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McGregor’s Fall Catalogue
The Original Boston Fern, Nephrolepis Bos- toniensis. Its freedom of growth without essential care has made it popular with admirers of beauti- ful house plants. 20c, 35c, 60c.
The Grand New Dwarf Fern
“Teddy Jr.”
This magnif- f* ri icent Fern is a W I I sprout fromthe now famous Roosevelt Fern, and while it produces a shorter frond it retains all the valuable characteristics of the parent. Fronds are broad and beautifully tapered from base to tip ; they droop just enough to make a shapely, graceful plant, permit- ting it to finish with fine full center and perfect symmetrical spread. The pinnae are distinctly un- dulated, giving the fronds an attractive wavy ap- pearance, which adds to
their charming decorative effect. It is such a compact, vigorous grower that it will thrive under most adverse conditions. Young plants, 20c; strong plants, 35c; extra strong plants, 60c.
Dwarf Nephrol- epis Fern Teddy Junior. Price 20c, 35c, 60c.
THE PLUMED FERN.
Scholzeli
With the recent introductions of Ferns which have come from the original Boston type, there is no variety with heavier and more plumy fronds than Scholzeli. Its foliage is nuite different from all other varieties of the family, and stands in a class by itself. The plant makes a comparatively dwarf compact growth, theTronds, while dense, firm and rigid, are still graceful as the illustration shows. The foliage is also of a darker green than the original Boston Fern. All in all, it forms an ideal plumed Fern, possessing all the merits of former introductions while having a distinctive character that makes it of especial value. Price, nice shapely plants, 20c; larger size, 35c and 60c.
of Bulbs, Plants and Seeds for
1918
SPECIAL NOTICE — Owing to war conditions and the dif- ficulties and uncertainties sur- rounding importations of such bulbs as Hyacinths, Tulips, Nar- cissus, etc., from Holland, we are not offering them in this catalogue as usual. The stock we offer this fall is con- fined to Bulbs, Plants, Shrubs, and Seeds of our own growing or such as are produced in this country. Distributing the product of one of the largest plant producing es- tablishments in the United States, we so- licit a share of your patronage for the fall of 1918. Very respectfully,
THE McGREGOR BROTHERS COMPANY.
The Ideal Plumed Fern Scholzeli, Price 20c, 35c, 60c.
Boston Fern
“No Single Decorative Plant has ever proven more popular.”
This Fern is one of the best known W 1 1 varieties grown, and in the long years of its cultivation has proven worthy of a place in every home. Called the Fountain Fern, for its exceptionally graceful habit of growth, and until the introduction of other types was considered the most valuable house plant to be had.
It is of easy culture and a very rapid grower, producing fronds of unusual length, fre- quently measuring six to eight feet in length. Its unusual freedom of growth without es- pecial care has made it pop- ular with all admirers of house plants, and although there have been many new intro- ductions from this the parent plant, it is still the most pop- ular variety in cultivation. Price, nice young plants, 20c each; larger plants, 35c and 60c each.
The
THE McGREGOR BROS. CO., Seed, Bulb and Plant Growers, and Merchants, Springfield, Ohio
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The Beautiful Winter Flowering Freesia 3 cents each.
Bulbs Adapted for House Culture
Oxalis
Freesia*
REFRACTA ALBA (Cream White) — For winter blooming in the house it i3 most popular. The splendid blossoms are borne in great profusion; color creamy- white, the lower petals touched with yellow ; the perfume is delicious. By planting at intervals from September to November a succession of flowers can be had throughout the winter. Price, extra sized bulbs, 3c each; 6 for 15c; 12 for 25c; 30 for 50c.
THE NEW WHITE FREESIA (Purity) — A grand Freesia, and no one should be without a few bulbs of this delightful novelty. Flowers, which are snowy- white, of large size, are borne in great profusion on long stems, which grow upright and stiff ; are excellent for cut-flower purposes. Price, extra sized bulbs, 4c each; 6 for 20c; 35c per dozen.
Admirably adapted to house culture, and nothing is prettier for plants, as they flower freely. Plant in pots, six or eight bulbs in a pot, and cover about one inch deep.
BERMUDA BUTTERCUP OXALIS
This is one of the finest winter-flowering plants for pot culture that we have ever seen. The large flowers are of the purest butter- cup-yellow’. Blooms for many weeks. Price, 3c each ; 25c per doz.
NEW OXALIS, GRAND DUCHESS
New varieties of great beauty ; of dwarf, sturdy growth, throw- ing their large, exquisite flowers well above the foliage. Extremely free-flowering, never being out of bloom from November till June. One of the most desirable for window culture. We offer them in four distinct colors.
Pink, White, Yellow and Lavender. Price, 3c each; two of each color for 18c; 25c per dozen.
MIXED OXALIS — Fine bulbs in mixed colors, which will make a very pretty effect when planted together. Price, 4 for 5c; 10c per dozen.
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Buttercup Oxalis— 3c.
NOTICE — Printed leaflets giving full cultural directions on the following subjects will be mailed on request at lc each.
Annuals, Asparagus, China Asters, Outdoor Bulbs, Cannas, Indoor Carna- tions, Chinese Sacred Lily or Joss Flower, Chrysanthemums, Coleus, Crocus, Dahlia, Deciduous Trees and Shrubs, Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, Ferns, Freesia, Geranium, Gladiolus, Gloxinia, Care of House Plants, Hyacinths, Lily Culture, Palms, Pansy, Peonies, Hardy Perennials, Phimulas, Rose Culture, Small Fruits, Strawberries, Sweet Peas, Tulips, Violets. Price, lc each, postpaid.
Mexican Scarlet Lily
(Amaryllis Formosissima)
Any description would be in- adequate to give a correct idea of the superb brilliancy of the flowers of this Lily. They are of a dark, velvety scarlet, shad- ing to maroon, and having a satiny-white stripe in the center of each petal. If planted in the same manner as the Chinese Sacred Lily the blooms will ap- pear much sooner. Price, 20 cents each; two for 38 cents; three for 50 cents.
Lily of the Valley
Too well known to need any special description. Every one knows their value for outdoor blooming, but all do not realize that their sprays of fairy bells can be obtained in winter just as easily. If you wish them for Easter, start them in February. We can supply the bulbs all win- ter. Price, 8 cents each ; 75 cents per dozen.
Gorgeous Mexican Scarlet Lily — 15c.
Mammoth Flowering Lily of the Valley, 8c each; 75c per dozen.
SPECIAL OFFER— If you will send us an order from a friend not now a customer, we will send you free any one of the roses illustrated on the back cover of this catalogue.
Mr. C. L. Rosenburg, Texas:
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“The roots of the plants which I have received show careful attention during the growing period, and I find them all vigorous and strong.”
The Best All-Round Plant Grown
THE IDEAL FERN
ROOSEVELT
A Notable and Valuable Novelty.
Wins Prizes Everywhere.
The popular Boston A/\ Fern has had the most phenomenal sale of any decorative plant grown. Fronds broad and heavy, often measuring ,6 in. or more across, and five or six feet long. Owing to the weight of the foli- age, the plant assumes an ex- ceedingly massive yet graceful appearance, and owing to the fullness of the fronds even small plants make much more sym- metrical and beautiful plants than the popular Boston Fern. The divided pinnae or minia- ture fronds which are so grace- fully arranged, keep growing constantly, overlapping each other and showing two shades of green, while the center and main part of the frond is rich dark green, the contrast pro- ducing a beautiful effect.
We offer well established plants at 20c each ; 3 for 50c, postpaid; strong plants, 35c each; 3 for 80c, postpaid; larger plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.30.
The Gold Medal Fern
Elegantissima Compacta.
Valuable on Account of Its Easy Culture.
A variety of comparatively re- ^ cent introduction which is differ- ent and distinct in compactness of 1 Tyl growth and the subdivision of its fronds. While fronds are broad and heavy, plants have a graceful appearance. Won- derfully valuable on account of its easy culture and hardiness. Its distinguishing characteristics are its dark green foliage, its dense and compact growth and its ir- regular shaped fronds, which are heavily imbricated, the pinnae overlapping and so formed as to resemble miniature ferns. Price, well established plants, 19c each; 3 for 49c, postpaid; strong plants, 29c each; 3 for 78c, postpaid; extra strong plants, 49c each; 3 for $1.24.
The New and Popular Roosevelt Fern, 20c, 35c and 50c.
Leaflet on Growing of Ferns Free.
THE OSTRICH PLUME FERN
Whitmanii
20c
The Ostrich Plume Fern, Whitmanii. 20c, 35c and 50c.
Fronds as Feathery as Ostrich Plumes
Whitmanii is one of the few feathery foliageFerns which every one can suc- ceed in growing. It is a healthy, vigorous grower, constantly unfolding fresh fronds, which often attain a width of twelve inches. Each frond is delipately and finely cut, possessing such elegance of form and willowy grace as to be compared to a beautiful ostrich plume. Its feathery, drooping form and compact, luxuriant growth will make the most sordid surroundings assume cheerfulness and verdant beauty. In decorative effect it far outdistances many of the other va- rieties of the family. It has taken gold medals wherever shown. Price, young plants, 20c; 3 for 50c; strong plants, 35c; extra strong plants, 50c.
Hardy Ferns for Shady Places
*\/\ These graceful and universally popular plants are of easy cul- suture and afford a wide range of possibilities. A shady nook ^J^J^where the soil is moist and the drainage good will prove an ideal location, espe- if a liberal amount of leaf or woods earth is available ; and better still, if rocks and stumps may unite in breaking the monotony of the ground’s sur- face. Under such conditions Ferns very little attention and repay in satisfaction and pleasure. 30c each ; 3 for ; 6 for $1.50; $2.48 per dozen, by express only.
Gold Medal Fern, Elegantissima Compacta, 20c, 35c and 50c.
SPECIAL OFFER We will
send postpaid one each of the Ferns on this page (not in- cluding the Hardy Fern), in the small size, three in all, for 49c. One each of the three Ferns on this page, in the medium size for 89c. One each of the four Ferns in the largest size for $1.24.
Hardy Fern. A graceful growing and universally popular plant.
30 cents each.
The McGregor Bros. Co., Seed, Bulb, and Plant Growers, Importers and Merchants, Springfield, Ohio.
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Dr. C. R., Round Lake, III.: “I have dealt with you for the past ten years with satisfaction.”
H. S., Abilene, Tex.: “The plants received from you give better satisfaction than any ordered elsewhere.”
Popular
F. C. S., Augusta, Ga., says: “The Ferns purchased of you last spring are wonderful, the admiration of all who see them.”
Asparagus Sprengerii (Trailing Basket Fern), Sprays three to four feet long. 20c, 35c.
Asparagus Plumosus (Lace Fern) Foliage of richest green. 20c, 35c.
Feather Fern
Unsurpassed for Window Boxes or Hanging Baskets.
Foliage Graceful and Drooping Dense Glossy Green.
(Asparagus Sprenrerii) — The As- paragus Sprengerii gives us a plant of the bushy and drooping form of the Asparagus family. The foliage is composed of dense, glossy green, graceful and drooping branches. The Feather Fern or Asparagus Spreng- erii is probably of a hardier nature than the Plumosus, and subjects it- self to wider usage. It is especially valuable for window box and hang- ing' basket planting, for vases and as specimens when grown in pots or as tub plants. The Feather Fern or Asparagus Sprengerii gives us a more valuable house plant, being one of easy culture, the sprays
growing four to five feet long, and when the foliage is used for cut flower work it retains its freshness for an unusual length of time. The Feather Fern is particularly free
from troublesome insects or diseases, and in this has one advantage over the large family of decorative Ferns of the Boston Fern type. The plants are of rapid growth, succeeding well in ordinary rich soil, and there is every reason to believe that all plant growers can have the greatest suc- cess with them. Price, nice strong
growing young plants, 20c each;
3 for 50c; $1.50 per dozen. Strong plants, 35c each ; 3 for 95c.
Decorative Plants
J. K., Brooklyn, III.: “The Ferns you sent me are surely beauties and are doing very fine.”
Lace Fern
One of Most Beautiful and Popular Foliage Plants of the Century.
A Decorative Plant of Unusual Value.
(Asparagus Plumosus) — The family of Asparagus plants comprises a number of varieties. Some are climbers, some droop- ing or trailing, some erect and bushy. Many of them are highly prized for their beauti- ful and graceful foliage, and the two varie- ties which we list on this page are prac- tically the most popular and valuable of all. The variety Plumosus (Asparagus Plumosus Nanus) is a tall, climbing, decorative plant and one of the rarest and of delicate beauty. Its bright green foliage is ex- tremely fine and plume-like. The fronds grow from six to eight inches in width and when cut retain their color and shape for weeks. The plant may be grown as a pot plant, a bushy form or climbing. Florists grow the Asparagus Plumosus to give them rich green strings of foliage to be used sim- ilar to the popular Smilax. Asparagus possesses the advantage of being more graceful and its foliage finer than those of the most delicate Fern. As a house plant it will thrive under practically all condi- tions. The Asparagus likes a good rich soil and fairly warm temperature. The plant does best and carries the richest color of foliage when it is kept in a growing con- dition through a plentiful supply of nour- ishment. Asparagus is comparatively free from diseases, and wTith all its good qual- ities and practically no bad ones, it ranks as one of the first decorative plants to be had. Nice young strong growing plants, 20c each; 3 for 50c. Larger plants 35c; 3 for 85c.
Dwarf Growing Ornamental Ferns
Ferns for Fern Dishes
SPECIAL OFFER — For a Fern Dish five to six inches in diameter we will send you six Ferns, all different, our selection of varieties, the kinds most suitable for this purpose, for 49c, postpaid; for a Fern Dish six to seven inches in diameter, we will seijt nine Ferns for 74c, postpaid ; for Fern Dish seven to nine inches in diameter we will send 12 Ferns, all different, our selec- tion, for 99c; 6 for 49c, postpaid; 9 for 74c, postpaid; 12 for 99c, postpaid.
Holly Fern 20 cents.
Holly Fern 20c
(Cyrtomium Falcatum)
— We consider this one of the finest Ferns in culti- vation to grow into specimen plants. The leaf is a rich, glossy green, and each leaflet is about the shape and size of a Rose leaf. The fronds are fine for cutting on account of their lasting quality. Price, 20c each ; 3 for 50c.
[Small Leaved Silver Fern
(Pteris Victoria) — A very pretty variegated- leaved variety ; compact, strong grower and one of the best for Fern dishes. 20c each ; 3 for 50c.
Pteris Tremula (Shaking Fern). 20 cents.
Shaking Fern — 20c
(Pteris Tremula) — The fo- liage of the Pteris varieties is large and very graceful. The slightest movement of the air shakes the leaves of the Tremula, which we rec- ommend more than any other for house culture, etc. It grows readily and very fast. Price, 20c each ; 3 for 30c postpaid.
Moss Fern 20 cents.
Moss Fern — 20c
right Swin[ Moss wUh’numerofs feaft- HANGING BASKET FERN Rap d Browing; of ery stems branching from the base and easy culture Fronds beautiful; attain great length, forming a dense tuft. Well grown plants f ronds rich dark green very graceful. Three sizes attain twelve to eighteen inches inN'ce y°un9 P|a"t8 at : 20 c; larger plants, 35c; and height. We know of no other Fern of ex*ra strong plants at 60c. this type that can equal this variety, either as a Fern for dishes or as a pot plant. Will keep for long time if proper care is given. Highly recommended. 20c each ; 2 for 50c.
Popular Maiden Hair Fern
(Adiantum Cuneatum) — Forms long, graceful fronds, with the ends of the fronds developed into bunching, tasseled heads, distinct and lovely. 20c each ; 3 for 50c.
FERN SEED — We offer a good mixture of Ferns, including some of the choic- est varieties, as well as the good stand- ard sorts. Mix the seed with a small quantity of dry soil which has been powdered to a dust. Sow in spring in a shallow box, keep moist and covered with a pane of glass.
MIXED VARIETIES— Price, 15c pkt.
Crested Silver Fern
(Pteris Cretica Mayii) — A
crested form of Pteris Cretica Albo-Lineata, showing the same variegations as that vari- ety, but dwarf habit. 20c; 3 for 50 cents.
Aspidium Tsussimense
Strong, dwarf, graceful habit ; good deep green color ; very ornamental. 20c ;
3 for 50c.
Crested Fern — 20c
(Pteris Wimsetti) — Green leaves, ends peculiarly crested ; short, compact grower. 13c; 3 for 34c; larger plants, 20c; 3 for 50c.
Crested Holly Fern
CRESTED HOLLY FERN (Cyrtomium Rochfordianuni) — Foliage deep, glossy green ; leaflets deeply cut or toothed. 20c; 3 for 50c.
Maiden Hair Fern (Adiantum
20c.
Hardy Ferns
These graceful and universally popular plants are of easy culture and afford a wide range of possibil- ities. (Hardy Ferns are classed with perennials. See pages 31 and 33.)
The McGregor Bros. Co., Seed, Bulb and Plant Growers, Importers and Merchants, Springfield, Ohio
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Popular Winter Flowering Geraniums
Mr. C. H. W.. Philadelphia, Pa.: “The Geraniums have been in bloom all summer, and their blooms were very beautiful.” (6) F. W. Arndt, Sidney, Mont.: “Shrubbery came in excellent shape. I am greatly pleased with the size of the stock.”
Geraniums are more popular today than ever before. This is not to be wondered at when we consider the magnificent varieties which are now on the market. Every color, shade and variegation is to be had, from the most dazzling to the most delicate tint. Recent introductions give us a variety of choice specimens which cannot help but satisfy anyone. Among them are some of the finest that it has ever been our pleasure to carry in stock; in fact, they are perfection.
We do not hesitate to claim that our collection of varieties will compare with any in the country, and we believe that you will agree with us when you have looked over the pages which follow. We have taken care to keep the prices down so that they will be within the reach of all, but better stock cannot be bought at any price.
BERTHA DE PRESSILLY. Beautiful silver- rose of exquisite brightness ; extra large. 15 cents; 3 for 40 cents, postpaid.
MARQUIS DE MONTMORT. Color brilliant purple, nearest we have to the blue. 15c; 3 for 40 cents, postpaid.
LEOPOLD BOUVILLE. Semi-double, bright solferino red, richly shaded bright carmine.
15 cents; 3 for 40 cents, postpaid.
JULES VASSEUR. Bright cardinal-red with distinct white eye. 15 cents; 3 for 40c, postpaid.
Flowers double, brilliant crimson-scarlet.
20 cents; 3 for 50 cents. I
each; 3 for 50c; postpaid; $1.90 per doz. ; $10.00 per
hundred, by express.
Leopold
Bouville
Semi-double, bright sol- ferino-red,, richly shaded bright carmine-red, purple to distinct white center, pro- fuse bloom. 20c; 3 for 50c; $1.90 per doz.
Double Geranium, Roseleur. Beautiful shade of deep rose pink. 20 cents; 3 for 50 cents.
BUCHNER. A new Geranium of the large flowering type and one that has proved to be a fine bedder. Flowers purest white ; not a trace of coloring at center. Very free flowering, always a perfect mass of white. Plant dwarf and bushy. 14 cents; 3 for 37 cents, postpaid.
S. A. NUTT. This is the darkest and rich- est Geranium grown. It is a very bright, dark, deep rich velvety maroon, an excel- lent bedder and a perfect pot plant, one that must find its way into every collection. Stands the sun perfectly and is always a mass of bloom. 14 cents; 3 for 37 cents, postpaid.
MAD. JAU LIN. Without question the fin- est new semi-double Geranium offered in many years. This is an entirely distinct color in the Bruant or bedding type ; very large florets compose a truss of grand size; center of flower very delicate pink bor- dered with pure white. 15 cents; 3 for 40 cents, postpaid.
A splendid variety for bed- ding, the clear vermilion-red of its flowers showing well above the compact, sturdy foliage. Its strong growth and fine habit makes it in every way desirable. 1 2c each; 3 for 31c; $1.09 per dozen.
SILVER LEAVED GERANIUM.
S. A. Nutt
Foliage distinctly edged with white. The variegated S. A. Nutt is a strong grow- ing variety ; flowers are large, produced in fine truss- es, very free bloomer. Bril- liant crimson-scarlet. 20c
La Condole
Free blooming, very large trusses; large and beau- tiful flowers of a magnificent color, difficult to de- scribe. A soft, deep rose. The favorite bedding Geranium. 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.25 per dozen.
Jules Vasseur
Semi-double; bright cardinal-red with a distinct white eye ; a slight violet shading on the upper petals. Magnificent pot plants. 20c; 3 for 50c; $1.90 per dozen.
Mrs. Laurence
For winter blooming. Good bedder. Bright satiny salmon-pink, slightly tinged white. 20c; 3 for 50c; $1.90 per dozen.
John Doyle
“Phenomenal Bloomer; Flowers Brilliant Vermilion-Scarlet.”
This is a strong, vigorous grower, throw- ing its truss well up above the foliage, of enormous size, and of the richest, brilliant vermilion-scarlet. Produces more bloom than any Geranium we grow. 15c; 3 for 40c; $1.45 per dozen.
La Favorite
Standard Bedder; beautiful white flowers.
A pure double white Geranium, as free flowering as the single varieties, and which can be used for planting in beds, for fur- nishing a supply of beautiful white flowers for vases, etc., or for pot culture for win- ter forcing. The flowers are borne in large trusses of the purest snow-white. 10 cents; 3 for 25 cents; 85 cents per dozen.
Bruant
The Giant Among Geraniums.
We consider this the best bedding Ger- anium of all varieties. The plant abounds in vigor ; foliage strong, striking and of perfect habit. Color of the flower is a bright vermilion-red of the most striking shade. The flowers are absolutely perfect in shape, color and make-up ; trusses ex- ceptionally large, and borne in immense, spherical balls often measuring 8 inches in diameter. 15 cents each; 3 for 40 cents; $1.45 per dozen.
Heteranthe
Strong-growing; flowers clear vermilion-red.
Double Geranium, La Condole; flowers deep, soft rose; an unusually fine bedding Geranium. 15 cents.
SPECIAL OFFER— If you will send us an order from a friend not now a cus- tomer of ours, we will send you free any one of the roses illustrated on back of this catalogue.
Grown for Their Fragrant Foliage
These beautiful and useful Geraniums are now very extensively grown • their highly fragrant foliage, and to be used among cut-flowers ich have no perfume of their own, as well as in making toilet waters, igrant jars, flavoring jellies, etc. Price, except where noted, 15c each; y 3 for 40c; $1.25 per dozen, postpaid.
CUT LEAF ROSE — Needs no de- scription. In- dispensable in the formation of bouquets. Beau- tiful pink flow- ers, borne In clusters.
SKELETON LEAF or Dr. Living- ston — The most popular scented Geranium. Leaf is deeply cut, or fern -like.
BALM — A Geranium with large leaves and with a very strong fragrance. Large flowers ; light lilac color.
LADY MARY — A nutmeg scented Geranium, with small bright green foliage.
OAK-LEAVED — Leaves somewhat resembling those of an oak tree ; dark chocolate center ; grows on the order of the Ivy ; splendid for hanging baskets.
Sweet
Scented
Oak-leaved
Geranium.
Sweet-Scented Cut-Leaf Rose Geranium, 15c. Beautiful Pink Flowers and Fragrant Foliage. A popular variety.
The McGregor Bros. Co., Seed, Bulb and Plant Growers, Importers and Merchants, Springfield, Ohio
'iweet-Scented Geraniums
fancy Double Geraniums
It is a perfect marvel among Geraniums, and is the best of the new dwarf sorts. It is very dwarf and compact, and of a very branching habit. The flowers are produced in the greatest profusion upon large-sized trusses, and the color is like the most beautiful Aurora, unique and changeable, some trusses being of a deep rosy-salmon, streaked with carmine, with deep magenta color ; others with the outer petals almost a pearly white, with carmine color. 1 5c each ; 3 for 40c ; $1.35 per dozen.
Some Double Winter Flowering Geraniums — Alphonse Ricard, 15c.
,-PHONSE RICARD. A strong grower, dwarf and branching and pro- ducing flowers in great masses. Both floret and truss are of enormous size, single or slightly doubled, and color a brilliant shade of orange- red. Price, 15c; 3 for 40c; $1.35 per dozen.
Beaute Poitevine
Geraniums are more popular to-day than ever before. This is not to be wondered at when we consider the magnificent varieties which are now on the market. Every color, shade and variegation is to be had, from the most dazzling to the most delicate tint. Recent intro- ductions give us a variety of choice specimens which cannot help but satisfy any one.
JEAN VIAUD. Double. Very large, semi-double blooms borne in large trusses well above the foliage ; individual florets large. Color bright rosy-pink with distinct white blotch in the center. Habit dwarf, compact, very vigorous and exceptionally free blooming. Best pink Geranium for bedding yet introduced. Price, 14c; 3 for 37c, postpaid.
MME. BARNEY. A splendid deep pure pink of a lively shade. Grand habit of growth, compact and yet well branching; very free in bloom, semi-double and of large size. A wonderful bedder and an excellent pot variety. Price, 15c; 3 for 40c, postpaid.
LA CONDOLE. A deep, soft rose. The favorite pink bedding Ger- anium. Price, 15c; 3 for 40c, postpaid.
DOUBLE DRYDEN. Coral white, shading to glowing, soft crimson. Price, 15c; 3 for 40c, postpaid.
FRANCIS PERKINS. Best double pink bedding Geranium. Flowers bright pink. Price, 14c each; 3 for 37c, postpaid.
MRS. LAWRENCE. Bright satiny salmon-pink, slightly tinged white.
Price, 14c; 3 for 37 cents, postpaid.
Marquis de Castelaine
A giant among Geraniums. Produces a wealth of bloom the whole season. Flowers 2 inches and over in diameter. Trusses of bloom 5 to 7 inches across. Petals broad, arranged to form a round flower of perfect shape. Color deep rosy-scarlet, shading into pure scarlet at the edge of upper petals. One of the best Red Geraniums. 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.35 per dozen.
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FANCY FLOWERED SINGLE
Geraniums
In the different types offered will be found the most beautiful that can be imagined; magnificent in size, perfect in form and ex- tremely gorgeous in coloring; some in splen- did solid colors that fairly dazzle the eye, others in exquisite combinations of foliage and flower that baffle successful description, and must be seen to be appreciated. They are recommended for bedding and pot plants, and wherever the very finest in Geraniums is desired. We feel confident that they are all beyond the ordinary class of Geraniums in all points that go towards the making of the ideal plant.
L’Aube
Enormous Snow-white Flowers.
Enormous sized trusses, large, round florets, pure snow-white, retaining its pureness the entire season ; in freedom of bloom, splendid habit and growth of plant it resembles La Favorite. 15c; 3 for 40c; 12 for $1.25.
Grandville
Color Deep, Soft Pink.
Magnificent bedding variety ; trusses are of extraordinary size, of almost Pansy form ; the color is a deep, soft pink, a bright and distinct shade. This variety has been universally admired by all who have seen it in flower. 15c; 3 for 40c; 12 for $1.25.
Alice of Vincennes
Flowers Strikingly Shaded with Crimson.
This unusual Geranium is white in color with gradual gradation of violet- crimson ; magnificent flower heads.
Price, 15c each; 3 for 40c;
$1.45 per dozen.
NOTICE— Printed leaflets giving full cultural direc- tions on the following sub- jects will be mailed on re- quest at one cent each: New Geranium, L’Aube,
Annuals, Asparagus, China
Asters, Outdoor Bulbs, Cannas, Indoor Carnations, Chinese Sacred Lily, Geraniums, etc.
Nuit Poitevine
Flowers Rosy Tinted, Feathered Scarlet.
One of our best Single Geraniums, of a beautiful rosy- purple, the lower petals are feathered rich scarlet. A splen- did indoor plant. Price, 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.45 per doz.
Mrs. E.G. Hill
Beautiful Salmon Color — Has No Equal.
For those unacquainted with the variety, we would say it is a most distinct and pleasing shade of salmon with light shading to the center. It is the finest sal- mon-flowered Geranium to date. Flowers borne in enor- mous trusses. Price, 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.45 doz.
New Fancy Single Geraniums — The six as described on this page (to- taling at single price 90c), by mail, postpaid for 75c. Any 3, 40c.
Tiffin
Single Geranium,
Nuit Poitevine, 15 cents.
Glowing Scarlet, Crimson- Maroon Shading.
This might be called an ever-blooming variety because it blooms so freely. It is an excellent bedding variety. Color, rich, glow- ing scarlet, crimson-maroon shading. Price, 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.45 per dozen.
15 cents
Beautiful Salmon-flowering Geranium, Mrs. E. G. Hill, 15 cents.
Dr. Sangster, Buffalo, N. Y., writes: “Goods ordered arrived yesterday. I placed orders with some eight florists this year, and the (8) order from you was best filled.”
THE McGREGOR BROS. CO.
Springfield,
The Greatest Rose Producing Center in the World
Ohio, U. S. A
GERANIUMS
Ivy-Leaved
Geraniums
FANCY VARIEGATED LEAVED
A unique and strikingly beautiful distinct type of Geraniums which have won a popular place the last few years as pot plants and bedders. For the conservatory and window boxes they are unusually pleasing and attractive on account of their remarkably handsome, thrifty and beautifully marked foliage and their marvelous profusion of bloom.
Wm. Languth
scarlet,
silvery
Silver-
variety
Flowers bright foliage bordered white.
(Double Red
Leaf) — This new is the second double-flow- ered Geranium in the sil- ver-leaved section. Iden- tical with Mrs. Parker,
A except in color of flower, wdiich is a bright scarlet.
The center of the leaf is a deep green and the outer margin broadly marked with silvery- white. 20c each; 3 for 50c; for 90c; $1.75 per dozen.
Variegated Foliage Geranium, Wm. Languth. Flowers Scarlet.
Happy Thought
(Tricolor Geranium) — A Tricolor Geran- ium, with very dark green foliage, having a light creamy, almost white center, with a dark zone. Flowers bright scarlet. 15c
each; 3 for 40c; 6 for 75c; $1.25 per dozen.
Mrs. Pollock
Most satisfactory of all Tricolors.
(Golden Tricolor Geranium) — Very dis- tinct markings, having a bright bronzy-red zone belted with crimson and edged with golden-yellow; flowers orange-red. 15 cents each; 3 for 40c; 6 for 75c; $1.25 per dozen.
“Especially adapted for Hanging Baskets and Window Boxes.”
The Ivy Leaved Geraniums make up a splendid class of climbing or trailing plants. They are especially attractive when allowed to hang from hanging bas- kets, and they are also especially adapted for window-box planting, baskets, vases, rockwork, etc. They have thick, glossy, green ivy-like foliage, and bear remarkably large and double showy flowers, rivaling r in beauty many of the finest double Zonal Geraniums.
P. CROZY. Color soft, bright scarlet. 15c
each; 3 for 40 cents; $1.25 per dozen.
ACHIEVEMENT. This is a grand new novelty from England, being a true cross between the Ivy and the Zonal class. It has the habit and texture of the Zonal with the form of Ivy foliage, and also of the Ivy bloom. The color is pure self rose with white eye, immense in size, on long stems, freely produced. 20 cents each ; 3 for 50c. ALLIANCE. Color is the most exquisite shade of delicate lilac-white; upper petals feathered and blotched crimson-rose ; semi-double. 20 cents each ; 3 for 50 cents; $1.50 per dozen.
DIANA SCALARAN DIS. Double white flowers with a slight tinge of lilac on edge of petals. 20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents; $1.50 per dozen. ROYCROFT’S SURPRISE. One of the best; clear rose — the rich pink that seems to insist on being looked at. 20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents; $1.50 per dozen.
3 for 38c
NEW SILVER-LEAVED GERANIUM
S. A. Nutt
See illustration, page 6
Notice — Printed leaflets giving full cultural directions on the following subjects will be mailed on request at one cent each. Annuals, Asparagus, China Asters, Outdoor Bulbs, Can- nas, Indoor Carnations, Chinese Sa- cred Lily or Joss Flower, Chrysan- themums, Coleus, Crocus, Dahlia, Deciduous Trees and Shrubs, Ever- green Trees and Shrubs, Ferns, Freesia, Geranium, Gladiolus, Glox- inia, Care of House Plants, Hya- cinths, Lily Culture, Palms, Pansy, Peonies, Hardy Perennials, Primu- las, Rose Culture, Small Fruits, Strawberries, Sweet Peas, Tulips.
A grand trio of Ivy Geran- i u m s , Red, white, pink.
WW Special Offer
lected varieties, strong, vigorous growers and grand blooming sorts, red, white, oo.
and pink, for OOL.
Ivy Geranium, Diana Scalerandis Flowers double white, slightly tinged lilac.
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Giant Flowering Pansies
Our GIANT FLOWERING PANSIES of genuine American strain comprising a marvelous number of new shades and varieties as well as improved types from other lands. All are of wonderful form, rich- est coloring, marvelous in size. There is no flower more admired than the Pansy; no flower border, be it ever so gay and gorgeous, is so interesting. The combination of colors embraces striped, spotted, bordered and fringed; in rainbow colors, with rich, velvety textures. 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. To get best results and extra large flowers, the soil must be exceedingly rich — w'c use equal parts well-rotted manure and soil. 35 cents per dozen; 25 for 70 cents; 50 for $1.35; $2.50 per 100.
Children’s Ideal Flower Bed
The Pansy forms the ideal flowering plant for children. It is their choice flower, easy to grow and always in bloom. There is a growing interest in the garden by children. The work is unequalled for phys- ical development and forms its part in character building. The mat- ter is receiving the attention of schools through teachers as well as from parents, and it should receive the hearty co-operation of all. All children should be helped and everything possible be done to pro- mote and develop their gardening interest, and in no way can a bet- ter start be made than through a Pansy bed, which can be had for 35 cents.
Giant Flowering 35c per dozen. Pansy,
Snake Plant
There is scarcely a decorative plant listed that is more strik- ing in foliage and habit than this, and certainly none other stands as much downright neglect and hardship as this. It will stand gas and dust, and will go for months without a drop of wa- ter, yet remain as thrifty as ever. Price, 15c each; three for 40c; larger size, 40c each; three for 73c; $2.48 per dozen.
DOUBLE AND SINGLE
Sweet Scented VIOLETS
The Violet gives us the most popular and important flower in cul- ture, for it ranks third in commercial importance; the Rose first, Carnation second, and Violet third. This comparison is reckoned commercially by the length of the blooming season, which is rated as ten, eight, and seven months. A crop worth millions of dollars is raised annually from the Violet through private and commercial work, and Violet culture is now receiving unusual attention. It is a beau- tiful flower, popular with all, and of easy culture, doing well in any good, rich soil.
SINGLE VIOLET PRINCESS OF WALES — This variety is far ahead of any other Single Vio- let known. The grand single flowers of a true violet-blue that does not fade, and of the richest, most delicious fra- grance. 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.25 per dozen.
DOUBLE, the same. 40c; $1.25 per dozen, postpaid.
DOUBLE VIOLET 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. 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.25 per doz.
McGregor’s Giant Flowered
Primula Obconica, 25c and 50c
FREE OFFER — If you
will send us an order amounting to $1.00 from a friend who is not now a customer of ours, we will send you any one of the roses illustrated on back cover of this catalogue, free and postpaid. If the order from a new customer amounts to $2.50 we will send any 3 Garden Roses illustrated on the back of our cover, postpaid.
PRIMROSES
The greatly improved forms of Primroses of the present day bear little resemblance to the dull colored flowers of a few years ago. The flowers have become greatly enlarged, and the species offer a great range of colors— from white through all shades of rose and pink to a beautiful rich crimson, to- gether with flowers of most striking yellow. All classes of Primroses are literally perpet- ual flowering, and the sprays are invaluable for cutting. Price for good strong plants, mixed colors, 25c each; 3 for 60c; large plants, 50c each; 3 f«*r $1.25.
Beautiful Double Violet, Lady Hume Campbell, 15c each.
Mrs. W. E. A., Bay City, Tex.: “The plants which I received far excelled my expectations. I shall buy of no other house in your (10) line of business, for I am more than pleased with your treatment.”
Begonia or Peperomia, a Most Strik- Foliage Plant. 20 cents each.
Dracena Indivisa
A very beautiful house or garden plant, with slender, drooping leaves, often call- ed a “Fountain Plant.” The leaves are of several shades of green, with delicate stripings of yellow and red, which be- come marked as the plant grows older. Price, 15 cents each; larger plants, 30 cents.
Little Gem Feverfew
Constant Blooming.
The great value of the old Dwarf Fever- few for cut flowers during the summer, fall and winter, is well known to florists and others. It is very dwarf, attaining a height of from 12 to 18 inches. Flowers large, of perfect form, pure white. 15 cents each ; 3 for 40 cents.
Plumbagos
PLUMBAGO CA PE NSIS— Produces large heads of light blue flowers. Always in bloom, an ele- gant bedder. 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.45 per doz.
PLUMBAGO CAPEN- SIS FLORA ALBA— Ex- act counterpart of Plum- bago Capensis, except in color, which is clear white. 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.45 per dozen.
HARDY PLUMBAGO, LADY LARPE NT— Grows in compact clumps and from July until frost is covered with lovely, rich violet-blue colored flow- ers. Fine for edging walks, beds or borders. 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.45 per dozen.
Chinese Paper Plant, Bougainvillea, 20c.
Bougainvillea
(Chinese Paper Plant)
Of strong and rapid growth, the brilliant rosy-crimson blossoms are produced from early March until mid-summer. A most de- sirable window7 garden plant. 20c each ; 3 for 50c; $1.90 per dozen.
Watermelon Begonia
(Peperomia Variegata) — A most beautiful orna- mental plant. Excellent for house, window, or table. The leaves are distinctly variegated white and green, thick and waxy-like and have the ap- pearance of being powdered with frosted silver. 20c each; 3 for 40c; $1.45 per dozen; larger plants. 35c each; 3 for 75c.
The Wandering Jew, 15c.
Wandering Jew
TRADESCANTIA MULTICOLOR — A
variegated plant of easy and rapid growth ; foliage most beautiful, variegated purple, scarlet, yellow and white, and producing small white flowers. Very easily propa- gated by cuttings of pieces of shoots. Plants should have plenty of moisture to grow vigorously. The plant is usually used in connection with hanging baskets, porch boxes, etc. Price, 15 cents each; 2 for 25 cents; $1.45 per dozen, postpaid.
Watermelon ing
Sultan’s Balsam
IMPATIENS SULTANI — One of the most beautiful and free-blooming bedding or house plants in cultivation. 15c each; 3 for 40c; $ ! .25 per doz. IMPATIENS HOLST 1 1 — Strong, robust grower; flowers brilliant vermilion color. 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.25 per dozen.
PINK BEAUTY— ( Jrows strong and bushy, wonder- fully free flowering; color clear rose-pink. 15c
each; 3 for 40c; $1.25 per dozen.
Lemon Verbena
A universal and well-known favorite, grown principally for its deliciously scented foliage. Its pale green foli- age, delightfully scented, goes well with any flower. Price, 20c each; 3 for 50c; $1.50 per dozen.
Strawberry Geranium, 15c.
Strawberry Geranium
(Saxifraga Sarmentosa) — One of
the handsomest plants imaginable, a gem of many colors. Leaves round, and striped freely with silver bands — blooms white, of great beauty.
15 cents each; 3 for 40 cents; $1.45 per dozen.
Cyclamen, or Persian Violet, 25c.
Giant Flowering Cyclamen
The Cyclamen Persicum, or Per- sian Violet, is one of our prettiest blooming plants. Grows rapidly, blossoms freely, and remains a long time in flower. Four separate colors in White, Pink, Crimson and White with Carmine eye. Price, 25 cents each ; 3 for 60 cents.
Dracena Indivisa, 15c.
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The Constant Blooming Begonia, Gloire de Chatellaine.
LARGE LEAVED FANCY COLEUS
Christmas Gem
(Brilliancy or Doctor Ross) — Leaves immense, 8 to 12 inches long. This beautiful and striking vari- ety belongs to the giant-leaved section ; of strong, vigorous habit. Leaves 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. Christmas Gem Coleus is exceptionally striking as a decorative pot plant. Price, 19c each; 3 for 48c.
Heliotropes
Sweet-Scented
1 5c each; 3 for 40c; dozen $1.50 postpaid.
FLORENCE N I G H T IN- GALE— Flowers bright lavender.
MADAME DE BLONAY
— Large trusses of pure white flowers.
MADAME BRUANT— Im- mense panicles of very large flowers, rich pur- ple with white eyes.
CENTEFLEUR — New g i a n t-flowered Helio- trope. This new variety is the result of efforts made by our most ex- pert plant growers to improve the Heliotrope. Size of foliage and flowers is doubled and the plant is compact and bushy, flowering heads sometimes meas- ure 15 inches across. 15c each ; 3 for 40c.
Umbrella Plant
(CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS) — An ornamental grass throwing up stems about 2 feet high ; sur- mounted with a whorl of leaves, diverging horizon- tally. It is of the easiest culture. A large speci- men being as handsome as a Palm for decoration. It will grow luxuriantly in water and is therefore indispensable for aquariums or fountains. Price, 15c each ; 3 for 40c.
Large-leaved Fancy Coleus, Christmas Gem, 19c.
WINTER-FLOWERING BEGONIA
Gloire de Chatellaine
“Of Wonderful Blooming Qualities.”
One of the newer Begonias with all the characteristics of the well-known flowering Begonia Loraine, but having the vigor and constitution of the Luminosa family. It carries the wonderful blooming qualities of the Loraine from the cutting bed to the counter. Flowers are clear pink and of exquisite coloring. Price, 25c; 3 for 60c. Larger plants, 35c and 50c each.
Bedding Lantana, Grand Sultan, 15c
McGREGOR’S PLANT FOOD — An odorless, con- centrated, soluble fertilizer, containing all the ele- ments necessary to produce a vigorous growth and healthy condition of all kinds of plants. By ex- press with your order, 5 cents, or sent alone, 25 cents, postpaid.
LK . 1. . ^ » The Unexcelled
a ii t a. n a s Bedding pian
We have few bedding plants that bloom more continually or afford a greater variety of colors than the Lan- tanas. Grown in pots or tubs, they make splendid specimen plants for the porch or lawn, and can be kept in a light cellar during the winter.
ALBA PERFECTA — Pure white, compact habit.
MICHAEL SCHMIDT— Flow- ers fresh and sparkling ; of a brilliant yellow, passing into a purple vermilion.
GRAND SULTAN— The best of the deep red varieties. A good grower.
AURORA — Flowers clear pink.
RADIATION — Flowers crimson, chang- ing to yellow at the center.
WEEPING LANTANA — Th e plant has a most graceful drooping habit, grows very rapidly and blooms con- tinually, summer and winter. Price, 15c each ; 3 for 40c.
Price, 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.25 per dozen.
Mrs. G. H. K., Elk Point, S. D.: “Let me express my thanks for the healthy plants you sent me. I never dreamed that they would (12) be so large.
New and Beautiful Fuchsias Vinca
THE BLACK PRINCE—
Bright, waxy carmine ; tube ami petals large and broad, with pale green tips ; large, open pale pink corolla.
FUCHSIA M0NSTR0SA— The short tube and sepals are a bright, rich reddish- crimson color ; corolla extra large, full and double; fiow- er of the largest size.
FUCHSIA ELM CITY — Sepals a rich crimson ; cor- . r olla deep purple and very
double ; free flowering and easy to grow.
THE GOLDEN-LEAVED FUCHSIA WAVE OF LIFE—
Golden foliage; dark purple, single flower.
FUCHSIA TROPHEE — Double; open flow’er, dark purple, and very beautiful.
FUCHSIA MONS. THIBAUT — A splendid variety, with large, handsome foliage. The flowers are single, rose- vermilion, tinted violet.
AVALANCHE — Beautiful golden foliage, with a dark, double violet purple corolla.
MME. VAN DER STRASS — Fine, large and elegant form; sepals long and refiexed; pure red, corolla large, double white.
THE FREE BLOOMING SPECIOSA— Tube and sepals a bright rose ; corolla brilliant carmine.
Price, any variety, 15c each; 3 for 40c; 6 for 75c; $1.45 per dozen. Postpaid. Purchaser may make selection of one or more varieties.
Why We Can Save You Money
All of our goods are grown in large quantities. Our retail prices are based on our large production, giving our retail customers an easily appreciated advantage. By adopting the plan, special offers and collections, and as our sales to you are by mail, we reduce our selling expense to a minimum.
Easily Grown Sure to Bloom
(Variegated Periwinkle) — This is a beautiful variegated trailing vine ad- mirably adapted for hanging baskets and vases. The leaves 'are a glossy green, broadly margined,' a creamy- white ; flowers blue. More Tineas are employed in vase and basket work than all other vines combined. Price, 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen, postpaid; large plants, 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen, by express.
Vinca Major Variegata, 10c.
Single Daisies
or Marguerites
These plants are the favorites of all amateurs as they are of easy culture and make beautiful cut flowers. They are a delight in the garden where their conspic- uous flowers, and rich green indented foli- age blend harmoniously with any other bedding plants. As potted plants they carry nicely in bloom throughout the winter. MME. GAILBERT — Best white, having a ray of white petals around a salmon disc. Price, 20 cents each; three for 50 cents. ETOILE D’OR — Finest yellow, large flowers and deep color. Price, 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.45 per dozen.
Singie Daisy, Mine. Gailbert, 15c
GIANT FLOWERING HIBISCUS
RICH PINK HIBISCUS
PEACH- BLOW
One of the finest plant novelties of- fered in recent years ; flowers are double and from four to five in- ches in diameter ; of a charming rich clear pink color, with a small, deep crimson center ; an entirely new and most b e a u t i ful shade. Will give entire satisfaction to all who grow it, either in pots or in the garden.
Standard Varieties
AURANTI ACA — Beauti- ful double orange col- ored flowers.
COL LERI I— Flowers buff- yellow, with crimson- scarlet base.
GRANDIFLORA — Rich scarlet-crimson ; won- derful in size.
M I N I A T U S - SEMI- PLENA — Bright ver- milion-scarlet flowers. Price, any variety, 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.45 per dozen, postpaid, $11 per 100 by express. Larger plants, 30c each; 2 for 50c; $2.75 per doz. (by express only).
Giant Flowering Hibiscus Peachblow. Grows easily and bears immense flowers of a charming rich pink.
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Hardy New Chrysanthemums
Bagenia Sp culata
Fire Cracker Plant
RUSSELIA E LEG ANTISSI M A (Scarlet Fountain Plant) — A very striking and val- uable new semi-trailing plant, especially adapted for hanging baskets, vases, window boxes, etc., where a delicate and graceful effect is sought. The plant is of slender, arching, drooping habit, throwing out long, slender, branching spikes 2 to 3 feet long which droop gracefully and are literally covered with brilliant coral-red buds and
Fire-Cracker Plant, 15c.
flowers, the full size being three-fourths to seven- eighths inches long. It is a vast im- provement over the old Russelia, being of much more vigorous habit and a more rapid grower. Price, 15 cents each; 3 for 40 cents; $1.25 per dozen.
Oleander, 20c.
Popular
Oleanders
These old-fashioned shrubs are becoming immensely popular again. No plant makes more handsome specimens in tubs for the veranda or yard. Can be wintered in the cellar. Price 20c each; two for 35c except where noted or the set of four for 50c. Large size plants (by express only) 50c each.
OLEANDER ROSEA -Has dou- ble pink flowers. The old fa- vorite. Very sweet.
OLEANDER LILIAN HENDER- SON— Double white flowers; fragrant like the old double pink.
OLEANDER LUTEA Strong growler, flower double, color beautiful golden-yellow\ OLEANDER VARIEGATA -Very striking ; variegated foliage. Price, 30c each.
OLEANDER MR. PYRE — Color flesh pink like Malmaison rose, fragrant.
Universally planted in al- most all gardens. Have no equal in the late fall either in solid beds or in mixed borders, as they give life and color to the garden after all other vegetation is destroyed by frost.
UNI DA — Large flowering yellow.
GOLDEN QUEEN — Very large flowering yellow. EXCELSIOR— Deep yellow. HOMESTEAD— Large flow- ering pink.
SNOW WREATH — Large flowering white.
Price of any of the above varieties, 20c each; 3 for 50c; $2.45 per dozen. PRINCE OF WALES — Small flowering ; button white.
FLORA— Yellow.
Price of any of the above varieties, 20c each; 3 for 50c; $2.45 per dozen.
Speculata Begonia, 20c.
Quite a novelty in the Rex type. Leaves are in the form of a grape leaf. Color is a bright green, with a background of choc- olate ; veins of a light pea-green, the whole leaf spotted w7ith si ver. In bloom it is mag- nificent, the panicles, composed of great num- bers of individual pink blooms, are lifted high and spray-like quite clear of the foli- age. Price, 20 cents each ; 3 for 50 cents.
American Wonder Lemon
The Largest Edible Lemon in the World Actual weight. Two and One-Half to Three Pounds.
Nothing that has ever been brought to our notice in the p ant line has caused one-half the commotion that this wonderful Lemon has. It is a true ever-bearing vari- ety. The tree has fruit in all stages of development from the size of a pea up to the ripe fruit, showing it to be a true ever- bearer. Fruit has been taken from a tree weighing over four pounds.
In addition to its fruit-bearing qualities it makes a very handsome plant for house culture. The dark green foliage is very large and handsome, and the pure waxy flowers with yellow stamens are nearly as fragrant as Orange blossoms, which they greatly resemble.
The Lemons have a very thin rind for such large fruit and are full of rich acid juice, and are fully equal to eight or ten ordinary Lemons.
No budding or grafting is necessary. The plant is of very easy culture, flowering and fruiting in ordinary good soil Price 20c : 3 for 50c; larger plants, 35c each; 3 for 80c; extra large two-year-old plants, 50c each. Plants two to three feet tall, 75c and $1.00 each. (By express only.)
C. A. W., Louise Texas: “The plants are beautiful. I did not know an order could be filled with such exactness (14) and promptness, or that plants could arrive in such perfect condition. I shall have much pleasure from them.”
Weeping Lantana
A New Weeping Plant of Great Beauty.
One of the grandest plants grown. The plant has a most graceful, drooping habit, grows very rapidly and blooms continually, summer and winter, producing large clus- ters of flowers of the most delicate lilac or rosy-pink. Foliage a beautiful dark green. We know of nothing of recent in- troduction that is so easily grown and gives so much pleasure and satisfaction as this beautiful Lantana. Price, strong plants, 15 cents each ; 3 for 40 cents.
Ponderosa Lemon (The American Wonder). 20c, 35c, 50c, 75c and $1.00
The Beautiful Pot or Tub Hydrangeas, Mme. Riverain.
New Fruiting Orange
Ornamental and Fruit-bearing. A dwarf growing edible Orange Blossoms and Fruits at the same time.
A grand pot plant, and one of great beauty and novelty. It is a dwarf Orange, which grows, blooms and fruits freely in pots, even when only a foot or two high. The fruit is about one-half the size of ordinary Oranges, and very sweet and delicious. The blossoms are produced in great abundance, delicate and beautiful in color and rich in delicious perfume. Price, 15 cents each; three for 40 cents; large size, 25 cents; three for 60 cents; fine specimen plants, 50 cents each; large plants, by express only,
75 cents.
AUSTRALIAN
Silk Tree
(Grevillea Robusta) — A mag- nificent plant for decorative pur- poses, of rapid, easy growth, finely cut foliage rivaling a rare Fern. The young, growing leaves are light brown color, the tips be- ing covered with a soft down, closely resembling raw silk, hence the name, “Silk Oak.” Price, nice plants, 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.25 per dozen.
Crown of Thorns
Grevillea Robusta, Silk Oak Tree. Grows easily, rivals the Fern as a Decorative Plant. 15c.
Otaheite Orange. Ornamental and fruit bearing. Fruit sweet and delicious. 15c, 25c and 50c.
(Euphorbia Splendens) — Curi- ous plant, with thick, fleshy, 'twining stems, which are cov- ered with stout, sharp spines
nearly an inch long. Foliage is bright green and the flowers are a beautiful coral-pink. 20 cents each ; 3 for 50 cents, postpaid.
NOTICE — Printed leaflets giving full cultural direc- tions on the following subjects will be mailed on re- quest at I cent each. Annuals, Asparagus, China Asters, Outdoor Bulbs, Cannas, Indoor Carnations, Chinese Sacred Lily or Joss Flower, Chrysanthemums, Coleus, Crocus, Dahlia, Deciduous Trees and Shrubs.
20c.
Linum Trigynum
A plant of great beauty, blooms produced in great profusion and of a bright yellow. The flowers are about the size of a Morning Glory, and no matter how small the plant is it will bloom pro- fusely.
Crown
Thorns (Euphorbia Splendens),
15c each; 2 for 25c; $1.25 per dozen.
LA
Hydrangeas
Flowers bright yellow, very striking, 15c.
FOR PORCH, LAWN AND GARDEN.
The list of Hydran- geas here offered pre- sents the best intro- ductions by Euro- pean h y b r i d i z ers.
These H y d r a n geas are especially adapted for pot or tub plants
for indoor, porch, lawn or garden decoration. In some soils the flowers turn blue, and this color can be secured artificially with one-half pound of broken alum added to one-half bushel of soil.
AVALANCHE — Large wrhite, an easy forcing variety.
20c; 3 for 50c; $1.75 per dozen.
MME. RIVERAIN — Bright rose color; very vigorous;
one of the best. 20c; 3 for 50c; $1.75 per dozen. MME. HAMAR — Color delicate flesh-rose; pleasing shade. In some soils beautiful deep blue ; im- mense size. 20c; 3 for 50c; $1.75 per dozen. BOUQUET ROSE — One of our best varieties. Large trusses of well-formed flowers. The color is a magnificent rosy- amber turning to bright pink. Produces a wonderful wealth of bloom. Price, 20c; 3 for 50c; $1.90 per dozen.
LORRAINE — Color pale rose, turning to bright pink. The flowers are of immense size. Price, 20c each ; 3 for 50c; $1.90 per dozen.
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CHOICE DECORATIVE PLANTS
Something for Every Garden,
Everything for Some Gardens.
Kentia
' BELMOREANA
The Kentia Bel Palm repre-, the best of the Palm family. It is a native of the Lord Howe Islands, situated few hundred miles ease of Sidney, New South Wales. Here it in luxuriance the mountain It has the grace and lightness of the Cocos, but robust in growth and heavy in foliage. As a foli- age plant it cannot be excelled, withstand- ing wonderfully dust, changes in atmos- phere and neglect. It is not susceptible to insects and is a rapid and graceful grower.
Price, nice yohng plants, 40c; larger plants, 75c, by ex- press only. Springfield, Ohio, is
the Plant Growing Center of the World.
Areca Lutescens
One of the most beautiful Palms. Its dark, glossy green leaves are gracefully curved on slender stems, and the entire foliage is grace- fully disposed ; the trunk and stems are golden- yellow. Price, nice plants, 40 cents, postpaid; larger plants, 75 cents, by express.
Fan Leaf Palm
(Latania Borbonica) — This is the typical Palm and is more largely grown than all other varieties combined (possibly excepting Kentia). Its vigorous, healthy habit and large, glossy green, fan-like leaves commend it to all. Noth- ing is more satisfactory as a decorative plant than a well-grown specimen of Latania. This is the Palm from which the Chinese Palm Fans are made. Adapted to all decorative pur- poses within or without doors. Price, nice young plants, 25 cents each; larger plants, 40 cents each; large specimen plants, 75 cents,
The Popular Fan Leaf Palm (Laxania Borbonica). Price, 25c, 40c, and 75c.
Ficus Elastica — Rubber Plant, 50c.
India Rubber Plant
(Ficus w* /v Elastica) — 1% 1 1
F a m iliarly t/ w V» known as
the Rubber Plant, is one of the most popu- lar and satisfactory house plants. Of a tropical nature, being at its best under moist conditions and high temperature, but if well cared for, the foliage kept clean, good drainage provid- ed and the soil kept sufficiently moist, it will continue growing throughout the year. Branched plants are produced by cutting out the top in early spring. Its thick, leathery leaves en- able it to withstand excessive heat and dryness, while its deep, glossy green foliage always pre- sents a showy appear- ance. For house cul- ture and porch dec- oration. Large plants, by express, 50 cents.
The Beautiful Palm of the Howe Islands, where it grows in luxuri- ance on the moun- tain slopes.
Kentia Fosteriana
One of the finest plants of any of the Palm family for general cultivation, being almost im- pregnable against disease. Leaves deep, glossy green, fan-shaped, split deeply into segments. Very similar to Kentia Belmoreana, but with broader foliage. Price, nice plants, 40 cents, postpaid; larger plants, 75 cents each, by ex- press only.
Sago Palm
(Cycas Revoluta — Japanese
Fern Palm). — For years the price of the Sago Palm has placed it beyond the reach of ordinary plant buyers. We have imported a' fine lot of Cycas from Japan and offer them so as to be within the reach of all. Probably the most valuable decorative Palm grown. The heavy, glossy, deep green fronds resist gas, dust and changing of temperature. Sent by express only. Price, nice, small, shapely plants, $1.00; 8 to 10 leaves, $1.50.
FREE OFFER — Any one of the roses on back of cover of this catalogue free if you send an order for $1.00 from a friend not now a customer.
$1.00
Sago Palm
Cycas
Revoluta
Bulbs increase in size each year and leaves double in size and number.
The Cycas or Sago Palms must be sent by express.
Our leaflet on Palms, giving full directions, free on request with your order. See back of order sheet for other free leaflets covering (16) such subjects as Roses, Asters, Begonias, Cannas, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Dahlias, Ferns, Peonies, etc.
Flowering Begonias, 20c each.
Beg. Md de Lesseps
A remarkably strong growing variety, of stiff, upright habit ; foliage large and somewhat in style of Begonia Rubra, but more than twice as large ; upper side deep green, under side pur- plish-red, flowers pure white, in large pendent panicles. 20c each ; 3 for 50c.
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Makes a Greenhouse] at your J \ Door /
Mammoth Leaved Rex Begonias.
Mammoth Leaved Rex Beg.
The Rex division of the Begonia family has been a great favorite, having a great variety of bright colors. For rock- eries they are unexcelled and they grow luxuriantly along foundations where shaded. Thrives best in a rather shady and moist situation. The soil should be light and porous and well fertilized. Price of Rex Begonia, good, strong estab- lished plants, 25c each; 3 different varieties for 60c.
Begonia Thurstoni.
Beg. Thurstoni
A cross between B. Metallica and B. Canguinea. Has bright red foliage and reining under- neath leaves, and bright metallic green, shading to red, in the younger growth on top. Flow- ers beautiful deep pink in bud, when expanded, shell-pink. 20c each ; 3 for 50c.
Flowering Beg. Rubra — 20c each.
Beg. Rubra
One of the finest Begonias in cul- tivation. Its dark, glossy green leaves combined with its free-flowering hab- it, make it one of the very best plants for house or conservatory decoration. The flowers are scarlet-rose color. 20c each; 3 for 50c.
Flowering Beg. Triumph — 20c each,
Beg. Triumph
The most attractive of white- flower- ing Begonias, being a mass of waxy- white flowers both summer and winter. Growth is dwarf and compact, making an excellent pot plant, while nothing is betw f^r be^diner out in summer. 20e each; 3 for 50c; $1.25 per dozen.
The BeautifulfStar Begonia
RICINIFOLIA — So called from its likeness to the Ricinus, or castor oil plant. The leaf is very large — will average a foot or more in diameter — and is sepa- rated into seven or nine large points, carried on thick, heavy stems, 18 inches or more in height; color a rich green, with reddish markings ; surface velvety. Pink blooms. One of the best for winter bloom. Price, 25 cents; 3 for 60 cents. Larger size, 50 cents; 3 for $1.25.
CORAL BEGONIA (Sandersonii) — The flowers are a scarlet shade of crimson. Leaves slightly edged with scarlet. Price, 15 cents each; 3 for 40 cents; $1.50 per dozen.
Flowering Beg. Coralline.
Lucerne — 30c each.
Beg. Coralline Lucerne
Blooms last from a month to six weeks, borne in immense clusters, almost hiding the plant. Color bright coral-red, changing to delicate pink. Nice plants, 30c; 3 for 75c.
Flowering Beg. Argentea Guttata — 20c each.
Argentea Guttata
Purple-bronze leaves, oblong in shape, with silver markings ; white flowers.
20e each ; 3 for 50c.
Gracilis Luminosa
GRACILIS LUMINOSA — Foliage rich, glossy green, shaded deep bronze; flowers bright cherry, changing to coral-Ted. 20c each ; 3
for 50c.
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Summer Flowering Callas
White Calla
(New Godfrey) — A wonderful improvement over the old White Calla The plant is very bushy, having double as many leaves as the old variety, and producing three times as many flowers. Flowers are unusually large held high, and on stiff stems. The blooms are large size and of snowv white- ness. 20c each; 3 for 50c; 6 for $1.15. Large bulbs, 40c each; 3 for $1.00
Yellow Calla
(Calla Hastata) — The flowers are clea; lemon-yellow, produced freely on long stems The foliage is deep rich green, and the plant is quite showy. It has the habit of the more dwarf sorts by blooming when quite, small. Treated as a summer flowering bulb, it will bloom as well outdoors as within.
30c each; 3 for 80c; 6 for $1.40;
$2.50 per dozen.
Spotted Calla
The Richardia Alba, or Spotted Calla, is a plant of magnificent ap- pearance. The leaves are . of the richest green, spotted with pure white. The flowers are white with delicate chocolate throat. 20c each ;
3 for 50c; $1.75 per dozen.
Orange- Y ellow Calla
(Calla Elliottiana) — This is. the great new yellow Calla of marvel- ous beauty, blowers are very large, rich, deep orange-yellow, often four to five inches across the mouth ; leaves are spotted with white. Hand- some foliage together with remark- The Yellow Calla Hastata, 30c.
able flowers. Large flowering bulbs, Blooms both in and out of doors,
35c each; 3 for 98c, postpaid; $3.50 beautiful lemon-yellow flowers. Strong
per dozen, by express. growing, bloom freely; long stemmed.
The White Godfrey Calla. 20 cts. Vonderful improvement over the ild White Calla; blooms of snowy whiteness.
Hardy Garden Lilies
Liliiim Magnificum
Rich, deep red ; magnificent large flowers, of perfect form. A most dec- orative and valuable hardy Lily for the garden spot. Price, 25c each; 3 for 60c.
Lilium Tigrinum
DOUBLE TIGER LILY— Grow- ing from four to six feet high, bear- ing- an immense number of double, bright orange-red flowers, spotted with black. Price, 25c each; 3 for 60c.
Lilium Tigrinum, 25c.
Lilium Melpomene
One of the very best classes of the hardy garden Lilies ; strong, sturdy habit, growing from two to three feet high, having large showy flowers held upright and in clusters at the summit. Of easy culture, thriving under ordi nary garden conditions, flower- ing in June and July. The col- ors range through all shades of red from rose to blackish-crim- son, yellow, buff, apricot, orange, etc., many being spotted. Mixed colors. Price, 25c each ; 3 for 60c.
Lilium Superbum
This is one of the showiest of all Lilies and perhaps one of the most robust and radi- antly beautiful. The stems are formed three to five feet in height, bearing five to forty flow- ers of brilliant orange-red. The flowers are of good size and of finished appearance. Price, 30c each; 3 for 80c, postpaid.
Lilium Melpomene, 25c.
Lilium Speciosum Rubrum
This variety gives us one of the most popular and satis- factory of all Lilies ; in fact, it is considered by many the finest of all varieties. The flowers are a beautiful deep rose, freely spotted with crimson and mottled white. The vari- ety produces splendid large flowers borne in clusters on strong stems two to three feet long. Price, 25c; 3 for 60c, postpaid.
Lilium Batemanniae
A variety that is becoming immensely popular, produc- ing beautiful reddish-orange flowers on stems three to four feet long. Healthy and sturdy, hardy and beautiful, and a variety that should be in every garden. It can be counted on to give general satisfaction. Price, 30c each ; 3 for 80c, postpaid.
Hyacinthus Candicans, 20c.
Hyacinthus
Candicans
This is unlike our spring- blooming Hyacinths. Its leaves are deep green, fleshy, resem- bling some of the Yuccas. The flowers are white, in handsome, pendulous bells arranged on pyramidal spikes. A strong bulb will give from two to three flower spikes, and these produce from thirty to fifty flowers constantly from July <-’11 October. Price, 20c each; 3 for 50c.
THE McGREGOR BROS. GO., Seed, Bulb and Plant Growers, Importers and Merchants, Springfield, Ohio, U.S. A.
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Wonderful Hardy Climbing Roses
The Wonderful Rose Dorothy Perkins, 18c, 40c, 60c. Perfectly hardy, beautiful in color, worth ten times its price.
Philadelphia Rambler
(Hardy June Bmoming.) Splendid flowers, 2^ inches across, perfectly double. Borne in clusters, completely covering the whole bush. Color, pure deep rich crimson. Unequaled for cov- ering porches, trellises, screens, fences, etc. Price, I -year-old plants 18c each; 3 for 46c; 2-year-old plants, 40c each. (Field- grown plants 60c each, by express only.)
Climbing Baby Rambler "SSVk
(Hardy June Blooming.) A true everblooming Crimson Rambler. Color richest crimson. Price, I -year-old plants 18c each; 3 for 46c; 2-year-old plants, 40c each. (Field-grown plants, 60c each by express only.)
Climbing Lady Gay
(Hardy June Blooming ) Closely resembling Crimson Rambler in habit of growth and general effect. Flowers are of a delicate cherry-pink, which gradually changes to a soft-tinted white. Vig- orous grower. Price, I -year-old plants, 18c each; 3 for 46c; 2- year-old plants, 40c each. (Field-grown plants 60c each, by ex- press only.)
Dorothy Perkins
The Most Graceful, Free-Flowering and Vigorous Climbing Rose
“The flowers are produced in clusters — thousands of them on a single plant.”
(Hardy June Blooming.) A beautiful shell-pink Rose of sweet- est fragrance, useful for many purposes, and giving wonderful satisfaction. Even when the flowers commence to fade the color is still pleasing, being then a lovely deep rose. The flowers are of large size for this class of rose, usually about l1/^ inches across ; are borne in clusters of from 10 to 30 and are double ; the petals are very prettily rolled back and crinkled; the buds are remarkably pretty being pointed in shape and of just the right size for the buttonhole. Price, l-yr.-old plants 18c each; 3 for 46c; 2-yr.-old plants 40c each. (Field grown plants 60c each, by express only.)
Shower of Gold Yellow Rambler)
(Hardy June Blooming.) Color deep golden-yellow and orange. Vigorous grower. Foliage beautiful in color, with high metallic luster. Produces a mass of bloom, and leaves little to be desired in a yellow Rambler. Price, l-yr.-old plants 18c each; 3 for 46c; 2-yr.-old plants 40c each. (Field grown plants 60c each, by ex- press only.)
Crimson Rambler
“The Parent Plant of a New Race of Roses.”
(Hardy June Blooming.) The flowers are produced in great clusters and of the brightest crimson color. Price, l-yr.-old plants 18c each; 3 for 46c; 2-yr.-old plants 40c each. (Field grown plants 60c each, by express only.)
Extra Special
RED DOROTHY PERKINS.
Price, l-yr.-old plants 18c each; 3 for 46c; 2-yr.-ol‘d plants 40c each. (Field grown plants 60c each by express only.) Special, extra large 3-yr.-old plants, heavy canes by express only $1.00 each; 3 for $2.50.
White Dorothy Perkins
(Hardy June Blooming.) A pure white sport of Dorothy Perk- ins, of same habit of growth ; a splendid companion, as it flowers at the same time. A most valuable addition to this class. Price, l-yr.-old plants 18c each; 3 for 46c; 2-yr.-old plants 40c each. (Field grown plants 60c each, by express only.)
Tausendschoen
(Hardy June Blooming.) The colors run from delicate balsam or tender rose, through the intermediate shades of bright rose and carmine, with white, yellow and various other delicate tints showing. Price, l-yr.-old plants 18c each; 3 for 46c; 2-yr.old plants 40c each. (Field grown plants 60c each, by express only.)
Blue Rambler
(Hardy June Blooming.) Flowers are violet-blue in color. In- dividual flowers measuring from 1% to 2 inches across. Price, l-yr.-old plants 18c each; 3 for 46c; 2-yr.-old plants 40c each. (Field grown plants 60c each, by express only.)
American Pillar
Flowers measure three to five inches across, very double. Color flaming pink, center a cluster of bright yellow stamens. Ex- tremely vigorous habit of growth. Never troubled with insects.
Price, 20c each; 3 for 50c, postpaid; 2-year, 40c each; 3 for $1.00.
WONDERFUL HARDY MONTHLY BLOOMING CLIMBING ROSE
Dr. W. VanFleet
Dr. W. Van Fleet stands at the very head of the climbing Roses. The flowers when open, run four inches and over in diameter. The color is a very delicate shade of flesh-pink on the outer sur- face, deepening to rosy-flesh in the center. The flowers are full and double, delicately perfumed. Strong I -year plants on own roots, 20c each, postpaid; 3 tor 50c; 6 for 90c; 12 for $1.50, post- paid. Stronger 2-year plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25; 6 for $2.00; 12 for $3.75.
Silver Moon
The flowers run four and one-half inches and over in diameter, clear silvery-white in color, petals of great substance and beau- tifully cupped. The center is filled with bright yellow stamens, a very attractive feature. They are borne on strong stems, twelve to eighteen inches long, and are deliciously fragrant. Price, 20c each; 3 for 50c, postpaid; strong, 2-year plants, 40c each; 3 for $1.00.
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Francis Scott Key
The New American Rose. The Rose for every garden of every American home. Named in honor of the writer of the Star Spangled Banner. Dazzling crimson, glo- bular Rose of gigantic size. Vigorous and free branching of sturdy, erect growth.
I -year plants, 20c; 2 year plants, 40c.
Lady Hillingdon
Beautiful Yellow Rose. Everybody can grow it. (Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) A deep shade of yellow which does not easily fade. Buds very slender and graceful. Very free in the produc- tion of flowers. Nice strong l-year plants, 20c each; 3 for 40c. Strong, 2-year plants, 40c each; 3 for $1.25.
Red Radiance
(Summer blooming.) Flowers brilliant carmine- red, a color of wonderful brightness and charm. Flow- ers quite full with enormous petals and high, pointed center, forming a noble and remarkable flower. A perfect exhibition and cut flower Rose. A fine bed- ding Rose, distinct and sweet scented. I year, 20c; 3 for 50c; 2 year, 40c; 3 for $1.10.
Reine Marie Henriette
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) Excel- lent crimson flowered everblooming climber. Full, double, delightfully tea scented, strong growing, free flowering. 15c each; 2-year-old plants, 30c each.
Striped Reine Marie Henriette
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) The
extra large and full double blossoms of this variety are strikingly marked. They are striped and flamed in bright crimson and pale rose. Very fragrant; plant growth vigorous. Strong l-year plants, 15c each; 3 for 40c; 2-year plants, 30c each; 3 for 85c.
Etoile de Lyon
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) This
magnificent Tea Rose is a rich golden- yellow, strong, healthy, vigorous grower, immense bloomer, bearing flowers’ and buds early and late. Flowers are deep, rich, full; very sweet. 15c each; 2-year plants, 30c.
Etoile de France— particularly attractive in its bud stago— 20c, 40c.
The Crimson Garden Rose, Francis Scott Key — A Rose in which we find the embodiment of a perfect bloom, size, form and color; 20c.
Souv. de Pierre Notting
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) This variety is a seedling of Marechal Niel and Maman Cochet, with beautiful, closely-set foliage and a strong sturdy habit of growth. Color, apricot yellow, changing to clear yellow ; long buds opening to finely formed flowers. Extra fine. 20c each: 3 for 40c; postpaid. Large 2-year plants, 40c each; 3 for 95c.
Etoile de France
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) The gold medal Rose of France. Strong, vigorous grower. Flowers large, borne on long, stiff stems ; color, lovely shade of clear red-crimson velvet ; very fragrant. 20c each ; 3 for 50c; 2-year-old plants, 40c.
SOUV. DE LA MALMAI-
SON — A rich flesh color. A grand old variety of immense size, producing flowers in abundance. I year, 20c; 2 year, 40c. WELLESLEY — Color a beautiful shade of pink, the petals being bright in color with silvery re- verse. I year, 20c; 2
year, 40c.
WILLIAM NOTTING — A
bright rosy-cerise color, large blooms borne in profusion ; a grand bed- der. I yr. 20c; 2 yr. 40c. WILLIAM H. TAFT— Color bright, clear salmon-pink, perfectly formed, deli- ciously fragrant. A Rose unrivaled. I year, 15c; 2 year, 40c.
W. R. SMITH — Color white, shading to pink. Foliage is beautiful, firm and glossy. Immense blooms.
I year, 15c; 2 year, 30o.
PINK LA FRANCE — Sil- very- rose shading with pink; has a satin sheen over all its petals. Worthy of its name, the queen of Roses. I year, 20c; 2 year, 40c.
RENA ROBBINS — Pure white with a golden heart. Flowers large and finely formed. Blooms through- out the season. I year, 20c; 2 year, 40c.
SAFRANO — The color of this Rose is rich, apricot- pink and fawn, very un- usual. I year, 15c; 2 year, 30c.
SENATOR MASCURAND—
Color from pronounced yellow to delicate orange, deliciously fragrant, deep and double. I year, 15c; 2 year, 30c.
20 W. J. E., Linden Heights, O.: “I have no hesitancy in recommending your stock, which I consider far superior to any other.”
nnQF Mrs. Aaron Ward
(Summer Blooming, Hardy With Protection) — A variety of the most pleasing and attractive color, Indian-yellow washed with salmon-gold. In the hud stage the flower is of the deepest yellow, which becomes lighter as the flower expands. The growth is handsome, uniform and perfect, holding its sweet and delicious blooms rigidly upright. Its foliage is also remarkable and dis- tinct, showing its flowers up with wonderful effect. Price, nice, I year plants, 20c each; 3 for 50c; $1.75 per dozen; stronger plants, 40c each; 3 for $1.00; $3.25 per dozen. Extra large, 60c each; 3 for $1.50; $5.00 per dozen.
Antoine Rivoire
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) Sturdy in growth ; branching in habit. Charmingly shaded rosy- flesh color, on yellow ground with a delicate border of carmine ; flowers sweetly fragrant. 20c each ; 3 for 50c. Strong 2-year plants, 40c each; 3 for $1.10.
ALEXANDER HILL GRAY— A long pointed bud of golden- yellow opening to large, full, pure yellow flowers, l-yr. 15c; 2-year, 40c.
BALDUIN — Color very soft, intense carmine-crimson with deeper shades in the depth of the petals ; unique. I -year, 15c; 2-year, 30c.
BUPBANK — Deep clear pink, with large petals perfectly formed, quite in a. class by itself; very fragrant. I -year, 15c; 2-year, 30c.
CRIMSON QUEEN — A free-blooming Rose of a bright velvety- crimson color. Flowers are quite full, of wonderful depth and substance, l-year, 20 cents; 2-year, 40 cents.
DUCHESS DE BRABANT — Bright China-rose with coppery-yellow center; ends of petals beautifully carmine, l-year, 15 cents; 2-year, 30 cents.
HELEN CAM BIER — Color, varying tintings of salmon-rose to copper-rose, becoming lighter as flowers expand, l-year, 15c; 2-year, 30 cents.
HELEN GOOD — Delicate pink, being a sport from the Maman Cochet. The buds are beautifully formed, being firm and ele- gantly pointed, l-year, 20 cents; 2-year, 40 cents.
JONKHEER J. L. MOCK— The pink giant from Holland. Color clear rose-pink in two tones, blooms round and massive, l-year, 15 cents; 2-year, 30 cents.
LA FRANCE— Bright silvery-rose, with pale lilac shading. Very sweet-scented; extra large, l-year, 20 cents; 2-year, 40 cents.
The Opalescent Garden Rose, Ophelia; l-year, 25c; 2-year, 50c.
Freiherr Von Marshall
“Wonderfully Strong Growing and Hardy.”
Blumcnschmidt
“A Splendid Beddin* Sort.”
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) It is a pure citron-yellow; outer petals edged tender rose. It is a splendid bedding sort, flowering abundantly and growing freely ; fine stems and foliage. 15 cents each; 3 for 40 cents, postpaid; 2-year plants, 40 cents each;
3 for $1.00.
The striking colored winter flowering pot rose,
Baby Doll 20c each.
Charming Polyantha or Fairy Rose
Especially Attractive for Children
BABY DOLL
Flowers Borne in Clusters Highly Fragrant.
This delightful little Rose is an ever-blooming Polyantha. The color is a golden-yellow, tipped with clear, bright cerise, l-year plants, 20c; 2-year plants, 40c.
President Taft
Vigorous free branching growth with large full flowers carried on stiff erect stems, color clear salmon-pink ; flowers well formed, with pointed center, one of the best introductions of recent years. 15c each; 3 for 40c; 2-year plants. 40c each; 3 for $1,00,
MADAM CAROLINE TESTOUT— Color brilliant satiny-rose. A wonderful Rose exquisitely formed and un- equaled. l-year, 15c; 2-year, 30c.
M ME. CONSTANT SOU PERT —Large, full flowers ; brilliant yellow sufused pink. l-year, 15c; 2-year, 40c. MADISON — Pinkish-salmon with center of yellow and orange, a beautiful combination. Flowers large and full, l-year, 15c; 2-year, 30c.
MRS. R. B. CANT — Color clear bright rosy-pink, of round, full form and quite fragrant, an excellent Bedding Rose. l-year, 15c; 2-year, 30c.
(Summer blooming, hardy with pro- tection.) It has wonderfully beautiful foliage and produces large, full, beau- tiful shaped flowers. Magnificent crimson-scarlet with long and pointed buds ; deliciously fragrant. I -year plants, 15c; 2-year plants, 35c.
Malmaison
Has no equal as a summer bedding Rose. Its flesh colored flowers are of immense size and are produced in abundance. l-year size, 20c; large 2-year size, 40c.
MARECHAL N1EL
A beautiful golden-yellow Rose. It is a free bloomer and flowers through- out the season. l-year, 20c; 2-year, 40 cents.
MARIE GUILLOT
Flowers of an unusual style, entirely double to the center, very sweet scented. Color, white. l-year, 15c; 2-year, 35c.
MARIE VAN HOUTTE
Color straw-yellow, with the outer petals washed and outlined with a bright rosy-crimson. l-year, 15c; 2- year, 30c.
MME. F. KRUGER
Color soft rose-pink, elegantly shad- ed with crimson and amber, delight- fully sweet, l-year, 15c; 2-year, 25c.
MOSELLA OR
YELLOW SOUPERT
Is a strong grower. Chrome-yellow in the center, turning to creamy- white. l-year, 15c; 2-year, 35c.
THE McGREGOR BROS. CO., Springfield, Ohio, U. S. A.
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Popular Cut Flower Rose Collection
The varieties named here represent the type of the kind shown in the windows of the large cut flower stores. Vigorous growers, free bloomers, hardy, with pro- tection.
Lady Hillingdon (deep yellow). Pres. Wm. R. Smith (pink), Rhea Reid (bright red). White Cochet (white), Pink Cochet (pink), Killarney (imperial pink)
SPECIAL OFFER.
The six, in I -year plants, postpaid, 75c
The six, in 2-year plants, postpaid, $1.50
Hybrid Perpetual Rose Collection
A collection of varieties suitable for the coldest and most exposed location. All of the varieties bloom freely.
SPECIAL OFFER — Black Prince, I year. 20c; 2 year, 40c. Paul Neyron, I year, 20c; 2 year, 40c. Mme. Chas. Wood, I year, 20c ; 2 year, 40c. Coquette Des Alpes, I year, 20c; 2 year, 40c. Clio, I year, 20c; 2 year, 40c. Gen. Jacqueminot, I year, 20c; 2 year, 40c.
The six, I year plants, postpaid, 75c.
The six, 2 year plants, postpaid, $1.50.
The Four Nearest Hardy Black Roses
Our collection of five Nearest Black Roses is made up of varieties of the darkest and deepest crimson. Perfectly hardy, vig- orous and produce immense fragrant blooms.
SPECIAL OFFER — Gloire de L’Exposi- tion Bruxelles, I year, 20c; 2 year, 40c. His Majesty, I year, 20c; 2 year, 40c. Prince Camille de Rohan, I year, 20c; 2 year, 40c. Black Prince, I year, 20c; 2 year, 40c.
The four I -year plants, postpaid, 65c.
The four 2-year plants, postpaid. $1.45.
The American Beauty Rose Collection
These Roses need no introduction, as they are known and eagerly sought for all over the country. They are world renowned because of their giant flowers.
SPECIAL OFFER — American Beauty, red, I yr., 25c; 2 yr., 50c; Radiance, pink, I yr., 20c; 2 yr., 40c ; Frau Karl Druschki, white, I yr., 20c; 2 yr., 40c.
The three in I -year plants, post- paid, for 50c.
The three in 2-year size, postpaid, for $1.05.
Baby Rambler Rose Collection
A collection of Roses comparatively dwarf growing, but vigorous and sturdy. They produce immense quantities of large cluster, full double flowers, bunched together.
SPECIAL OFFER — Baby Rambler, red, I yr., 20c; 2 yr., 40c. Catherine Zeimet, white, I yr., 20c; 2 yr., 40c. Orleans, cerise, I yr., 20c; 2 yr., 40c. Phyllis pink, I yr., 20c; 2 yr., 40c. The four in one yr. plants, 60c. Four in two yr. plants, $1.25.
McGregors Hardy Ever Blooming Roses
OUR BACK COVER COLLECTION OF ROSES offers a wonderful dozen of Roses that will bloom freely. Strong and fragrant ; of wide range of color, white through all shades of deepest crimson ; of unusual vigor and growth, and of a hardiness that will stand zero weather if slightly protected.
SPECIAL OFFER — The 12 in one-year plants, postpaid. 75 cents; the 12 in two-year plants, postpaid, $2.40.
Maman Cochet Rose Collection
Roses that supersede all others, because of rugged and vigorous growth and marvelous free-blooming.
SPECIAL OFFER — White Maman Cochet, I yr., 15c; 2 yr., 30c; Yel- low Maman Cochet, I yr., 20c ; 2 yr., 35c. Crimson Maman Cochet, I yr., 20c; 2 yr., 35c. Pink Maman Cochet, I yr., 15c; 2 yr., 30c. Red Maman Cochet, I yr., 15c; 2 yr., 35c.
The five I yr. plants, postpaid, 60c.
The five in 2 yr. plants, postpaid, $1.45.
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For Constant Bloom
CHOICE VARIETIES FOR PORCH, TRELLIS, SUMMER HOUSES, ARCHES, ETC.
Especially Desirable for the South and Pacific States.
In mild climates these kinds are unexcelled, and frequently cover whole houses with their luxurious wealth of beauty and blooms. North of the Ohio they will need careful pro- tection if left out during the winter. Cover them so as to keep the plants perfectly dry and from the freezing and thaw- ing after rainy and sleety storms.
Marechal Neil 19c
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) So famous as to require no description. Its magnificent golden-yellow buds are worn the world over. Starts rather slowly. 19c each,
3 for 48c; stronger plants, 38c; extra large pot-grown, 59c.
Climbing Wooton 15c
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) The color is identical with its parent, deep, velvety crimson. Will live through the coldest winters with slight protection. 15c each; 2-year-old plants, 40c.
Climbing Meteor 15c
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) Rich velvety red flowers, much larger than Meteor, and richer in color. 15c each; 2-year-old plants, 35c each.
Climbing Kaiserin 15c
Mrs. Robert Peary — (Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) The flow- ers, large, full, deep and double; pure ivory-white; fragrance is delightful.
15c each; 2-year-old plants, 35c each.
Striped Henriette 15c
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) The double blossoms of this variety are strikingly marked. They are striped and flamed in bright crimson and pale rose. Fragrance pleasant. Strong, I- year-old plants, 15c each; 2-year-old plants, 30c each.
Climbing Guillot 17c
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) The flowers are magnificently made, extra large, deep and double ; fra- grance delightful. 12c each; 2-year-old plants, 20c each.
Climbing Bridesmaid 15c
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) The flowers are simply beautiful — clear pink. 15c each; 2-year-old plants, 35c each.
Climbing Killarney 19c
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) Excels any variety of its class and color. The color is an exquisite shade of deep brilliant pink. Flowers immense in size. 19c
each, postpaid; 2-year-old plants, 40c each.
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) It is a Rose for everybody. In color it is rich scarlet, shading to velvety -crimson ; of larger size than Hermosa ; very fragrant. 19c each; 2-year-old plants, 40c each.
Climbing Clothilde Soupert 19c
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) Unequalled for quick and abundant bloom and healthy, vigorous growth. Flowers double, rich creamy- white, sometimes tinted with blush, and borne in immense profusion, the whole growing season. 19c each; 2-year-old plants, 40c each.
Climbing Reine Marie Henriette
(Summer blooming, hardy with protection.) Excellent crimson flowered eVerblooming climber. The flowers double, delightfully tea scented. 14c
each; 2-year-old plants, 35c- each.
r\ \\7 \T ¥71 ■ WONDERFULLY HARDY
Ur. W. Van rleet climbing rose
(Hardy summer blooming.) At the very head of the Climbing ffc m Roses. The flowers run four inches and over in diameter — borne §
in profusion. The color is a delicate shade of flesh- pink on the outer surface, deepening to rosy-fiesh in the center. The flowers are full and double, delicately perfumed. Grows vigorously and is immune from mildew and other diseases. Strong I -year plants on own roots, 24c each, postpaid; 3 for 58c. Stronger 2-year plants, 49c each; 3 for $1.24.
Any four one-year plants for 55c. Any four two-year plants for $1-40. Any eight one-year plants for 90c. Any eight two-year plants for $2.4o.
McGregor Bros. Co. : The Rose plants which I re- ceived from you last spring all did fine in spite of the fact that I had not had much previous experience in Rose culture. Miss M. F., Ohio.
A generous planting of the Everblooming Climbing Roses yields a wonderful lot of flowers.
Rose, Climbing Clothilde Soupert, 19 cents.
Climbing Gruss An Teplitz
Climbing Roses
The McGregor Bros. Co., Seed, Bulb and Plant Growers, Importers and Merchants, Springfield, |Ohio
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Hardy Hybrid Perpetual Roses
Four Nearest Black Roses
Prince C. de Rohan, His Ma- jesty, Gloire de (’Exposition de Bruxelles and Black Prince.
They are unexcelled in color, form and fragrance. Strong
plants in the one-year size for 65c; strong plants in the two- year size for $1.45.
The Beautiful Velvety Crimson Rose.
loire de l’Exposition e Bruxelles
The largest, sweetest and best of all hardy Roses. Tor immensity in size, rich color, exquisite form and delicious fragrance, it stands without an equal. The color is a rich velvety crimson. 19c each; 3 for 49 cents, postpaid; 2-year-old plants, 39 cents.
Pr. Camille de Rohan
One of the darkest col- ored Roses, changing to in- tense maroon. Flowers of excellent form. I -year, 19c each ; 2-year, 37c each.
Black Prince
(Hardy June Blooming.) In color the flowers vary from flashing red to darker crimson, and have a strong, lasting fragrance. I -year plants, 19c; 3 for 48c; 2-year, 39c each; 3 for 97c.
American Beauty
As famous as the Marechal Niel. Rich color and delicious fragrance It is the sweetest of all Roses. In color, deep, brilliant red, shading to a rich car- mine-crimson. Guaranteed genuine. Price, strong plants, I -year, 25c each; 3 for 60c, postpaid; 2-year, 50c each; 3 for $1.25, postpaid; 3-year, 75c each; 3 for $1.85 (by express).
HIS MAJESTY
“Intensely Black Grained Crimson Blooms.”
Rose.) The National Rose Society has set the stamp of upon His Majesty by awarding it the Gold Medal. The color is a dark crimson, shaded deep vermilion-crimson, on the edges, frequently overlaid with a rich velvety shading, the whole flower resembling that beau- color seen in Duchess of Bedford. It is a strong, vigorous grower, carrying its flowers upright ; the blooms are full, of great size, having won- derful substance and depth of petal, with high pointed center of the ideal exhibition type. When seen at its best this is a noble flower, and is also one of the sweetest perfumed Roses in cultivation. There sh mid be a few of these Roses in every garden. Highly recommended by all who know it. 22c each; 3 for 54c; 2-year 44c each; 3 for $1.28.
The Hardy Black Rose Gloire de I’Exposition Bruxelles.
The Beautiful Cream-Yellow Hybrid Perpetual Rose
Gloire Lyonnaise
The open flower is enormous, full, deep and double. Color, rich creamy- white, passing when open to a pale shade of salmon-yellow, deepest at the center. 19c each; 4 for 85c; 9 for $1.87; 2-year-old plants, 39c each; 3 for 99c; $4.64 per dozen.
Anna De Dieshach
Glory of Paris.
Brilliant pink, sometimes shaded with bright maroon ; long, pointed buds and large finely formed compact flowers.
Strong I -year plants, 19c; 2-year, 37c.
Gen. Jacqueminot
Rich velvety crimson, changing to scarlet-crimson. Strong I -year plants, 18c; 2-year, 39c.
Mrs. John Laing
Color a clear bright shell-pink. The buds are long and pointed. Strong l-yr. plants, 19c; 2-year, 39c.
Paul Neyron-19c
Deep, shining rose, very fresh and pretty. Strong I -year plants, 19c; 2- year, 37c.
Coquette Des Alps
Large, full, finely-formed flowers ; color pure white, sometimes faintly tinged with pale blush ; profuse bloomer, very hardy and beautiful. Price, 20c each; 2-year-old plants, 40 cents each.
Clio- 19c
Most beautiful hardy Rose grown. Flowers very large, color flesh, shaded in center to rosy-pink Strong I -year plants, 19c; 2-year, 37c.
Ulrich Brunner
Color cherry-red. One of the most abundant bloomers. Flowers of fine form. Strong I -year plants, 19c; 2-year 37 cents.
Frau Druschki
Makes splendid buds and immense flowers. The most beautiful and sat- isfactory snow-white hardy perpetual Rose ever produced. Strong I -year plants, 19c; 2-year, 37c.
Magna Charta— 14c
Color clear rosy-red, beautifully flushed with velvet crimson ; flowers very fragrant. I -year plants, 17c; 2- year plants, 38c.
Madam Chat. W ood
Bright, cherry-red. Flowers large, very double and quite fragrant. One- year plants, 16c; 2-year plants, 38c.
Mad ame Masson
“A Rival of American Beauty.”
(Hardy June blooming.) Blooms all the time; the flowers are large, full and delightfully perfumed ; color bright, rich crimson ; it is a robust, sturdy grower.
20e each; 3 for 40c, postpaid; 2-year size, 40c each; 3 for $1.00.
Captain Christy'' f
Fresh delicate pink. Whole flower pos- sesses a bright satiny appearance. I -year plants, 19c; 2-year plants, 37c.
Vick's Caprice
Satiny-pink, distinctly striped and dashed with carmine. Flowers large. Desirable for cutting. I -year plants, 19c; 2-year plants, 39 cents.
Paul Neyron
“Among the Foremost Roses of the World.”
(Hardy June blooming.) Paul Neyron en- joys the distinction of producing the largest of Roses. The plant blooms two or three times a year. The color is clear pink, shading to rose — most beautiful in the mas- siveness of the blossoms. Very fragrant with mild touch of apple blossoms. The Rose is very strong and vigorous and is considered by Rose growers as being among the six Roses of the world best suited for outdoor planting. 19c each; 3 for 48c; large 2-year plants, 39c each; 3 for 98c.
J. B. Clarke
(Hardy June blooming.) Growth is strong and upright, very vigorous ; foliage bronzy- green, changing to dark green. Blooms are very large and beautifully formed, very full and long, with high pointed center ; color unique, being intense scarlet shaded crim- son-maron, very dark and rich ; strongly fragrant. Price, strong one-year plants, 20c each, postpaid; two-year plants, 40c each.
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If you wish your order sent by express, please give name of express company. All companies represented here.
Choice Hardy Flowering Shrubs
The planting of shrubs is an important feature in the adornment of any grounds. They may be planted indi- vidually or collectively, and but few of them are really required to add to the beauty and value of property, and at the same time contribute to the pleasure and in- terest of the home. Probably the most effective ar- rangement of shrubs is irregular groups or arranged against buildings, fences or property lines or as plant- ing along walks or drives. Our collection is a practical one and the plants we offer are healthy and vigorous.
Hydrangea Arborescens
Grandiflora Alba (Hills of Snow) — (Four to eight feet.) This beautiful hardy American shrub is the finest addition to this class of plants found in many years. The blooms are very large, of pure snow-white color, resembling a little the hardy so well known, the Snowball, in color and make-up, only they are much larger in size and much more striking. One of its most valuable features is its coming into bloom just after the passing of all the early spring shrubs, while its long season of bloom, from early in June through August, renders it a valuable plant not only to the florist, but to the owner of every garden. It is perfectly hardy, standing twenty degrees below zero. By express, 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.50 per dozen. Strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c; $2.40 per dozen. Strong field-grown plants, two and three years old, 50c and $1.00 each, by express only. Plants at 50c each, $5.00 per dozen. Plants at $1.00 each, $10.00 per dozen.
Spirea (Bridal Wreath), 25c and 50c.
Spirea
SPIREA PRUNIFOLIA
(Florepleno) — (Grows 4 to 6 feet, flowers in spring.) A handsome arching form, very double showy white flowers. All shrubs ship- ped by express only. Price, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express 20c each ; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
SPIREA REEVESII—
(Grows 4 to 6 feet, flowers in spring.) Double flow- ering, clusters of white flowers. Price, good strong plants 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid ; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants 50c each,
3 for $1.25.
SPIREA BILLARDI —
(Grows 3 to 5 feet, flowers in summer.) Plume-like spikes of deep rose- colored
flowers. Price, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants 50c each ; 3 for $1.25.
SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI Hydrangea Arborescens Grandiflora, 25c and 50c. (Van Houttei’s Bridal
Wreath) — A grand and graceful arching shrub, leaves dark green. Flowers white; a beautiful specimen shrub. Price, good strong plants 25c each; 3 for 60c; post- paid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field-grown plants 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
Large Flowering, Fragrant Lilacs
Price, good strong plants 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
WHITE LILAC — Grows 4 to 6 feet, flower in spring. Same habit of growth as Purple Lilac, but with white flowers.
PURPLE LILAC — Grows 4 to 6 feet, flower in spring. A large upright shrub with heart-shaped, bright green lea\es. Native of Europe. Flowers purple and deliciously fragrant. This is the old-time favorite and will always remain popular.
MADAME LEMOINE — A pure double white variety which grows 2 to 3 feet high. A splendid shrub.
M. BUCHNER — Of dwarf habit of growth; flowers pale lilac; grows three to four feet only.
SOUV. DE LUDWIG SPAETH — A choice variety with long panicles of single flowers, dark purplish-blue.
CHARLES X. — A variety having loose trusses; single flowers or reddish-purple. A fast grower, with large shining leaves.
JACQUES CALLOT — One of our best shrubs. Of violaceous red color. Flowers of unusual size.
FREE OFFER — If you will send us an order amounting to $5.00 from a friend or neighbor who is not now a customer, we will send you any 7 of the Roses illustrated on the back cover of this catalogue. If the order from a new customer amounts to $8.00, we will send you free and postpaid the full collection illustrated on back cover of this catalogue.
The Popular Purple Lilac, 25c, 50c.
Freeze Proof Hedge Plant Does Not Winter Kill.
IBOTA PRIVET
Considered the hardiest of all the pop- ular privet hedge plants ; dense and im- pact in growth ; leaves long and shining ; flowers white and very magnificent; grows well in all soils. Nice plants, 15c each; $1.00 per dozen; $5.00 per 100. Larger plants, 20c each; $1.60 per dozen, $8.00 per 100. Extra large plants, 25c each; $1.75 per dozen; $12.00 per 100.
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Hardy Hydrangia
(Paniculata) — It attains a height of four to eight feet and is perfectly hardy in all parts of the country. The flowers are white, borne in immense pyramidal panicles nearly a foot in length. It commences flowering in July and continues until November. The plant should be cut bacli every spring at least one-half of the last season’s growth, as the flowers are borne on new wood and are much finer w7hen the plants are treated this way. This is the finest flowering shrub for cemetery planting we know of. See illustration. Price, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c, postpaid; by express 20c each ; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
Bush Honeysuckle
(Upright) — (Grows 5 to 10 feet, flowers in spring.) One of the most shapely ornamental hedge plants to be found, blossoms followed by bright, shiny berries. Plant 15 to 18 inches apart. Price, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c, postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c, Large field grown plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
Japanese Rose
Single Flowered Kerria laponica (Corchorus Japonica) Globe Flower — A shrub 4 to 6 feet tall, flowers in midsummer, native of Japan ; leaves bright green, sharply toothed, fading in autumn with tones of yellow; flowers numerous, bright, yellow, large and showy. Price, good strong plants, 25c each ; 3 for 60c, postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c.
Large field grown plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25,
Kerria Japonica Flore Pleno; Double Flowered Kerria — This variety has showy double flowers which are of a vigorous growth. Flowers are showy yel- low7 ; the shrub has slender green branches. Perfectly hardy. An attractive shrub for any garden. Price, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c, postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
Sweet Scented Shrub
(Calycanthus Floridus) — (Grows 5 to 8 feet.)
Flowers in spring. An old favorite and well known for its strawberry-scented flowers. The flowers when fully open are about the size of a silver dollar, of a mahogany-brown color. Perfectly hardy. Price, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c, postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field crown plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
SPECIAL-EXCELSA
(The Red Dorothy Perkins.)
(Hardy June blooming.) A distinct variety in form, color and habit. The color is an intense crimson-maroon, with tips of the petals tinged scarlet. Flowers are large and double, produced thirty or forty on a stem. Price, 15c each; 4 for 50c; $1.35 per dozen, postpaid; 2-year- old plants, 30c each; $2.50 per dozen; large 3-year-old plants, 50c each, by express only. 6 for $2.50; $4.50 per dozen.
The Grand Shrub Japanese Snowball, 25c, 50c.
The Wonderful Flowering Hardy Shrub Hydrangea Paniculata. 25c, 50c.
Golden Elder
A hardy, vigorous growing shrub with show7y flowers and a profusion of berries. The Golden Elder is one of the finest shrubs for ornamental purposes. Foliage bright yellow, much used for lively effects. Price, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c, postpaid; by express, 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants, 50c each ; 3 for $1.25.
Golden Bells
(FORSYTHIA)
Fortunei — Of vigorous, upright growth. Branches arching, bearing dark, lustrous green leaves, either simple or three-parted. Flowers golden yellow. One of the first shrubs to flower in the spring. Price, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express 20c each ; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
Virdissima — A variety having twisted flowers of a golden yellow color. A large shrub with erect green-barked branches. Price, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
Japanese^ Snowball
Erect and compact, 5 to 8 feet high, flowering in June with large, white blooms. It is a shrub of much merit, erect in growth with graceful branches and foliage of the deepest green. Flowers are not quite as large as the flowers of the common snowball. Price, 20c each ; 3 for 50c; $1.75 per dozen; large field-grown plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25; $4.25 per dozen.
Exochorda Grandiflora
(Pearl Bush) — Flowers in late spring. A very hand- some, hardy shrub from Northern China and Japan, forming a bush ten to twelve feet high in as many years. The pure white flowers are borne in clusters. The unexpanded buds are like small round beads of pearly whiteness. One of the most distinctively ornamental shrubs in cultivation Price, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express, 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
Desmodium
Siebold’s Desmodium — Stems clustered, gracefully arch- ing, 2 to 4 feet tall, literally loaded in early autumn with drooping racemes of rose-purple flowers. Leaves rich green, compound, consisting of 3 elliptic leaflets. This shrub is a native of Japan. Price, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c, postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
Bush Honeysuckle
(Upright) — (Grows 5 to 10 feet, flowers in spring.) One of the most shapely ornamental hedge plants to be found. Blossoms followed by bright, shiny berries. The Bush Honeysuckles are among the very finest of shrubs. They are all hardy growers, thriving well in any good soil. Most of them do best in sunny situations and are in every respect handsome ornaments. Plant 15 to 18 inches apart. Price, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c, postpaid; by express 20c each ; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants, 50c each ; 3 for $1.25.
Miss E. C. S., Newark, Ohio; “Received plants yesterday and was charmed with everything I got.
packed that they looked as if they had just been taken from the ground.”
They were so well
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Common Snowball
(Grows 4 to 8 feet. Flowers in spring.) A grand hardy shrub with handsome flowers pro- duced in large globular clusters. Is an old-time favorite. Price, good strong plants, 25c each, 3 for 60c, postpaid; by express, 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants, 50c each ; 3 for $1.25.
THE SENSATIONAL DECIDUOUS SHRUB, BUDDLEYA VARIABILIS MAGNIFICA.
Ever-Blooming Butterfly Bush
(Summer Lilac) — Free flowering. Blooms all summer. The Buddleya or Everblooming Butter - ily Bush was one of the show plants of the San Francisco and San Diego expositions. It attracted unusual attention and was greatly admired by thousands. The Buddleya is a deciduous bush, dying down in the winter. In the spring the top should be cut off quite close to the ground. The blooms come from the new wood produced through the summer. Buddleya is one of the most valu- able plants either for border or specimen plant- ing, blooming as it does late in the season, and continuing in bloom from the latter part of June until nipped by frost.
It is very rapid growing, and two years will make a large spreading bush, four to six feet high. It produces long, graceful stems which terminate in tapering panicles of beautiful lilac- colored flowers that are of miniature size and borne by the hundreds on a flower head which is frequently ten inches long. A single plant the first season will throw out as many as fifty flower spikes, which increase greatly in number during succeeding years. We recommend covering the roots with manure, leaves or other suitable material as winter approaches. Price, good strong plants 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express. 20c each ; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
Double Flowering Althea.
Althea
Fine, hardy, free-growing, flow- ering shrubs, of easy cultivation. Very desirable on account of their late summer blooming.
Price, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c, postpaid; by ex- press, 20c each ; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
ALTHEA ALBA PLENA — Double white with crimson center.
ALTHEA DOUBLE DE FEU -The
prettiest double red.
ALTHEA CARNEA — Double sal- mon ; fine.
The Wonderful
Butterfly Bush, 25c, 50e.
ALTHEA DUCHESS DE BRA- BANT — Semi-double; color rosy-white.
One delighted admirer in commenting on the Butterfly Bush, wrote: "The Butterfly Bush- es are wonders. I wish you could see them. Five feet high and full of handsome flowers. All who see them praise their beauty and free flowering qualities.”
The Popular Common Snowball, 25c, 50c.
Our terms being Cash with the order enables us to give additional plants on orders amounting to $1.00 or more.
Snowberry
(Symphoricarpus Racemosu s) — (Grows 3 to 5 feet; flowers through summer.) A well known shrub with small pink flowers and beautiful large white berries that hang on the stems through the winter. Price, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c, postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
The Beautiful Snowberry, 25c, 50c.
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WEIGELAS VSE
Beautiful shrubs that bloom in May and June. The flowers are produced in so great profusion as to almost entirely hide the foliage. Height about 4 to 6 feet.
WEIGELA CANDIDA— Flowers pure white, produced in profusion in June. Price, good strong plants 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid- by ®xpr.efs 2°c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants 50c each; 3 Tor $ 1 .25.
WEIGELA ROSEA — One of the most conspicuous shrubs that we culti- vate ; flowers pink, dwarf ; admirably adapted to small lawns or war- dens. Price, good strong plants 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid ; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
WEIGELA ROSEA VARIEGATA — Like the above variety except in color of foliage, which is a yellow and green variegation. Price, good strong plants 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c Large field grown plants 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
WEIGELA EVA RATHKE — (Blooms throughout summer.) Flowers of dark carmine-red. Distinct and fine. One of the choicest. Price, good strong plants 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Larre field grown plants 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
Spirea Anthony Waterer
(Grows 2 to 3 feet, flowers in summer.) A fine dwarf Spirea with dark crimson flowers, one of the finest. Price, good strong plants 25c. each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants 50c each; 3 for $1,25.
McGREGOR’S PLANT FOOD. An odorless, con- centrated, soluble fertilizer, containing all the ele- ments necessary to produce a vigorous growth and healthy condition of all plants. By express with your order, 15c, or sent alone, 25c, postpaid.
Double White Syringa
(Philadelphus — Bouquet de Blanc) — A fine .double flowering variety, attaining a height of 4 to 5 feet, having erect branches, completely covered with large and showy double white flow- ers. Very fragrant. Price, good strong plants 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants; 50c Dwarf Flow-
each; 3 for $1.25. ering Spirea.
Syringa---Philadelphus
(Common Mock Orange) — A hardy shrub with upright, often arch- ing branches, attaining height of 6 to 8 feet. Leaves ovate bright green, 2 to 4 inches long. Flowers creamy-white, deliciously fra- grant, borne in great profusion in late spring. Very showy. Price, good strong plants 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
(Golden Leaf Mock Orange) — A form of the Common Mock Orange with yellow foliage, much prized for its bright foli- age effect. Grows 3 to 4 feet. Price, good strong plants. 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field rrown plants 50c each ; 3 for $1.25.
Deutzias
(Grows two to four feet; flowers in late spring.) Valu- able shrubs, blooming in dainty bell or tassel-shaped flowers.
Price, any variety, good strong plants, 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 Jor 50c. Large field-grown plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
DEUTZIA CANDIDISSIMA — Pure white, double flowers. Large field-grown plants, by express, 40c each; 3 for $1.00.
DEUTZIA CRENATA ROSEA PLE N A— Flowers pink. Double. DEUTZIA GRACILIS — Very desirable; flowers pure white Single.
Anthony Waterer, 20c.
Weigela, Eva Rathke. Flowers carmine red.
Golden Leaf Syringa
Common
Snowball
(Grows 4 to 8 feet. Flowers in Spring.) A grand hardy shrub with handsome flowers produced in large, globular clusters. Is an old-time favorite. Price, good strong plants 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 lor 50c. Large field grown plants 50c each ; 3 for $1.25.
High Bush
Cranberry
A shrub growing from eight to ten feet in height. Foliage dense, brilliant green, which makes a gorgeous setting for large bunches of crimson berries which remain on throughout the winter. Price, good strong plants 25c each; 3 for 60c; postpaid; by express 20c each; 3 for 50c. Large field grown plants 50c each; 3 for $1.25.
Mrs. A. J. K., Sanger, N. D. : “The Fuchsias I received from you were just lovely, you could not even tell that they had
been taken from the ground.”
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Popular Hardy Hedge Plants
IBOTA PRIVET
“The Most Valuable of the Privet Family.”
Of more spreading habit than the California, and the hardiest of all the varieties. Dense in growth, almost evergreen. Grows well in all soil. Trim as desired. Becoming more popular every year. Nice plants, 15 to 18 inches, 12c each; 6 for 40c; 75c per dozen; 25 for $1.25; $5.00 per 100; 18 to 24 inches, 15c each; 6 for 60c; $1.00 per dozen; 25 for $1.75; $7.00 per 100; 24 to 30 inches, 20c each; 6 for $1.10; $1.80 per dozen; 25 for $2.50; $10.00 per 100; by express only. Plant six inches apart in single row ; for heavier effect plant alternately six inches apart in double row. Instructions free.
CALIFORNIA PRIVET HEDGE
“Cheaper than Fences, far more beautiful.”
The most popular ornamental hedge plants. Its foliage is a rich, dark green, nearly evergreen, remaining on the plant until midwinter. Trim as desired. Price, nice plants, 15 to 18 in., about two branches, 10 cents each; 6 for 35 cents; 60 cents per dozen; 25 for $1.00; $4.00 per 100; 18 to 24 in., 12 cents each; 6 for 40 cents; 75 cents per dozen; 25 for $1.25; $5.00 per 100; 24 to 36 in., 25 for $1.50; $6.00 per 100. (Plant 6 inches apart in single row ; for heavier effect, plant alternately 6 inches apart in double row. Instructions for planting free.)
JAPAN BARBERRY
“Grows anywhere, branching gracefully; striking color.”
Berber is Thun berg ii. — Valuable for making a low, dwarf hedge. Can be trimmed as desired. Leaves change color in autumn to a fiery crimson. The hedge is made still more beautiful by great numbers of pretty drooping yellow flowers, which are followed by bright red berries. Our plants are grown from cuttings and are much more uniform in growth than seedlings. By express, I -year field-grown, 20c each; $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per 100. Larger plants, 2-year field-grown, 40c; $3.50 per dozen; $25.00 per 100. Plant 8 inches to 2 feet apart for hedges, and 2 to 3 feet apart for screen and windbreaks.
Popular Hardy Hedge Rose
EXCELSA
(The Red Dorothy Perkins.)
(Hardy June Blooming.) A distinct variety in form, color and habit. The color is an intense crimson-maroon, with tips of the petals tinged scarlet. Flowers are large and double, produced thirty to forty on a stem. Price, 15 cents each; 4 for 50 cents; $1.35 per dozen, postpaid; 2-year-old plants, 30 cents each; $2.50 per dozen; large 3-year-old plants, 50 cents each; by express only; 6 for $2.50; $4.50 per dozen.
SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI
“Nothing More Showy or Beautiful.”
One of our most beautiful free flowering shrubs and of ines- timable value. Produces a profusion of flowers in earliest spring. Graceful in growth, forming compact bushes and of great hardi- ness. Thrives in practically any soil, though it may prefer a sunny exposure. Grows 4 to 7 feet high, and makes a beautiful ornamental flowering hedge or screen. The Spireas should be trimmed immediately after the blooming season. Plant in single row from 1 to 3 feet apart. I -year plants, by express, 20c each; $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per 100. Larger plants, 2-year field’ grown, 40c each; $4.00 per dozen; 100, $35.00,
HYDRANGEA PANICULATA
“Immense White Flowers from July to November.”
It attains a height of four to eight feet and is perfectly hardy in all parts of the country. The flowers are white, borne in immense pyramidal panicles nearly a foot in length. It com- mences flowering in July and continues until November. The plant should be cut back every spring at least one-half of the last season’s growth, as the flowers are borne on new wood and are much finer when the plants are treated this way. Plant 10 to 15 inches apart in a single row. Nice plants, 15c each; 2 for 25c; 3 for 40c; $1.40 per dozen; large plants, 25c; 3 for 60c; $2.40 per dozen; large field-grown plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.15; $3.75 per dozen.
HARDY LILAC
“Tall Growing and Valuable for Screens.”
One of our best known and most beautiful flowering shrubs. Blooms early in May when spring flowers are welcome. Grows freely and makes an excellent hedge trimmed or if allowed to grow naturally. Unexcelled for a screen against fences or build- ings or for defining property lines. We offer the most popular varieties, white and purple. Grows from four to eight feet high and should be planted in a single row, 2 to 3 feet apart. Price, strong 2-year plants, 40c each; 3 for $1.00; $3.50 per doz.
ALTHEA
“Beautiful Flowering Hed2e Shrub.”
A strong, erect growing shrub of the easiest culture. Unsur- passed by anything in the hardy shrub line. Grows freely and offers a wider range of color. Flowers from mid-summer until frost. Colors white, red, pink and blue, all double ; also single pure white. Plant 10 to 15 inches apart in single row. By ex- press, I -year field-grown plants, 20c each; $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per 100. Larger plants, 2-year field-grown, 40c each; $3.50 per dozen; $25.00 per 100.
The above photograph is an illustration of Japanese Barberry (shows also the habit or growth of Ibota Privet). The plants should be set 8 to 12 inches apart in a single row, or planted in two rows (8 inches space between rows) setting plants alternately, and in such a double row plant about 16 inches apart. Barberry and Privet can be trimmed to any form desired.
The McGregor Bros. Co., Seed, Bulbjmd Plant Growers, Importers and Merchants, Springfield, Ohio.
Gorgeous
PEONIES
(Grow 24 to 40 inches. Bloom May and June. Fall is always the best time to plant Peonies. When set out in Sep- tember, October or November they will bloom the following spring. We offer only the choicest kinds, which can be counted on for satisfactory results.
FESTIVA MAXIMA — About the largest and undobutedly the most popular Peony of them all. High built flowers borne on long, stiff stems ; the purest white, inner petals slightly tipped carmine. Early. 45c each; 3 for $1.25; 6 for $2.25; $4.00 per dozen.
HUMEI — Remarkably large, round, loose, multipetaled heads ; bright carmine-lake with silver margins.
50c each; 3 for $1.30; 6 for $2.30;
$4.25 per dozen.
CANARI — Very striking variety, pro- ducing large tricolored blooms, the guard petals being blush-pink, with a distinct blush-white color, and deepening to canary-yellow, a few of the center petals tipped and striped with light crimson. The total color effect of the flower creamy-pink. 55c each; 3 for $1.50;
6 for $2.75; 12 for $5.00.
ACHILLE — All over pure shell-pink, edged creamy-white ; large, very full and compact and rather high built. Blooms profusely among the later sorts and is altogether one of the choicest varieties listed. 50c each; 3 for $1.30; 6 for $2.30; 12 for $4.25.
MONS. JULES ELIE— The peerless pure pink. Broad reflexing guards with a high pyramidal body of semi-quilled petals con- verging to an apex. One of the largest, handsomest and most lasting cutting sorts in existence. $1.00 each ; 3 for $2.50 ; 6 for $4.50; $8.00 per dozen.
FELIX CROUSSE — Late. Large, round heads perfectly double ; deep crimson, marked with cardinal at base of petals. 65c each; 3 for $1.75; 6 for $3.25; $6.00 per dozen.
ine v'ride ot the Peony Family. “It seems the flower has reached the ultimate beyond which we cannot go.”
MARGUERITE GERARD — Magnificent broad, thick heads of Hydrangea-pink, marbled on creamy-white, and further en- riched by collars of golden anthers. 75c each ; 3 for $2.00 ; 6 for $3.75 ; 12 for $6 50 LOUIS VAN HOUTTE— A magnificent dark bedding Peony; varnished mahog- any-red, ultimately opening out to Anem- one shape and revealing a gorgeous col- lar of gold. 40c each; 3 for $1.10; 6 for $2.00; 12 for $3.50.
MARIE LEMOINE — (Calot.) Dwarf, ex- tra late, and very scarce. White, faintly tinged chamois. A lovely bouquet com- panion for Roseneck. 50c each ; 3 for $1.25; 6 for $2.00; 12 for $3.75.
Old-Fashioned Garden Peonies
OFFICINALIS ROSEA — Deeo cerise- pink. 35c each; 3 for $1.00. OFFICINALIS ALBA— Pure white; large flower. 35c each; 3 for $1.00. OFFICINALIS RUBRA — Deep crimson; early. 35c each; 3 for $1.00.
One each of the Old-Fashioned Peonies, red, white, and pink, for $1.00.
the three varieties illustrated above for 50c postpaid. All brilliant colors, sturdy growers, and all summer bloomers.
McGregor’s
Improved Hardy Phlox
Price, nice 1-year field-grown plants, 20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents;
$1.75 per dozen.
This notable family of hardy perennials is perhaps the most widely known and popular of all the various plants which we have in our gardens, and each year finds the newer and showier varieties increas- ing through the hybridizer’s skill. Certainly no perennial is more worthy of culture, more satisfactory in every situation, or more effective, planted individually or in groups. All colors in shades delicate and rich, with flowers ringed, eyed and shaded. They suc- ceed in good garden soil, but are greatly improved by being liber- ally manured. The strong plants we offer will flower freely next season.
ATHIS A splendid deep salmon variety, producing wonderful heads of bloom.
ELIZABETH CAMPBELL — A variety being medium in height. Color bright salmon-pink with lighter shadings and dark crim- son eye.
RHEINLANDER — A dwarf variety. A beautiful salmon-pink with flowers and trusses of immense size. The color is magnified by a very decided eye of deep claret-red.
THOR — Dwarf in habit of growth. A most beautiful and lively shade of deep salmon-pink, suffused and overlaid with a scarlet glow and a light, almost white halo around its analine-red eye. B. COMTE — Of beautiful French purple with crimson-carmine shad- ings. Of medium height. A most popular Phlox.
BRIDESMAID — Massive white heads having a large crimson-car- mine center. One of the most attractive of the varieties. ECLAIREUR — Brilliant rosy-magenta with a large lighter halo. An excellent tall variety.
OBERGARTNER WITTIG — The color of this attractive Phlox is bright magenta, with crimson-carmine eye. The mammoth flowers and trusses are of gorgeous color.
ROSENBERG — Bright reddish-violet with blood-red eye, large truss and individual flowers as large as a silver dollar.
R. P. STRUT HERS — One of the finest tall varieties. Rosy-car- mine with a claret-red eye.
RYNSTROM — An improved form of the popular variety Pantheon.
An excellent bedding or massing flower. Color a beautiful rose. VON LASSBURG — The purest white in cultivation; the individual flowers are larger than those, of any other white.
MISS LINGARD — The favorite white flowering variety, coming into bloom early in May, flowering throughout the season.
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Mrs. W. H. T., Azusa. Calif. : “I have dealt with every reputable florist in the U. S., but have never received such splen-
did, large, thrifty plants, packed in such excellent shape.”
Hardy Forget-Me-Not
(Myosotis) — The Forget-Me-Not should be placed in a shady, moist location. The plant is a perennial, and will be found hardy if given slight protection through winter. Is of comparatively dwarf growth, hardy, never out of flower. Flow’ers beautiful light blue.
Nice young plants, 15c each; 3 for 40c.
Golden Orange Lily
(Hemerocallis Aurantiaca) — (Grows 24 to 36 inches. Plant in sun or shade. Blooms in June and July.) Identical with Lemon Lily except in size and color, which are greatly improved. Hardy, strong growing, of easy culture and multiplying rapidly. Clear, golden-yellow delicately perfumed. A most beautiful variety of the Lily family. 20c each; 3 for 50c; $1.90 per dozen.
Foxgloves or Digitalis
(Hardy. Grows 24 to 48 inches. Plant in sun or partial shade. Blooms June and July.) Strong flowerstalks, and luxuriant leaves. Mixed colors, price, 19c each; 3 for 48c; $1.62 per dozen.
Lemon Lily
(Hemerocallis Flava) — Few plants present a more striking appearance on the lawTn or border than a large clump of this clear, lemon-colored Lily, which is produced in the greatest profusion, lasting in flower a long time 20c each; 3 for 50c; $1.90 per
dozen. Hardy Forget-Me-Not.
The Wonderful Shasta Daisy, 15 cents.
Shasta Daisy
(Hardy. Grow 24 inches. Plant in sunny location. Blooms June to Octo- ber.) The plants are very tall, well branched, with fine cut foliage and huge white flowers borne in profu- sion on long stiff stems. The flowers are pure white with gol,d center, petals very long and center soft and velvety. 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.45 per dozen.
Coreopsis
Lanceolata Grandiflora — (Hardy Grows 18 to 24 inches. Plant in sun or shade.) Flowers rich golden-yellow. Blooms the entire summer. Price, 15 cents each; 3 for 40 cents; $1.45 per dozen.
Hardy Plumbago
(Lady Larpent) — Grows 6 to 8 in- ches. Plant in sunny location. Blooms August and September. These plants are excellent for large beds, being very attractive when massed. Flowers beau- tiful deep violet-blue. Highly recom- mended. 15 cents each; 3 for 40 cents; $1.45 per dozen.
Aquilegias or Columbines
(Grows 18 to 36 inches. Plant in sunny location. Bloom in May and June.) One of the most elegant and beautiful hardy plants, producing their graceful spurred flowers on long stems. Highly prized for cutting. Price, 20c; 3 for 50c; $1.75 per dozen.
Gaillardia Grandiflora
(Grows 24 inches, plant in sun or shade. Blooms June to November.) Flowers with center of brownish-red, white petals are shaded into rings of orange, crimson and red.
20c each; 3 for 50c; $1.75 per dozen.
Lemon Lily (Hemerocallis) 19c
Double Golden Sunflower
Golden Glow (Grows 60 to 72 inches. Plant in sunny location.
Blooms July and August.) Exqui- site double blossoms of the brightest golden color. Price, 15c each ; 3 for 40c.
Blue Spirea
Caryopteris Mastacanthus — Excellent border plant about 3 feet high. From September until frost is covered with attractive flowers, lavender blue. Not entirely hardy in the North. Price, 25c each ; 3 for 60c.
Hardy Carnations
Grows 15 to 20 inches in sunny location, flower- ing in June and July.
HER MAJESTY — New double white. Price, 15c; 3 for 40 cents.
ABBOTSFORD — Rosy-red, dark center. Price, 15c; 3 for 40 cents.
ELSIE — Bright rose, maroon center. Price, 20c; *6 for 50 cents.
GERTRUDE — White, with rich maroon and carmine markings. Price, 15 cents each; 3 for 40 cents. JULIETTE — White, laced crimson. Price, 15 cents; 3 for 40 cents.
Hardy Carnation 15c.
Free Offer
Send us an order of $1 from a friend who is not now our c u s t omer and we will send you a Rose; for $2.50 or- der, 3 Ros- es; $5.00, 6 Roses.
The McGregor Bros. Co., Seed, Bulb and Plant Growers, Importers and Merchants, Springfield, Ohio.
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OR OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN FLOWERS
MCGREGOR HARDY1PERENNIAL PLANTS
Fleur-de-Lis— Flag Iris
(Iris Germanica) — (Hardy, grows 24 to 30 inches. Plant in sunny location.) See illustration. Bloom in May and June, several flowers to a stem; in the fol- lowing colors: Light blue, silvery-white, royal purple and golden-yellow. 15c each; 3 for 40c; 6 for 75c; $1.50 per dozen.
Delphiniums
Gold Medal Hybrids — (Hardy. Grows 24 to 60 inches. Plant in sunny location. Bloom June to September.) The Delphinium or Hardy Larkspur gives us one of the most popular bold, attractive and meritorious hardy border plants. They will quickly establish themselves in almost any garden soil. They respond quickly, however, to good care and attention. Their long spikes of different shades of blue flowers as well as white blooms, appear in June and the flower season covers a long period. “Gold Medal Hybrids” represent selected vari- eties. 30 cents each; 3 for 75 cents; $2.28 per dozen.
Hardy Blue Ageratum
Eupatorium Coelestinum — A very ornamental tall growing perennial for the hardy border, with large flat heads of pretty Ageratum like flow- ers. Price, 20c each; 3 for 50c.
Lemon Lily
(Hemerocallis Flava) — Few plants present a more striking appearance on the lawn or border than a large clump of this clear, lemon-colored Lily, which is produced in the greatest profusion, lasting in flower a long time. 20c each ; 3 for 50c ;
$1.90 per dozen.
Giant Flowering Fleur-de-Lis or Flag Iris
HARDY GARDEN SEED COLLECTION
Many of the Hardy Perennials are just as easy to grow from seed as the annuals. Plant in the open ground in late spring, or start the seeds early in the spring in boxes in the house. Seven packets for 25 cents.
AQUILEGIA (Columbine) — All shades, yellow, blue, white, etc.
HARDY ORIENTAL POPPY — Immense scarlet flowers.
HOLLYHOCKS — An old favorite, many colors, all double.
FORGET-ME-NOT— Beautiful blue, fine for edging.
HARDY PINKS — All colors, very sweet. FOXGLOVE (Digitalis) — Immense spikes of white, pink and spotted flowers. SWEET WILLIAM, Double — Splendid mixture of all colors. Plant these and the four hardy perennials in our col- ored plate and you will have a gor- geous bed or border for very little money.
Hardy
Larkspur,
30c.
Single Sweet William, 20c.
Sweet William
Old-time favorites. Very popular. Should be in every garden. Hardy. Grows 18 inches in sunny location. Flowers in June. Plants of extreme richness and diversity of color. One and one-half feet, hardy perennial. 20c each ; 3 for 50c.
Gold Medal Hybrid — Delphinium.
Campanula
(Hardy. Grows 18 to 36 inches. Plant in sunny location. Blooms May to Sep- tember.) The Campanula gives us one of our best hardy flowers. They are ex- tremely effective when planted as a foreground to Phlox, as they bloom at the same time. Strong growing, and do best in rich soil with fertilizer added. We offer varieties in colors blue, pink, crimson and white. 19c each; 3 for 48c; $1.82 per dozen.
Funkia
(Day Lily) — Hardy; grows 18 to 24 in- ches, blooms June to September.) The Day Lilies or Plantain Lilies are of easy culture and their broad, heavy foliage makes them exceedingly attractive in the border, even when they are not in bloom. They do well in the sun or shade.
VARIEGATED DAY LILY — Green and white foliage. 20c each; 3 for 50c; $1.90 per dozen.
PLAIN LEAF DAY LILY — Green foliage, white lily, fragrant flowers, 20c each ; 3 for 50c; $1.90 per dozen.
Hardy Double Hollyhocks
(Hardy. Grows 6 to 8 feet. Plant in sunny location. Blooms in June and July.) The Hollyhocks are among the most stately of our garden plants. The colorings vary in shade from pure white to the darkest red, pink and yellow. For planting among shrubbery or forming a background for other flowers they are without equal. Price, for separate colors, your selection, 15 cents each; any 3 for 40 cents; $1.45 per dozen, postpaid.
Achillea
Achillea (The Pearl), 15c.
(The Pearl) — (Blooms in July and Au- gust). Flowers pure white, double, pro- duced in large sprays, fine for cemetery planting. 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1 per doz.
Improved Double Hollyhock, 15c.
Mrs. E. J., Gulfport, Miss.: “Ordered 55 plants and have not lost one, and broke the record by picking blooms from all of these (32) one-year-old Roses just one month from the day they were set out.”
Hardy Sweet-Scented
Honeysuckles
Price, any of the following varieties, nice young plants,
15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.50 per dozen. Extra strong plants, 30c each; 3 for 75c; $2.75 per dozen.
EVERGREEN SWEET-SCENTED HONEYSUCKLE —
Evergreen foliage. Leaves purple. Flowers white, changing to yellow, sweetly fragrant.
JAPANESE HONEYSUCKLE (Halliana) — A rampant ever- green climber with dark green leaves ; dense. Flowers white, changing to yellow, deliciously fragrant.
GOLDEN-LEAVED H ON E YSUCKLE— A form of the preceding species with the leaves beautifully netted with yellow.
SCARLET TRUMPET or CORAL HONEYSUCKLE — A high- climbing variety with stems 10 to 15 ft. long. Flowers scarlet, profuse and very showy.
PASSION FLOWER
COERULEA (BLUE) — Flowers large, symmetrically arranged.
3 for 40 cents; $1.50 per dozen.
CONSTANCE ELLIOTT — Flowers pure white. Price, 15 cents each; 3 for 40 cents; $1.50 per dozen. Larger plants, 25 cents; 3 for 60c; $2.25 per doz.
Hardy, Sweet-Scented CLEMATIS PANICULATA
The Most Beautiful and Satisfactory Vine Ever Offered.
This handsome hardy climber is one of the choicest and most satisfactory climbing flowering plants we grow. The plant is of strong, rapid growth, with small, dense, cheerful green foliage, giving it an elegance possessed by no other hardy climber, and even did it not flower at all, it would be one of our most desirable vines. The flowers appear in greatest profusion during August and continue late in the fall, are a creamy-white color, and most deliciously fragrant; will grow anywhere. The accompanying illustration is from a pho- tograph and gives a very good idea of its great beauty when in bloom. Price, nice one-year plants, 20c each; 3 for 50c; 2-year plants, 35c; 3 for 85c; larger 2-year plants, 50c; 3 for $1.25; 3-year plants, 75c and $1.00 each.
DUTCHMAN’S PIPE
(Aristolochia Sipho) — A vigorous and rapid-growing hardy vine, producing dense shade Leaves are large and broad, foliage retains its color from early spring until late fall Plant bears singular brownish colored flowers, resembling the shape of a pipe. Strong plants 50c each; 3 for $1.25; $4.50 per dozen, by express.
15 cents each ;
Virginia Creeper
AMPELOPSIS QUINQUE- FOLIA — Woodbine — A well- known hardy, rapid, high- climbmg vine. Foliage fades in autumn and assumes brilliant and gorgeous shades of yellow, crimson, and scarlet. Strong plants, 3 to 4 ft., 40c; 3 for $1.00.
Popular Boston or Japan Ivy.
WISTARIA
B ^ * S/ A R'A~ A porous, strong-growing vine, producing a pro- lusion of rich, violet-blue flowers, deliciously sweet. Price, 20c;
75c:.$2-75 Per dozen. Larger plants, 50c each; 3 for $1.25; $4.00 per dozen.
WH!T^ WISTARIA Differs from Chinese only in color of flowers, waich are pure white, forming a striking contrast. Price, 30c; 3 tor 75c. Larger plants, 50c; 3 for $1.25; $4.00 per dozen.
HARDY ENGLISH IVY
Hardy evergreen vine with dark-colored foliage, used for covering walls, also for covering graves where grass will not succeed. 15 cents each; 3 for 40 cents; $1.00 per dozen. Larger plants, 25 cents each; 3 for 60 cents; $2.00 per dozen.
AKEBIA QUINATA
(Akebia Vine) — A fast growing, perfectly hardy and graceful climb- er, with deep green foliage, producing in large clusters bunches of violet-brown flowers. Fine for trellises and verandas. 15c each; 3 for 40c; $1.25 per dozen.
HARDY JAPANESE KUDZU VINE
(Pueraria Thunbergiana, Jack-and-the-Bean-Stalk) — Clusters of delightfully fragrant purple flowers in summer and autumn, with large, beautiful, deep green leaves affording dense shade ; invaluable for porches, arbors, fences, rockeries. Price, strong, I -year-old roots, 15c each; 3 for 40c; or 12 for $1.30. Large 2-year-old plants, 25c each; 12 for $2.50, postpaid.
THE POPULAR BOSTON OR JAPAN IVY
Ampelopsis Veitchii (Boston Ivy) — This is one of the most pop- ular climbing plants for covering brick or stone walls, buildings, trees, trellises, fences, etc. When established it is of very rapid growth, clings fast and is self-supporting to the smoothest surfaces. Foliage deep green, changing to bright crimson in the fall. It is very hardy everywhere. Strong plants, 15c each; 2 for 25c; $1.50 per dozen.; Extra strong two-year-old plants, 40c each; 3 for $1.00; $3.75 per dozen, postpaid.
The McGregor Bros. Co., Seed Bulb and Plant Growers, Importers and Merchants, Springfield, Ohio.
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King Calendula — Pot Marigold.
Hibiscus - Marshmallow
New Giant Mixed. These are showy, hardy plants, forming bushes about 3 feet high, bearing immense bowl-like flowers, often 6 inches across. Colors comprising rich dark red, soft mallow- pink and pure white. Price, 13c.
HelianthusfMixed Sunflower
(Hardy Perennial.) The finest single- flowering hardy perennial sorts. Seeds sown early will produce flower- ing plants the first year; as sub- jects for the hardy border and for cutting they are of great value. Price, 12c.
Anthemis
(HARDY MARGUERITE.)
A most satisfactory hardy perennial bearing all summer daisy-like golden yellow blossoms; excellent for cutting. Price, 10 cents.
BELL1S PERENNIS - Double English Daisy
A hardy perennial free-flowering plant, easily raised from seed. The flowers are very double and full centered on stems about 6 inches long, ranging in colors from pure white to pink and deep rose. The Daisy succeeds 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.
NEW GIANT SNOWBALL — Blooms extra large, pure white, very perfect, on long, stiff, erect stems. Price, 10 cents per packet.
GIANT MIXED — All colors of the new, large-flowering sorts. Price, 10 cents per packet. FINE MIXED — All colors, large and medium-sized flowers. Price, 6 cents per packet. NEW ENGLISH DAISY, MONSTROSA — Robust plants, producing flowers as large as small Asters. Very fine. Price, 15 cents per packet.
LONGFELLOW — A fine large double flowering variety with beautiful pink flowers. Per packet, 12c.
Beilis Double Daisy.
New King Calendulas
(“Shakespeare’s Marigold.”)
(Pot Marigold.)
One of the best and showiest free-flowering hardy annuals, growing in any good garden soil, produc- ing a fine effect in beds or mixed borders, and continuing in bloom until killed by frost; valuable also for pot culture, blooming freely in winter and early spring.
FAVORITE — Beautiful double giant flowers of lemon-yellow, beautifully striped white. Pkt., 6c. ORANGE KING — (New.) Mammoth flowers of rich orange-yellow ; very fine. Packet, 6c.
PURE GOLD — A grand variety with extra double large flowers of a pure golden yellow. Pkt., 7c.
Cleome - Giant Spider Flower
GIGANTEA — The plants grow to a height of 3 Vz feet, well branched and have large heads of bright rosy-crimson flowers. Very striking for large beds or the shrubbery border. Seed should be sown in the open ground as soon as the weather is warm and settled. Per packet, 12c. GIGANTEA ALBA — Splendid pure white variety. Per packet, 12c.
TUBEROSE-FLOWERED TOBACCO
Plants of pyramidal growth, 2 to 3 feet in height, flowering profusely. The flowers are purest white ; starlike in form, one and one-half inches in diam- eter; they are delightfully fragrant. Price, 7 cents per packet.
Agrostemma
An attractive, free-flowering perennial of easy culture, pro- ducing glowing crimson flowers ; silvery white foliage. Blooms the first season, fine for cutting. An excellent filler for fancy bou- quets. 8 cents.
Cerastium
(Snow in Summer.) TOMENTOSUM— A very pretty and attractive dwarf white leaved edging plant with small white flowers. Per pkt., 15c.
Lychnis
CHALCEDONIA — (Rose Cham- pion.) An old garden favorite, bearing flowers of bright scar- let ; very hardy, 3 to 4 feet.
Price, 7c.
EchinopS (Globe Thistle)
Striking hardy perennial plants with handsome silvery thistle- like foliage and fine steel-blue flowers in round heads, which can be used for cutting. Price, 10 cents.
Eupatorium Coelestinum
(Thorough Wort.)
One of the best blue perennials, 18 to 24 inches high, and bears from August till frost an abundance of deep lavender-blue flossy flowers, splendid for cutting. Price 12c.
Eryngium (See H®iiy)
Handsome ornamental hardy plants, growing 2 to 3 feet high, with finely cut, spiny foliage and beautiful thistle-like heads of amethystine-blue; fine for winter bouquets.
Price, 7 cents.
Gaura Lindheimeri
A graceful perennial 3 to 4 feet high, bearing numerous spikes of rosy-white from July till frost. Price, 8c per packet.
New Bush Pansies “Princess”
A class of Pansies which by its striking erect habit marks itself out as an entirely new departure. These new Pansies are also remarkably hardy, standing erect under storm, heat or cold. Very free blooming and varied in color. Some blotched, some frilled and some self-colored. Remarkable for size and abundance of bloom, length of stem and bushy habit. Price, 20c per packet.
Godetia
Free -flowering annuals for edging and solid beds. Bloom from June to October. Fine for shady places.
MIXED — Prices, 7 cents per packet.
CRIMSON GLOW — A compact variety, blood crimson, very brilliant. Price, 10 cents per packet
Arctotis-African Daisy
GRANDIS — A remarkably handsome annual forming well branched bushes 2 to 3 feet high. Flowers large and showy, pure white on upper surface and pale lilac blue on reverse. Few annual flowers grown exceed it in value for garden cut flowers.
Arabis
(ROCK CRESS.)
One of the prettiest and earliest flower- ing of the hardy perennials. Plants are cov- ered with a sheet of pure white flowers. Fine for rockeries or edging. Unaffected by drought. Per packet 8c.
Artemisia
SACCORUM VIRDIS.)
SUMMER FIR or SWEET BUSH FERN—
A new ornamental foliage plant from China. Very easy culture, and grows to a height of six to eight feet. A splendid plant for a background to a flower bed or to form a hedge or hide a fence. As a solitary plant it looks like a nicely- grown Christmas tree, formed of soft branches of small, finely-cut Fern leaves. The cut branches last a long time in wa- ter. Price, 15c per packet
Princess Pansy.
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It has been our aim to supply the highest grade of flower seeds to satisfy the most critical.
McGregors Select Flower Seeds
PANSIES
FOR FALL SOWING
On this page we give a list of seeds of the easiest grown and best Hardy Perennials which are now so deservedly popular. Sown this fall in a cold frame or protected corner of the garden, you can have, with little trouble, an abundant supply of Columbines, Can- terbury Bells, Foxgloves, Gaillardias, Hollyhocks, Larkspurs, Forget-Me-Nots, Daisies, Sweet Williams, etc., for flowering in 1918. The list also includes a choice selection of other Flower Seeds for autumn sow- ing to produce blooming house plants during the win- ter and spring.
CAMPANULA - Bell Flower
Hardy perennials, which produce large bell-shaped flowers in many beautiful shades of blue, pink, crim- son and white. Fine for planting among borders of hardy shrubs, as they grow very tall.
PERSICIFOLIA GRANDIFLORA (Peach Bells)— Un- doubtedly one of the finest of the hardy Bellflowers ; grows 2 to 3 feet high, with large, bell-shaped flow- ers of blue or white ; blooms all summer ; of easies: growth. Packet, 7 cents.
MEDIUM (Canterbury Bell) — Large, bell-shaped flow- ers of blue, or white or rose. Fine for eitner border or pot plants. Price, 7 cents per packet. MEDIUM CALYCANTHEMA (Cup and Saucer Canter- bury Bells)— A beautiful form of this favorite flower. Blue, rose and white. Price, 7 cents per packet.
CANDYTUFT
Antirrhinum — Pkt., 10c.
Antirrhinum - Snapdragon
GIANT-FLOWERED MIXED— All colors. Plant in September for early spring flowers. Packet, 10 cents.
Alyssum
LITTLE GEM— Very sweet. Packet, 5 cents.
Cowslip - Primula Vera
COWSLIP (Primula Vera) — Hardy, brown and yellow; very fragrant. Packet, 10c.
Early Single Hardy Chrysanthemum
A valuable addition to a hardy border, es- pecially so, as they bloom during the fall when many other plants have finished bloom- ing. Beautiful Daisy-shaped flowers in a great variety of colors. Seed sown in early spring will bloom the following fall. Price, 15c per packet.
Calendula
ORANGE KING (Pot Marigold) — Mammoth flowers. Packet, 5 cents.
Aquilegia - Columbine
NEW LONG-SPURRED HYBRIDS — Splendid long- spurred new varieties, mixed. Pkt., 15c. DOUBLE VARIETIES — Newest varieties, all colors. Packet, 10c.
Carnations
GIANT MARGUERITE CARNATIONS, MIXED
An improved strain, immense double flow- ers, all colors, white, pink, yellow and I crimson. Packet, 10c.
Giant American Malmaison Carnation
Flowers extra large, on long stems, colors brilliant and in great variety. As fine as varieties grown in green houses. Pkt., 15c.
EMPRESS— Large, pure white flowers. Packet, 5c. MIXED VARIETIES — Including all colors. Packet, 5c.
Pyrethrum
FINEST DOUBLE MIXED— Double daisy-like flowers in shades of red and pink. Pkt., 20c COMET FLOWERED — Single twisted petals.
Packet, 20c.
Coleus
FINE MIXED — Good assortment of fine col- ors. Packet, 10c.
SUPERFINE MIXED — Large leaves, vivid
colors, 15 cents.
Single Sweet Williams.
NEW EVERBLOOMING HYBRID SWEET WILLIAM— This plant should be found in every garden, as it com- bines all the good qualities of the two old favorites, Sweet Williams and China Pinks. Seed planted early in spring will bloom freely the first year, and at the same time it is a perfectly hardy perennial. In color it is an intense, velvety crimson- scarlet. The flowers are very double and look like clusters of small rich red, double Carnations. Price, 15c per packet.
Begonias
MAGNIFICA — Rich red bronze leaves, bright crimson flowers. Packet, 15c.
SINGLE EVERBLOOMING MIXED — Packet, 10 cents.
Double Hollyhocks
GIANT ALLEGHENY MIXED — Semi double, large-flowering plants, great variety of colors. Flowers are beau- tifully fringed. Packet, 10c.
McGREGOR’S DOUBLE MIXED— Finest imported strain ; very double flowers, all shades. Packet, 10c.
DOUBLE — In six separate colors. Each, Packet, 10c.
CHATER’S SUPERB DOUBLE MIXED
Fine double Hollyhock, vivid colors and fringed. Finest known. Packet, 15 cents.
Calliopsis - or Coreopsis
DOUBLE MIXED — All colors; red, brown, yellow. Packet, 5c.
COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA GRANDI- FLORA (Hardy) — Large, showy, bright yellow. Packet, 10 cents.
McGREGOR’S MAXIMA M I XTU RE— Finest of all mammoth flowering kinds in endless va- riety. Packet, 25c.
ENGLISH PRIZE — Giant English prize vari- eties; extra fine color and size. Pkt. 25c GIANT MASTERPIECE — Beautifully curled and crimped, of rich coloring. Pkt., 20c GIANT PARISIAN STRAINED— Very large and beautifully streaked and blotched Packet, 20c.
GIANT PURE WHITE PANSY, SNOW QUEEN. Packet, 10c.
GIANT SKY-BLUE PANSY, ADONIS— Pkt 10 cents.
GIANT MADAME PERRETT Beautiful del- icate pink. Packet, 10c.
GIANT CARDINAL Rich, bright red, nearly scarlet. Packet, 10c.
GIANT BRILLIANT BLUE — Immense, corn- flower-blue color. Packet, 10c GIANT WINE-RED PANSY, RU BY— Brilliant ruby-red. Packet, 10c.
McGREGOR’S MAMMOTH MIXTURE — Our
own finest strains. Packet, 10c.
Anchusa Italica, Dropmore Variety
One of the most important hardy plants of recent introduction, and a plant which on account of its remarkable freedom of flowering and beautiful blue color, is sure to become one of our most popular Hardy Perennials. It attains a height of 5 to 6 feet, and produces its pretty blue flowers vvhich are from 1 to 1% inches in diameter! throughout the entire summer. Packet, 20c.
Dianthus - Sweet Clove Pinks
DOUBLE HARDY MIXED— Double and semi- double, fringed in many shades. Pkt 10c SINGLE HARDY M IXED— Packet, 5c NEW “PRINCESS” PINK — Single annual pink, with fringed flowers, spotted and striped in many rich colors. Packet, 10c NEW FRINGED PINK “MARVELOUS”— New annual Pink from Japan ; flowers cut into thread-like fringes. All shades of pink red and white. Packet, 10c.
NEW DOUBLE PINK “EXCELSIS”— A new double-flowering Japanese annual Pink. Flowers three to four inches in diameter deeply cut or fringed ; colors rich and varied. Packet, 15c.
McGREGOR’S ANNUAL DOUBLE IMPERIAL PINKS — This mixture is made from the varieties that are very double, fringed on the edges and striped in brightly contrast- ing colors. Packet, 10 cents.
Sweet William
DOUBLE GRANDIFLORA M IXED— Packet, 10 cents.
SINGLE MIXED— All colors, Packet, 5c.
Pyrethrum — Packet, 20c.
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Baby’s Breath
(Gypsophila paniculata fl. pi.)
One of the most important hardy perennials of recent introduction. The plant grows from 3 to 3V2 ft. high, bearing its pretty little double white flowers in much- branched panicles, which when cut, can be used to great advan- tage with other flowers or by them- selves, as they retain their beauty for months. Packet, 20 cents.
Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis
MIXED COLORS — Containing white, pink, pale blue and deep blue. Packet, 5c.
VICTORIA — Bushy plants, large sky-blue flowers. Pkt., 10c. PALUSTRIS SEMPERFLORENS— In bloom from early spring un- til autumn; delicate blue; very hardy. Pkt., 10c.
Larkspur
A quick- growing, free-flowering annual, with fine feathery foliage and tall spikes of odd shaped flowers in purple, blue, pink, rose and white. Sow quite early in the spring and thin out. IMPROVED DOUBLE TALL STOCK FLOWERED — Splendid spikes of double flowers eighteen inches long; very beautiful. All of the brightest and best col- ors. Price, 10 cents per packet. (See illustration, page 89.)
NEW DOUBLE STOCK FLOWER- ED, “ROSY SCARLET” — See page 89 and colored illustration. Price, pkt. 10c.
NEW DOUBLE STOCK FLOWER- ED, “DELICATA” — See page 89 and colored illustration. Price,
noplf pf I Op
NEW DOUBLE STOCK FLOWER- ED, ROYAL PURPLE— See page 89 and colored illustration. Packet, 10 cents.
NEW DOUBLE STOCK FLOWER- ED, GIANT WHITE— See page 89 and colored illustration. Price, packet, 10c.
McGregor’s Select Flower Seeds
FOR FALL SOWING
Verbenas
McGregor’s Mammoth Flowered Verbenas.
MAMMOTH WHITE — Flowers of unusual size, snowy whiteness; excellent for cemetery bedding. 10c per
packet.
MAMMOTH SCARLET DEFIANCE — A variety with very small leaves and large heads of brilliant fiery scarlet. 10c per packet.
MAMMOTH CERULEA — Beautiful deep blue; very large florets marked with white eye. 10c per packet.
MAMMOTH PINK MIXTURE— Beautiful shades of pink, cerise and cherry, in very large heads -of hand- some bloom. 10c per packet.
MAMMOTH ITALIAN STRIPED — We offer a 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.
MCGREGOR’S MAMMOTH MIXTURE— This is a 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. 10c per pkt.
Pentstemon Grandiflorum “Excelsior”
As a bedding plant this is as easy to grow as An- tirrhinums, Petunias, Phlox, etc. They form bushy plants about 3 feet high of pointed, W'axy-green leaves, each branch tipped with a long spike of many Glox- inia-like flowers. The flowers are two inches across, of gorgeous colors, from faint pink to rich scarlet, crimson and purple; with white throats. They are exceptionally beautiful and bloom throughout the summer and fall. Price, 20c per packet.
Digitalis — Foxglove
Perennial Pea. — Per Packet, 10 cents.
Lathyrus, Perennial Pea— Hardy
A splendid vine, bearing blossoms just like Sweet Peas. Perfectly hardy.
Mixed, all colors, price, 10c per pkt.; 20c per oz.
GLOXINIA FLORA MIXED — Finest rich colors, splen- didly spotted. Packet, 10 cents.
Giant Polyanthus
Phlox
Primroses
(Hardy English Primroses)
Smilax
Tender climber, glossy dark green leaves. Packet, 10c.
Stocks
LARGE FLOWERING TEN WEEKS MIXED DOUBLE. Packet, 10c.
CUT AND COME AGAIN, MIXED DOUBLE, Pkt., 10c.
Lavender
LAVENDULA — Small, fragrant flower. Packet, 5c.
Large Flowering Shasta Daisy. Per Packet, 15 cents.
McGREGOR’S NEWEST GRANDIFLORA MIXED PHLOX — A splendid mixture of all shades in the largest-flowering varieties. Price, 10 cents per pkt.
GOOD MIXED — All colors. Price, packet, 7c.
STAR-EYED (Stellatas.) Mixed Colors — Grand, large flowers, beautiful colors, each flower having a white star eye. Price, 10c per packet.
STRIPED MIXED — Pure white, with brilliant col- ored stripes. Price, 10 cents per packet.
STARRED AND FRINGED PHLOX— Most distinct and striking. The flowers have a starlike shape, white margins border the edges of the deeply pointed petals, rich colors. Price, 10 cents per packet.
DOUBLE PHLOX— A choice collection of mixed col- ors. Especially desirable for cut flowers, lasting better than the single sorts. To produce the best results should be grown in a light soil. Price, 15 cents per packet.
HARDY PERENNIAL PHLOX — This is fine for planting in a permanent border. All varieties, mixe'd, brilliant colors. Price, 15c per packet. DWARF PHLOX— This class of Phlox is of dwarf, compact growth. Very fine for borders or for grave covering in cemeteries, as they literally cover the ground with beautifully tinted blos- soms. Mixed. Price, 10 cents per packet.
Daisies
Burbank’s “Shasta”
In growth the plants are as strong as a common field Daisy ; very tall, well branched, with fine- cut foliage and huge white flowers, borne in pro- fusion on long, stiff stems. The flowers are pure white, when fully expanded, being fully 4 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 second year after planting.
Packet, 15 cents.
A magnificent strain of this per- fectly hardy and easily-grown, spring- flowering Primrose. Of strong, sturdy habit, and bearing immense trusses of large flowers on self-supporting stems 10 to 16 inches in length. Undoubtedly j the finest strain in cultivation, con- taining all colors from purest white, yellow' and orange to the richest crim- r son. Price, 25c per packet.
Mignonette
RED GOLIATH — New variety; giant flowers for house culture. Packet,
10 cents.
RESEDA ODORATA— The old-fashion- j] ed sweet. Packet, 5 cents.
DEFIANCE — Extra fine, long full flow'ers; sweet. Packet, 10 cents. MACHET — Broad, large spike, very fragrant. Packet, 5 cents.
Platycodon
GRANDIFLORA MIXED— Fine shades of blue and white. Very large flow- ering. Packet, 5 cents.
Centaurea Imperialis
(Royal Sweet Sultan)
This class is distinctly new, very 1 vigorous in growth, with handsomely fringed flowers, very large, borne on long stems ; white, pink, rose, lavender, j blue and purple. Packet, 10 cents.
Geraniums
ZONAL MIXED — Leaves are marked i with rich, dark rings ; flowers scar- I let, but may come any shade, which makes them interesting to plant, j Packet, 10c.
Miss M. J., Lindenhurst, Dela. : “Very much pleased with order received from you, will recommend you to my friends.” (36) Mrs. H. E. C., Binghampton, Tenn.: “Every seed I received from you germinated. Am perfectly delighted with flowers.”
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Peas.
Tom Thumb or Cupid Sweet Peas
Compact, dwarf plants, not over six or seven inches high. For edgings, low beds and for pot culture they are unique and won- derfully pretty. Fine mixture of named varieties, 7c per packet, 20c per ounce.
Extra Early Flowering Sweet Peas
The following varieties may be brought into flower from forty to sixty days after planting seed. These varieties are called winter blooming kinds by florists who use them for flowering in the winter months in greenhouses. 7c per packet; 20c per ounce; 50c per 1/4 lb.
New Delphinium— Hardy Larkspur
These grand new Delphiniums attain a height of several feet and produce spikes of flowers two feet long of the most beautiful com- binations of blue, white and purple. Seed sown in the house in very early spring and transplanted outdoors will bloom in August and continue to increase and bloom for several years. *
GOLD MEDAL HYBRIDS — Large flowers, in fine shades of blue, some having black centers and some pure white. Price, 15c per packet.
BELLADONNA ( Everblooming) — The freest and most continuous blooming Hardy Larkspur. The clear turquois-blue of its flow- ers is not equalled for delicacy and beauty. Price, 15c per pkt.
Hardy Perennial Poppies
ORIENTAL “MAMMOTH” — This new variety exceeds in size all previous introductions. The plant is of strong growth, bearing its enormous, glowing, scarlet, upright flowers on stems over 4 feet high. Flowers measuring 6 or more inches across. Price, 15 cents per packet.
ORIENTAL HYBRIDS— Beautiful hybrids of the Oriental Pop- pies producing plant, producing numerous leafy and over in diameter and of many attract- ive and novel shades, rose crimson, cherry, and salmon.
They are truly magnificent, and though they will not bloom until the second summer after planting, are well worth wait- ing for. Price, 15c per pkt.
ORIENTAL — A charming summer flowering plant, producing numerous leafy stems about 2 y2 feet high, with deep crim- son scarlet flowers, having a conspicuous black blotch on each petal. This is one of the most showy and useful of this interesting and popular family.
10c per packet.
ICELAND POPPIES — They are perfectly hardy ; fern-like foliage formed in tufts, from which issue slender stalks, surmounted by yellow, white or orange- scarlet flowers. Price, 7c per packet.
GA1LLARDIA (Blanket Flower)
Very showy, free-flowering plants that are quite hardy and are very easily raised from seed. The 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.
GAILLARDIA PICTA LORENZIANA — (Annual.) Double flower heads round, and beautifully formed of small florets ; maroon, yellow and crimson combination. Price, 7 cents per packet. GRANDIFLORA SPLENDENS — (Perennial.) A mixture of the finest single varieties grown. Price, 10 cents per packet.
BURPEE’S EARLIEST WHITE — Flowers purest white. An abun- dant bloomer, flowers appearing forty-five days after seed is planted.
BURPEE’S EARLIEST OF ALL — Blooms forty-five days after seed is planted. Light pink and white.
MRS. F. J. DOLANSKY — This early-flowering variety is of strong, vigorous growth. Flowers of a bright pure pink.
MRS. CHAS. H. TOTTY — Flowers of a beautiful sky-blue or light lavender. Unusual size, lovely color.
LEMARQUIS — Is an early flowering type, navy-blue; very fine. EARLIEST SUNBEAMS — The flowers are of rich primrose color, generally borne three on a strong stem.
EXTRA EARLY FLOWERING MIXED SWEET PEAS— 7c per pkt.; 20c per ounce; 60c per pound.
Splendens.
Sweet Pea Mixtures
GRANDIFLORA MIXED SWEET PEAS—
This mixture of the finest varieties of large-flowered Sweet Peas is unequaled. Select seeds of only the most beautiful named varieties are in this mixture ; for both delicacy and brilliancy of colors and large flowers none can be found better. 7c per packet; 20c per ounce; 50c per 54 pound.
EXTRA EARLY FLOWERING MIXED SWEET PEAS — This mixture contains all varieties and colors of the extra early flowering type. 7c per packet; 20c per ounce; 60c per I/4 pound.
SPENCER MIXED SWEET PEAS — A splen- did mixture of all colors. 10c per packet; 30c per ounce; 80c per pound.
NOVELTY SPENCER SWEET PEAS MIXED A mixture of the six named Novelty
Spencers. A packet containing one hun- dred seeds. 20c per packet.
McGREGOR’S OWN MIXTURE SWEET
PEAS — A very good mixture of the lead- ing and best varieties ; rich colors, fine bloomers. 7c per packet; 15c per oz. ; 30c per <4 pound.
Salvia
SPLENDENS — Large, scarlet; useful for ornamental beds. The old favorite. Price, 10c per packet.
NEW SALVIA EVERBLOOMING “ZURICH”
This is the earliest blooming of all flow- ering Sage. Begins to bloom early in June when plants are very small and continues a mass of brilliant scarlet flowers until frost. Packet, 20c.
NEW BLUE SALVIA “PATENS NANA”—
A dwarf compact plant, covered with flowers of a rich most intense blue. The spikes, which appear well above the foli- age, have usually five flowers open at once. Seed sown in March will produce plants which bloom in July and continue until frost. Price, 20c per packet.
Sweet Rocket-Hesperis
Old fashioned garden plant, grows 2 to 3 feet high ; and bears spikes of snowy-white, lilac and purple fragrant flowers. Excel- lent for naturalizing among shrubbery or for planting in a permanent border. Mixed colors. Price, 8 cents.
HARDY SALVIAS
AZUREA GRANDIFLORA— A hardy peren- nial variety, producing during August and September, spikes of pretty sky-blue flowers in great profusion ; 2 to 3 feet.
Price, 12c.
FARINACEA — A perennial variety, but best grown as an annual. Sown in the open ground in May, blooming from July to frost. The fine light blue flowers are borne on long spikes held above the foli- age; 2 feet. Price, 12c.
ULIGINOSA — In general habit similar to Salvia Azurea Grandiflora. The flowers are a pretty cornflower blue with a white throat. Flowering the first season if sown early. Price, 25c.
New White Oriental Poppy
A Valuable Novelty Offered for the First Time. This long-desired hardy Poppy is an important addition to the list of hardy perennials. It is a pure satiny white with a bold crimson blotch at the base of each petal. This new color forms a striking contrast to the old favorite scarlet Oriental Poppy, and will repay one for planting the seed if only part of them come true and are pure white, as is often the case with new hybrids. Price, 25 cents per backet.
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McGregor’s Hardy Everblooming Roses
The superb vigor, profusion of bloom, the exquisite coloring of this glorious dozen Roses toaether with hardiness to stand zero weather, place them at once without rivals.
Any 5 U|AEg 50c 12 U1ae1 $1-00 12 $2.40 6 2R-^ $1.3S
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