover them completely. 25 cents each; larger size, 35 cents.
VAN HOUTTE
Strong grower ; flowers pure white, in clusters, large size, 35 cents each.
Price, 20 cents each;
TAMARIX, THE TAMARISKS
Price, 25 cents each ; larger sizes, 40 cents.
TAMARIX GALLICA (T. Pentardra) (French Tamarisk) — A tall shrub
with slender spreading branches and bluish green scale-like leaves. Flowers pinkish, in slender panicled racemes in spring or early sum- mer. Showy and distinct.
T. ODESSANA (Caspian Tamarisk) — An upright shrub, 4 to G feet tall, with bright green foliage. Flowers pink, disposed in loose panicled racemes blossoming in late summer. Very valuable on account of its late appearing flowers.
AFRICANA — This is a tall growing shrub with fine feathery foliage like that of the Juniper ? small pink flower in April or May.
SAMBUCUSv THE ELDERS
Price, 15 cents each; large size, 35 cents.
VARIEGATED (Variegated Elder) — Silvery, variegated leaves.
SAMBUCUS NIGRA (Aurea) (Golden Elder) — May. Attractive through- out the season, and gives a tone of contrast in all plantings. Probably the most showy golden-leaved shrub ; retains its color all summer.
VIBURNUM
One-year field plants, 20 cents each; strong two-year field-grown plants, 35 cents each.
LANTANA (Wayfaring
Tree) — White flowers in large dense cymes; fruits bright red, chang- ing to a much darker shade with age.
0PULUS (High Bush
Cranberry) — Handsome and dense foliage f flowers white in droop- ing flat cymes followed by brilliant scarlet fruit in showy pendulous bunches that remain on the plant all winter.
Snowball.
PLICATUM (Japan Snowball) — An erect, compact shrub, growing six to eight feet. Blooms in June, and is a solid mass of white.
STERILIS (Common Snowball) — Used extensively for decorating. Flowers pure white, large balls frequently borne in clusters of five or six. Ten to twelve feet ; May.
KERRIA JAPONICA
(Japan Corcorus.) — A handsome, green-leaved shrub, growing 4 to 5 feet. Graceful, slender, drooping branches, brightened with a profusion of rich dark yellow flowers throughout the summer. 18 to 24 inch, 30 cents each; $2.50 per 10. Mail size, 15 cents each.
(Flore Pleno. Double Japan Corcorus.) — Flowers very double and com- pact, as free blooming as the single variety, but plant not quite so hardy.
Two to three feet, 35 cents each.
(Variegata.) — One of the choicest of the dwarf growing shrubs and always scarce. The foliage is small, dense and profuse, so variegated with white as to present a striking appearance of silver. The flowers are as large and yellow as on the taller type, and appear at intervals all
summer. Fifteen to eighteen inch, 50 cents each: $4.50 per ten.
SYMPHORICARPUS
25 cents each; Two for 40 cents; larger sizes, 35 cents.
S. RACEMOSUS (Snowberry) — July and August, Small white or pinkish flowers, succeeded by abundant white berries that last a long while during late fall and early winter.
S. SYMPHORICARPUS (S. Vulgaris) (Coral-Berry or Indian Currant) —
A grand shrub, producing a wealth of red or purplish berries which re- main on the branches all winter. Grows naturally from New York and Dakota southward to Georgia and Texas. Leaves ovate, bright green, often tinged with reddish-purple when young, persisting until early winter. Flowers greenish-red, in summer. Berries coloring in early autumn, very showy.
SYRINGA
THE LILACS
Price, 20 cents each; larg» size, 35 cents each ; extra large size, 50 cents.
The Lilac, among shrubs, is like the Maple among trees, “The most common and most indispensable.” They bloom with a fragrance and beauty that are surpassed by no other shrub. With the re- vival of old-fashioned gardens their popularity increases.
WHITE LILAC — As a decora- tive plant on the lawn or in the border it is without a peer, and its pure white, graceful plumes of sweetly fragrant flowers add grace and beauty to bouquets, vases, etc. As a cemetery plant it is without a rival.
PURPLE LILAC— The well
known old favorite.
Lilac.
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Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora.
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New Hydrangea Arborescens Grandiflora Alba
THIS NEW AMERICAN HYDRANGEA was found growing wild in the cliffs at Yellow Springs, Ohio. It commences to bloom in June and continues through August. The plant attains a height of five to six feet and grows into a symmetrical bush without pruning. When it is through blooming the bloom heads turn green, thus the bush always has a fine appearance. This is the most handsome of shrubs either in or out of bloom. Grows best in full sun- light, although will thrive in partial shade. It is by far the best of all shrubs. Nothing to compare with it; perfectly hardy everywhere. Suitable for lawns. The flowers are pure white, afterwards changing to pink, and are borne in immense pyramidal trusses nearly a foot long and nearly a foot in diam- eter. It blooms in midsummer, and remains in bloom two or three months. Attains a height of three to four feet, and is perfectly hardy. Strong one-year- old plants, 20 cents each; three for 50 cents. Two-year-old plants, 35 cents each; three for $1.00. Extra large sizes, 50 cents j&ch ; three for $1.25.
Hardy Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora
Suitable for lawns. The flowers are pure white, afterwards changing to pink, and are borne in immense pyramidal trusses nearly a foot long and nearly a foot in diameter. It blooms in midsummer, and remains in bloom two or three months. Attains a height of three to four feet, and is perfectly hardy. Strong one-year-old plants, 20 cents each, three for 50 cents; two-year-old plants, 35 cents each, three for $1.00. Extra large size, 50 cents each, three for $1.25.
Chionanthus Virginica
(White Fringe.) — Showy shrub, growing to large size, with large, leath- ery, shiny leaves and lace-like white flowers borne in gracefully drooping panicles. 25 cents.
Purple Fringe
(Smoke Bush.) — A beautiful, distinct, large shrub, much admired for its long, leathery flower stalks which give the tree the appearance of be- ing covered with a cloud of smoke. A tine shrub, either planted singly or among other shrubs, growing to a height of 8 to 10 feet. 20 cents each.
Forsythia, Golden Bells
Price, 20 cents; larger sizes, 35 and 50 cents.
FORSYTHIA SUSPENSA (Drooping Golden Bell.) — A graceful shrub with long and slender drooping branches. Leaves dark green and lustrous, persisting until frost. Flowers in great profusion, golden-yellow. Grows about eight feet all.
F. SUSPENSA FORTUNEI (F. Fortunei.) (Fortune’s Golden Bell.)— Sim- ilar to the preceding. Branches arching, bearing dark lustrous green leaves, either simple or three-parted. Flowers golden-yellow.
F. VIRIDISSIMA (Dark Green Forsythia.) — A large shrub with erect green-barked branches. Leaves simple, very dark green, relatively nar- row. Flowers golden-yellow, with somewhat reflexed, often twisted petals.
Deutzias
A family of profuse flowering shrubs that includes both dwarf and tall growing varieties. The dwarf sorts are suited for planting in the fore- ground of the shrubbery border or wherever low-growing shrubs are needed. The upright-growing varieties are splendid for mass planting in the background of the shrubbery border ; also for group planting. All va- rieties do best in well-drained soil. 25 cents each; three for 60 cents, postpaid. Larger plants, by express, 35 cents.
Deutzia Lemoinei
Price, 25c each; any three for 60c. Larger size, 35c; three for $1.00.
(New Early-Flowering.) (The Most Beautiful of all New Hardy Plants.)
This is the greatest recent novelty in flowering shrubs. It makes a low, compact bush, which in May and June is loaded down with large, round. Snowball-like clusters of pure white flowers. We know of nothing more beautiful for the garden, yet it has the added merit of being a grand pot plant for winter blooming. It is not too large for a pot, and blossoms very finely at any time during winter. It is becoming very popular for Easter and is a splendid addition to our Decora- tion Day flowering plants, being one of the finest cemetery plants we know of.
CANDIDISSIMA — This elegant variety resembles Deutzia Crenata, except that the flowers are pure white in color. It excels all others in size of flower and bloom.
CRENATA — Four feet in height. Flow- ers double, of a pure white, tinged with rose.
DEUTZIA WATERERI — Double flowers, which open flat like a rose ; fine pink.
GRACILIS — A charming shrub. .Flow- ers pure white, bell-shaped, deli- cately fringed and borne in such pro- fusion as to cover the branches.
Philadelphus, Mock Orange or “Syringa”
20 cents each; three for 50 cents. Large field grown, 35 cents.
Well known shrubs of strong, vigorous habit, that will grow almost anywhere. They are desirable for individual planting and for all shrub- bery effects. Almost immune from insect enemies and always dependable. CORONARIUS — A medium sized shrub bearing an abundance of white sweet-scented flowers last of May.
P. GRANDIFLORA — May or June. Forms a large, spreading bush, with graceful, drooping branches ; a strong grower ; flowers slightly fragrant. A common and desirable shrub.
The Hardy Azalea Mollis
The most brilliant and showy of all hardy shrubs, and entirely hardy without protection in all situations. The bloom, which varies in color from the most rosy-crimson to lemon-yellow, literally covers the compact, spreading plant, forming a huge bouquet, and which remains in perfection for a long time in May and June ; massed they produce an effect that is actually dazzling. 50 cents each.
Japanese Maples
During the last few years the demand for Japanese Maples has in- creased rapidly. For Easter and Decoration days this plant is of great merit. They are exceedingly beautiful, especially in spring, when they burst into leaf, and the colors of the foliage are deep and decided. We have them in five different varieties, eighteen to twenty-four inches high. 50 cents each; any three distinct varieties for $1.25, by express, pur- chaser’s expense.
Weigelas
25c each; three for 60c. Large, two-year field grown, 35c each.
Beautiful shrubs that bloom in May, June and July. The flowers are produced in so great profusion as almost entirely to hide the foliage. They are very desirable for the border or for grouping and as specimen plants for the lawn.
CANDIDA — This is the very best of all the white-flowered Weigelas; a strong, upright, erect grower ; flowers are pure white, and produced in great, profusion.
ROSEA, NANA VAR I EG AT A — L eaves are beautifully margined creamy- white ; flowers pink. It is a dwarf grower, and admirably adapted to small lawns or gardens.
ROSEA, NANA — One of the most conspicuous shrubs that we cultivate; flowers pink. It is a dwarf grower and admirably adapted to small lawns or gardens.
VAN HOUTTE — Flowers broad and flat, deep rosy-red with orange mark- ings in throat.
EVA RATHKE — Flowers of dark carmine-red.
Rhododendrons
One of the most valuable of our hardy flowering decorative shrubs, and is universally acknowledged to be the most showy, magnificent hardy evergreen shrub that grows. A protection of leaves and brush during the first winter will be beneficial. It will thrive in any good soil without any special preparation, and in the full blaze of the sun, but it is more luxuriant in well-prepared soil of leaf-mold and muck and peat mixed, and in partial shade. We have them in pink, blush, white, red. Price, $1.00 each; three for $2.50 by express only at purchaser’s expense.
GRACILIS ROSEA— Identical with Gra- cilis except pink in flower.
PRIDE OF ROCHESTER— The flowers, which are borne in large panicles, are pinkish-white, with under side of petals rose. One of the best tall- growing varieties. Deutzia.
Prunus
PRUNUS PISSARDI ( Purple- Leaved Plum.) — A little tree with dark pur- ple leaves that keep their lustrous coloring even through the summer and fall. Small, pinkish white flowers, cover it. 35 cents each; extra large, 50 cents.
P. TRILOBA (Double-Flowering Plum.) — April. A strong-growing, hardy shrub, with delicate pink double flowers and slender branches. Very ornamental. 35 cents each ; extra large, 50 cents each.
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HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS
For CEMETERY, LAWN and GARDEN
HARDY PERENNIALS are those plants which die down in winter, but start again in the spring from the root, lasting many years and flowering every year. Never before have they been so popular, and from present indications of a desire for hardy plants, the demand for them will continue to in- crease, which will make them as popular in the United States as they have been in the horticultural centers of Europe for many years. Some are very useful for screens; some for hedges, rockeries, steep banks and terraces; others for bedding, edging and bordering, and cemetery planting; then again others are fine for cutting to be used for table decorations. Cultivation is of the simplest, beginning with any good garden soil for a foundation, which may be enriched with any good fertilizer, such as well decomposed manure or bone meal, deeply dug, well pulverized, in which the plants should be set as early in the season as possible, so as to enable them to become well rooted and established before hot, dry weather sets in, keeping the ground well stirred, and where it is not convenient to water the beds during hot, dry weather, a mulch of any loose material which will keep the soil from baking will be found beneficial.
ANCHUSA (Sea Bugloss)
ITALICA (Dropmore Variety.) — Grows five to six feet high nnd produces its pretty gentian-blue flowers throughout the entire summer: one of the best blue perennials. 15 cents each; $1.60 per dozen.
AQUILEGIA (Columbine)
(A Good Mixture.) — They are hardy perennials luxuriating in the moister situations in the garden where they form permanent clumps, grow- ing from one to two feet high. The Columbines are old favorite late spring and early summer blooming plants, and exceptionally fine for rock- eries. 10 cents each: three for 25 cents.
ANTHEMIS
10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
(Hardy Golden Marguerite.) — These hardy Marguerites are among the most satisfactory summer flowering hardy plants, succeeding in the poor- est soil, growing about fifteen inches high and blooming continuously dur- ing the entire summer. Large single golden-yellow flowers.
ANTHEMIS KELWAVII — Similar to the type, deeper yellow flowers.
Achillea (The Pearl)
ACHILLEA (The Pearl)
(The Great Cemetery Plant.) — Flowers pure white, perfectly double, and produced in large sprays. For cemetery planting it is the most valuable of all flowers, as it is sure to thrive and bear its great profusion of snow- white flowers nearly the whole summer. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents; 75 cents per dozen.
ACHILLEA, BOULE DE NEIGE (Ball of Snow)— A new form of this valu- able perennial, more erect and compact than The Pearl, with fuller ball shaped flowers; pure white. 10 cents; 75 cents per dozen. Three for 25 cents.
ANEMONE (Wind Flower)
(Japanese Varieties.) 10 cents each; any three for 25 cents.
Growing about twenty-four inches high, with dark green foliage and very pretty flowers two and one-half to three inches across, borne well above the foliage. Commencing to bloom in August they continue until frost cuts them down. They require a rich soil and should be liberally supplied with water.
RUBRA — Showy rose-colored flowers, with distinct yellow center. DOUBLE WHITE WHIRLWIND — Excellent double white flowers, two and one-half to three inches across, held up on stems ten to twelve inches long. Very desirable for cut flowers.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE — Flowers semi-double, broad and perfectly formed, of that pleasing shade of pink found in La France Rose.
BAPTESIA AUSTRALIS
(False Indigo.) — Strong growing plant suitable for specimen in border or forming a hedge; dark green foliage, deeply cut. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
ANTIRRHINUM (Snap=Dragon)
10 cents each; any three for 25 cents.
An old border plant greatly improved ; has dark and glossy leaves and curiously shaped flowers, with finely marked throats. They bloom the first season from seed sown in the spring, but the blossoms will be much stronger the second year Succeeds best in dry loamy soil. Half-hardy perennial. A few leaves or any light litter thrown over them will help to carry them through the winter; or they may be treated as annuals. GIANT-FLOWERED — This class grows about two feet high with larger flowers than the old sorts.
HARDY ASTER
10 cents; three for 25 cents; 75 cents per dozen.
ABENDROTE — Rosy-red flowers; plants about 3 to 4 feet.
AMELIUS ELEGANS — Dwarf, deep blue, large flowers, early.
MRS. F. W. RAYNOR — Large, rich red, 4 feet.
ROBERT PARKER — Light blue, 3 to 4 feet.
WHITE QUEEN— White, fine, 3 to 4 feet.
NOVAE ANGLIAE — Bright purple, 4 feet.
Michaelmas Daisy or Star Wort
TARTARIUS — Blooms in the fall with the Golden Rod, and makes a beautiful sight. The Tartarica is a very distinct species, has large leaves and sends up a stem six to seven feet high and covered with huge panicles of light purple flowers. A most desirable late season variety.
15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
BOLTON I A (False Chamomile)
10 cents each; any three for 25 cents.
Attaining a height of four to five feet, with large single. Aster-like flowers. The plant is in bloom during the summer and autumn months, and with its hundreds of Daisy-shaped flowers open at one time, produces a very showy effect. Very effective for edging clumps of tall hardy shrubs or for line fences.
BOLTONIA ASTEROIDES— Pure white.
BOLTONIA LATISQUAMA — The long, slender stems and lavender-tinted pink flowers of this variety make it an admirable vase flower for sum- mer decorating.
DIELYTRA SPECTABILIS
BLEEDING HEART — These pretty spring bloomers, with their graceful, drooping sprays of heart-shaped pink and white flowers are very orna- mental, and bloom freely early in the season. The plants, being hardy, increase in size and bloom from year to year, and should have a place in every garden. 20 cents each; three for 60 cents.
COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA
Hardy border plant, growing fifteen to eighteen inches high and pro- ducing bright golden-yellow flowers in great profusion the entire season. Flowers fine for table decoration. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. (Seo cut.)
LANCEOLATA GRANDIFLORA — Superior to original form in early bloom- ing, size of flowers, and brilliancy of color; equally free. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen.
Coreopsis Lanceolata.
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SEDUM SPECTABILIS
Of upright growth, 15 to 18 inches high. Foliage rounded, thick and rubbery, crowned with flat cymes of massive light rose-colored flowers.
20 cents.
BRILLIANT — A new form of above, with dark crimson flowers, very showy. 25 cents; $2.50 per dozen.
DICTAMNUS RUBRA
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(Gas Plant.) — Fragrant foliage; spikes of curious red flowers.
cents; $1.50 per dozen.
ALBA — White flowered. 20 cents; $2.00 per dozen.
CAMPANULA (Bell Flower)
Particularly adapted for rock work or growing in the pot or open ground. They succeed well in any good soil and are very desirable.
CAMPANULA CELTIDIFOLIA — A tall growing variety three to four feet. Broad bell-shaped flowers, slightly tinted with blue from July to Sep- tember. 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
DOUBLE WHITE DAISY SNOW CREST
Its habit of growth and size of flowers, in comparison with older va- rieties, is gigantic. The flowers, which are borne on stout, stiff stems, are full to center. When fully developed they rise to a conical, or sugar-loaf form, and well-grown specimens will cover a silver dollar. It makes an admirable hardy garden plant or may be forced for cut flowers under the same treatment as violets. 10 cents; three for 25 cents; 75 cents per dozen; $5.00 per hundred.
DOUBLE PINK DAISY — Same as above except in color. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents; 75 cents per dozen; $5.00 per hundred.
DELPHINIUM
HARDY LARKSPUR — The hardy Larkspur is one of the most important and most satisfactory plants in the herbaceous garden, and should be planted extensively even in the smallest garden. Their long spikes of dark blue flowers are produced con- tinually from June until late fall. Strong plants,
15 cents each; two for 25 cents; $1.25 per dozen.
ALBA — Pure white flowers.
dozen.
10 cents each; $1.00 per
GYPSOPHILA PANICULATA
(Baby’s Breath.) — Good for cutting as well as for borders. Flowers are minute, but myriad, pure white, produced in immense panicles. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Delphinium.
GAILLARDIA GRANDIFLORA
(Blanket Flower.) — Of all hardy perennials, perhaps the Gaillardia is the most satisfactory. Begins to bloom early in summer, and continues until after first frosts. Plant is perfectly hardy, requiring no protection whatever. Flowers are two to three inches in diameter, with center of brownish-red, white petals are shaded into rings of orange-crimson and red. Stems are long, making it grand for cutting. Does well in any soil. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents; 75 cents per dozen.
DIGITALIS
Purple, lilac, pink, white ; early flowering hardy peren- nial plants, succeeding under almost all conditions and with but trifling attention will give a wealth of flowers during July and August. They embrace a wide range of color from pure white to deep pink, three feet high. Strong plants, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents; 75 per dozen.
HELIANTHUS
MULTIFLORUS PLENUS— The
flowers are from three to four inches in diameter, as double as any double Dahlia, and cover the plant from the ground to the top. Color a bright golden-yellow. It should have a sunny position and rich soil. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
SPARSIFOLIUS — A most grace- fully formed single variety of large size, of a deep yellow color, on long stems ; splendid for cutting ; August to Sep- tember, 6 to 8 feet. 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
HELIOPSIS PITCHERIANA
From two to three feet high, and a perpetual bloomer, beginning to flower early in the season and continuing in bloom the entire summer. The flowers are of a beautiful deep golden-yellow color, about two inches in diameter, of very thick texture, and are very graceful for cutting. 10
cents each; three for 25 cents.
HELIOPSIS ZINNIAFLORA
(New Double) — A hardy orange-yellow Zinnia-like Heliopsis, one of the few new very good border plants and beautiful as cut flowers in July and August. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Digitalis.
Hardy Phlox— Early Flowering
Price, 10 cents each; six for 50 cents, except where noted.
THIS IS A SPECIAL OFFER.
These we consider the most desirable of all hardy perennials, flowering abundantly from July until late in the autumn. The immense flower heads often measure from seven to nine inches across, with flowers as large as a silver dollar, and comprise all shades of colors, vermilion to white. They delight in sunny location and rich soil, but are by no means particular.
Floconde Neige.
ATHIS — Salmon-pink; tall.
AMORITE — White and lilac; medium.
BAYARD — Bright rosy-lilac ; dwarf.
BRIDESMAID — Pure white: clear, car- mine eye ; blooms in large round heads ; attractive.
COQUILICOT (Dwarf)— A fine pure scar- let; midseason.
ECLAIREUR — Reddish-carmine, dark eye; very striking.
FLOCONDE NEIGE — Large pyramidal heads of immaculate white. We consider this variety one of the very best white.
FRAULEIN G. VON LASSBURG — Ex- tremely large florets and fine trusses. Pure white. A choice variety.
INDEPENDENCE — An excellent large flowering early pure white. None better.
PANTHEON — D e e p salmon-rose ; very fine.
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RYNSTROM — An improved form of the popular variety Pantheon, fine for mass- ing ; of a Paul Neyron rose color.
PROF. SCH I ELMAN— Salmon -rose, with carmine eye.
R. P. STRUTHERS — The very best Phlox grown today — it has no faults. Color, clear cherry-red, suffused with salmon shades ; deep red eye ; fine large truss. Color is so clear and clean that each individual floret stands out as distinct as a cameo.
THE PEARL — Pure white, large individual flowers, heavy trusses, and a variety of easy culture.
WM. ROBINSON — Three feet. It is showy in tile extreme, crimson shading to salmon-scarlet, produces a mass of color ; a very hardy, healthy variety ; the finest color mass that can be pro- duced in shrubbery or hardy garden.
PHLOX SUBULATA
(Moss Pink) — Low spreading, stems nar- row, moss-like leaves. Flowers purplish-
pink.
ALBA— A white carpet when in bloom.
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Oenothera — Evening Primrose
10 cents each; three for 25 cents. LAMARCKIANA — Two feet; golden-yellow.
TARAXACIFOLIA ALBA — One and one-half feet; white.
Rudbeckia
NEWMANI — Grows one and one-half to two feet ; plentifully supplied with broad single flowers of orange-yellow, with a prominent brown cone. 10
cents each; three for 25 cents.
DOUBLE RUDBECKIA (Golden Glow.) — A hardy perennial growing six to seven feet high and producing hundreds of bright golden flowers, two or three inches in diameter, on long graceful stems, forming immense heads of bloom. Fine for cut flowers and will furnish an endless amount of flowers. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents; 75 cents per dozen.
THE NEW PURPLE RUDBECKIA — Blooms in fall at a season when there are but few flowers. Plant is pyramidal in growth, densely branched and completely enveloped in its purple-colored, lemon-yellow flowers. 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
RUDBECKIA MAXIMA — A handsome variety growing five feet tall, with broad glaucous green foliage, and an abundance of flowers from June till September. Showy flowers 5 to 6 inches across, bright yellow with a cone 2 inches high. 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
Hardy Scotch or Sweet May Pinks
These are dwarfer than the Carnation, growing about one foot in height, the colors being of the various shades of maroon, carmine and rose, beautifully laced and banded on white ground ; flowers perfect- ly double, clove-scented, and the plants will stand out of doors year after year, being entire- ly hardy. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
ABBOTSFORD — Car- mine, laced white, clove scented.
HER MAJESTY— Very large and purest white.
HOMER — Rich rosy-red with dark center.
SOUV. DE SALE— Soft
rosy-nink, very dou- ble.
Tri'toma
PFITZERII (Ever- Blooming Tritoma.) —
The best variety. The flower spikes, which are produced with considerably more freedom than in the old variety, are of gi- gantic size, frequent- Hardy Pink, “Her Majesty.”
ly four and one-half J
feet high, with heads of bloom over twelve inches long, of a rich orange-scarlet, shading to salmon-rose on the edge. 20 cents each ; three for 50 cents.
Yucca — Adams Needle
FILAMENTOSA— Among hardy ornamental foliage and flowering plants this can be classed at the head of the list. Its broad, sword-like foliage and tall branched spikes of large, fragrant, drooping creamy-white flow- ers during June and July make it an effective plant for all positions ; easy to grow and with little care. Strong plants, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents. Extra strong plants, 25 cents each; three for 50 cents; $1.00 per dozen — must be sent by express.
Ragged Robin
VISCARA (FI. PI.) — Almost evergreen foliage; in June and July fairly ablaze with close spikes of crimson flowers. The most vivid colored of any hardy perennial. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Valeriana
OFFICINALIS (Hardy Garden Heliotrope.) — Produces showy rose-pink heads of flowers during .Tune and July, with strong Heliotrope odor. 10 cents each ; three for 25 cents.
Monarda, Cambridge Scarlet
(Bergamot.) — Brilliant crimson scarlet. Showy plants, growing from two to three feet high, succeeding in any soil or position, with aromatic foliage, and producing their bright flowers during July and August. 10
cents each.
Sweet William
(A Good Mixture.)
Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents; 90 cents per dozen; $6.00 per hundred.
German iris.
German Iris
Blooms earlier than Japan Iris. This variety is the true "Fleur de Lis,” the national flower of France. They are perfectly hardy, thrive anywhere, deliciously fragrant and fine for cutting. In beauty the flowers rival the finest Orchids, the colors ranging through richest yellows, intense purples, delicate blues, soft mauves, white and bronze of every imaginable shade. Price, 12 cents each or three distinct varieties for 30 cents. Set of ten for 90 cents.
CELESTE — Falls bright blue, uppers delicate grayish blue; all having a lavender effect.
EDITH — Standards light blue, falls purple.
ECLIPSE — Velvety claret-red shaded violet, with prominent throat mark- ings in pure gold. Flowers extremely large; with six wide petals, and petaloid-stigmas so fully developed as to make an extra row at the center. Special.
FLORENTINA ALBA — Sweet scented, free flowering white.
GAZELLE — White frilled rich mauve.
HONORABILIS — Standards golden-yellow; falls rich mahogany-brown. JOHAN DE WITT — Standards bluish violet; falls deep violet purple veined with white.
MRS. H. DARWIN — Standards white, falls reticulated violet,
PLICATA — Standard and falls bright violet-purple.
SHAKESPEARE — Standards straw-yellow, veined with burnt umber; falls deep carmine-violet,
A Novelty in German Iris
PALLIDA DALMATICA — One of the finest of the Germanica type, of strong, vigorous habit, grown in good soil four feet high, with excep- tionally large fragrant flowers, standards lavender, falls lavender shaded blue ; exquisite in every way and fine for massing. 20 cents
each ; six for $1.00.
Salvia
AZUREA GRANDIFLORA— A Rpcky Mountain species, growing two to three feet high, producing during August or September pretty sky-blue flowers in the greatest profusion. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
PITCH ERI— Similar to the above but of more branching habit and larger flowers of a deep blue color. Very beautiful in September and October.
15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
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HARDY PERENNIAL
The Beautiful Japanese Iris Kaempferi
Perfectly hardy; produces a dozen flower spikes three feet in height, each spike bearing from two to four enormous blossoms eight to ten inches across and of the most delicate and beautiful colors, markings and com- binations. 20 cents each; three distinct varieties for 50 cents. Any eight fine sorts for $1.25.
GEKKI-NO-NAMI (Waves on Moonlight) — Large double white, center gold and yellow.
GEISHOI — Eight to ten petals; bright crimson-purple with white veinings ; full double flower.
HANO-NO-NISHIKI — Violet-purple, veined with white.
KUMA-FUNGIN (Excited Bear) — Large, deep violet-blue ; very fine. SHIPPO — Light lilac, densely veined with purple.
CHIMOSA — White ground, minutely and densely spotted throughout with bright violet-purple.
UJI-NOHOTARU — Bright violet-purple, shaded blue.
YAYAURA — White, marbled with light violet.
YOMO-NO-UMI — The finest double white.
KOKI-NO-IRO— Light violet-purple with white veins, 6 petals.. KURO-KUMO— Purple overlaid with dark blue! yellow blotches, stigmas dark blue, bordered purple, 6 petals.
OYODO — Immense violet-blue petals, and very large standards, petaloid stigmas dark violet, 3 petals.
Sibirica, Snow Queen
New hardy Iris ; flowers of a snowy-whiteness, large and well-formed, produced in great abundance. A gem for flower border or waterside two to three feet high. Award of merit. it5 cents each; four for 50 cents.
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Hibiscus Crimson Eye.
The Beautiful Hardy Hibiscus Crimson Eye
Pure White, Perfectly Hardy Hibiscus With a Large Distinct Crimson Eye.
A robust grower, with dark red stems and foliage. The flowers are im- mense in size, often measuring twenty inches in circumference. The color is of the purest white, with a large spot of deep velvety-crimson in the center of each flower. A well-developed plant will produce several hun- dred of these flowers in a season. We offer both seeds and roots. Good strong roots to bloom this year, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
Hibiscus Moscheutus
(Swamp Rose Mallow.) — Flowers six inches in diameter of a light rosy- red color with darker eye. 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
Meehan’s Mallow Marvels
New strain of hardy Mallows, which for size and profusion of bloom and richness of coloring are among the most striking and beautiful perennials that grow. Flowers are, from eight to ten inches in diameter and range in colors from fiery -crimson, -through various reds and pinks to purest white. 25 cents each ; three for 60 cents.
PLANTS===Continued
Funkia.
Funkia, Plantain Lily
UNDULATA VARIEGATA — Leaves eight to ten inches long, two to three inches wide, beautifully variegated yellow and green. Flowers deep blue. 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
CORDATA (White Plantain Lily .) — A showy plant with broad, yellowish- green leaves. Flowers waxy-white, very fragrant. 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
BLUE DAY LILY (Funkia Cerulia.) — Exactly like the white variety, ex- cept that the flowers are a lovely blue. 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
Hardy Plumbago
(Lady Larpent.) — Grows in compact clumps, and from the middle of July until severe frost are covered with lovely, rich violet-blue colored flowers, borne in close terminal heads. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Lychnis, Champion
CHALCEDONIA (FI. PI.)— Producing Immense heads of vermilion-scarlet flowers, far exceeding in brilliancy many of the brightest Geraniums, two to three feet high, flowering from July to September. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Stokesia Cyanea
(Stoke’s Aster.) — One of the most charming hardy plants, freely bloom- ing from July to October. Flowers of Centaurea shape, often measure 4 to 5 inches across. One and a half to two feet. Blue or White, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
Hardy
Hollyhocks
RED, WHITE, PINK, YEL- LOW, ROSE and MAROON
One-year-old plants, 10 cents; any three for 25 cents. Two-year-old field-grown plants, 20 cents each; three for 50 cents.
Few hardy plants combine as many good qualities. For planting in rows or groups on the lawn or interspersed among shrubbery they are in- valuable. Form perfect rosettes of the most lovely shades of yellow, pink and white. They require a deep, rich soil, and will repay in quantity and beauty of bloom any extra care. We offer a fine assortment in separate colors.
HOLLYHOCKS (Single) —
— Field-grown roots. We have a very fine lot of seed- lings comprising all colors of the rainbow. We grew , them ourselves and can guarantee them. Price, 10. cents each; three for 25 cents.
Hollyhocks.
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Veronica
15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
AMETHYST1NA (Speedwell) — Amethyst -blue flowers in .luly and August, two feet.
INCANA Bright silvery foliage, with spikes of amethyst-blue flowers; July and August ; one foot.
LONGIFOLIA SUBSESSILIS — A pretty species with blue flowers; produced on spikes a foot long, continuing in bloom the entire summer and fall.
Statice Latifolia
(Sea Lavender) — Grows 15 to 18 inches high with tufts or clumps of thick, leathery foliage and immense panicles of delicate blue flowers. In- dividual flowers very minute, similar in form to the Forget-me-Not, but made into heads 18 inches or more across. 15 cents; two for 25 cents.
Myosotis Palustris
The true Forget-me-Not, appealing in its modest, azure beauty and cherished for its sentiment. Bushes up to 18 inches high and blooms profusely during early summer. 10 cents; $1.00 per dozen.
Liatris Pycnostachya
(Blazing Star or Gay Feather.) — Most showy and attractive plant, pro- ducing large spikes of light rosy purple flowers from July to September.
15 cents each: two for 25 cents.
Pyrethrum
HYBRIDUM (FI. PI.) -Main season of blooming is in June, but if the old flower steins are removed they will give a fair sprinkling of flowers in the autumn. The bloom is similar to that of an Aster, and ranges in color from pure white and the various shades of pink and red to deep purple; mixed. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
ULIGINOSUM (Giant Daisy.) — Grows three to four feet high and is cov- ered with large white Daisy-like flowers three inches in diameter from July to September. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Shasta Daisy
Plants are as strong as a com- mon field daisy, very tall, well branched with fine cut foliage and huge white flowers borne in profusion on long stiff stems. Flowers are pure white with gold center, petals very long and center soft and velvety. Hardy plant and one of the novel- ties that has come to stay. 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
Linum
PERENNE — Foli- age is fine and graceful, with flowers shaped like those of Phlox. Bloom all summer. Clear delicate light blue. 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
FLAVUM —Bright y e 1 1 ow flowers from June to September ; one foot. 15 cents; two for 25 cents.
Hardy Poppies.
ornamental leaves; and abundant long-stemmed, shades of rose and pink.
Hardy
Poppies
(Papaver — Perennial Poppy.)
10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
NUDICAULE (Ice- land Popp y.) —
Flower stem about a foot in height bearing elegant cup-shaped flow- ers, lasting well when cut, and having a pleasant Lilac perfume. We offer in sep- arate colors, white and yellow.
ORIENTALE— Very bright and attrac- tive deep red flowers, produced on stout leafy stems, two to three feet high. One of the very best and largest - flowered peren- nial Poppies.
ROSEUM — Bushy little plants with Daisy-like flowers in
Iberis
Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.
GIBRALTARICA — Edged with porcelain.
MAORI KING — Golden-yellow; velvet crimson-edged.
Platycodon
BALLOON FLOWER, OR JAPANESE BELLFLOWER— Neat branched bushes of upright habit, which bear a continual succession of flowers from June until October.
MARIESI — Deep blue bell-shaped flowers, nearly three inches across on one-foot high plants. 15 cents; two for 25 cents.
ALBUM — A white-flowered form of the above. 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.
Three Good Hardy Vines
AMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA (American Ivy, Woodbine, Virginia
Creeper, etc.) — Deeply cut leaves which turn to a beautiful crimson in fall ; fine for covering trees, rocky slopes, walls, etc. Two-year, 20 cents each; $1.50 per 10.
BIGNONIA RADICANS (Trumpet Flower.) — A robust woody vine; twin- ing tightly with numerous roots along its stems. Its orange scarlet, trumpet-shaped flowers cluster at the tip of the branches. Leaves light green. Two-year, 30 cents; $2.50 per 10. Mail size, 20 cents.
ARISTOLOCHIA SIPHO (Dutchman’s Pipe.) — Brownish flowers, resembling a miniature pipe; splendid for archways or verandas. Two-year, 50 cents each; one-year, 35 cents each. Imported vines, six to eight feet, 75 cents by express.
Eulalias, or Pampas Grass
10 cents each; any three for 25 cents.
PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA VARIEGATA (Ribbon Grass.)— Green leave . striped lengthwise with creamy-white.
GRACILIS UNIVITTATA — An extremely graceful and beautiful hardy plant, with narrow green leaves and silvery- white midrib. Nothing is, more beautiful than a well-developed clump of this variety ; can be grown in any soil.
EULALIA JAPONICA ZEBRINA (Zebra Grass.)— The long blades of this variety are marked with broad yellow bands across the leaf. It makes a very attractive specimen plant for the lawn ; 6 to 7 feet.
JAPONICA VARIEGATA — A favorite ornamental plant, having long, nar- row leaves, striped with white and green.
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ORNAMENTAL |
TREES |
ARBOR VITAE, Siberian
Similar to American, with heavier and fuller foliage and more compact in habit. It holds its color during winter and bears trimming well. By
mail, 25 cents; five for $1.00. By express, one and one-half to two feet, 60 cents; ten for $5.00.
ARBOR VITAE, Pyramidalis
Beautiful, bright variety, resembling the Irish Juniper in form ; foliage deep green, color well retained in winter; perfectly hardy. By mail, 25 cents; five for $1.00. By express, one and one-half to two feet, 60 cents; ten for $5.00.
BALSAM FIR
Best of fast-growing Evergreens for wind break and shelter planting is the Balsam Fir. Tall, straight-growing with dark green foliage. Its ex- treme hardiness enables it to withstand the coldest of winter. By mail, 35 cents each. Fifteen to eighteen inches, 60 cents. By express, two to three feet, $1.00.
CUPRESSUS
(Lawsoniana Gloire de Boskoop.) The finest hardiest blue-colored Cupressus in existence. Two and a half feet, $1.50 each.
Cryptomeria Japonica Lobbi Compacta
(Dwarf Japan Cedar.) A handsome dwarf Japanese Conifera of pyra- midal outline. Extremely hardy, and should be in every collection.
Plants, two feet, $1.50.
IRISH JUNIPER
The most distinct of all the Junipers. Very formal and erect in growth, resembling a green column, and its habit of growth is dense and com- pact. For lawn or garden planting, especially in formal or architectural gardens and avenues, this tree is of the highest importance and well suited for cemetery planting, requiring little space. By mail, one and one- half to two feet, 75 cents each. By express, one and one-half to three feet, 60 cents each.
JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS
(Pfitzeriana.) Beautiful light green foliage. Of spreading growth pos- sessing an individuality all its own. Comparatively rare and very orna- mental. Two feet high, $1.25 each.
BOX DWARF
Used principally for borders and edging, for which purpose it is the best plant in cultivation. By mail, 10 cents each; 80 cents for ten; $6.00 for one hundred. By express, four to six inches, 10 cents each; ten for 60 cents; $4.00 per hundred.
BOX TREE
A fine small evergreen, with pale green leaves. Can be trained in any desirable form by shearing. By mail, 20 cents each; six for $1.00. By express, twelve to fifteen inches, 50 cents each; ten for $4.00: eighteen to twenty-four inches, 75 cents each; three for $2.00.
CATALPA
CATALPA BUNGEI (Chinese Catalpa.) — It makes a beautiful umbrella- shaped tree. Foliage large and glossy. Habit dwarf. By express, one- year head, six to eight-foot stem, each, $1.25.
CATALPA SPECIOSA — Largely planted as a timber. No more ornamental tree grows. Large heart-shaped leaves and immense clusters of tri- colored flowers. By mail, 15 cents each; ten for 50 cents. By express, six to eight feet, each, 50 cents.
TEA’S JAPANESE HYBRID CATALPA — Large, rapid growing, hardy tree that is beautifully adorned with abundant flowers in June or July.
By mail, 20 cents each; two to three feet, 35 cents; four to five feet, 50 cents each.
LINDEN
EUROPEA — A popular tree abroad, especially in Germany, where its pres- ence along a famous thoroughfare in Berlin has caused the street to be named “Unter den Linden.” In this country it is just as deserving of popularity, for it is a rapid growing tree of symmetrical habit. The heart-shaped leaves are dark green and glossy, both above and beneath. Six to eight feet, $1.00 each.
CRIMEAN LINDEN — Dark, glossy leaves of a rich green color, which is well retained. The tree is characterized by the bright green color of the young branches. It grows symmetrically, forming a pyramidal head. One of the most desirable Lindens adapted for either street or lawn plantings. Six to eight feet, $1.00 each.
SILVER-LEAVED LINDEN — The leaves of this variety are dark green above and silvery-white beneath. This contrast of leaf surfaces is very effective, making it a beautiful shade tree for lawn decoration. Four to five feet, $1.00 each.
RIVER’S PURPLE BEECH
This variety assumes rather more the proportions of a shade tree and is not branched so closely to the ground as most kinds. The color is re- tained during the summer months. When young it is usually somewhat open and of a spreading nature, but develops into a symmetrical, round- headed tree of great beauty. The best purple-leaved tree for lawn plant- ing. Three to four feet, $1.00 each.
MOUNTAIN ASH
(European.) Hardy, erect, smooth bark and dense, regular head > berry clusters large and bright. Four to six feet, 50 cents each.
ENGLISH WALNUT
Although it takes several years for this tree to come into bearing, the planter is repaid by the quantities of nuts produced which are superior to those bought from the fruit stands. The trees grow and fruit well in this locality. Three to four feet, 75 cents each.
HORSE CHESTNUT
(White-Flowering European.) Ornamental trees for shade and avenues. In May quantities of beautiful spikes of white flowers appear from among the deep green foliage. Frequently the leaves of this type seem to burn or brown during the summer ; it has been found that they are not so apt to do so when the trees are planted in locations with rather moist soil. Four to five feet, 75 cents each.
PLATANUS, Plane, Sycamore or Buttonwood
(Oriental Plane.) Many writers of the best authority state from ex- perience that this tree comes more nearly filling all the requirements necessary for city planting than any other shade tree. It is hardy. Its rapid growth also adds to its value, making a most popular and satisfac- tory tree for avenue planting. Four to six feet, 75 cents each.
EUROPEAN WHITE BIRCH
A quick growing tree that after a few years assumes a somewhat pendu- lous nature. The white bark, which is more conspicuous in older trees, is a dainty touch to the surrounding greens of the landscape. Three to four feet, 50 cents each.
MULBERRY (Tea’s Weeping)
Makes an umbrella-shaped beautiful head. Two-year heads, each. $1.25 by express.
POPLARS
CAROLINA— A very distinct tree, making a large, spreading head. Ex- cellent for street planting, windbreaks, and screens. Six to eight feet, each, 40 cents.
LOMBARDY — Remarkable for erect, rapid growth. Three to four feet, 30 cents each. Six to eight feet, each, 40 cents.
SPRUCE
COLORADO BLUE — A rare elegant tree with foliage of a rich blue. One of the most distinct and striking of all the Spruce family. A free grower and perfectly hardy. Eighteen to twenty-four inches, $1.25 each. Grafted specimen plants, three to four feet high, $5.00 each.
NORWAY — A tree of perfect pyramidal habit, elegant and rich; as it gets age has fine, graceful, pendulous branches. Very popular, and de- servedly so, and should be largely planted. One of the best evergreen for hedges. By mail, 15 cents; eight for $1.00; By express, fifteen to eighteen inches, 50 cents; four for $1.75.
Weeping Cut=Leaved WHITE BIRCH
At an early age this tree acquires a very graceful, drooping habit and silvery-white bark. The foliage is deeply and delicately cut. Although rather hard to transplant, this tree is worthy of the difficulties experi- enced in establishing it. Three to four feet, 60 cents each.
MAGNOLIA ACUMINATA
Pyramidal form, vigorous ; hardy. Flowers yellow, tinted with bluish- purple, followed by large cucumber-shaped fruits that turn bright crim- son. By mail, 25 cents each; five for $1.00.
SOULANGEANA — Blooms in May before the leaves appear. Flowers cup- shaped, white and purple. Shrubby while young, but develops into a fair sized tree. Eighteen to twenty-four inches, 50 cents each. Two to three feet, 85 cents; three to four feet, $1.50 each.
NORWAY MAPLE and SILVER MAPLES
NORWAY — A handsome tree, with broad, deep-green foliage : very com- pact growth, rendering it one of the most desirable varieties for the street, park, or garden. By express, six to eight feet, 75 cents each; three for $2.00. Eight to ten feet, $1.00 each.
SILVER OR SOFT — A rapid growing tree of large size; irregular rounded form ; foliage bright green above, silvery beneath ; a favorite street and park tree. Six to eight feet, each, 50 cents.
PURPLE NORWAY MAPLE — The new leaves are red or purplish, and later turn to green. This coloring, although possibly somewhat un- natural, gives the tree an individuality in the spring season that com- mends it as an ornamental tree of value. Its nature of growth and many good qualities are much the same as the Norway Maple. Five to six feet, 75 cents each.
RED OAK
A large native tree, with deeply cut, bright green leaves. It is a good grower and not particular about the soil. In autumn the foliage turns a rich purplish crimson that is scarcely surpassed in brilliancy by any other tree. Makes a beautiful lawn tree. Landscape authorities are using this Oak more freely each season, in their plantings. Five to seven feet, $1.00 each.
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FRUIT TREES
GRAPE VINES
SMALL FRUITS, ETC.
NO PREMIUM OR DISCOUNT ALLOWED
ALL ONE YEAR TREES AND VINES, finely rooted, cut back suitable for mailing, guaranteed to reach you in good condition, with proper treatment are almost certain to live and do well. Those wishing to plant small lots, to make small investments, to save freight or express charges on long distance shipments, to plant young thrifty stock and train according to their own requirements, will find this size admirably suited to their needs. If ordered sent by mail, postage paid by us; if by express or freight, charges paid by purchaser, but larger one year stock will be supplied. If out of varieties ordered, others of equal merit will be sent when it can be done, unless •'No Substitution” is written on order. We have combined our nursery and greenhouses, and by building our large cold storage plant and buying an additional large farm, we are able to ship all stock from our storage plant, thereby oftentimes saving our customers double express charges. We have increased our varieties and are in position to serve you promptly and carefully. Please give us a try-out on your fruit orders, and we believe you will be pleased.
nilR nilARANTFF * AI1 S°otls are guaranteed to reach you in good condition; mistakes, if made, will be promptly rectified; examine and VUI1 UUMnHIilLL . count on receipt and notify us at once should there be any errors or damaged stock. This guarantee will not hold good unless above requirements are complied with.
STRAWBERRIES
Strawberries will succeed in any soil that is adapted to ordinary farm
or garden crops. For field culture set in rows three to three and one-
half feet apart, fifteen to eighteen inches in rows; for garden fifteen inches apart each way, leaving pathway every third row. To produce fine large fruit, keep in hills, pinching runners off as soon as they appear. Ground should always be kept clean and well cultivated. In winter a cov- ering of leaves, straw or some kind of litter will protect the plants. Do
not cover them until ground is frozen or so deep as to smother the plants, and remove covering before growth starts in spring. Mulching will keep the fruit clean and the soil in good condition through the fruiting season. The blossoms of those varieties marked with (P) are destitute of stamens and are termed pistillate, and unless a row of perfect flowering variety is planted at intervals not exceeding about a rod, they will produce imper- fect fruit and but little of it, but when properly fertilized, as a rule they are more prolific than those with perfect flowers.
Here are seventeen sorts which have passed all others in the race for popularity. They are the ‘‘nearest perfection” kinds, are good growers, thrive in any soil, the berries of all are of fine appearance and of the very finest flavor and quality.
PRICE LIST OF STRAWBERRIES
These are express prices only at purchaser’s expense. If wanted by mail, add 7 cents per 25 ; 25 cents per 100, for postage, otherwise they will be sent by express collect.
Variety. Per 25 Per 100.
Aroma, Brandywine, Gandy, Haverland, Wm. Belt, Pride of
Michigan, Senator Dunlop $0.35 $0.60
Bradley, Chesapeake, Gibson, Early Ozark, Helen Davis,
King Edward, Silver Coin .40 .80
Patagonia, Norwood 60 1.25
Americus Everbearing, twelve for 75 cents 1.25 4.00
AMERICUS— Most wonderful everbearing strawberry ever produced. It is strongly staminate, healthy and strong grower ; very productive .from May until hard freezing weather; very drouth resistant and succeeds better in dry, hot climates than any other variety. Fruit holds up well in wet weather ; size medium to large, very firm, uniform shape, bright red through and through.
AROMA (P.) — Late. Strong, sturdy plants; abundant crops nearly al- ways, even when weather and soil are unfavorable. Berries large, con- ical or round, very regular, dark glossy red ; quality excellent. BRADLEY — Always gives us good crops of fine, large, bright red, firm berries. Perfect in growth, health, vigor of plant, color, shape, size and flavor, and found not wanting.
BRANDYWINE (P.) — Late. Strong, upright with erect fruit stems. Abundance of large berries, good color and shape ; peculiar and very fine flavor. Ripens mid-season until blossoms are killed by frost.
CHESAPEAKE (P.) — Late. Fruit uniformly large, firm, and without green tips. Does best in rich, damp land.
EARLY OZARK (P.) — An early variety. Dark red color extending all the way through ; tart but very delicious ; berry round, and of uniform size. Foliage dark green and healthy ; makes just enough plants to form an ideal row.
GANDY (P.) — Late variety. Berries bright crimson. Plants vigorous and healthy.
“GIBSON” (P.) — Color, beautiful dark glossy red; immense producer. Fruit is extra large and of very fine flavor.
HAVERLAND (P.) — A fine grower, very productive. Berries uniform, long medium size and quality.
HELEN DAVIS (P.) — Mid-season. Strong, upright-growing; large, dark green foliage. In rich ground produces remarkable crops. Berries large, deep red, firm, juicy and of unusually good flavor. Ideal for can- ning and preserving.
KING EDWARD (P.) — Fruit large, conical, slightly necked, uniform; color bright crimson, glossy and attractive ; flesh firm, sweet, good flavor. It is a strong, vigorous grower, making large plants and plenty of them, a prolific yielder of large handsome berries.
NORWOOD (P.) — Medium early, strong grower. The quality is unsur- passed, and the size unequaled and of enormous size. The berry is conical and regular in shape. Color, bright red.
PATAGONIA (P.) — Early to. late. Sweet, delicious, pineapple-flavored berries, without the usual care necessary to produce good strawberries.
PRIDE OF MICHIGAN (P.) — Dark red. Mid-season, oblong shape; fruit unusually large, flavor delicious ; yield extra heavy. Fruit stems large and long, holds the fruit well up from the ground.
SENATOR DUNLOP (P.) — A well tested wonderfully productive sort; will do well anywhere. Fruit good size, regular form, beautiful bright red. Ripens early and continues a long time.
SILVER COIN (P.) — Mid-season, excellent color, luscious flavor, and great productiveness. The berry is not only large, but nearly every berry is large, even those that ripen at the end of the season and they are the most uniform in size and shape of any variety we have ever grown. Color a brilliant flame-red.
WM. BELT (P.) — Producing large crops under good common matted row culture. Berries extra large, conical, quite uniform in shape, brilliant glossy red, ripens all over without green tips, good quality, carries well to market and brings highest price.
DIP THE PLANTS IN WATER AS SOON AS RECEIVED AND BURY
THE ROOTS IN MOIST, SHADY GROUND UNTIL YOU ARE READY
TO SET THEM OUT; NEGLECT FOR AN HOUR OR SO IS OFTEN
FATAL.
^sPFf IAI OFFFR • T° introduce several different varieties and give you an opportunity to test them out, we £_r ul * *^lv * offer you five each of the following: Gandy, Haverland, William Belt, Senator Dunlop,
Gibson and King Edward making a tot^ of thirty, pIpT-y CFNTS YOU CANNOT afford TO MISS
by mail at our expense, FOR A REMITTANCE OF III I I v/EdN 1 O this collection
CURRANTS
Price, unless noted, by mail, 15 cents each; $1.25 per dozen. By express, 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen; $5.00 per hundred.
Hardy, easily cultivated, standing neglect well ; indispensable for table use, jellies, etc. Set four feet apart in rich ground ; cultivate well or mulch heavily; prune out old wood so that each remaining shoot will have room to grow. If the currant worm appears, dust with hellebore. FAY’S PROLIFIC — Extra large stems and berries uniform in size; easily picked.
LONDON MARKET — Plant extremely vigorous, with perfect foliage. An enormous cropper.
PERFECTION — The only small fruit ever awarded a gold medal. Supe- rior to any other currant; less acid and better quality. By mail, 20 cents each; $2.00 per dozen. By express, $1.75 per dozen.
PO M O N A — Medium size. Clear, bright red. Hangs long time after ripe. WHITE GRAPE — Large, yellowish-white. Sweet and very mild; excellent quality.
WILDER — One of the strongest growers and most productive. Bunch and berries very large, bright red color.
GOOSEBERRIES
Price, by express, except where noted, 20 cents each; six for $1.00. If wanted by mail, add 5 cents per plant, or six for $1.25 by mail.
Plant in rich soil and give a liberal dressing of manure every season. Regular pruning every year is essential for the production of fine fruit. The English varieties especially do best in partial shade and should be heavily mulched. To prevent mildew spray bushes soon as leaves appear and several times during the summer with potassium sulphide (liver of sulphur) one ounce to four gallons of water.
CROWN BOB — Large roundish oval, red.
LANCASHIRE LAD — The largest and best of the English varieties. Fruit smooth, bright red, extra size and fine quality.
DOWNING — Large, handsome, pale green and of splendid quality for cook- ing and the table.
HOUGHTON’S — Small to medium, roundish oval, pale red, sweet and ten- der ; very good.
KEEPSAKE — Fruit very large, straw-colored, of excellent flavor; one of the surest croppers.
WHITE SMITH — Large roundish oval, yellowish-white, slightly downy.
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Will do well on any soil. Land should be thoroughly prepared and well enriched ; ground bone is one of the best fertilizers. Keep well cultivated and free from weeds and suckers. As soon as they have done bearing, cut out the old wood to give more vigor to the young canes. Plant in rows five feet apart, three feet apart in rows.
Price, except where noted by mail, 10 cents each; 12 for 50 cents; 100 for $2.00; by express, $1.50 per 100.
RUBY — One of the earliest bright red, very large. By mail, 15 cents each; twelve for 85 cents; one hundred for $2.50. By express, $2.00 per 100.
HERBERT— Standing a lower temperature than any other kind. Fruit bright red, somewhat oblong, larger than Cuthbert or Loudon. Flavor very sweet and juicy, the very best for table use. By mail, 15 cents; twelve for 75 cents; one hundred for $3.00. By express, $2.50 per 100.
KANSAS (Black.) — Strong, vigorous grower. Very early. Berries size of Gregg, of better color, jet black and almost free from bloom.
CUMBERLAND (Black.) — The largest of all black caps. A healthy vigor- ous grower. Produces immense crops of magnificent berries. Fruit very large and of good quality.
KING (Red.) — The earliest red Raspberry on record. No collection com- plete without it. Round, medium size ; light crimson color. By mail, 10 cents each; twelve for 60 cents; one hundred for $2.25. By express, $1.75 per 100.
GREGG (Black.) — For many years the leading standard sort. Best known market variety. Very productive, large size and meaty berries ; covered with heavy bloom.
HAYMAKER — An Ohio seedling; fruit reddish-purple; excellent producer, and ripens rather late, and in all respects we think it the best Raspberry
on earth. By mail, 10 cents each; twelve for 60 cents; $2.50 per one hundred. By express, $2.00 per one hundred.
CUTHBERT, or QUEEN OF THE MARKET— Equal to any. Berries large,
measuring three inches around, conical, rich crimson, very handsome ;
flavor is sweet, rich and luscious.
“St. Regis Everbearing Red Raspberry”
Actually Bears the First Season Planted.
Plants of St. Regis planted in early April gave ripe berries on the 20th of June the same year. For four weeks thereafter the yield was canes continue to produce ripe fruit freely without inter- mission until the middle of October.
The berries were large and beautiful, firm and full fla- vored, to the very last. St. Regis is the only Raspberry, thus far known, that will yield a crop of fruit the season planted. Awarded a certificate of merit by the American In- stitute of New York.
mail, 15 cents ; $1.00 per doz. ;
hundred for ). By express,
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St. Regis Everbearing Raspberry.
BLACKBERRIES
Unless noted, by mail, 10 cents each; 12 for 60 cents; 25 for $1.00; 100 for $3.00. By express, 50 cents per dozen; 100 for $2.50.
BLOWER — Large size, jet black. An excellent producer, and of fine quality. By mail, 10 cents each; 75 cents per dozen; one hundred for $3.50. By express, 60 cents per dozen; $3.00 per hundred.
ELDORADO — Berries large and jet black, borne in large clusters and ripen well together ; very sweet, melting and pleasing to the taste. Have no hard core and keep eight to ten days after picking.
EARLY HARVEST — Not entirely hardy in the North and needs winter protection. Its earliness, being one of the first to ripen, combined with good shipping qualities, make it very profitable. Fruit medium size, black.
OHMER — Five points which recommend this berry. Hardy, late, large, productive and of the finest flavor.
SNYDER — Extremely hardy, enormously productive, medium size; no hard, sour core ; sweet and juicy. Ripens early.
WARD — Large fruit, black throughout, without core, and of excellent quality ; bushes being covered with fine fruit.
DEWBERRY
LUCRETIA — Low-growing, trailing blackberries. In size and quality it equals any of the tall growing varieties. Perfectly hardy. Fruit ripens early, and is often one and one-half inches long by one inch in diam- eter ; soft, sweet and luscious throughout with no hard core. Ripe be- fore late raspberries are gone. By mail, 10 cents each; twenty-five for $1.00; one hundred for $2.50. By express, 50 cents per dozen; twenty- five for 75 cents; one hundred for $1.50.
GRAPES
There is scarcely a yard so small, either in country or city, that room for one to a dozen or more grape vines cannot be found. They do admir- ably trained up to the side of any building or along the garden fences, occupying but little room and furnishing an abundance of the healthiest of fruit. Make the soil mellow, and plant the vines somewhat deeper than they stood in the nursery. Plant about eight feet apart by the fence or building. Price of Grapes unless noted, by mail, 15 cents each; six for 75 cents; twelve for $1.25. By express, 12 cents each; six for 60 cents; twelve for $1.00.
Black or Purple
CAMPBELL’S EARLY — Forms large and handsome clusters thickly set with large round berries, covered with light purple bloom ; very few and small seed ; flavor sweet, rich and delightful. Ripens early. By
mail, one-year, 20 cents each; six for $1.00. By express. 15 cents each; eight for $1.00.
CONCORD — One of the best and most popular. By mail, one-year, 10 cents each; six for 60 cents; twelve for $1.00. By express, 10 cents each; six for 50 cents; twelve for 75 cents.
MOORE’S EARLY— Clusters of medium size ; berries large, round, black.
WORDEN — Larger in bunch and berry of better flavor and earlier than Concord, and producing fine crops.
White
NIAGARA — Its clusters are large and handsome. When fully ripe they are a fine pale yellow; flesh is slightly pulpy, tender and sweet.
POCKLINGTON — Large, light golden-yellow when fully ripe. Sweet and tender with little pulp. Ripens after Concord.
MOORE’S DIAMOND — The color is a delicate greenish-white, with a rich yellow tinge, when ripe. Very few seeds, juicy and almost entirely free from pulp.
Red or Amber
BRIGHTON — Bunches large and well formed, berries medium to large, of good flavor and quality ; very early.
CATAWBA — An excellent table and wine grape with large round berries. When fully ripe they are a dark copper color, with sweet, rich, musky flavor.
DELAWARE — Slender growth that deserves a place in every vineyard or garden. Bunches and berries are small but compactly set, light red, with violet bloom. One of the earliest.
WYOMING — Brighter colored than Delaware, earlier, and nearly twice as
large ; flesh tender, juicy and sweet.
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APPLES
By mail, 3 to 4 ft., 35c each; three for $1.00; twelve for $3.50. By express, 3 to 4 ft., 25c each; three for 60c; twelve for $2.25. 4 to 5
ft, 35c each; three for $1.00; twelve for $3.50.
SUMMER
EARLY HARVEST — Medium, pale yellow, ten- der, juicy.
RED ASTRACHAN — Large, deep crimson.
YELLOW TRANSPARENT — Earliest and best white, tender and juicy.
RHUBARB or PIE PLANT
LINNAEUS — Large, early, tender and fine. The very best of all. 15 cents; $1.00 for eight. By express, ten for $1.00.
QUEEN — Vigorous grower, producing extra large stocks of finest quality, of a decided pink color. For canning or cooking in any way its quality is unsurpassed. 15 cents; $1.00 for eight. By express, ten for $1.00.
PEARS
MULBERRIES
By mail, 35 cents each; three for $1.00. By express, 4 to 5 ft., 50 cents each. DOWNING EVERBEARING— Very large black, handsome, sweet, rich and excellent.
NEW AMERICAN — Equal to Downing’s in all respects, but a better tree. Very productive. Ripens from middle June to middle September.
APRICOTS
AUTUMN
MAIDEN’S BLUSH — Large, blush cheek.
FALL RAMBO — Medium, yellow, streaked red.
FALL PIPPIN — Large, yellow, rich aromatic.
DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG — Good size, yellow, streaked red, juicy, rich ; very productive.
WINTER
BEN DAVIS — Large, handsome, striped, valuable.
GOLDEN RUSSET — Medium, dull russet, crisp, juicy.
STARK — Large, striped light and red; juicy. An early, abundant bearer.
GRIMES’ GOLDEN— Good size; yellow, of high- est quality ; very productive.
BALDWIN — Large, bright red, crisp, juicy, rich.
WHITE PIPPIN — Large, yellow tender, sub-acid, good grower and keeper.
WINESAP — Medium, deep red, firm, rich and crisp ; widely cultivated.
NORTHWESTERN GREENING— Hardy, yellow, rich, of good size; extra long keeper.
WINTER BANANA — Fine, vigorous grower ; early bearer; fruit, medium to large, smooth and handsome golden-yellow ; bright crimson- flesh ; fine grained.
NORTHERN SPY — Large, striped, mild sub-acid and tender, with a rich delicious flavor.
The following are too well known to need de- scription :
ROME BEAUTY, JONATHAN. WEALTHY, STAYMAN’S WINESAP, DELICIOUS.
CRAB APPLES
By express, 4 to 5 ft., 35 cents each; three for $1.00.
TRANSCENDENT — As large as two inches in diameter. Yellow', striped with red. Tree large, quick grower.
QUINCES
By mail, 35c each; three for $1.00. By express, 3 to 4 ft., 35c each; three for $1.00.
BOURGEAT— A new golden prolific variety of best quality, yielding immense crops, fruiting at three and four years. Fruit of largest size, round, rich golden color and very tender when cooked ; can be kept until February.
MEECH — A vigorous grower and immensely pro- ductive ; fruit is large, lively orange-yellow, and has good cooking qualities.
CHERRIES
By mail, 2 to 3 ft., 30c each; four for $1.00. By express, 2 to 3 ft., 25c each; five for $1.00; 4 to 5 ft., 35c each; three for $1.00; twelve for $3.50.
EARLY RICHMOND — Medium, dark red, melting juicy rich acid ; one of the best. June.
LATE DUKE — Large light red; late, July.
MONTMORENCY — Large red, productive; ten days later than Early Richmond. Late, June.
BLACK TARTARIAN — Large, black, juicy, rich, excellent, productive. Last of June.
SCHMIDT — Immense size, deep black; flesh dark, tender, very juicy ; fine flavor. July.
ENGLISH MORELLO — Fair size, blackish-red, rich acid ; juicy and good. August.
GOV. WOOD — Large, light red, juicy, rich deli- cious. Tree healthy and productive. June.
MAY DUKE — Large, red, juicy and rich. June.
DYEHOUSE— A very early and sure bearer, rip- ens a week earlier than Early Richmond. June.
Asparagus
35 cents per dozen, by mail; fifty for $1.00, or $1.00 per hundred, by express, purchaser’s ex- pense.
COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE — A distinct va- riety of strong, vigorous growth, producing very large, white shoots, that in favorable weather re- main white until three or four inches high, or as long as fit for use.
By mail, 2 to 3 ft., 30c each; four for $1.00. By express, 2 to 3 ft., 25c each; five for $1.00; 4 to 5 ft., 35c each; three for $1.00; twelve for $3.50.
EARLY HARVEST— Good size and color, fair quality, the best early variety in the South. July.
CLAPP FAVORITE — Very large, yellow and dull red, with russet specks ; melting rich. August.
BARTLETT — Large, buttery, juicy; high flav- ored; great bearer; very popular. August and September.
KIEFFER — Its large size and handsome appear- ance and remarkable keeping and shipping qualities make it exceedingly profitable for market. October and November.
ROSSNEY — Ripens two weeks after Bartlett, averages larger ; excellent keeper and ship- per ; uniform in shape, color and size ; creamy skin with crimson-blush.
SECKEL — Best flavored Pear known. Fruit small, yellow, with red cheek, melting, sweet and aromatic. August and September.
PEACHES
By mail, 2 to 3 ft., 15c each; eight for $1.00. By express, 2 to 3 ft., 10c each; eight for 75c; 4 to 5 ft., 25c each; eight for $1.75.
CRAWFORD’S EARLY — Large yellow peach, of good quality. Early in September.
ALEXANDER — Medium, greenish-white, nearly covered with rich red, juicy and sweet. July.
ELBERTA — Large, yellow with red cheek, flesh- yellow ; sure bearer, firm and juicy ; follows Early Crawford.
CRAWFORD’S LATE — Large yellow peach. Late September.
CROSBY — One of the hardiest; abundant bearer, medium, bright yellow. Middle September.
HEATH CLING — Large, flesh white, juicy and melting ; good keeper. October.
CHAMPION — Early variety, creamy-white with red cheek ; sweet, rich and juicy. August.
KALAMAZOO — A leading market sort; large, yellow, fine quality. Extra productive and profitable. Early September.
PLUMS
By mail, 2 to 3 ft., 30c each; four for $1.00. By express, 2 to 3 ft., 25c each; five for $1.00; 4 to 5 ft., 35c each; three for $1.00; twelve for $3.50.
GREEN GAGE — Large, pale green ; juicy, rich and excellent. August.
BURBANK — Most profitable; bears quite young. Fruit large, excellent, quality ; cherry-red with lilac bloom. August.
ABUNDANCE — Fruit large; lemon-yellow; good quality. August.
SHIPPER’S PRIDE — Large, dark purple, often measuring two inches in diameter ; fine, juicy and sweet. September.
RED JUNE — Ripening before Abundance; very vigorous and upright grower. August.
PETER’S YELLOW GAGE— Large oval, bright yellow, rich .and juicy ; fine quality. Septem- ber.
DAMSON — An old-time favorite; needs no de- scription.
Asparagus.
By mail, 35 cents each; three for $1.00. By ex- press, 30 cents each; four for $1.00.
ROYAL — Large yellow; juicy, rich and delicious, very fine variety.
Money=Maker Horseradish
A new variety which is proving to be a ver- itable gold mine to market gardeners, a rapid grower of very large roots. It is much earlier than the old variety of horseradish, and pro- duces a much larger crop, and as it matures so much earlier than the old variety, growers are able to get their crop into the market while prices are high, making it the most profitable of all root crops of this class. Easy to grow, ma- tures quickly, and produces abundantly. Good roots, 35 cents per dozen; $2.00 per hundred, postpaid; $12.50 per thousand, by express.
NUTS
CHESTNUT JAPAN — Dwarf grower, productive, usually producing nuts when two or three years old. Nuts are immense size, for sur- passing all other kinds. Twenty-five dollars have been realized at one running from nuts of a single tree. By mail, 25 cents each; five for $1.00. By express, 2 to 3 ft., 50 cents each.
CHESTNUT, AMERICAN SWEET— A valuable native tree both useful and ornamental ; tim- ber is very desirable, and possesses fine grain for oil finish. Nuts sweet or de cate flavor and a valuable article for commerce. 10 cents each; ten for 50 cents. By express, 4 to 5 ft., 35 cents each.
FILBERT, ENGLISH — Of easiest culture, grow- ing six to eight feet high, entirely hardy, bearing early and abundantly nuts, nearly round, rich and of excellent flavor, admired by all for the dessert. 15 cents each; eight for $1.00. By express, l[^ to 2 ft., 35 cents each.
WALNUT, ENGLISH DWARF PROLIFIC — A
dwarf variety. Commences to bear quite young. 20 cents each; six for $1.00. By ex- press, l/2 to 2 ft, 35 cents each.
WALNUT (Black.) — Beautiful foliage. The most valuable of all trees for timber, and brings the highest price in the market. Tree is a rapid grower, producing large round nuts. 1 5 cents each; ten for $1.00. By express, 2 to 3 ft, 35 cents each.
WALNUT (JAPAN SIEBOLDI) — Perfectly hardy, rapid grower, immense leaves ; bears quite young and abundantly. One of the fin- est ornamental trees. Nuts produced in clus- ters. Worthy of extensive planting. 20 cents each; six for $1.00. By express, 3 to 4 ft., 40 cents each.
We guarantee all our stock to reach destina- tion in good growing condition, and if it dies through weather conditions or otherwise, we cannot afford to replace it, as we are not charg- ing you three prices, which a great many agents do, and then when the following year comes around to have stock replaced, the agent is in some other locality.
CONOVER’S COLOSSAL — A standard variety of large size, tender and excellent quality.
GIANT ARGENTEUIL — A French variety introduced several years ago, is proving the finest and most profitable. Stalks mammoth size, bright attrac- tive color, sweet and tender. It is an immense yielder and very early, makes beds strong enough for profitable cutting before any other variety.
PALMETTO— A very early variety; even, regular size.
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WE HAVE used the greatest care in obtaining our flower seed, and those we offer you are absolutely fresh, being grown under our personal supervision or imported from the best foreign seed growers. Failure in getting satisfactory results from seed planting may be attributed to the manner in which the seed is sown, rather than the lack of germinating power in seed, and seedsmen are unjustly censured when the fault lies in the cultivator and not in the seed. Most flower seeds germinate well in a fine, sandy loam, partly protected from the sun. Heat and moisture are the two essential points to start life in seeds. A general and fatal error is to start the seed too deep ; small seeds should be barely covered with fine earth ; large seeds by about half an inch. After sowing, the ground should be watered with a very fine sprinkler, regularly. Many seeds are killed by drought.
Sowing of Seeds — Spade the soil in the seed bed to a good depth, work it over and over with the spade in order to mash the small clods. Sow the seed in drills or broadcast, according to the kinds, covering carefully and lightly, there being more danger in covering too much than not enough. Never allow the seed to remain in dry soil. For seeds that re- quire an early start, to secure blooms before frost, sow in shallow wooden boxes — in good garden soil. Cover the seed very lightly, keeping the box in a sunny window, covering the box with a pane of glass until the seeds begin to sprout, but never allow the soil to become too dry.
Transplanting of Seedlings — Do not allow the little plants started in the boxes to grow too tall before transplanting. Care should be used in watering the seedlings well after plant- ing and to protect from the sun a few days with light paper.
ASTERS
The Aster is one of the most popular and satisfactory garden flowers now grown. The profusion of bloom makes it one of the best for bedding, and the lasting quality when cut makes it fine for house decoration. The newer varieties rival Chrysanthemums in color and form. The seed may be sown when trees are starting out in leaf out of doors or sown earlier in the house and transplanted.
“GLORIA” — The flowers are of good size and very double ; color purest white in center, with a distinct margin of bright scarlet, forming a brilliant contrast; plants semi-dwarf and branching; flowers produced in abundance. 10 cents per packet.
MISS ROOSEVELT— Flowers meas- ure four to five inches across, outer petals being curled and twisted and , of a pure white color, center a deep yellow. 10 cents per packet.
VICK’S PINK ENCHANTRESS— Is
upright in habit, as distinguished from the branching form. Pro- duces long, strong, graceful stems for the support of numerous large marketable blooms. The flower is always full double ; petals are of medium length and very broad. Those toward the center fold in very regularly, while gradually .toward the outer edge, thus in- creasing the diameter of the flower. Per packet, 15 cents.
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM ASTER — Well worthy of your attention. The finest mixed kinds. 10 cents per packet.
GOLIATH — Truly a giant in size, finest mixed from selected flowers. 10
cents per packet.
COMET — In shape they resemble a large-flowered Japanese Chrysanthe- mum, the petals being long and twisted or curled and wAvy. Mixed colors, 10 cents per packet.
MIG NON — Plants about fifteen inches high, very bushy and prolific. Flow- ers of good size, reflex petals and very double. Mixed colors, 10 cents per packet.
CRIMSON MIXTURE, GLOBE FLOWERED ASTER— Made from the best large-flowering Globe Aster in the crimson shades so much sought for. Crimson, very dark crimson, dark crimson, and white with blood center, will be found in this mixture. 10 cents per packet.
NEW COMET ASTER, WAVING OSTRICH PLUME— Comes in a great
variety of shades. 10 cents per packet.
SPECIAL OFFER
One packet each of the above six varieties for 50 cents.
SEMPLE’S OR AMERICAN BRANCHING ASTERS
Plants are of strong growth and branch freely, bearing the flowers on stiff, erect stems. Flowers measuring from three to four inches in diam- eter, with large, broad petals. Bloom in September, and are especially adapted to our climate.
Pure White Per pkt., 5c
Deep Purple Per pkt . 5c
Rose Pink Per pkt., 5c
Deep Crimson Per pkt., 5c
Shell-Pink Per pkt., 5c
Lavender-Blue Per pkt., 5c
Mixed, all colors, 5 cents per packet.
ANNUAL FLOWER SEEDS
(Sown in the spring these rapidly attain perfection and flower the same season.)
The following ten kinds mailed free for 25 cents.
ALYSSUM — Little Gem. The best white.
BALSAM — Superb double mixed.
COSMOS — Giant-flowering mixed, fine and showy.
FORGET-ME-NOT — An old favorite.
MARIGOLDS— Pride of the garden, mixed colors MIGNONETTE— Finest mixed, large fragrant flowers.
PANSIES — German, finest mixed, beautiful colors.
PETUNIAS— Large flowering, single, mixed.
V E R B E N AS — Mammoth mixed, scarlet, white, pink, etc.
ZINNIAS — Mammoth double mixed, immense double flowers.
Sure=to=Bloom Collection
Four large packets for 10 cents.
1 — PETUNIA — Best mixed. | 4 — POPPY — Double and single, all
2 — ZINNIA — Mammoth flowered. colors.
3 — ALYSSUM — Very sweet. !
THE SURPRISE COLLECTION
Six packets of seed for 10 cents, our selection of varieties.
In this collection, like all others, the seed is fresh and true to name. The varieties selected from the most popular of the free-flowering annuals. We can only offer this collection at the price because it is made up of varieties we have an over-abundance of, and we therefore can give you this wonderful bargain- for 10 cents. Try it. Six packets of seed for 10 cents, our selection of varieties.
Ten Varieties of Climbing Vines
FOR 25 CENTS.
Just, what you need for covering old fences, arbors, verandas, etc., and for hiding unsightly places. They are rapid climbers, and at the same time produce a constant display of showy flowers. (For description see regular list.)
COBEA SCANDENS. BALLOON VINE.
TALL NASTURTIUMS. ORNAMENTAL GOURDS. CYPRESS VINE.
LATHYRUS. MAURANDYA. JAPANESE HOP. MORNING GLORIES. WILD CUCUMBER.
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VARIOUS ASTERS
WASHINGTON — Largest Aster grown, bearing flowers five to six inches in diameter; very double, mixed colors. 5 cents per packet.
DOUBLE QUILLED ASTERS — Great favorites on account of their free- blooming qualities, and the low price of the seed commends them to many who want a nice Aster for cutting. 5 cents per packet DAYBREAK ASTER — (Pink.) Color a rich, delicate pink, large and dou- ble, one of tlie best sorts for cutting ; two feet. 5 cents per packet. QUEEN OF THE MARKET — The earliest of all Asters. Grows about nine inches high, and very branching; the fine double flowers are produced very freely on long stems, making it valuable for cutting. The colors are deep blue, white, pink and deep rose. 5 cents per packet.
VICTORIA — Petals curve outward, overlapping like those of a double Dahlia. Plants about eighteen inches high and very free flowering; flowers very brilliant in color. Good for pot culture. 5 cents per pkt. PURITY —In growth, height and free-flowering qualities like Daybreak, but the flowers are pure glistening white. 10 cents per packet.
NEW EARLY WONDER ASTERS
Seed sown in open ground the first of April will bloom early in July, whereas, if sown earlier indoors and transplanted bloom can be looked for in June. The flowers are of the Ostrich Plume type, very double and large. We offer the two colors.
EARLY WONDER WHITE — Clear, glistening white; enormous size. 15
cents per packet.
EARLY WONDER PINK — Light pink, clear, soft and delicate. 15 cents per packet
QUEEN OF THE MARKET, THE EARLY ASTER
The earliest flowering first-class Aster, coming into flower in July, or fully three weeks in advance of any others; of branching habit; flowers of good size, and borne on long stems, making them exceedingly valuable for cutting.
Pure White Perpkt., 10c Light Pink Perpkt., 10c
Lavender Perpkt., 10c Purple Perpkt., 10c
Crimson Perpkt., 10c Rose Perpkt., 10c
Mixed, all colors, 10 cents per packet.
ASPARAGUS
SPRENGERI —(Emerald Feather.) Invaluable as a pot plant, for baskets or for vases. The numerous fronds are frequently four feet long. A fine house plant, as it withstands dry atmosphere. 10 cents per packet. PLUMOSUS NANUS — A fine house plant with delicate, lace-like foliage — more delicate than Ferns. Easily raised from the seed. 10 cents per packet.
AQUILEGIA, or Columbine
Hardy perennials, luxuriating in the moister situations in the garden, where they form permanent clumps, growing from one and one-half to three feet. DOUBLE — All colors, mixed. 5 cents per packet.
SINGLE — All colors, mixed. 5c per packet.
Aquilegia.
SWEET ALYSSUM
Popular little plant, easy to grow and splendid for edging beds and for hanging baskets. Compact, white blossoms, very sweet. 5
cents per packet; one-fourth oz., 15 cents
ALLEGHENY VINE
Hardy climbing plant, very at- tractive ; dainty, feathery, pale green foliage, flowers delicate rose-pink and white. Packet, 5 cents.
AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII (Japan or Boston Ivy)
A hardy perennial climber with glossy green leaves which change to scarlet in the autumn. Valuable climber for covering walls. Per packet, 5 cents.
ACHILLEA
A low-growing hardy perennial of easy growth from seed, with small, fine-cut leaves and clusters of small, double white flowers. Fine for cem- etery planting. It blooms all summer. 10 cents per packet.
AGERATUM
A charming little bedding plant of compact growth. Clear blue shades in soft, feathery blooms. Best varieties in both blue and white. 5 cents per packet.
ANTIRRHINUM (Snapdragon)
Most constant bloomer of all the hardy perennials, and it flowers very freely the first year from seed. The flowers are produced on long spikes. Very popular in the cut-flower market.
MIXED TALL — Twenty kinds and colors. 5 cents per packet.
DWARF MIXED — Finest Tom Thumb. 5 cents per packet.
BALLOON VINE (Love=in=Puff)
A rapid-growing annual climber, succeeds best in light soil and warm situation ; flowers white. 5 cents per packet.
Sweet Alyssum.
Balsam,
Double Rose-Flowered Mixed.
BALSAMS
DOUBLE-FLOWERED SPOTTED MIXED— Including twelve of the best
imported named varieties — violet, crimson, flesh, dark purple, scarlet- rose and other shades marked with distinct round spots of white. 5 cents per packet
IMPROVED CAMELLIA-FLOWERED MIXED— Having extra double large- sized flowers and a great diversity of color. 5 cents per packet. DOUBLE ROSE-FLOWERED MIXED— Per- fect in shape, much like Roses. In this mixture are some of the choicest colors such as sulphur-yellow, apricot, buff, scarlet and deep crimson. 5c per packet CARNATION STRIPED BALSAM— Good double flowers in white striped with crim- son, violet, pink and red. 10c per pkt.
WHITE — Large, fine flower. 5c per packet.
PURPLE — Beautiful shade. Packet, 5c.
PINK — Superb sort, a clear, deep color.
Packet, 5 cents.
SCARLET — Almost dazzling in brilliancy.
Packet 5 cents.
LIGHT LEMON — Fine shade of light sulphur or lemon. Packet, 5 cents.
Balsam Apple (Momordica Balsamea)
A quick-growing climber with or- namental foliage and curious yellow fruits which, when open, are brilliant scarlet. Plant seeds in light, rich soil when trees are out in leaf. 10 cents per packet. J ' y _ _
BROWALLIA
With blue or white flowers completely studding the bushy plants during the whole summer ; fine for gar- den beds in summer and- pot culture in winter Fine mixed, 5 cents per packet
CANTERBURY BELLS
Hardy, herbaceous perennial, bear- ing a -great profusion of bell-shaped flowers, thriving best in light, rich soil ; some of the varieties flower the flrst season.
SINGLE MIXED — Large, bell -shaped ,
: -flowers, effective for pot culture; — ’
: hardy biennials. 5 cents per pkt, "
CALYCANTHEMA— (Cup and Sam . cer.) Producing white, blue, and rose-colored flowers resembling a cup t(nd saucer. 10 cents per pktf
CANDYTUFT
- Good for bedding, and also for cutting. Many -colors, very fragrant:
Canterbury Bells.
DARK CRIMSON — The richest dark shade. Fine for borders or cutting. 5 cents per packet.
PURE WHITE — Produces large trusses of pure white flowers. Fine for cemetery planting. 5 cents per packet.
MIXED VARIETIES— Including all colors known in Candytuft. 5 cents per packet.
CASTER OIL PLANT OR RICINUS
ZANZIBARENSIS — Gigantic leaves two to two and one-half feet across. We offer four va- rieties in mixture ; one with light green leaves; another coppery-brown leaves; an- other brownish-purple leaves; another with bronze leaves. 5 cents per packet; one-half Candytuft ounce, 25 cents.
MARGUERITE CARNATIONS
Flowers very double, ranging through beautiful shades of reds, pinks, whites, variegated, etc. These sown in spring commence flowering in early summer and continue to bloom until checked by frost. Mixed colors, 10 cents per packet.
MARGUERITE “SNOWFLAKE” — Pro- ducing fine large flowers, very fragrant and especially adapted for cut flowers. 10 cents per packet.
Garden Carnation, CRIMSON VELVET—
A rich dark shade; very desirable. 10
cents per packet.
Garden Carnation, EXTRA FINE MIXED—
Embracing all the finest colors. 10 cents per packet.
SPECIAL OFFER — One packet of each of the above four varieties of Carnations for 30 cents.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Annual)
The annual Chrysanthemums, or painted Daisies, are very easy to raise from seed and bloom freely the first summer. Flow- ers both double and single, in a great va- riety of colors, yellow predominant. Mixed colors, 5 cents per packet.
COWSLIP (Primula Veris)
A beautiful hardy spring flowering perennial ; flowers of different colors, such as yellow, brown-edged yellow, etc. Very fragrant; six inches. 5 cents per packet.
Marguerite
Carnation.
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COBEA
A fine rapid growing climber, with handsome foliage and large bell- shaped flowers green at first, but rapidly changing to purple. Seeds, set on their edge, should be started in botbed or rather dry soil, as they are apt to rot in the open ground. One of the best climbers for covering arbors. 5 cents per packet.
COLEUS
Plants with richly colored foliage of maroon, green, crimson, yellow, etc. For groups on lawns and rib- boning they are indispensable, and also valuable for pot culture. Al- though perennials, they attain per- fection from seed the first season. Fine Hybrids, mixed, 10 cents per packe*
Cobea.
Cyclamen.
CYCLAMEN
The heart-shaped foliage is beau- tifully shaded and marked and the charming flowers, borne on long foot stalks above the crown of foliage, show exquisite shades of white, crimson, blush and pink, most flowers showing two colors. A good specimen will have ffom twenty to fifty flowers in ' full bloom at one time, and the plants remain in bloom for months. ... PERSICUM — Extra fine train, all colors mixed. Packet, 10 cents.
Centaurea Imperialis. (Royal Sweet Sultan.)
CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS (Royal Sweet Sultan)
Distinctly new, very vigorous in growth, with handsomely fringed flow- ers, very large, borne on long stems. The flowers have a delicate, feathery
appearance, and are as fragrant as Vio- lets. In color they range from white to pink-rose, lavender, blue and purple. One of the best annuals for cut flowers. IMPERIALIS — Finest mixed, 5 cents per packet.
CENTAUREA GYMNOCARPA
(Dusty Miller)
Fine for bedding, vases, hanging bas- kets and pots ; also extensively used for margins ; fine cut, silvery-gray foliage.
Packet, 5 cents.
CLEMATIS
CLEMATIS PANICULATA— (Japanese Virgin’s Bower.) The leaves are of a bright, glossy green, and when in bloom the plant is completely hidden by white hawthorn-scented blossoms ; a grand plant for piazzas, fences, or for covering terraces or embankments ; does equally well in sunshine or shade. 5c per packet.
CLEMATIS, LARGE-FLOWERED, MIXED VARIETIES— In this mixtur"
- ~ are the finest of the large-flow-
ering handsome Clematis in dark blue, violet and white. Extra fine imported seed. 10 cents per packet.
CYPRESS VINE (Ipomoea)t
A delicate little climber, withi lace-like leaves and scarlet star- shaped flowers. Seeds will sprout more rapidly if soaked, before' planting, in lukewarm water. 5. cents per packet.
Cypress Vine.
CELOSIA (Cockscomb)
Very showy plants, velvety combs, which remain the same throughout the summer.
Sow the seed thinly in early spring and transplant at least eighteen inches apart.
Mixed Colors — Crimson, golden, violet and rose, 5c per packet.
CINERARIA
Hybrida Mixed — An excellent pot plant for the winter months, being of strong, quick growth, very free flowering and blos- soming during the winter when flowers are scarce. Flowers are Daisy-shaped, in large clusters, and of the richest shades of blue, purple, white, pink and crimson. Seed should Cockscomb,
be sown early in the spring in boxes and
plants grown in pots during the summer for fall and winter blooming.
15c per packet.
COSMUS HYBRIDUS
One of the most showy and graceful of all garden flowers, growing five to seven feet high, which are beautiful masses of the most elegant foliage until they begin to bloom in September, when each plant will have hun- dreds of large, showy blossoms.
NEW MAMMOTH FANCY COSMOS — Flowers two and one-half to three inches across ; fringed, resembling Marguerites. Colors white, rose and crimsdn. Excellent for cut flowers. 10c per packet.
COSMOS EARLY DAWN — Begins to bloom in July and continues until frost. Flowers large, delicately tinted rose color. 10c per packet. MIXED COLORS — All colors, crimson, rose, pale pink and white. 5e. per packet. ^ ,
CALEN- DULA
Showy, free- flowering hardy annuals, producing a fine effect in beds or mixed borders a n d continuing in b.l oo m until late in fail. JFake good pot pi ants fop winter. In cream, yellow, orange, ma- roon and striped,
MIXED — 5o per packet.
CANARY BIRD FLOWER
This ornamental climber is distinct both in foliage and flower with fern-like leaves. The flowers, of fine- ly-cut butterfly-like form, are of bright canary-yellow, and produced in great pro- fusion. 5c per packet.
CALLIOPSIS, OR COREOPSIS
Showy border plant pro- ducing flowers in nearly ev- ery shade of yellow, orange, crimson, red and brown. Sow where they are io re- main, and thin to two feet apart.
MIXED COLORS— Tall va- rieties. 5c per packet.
Calliopsis, or Coreopsis.
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CAPSICUM, or CELESTIAL PEPPER
(A Charming Novelty, the Christmas Pepper'
A showy Christmas decoration. The plants grow to ■ oeautuuli, bushy shape, covered with glossy green leases and an abundance of conical fruit about the size of a thimble, ranging in color from a pale green, ric' cream and orange shades to a brilliant scarlet when fully ripe. The seed should be sown in the house early in the spring and can either be trans- planted to pots or planted outdoors when nights are quite warm. In the early fall take the plants up and pot, as they make fine house plants, be- ing covered all winter with the bright fruits. 5c per packet.
CANNAS
Our own mixture. We gathered these seeds from our field and among the best kinds that are grown and can guarantee every one of them. We are offering them cheap — 5c per packet.
They vary in height from three feet up. The flowers with which the plants are ever bedecked are various snades of crimson, yellow and orange. Canna seed should be soaked in quite warm water before sowing.
Crozy’s Special Large-Flowering Mixed — This is a very large-flowering strain, of compact growth, flowering freely from seed the first year. The flowers come in brilliant combinations of red and yellow. 5c per packet.
Double Daisy.
BELLIS— DOUBLE DAISY
A hardy perennial free-flowering plant, easily raised from seed. The flowers are very double and full centered on stems about six inches long, ranging in colors from pure white to pink and deep rose. The Daisy suc- ceeds best in a cool, shaded spot and requires the same treatment as a Pansy or Violet. Sow seed early in the spring in shallow drills and thin out.
FINE MIXED — Shades of pink, rose, deep red and white; very double and prolific in bloom. 5c per packet.
Dahlia.
DAHLIAS
Dahlias are readily grown from seed, flowering freely the first season. Sow seed early in the spring in a box and keep in a sunny window. Transplant to pots, and plant in the garden when trees are in full leaf. As they grow tall, tie the plants to stakes and trim off the side shoots to make the plants strong.
CHOICE DOUBLE MIXED — Many colors. 5c per packet.
CACTUS DAHLIA, MIXED COLORS — Double flowers of distinct and re- markable appearance, the petals being quilled and curved loosely and gracefully arranged in large double oval heads of bloom. 5c per pkt. SINGLE, LARGE-FLOWERING, MIXED— 5c per packet.
DAHLIA, DOUBLE — Large flowering, finest mixed. 10c per packet.
DIANTHUS, or SWEET CLOVE PINKS
Are now among the most popular flowers cultivated, because the seed may be sown outdoors very early in the spring, am' in a few weeks plants will be a mass of sweet-scented blooms.
HARDY SWEET CLOVE PINKS
These hardy Pinks should be in every garden on account of their delightfully sweet-scented Carna- tion-shaped flowers.
PHEASANT EYE FRINGED — Finely fringed, silvery- white flowers with heavily marked crimson center en- circling a white eye.
Strong clove-like fragrance. 5c per packet.
DOUBLE HARDY MIXED — Double and semi-double varie- ties. bearing fringed Carnation - shaped flowers in many shades, white to deepest crimson per packet.
SINGLE HARDY MIXED— Single, having strikingly marked eyes in the center ; fringed petals. 5c per pkt.
SPECIAL OFFER — Any five packets of Sweet Clove Pinks described for 25c.
SINGLE ANNUAL SWEET CLOVE
PINKS Dianthus.
Dianthus Nobilis, Royal Pinks — Flowers nearly four Inches across, the petals being undulated and twisted, each petal covering half of the other, and beautifully fringed; the colors vary from white to dark red. lOo per packet.
DOUBLE ANNUAL SWEET CLOVE PINKS
DOUBLE SNOWBALL — Large pure white double flowers, very full and deeply fringed, like fine Carnations. 5c per packet.
DOUBLE IMPERIAL PINK — Very double flowers, full and finely formed, a good range of colors, very bright and showy. 5c per packet.
DOUBLE FIRE BALL — A beautiful double sort, with fine, full flowers in
rich shades of scarlet, running t o crimson, striking in color, 5o per packet.
OUR STRIPED MIXTURE
— Is made from the va- rieties that are very double, fringed on the edges and striped in brightly contrasting col- ors. 5c per packet.
BURBANK’S SHASTA DAISY
Plants are as strong as a common field Daisy, very tall, well branched, with finely-cut foliage and huge white flowers, borne in profusion on long, stiff stems. The flowers are pure white, when fully expanded being fully four inches across. Sow the seed in the garden when the leaves are starting out on the trees, and thin out when plants are large enough to transplant. Per- fectly hardy. All of the Shasta Daisies form large clumps and bloom the sec- year after planting. BURBANK’S “SHASTA” — 10c per packet
Shasta Daisy.
DELPHINIUM (Giant Hardy Larkspur)
Splendid for planting among hardy shrubs, sending up long spikes of beautiful bloom like the annual Larkspur, only much larger and handsomer. The blooms come white, pink, light blue, dark blue, purple and maroon.
GIANT HYACINTH-FLOWERED— New. from Germany.
Mixed. All colors. 10c per packet.
DOUBLE TALL STOCK FLOWERED— Spikes of double flowers eighteen inches long, very beautiful. Several of the brightest and best colors. 5c per packet
DUTCHMAN’S PIPE
(Aristolochia Sipho) — A hardy perennial vine of strong growth and ornamental appearance. It has large, heart-shaped dark green leaves and small, curious, pipe-shaped flowers on slender stems. These flowers are a dull brown, finely marked with bright yellow. 10c per packet.
Delphinium.
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DUSTY MILLER (Silver=Leaved Centaurea)
Silvery-gray foliage beautifully cut. The plants are compact and bushy and are much used for edging flower beds. 5c per packet
DOLICHOS (Hyacinth Bean)
A rapid-growing annual climber, flowering freely in clusters, followed by ornamental seed pods, for cover- ing arbors, trellises, etc. Sow the seed in the garden in April or May, where they are to remain ; ten feet.
DAYLIGHT — Pure white flowers, suc- ceeded by broad white pods. 5c per packet.
DARKNESS — Flowers lavender-pur
pie. 5c per packet.
Dusty Miller.
EVERLASTING FLOWERS
Flowers never fade, but if cut in bud and blossom and dried they will last and retain their rich and brilliant color for many years. They should be cut when in full bloom and dried slowly in the shade, with their heads hanging downward to keep the stem straight.
MIXED — 5c per packet.
FERNS
Including some of the choicest varieties, as well as the good stand- ard sorts. We gather and test in our greenhouse a number of the best kinds and import others, so that we know the seed is of the best.
MIXED VARIETIES— 15c per pkt.
FORGET-ME=NOT, OR MYOSOTIS
Clusters of fine, delicate flowers. Succeed best in a damp, shady situation, but will thrive well in any garden soil.
MYOSOTIS ALPESTRIS — Blue. 5c per packet
ALBA — Pure white. 5c
per packet
FORGET-ME-NOT —
Mixed. 5c per packet.
Foxglove.
GERANIUMS
Usually blossom scarlet, but may come any color, affording an interesting experiment to the one who tries this mixture. 5c per packet.
ORNAMENTAL GOURDS
A tribe of climbers with curiously shaped fruit in various colors. Tender annual climbers, ten to twenty feet. A mixture of Gooseberry, Hercules Club, Japanese, Nutmeg and other new varieties. 5c per packet DIPPER — For straight handles grow on a trellis. 5c per packet; 20c per oz.
DISH RAG OR SPONGE GOURD — (Chinese Luffa.) Yellow flowers, followed by long green fruits, which form inside a tough, fibrous, sponge-like mass, which, when seeds and shell are removed, is popular for bathing. 5c per packet.
Forget-Me-Not, or Myosotis.
FOXGLOVE (Digitalis)
Hardy perennial plants of easy culture ; long spikes of large, showy flowers, ranging through the shades of purple, white, rose, yellow, spotted, etc. Three to five feet high.
MIXED COLORS— 5c per packet.
FEVERFEW
Easily grown from seed.
WHITE — 5c per packet.
WHITE. WITH YELLOW FOLIAGE— 5c per pkt.
FUCHSIA
Fuchsias are as easily grown from seed as cuttings. Will flower freely the first season in open ground, while the plants can be taken in the house in winter where they will flower still more freely. Finest single and double varieties, mixed. 15c per packet.
FOUR O’CLOCK (Marvel of Peru)
Summer-blooming annuals of bushy habit, two feet high, each plant bearing throughout the summer hundreds of large flowers of white, yellow, crimson and striped.
MIXED COLORS— 5C per packet.
Ornamental Gourds.
GAILLARDIA
Grandiflora Superba — Very showy free-flowering plants that are quite hardy and are very easily raised from seed. Tlie flowers are of two types — double,' made of small florets, and the single, which are of large Daisy form. Sow seed quite early in the spring in shallow drills, and thin out. Splendid new perennial va- rieties with very large flow- ers, dark crimson centers marked with rings of many brilliant colors. 5c per pkt.
GODETIA
Hardy annual. Blooms profusely and bear showy flowers of rich and varied colors. 5c per packet.
Hollyhock.
Gaillardia.
GREVILLEA ROBUSTA (Silk Oak Tree)
Fern-like plant, well adapted for the house. Sow the seeds in shallow box and cover lightly with soil. When plants can be handled pot them and repot them when needed. 5c per packet.
HELIANTHUS
Well-known old Sunflower, with coarse, tall plants, from four to eight feet in height, and bright yellow flowers. Best double and single varieties mixed. 5c per packet.
HIBISCUS (Scarlet)
Easily grown from seed, its rich, dark green leaves and scar- let flowers of fine size will make a most showy plant. iOc per pkt.
HELIOTROPE
Regal Mixed — All shades, in- Helianthus. eluding white, lavender and
darker shades. 5c per packet.
HOLLYHOCK
Mixed Colors — Double, very fine. 10c per packet.
DOUBLE HOLLYHOCK
Separate colors. 10c per packet.
MAMMOTH DOUBLE WHITE.
MAMMOTH DOUBLE YELLOW.
MAMMOTH DOUBLE BRIGHT PINK. MAMMOTH DOUBLE DARK MAROON. SPECIAL OFFER — One packet each of these four colors for 30c.
ICE PLANT (Mesembryanthemum)
Suitable for rock-work, hanging baskets ; foliage thick, fleshy, of a frosted, wax-like appearance. 5c
per packet.
IMPATIENS SULTAN I
The Sultan’s Balsam ; bright scarlet. 10c per
packet.
JAPANESE VAR= IEGATED HOP
A splendid strong- growing climber that is very showy on veran- das. Leaves variegated green and white, strong- ly marked and shaped like maple leaves. 5c per packet.
JOB’S TEARS
(Coix Lachrymal
Valuable remedy for sore throat, goitre and teething babies, when the seed is strung on linen thread and worn around the neck as a chain. Also used to ad- vantage in basket mak- ing and raphia work. 5c per pkt. ; 1 5c per oz.
Japanese Variegated Hop.
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THE CHINESE KUDZU VINE
“Jack-and -the- Bean stock”
If you wish a vine that will grow everywhere, plant the Chinese Kudzu. It will flourish where nothing else grows, and last for many years.' The large, bold leaves of the brightest green afford a dense shade. It is of wonderfully strong growth, which makes it invaluable for rapidly covering arbors, fences, porches, dead or old trees, rockeries, etc. The .vine is hardy, grows fifty feet if permitted, but may be kept down by cutting back. 10c per packet.
KOCHIA SCOPARIA
This highly ornamental annual plant grows quickly from seed sown in the open ground, when trees are coming out in leaf, and the plants are always of the rounded or globe-like form shown in our illustra- tion. The plants branch freely and the stems are clothed witli slender light green leaves. Early in the fall the ends of the shoots are thickly set with small bright scarlet flowers — the bushy plants re- sembling balls of Are. The plants are equally showy planted singly to show the round, ball-like form qn all sides, or grown in continuous rows. 5c per packet.
LOVE IN MIST
(Nigella) — A compact, free-flowering plant, with finely cut foliage, curious looking flowers and seed pods ; of easy culture ; hardy annuals.
MIXED VARIETIES — All colors. 5c per packet.
LANTANA (Finest Mixed)
With clusters of Verbena-like flowers, make a grand display the first season. In full flower all Kochia. summer. 5c per packet
LAVENDER
An annual bearing a very fragrant flower, used to lay among clothing to impart its sweetness. Every woman should have a few plants in her garden. 5c per packet.
LOBELIAS
Lathyrus Latifolia
Perennial or ever- lasting Peas. All col- ors. 5c per packet.
African Marigold
AFRICAN MIXED— All
colors. 5c per pkt.
French Marigold DWARF F R E N C H MIXED — Many col- ors. 5c per packet.
Quick growing plants, grown for their ' delicious' fragrance. Sow early in the spring, in the garden where the plants are to remain ; but for winter flowering sow in August and pot before frost. GIANT WHITE MIGNONETTE, “WHITE PEARL” — Of strong, robust growth, producing in great abundance large conical heads of pure white flow- ers of exquisite fragrance. 10c per packet. MIGNONETTE. "DEFIANCE” — Spikes will not only be of remarkable size — from twelve to fifteen inches long — but deliciously fragrant. The indi- vidual florets are of immense size, forming a graceful as well as compact spike, retaining their grace and fragrance until every bud opens 5c per packet.
MACHET — Vigorous growth, with broad, heavy spikes of delicious flowers.
5c per packet.
RESEDA ODORATA — The old-fashioned sweet variety; small flowers. 5c
per packet.
GIANT MIGNONETTE, “RED GOLIATH”— This new variety is claimed Dy experts to be the most beautiful Mignonette in existence; plants of com- pact habit; giant trusses of flowers, surpassing all others in brilliancy of color, which is decidedly red in. effect; fragrance deliciously rich.
15c per packet.
OLD=FASHIONED MORNING GLORIES
These popular dwarf little plants are equally desirable for the open garden or hanging baskets in summer and for pot culture in winter. Light blue, dark blue and white mixture. 5c per packet.
MAURANDIA
(Barclayana)
Graceful climbers for parlor, basket or outdoor purposes. Leaves small and close together ; purple, white and rose blossoms. The seed should be started in a hotbed or in a box in the house in the early spring, and transplanted after the weather is warm. 5c per packet.
MORNING GLORIES
Japanese Imperial Giant Morning Glories
Beyond question the handsomest of all Morning Glories. Can be sown in the open ground in a warm and settled climate. The foliage is luxu- riant and varied green, silvery and yellow or mottled. The giant .flowers are beyond description — colors range from snow-white to black-purple, and endless number having flowers spotted, marbled, striped, flaked, splashed, etc.
MUSK
A small plant, easily grown, whose leaves are used as a perfume. 5c
per packet.
NICOTIANA AFFINIS
(Tuberose Flowered Tobacco)
Plants of pyramidal growth two to three feet in height, flowering!, pro- fusely. Tlie flowers are purest white; star-like in form, one and' one- half inches in diameter; they are delightfully fragrant. 5c per packet
STRIPED — Flowers variously striped and blotched with red, blue and rose. 5c per packet; 10c per ounce.
FINE MIXED — A great variety of colors of the popular old-fashioned Morning Glory. 5c per packet; 10c per ounce.
MOON FLOWERS
(Ipomeas)
WHITE MOONFLOWER — Fine strong growing climbers that will reach a height of twenty feet in one season. Foliage is large and very dense, -making a fine shade for porches. Plant seeds in rich soil in spring where vines are to grow. Immense, pure white, sweet-scented flowers, measuring from four to six inches across and borne in clusters. 5 cents per packet.
SCARLET STAR IPOMEA — Bearing small star-shaped clear scarlet flow- ers in clusters very profusely ; vine is a splendid grower and is fine to use among the blue and white flowered1 varieties. 5c per, packet. HEAVENLY BLUE MOONFLOWER — Foliage very large, heart-shaped ; flowers four to five inches across in large clusters and produced in such abundance as to nearly hide the foliage. Color, sky-blue, 5c per pkt. BONA NOX (Evening Glory) — Rosy-lilac flowers, expanding1 in the even- ing; of very rapid growth 10c per packet.
NICOTIANA SANDERAE f'
This hardy plant, with its rosy-carmine flowers, produces a startling beautiful effect in the garden. Bushy habit, about two feet high, pro- ducing thousands of blossoms. If started indoors in early spring and planted out in May; it gives a continuous display of blooms all summer i and autuihn. 10c per packet.
ZINNIAS
CRESTED AND CURLED — Curiously twisted petals, giving the flower the appearance of a small Japanese Chrysanthemum. 5c per packet. ZEBRA MIXTURE— A fine mixture of all. the striped sorts ;. very unique and interesting. 5c per packet.
LILLIPUT MIXTURE — A fine class of free-flowering Zinnias, with, small, perfect flowers; fine for cutting, as they bloom most abundantly. 5c
per packet.
BUTTON, RED RIDING HOOD— This little gem grows but a foot high ; of compact form, and covered the entire season with little button-like in- tense scarlet, very double flowers not over an inch across. As a border it is highly effective. 10c per packet.
For other Zinnias see page 61.
Special 25c. Collection of Hardy Perennial Flowers
Hardy Perenni;
All hardy plants, which live in t every spring and summer. Many when the garden is almost destitute i one full-sized packet of each of the ANEMONE — Fine for bouquets. AQUILEGIA — Best double mixed. CAMPANULA — Canterbury Bells.
D ELPH I N I U M — Perennial Larkspur. GAILLARDIA — Many brilliant colors.
HOLLYHOCK— Mixed colors.
I Flower Seeds.
le garden year after year, blooming varieties bloom early In the spring, f flowers. For 25 cents we will send following ten perennials:
PERENNIAL ASTER— Single-flow- ering, mixed.
PEONIES — Double Chinese, mixed.
SWEET WILLIAM —Makes fine display.
VIOLETS — Many fine varieties.
Special Mixtures of Flower Seeds
FLOWERS FOR BOUQUETS— This mixture contains seeds producing flow- ers suitable for cutting for vases and bouquets, nearly all having long stems, and we will furnish' a' constant supply of cut flowers throughout the entire se’ason. 5c per packet.
MIXTURE OR CLIMBERS— A packet of seeds containing over twenty beautiful annual climbers, useful for covering outhouses, trellises, etc. 5c per packet.
Our Special 50c. Flower Garden
In this collection we have included all of the most popular and best flowering annuals. The seeds of each flower are of the best varieties, and will give a fine array of flowers -for a little money.
1— SWEET PEA— A big packet.
2 — LARKSPUR — Beautiful purple.
3 — ALYSSUM — Very sweet.
4— STOCKS— All shades.
5_D I A N T H U S— C love-scented.
6 — COSMOS — Mammoth blooms. ■
7— MIGNONETTE — Sweetekt
scented, i ...
8— MORNING GLORY — A large
packet, 1
9 — ASTER — Largest flowering.
10— NASTURTIUMS— Rich shades.
11 — PHLOX— Brightest colors.
12 — POPPY — Verv showy.
13— PETUNIA— Best mixed.
14 — GAI LLARDIAS — All shades.
15 — PANSY — Mammoth flowered.
16 — ZINNIAS — Giant flowered.
17— CANDYTUFT — Every shade.
18— SWEET WILLIAM — Richest colors.
19 — CENTAUREA — Largest flow- ered.
20 — V E R B E N A — Mammoth flowered. Twenty packets for 50 cents.
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Florists Springfield, Ohio
CLIMBING NASTURTIUMS
Beautiful and luxuriant climbers for trellises and arbors ; of easiest culture, bearing gorgeous flowers in profusion until killed by frost. ORANGE — A deep shade. 5c per packet; 10c per ounce.
SCARLET — Very bright. 5c per packet; 10c per ounce.
PEARL — Cream white. 5c per packet; 10c per ounce.
ROSE — A lovely deep shade. 5c per packet; 10c per ounce.
SUNLIGHT — Bright yellow. 5c per packet; 10c per ounce.
TALL NASTURTIUMS, MIXED — Many colors. 15c per one-fourth pound; 10c per ounce; 5c per packet, postpaid.
OUR SUPERFINF MIXTURE OF TALL NASTURTIUMS
Is composed of seeds from flowers of distinct colors in proportions that will produce the best results, and have a wide range of bright and dis- tinct colorings. These are all of strong, vigorous growth, throwing out running shoots that can be trained upon strings or wires, or can be read- ily made to climb the ordinary paling fences or wire netting. I Oc per packet; 20c per ounce; 50c per one-fourth pound.
MADAME GUNTHER HYBRIDS — Beautiful strain, flowering profusely, and having" a wide range of bright and distinct colorings, embracing rose,
. pink, -salmon, scarlet, velvety dark maroon, light yellow, and deep orange in self-colors, as well as most showy striped and blotched varieties.
5c per packet; 1 5c per ounce.
CHAMELEON NASTURTIUMS
When a plant of this novel sort is in full bloom, one can find upon it flowers of almost every shade of color and form of marking known to Nasturtiums. No matter what color a flower may be when it opens, it is continually changing until it fades.
DWARF CHAMELEON — 5c per packet; 15c per ounce.
TALL CHAMELEON — 5c per packet; 15c per ounce.
TOM THUMB NASTURTIUMS
Dwarf or Bedding Varieties.
Are among the most popular and beautiful of our garden plants. Their neat, compact growth, rich colored flowers and free-blooming and long- lasting qualities, together with their adaptability to almost any soil or situation, make them valuable.
BEAUTY— Yellow, with scarlet veinings. 5c per packet; 10c per ounce. SCARLET — Scarlet-orange. 5c per packet; 10c per ounce.
EMPRESS OF INDIA — Dwarf, compact growth with large purplish-green leaves; flowers of a dark, rich, salmon-scarlet. 5c per pkt. ; 10c per o?. GOLDEN KING— Rich, glowing orange-yellow. Dark purplish foliage. 5c per packet; 10c per ounce.
PEARL — Creamy-white. 5c per packet; 10c per ounce.
DARK CRIMSON— Deep velvety red, brown and brownish-crimson. . 5c
per packet; 10c per ounce.
DWARF NASTURTIUM, MIXED— Many colors. 20c per one-fourth pound: 10c per ounce; 5c per packet, postpaid. , .
NEW DWARF “IVY LEAVED” NASTURTIUMS — Having deep green leaves of the distinct Ivy-shaped form ; resembling English Ivy. Contains all the varying shades of scarlets, yellows, rose and all the different blotched varieties. 10c per packet; 20c per ounce.
“SPECIAL” MIX=
TURE OF DWARF NASTURTIUMS
This mixture contains eighteen different varie- ties of Dwarf or “Tom Thumb” Nasturtiums, and no better annual exists ; for filling beds or borders with a continuous supply of flowers they are unex- celled. Their handsome foliage shows a variety of green shades, includ- ing both light and very dark blue-green leaves with distinct veins ; the flowers are also greatly improved in coloring and in marking. Price, large packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; one-fourth pound,
50 cents.
TALL MIXTURE— Same
price as above. (Dwarf.)
TRAILING W
Very distinct type. The foliage, flowers and habit of the plants differ from all other Nasturtiums. The vines grow only two feet long, with no tendency to climb. The leaves are leathery and dark green. The flowers are smaller than those of ordinary Nasturtiums, but are borne in greatest profusion. The colors are yellow with citron blotches, scarlet and orange blotched red. They are peculiarly adapted as trailers for vases, window boxes, hanging baskets, rock work, embankments, etc. 5c per packet.
PETUNIAS
Petunias grow readily from seed, sown thinly, and lightly covered, early in the spring when trees are starting out in leaf. Pine for bedding, win- dow boxes and vases.
GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA MIXED
Extremely large and the colors embrace every conceivable shade of crimson, white, violet, lavender and beautiful pink. The flowers "are not fringed but beautifully scalloped, with wide yellow throats. 10c per pkt
DOUBLE PETUNIAS
Seed of the double varieties of Petunias is very hard to obtain. We have secured some fine imported seed which will produce a large per- centage of double flowers of the largest varieties in bright colors ' and
tints. 25c per packet.
SINGLE BEDDING PETUNIAS
BLOTCHED AND STRIPED —
fine strain, ducing a great profusion o crimson white flowers b e autifully blotched, striped and marked.
Flowers very large. 5c per packet.
FANCY STAR— A
new strain of Petunias which bloom in all shades of rose, crimson and magenta, strik- ingly marked with a clear-cut white star. 10c per packet.
COUNTESS OF E L L S M E R E —
Not so large as the giant-flow- ered sorts, but of a most ex- quisite color,
: pure glistening pink like a La France Rose,
. with white throat 5c pop
packet Fancy Star, Venosa or Countess of Ellsmere.
PURE WHITE— Profuse bloomers. 5c per packet.
.VENOSA, OR VEINED VARIETIES — Delicate shade of pink and white . veined from the. throat to the edge of the petals with wavy lines of dark crimson. 5c per packet.
GIANT FRINGED PETUNIAS
GIANT FRINGED SNOW WHITE SNOWSTORM— Flowers a glistening
• white, -with deeply fringed and curled edges. The throat of the flower is a pale yellow, adding to its beauty, and is well liked for cut-flower or cemetery planting. 15c per packet.
GIANT FLOWERED PINK, AURORA — Flowers are rosy-pink, with a dis-
• tinct red band around the deep white throat, and all penciled with deep purple.. 15c per packet.
GIANT FRINGED SCARLET, MIRANDA— This is a rare Petunia, as it is a solid colored flower of brilliant scarlet, with a fringed edge of deli- cate rose. The blossoms are immense and of surprisingly rich color- ing. 15c per packet.
GIANT FRINGED MIXED — Very large, in great variety of color and with deeply fringed and ruffled edges. 15c per packet
BEAUTIFUL PANSIES
Pansies can be very easily raised from seed, and nothing can be finer for early bedding or cost less. Sow the seed in late winter, while the weather is still cold, in boxes in the house, in good garden soil, covering very lightly with fine powdered soil. Keep in a cool spot and do not force them on too fast, as they make stronger plants if they grow slowly. Transplant when an inch high in other boxes or pots and set in the gar- den in a cool shaded spot early in the spring, shading the young plants from the hot sun when first planted.
A Bed of Beautiful Pansies.
RAINBOW MIXTURE — Largest and most varied of all Pansy mixtures. Seeds of the Giant, Bugnot, Gassier and Trimardeau, with flowers measuring, when well grown, three inches in diameter, and such beau- tiful colors as gold-bronze, silved-edged, marbled, mahogany spotted, claret-red, finest mottled, striped and blotched sorts, rich in color and of the giant-flowered type. 10c per packet.
FIRE BRAND MIXTURE — There seems to be quite a desire for the red shaded Pansies, so to satisfy this demand we offer the “Fire Brand Mixture,” composed of the choicest most brilliant red-flowered Pansies. 10c per packet.
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BEDDING PANSIES IN SEPARATE COLORS
Florists Springfield, Ohio
SPECIAL POPPY MIXTURE
5c per packet. One packet each of the eleven varieties of Bedding Pan- sies for 40c.
BLACK — Dark and velvety. BLOTCHED — All shades, spotted or blotched.
BROWN — Rich mahogany or terra- cotta colored.
LIGHT BLUE — Sky-blue, with
dark e.vt.
MA7GINED — Bright colors with light edges.
Any four packets of “Bedding Par tion,
PURPLE — Brilliant blue and violet shades.
RED — Bright wine-red shades. STRIPED — Very showy.
WHITE — Some dark eye, some plain.
YELLOW — Some dark eye, some plain.
GOOD MIXED, ALL COLORS, s in Separate Colors,” your selec- • 15c.
POPPIES
The most showy annuals, easy of culture, having fine cut delicate foli- age and handsome, large double and single flowers. New strains are very fine,
DOUBLE PEONY=FLOWERED POPPIES
DOUBLE PEONY-FLOWERED MIXED — Splendid, large double flowers of all colors. The double satin-leaved flowers resemble Peonies. 5c
per packet
DOUBLE FEATHERBALL POPPIES
PORTULACA (Sun Plant)
Comprises not only all the double and Single Poppies described, but also a number of other sorts, specially purchased for this mixture, in- cluding some entirely new ones. 10c per packet
Portulaca.
Of easy culture, thriv- ing best in a rich, light sandy soil, sunny situa- tion. Flowers are the form of small Roses, and some in yellow, scarlet, white, crimson, rose, orange — very brilliant. SINGLE MIXED— All col- ors. profuse bloomers. 5c per packet DOUBLE MIXED— Bril- liant scarlet, crimson, white, pink, rose, yel- low and orange ; fine for bedding. 5c per pkt
FAIRY BLUSH — Perfectly double; petals are beautifully fringed, of snowy-white, distinctly edged in lower portion of the flower with a rosy- pink. 5c per packet
SNOWDRIFT — Large, finely-fringed flowers; pure snow-white, like a ball of swansdown. 5c per packet.
FEATHERBALL OR CARNATION-FLOWERED — Mixed, double fringed flowers of all the delicate and brilliant shades. 5c per packet.
SINGLE POPPIES
TULIP POPPIES— Growing fourteen inches high, pro- ducing intense glowing scarlet flowers, the shape of Tulips. 10c per pkt. MISS SHERWOOD— Grow- ing two and one-half feet high, with beautiful foli- age and bearing large flowers of a satiny-white tinted on the edge of the petal with salmon-pink. 5c per packet.
FIRE DRAGON — Plants are literally covered with large single flowers meas- uring four inches across and of brilliant scarlet with a black spot. 5c per packet.
SHIRLEY MIXED — Single Poppies that come in the most delicate shades of pale pink, rose and car- mine. shading to crim- son. Many delicately Poppy Admiral. edged and striped. 5c
per packet.
SANTA ROSE (Burbank’s Improved Shirley.) This new strain of Pop- pies is of the Shirley type, but much larger, petals more crinkledi and colors more unusual. 10c per packet.
PERIWINKLE, or VINCA
Handsome bushy plants, pro- ducing freely round, single flowers one and one-half inches across, suitable for either pot culture or sunny flower beds; tender perennials, but flowers the first season. 1% feet. FINE MIXED— 5c per packet
PASSION FLOWER
Beautiful flowering vine, eas- ily raised from seed. Flowers are most intricate in form, either white, blue, purple or crimson, tinged with green on the under side. 10c per pkt.
PRIMROSES
Are of the easiest culture in greenhouse or light window or dwelling house, flowering abun- dantly and continuously with little care, and should be sown during the spring in goodl porous loam.
LARGE-FLOWERING CHINESE PRIMROSES — The old favor- ite winter house plant. This seed will produce strong plants bearing abundantly plain or scalloped edged flowers in white, pink, crim- son or lavender. 10c per pkt.
Periwinkle, or Vinca.
PHLOX DRUMMONDI
Splendid annuals, the seed of which should be planted in the spring when trees are out in leaf. Plants are fine for bedding in masses.
HARDY PERENNIAL POPPIES
GIANT ORIENTAL POPPIES — Producing numerous leafy stems about two and one-half feet high, with deep crimson flowers, having a con- spicuous black blotch on each petal. Most showy and useful of this interesting and pop- ular family. 5c per packet.
ICELAND POPPIES —
Perfectly hardy and produce an endless profusion of flowers ; bright green, like foliage formed in tufts, from which is- sue slender stalks, surmounted by yellow, white or orange-scar- let flowers. 5c per packet.
BRACTETUM — Dis- tinct class of hardy Poppies, producing flowers on long stems which often measure s i x inches across.
Range in color from a light orange to a dark orange-scarlet.
5c per packet.
“ADMIRAL,” Sing Poppy — This single Peony flowered Pop- py is of surprising beauty, large, round smooth-edged flowers of glistening pure white with a broad band of brilliant scar- let around the top.
10c per packet. Giant Oriental Poppy.
GRANDIFLORA VARIETIES
10c per packet; two packets for 15c; five packets for 30 cents.
SNOWSTORM — Large flowering, pure white. GLOWING CRIMSON — Beautiful shade of crimson.
BRILLIANT ROSE— A true bright pink. GOLDEN GLOW — Beautiful rich yellow. STARRED AND FRINGED PHLOX— Most distinct and striking. The flowers have a star-like appearance, white margins bor- der the edges of the petals. GRANDIFLORA MIXED PHLOX— A splen- did mixture of all the shades in the larg- est flowering varieties. 5c per packet.
HARDY PERENNIAL PHLOX
Fine for planting in a permanent border. All varieties, mixed, brilliant colors. 1 5c
per packet.
PRIMULA OBCONICA
Primula Obconica is as near an ever-blooming plant as is possible to obtain. It has been known to flower for over twelve months without a break, 10c per packet.
OBCONICA GRANDIFLORA FRINGED— A profuse bloomer, bearing on long stems, heads containing ten to fifteen flowers. Pure white, shad- ing to lilac, pink and lavender. Fine for winter house plants if seed Is sown early in spring. 10c per packet.
PEONY (Double Chinese Herbaceous)
Grand hardy, herbaceous plants, ornaments of our gardens, with large double flowers in pink, crimson and white.
MIXED COLORS— 10c per packet.
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HOW TO GROW SWEET PEAS
THE SOIL FOR SWEET PEAS should he rich and deep. A good rich loam, with plenty of well-rotted manure in it, is the ideal soil for raising good plants that will produce plenty of blooms of good substance. Soils that are at all heavy are best dug in the autumn, and during the winter months a good dressing of hardwood ashes or air-slaked lime should be given it. They should be in a position fully exposed to the sunlight and air on both sides of the row. Much depends on the state of the weather as to when the seed may be sown out-of-doors ; hut they should be sown as early in the season as the ground can be worked, which is usually between the middle of March and the middle of April in the latitude of Springfield. It is best to make a trench or furrow about six inches deep, in the bottom of which sow the seed thickly. Cover the seed with about an inch of soil, press- ing it down firmly. As soon as they are above the ground, thin out to two to four inches apart; when planted too close they do not attain their full de- velopment. As soon as the plants are above the trench the balance of the soil may be filled in. They should be staked up either with branches or brush or stout stakes on which wire netting has been fastened. These should be at least four feet high, and five feet would be better. It is just as well to do the staking at the time of sowing, or it may be done before filling in the trench. During dry weather they should be watered thoroughly and frequently and given an application of liquid manure once a week. A mulch of hay or rakings from the lawn will be found beneficial during hot weather. The flowers should be cut as often as possible, and all withered blooms should be removed, to prevent the plants from running to seed, which would stop them from continuing in bloom. White-seeded varieties should not be sown until the ground is comparatively dry and warm. If sown under cold, wet con- ditions, the seed will rot in the ground. With few exceptions. Sweet Peas are black-seeded, and these do not appear to be affected like the white-seeded sorts.
SPENCER SWEET PEAS
10 cents per packet; 25 cents per ounce
This type of Sweet Pea is quite distinct from the old standard sorts. The flowers are enormous in size, usually over two inches across, with elaborately fluted wings and standard, and very delicately tinted. Bearing four of these immense blooms to a stem which is long and strong, they are truly all that could be desired in Sweet Peas. COUNTESS SPENCER — S'oft rose-pink; outer edges deeper pink.
PRIMROSE SPENCER — Delicate soft yellow or primrose color.
OTHELLO SPENCER — The popular shade of deep maroon, very rich and unusual, im- mense flowers much crinkled.
WHITE SPENCER— Purest white.
AST A OHN — Lavender.
EARL SPENCER — Rich orange and salmon.
CAPTAIN OF THE BLUES— Pure purple, the margin of the petals is marbled. Very large and distinct.
SPENCER FLOWERED MIXED — This is a true mixtrue of all new varieties of this type of gigantic Orchid-flowering Sweet Peas; exquisite tints which blend harmoniously.
ECKFORD’S FINEST MIXTURE SWEET PEAS
Very best, largest-flowering varieties, in endless combination of colors. 5c per packet; 10c per ounce; one-fourth pound, 25 cents.
CHOICEST NAMED SWEET PEAS Each of the following varieties, 5 cents per packet ; 10 cents per ounce White
SADIE BURPEE — Pure white, hooded form.
EMILY HENDERSON — The standard white.
DOROTHY ECKFORD— One of the best whites.
Light Pink
GLADYS UNWIN— Pale rosy-pink.
DAINTY — Blush-white, with pink edge. (New.)
LOVELY — Soft shell-pink; all that the name implies.
Blue and Purple
NAVY BLUE — Rich navy-blue; exceedingly beautiful.
Lavender and Light Blue
FRANK DOLBY — Largest and finest pale blue.
LADY HAMILTON — Clear lavender; large flowers.
Stokesia Cyanea.
Maroon and Wine Red KING EDWARD VII — Very best of dark rich sorts.
BLACK KNIGHT — Dark maroon.
Rose and Scarlet
QUEEN ALEXANDRA — Giant size scarlet. SALOPIAN — One of the best of the dark bright reds.
Striped and Variegated AMERICA — White ground with clear red stripes.
SENATOR — Chocolate, striped white.
Yellow, Orange and Salmon HENRY ECKFORD — An extraordinary orange color.
HON. MRS. E. KENYON— Very fine, light yellow.
MISS WILLMOTT — Richest orange-pink, shaded rose.
STOKESIA CYANEA
(Stokes’ Aster, o r Cornflower Aster) — Rare, beautiful hardy perennial. It is easily raised from seed, and will flower the first year if sown early. The plant grows about twenty- four inches high, each bearing from twenty to thirty handsome lavender -blue cornflower - like blossoms ; i n bloom from July till frost. Single blossoms some- times measure as much as four or five inches across. 10c per packet.
SINGLE
VIOLETS
Easy to raise and charmingly fragrant. Treat as you would Pansies. Mixed colors, white and purple, 10c per packet.
Spencer Sweet Peas.
SCARLET SALVIA SPLENDENS
Another grand addition to our list of bedding plants. It forms a compact bush, completely cov- ered with rich scarlet flowers. 5c per pkt.; seven for 25c.
SUNFLOWER
Mammoth Russian-
Enormous flowers. The well-known old Sun- flower, with coarse, tali plants from four to eight feet in height, and bright yellow flowers. 5c per pkt. ;
15c per (4 lb.
SCARLET
RUNNER
As easy to grow as a garden bean. Vines will run from fifteen to twenty feet in a season with good dark green foliage and long branches of brilliant scarlet flowers shaped like pea blossoms. A most showy bloomer.
5c per packet.
Salvia.
SENSITIVE PLANT (Mimosa Pudica)
Curious and interesting annuals, with pinkish-white flowers ; the leaves close and droop when touched or shaken. 5c per packet.
Qrvfincrf OtvJrv The Floral Center of the World.
Uigl IC1U, WllltJ Twenty million plants sold each year.
seven million of which are Roses.
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SCABIOSA
(Pin Cushion Flower)
A free-flowering, tall annual, round, full double flowers of a feathery appearance. Sow early in the spring where plants are to re- main
DOUBLE MIXED —
Colors white, cherry, lilac, purple and rose.
5c per packet.
SMILAX
Graceful tuberous- rooted tender perennial climber ; none surpass- ing it for its glossy deep green, wavy and most delicate foliage and small white flowers ; fine for vases and baskets Soak the seed twenty- four hours .before sow- Scabiosa (Pin Cushion Flower). ing. 5c per packet.
SCHIZANTHUS
(Butterfly, or Fringe Flower)
Has been called the "poor man’s orchid’’ on account of their easy culture and resemblance in form and variety of coloring to some of the floral aristo- crats. May be sown out of doors in spring where they are to remain, or started inside and transplanted when the weather is suitable. A sowing made: in autumn will give an abundance of bloom through the winter. We offer a splendid mixture of this interesting flower at 5c per packet.
SWEET WILLIAM
(Dianthus Barbatus)
Plants of extreme rich- ness and diversity of color.
They have been greatly im- proved of late years ; one and one-half feet. Hardy perennial
FINE MIXED SINGLE —
All colors. 5c per pkt.
DOUBLE - FLOWERING,
FINEST MIXED— From a splendid collection. 10c per packet.
THUNBERQIA
(Black-Eyed Susan) Sweet WiHiam.
Rapid-growing annual climbers, preferring a warm, sunny situation ; used extensively in hanging baskets, vases, low fences, etc. ; very pretty flowers in buff, white, orange, etc., with dark eyes; mixed colors; four
feet. 5c per packet
TEN=WEEKS STOCKS
For bedding, massing or pot culture ; for brilliancy and diversity of .color or profu- sion and duration of bloom is unsurpassed. The Ten-Weeks Stocks are. ^geflerall culti- vated. and bloom from ten to twelve weeks after being sown ; they grow from six to eighteen inches high, and when grown in light, rich soil, they bear an immense quan- tity of bloom, each plant forming a perfect bouquet of delightful fragrance. Half-hardy annual.
EARLY TEN-WEEKS STOCKS— Twelve of the finest colors mixed. 8c per packet. EARLY TEN-WEEKS STOCKS— Pure white;
very sweet. 5c per packet.
EARLY TEN-WEEKS STOCKS— Rich crim- son. 5c per packet.
EARLY TEN-WEEKS STOCKS— Purple. 5c per packet.
EARLY TEN-WEEKS STOCKS — Bright pink. 5c per packet.
EARLY TEN-WEEKS STOCKS— Clear yel- low’. 5c per packet.
ONE PACKET OF THE SIX VARIETIES FOR 25 CENTS.
Ten-Weeks Stocks.
MAMMOTH WHITE —
Flowers of unusual size, of snowy white- ness ; excellent f o r cemetery bedding. 10c
per packet.
MAMMOTH SCARLETl DEFIANCE — A vari ety with very small leaves and large heads of brilliant fiery scar- let. 10c per packet.
MAMMOTH CERULEA — Beautiful deep blue ; very large florets marked with white eye. 10c per packet.
MAMMOTH FLOWERED VERBENAS
MAMMOTH FLOWERED VERBENAS— Continued '
MAMMOTH PINK MIXTURE — Beautiful shades of pink, cerise and cherry, in very large heads of handsome bloom. 10c per packet.
MAMMOTH ITALIAN STRIPED — Mixture of the best striped Verbenas, which come in a variety of colors such as white and red, white and pink, white and purple, etc. 10c per packet.
OUR MAMMOTH MIXTURE — This is a fine mixture of the mammoth flowered Verbena, which will produce heavy trusses of bloom, in which the individual florets are of unusual size ; colors are all that are known in the Verbena family. 5c per packet.
HYBRIDA MIXED — A good mixture of free-flowering, light-colored Ver- benas. 5c per packet.
Verbenas.
VALERIANA
(Hardy Garden Heliotrope)
Showy plants ; grows in any gar- den soil ; does well in the shade ; hardy perennial ; grows two feet in height and blooms the first season from seed. Fine for bouquets. We offer a very choice mixture of bright rose, red and white varieties. 5c per packet.
WILD CUCUMBER
. A very rapid growing climber which reaches a height of thirty feet in one season. It is covered with beautiful clusters of white, sweet-scented flowers followed by an abundance of ornamental prickly seed pods. It will quickly cover a trellis, pillar, an old tree or an un- sightly building, and will reproduce itself from self-sown seed every year. Hardy annual. 5c per packet.
Wild Cucumber.
WALL FLOWER
They are scarcely hardy in very cold locations, but in sheltered locations with protection they winter safely in Northern states, though, perhaps, it is better to sow the seed annually in spring, and winter the young plants over in the cold frame. They are worth the trouble, making nice bushy plants, one and one-half feet high, bearing in the spring long spikes of most deliciously fragrant flowers of various colors, crimson, purple, yellow, apricot, mahogany, pink, etc.
FINE SINGLE MIXED — Spikes of de- liciously fragrant flowers combining many shades of color, chocolate-brown and orange-purple predominating. 5c
per packet.
DOUBLE, LARGE- FLOWERING. SUPERB. MIXED — Finest double dwarf branching, comprising rich yellow, brown, violet, white. 10c per packet.
Wall Flower.
ZINNIAS
No flowers are more easily grown from seed in the open ground, and few bloom so continuously throughout the entire summer. Those ac- quainted only w'ith the old-time Zinnias will- be surprised at the perfec- tion to which the newer strains have attained.
MAMMOTH FLOWERING ZINNIAS
MAMMOTH SCARLET AND GOLD — The largest and handsomest Zinnia known ; flowers are pure gold, striped with vivid scarlet ; very striking. 10c per pkt. MAMMOTH SNOW QUEEN — Very large pure white flowers, which are fine for cemetery planting. 5c per packet.
MAMMOTH GOLDEN QUEEN
— Large flowers of pure, clear lemon-yellow. 5c pkt. MAMMOTH CRIMSON JACQUEMINOT — Large flowers of velvety texture and rich crimson shade ; extra fine. 10c per packet. MAMMOTH MIXTURE — A mixture of the large-flow- ering type, in which are the white, yellow, gold, scarlet, crimson and purple. 5c pkt. SPECIAL OFFER — One packet each of the FIVE MAM- MOTH ZINNIAS for 25c.
Zinnia Crimson Jacqueminot.
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VE,GE,T ABLE, SE,E,D DEPARTMENT
Ppd. stands for postpaid; exp. stands for express; coll, stands for collect; pt., pint; qt., quart; pkt., packet.
Where can you go to get so much value for so small an outlay than in your garden and gather your own vegetables ? That being the case, why not send U3 .your order today for some fresh reliable seed, that we guarantee to produce results or we will refund your money ? All selected and tested, and will refund money or replace them if they do not grow. You may be able to buy cheaper, but you may not get your money's worth. So send us your order and be pleased.
ASPARAGUS—
BARR’S MAM MOTH— Pkt, 5c; OZ., 10c; A lb., 25c.
PALMETTO— Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; A lb., 25c.
BUSH BEANS—
BUSH OR SNAP, Stringless Green Pod— The tenderest green snap bean. Pkt., 5c; per pt., 30c, ppd.; 20c by exp., coll.
BUSH OR SNAP, SHINY WAX— Rust proof; very prolific. 5c per pkt.; 30c per pt., ppd.; 20c by exp., coll.
BURPEE’S BUSH LIMA— Immense yielder, large beans. 5c per pkt.; 30c per pt, ppd.; 20c by exp., coll.
POLE BEANS—
OLD HOMESTEAD OR KENTUCKY WONDER — Long pods, stringless. 5c per pkt; 30c per pt., ppd.; 20c by exp., coll.
KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA— 5c per pkt.; 30c per pt., ppd.; 20c by exp., coll.
LAZY WIFE — The finest flavored of all. 5c per pkt; 30c per pt., ppd.; 20c by exp., coll.
TABLE BEETS— ,
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN— 5c per pkt.; 20c per oz.
EXTRA EARLY EGYPTIAN BLOOD TURNIP — :5c per pkt.; 10c per oz.
EARLY ECLIPSE— 5c per pkt; 10c per oz.
MANGEL WURZEL FOR STOCK-
GOLDEN TANKARD— 5c per pkt; 10c peroz.; 20c per <4 lb.; 60c per lb.
MAMMOTH LONG RED— 5c per pkt; 10c per oz.; 20c per 'A lb.; 60c per lb.
CABBAGE —
EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD— The earliest and hardiest of first early cabbages. 5c per pkt.; 25c per oz.; 60c per A lb,
LATE, FLAT DUTCH — Popular winter cab- bage, large, oval, solid heads. 5c per pkt.; 20c per oz. ; 60c per \ A lb.
SUREHEAD — Large, late, sure to head ; a com- pact, general crop cabbage. 5c per pkt.; 20c per oz.; 60c per A lb.
TRUE DANISH BALLH EAD — Large, solid heads, low, ■ short stems, reliable. 5c per pkt.; 20c per oz. ; 60c per A lb.
CARROTS—
EARLY FORCING FRENCH HORN— 5c per pkt.; 20c per oz. ; 50c per A lb.
DANVER’S HALF LONG ORANGE— 5c per pkt; 10c per oz. ; 25c per A lb.
CAULIFLOWER-
EARLY SNOWBALL— 10c per pkt; 75c per
' A oz.
EARLY DWARF ERFURT— 10c per pkt; 35c
per 14 oz.
CELERY—
GIANT PASCAL — Best keeper for Winter use. 5c per pkt.; 20c per oz. ' '
WHITE PLUME— Earliest in cultivation. 5c
per pkt; 20c per oz.
WINTER QUEEN— Fine dwarf winter celery.
5c per pkt. ; 20c per oz.
GOLDEN SELF BLANCHING— Clear waxen yellow, very tender, crisp. 5c per pkt; 50c per oz.
SWEET CORN—
STOWELL’S EVERGREEN— Best for late use. 10c per pkt; 25c per pt, ppd.; 20c by exp., coll.
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN— Fine late variety, small grain, sweet ; also known as “Shoe- peg” Corn. 10c per pkt; 25c per pt., ppd.; 20c by exp., coll.
EXTRA EARLY WHITE CORN— Popular sort, broad grains. 10c per pkt.; 25c per pt, ppd.; 20c by exp., coll.
EXTRA EARLY CROSBY SUGAR— This vari- ety will produce edible ears in seventy days from germination. 10c per pkt.; 25c per pt., ppd. ; 20c by exp., coll.
POP CORN-
QUEEN’S GOLDEN— 5c per pkt.; 25c per pt., PlJfl. ; 20c by exp., coll.
WHITE RICE— 5c per pkt.; 25c per pt., ppd.; 20c by exp., coll.
CUCUMBER-
LONG GREEN TURKEY— 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz. ; 30c per !4 lb.
EARLY CLUSTER— 5c per pkt.; 20c per oz.; 30c per 14 lb.
IMPROVED EARLY WHITE SPINE— 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz. ; 20c per A lb.
FORDHOOK PICKLING (New)— 5c per pkt; 10c per oz.; 30c per >4 lb.
EGO PLANT—
FORDHOOK IMPROVED SPINELESS— 10c per pkt.; 35c per oz.
ENDIVE-
WHITE CURLED — 5c per pkt.; 15c per oz. GREEN CURLED WINTER— 5c per pkt.; 15c per oz.
KOHL-RABI—
EARLY WHITE VIENNA— 5c per pkt.; 15c per oz.
LETTUCE-
GRAND RAPIDS — 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz.; 20c per 14 lb.
PRIZE HEAD — 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz.; 20c per 14 lb.
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON— 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz.; 20c per 14 lb.
ICEBERG — 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz. ; 20c per 14 lb.
CALIFORNIA, CREAM BUTTER— 5c per pkt.;
10c per oz.; 30c per (4 lb.
MAY KING — 5c per pkt.; 15c per oz. ; 25c per 14 lb.
HANSON’S HARD HEAD— 5c per pkt; 10c per oz.; 20c per 14 lb.
MUSKMELONS—
ROCKY FORD — Standard variety. 5c per pkt.;
15c per oz.; 45c per 14 lb.
PAUL ROSE — One of the best. 5c per pkt.;
15c per oz. ; 45c per 14 lb.
TIP TOP — Fine market melon. 5c per pkt.;
15c per oz. ; 45c per 14 lb.
EMERALD GEM — One of the sweetest. 5c per pkt.; 20c per 02.; 60c per 14 lb. MUSTARD-
BLACK OR BROWN — 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz. ; 20c per 14 lb.; 40c per lb.
WHITE — 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz. ; 20c per 14 lb.; 40c per lb.
ONIONS—
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS— Most popular winter variety. 5c per pkt.; 20c per oz.; 50c per 14 lb.
LARGE RED WETH ERSFI ELD — Best for winter, very large. 5c per pkt.; 15c per oz. ; 45c per 14 lb.
PRIZE TAKER — Immense size, fine grained, mild ; flesh white, sweet and tender. 5c per
pkt.; 20c per oz.; 50c per 14 lb.
SILVER KING — Pearl-white, mammoth grower ; flesh white, mild, sweet flavor. 5c
per pkt.; 25c per oz. ; 60c per A lb.
PARSLEY
DARK MOSS CURLED — Best for all purposes. 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz.
PARSNIPS—
LARGE SUGAR OR HOLLOW CROWN —
Sweetest and best. 5c per pkt.; 15c per oz.
IMPROVED GUERNSEY— 5c per pkt.; 20c per oz.
PEAS— EARLY—
NOTT’S EXCELSIOR, Extra Early — Small round pea, first to ripen. 10c per pkt.; 30c per pt., ppd.; 20c by exp., coll.
GRADUS, OR PROSPERITY— Favorite, second early. 10c per pkt.; 35c per pt., ppd.; 25c by exp., coll.
AMERICAN WONDER — Dwarf; earliest green wrinkled sort; delicious flavor. 10c per
pkt.; 30c per pt., ppd.; 20c by exp., coll.
PEAS— LATE—
TELEPHONE — Extra large pods, sweet, wrinkled, tall. 10c per pkt.; 30c per pt., ppd. ; 20c by exp., coll.
CHAMPION OF ENGLAND— Wrinkled and very sugary; tall grower. 10c per pkt.; 30c per pt., ppd.; 20c by exp., coll.
PEPPERS—
RUBY KING — Old favorite svyeet pepper. 5c
per pkt.; 25c per oz.
GOLDEN QUEEN— Largest sweet yellow. 5c
per pkt. ; 30c per oz.
CAYENNE — Long red. 5c per pkt.; 30c per oz. SPANISH MONSTROUS — 5c per pkt.; 30c per oz.
PUMPKIN—
QUAKER PIE — Fresh creamy-yellow, fine grained, rich flavor. 5c per pkt. ; I Oc peroz. WINTER LUXURY — Small, round, very sweet.
5c per pkt.; 10c per oz.
RADISHES
EARLIEST SCARLET BUTTON— Small red.
5c per pkt.; 10c per oz. ; 25c per 14 lb. ICICLE— Long, white, early. 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz. ; 25c per A lb.
EARLY LONG SCARLET— 5c per pkt.; lOo per oz. ; 25c per A lb.
CELESTIAL OR WHITE CH I N ESE— Late. 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz. ; 25c per A lb.
FRENCH BREAKFAST — 5c per pkt; 10c per oz.; 25c per A lb.
LONG BLACK SPANISH— 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz. ; 25c per A lb.
CINCINNATI MARKET— Long scarlet. 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz.; 25c per A lb.
RHUBARB—
MYATT’S VICTORIA — Finest variety of pie
plant. 5c per pkt.; 20c per oz.
SALSIFY, OR VEGETABLE OYSTER-
SANDWICH ISLAND MAMMOTH— 5c per pkt.; 15c per oz.
SPINACH-
VICTORIA — Broad, tender leaves. 5c per pkt; 10c per oz. ; 20c per !4 lb.
SQUASH-
GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK— Deep golden color, heavily warted, fine flavor. 5c per
pkt.; 10c per oz.
EXTRA EARLY, MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH SCALLOP — Favorite early summer squash. 5c per pkt. ; 10c per oz.
HUBBARD — Standard winter squash. 5c per
pkt.; 15c per oz.
TOMATO—
LIVINGSTON’S BEAUTY — Large, smooth, purplish-pink, thick flesh ; regular form. 5c
per pkt. ; 20c per oz.
PONDEROSA — Fruits enormous size, bright red, meaty and good flavor. 5c per pkt.; 35c per oz.
STONE — Finest red tomato grown; perfect;
very solid flesh. 5c per pkt. ; 20c per oz. YELLOW PLUM- — Fruit two inches long; bright yellow; very solid. 5c per pkt.; 20c per oz.
TURNIPS—
PURPLE TOP, STRAP LEAVED— 5c per pkt.;
10c per oz. ; 20c per A lb.
EXTRA EARLY, WHITE FLAT DUTCH— The
earliest flat white, medium size, sweet and
tender. 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz.; 20c per 14 lb.
WATERMELONS—
KLECKLEY’S SWEET— Sweetest of all. 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz. ; 25c per 14 lb. SWEETHEART — Standard melon. 5c per pkt.;
10c per oz. ; 25c per 14 lb.
FORDHOOK EARLY — Crisp and sweet. 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz. ; 25c per 14 lb.
“EVERGREEN” LAWN BRASS
This special mixture produces beautiful and permanent lawns. It is composed of grasses which are adapted for the purpose of producing turf which retains its rich green color and vel- vety appearance throughout the entire summer and fall. In making up this brand we are care- ful to use seed that has been thoroughly re- cleaned, the light seed and chaff having been blown out. 30c per lb., three lbs. for 80c, by mail, postpaid; by express, 25c per lb., three lbs. for 60c.
WHITE DUTCH CLOVER
The best variety for lawns, as it forms a close herbage and remains green throughout the sea- son. It is also valuable when mixed with grass seeds for pasture. Sow in spring at the rate of eight pounds per acre when sown alone, half the quantity when sown with other grasses. Lb., by exp., coll., 60c; by mail, 70c. By express, 5 lbs., $2.35; 10 lbs., $4.50.
The above Grass and Clover Seed are subject to change in the market.
NOTE — No premiums are allowed on grass seed, nor should they be included in premium list.
NEW CURLED SWISS CHARD OR “SPINACH BEET”
Lucullus — The plants grow to a height' of 2 to 2V2 . feet. The stalks are thick and broad, heavily ribbed, and from 10 to 12 inches long below the . leaf. These stalks are delicious when cooked, and served in the same manner as Asparagus. The leaves are large and sharply pointed at the top, while the texture is heavily crumpled or “savoyed," crisply tender and of fine flavor. 5c per pkt.; 10c per oz.
SWEET, MEDICINAL AND POT HERBS
ANISE — The aromatic seeds used in cakes and confectionery. 5c per pkt.
BALM — Used for flavoring beverages. 5c per pkt. CARAWAY — Used for flavoring bread, cakes, etc. 5c per pkt.
CORIANDER — Seeds are used for flavoring cakes, etc. 5c per pkt.
DILL — Used for flavoring pickles, etc. 5c per pkt. MARJORAM, SWEET — The tender leaves are used for seasoning. 5c per pkt.
HOREHOUND — Used for coughs and colds. 5c
per pkt.
ROSEMARY — Leaves used for seasoning. 5c
per pkt.
SAGE — Used for flavoring, especially sausages and meats. 5c per pkt.
THYME — Leaves used in seasoning meats and
soups. 5c per pkt.
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The Schmidt & Botley Co.
Florists Springfield, Ohio
Plants Seeds Page Page
Abutilon 30
Acalyphas 30
Achillea 44 54
Agapanthus 34
Ageratum 32 54
Akebia 39
Allegheny Vine 54
Aloysia 30
Alternanthera 32
Althea 41
Alyssum 30 54
Amaryllis 34
Ampelopsis 40 54
Amygdalus Com- munis 41
Anchusa 44 48
Anemone 44
Anise 63
Anthemis 44
Antigonon Leptopus..39
Antirrhinum 44 54
Apios Tuberosa 39
Apples 52
Apricot 52
Aquilegia 44 54
Araucaria 24
Arbor Vitae 49
Aristolochia 48 56
Artillery Plant 30
Ash 49
Asparagus 26-52
Aster 44
Aucuba Japonica. . . .24
Azalea 27
Azalea Mollis 43
Baby Primrose 32
Balloon Vine
Balm
Balsam
Balsam Fir
Balsam Apple
Baptesia 44
Beans
Beech 49
Beets
Begonia '....14-15
Beilis Daisy 45
Berberis Purpurea.. .40
" Thunbergiana 40
“ Vulgaris 40
Bignonia 48
Birch 49
Blackberry 51
Bleeding Hearts 44
Boltonia 44
Boston Ivy 40
Bougainvillea 30
Box Tree 49
Browallia 54
Brugmansia 29
Buddleya Veitchiana.41 Buxus 49
Cabbage 63
Cactus 30
Caladium 34
Calendula 55
Callas 34
Calliopsis 44 55
Calycanthus 41
Camellia 32
Campanula 45
Canary Bird Flower.... 55
Candytuft 54
Cannas 11-12-13 56
Canterbury Bells 54
Capsicum 56
Caraway 63
Carnations 1-19 54
Carrot 63
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Plants Seeds Page Page
Castor Oil Bean 54
Catalpa 49
Cauliflower 63
Celery 63
Celestial Pepper 56
Celosia 55
Centaurea 55
Cercis Canadensis 41
Cestrum 30
Cherries 52
Chestnut 49-52
Ciiinese Paper Plant. 30 Chinese Primroses. . .32
Chionanthus 43
Chrysanthemums . . .
21-22-23
Cineraria
Cinnamon Vine 39
Clematis 39
Clethra Altiifolia. . . .41
Clover Seed
Clubbing Rates 2
Cobea
Cockscomb
Coleus 18
Collections 53-58
Coreopsis 44
Coriander
Corn
Cornus Sibirica 41
Cosmos
Cowslip
Crape Myrtle 30
Crataegus Oxycantha.41
Crinums 34
Crotons 30
Crown of Thorns. . . .29
Cryptomeria 49
Cucumber
Currants
Cyperus
Cypress
Dahlias
Delphinium
Dianthus . Dictamnus
Dill
Dolichos
Egg Plant. Endive . . .
Everlasting
Plants Seeds Page Page
Four O’clock
Foxglove 45
Fuchsia 20
Funkia 47
Gaillardia 45
Genista 31
Geraniums 16-17
Gladiolus 37
Gloxinia 34
Godetia
Gold Dust Tree 24
Golden Glow 46
Gooseberries 50
Gourds
Grapes 51
Grass 48
Grevillea
Gypsophila 45
Helianthus 45
Heliopsis 45
Heliotrope 29
Hemeroeallis 34
Herb Seed
Hibiscus 31,47
Hibiscus, Hardy 47
Hollyhocks 47
Honeysuckle 39
Hops
Horehound
Horseradish 52
Horse Chestnut 49
Hyacinthus 34
Hydrangea 28, 43
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Mangel Wurzel
Maple Trees 49
Marigold 58
Marjoram 63
Marvel of Peru 57
Matrimony Vine 39
Maurandia 58
Melon 63
Mignonette 58
Monardia 46
Moonflower 33 58
Morning Glory 58
Mulberries 49 52
Musk 58
Mustard 63
Myosotis 48
Nasturtiums 59
Nicotiana Sanderae.... 58
Nigella 58
Nuts 52
Oak 49
Oleanders 33
Olea Fragrans 33
Oenothera 46
Onions 63
Orange 27
Ornamental Trees. ... 49 Oxalis 34
Palms 24
Pansy 20 59-60
Parsley 63
Parsnip 63
Passion Flower 33 60
Peach 52
Pear 52
Odorless Fertilizer for Pot Plants
MAKES FLOWERS FLOURISH.
Flowers are like people — their health depends upon their fond. It must be nourishing, but not too rich, to force growth and cause reaction. The one chemically correct flower food for house plants is
WALKER’S EXCELSIOR BRAND
It has no odor whatever, and can be used dry or dissolved in water for sprinking. Use it, and your flowers will flourish and their health will last. Small size, feeds twenty-five plants six months, 25 cents; large size, enough for a year, 50 cents. Sent prepaid anywhere. With each package we send FREE the book “How to Make the Window Garden a Success.”
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Ice Plant |
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Pelargonium |
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Impatiens |
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Peony |
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Sweet Peas |
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Ipomea |
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Pepper |
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Sweet William |
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Iris |
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Perennial Peas... |
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Swiss Chard |
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Ivy |
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Peperomia |
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Symphoricarpus . . |
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Periwinkle |
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Syringas |
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Japan Maples... |
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Petunias |
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Sycamore |
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Japan Quince... |
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Phlox |
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Pilea Serpaefolia. |
Thunbergia |
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Juniper |
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Pinks |
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Thyme |
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■Justicia |
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Plantain Lily.... |
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Tomatoes |
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Platyeodon |
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Tradescantia |
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Kerria Japonica. |
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Plumbago |
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Plums |
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Kohl Rabi |
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Poinsettia |
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Trumpet Flower... |
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Kudzu Vine |
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Pop Corn |
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Tuberoses |
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Poplars |
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Turnip |
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I.antanas |
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Poppy |
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Larkspur |
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Portulaca |
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Umbrella Plant... |
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Primrose |
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Primula Obconica. |
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Lemon Verbena.. |
Privet |
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Verbenas |
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Lettuce |
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Prunus |
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Viburnum Opulus. . |
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Liatris , |
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Pumpkin |
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Vinca |
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Lilac |
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Purple Fringe. . . . |
. .43 |
Violet |
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Pyrus Japonica... |
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Lily of the Valley.. 34 |
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Linum |
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Quinces |
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Linden |
Walnut |
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Lychnis |
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Raspberry |
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White Fringe |
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Red Hot Poker. . . |
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Wild Cucumber.... |
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Madeira Vine... |
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Rhododendron . . . |
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Wistaria |
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Magnolia |
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Rhubarb |
. .52 |
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Mail Trial Collec- |
Ricinus |
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Yucca |
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Rosemary |
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Mallow Marvels. |
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Roses 1, 3, |
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Zinnias |
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Manettia Bicolor |
.. .30 |
Rubber Plant.... |
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Plants Seeds- Page Page-
Rudbeckia 46
Ruellia 33
Russelia 33
Sage 33
Sago Palms 24
Salsify
Salvia 13-46
Sambucus 42
Sanseviera 30
Sa$ifraga 32
Scabiosa
Scarlet Runner
Schizanthus
Sedum 44
Sensitive Plant
Slug Shot 51
Smilax 30
Snapdragon 44
Snow Ball 42
Soap 64
Solanum 31
Spinach
Spirea 42
Spruce 49
Squash
Statice 48
Stocks
Stokesia 47
Strawberries 50
Strawflower
Strobilanthus 32
Success With
House Plants 26
Sugar Corn
Sunflower
Surprise Collections. 19 Swainsonia 31
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LENOX IMPROVED SPRAYER
Spraying under the leaves kills the insects, removes the dust and keeps them healthy ; doesn’t let them get buggy.
POSTPAID, 50 CENTS
SULPHO=TOBACCO SOAP
Wonderful Insect Pest Exterminator
Three-ounce cake, sufficient for one and a half gallons prepared solution, 10 cents; mailed, post- paid, 13 cents.
Eight-ounce cake, sufficient for four gallons prepared solution, 20 cents; mailed, postpaid, 28 cents.
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SLUG=SHOT KILLS BUGS
A cheap powder destructive to insects that are injurious to house plants, shrubs, trees, vines, potatoes, melons, cabbage, currants, etc. Used, in all latitudes since 1880 with safety to man, beast and fowl. Put up in perforated cartons and screw-top canisters, and is handy to use : merely dusting on the plant with the can. If you are troubled with insects on your Rose bushes, we recommend you to try this. It does, the work quickly and thoroughly.
PRICE BY MAIL — Canisters (one pound), 40‘ cents each. Cartons (one pound paper box). 30 cents each.
PRICE BY EXPRESS— Canisters, 25 cents each. Cartons, 15 cents each. Five-pound! packages, 35 cents.
NOT SUBJECT TO CLUB RATES
THE SPRINGFIELD (OHIO) PUB. CO. 38820
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AND DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE ONE