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oeasin) FOR 1888.
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IN ADDITION TO OUR CLUBBING RATES, PAGE 4,

WE WILL SEND

With Every $1.50 Order,

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Geranium BRUANTI.

With Every $3.00 Order,

The fine Rose, EDMUND D> BIAUZAT.

With Every $5.00 Order,

The new Rose, PURITAN.

With Every $10.00 Order,

The two new Roses, METEOR and PRINCESS BEATRICE.

With Every $20.00 Order,

ALL the Premiums offered above, and Purchaser’s Choice of any Five Novelties
DESCRIBED IN OUR CATALOGUE.

And we deal in the same LIBERAL MANNER with Orders between these Amounts.

OUR BULB CATALOGUE,

Containing a list of the best older varieties of

HYACINTHS, TULIPS,

AND

OTHER BULBS AND PLANTS,

TOGETHER WITH

NOVELTIES!

Worthy of dissemina-
tion, will be ready in
September, and will be
mailed to our customers
without notice.

All others desiring a
copy should make early

PRESSES OF M. CULLATON & CO., RICHMOND, IND.

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“A LOVE FOR FLOWERS DOES NOT MAKE US RICH, IN THE COMMON IDEA
OF RICHES; BUT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN, AND NEVER WILL BE, ANY MONEY
MADE THAT WILL BUY THE PLEASURE THAT A LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE OF
FLOWERS BRINGS.”’

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TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

=== JANUARY, 1888.

We return our hearty thanks to the many friends who have taken the time and the trouble to
write us regarding the success of their flower culture for the past year. It is a very great satisfaction
to have one’s own opinion emphatically confirmed and be able to say, ‘‘Didn't I tell you so?”

These letters from all quarters of the country help us greatly in making proper selections for
different localities, for it is undisputed that some plants will thrive in a soil where others will starve,
although the great majority grow finely in any good garden mould.

We are delighted with the many notes of admiration sent us describing the beauty and luxuriance
of bloom of many of our especial favorites.

We are strongly tempted to gossip at length and right here in regard to varieties and their pecu-
liarities, but think it will be more serviceable if we give our own experience, in very concise and prac-
tical form, under the separate class headings.

We here call attention to our decided departure in regard to curtailing varieties, not only of
Roses, but of Geraniums, Chrysanthemums, and other plants. ‘

A good rose is still excellent, though half a century old; but inferior sorts must give place to the
improved varieties of later years, and our customers owe us thanks for setting the matter before them
so plainly as we have succeeded in doing.

“ROSES AND OTHER PLANTS.

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We can see little use for two roses or two
geraniums so nearly alike that they must be viewed
critically, side by side, to detect a difference, espe-
cially as one is always better than the other in some
respects.

We have tried to discard from our lists every
plant that is not, to begin with, a good grower;
that has not decided beauty and freedom of bloom,
and last, that is not totally distinct from every
other variety. So, you will find many of our lists
shortened at both ends. We hope, by so doing, to
save our customers confusion in making selections.
We also hope, by growing a less number of varie-
ties in great quantities, to reduce the chances of
mixing tO a minimum, for which end every honest
Florist is earnestly striving, and to which effort
every flower -buyer the country over will respond,
“‘Speed the day.”

vh wu CWA
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not been able to throw out many sorts is the Be-
gonia. Nie careful examination, we could only make up our minds to throw out three or four, they
are so thoroughly distinct from one another, so easy to grow, and so good-natured generally.

Substitution.—Ever since entering business, our custom has been, when a standard variety has
given out, to substitute for it, under its true label, a first-class novelty. Last year, failing on Rose Capt.
Christy, when too late to note in the Catalogue, we sent in its place one of the best new H.P.’s—

Claire Cochet. as a few Teas gave out, we sent our finest rose, Folkestone, in place, and we carried i

this policy all the way through, giving not only satisfaction but a pJeasant surprise in every case,
so far as heard from.

Our stock is all well growm in good sized pots, without forcing, and is sure to give satisfaction.
Again, as in former years, we ask every customer buying from us, to express his opinion on the goods
received, and in every case where perfect satisfaction has not been given, we will try a second time to
make it exactly right, —for, remember, that we guarantee safe arrival of good stock, true to
label and good count.

We here call attention to our SHED and SMALL FRUIT Departments, opened for the first
time this year. Here, also, our policy is few varieties, but the best to be had.

Our friends who are BEGINNING A GARDEN will find that we exercise great care in
making selections, sending always standard sorts where the varieties are left tous. Where one has already
many varieties of a plant he will wish to make his own selections, and these we will send him in every
‘case if possible, or else substitute a higher-priced plant from our novelty list, unless directed otherwise.

Jz= In aay case where we have substituted a variety which has proved inferior in quality to the one

ordered, we should be glad to know of it.

j= TRUE TO LABEL.—If through carelessness in selecting, or through plants having become
mixed by accident, an order is not filled true to label, we will do our best to make the matter right when
notified. Mistakes in varieties are especially vexatious, and we try in every way possible to avoid them.

Should any of our customers have friends requiring plants, to whom a copy of our Catalogue would
be acceptable, we shall feel much obliged if they will send their name and address. We shall also esteem
it a favor if our customers, on changing their residence, will kindly furnish us with their new address, that
we may be able to send them our Catalogue.

When Plants are received by mail let them lie in milk-warm water for a half hour, with-
out removing the packing from the roots. Then unpack and set out in the bed prepared for them, being

careful to shade from the sun a day or two.

Soil in which to Pot Plants.—The best soil for most plants is composed of two-thirds well
rotted sods (that have been previously cut and piled up to rot), and one-third of well rotted manure, thor-
‘oughly mixed together. If the sods are not naturally sandy, it is well to add some sharp sand. This is
ithe kind of soil we use for nearly all kinds of plants.

HILL & CO., RICHMOND, IND. 3

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SUCCESSFUL PURCHASER.—‘‘I bought this plant UnsuccessruL Dirro.—‘I wish I’d sent to
three months ago from Hirt & Co.” Hitt & Co.”

Drainage is of the utmost importance. Every pot should have at least an inch of broken pot-
sherds, moss, or charcoal, placed in the bottom.

W atering.— Whenever the plants are dry, water so that the earth in the pot will be saturated, and
no more. No water should be allowed to remain in saucers under the pots, except in the case of aquatic
plants. Soft wooded plants require much more water than hard wooded

Air.—Ventilate well every fine day, whenever air above freezing can be admitted Do not allow
cold air to blow directly against the plants

Dust.—The great secret of growing plants successfully in the house lies in keeping them CLEAN

Insects.—Healthy growing plants are seldom troubled with insects or mildew. One of the most
disgusting of these is the Sca/e, which attacks ferns, palms, ivies, etc., lodging on the stem and the under
side of the leaf. There is no remedy but scraping off and destroying. <A/ealy-lug lodges in the axils of the
leaves, and is easily destroyed by using an old toothbrush. Red Spidex shows itself in a brown, dried con-
dition of the leaves, and is an indication of too dry an atmosphere. Thorough syringing is the best pre-
vettive.

The green-fly, or Aphis, is best destroyed by tobacco smoke, if the smoke can be confined about the
plants ; otherwise, a tobacco tea, made of % lb. of stems to 6 qts. of water, and boiled for a quarter of an
hour, may be applied to the foliage. White hellebore powder, sprinkled on plants while wet with dew, is
a specific against all other insects. Caterpil/ars are best hand-picked.

We have found powdered hellebore invaluable for out-door roses, honeysuckles, and other plants, if
applied carly in the season, when just leafing out, Apply a strong wash with a syringe or whisk broom.
It may be necessary to repeat twice or three times during the season; but it is the first dose, applied
early, that does the work.

4 ROSES AND OTHER PLANTS.

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S0OURXPRICESK

We offer you liberal Clubbing Terms—a grand chance
whereby persons short of money, but willing to interest
their friends to send with them, may geta fine collec-
tion of Plants gratis.
list of prices and premiums.
. again this year,

Just read through the following
To begin with, we offer

These collections are all fine,

strong Plants, of the best varieties, and are marvels of cheapness.
We can only afford to sell them so cheap by growing these sorts in
immense numbers.
to us, the purchaser simply naming the number of the set or sets
desired. Every plant is entirely distinct.
can halve the sets that call for one variety of Plants.
half of set one and two.

The choice of varieties must invariably be left

If desired, the purchaser
For instamce,

No, 1—14 Ever-Blooming Roses, 14 kinds, including
1 Bride.

No. 2—1o0 Hybrid Perpetual Roses, embracing 10 of
the leading varieties. i

No. 3—7 Ever-Blooming and 4 Hybrid Perpetual
Roses.

No. 4—3 Hardy Climbing and 7 Hybrid Per. Roses.

No. 5—14 Finest Single Flowering Geraniums.

No. 6—14 Finest Double Flowering Geraniums.

No. 7—7 Double and 7 Single Flowering Geraniums.

No. 8—6 Single, 6 Double, and 2 Scented Geraniums.

No. 9-15 Coleus, all beautiful new varieties. This
collection will make an elegant ornamental fol-
iage bed.

No. 1ro—rz2 Chrysanthemums, large and small flower-
ing, for cut-flowers or out-door bedding.

No. 11—r14 Carnations, all different.

No. 12—14 Fine Fuchsias, all named sorts.

No. 13—rOo distinct varieties of Begonias.

No. 14—14 Fine Named Gladiolus, 14 varieties.

No. 15—20 Seedling Gladiolus, Flowering Bulbs.

No PREMIUMS ALLOWED ON THESE DOLLAR COL-
LECTIONS.

SPECIAL RATES TO CUSTOMERS

And getters-up of Clubs. Mail Orders—Purchaser’s
choice from Catalogue.

For a remittance of $2.00, you may select
IMEinius MCAS Weiapoodboacsdoossedooc $ 2 30
For a remittance of $3.00, you may select
lamtsi price duraite yey ean eer ey eres 3 60
For a remittance of $4.00, you may select
IBikevatts oA Goa saucis! cacadoeigcecoe 4 80
For a remittance of $5.00, you may select
helantsspmiced malt ve iy enim eine rte 6 00
For a remittance of $8.00, you may select
Plantsepricedwalterwy ureter ke ekineeeiniae IO OO
For a remittance of $10.00, you may select
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For a remittance of $15.00, you may select

IAlenais joreirel Bits obo oases oaaponscobosase 20 00
For a remittance of $20.00, you may select
Rlantsipricediatnn eee erie een 26 00

EXPRESS CLUBBING RATES.

Plants under this head go by Express, at the Pur-
chaser’s Expense.

For a remittance of $2.00, you.may select
Rianitsapriced vate cence shee eee te $ 2 40
For a remittance of $4.00, you may select
Plants) pm cediatae seers cereecraer 5 00
For a remittance of $6.00, you may select
IPllenains) jopciedl Gil, boda loci potoaan soon: 8 00
For a remittance of $8.00, you may select
Plantsipricedi ate ieee eee a II 00
For a remittance of $10.00, you may select
LABbAES MOA! Bho dos ooooodssageno%o5000% 14 00
For a remittance of $15.00, you may select
Wilewohis jorsVTel ANes Vo.csddcoaoccesdo0ess5e 22 00
For a remittance of $20.00, you may select
iplantsypricedwat erases peta eicr rete 30 00

Individual Orders for any of the preceding amounts
will be entitled to the same premium as Club Orders.

Purchasers are entitled to above rates on each
order as sent in. Above premiums can not be fig-
ured on total amount sent at different times.

Express O:ders.—When purchasers can afford to
pay the express charges, we prefer express orders, as
in many cases it gives us a chance to furnish larger
plants than we could afford by mail. It will also be
observed that we allow nearly double the premiums
on express over mail orders. These two items fur-
nish strong inducements for purchasers not too dis-
tant to have their orders forwarded by express.

HILL & CO., RICHMOND, IND. 5

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING.

OUR TERMS ARE INVARIABLY CASH WITH THE ORDER.

In remitting money, a Postoffice Order, drawn to| way each time. Keep your order and the letter of
the order of instructions separate from each other.

HILL & CO., RICHMOND, INDIANA, We wish our customers would in every case keep
a copy of their order, and verify it on arrival of
plants; this will prevent mistakes as to what they
thought they ordered, but which was never written
upon their order sheet; AND IF NOT TOO MUCH
TROUBLE, PLEASE DROP US A CARD ON THE ARRIVAL
OF THE Goops. Weare glad to know when you are
pleased, and WE wIsH TO KNOW OF ANY DISSATIS-
FACTION, THAT WE MAY MAKE IT RIGHT.

is the safest way. ‘Please see that the name of the
STATE is written correctly, both on the exzvelope and
the draft, or money order, as RicHMonpD, Inprana, is
often confused with Richmond, Va. Be sure to re-
ta'n the number of your Order. Money may be for-
warded by Registered Letter, when Postoffice Order
can not be had ; by Draft, or by United States Postal
Note.

| Our usual care will be observed in putting up all
orders, large or small, to give full satisfaction to the
purchaser in the quality of the article, as well as the

We can not fill orders of less value than one | Manner of pagking and forwarding.

dollar, unless ten cents additional is remitted to
cover packing and postage

Loose Money, enclosed ina letter, is at the RISK
OF THE SENDER; we do not like money sent in this way.

Orders Lost or Stolen.— Sometimes it happens
that Orders never reach us. When customers fail

Please use the enclosed Order Sheet, being care-| to receive their Plants within a reasonable time,
ful to fill out every blank in the heading. If you) they should inform us of the fact, and at the same
write us more than once, sign your name in the same| time send a duplicate of their order.

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Mme. Schwaller. A Hybrid Tea of great freedom of bloom; color rosy flesh, paler at the base of
the petals and deeper on the edges; globular when opening, quite cupped when expanded ; style of growth,
bushy. Its general style is that of an H. P., while it has the freedom of the Teas in bloom. Sweet June-
rose scented. Price, 35 cts.

Vi seouniése Kolkesfone.

HILL & CO., RICHMOND, IND. 7

Marie Lambert.
Madam Scipion Cochet.
Madam Perreau.

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NOTES AND CULLURAL DIRECTIONS.

We hardly need advise the purchasing of roses on
their own roots, as the entire Amateur public seem to
speak their own mind very emphatically on this point.

Our own saleable roses are all on their own roots.
We often use grafted roses in certain varieties to
give us a large stock of cuttings in a short time, but
it is by mistake if a grafted plant is ever sent out in
an order.

LOCATION OF ROSE-BED.

A sunny spot, not undermined by roots of trees,
and quite level with the grass-plot. Prepare
your bed by digging to the depth of 18 inches.
Any good garden mould will grow roses, but they
are especially fond of small clods of clay in the
soil. If the bed is not underdrained naturally, pro-
vide drainage by means of broken bricks and stones
at the bottom. Add one-fourth old, well rotted cow-
manure to the soil and clay. Ground bone ranks
next to old cow manure as a fertilizer, and may be
used in place of it or in addition to it. Roses are
rank feeders, and amply repay the food and moist-
ure given them, both by luxuriance and elegance of
foliage and profusion and size of bloom.

After the plants have been set out, which should
be earZy in the season, keep the soil loose by frequent
shallow stirrings, till the middle of June, when they
should be mulched by covering the surface of the bed
to the depth of an inch or so with old manure or any
strawy material, to prevent evaporation. An occa-
sional application of manure water greatly stimulates
growth, and growth, with most roses, means bloom.

WINTER PROTECTION.

North of the Ohio, the Everblooming roses require
protection during the winter. Remove a little earth
from the side of the rose-bush, cut out all the tender
growth, and strip off most of the leaves; then bend
the bush over and cover to the depth of three or four
inches with loose earth, over thése a light covering
of boards or boughs. Any mode of protection is as
good as this, provided it prevents sudden freezing
and thawing, and does not hold moisture about the
stem, causing decay. A straw covering is apt to har-
bor mice.

Do not cover too soon; wait until the plants are
well matured and severe weather is beginning ; light
freezing will not hurt them. Uncover when the
frost is leaving the ground and Spring is fairly
opening. Prune out all injured wood and level
the earth

ROSES IN POTS.

The Tea, Bourbon, and China Roses should be se-
lected for growing in pots in the house; these will
give you a succession of bloom, if treated in the fol-
lowing manner: Drain the pots well with broken
bits of crock ; mix one part of well rotted cow-man-
ure with two parts of light, friable soil, and press.
firmly about the roots of the Rose. Keep well wat-
cred during the Summer, more scantily in Fall and
Winter. Keep all flower buds pinched off until
Winter, then give all sunlight possible. Keep your
plant clean, cnd keep it growing. About 60° is best
temperature for it.

AND OTHER PLANTS.

Ye Primrose Dame
foliage, but quite free growing.

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Our good opinion of this lovely rose has been doubly confirmed the past year ;
it may almost be classed with Japanese roses for freedom of bloom.
Next to its great freedom of bloom, its strong point is its lovely color —
outer petals soft canary, with glowing apricot center.

It is of slender habit, with fine

Price, 35 cts.; ten plants for $2.00.

+P ASAND «HYBRID VEA*ROSES.:

REQUIRING PROTECTION FROM NORTHERN WINTERS.

Roses are separated into two grand divisions, the
Everblooming Section (Teas and Hybrid Teas), and
Hybrid Perpetuals (Hardy June Roses). The former
are the more popular, on account of their freedom
of bloom. The Hybrid Teas, a part of this Ever-
blooming section, partake of the nature of both Tea
and H.P., and claim some of the finest varieties of
the rose extant.

The majority of rose growers show their greater
interest in this section by their attention to it and
the marked and beautiful additions to it each year.

We reprint for our readers the Groups of roses ar-
ranged last year. If you have not been successful
with roses in the past, make a new beginning with
Groups I. and II. With any care at all you can
hardly fail with these.

Our experience the past Summer leads us to again
emphasize the advice: Mass roses of one color to-
gether ; a dozen yellow, a dozen pink, a dozen white ;
then you will really enjoy your rose bed, and you
can gather enough of one color or blending shades
for vase or table decoration.

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where. They stand the

sun; they are reason-

ably hardy; they are free out-door bloomers.

Price, $1.25.

Countess La Barthe. Che

Pierre Guillot. 8.
Marechal Robert. 9.

Countess Barbatannes. Io.
Coquette de Lyon. II.
Antoine Verdier. 12.

La Princess Vera.
Mme. Welche.

Mme. Cusin.

Mme. Jos. Schwartz.
Sou. d'un Ami.
Papa Gontier.

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GROUP I. 1. Mme. Kuppenheim. 7. Mme. Dubroca.
Twelve most popular varieties of to-day. Finest 2. Mme. Angele Jacquier. 8. Adrienne Christophle.
3. Bon Silene. g. Sou. de St. Pierre,
bud-producers. THe Best for pot or conserva- D Shei? Vallee Ch F
tory culture. Excellent bedders. [In the order aac ome es = allee OD ee
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of their excellence and usefulness.] Price fo; 5: Mad.;Palcot. ase ar palic tne
; 16. Katie Metchersky. 12. Bourbon Queen.
the 12, $1.25. |
1. Ba-Franee. 7. Marie Van-Houtte. A GROUP OF PETS.
2.-Perle des Jardines. 8. Malmaison. Roses of great merit and beauty, but of not so strong
3. Catherine Mermet. 9. Mme. G. Drevet. a constitution as the foregoing. Well worth the
4. The Bride. to. Mme. Watteville. extra culture and care that they require, pro-
5. Sunset. a it. i n. ducing some of the finest flowers to be found
6. Marie Guillot. 12. Cornelia Cook. in the entire rose family. Price, $1.50.
. Miss Etttth Gifford. 7, NV... E, Bennett.
Ti ear ae . Princess of Wales. 8. Camoens.
‘Twelve best bedding Roses. They succeed every- | 3. Antoine Mermet. 9. La Nuance.

Louise de la Rive.
Niphetos.
Jeanne Abel,

Sou. Therese kevet. ro.
Mile. F. Kruger. Li;
L’ Elegant. 12)

OUR WR A

A GROUP OF NOVELTIES.

The very best of the new roses of 1886 and 1887.
We can recommend these without a single reser-
vation, as we have tried them, and are not mere-
ly passing them along on the recommendation

of their raisers. Price, $3.50.
GROUP III.

Pretty in bud. Very free flowering. Not as strong

' growing as Groups 1 and 2, but growing well

everywhere under careful cultivation. Not equal

to the above, but possessing their own peculiar
charms. Price, $1.25.

Princess Beatrice. 7. Countess Frigneuse.
Viscountess Folkestone. 8. Susanne Blanchet.
Ye Primrose Dame. 9. Luciole.

Meteor. 10. Mme. Etienne.
Puritan. ir. Edm. d’ Biauzat.
Mme. Schwaller. 12. Sou. Victor Hugo.

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New leas and FHyhrid Teas of 188687,

THE CREAM OF THE TWO YEARS’ IMPORTATIONS.
HOW THEY HAVE APPEARED WITH US.

Princess Beatrice. For coloring, see cover; for|ing qualities may be inferred, when cut blooms
description in full, see page 12. Its strong points| crossed the Atlantic in good condition. Its greatest
are its rapid growth, handsome, heavy foliage, and| beauty is as an open rose. Already very popular.
brilliantly blending colors. Price, 35 cents. Price, 35 cents.

Meteor. H.T. A velvety red Everbloomer has} Viscountess Folkestone. H.T. (See cut, page
long been demanded, and now we haveit; not the|6.) This lovely rose has realized all that we hoped
satin finish and lighter red of Papa Gontier, but the for it. From England, from various Southern States,
deepest glowing crimson, as fine asa Hybrid ; flower | from the Northwest, come notes of admiration. Itis
of medium size, very double, and petals slightly re- | graceful to the last degree, while strong and of heavy
curving ; a beautiful open rose, a free bloomer, and | foliage. The flower is delicately tinted flesh, almost
promising well asa pot rose. It has no tinge of vio- white, and lustrous as satin; when full blown it is
let or purple to mar its beauty (as Bennett ofteny| like nothing so much as a fine white Pzonie, but
has), it does not come minus a stem, as Duke of} without a suggestion of stiffness. We rank it with
Connaught so often does, but promises to be a relia-| La France. Sweet Scented. Price, 30 cents.
ble dark red everbloomer, free from bad qualities.

; Ye Pri :
Pride, 35 centat Primrose Dame. (See cut, and further note,

page 8.) This rose has quite astonished us with its

this as an everblooming Merveille de Lyon.

Puritans Hod.

We could almost characterize

The

foliage, the calyx, the bloom, would all place it among
the H. P.s, but it is an undeniable everbloomer.
The flower is of grand size, of the purest ivory white,
very double, and set in abundant calyx foliage of

deep green.
carries a profusion of dark, large leafage.

It throws up heavy thorny canes, and
Its keep- | Price, 30 cents.

great freedom of bloom, even small plants being cov-
ered with buds, after the fashion of the Polyanthas.
Of slender, drooping habit and fine, delicate foliage,
the budsare of good size and pointed. The color is
perfect; outer petals a delicate cream, with glowing
carmine center, which shows in the earliest stage of
opening. We confess to its being a favorite with us

10 ROSES AND OTHER PLANTS.

THE PURITAN

Is a veritable Hybrid Rose on an everblooming bush.

texture and finish.

A most exquisite ivory-white rose of unusual

Of all the new roses introduced, this is one of the grandest.

We offer it at a very low figure, and it should
plants. (See full description on page 9.)

be found in every garden. 35 cents for fine young

Mme. Schwaller. H.T. (Seecut.) Like Puri-
tan, this rose has the strong, firm growth of the H.
P.s, the same form-and finish of flower, being espec-
ially beautiful when full grown; it is very free in
bloom and has the fragrance of La France. The
color is a bright, rosy-flesh, paler at the base of the
petals, and deepening on the edges. Apt to come in
clusters, which are excellent for cutting. Price, 35c.

Countess Frigneuse. Incolor charming ; in free-
dom of ' bloom second to none, with finely-colored
leafage; the buds are long and pointed, not unlike
Niphetos in form, and of good size ; the color is del-
icate golden yellow, with softer shade on inside of
petal. Although of the general color of Perle, it is
totally distinct in shade, in form, and in style of
growth. An excellent bedding Tea. Price, 25 cts.

Luciole. (See cut and description, page rr.) A
very beautiful new Tea rose, of the most brilliant
and extraordinary coloring ; rosy carmine, deep saf-
fron yellow, and yellowish bronze combine in a
large, exquisitely formed bud and flower. A fine
grower. Price, 35 cents.

Mme. Etienne. One of the very finest of clear
pink Tea roses ; the form of the flower is quite sim-
ilar to that of Beatrice; that is, the petals recurve,
giving it the shape of a Camelia. The texture is
heavy, and the color is a warm, yet delicate pink,
slightly deeper on the edge of the petal. A very
beautifnl variety, and freerin bloom than C. Mer-
met. This rose is styled the Dwarf Mermet by the
French growers. It gives every promise of being a
splendid rose. Price, 35 cents.

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LUCIOLE.

A new French Tea Rose, of much more than ordinary merit. Very bright carmine rose, tinted and
shaded with saffron, the base of the petals being copper yellow, with reverse a rosy bronze ; large, pointed,
very double, and very sweet-scented ; flower stem roughened like a moss-rose; the coloring is entirely
new and very brilliant. The open rose reminds one of a ripe, red peach. Price, 35 cents.

Souv. de Victor Hugo. Bright china rose, with) Susanne Blanchet. Outer petals a clear flesh
copper yellow center, ends of petals suffused with] white, with deep flesh center; perfection itself in
carmine. A charmingly beautiful combination of| color, and charmingly beautiful ; in shape similar to
coloring, and each color blends nicely with the other. | certain varieties of the old Provence Rose; outer
This variety will take rank with the best, and is a| petals large and broad, with short inner petals; of
rose of decided merit. The evident relationship to] delightful fragrance. Foliage large, erect in growth,
Countess de la Barthe assures us a free bloomer, and | with beautiful leafage ; new shoots very high-colored.
in size and length of bud it is the equal of the best|A second year’s trial has only developed the fine
teas. Of decided merit. Price, 25 cents. qualities of this free blooming Tea. Price, 25 cents,

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A pure Tez, of strong growing habit ; heavy foliage, coloring deeply after the style of Perle; flower
stems stiff and upright, and bright red, carrying large buds of exquisite color; outer petals varying from
canary to golden yellow, edged lightly with bright rose color; from its first opening the petals roll their
egdes backward, displaying the bright apricot center. The open rose is exquisitely beautiful, very double
and lasting well when cut. Strongly tea scented. We feel sure it will prove a fine garden rose. Our
lithographic cover displays the rose finely, and was copied from flowers grown in our own houses. It is an
ideal Amateur’s rose, and bound to be popular, by reason of its entirely new and brilliant coloring.
Price, 35 cents.

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Edmund de Biauzat. A strong, vigorous grower,
with fine, leathery foliage and erect shoots ; the petals
are thick in texture, but rather short ; color, peach,
tinged with salmon and pink. Anabundant bloomer,
and a good bedding rose. It belongs to the .Watte-
ville class. Price, 25 cents. ;

Chateau des Bergeries. Light canary, center
darker yellow. Globular flowers; free blooming. 35c.

Duchess Bragance Light canary yellow, paler
on the edges. 35 cents.

Lady Zoe Brougham. Bright tawny yellow,
after the style of J/a Capuctne, but more double and
of better form. This has bloomed finely for us, and
we were tempted to put it among the twelve best. 35c.

Mlle. C. Perreau. Bright rose, often coming very
pale rose ; vigorous grower, finely shaped buds. A
seedling from Sou. d’un Ami. 35 cents.

Mme. H. Defresne.
with coppery reflex.
blooming. 35 cents.

Beautiful citron yellow,
Strong growing and free

Elizabeth Grammont. Bright
rose, base of petals coppery yel-

low. A lovely open rose, and
quite constant in bloom. Price,
35 cents.

Dr. Grill. Coppery yellow,
with a fawny rose reflex, back of
the petals shaded china rose, an
entirely new color. Large, well
formed flowers, of good shape.
A vigorous, healthy grower, and
very free in bloom, (Raiser's
description. )

Vicomtess de Wautier. Beau-
tiful rose color, petals tinted yel-
low on the outside and rosy white
inside. The center a deep rose,
producing a charming effect.

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Madam Chauvry. Nankeen

yellow when opening, the back
of the petals turning china rose,
whilst their face becomes copper
yellow. A very large, fine flow-
er when open. A climbing rose.
(Raiser’s description. )

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‘Nameless Beauty. A variety |
of German origin, which pro-
duces finely formed flowers of a
whitish cream color. It is rec-
ommended on account of its
great freedom of bloom, produc-
ing roses in clusters and corymbs.
Fragrant, free, and fine. Highly
recommended by German auth-
orities on the rose, from whom
this description was taken.

A free-blooming yellow Tea Rose of exquisite color.

Marie Lambert. Pure white; a seedling from
Mme. Bravy, and even more vigorous. Has been
called the White Hermosa, which it resembles in
form and freedom of bloom. 35 cents.

Princess Hohenzollern. Another fine red Tea, a
seedling from PapaGontier; quite similar to it. 35¢.

Madam Scipion Cochet. A charmingly beautiful
new Tea Rose of more than usual merit. Color, a
soft primrose yellow, with rose shadings. Deliciously
sweet scented and very unique in the size and shape
of itsbuds. As this belongs to the Countess la Barthe
section, its freedom of bloom is at once settled.
Price, 35 cents.

Some of last year’s new roses, which we have in
very limited quantity; each 25 cents:

Mme. David.
Margaret Ramet.
Flavian Budillion.

Marquis Vivens.
Claudius Levet.
Exadolphe.

Camille Raoux. Fine cherry red.

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STANDARD SOR:

Price, 10 Cents (except where noted). OUR SELECTION, 14 for $1.00.

Antoine Mermet. H.T. Very large, full,
and of fine shape; colora rich carmine pink,
slightly shaded with white; of good growth,
with nice, bright foliage. Of the La France
type. Good. 15 cents.

Antoine Verdier. Flowers large and well formed
of a fine dark rose color, with a well defined line of
silver on the edges of the petals. Vigorous and free-
blooming. As hardy as La France, and a wonderful
rose for autumn blooming. ‘This is one of the very
finest bedding roses known. Hardy in the North,
and valuable on that account. Hybrid Tea.

Adrienne Christophle. Lovely copper yellow, illu-
mined and shaded with brilliant red in the center of
flowers. Altogether one of the very finest colored
roses grown, and one that combines very rare shad-
ings; beautiful form. 15 cents.

Adam. A lovely rose; bright, fresh carmine-pink;
extra large size, very double, and full; free bloomer;
delicious tea scent,

CAMOENS.

Camoens. H.7T. Large flower, of bright, silvery
pink, shaded with yellow; one of the very freest
bloomers, more than semi-double. A very satisfac-
hii tory rose, carrying superb blooms of shell-shape form.

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buds; color deep rose; not double when full blown;
highly esteemed for its rich color and beautifully
formed bud; invaluable for cutting and for floral deco-
ration. A valuable old acquaintance.

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ag handsome rose places it at once to the front as a bud
® producer in the open air. It is closely allied to
Catherine’ Mermet, in everything save color, and in
its shading of deep copper yellow it stands unique
and distinct from all others. The cut gives a fair
representation of its shape when opening. The
flower, when open, is of good size and very sym-
metrical. Very many who purchased this rose last
year have written in praise of it. One of the finest
roses to plant in masses and clumps. Try a dozen
plants of this in a bed, and delight yourself and
friends.

Louise dela Rive. Habit vigorous; flowers large,
double; and of fine form; colora flesh: white, inclin-
ing to yellow. One of the freest flowering of all the
FRANCISCA KRUGER. Teas. Fine for massing.

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ETOILE DE LYON.

Etoile de Lyon. Our illustration of this notable
rose does scant justice to its superb form. It is con-
sidered one of the finest yellow bedding roses for
outside planting. It is, moreover, one of the hardiest
roses in the Teasection. It blooms freely, and every
flower is a gem.
strong bushes. A deep chrome yellow.
ble rose, deserving extensive culture.

A remarka-

Catherine Mermet. One of the very finest roses
grown, in every sense of the word, and a rose that
pleases everyone. It has of late years disputed the
right of La France to reign among pink roses, and
well it may, for it combines every good quality found
in the perfect bud and bloom. Its flowers are not
only large, but almost faultless in form in every stage
of development. The color is pure silvery rose, illu-
mined at the base of petals with yellow. We recom-
mend this variety for general planting, knowing it
will please.

Charles Rovolli. Pink, with soft shadings of blush
and carmine. A very free-flowering rose

Cornelia Cook. Long considered the best ever-
blooming white, except Niphetos. It is a beautiful
creamy white; buds of immense size, and very dou-
ble ; sometimes does not open well, which is its weak
point, but a magnificent flower when well grown, and
very sweet scented. A good grower.

Comtesse Riza du Pare. Color coppery rose,
tinged with soft violet crimson. A distinct and valu-
able rose. The flowers are somewhat larger than
Comtesse la Barthe, but not so freely produced.

It equals M. Neil in size, on good |

Comtesse de la Barthe. This rose combines ex-
quisite perfume, beautiful coloring, and a matchless
profusion of flowers and foliage. How shall we de-
scribe its coloring? A soft, light rose, with heavy
shadings of amber and salmon. Quite hardy, and in
every respect admirable.

Coquette de Lyon. No rose like it for freedom of
bloom. The plant isa fine grower, and carries num-
bers of flowers on every shoot. A fine yellow rose,
large, not at all formal, but very attractive Called
the yellow Hermosa, from its free-flowering character.

Devoniensis. On account of its whiteness and
sweetness often called the magnolia rose. Creamy
white, delicately flushed in the center with pink
One of the most fragrant roses, and a favorite of long
standing. 15 cents

La Nuance. A beautiful Rose, good size, very

| double ; color salmon rose, tinged with coppery yel-

low. A very elegant and distinct sort. 15 cents.

La Princess Vera. <A vigorous Rose; flowers
very large and full, perfectly double ; color creamy
white; outer petals copper yellow. It produces
large, pointed buds, very double, deliciously fragrant.

Homer. Beautifully folded buds of a bright,
fresh rose color, and often peculiarly spotted with
white. Hardy, free,and vigorous. ‘In the Autumn
its colors are marbled on with exquisite art, until it
vies with the most beautiful of all our roses, and has
at times run hard and even beaten the very best at
our great rose shows.” — Garden.

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Louis Richard. Coppery rose ; flowers very large ;
buds sometimes refuse te open well, being almost too
double; during very warm weather opens well.
Were it not for this uncertainty it would be one of
the very finest roses grown.

Mme. Denis. An excellent: bedder, grows well
and blooms freely; its color, however, is poor, a
dingy fawn shade ; its bloom is not so good as found
in most light or white roses.

Mme. Margottin. Has been grown and adver-
tised and sold by the thousand, but we doubt if the
rose has ever proved satisfactory, owing to its lia-
bility to rot off at the base of the petals, and its ten-
dency to open imperfectly. In color it is certainly
charming — dark citron yellow, with peach shading ;
also of extra size ; but we consider it possessed of a
radical defect.

LaFrance. H.T. We
give this the first place,
— the Queen of all the
Roses. Accounts have
come to us from all
quarters describing the
great profusion of its
bloom from, June till
frost. :

For the few who do
not already know it, we
will say it is of extra
size, extra double, and
of superb form. No rose
can surpass it in deli-
cate coloring—silvery
rose shades, with pink;
ithas asatin sheen over
allitspetals. Itis uni-
versally regarded as the
most beautiful and use-
ful of roses, for it is
hardy beyond question;
itblooms only too much
for its own good; the
. flower is large, beauti-

\ fully built, endures for
a great length of time,
is finely colored, and
fragrant in the highest
degree. Always popu-
lar inthis country, it is
now the rage, and La
France roses are the
elegant thing for wear-
ing and decoration in
the Eastern cities, and,
like the taste for Mer-
mets, it is destined to
become permanent.

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Grace Darling. A
large, full Mower; hand-
somest when perfectly
open. Color the richest
shade of carmine-pink,
a uniform and decided
color, but never quite
obscuring the ground of
beautiful yellow upon
which it rests. Price,
20 cents.

Mme. Falcot. Apri-
cot yellow. Anold rose,
‘ not superseded by a
better variety. Flowers of medium size and fullness,
but very beautiful in bud.

Mme. Weiche. An extra fine variety ; very large,
double, and of beautiful rounded form. Color apri-
cot yellow, very heavily shaded throughout the center
of the flowers with dark orange red, variable at
times, frequently coming light canary, with deep
shadings. The flowers are large, of good size and
substance, and endure well after opening, giving the
bush a handsome appearance. One of the very best
Tea Roses. Owing to the great demand at all times,
the rose is comparatively scarce and held at a high
figure. Our stock this year warrants us in placing
this grand rose at Io cents.

Mme. Crombez. Habit vigorous but dwarf; car-
ries large flowers, quite double and of fine form;
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Marie Van Houtte. Ofa
fine, faultless straw - yellow
color, with the outer petals
washed and outlined with a
bright rosy crimson ; occa-
sionally the whole flower
will be suffused with light
pink. This beautiful variety
succeeds everywhere, is not
particular as to soil, thrives
under adverse circum-
stances, and is, properly
speaking, the rose for the
people. It grows vigorous-
ly, blooms freely, and is
most deliciously scented
In cool weather it almost
changes color, taking on
gorgeous crimson tints.

Mme. Watteville. Oneof
the most remarkably beau-
tiful roses ever introduced,
besides possessing nearly all
of a rose’s good qualities
The habit is good, and it is
a thrifty grower; the leaf-
age is beautiful, the fra-
grance very delightful, while
peculiar. Thisisthe ‘‘Tulip Sy mi
Rose,” so called in Europ> <li a vill
because of the feathery shad- m
ing of bright rose around the
edge of every petal, the body
of the petal being creamy
white and of heavy texture.
This rose but adds to its
reputation each succeeding
season, and is now consider-
ed one of the finest roses in
the list by leading growers.

Mme. Joseph Schwartz. White, beautifully |
fiushed with pink. Plant grows with great vigor ;
extremely free with its flowers, of medium size,
cupped and borne in clusters ; one of the hardiest of |

its class for out-door bedding

Mme. Dubroca. Vigorous in growth flowers |
large and double, and of fine shape; habit perfect. |
Color, delicate rose shading to yellow at base of the
petals, frequently clouded with red.
ful rose, and quite distinct in character from others.

Mme. Cusin. Flowers medium sized and of ex-
cellent texture; color, a rosy purple; base of the
petals and center of flowers almost white, very dis-
tinct and of robust habit. In Cusin we have a near
approach to the ideal rose, for without question it is
one of the prettiest roses grown.
color, relieved, as it often cet by lines of white, ren-
der it peculiarly pleasing to the eye ; this, coupled
with its free blooming habit, makes it desirable.

Mme. Camille has many admirers, though a critic
would find it coarse in texture and of a washy color.
Its best point is its late blooming quality, continuing
through late Summer into Autumn. Inferior in other
points to most roses of its color, which is a flesh tint
with salmon rose shadings.

Miss Edith Gifford. Of fime vigorous growth,

’ foliage similar to Perle des Jardines ; flowers large, of

heavy texture; very fine, both as bud and open
flower. Color, fresh white or cream, with very dis-
tinct light pink center. 15 cents.

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Marechal Robert. A splendid rose, Jarg>, full
' globular form ; color, pure white, faintly tinged anc
| shaded with soft rosy-blush and pale lemon ; the bud
is fine, while the open rose is large, full, and ex-
tremely beautiful. Fine in Autumn ‘and for forcing

Marie Guillot. Perfection in form ; the flower is
large and double to the center. Until the introduc-
tion of The Bride, this held first place among Whit«
Tea roses in purity of color, depth of petal, and
Grows well, and is healthy
One of the best out-door summer-blooming roses ;
an absolute pure white when fully open. In connec-
tion with this excellent variety, might be mentioned
the fact that all the live Florists grow this by the
hundred and thousand in the open ground, for its
beautiful buds and flowers during Summer. We
know of one Philadelphia firm who grew an acre of
this variety alone, simply for its buds in Summer
This is a sufficient recommendation of its merits. It
is thé best white bedding rose we know of.

Niphetos. A snow white rose of immense size.
the bud when full grown running from two to three
inches in length ; the standard for determining value
of long-pointed buds by comparison. When half
blown or fully open, it is positively startling by its
size and purity. The foliage is beautiful, stems slen-
der, and drooping under the weight of buds. An
absolute necessity in a greenhouse. To do well out
of doors, it is necessary to have extra-sized plants

We grow two sizes of this rose; the usual size 15,

cents ; larger plants 30 cents.

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| Papa Gontier. A magnificent red Tea; flowers large and semi-
double, a vivid rose color, shaded yellow, reverse of petals crim-
son, free growing, and flowering very profusely. It was introduced
from France three yearsago; though exceedingly fine, it was not
given much prominence until 1886, when it was discovered to be one
of the very best for buds. We have an immense stock of this rose
propagated, knowing it
will please all who grow
Mes) 15} CSAs.

Ne } Mme. Lambard. This
mn a, variety, as seen by us the

h Mm past few years, is lack-
@) Dg in one certain point,
® and that an essential one:
fm it carries too many poor
© buds. Out of adozenor
| fifteen buds, one perfect
one will develop. The
color is variable; pur-
plish rose, sometimes
very red, the outer petals
creamy. We shall con-
tinue to grow this vari-
ety, but in limited quan-
tity.

Nathalie Imbert be-
longs to the semi-double
section, and, like itsclass,
is very free - flowering.
The buds are of good shape, and of
a most clear carmine-rose color A
very beautiful rose of 1885.

Pierre, Guillot Ey Wh) Onemor
the finest and most valuable in the
whole list; bright, dazzling crim-
son, passing to brilliant carmine;
flowers large, very double and full,
and highly scented; a healthy and
vigorous grower, and a constant
bloomer from June till frost. The
outer petals are broad, round, and
decidedly recurved, showing the
short, closely set inner petals. Among
the few good everbloomers, this ranks
very near the front, for it is double,
without a tinge of a disagreeable
shade, and always in bloom. We
have a very large stock of it in nice
plants. 15 cents.

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Souv. Gabrielle Drevet. Salmon
pink, with center of coppery rose ;
of good size and fine form, This

Woele Merle. Flowers large, quite double, and;fiae Rose has more than fulfilled its promise.
prettily formed, Coppery rose in color, with light | We regard it as one of the very best introductions of
shading; sometimes tinged with salmon later years. It is superbly rich, belonging to the-
class of ‘‘ Tulip Roses,” carrying such fine combina-
tions of color. Very satisfactory in habit, growth,
|and freedom of bloom. 15 cents.

PAPA GONTIER.

Princess of Wales. Color a rich, rosy yellow,
the center deep yellow; very chaste and waxy in
appearance; long, pointed buds. Moderately vigar-
03121 growth. 20 cents.

Sombreuil. This magnificent variety has immense

Souvenir de St. Pierre. Growth vigorous ; flowers finely-formed flowers of beautiful white, tinged with
large, semi-double, with very large petals: purplish delicate rose ; buds large and full, blooming in clus-
red-—unique color in this class; as abundant in|ters. A grand and beautiful rose when in full bloom.

bicom <.s Satfrano. 20 cents.

Hafrano. Bright apricot yelicw, changing to Souvenir d’un Ami, Fine, delicate rose, shaded
orange and fawn, sometimes tinted with rose ; val-| with salmon; very large, full, and double; exquis-
ued highly for its beautiful buds; fragrant; a very |itely fragrant; a vigorous grower and free bloomer.
rampant grower, and exceedingly profuse in bloom ;| A popular rose for more than thirty years, and still
caly semi-double when open, but informal and pretty | considered one of the best Teas. Can always be
when the bush is covered with the expanded blooms. | relied upon,

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“ Amongst the many Tea-scented roses that have flowered finely this autumn, this beautiful variety of
Guillot’s has been exceptionally conspicuous. Every plant carries flowers even on the’smallest tWigs, and
throughout last month its exquisite tints of mingled red and yellow were as pure and fresh as at high sum-
mer. Its constitution also continues satisfactory ; about a dozen plants, which were so small and weak
that they wete hardly considered worth saving, were ultimately planted late in Spring, after lying about
all the winter; but in spite of the subsequent cold, drying east winds, followed by the scorching, rainless
summer, they have made very respectable plants, and have all continued flowering freely until now ; and
there is no doubt the variety may be safely included among the best and most beautiful Tea-scented
_ Roses.”—(T. W. Grrpiestone, in 7/ie Garden.) Price, 15 cents
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Perle des Jardines. The one Tea rose which you
positively eannot afford to do without. The majority
of cut-flower buyers who order ‘‘a dozen Marechal
Neal buds” the year round, do not know that their
orders are filled with Perles, and quite to their satis-
faction, too, be it said, for though the two varieties
differ, Perle does not suffer by comparison with
Neil. It has absolutely no weak point, but is a per-
fect and popular rose. The color is faultless, whether
the waxy petals show the rich cream tint of cool
weather, or take on the richer golden shades which

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a warmer sun gives them. The form of the bud is
rich, rounded and luxuriant; it is only equaled in
beauty by the open rose, which is full to the center
and large. It is no shy, creeping plant, but is fairly
riotous in growth, sending out quantities of beautiful
foliage, thick, glossy, and dark, every branch being
tipped with the dark reddish-maroon of the young
shoots, and bearing its bud or cluster of buds high ~
above the leaves. We sold, during the past year, as
many Perles as of all other varieties taken together.
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The Bride. The best pure ivory-white Tea Rose. The bloom is not finer than Niphetos, for that
is impossible; but it is stronger growing, and will thrive where Niphetos would not do so well Save
in color, it is identical with Cathcrine Mermet, from which it is a ‘‘sport.”” The buds, which are of
erand size, are carried high and erect on bright, smooth stems. A fine bunch of these buds, cut with
long sprays of foliage, would grace any bride in her wedding robes. It has, however, one fault, which
we are sorry to name: it ‘‘pinks’’ in very hot weather; that is, the outer petals take on a pale flush.
Nevertheless, except in unusually hot, dry summers, it is unsurpassed for purity of whiteness and for

form and size. tro cents.

Souvenir Isabell Nabonnand. Light fawn color ; Souvenir de Therese Levet. A very beautiful
very large, globular buds; strong grower and free} Rose; a genuine red Tea; pure, clear crimson, as-
bloomer. A superior and distinct variety suming a slight cast of purple as the fiower ages.

The bloom bears a considerable resemblance to Cath-

Souvenir de Madame Pernet. Salmon-pink, base erine Mermet in form ; each petal shows at the center

of petals shaded with yellow. In color too much of its margin a decided point, which gives the flower

like its parent, La Barthe, and inferior to Jeanne a clear-cut appearance. Its odor is powerful and
Abel. delicious. 29 cents

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Sunset is a ‘‘sport” from that grand yar-
iety, Perle des Jardines, which it strongly
resembles, except in color. The flowers are
of large size, fine, full form, very double,
and deliciously perfumed. The color is a
remarkable shade of rich, golden amber, ~
elegantly tinged and shaded with dark, ruddy
copper, intensely beautiful, and resembling
in color a splendid ‘‘after glow.” Sunset fs
a constant and profuse bloomer, and, taken
altogether, is probably one of the finest
Roses recently introduced. It is particu-
larly valuable for forcing and growing in
conservatories. (See cut on first page.)

Vallee de Chamounix. The coloring of
this rose is simply exquisite. The base and
back of the petals is a bright yellow, the
center highly colored with glowing copper
and rose; every tint clear and bright.
There is never a dissenting voice as to its
beauty.

W. F. Bennett. Undoubtedly the best
red FORCING rose in existence, though close-
ly followed by Papa Gontier. If you live
near any large city, you have doubtless seen
Bennett in its glory at some good green-
house. A cluster of good buds of it is not
soon forgotten; but there are few localities
where it beds out satisfactorily, turning into
a variety-of dull colors with the sun, and
opening quite single. 25 cents each,

Climbing Geas and Roisettes.

Marie Lavelley.
Habit extra vigorous.
Flowers large, sem1-
double, of fine form ;
color vivid rose, sha-

ded This is, perhaps, the

and lined with white.
most rampant and vigorous grower in the whole fam-
ily of roses,
Cloth of Gold.
of the finest roses, but a shy bloomer.

Golden yellow; fragrant.

Baron Sinety.

ne large clusters, which are the distinctive features of

a HIS class of roses is especially suited
(kz). for mild climates, where severe win-
' ters will not interfere with their climb-
ing growth from year to year.
and sister States they frequently embower
With usin
the North they can not reach more than the
bushy form of the Tea class, Fine for conser-
Of the Waltham Climbers we

In Georgia

the second stories of the houses.

vatory use.

have discarded Nos. 1 and 2, as being of too delicate constitution, No. 3
being by all odds the best and deepest colored.

Price, 10 cents each, except where noted.

Climbing Hermosa. Clear, bright pink flowers,
medium size, full and regular, very fragrant, a strong
grower and free bloomer.

James Sprunt. Deep cherry-red, very pretty and
distinct ; desirable as a climbing or pillar rose ; very
profuse bloomer: A sport from Agrippina.
borne in

Lamarque. Flowers of medium size,

the rose. Established plants bear thousands of

Of Gloire de Dijon parentage ; | blossoms, pure white; double. It flowers in what a

climbing habit. Color deep yellow, with dark center. | florist would call ‘‘crops,” and is very beautiful in

Of fine form and finish.

its seasons.

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Celine Forestier. Color, fine canary yellow, with
deeper shadings ; finely formed flowers, and fragrant.
Very free blooming. One of the best.

Gloiie de Dijon. Our Southern friends are un-
bounded «in their admiration of this fine rose, which
is seen there in its fullest perfection, being quite
hardy in their section, where it is used as a pillar
rose. It is noted tor the great size of its flowers, its

delicate tea scent, and its exquisite shades of color, |
being a blending of amber, carmine, and cream.)

One of the finest roses on our list.

Marechal Neil. <A beautiful deep sulphur - yel-
low; very full, large, and exceedingly fragrant. It
is the finest yellow rose in existence It has a
climbing habit, and where it is allowed to grow

15 cents.

until it attains a large size, as it will in a few years, |

it will yield thousands of beautiful flowers. A rose
so famous as to need no description. Grown the
world over for its golden-yellow flowers. We have
a magnificent stock of this variety to offer again this
year, running from 12 to 18 inches in height, a year
or more old. ‘These can not fail to give satisfaction.
Price, ro and 20 cents, according to size.

Washington. Medium size; pure white; very
double ;'blooms profusely in large clusters ; a strong
grower, suitable for trellis, &c.; quite hardy.

| Reine Marie Henrietta. A seedling of the Gloire:
de Dijon, with bright red flowers; large, full, and
_scented. This rose partakes somewhat of the Hy-
-brid Perpetual character, and in shape, form, and
| size, it is certainly very distinct and beautiful. The
color is a bright cherry-red,a pure shade. A strong,
| vigorous grower, and specially suited for conserva-
tory culture. This rose succeeds well all over the
South, and many plants of this variety are a source
of pleasure and delight to their possessors in the
States south of the Ohio.

Solfaterre. Fine, clear sulphur-yellow; good
form, large, full, and double; very sweet and good.
Reine Olga de Wurtemberg. Large, full, and
ne, color rosy-flesh, delicately tinged with salmon-
yellow, petals margined with crimson; blooms in
clusters.

Wm. Allen Richardson.
petals lighter, center copper-yellow ;
rose rapidly becoming popular.

Orangetyellow, outer
very rich, , AU

Waltham Climber, No. 3. The best and darkest
of the three red seedlings of Gloire d’ Dijon, an
abundant bloomer, and especially free in the fall. A
| grand crimson flowered Autumn rose. Price, 25 cts.

Polyantba Roses

Often called Yapanese or Fairy Roses. These ro
fact, no plant that we know is of easier cultivation.

ses are as easily grown as the Chinese or Penga/; in
They are quite dwarf; the foliage of itself is very

profuse and beautiful, and above it, on long stems, rise the branches of bloom, often twenty and thirty in

acluster. The individual flowers are exctedingly pr
cup-shaped, and their colors are clear and distinct in

edging a bed of roses As window plants they are u

foliage, and unlimited in quantity and continuance of bloom,

to recommend them as the best plant for cemetery
flowering qualities, and hardihood, requiring little or

Price, 10 cents each,

New Climbing Polyantha, Max Singer A very
strong, rampant-growing rose; will be useful in the
South for covering verandas and pillars; flowers in
clusters like the dwarf varieties ; color like the Her-
mosa, bright pink. Highly spoken of wherever
Flowers an inch and a half in diameter.

grown.
Little Pet. With short petals and a good double
flower. As it opens the bud appears of a blush color, '

but it is soon seen that this is only upon the back of
the outer row of petals, the other portion of the rose
being pure white. Compact in growth and very free,

Mignonette. Its color is a clear, delicate rose,
with a frequent and peculiar intermingling of white
that makes its appearance still more unique and
pleasing. It always blooms in clusters, and flowers |
freely in winter as well as summer; florets about an
inch or an inch and a quarter across. In point of |
fragrance very peculiar, its odor being totally unlike
that of any other rose, and delightful. A border on
our grounds, fifty feet long, shows nota single J7/is-
‘nonette winter-killed, and that without any protection
wilatever. They began blooming in May, and were
still showing large clusters when blighted by frost in
November. ' An excellent variety.

etty, though they vary from the re-curved form to the
every case. No better border plant can be found for
nrivaled, being of round, compact form, beautiful in
They are truly ever-d/ooming, and we wish
y use that we know, being especially suitable in size,
no attention after planting. Quite hardy.

except where noted.

Pacquerette. The most double-and perfect of the
Polyanthas. Only an inch across, and so double as
to be almost globular; never showing a center, and
never losing its regular circular form ; always bloom-
ing, winter and summer—a trait that runs through
the Polyantha blood. :

Perle d’Or. A yellow Polyantha, and a welcome
addition to the class. The color is not the clear
golden shade of Marechal Neil or Perle des Jardines,
but the darker copper and less brilliant shade of
La Chamois or Ophirie, and is much deeper at the
center than upon the outer petals, where it becomes
almost white. The plant is beautifully compact and
symmetrical, and blooms with all the freedom of its
class. Flowers larger than any other Polyantha, and
in the form of a miniature Camellia.

Miniature. One of the most beautiful Polyantha
roses; flowers quite small, and of regular form;
plant very dwarf, but vigorous and branching. Color

white, slightly tinted with a peachy pink.
|
| Mile. J. Burland. New. White, shaded with car-
mine rose, of medium size, very double; flowers.
| produced constantly and, freely. Price, 25 cents.

ROSES AND OTHER PLANTS.

GHINESE* OR» BENGAL® ROSES.

Generally dwarf, but branching freely ; produce an incredible number of flowers, and bloom so con-

“=innously that they are commonly called ‘‘ Daily Roses.”

Usually small, and not very double, the lowers

are individually not*so fine as other roses, but they will always be cultivated for their great freedom and
sonstancy of bloom, besides requiring very little attention; any one whocan grow geraniums can grow

“hese, and will be delighted with the result.
sull, plant two or three in a clump near a door.
are exquisite.

They are exceedingly pretty, planted as a border; or, better
They are never without bloom, and the colors and texture-
If you have but little time to bestow on flower culture, try a few of these thrifty, energetic

“iitle Bengals, and see what compound intevest tney will pay for the slightest attention given them.

Price, 10 Cents each.

/ Agrippina Rich, velvety crimson, beautiful in
Sud. The best of all the Chinas, and a much finer
“Jower than can be found elsewhere in this section.
‘Mor bedding it is unsurpassed. Few roses are so
ach in.color.

Archduke Charles. Brilliant crimson scarlet,
shaded with violet crimson ; a splendid rose.

Cels. Multiflore. Flesh white in color ; double,
amd very free blooming. By many classed as a Tea.
Wery desirable.

Queen’s Scarlet. In color rich velvety scarlet ;
“Howers ‘quite double and of large size. Hardy,
“strong growing, and one of the most profuse
“Sjoomers. ;

Douglass. Dark cherry-red, rich and velvety ;
large, full, and fragrant ; a first-rate bedder.

Mme. Jean Sisley. A free growing, free flower-
ing rose of merit. This is a great acquisition for
bedding purposes, and a rose that will please. It is
full and double, and pure white. When we consider
its freedom of bloom and fine habit, we are led to
place it high among the Bengals. Fine for ceme-
tery planting.

Lucullus. Rich velvety crimson, one of the dark-
est roses of its class; flowers large and freely produced.

Pink Daily. Bright pink ; flowers loose and only
semi-double,. but the plant outblooms any other
China rose. Wonderfully free; a mass of bloom
continually.

Bourbon Koses:

These are the hardiest of the Everblooming Roses, requiring but slight protection to withstand the

~winter in this latitude, and perfectly hardy anywhere south of the Ohio River.

Most of them bloom con-

-stantly during Summer, the flowers increasing in size and beauty as the weather becomes cooler, and being

Sexi perfection in Autumn.

. Price, 10 cents each,

Alfred Aubert. A vigorous grower and profuse
}Sloomer,; bright red color.

Souvenir dela Malmaison. A noble rose; the
Hower is extremely large, quartered, and double to the
«xenfer; color flesh-white, clear and fresh. Has been
censidered the finest Bourbon Rose for thirty years.
izs great beauty in the Fall makes it the finest of all
ssases at that season. A flower that is universally
yesspular, and always will be so. 15 cents.

except where noted.

Hermosa. Light pink; large, full, and double ;
grows freely and blooms profusely ; quite hardy.
One of the best Bourbons in cultivation, combining
almost all that is to be desired in a Rose; perfect
hardiness, with a constant succession of beautifully
formed and fragrant flowers. We believe Hermosa
is the best known in the entire rose family, and a
universal favorite ; its hardiness, and persistency in

4bloom under the most trying circumstances, show-

ing its delicate satin flowers among very queer sur-
roundings at times, gives us a very affectionate feel-
ing for this lovely rose. ’

Mrs. Bosanquet. Delicate flesh-color; outer
petals white ; large and double. An old and well-
tried rose, well deserving its popularity.

Appoline. An extra fine rose; very large, full,
and double; exceedingly sweet ;jcolor clear pink,
dashed with rosy-crimson; edges and reverse of
petals silver-rose ; one of the best for Summer bed-
ding, and quite hardy even in the Northern States.
Quite as satisfactory as the old favorite Hermosa. _

Bourbon Queen. Delicate flesh-rose, shaded
with salmon; double, and of good size; a beautiful
flower.

Comptesse de Barbatannes. Flowers cupped,

large and full; flesh-white; resembles the Hybrid

Noisettes in habit; very free.

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STRONG GROWING ROSES: HARDY IN COLD CLIMATES.

Mrs.John Laing.
A new Hybrid
Rose, the produc-
tion of Mr. Ben-
nett; color a soft,
delicate pink, with
a satin tinge; the A¥
whole flower fre- §3
quently shows a
distinctly silver ¥§
tinge. The flowers [fgg
are large, finely §
shaped, and ex- f
ceedingly frag- ig
rant. A vigorous,
strong grower, ev- 1
ery shoot produc-
ing magnificent
bloom. It com-
mences to flower |
very early in the
season; is remark-
ably profuse in the
production of its
bloom, even until
lat: Autumn. Re- : : Z = Ip .
ceived the Gold i xi, Z N ; x
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Show. 0 wlb asa NK Ky ANN 2 . \
grand variety, of §
highest merit.’’ —
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culture. ‘‘Ithasa
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rose."—7e Garden. ‘*Remarkable alike for its superb form,
delicate coloring, and delightful perfume.” —Gardeners’ Mag-
azine. ‘‘A grand Rose.” — Gardeners’ Chronicle. Perhaps

the freest blooming Rose in its class, and very sweet. A
Rose of very great merit. From indications will do fine in
the forcing house. Sp'endid in pots and valuable in the
open ground. Splendid plants of this variety, 35 cts. each;
10 plants, $3.00

H. P.s—CULTURAL NOTES AND NOVELTIES.

If you are beginning a collection of H.P.s, you might try, as first choice, the{following ten varietics,
GroupI. They are among the hardiest, the freest flowering, and the most diversified in color, beside

being low-priced :

ROSES. AND.

OTHER PLANTS.

GROUP I.

Anna de Diesbach, rose.
Coquette des Blanches, white.
Coquette des Alps, white.

Paul Neron, rosy pink.

Mme. Masson, rosy crimson.
Gen. Jacqueminot, crimson.
Gen. Washington, rosy carmine.
Jean Liabaud, crimson.

Jules Margottin, cherry red.
Magna Charta, carmine.

GROUP II.

The Aristocracy of the H.P:s.
in the whole family of roses.

Her Majesty, carmine.
Baroness Rothschild, pink. “Y
Capt. Christy, pink.) £
Merveille de Lyon, pure white.
Mabel Morrison, pure white.

\ Alfred Colomb, carmine crimson:

Quite unsurpassed

More attention is paid each year to hardy roses,
It isa great satisfaction to have a cluster of these
strong-growing kinds, about which you need have
no fear in the severest winters. It is true they bloom
in greatest profusion in June, but the varieties cata-
logued are specially recommended for blooming again
in the Autumn; and if, by the use of hellebore, you
keep the worms from destroying their fine foliage,

and intersperse your Gladioli and Tigridias among
them, your bed will be beautiful throughout the sea-
son.

In planting H. P.s, you need a portion of the
patience required in tree-planting, as they seldom
show more than a stray bloom or so the first year,
improving grandly each succeeding season. The
idea of permanence ts an added pleasure in their
culture. The first June that gives you a good show of
bloom, rounded flowers, and delicious old-time odor,

you will declare yourself well repaid for your patience.

Culturé.— Prepare the bed as under general direc-
tions.. Each Fall, mulch thoroughly with leaves and
old, strawy manure ; in the early Spring spade this
into the soil; cut back weak shoots and shorten the
canes as desired. Don’t forget to use the hellebore
on the very first sight of a worm on the leaves

THREE NOVELTIES.

Mme. Thibaut Aine. Bright cherry rose, petals
often bordered with white; large, full, of beautiful
shape, and vigorous in growth ; “distinct and novel.

Compte de Paris. Brilliant poppy red, shaded
and illuminated with bright purple and vivid crim-
son; large. full, and of good form and finish. Very
vigorous; a grand new rose, judging by the raiser’s
description, and accounts of itin the French journals.

Mrs. John Laing. A new and valuable H. P.,
which is illustrated and fully described on page 25.

35c. each.

H. P.s—STANDARD SORTS.

Price, 10 Cents (From 2%4 inch pots, fine young plants) except where noted.

BARONESS ROTHSCHILD.

Baroness Rothschild. The form of
this rose is absolute perfection; globular
in shape, the petals curved and of waxen
texture. Though perfectly double, there
-is no crowding of petals. Flowers large,
\ with satiny finish, and of a very pleasing
shade of delicate but
decided pink. Habit
and style of growth
very good. A perfect
H.P.) Price; 25 cts:

Alfred Colomb.
Bright carmine crim-
son; very large, full,
and of fine globular
form. One of the fin-
est roses grown, both
in form and color,
besides being an ex-
cellent grower. Many
European growers 1n-
sist that it is identi-
cal with M.P. Wilder.

_We doubt this, but it
is very similar to it,
and quite satisfactory
in growth. 20 cents.

Dr. Hogg. Vigor-
ous and very hardy.
Color deep violet, ev-
enly shaded with pur-,
ple; a peculiar shade
of very fine cupshape.
Very distinct and
beautiful.

HILL & CO., RICHMOND, IND. 27

COQUETTE DES ALPS.

Coquette des Alps.

White, sometimes shaded |

Capt. Christy. This is one of the most popular

pink; in clusters, of fine cup form. Beautiful for} varieties of roses in Europe, universally esteemed

cemetery planting Perhaps the very finest white

for open air planting.

American Beauty may be described as an ever-
blooming Hybrid Perpetual. Every characteristic
would place it in this class, except its succession of
bloom and the freedom with which it can be forced
in the winter. Its color is a deep, glowing rose,
sometimes darker, but always a beautiful distinct
shade, whether darker or lighter. The shape is
globular, very double, and the odor is delicious, as
sweet as the sweetest June rose. We have yet to

meet the person who is not enthusiastic over it. |

Price, 20 cents

Anna de Diesbach. Bright, fine rose color, very
large and showy. Particularly fine in bud. Flower
slightly cupped ; a vigorous grower ; one of the best.
This is the famous Gloire de Paris.

Alphonse Soupert. Robust in growth, flowers of
enormous size. Colora pure bright rose. A superb
rose. 20 cents.

| for its many good qualities. It is the result of cross-
jing Victor Verdier and Saffrano, and is virtually a

Hybrid Tea. It is quite free in growth, with pecu-
| liar, light, leathery, green leaflets. The flowers are
of a magnificent form, very double, and stand eréct
Color a fresh, delicate pink, with deeper shading
in center of the flower, the whole flower possessing
a bright, satiny appearance. Very free flowering
A desirable variety. 15 cents.

Baron Nathalie de Rothschild. <A fine, delicate
silvery rose, very large, almost full, of very perfect
globular form Resembles Baroness Rothschild,
from.which it sprung. Price, 25 cents

Baron Bonstettin. Red, black, and crimson
flower large and full; one of the darkest. A vigor-
ous grower.

Cheshunt Hybrid. Deep purplish crimson ; fine
| flower, sweet scented, and inclined toward a climb-

_ing habit.

ROSES AND OTHER PLANTS.

Si

COQUETTE DES BLANCHES

Coq. des Blanches. A finely-formed, pure white
rose ; occasionally shows light flesh when first open-
ing; beautiful sheil-shaped petals, evenly arranged.

| Flowers of good size, perfect, and of fine form and

finish. We think highly of this beautiful white rose,
blooming as it does throughout the entire Summer.
It is sure to please. One of the finest, freest, and
most beautiful of the white hybrids. Very suitable
for cemetery planting.

Claire Cochet, Vigorous; flowers very large,
slightly globular, full; petals very large; color fine,
clear rose, brighter in the center; the edge of the
petals covered with a diamond gloss; one of the
finest French introductions of later years. Price, 25
cents.

Crown Prince. Flowers bright purple, the center
shaded with lurid crimson; very large and double.
Petals fine ; very floriferous and of excellent growth
and habit.

Duke of Albany. Brilliant glowing crimson, very
fine color, large and globular; a bold, fine flower,
and very fragrant. Good habit.

Duke of Edinburgh. Brilliant scarlet crimson
shaded with maroon ; large and full; one of the best.

Haye eas.
deep cerise-red ;
form, and very sweet.

growth ;
globular

Moderately vigorous in
large and full, of perfect
Habit quite erect.

Exposition de Brie. Rich glowing crimson. Very
large flowers, of fine form.
eral planting.

Francois Levet. A splendid rose, flowering freely,
and very full; fresh, clear rose, bright and glisten-
ing. The flower is very large, and of fine form.

Gabriel Tournier. A fine free - blooming rose.
One of the freest blooming varieties in the section.

Glory of Cheshunt. Color rich crimson, very
bright and vivid. A strong, robust growing sort,
with very fine foliage. A most beautiful rose.

Rosy -carmine, shaded
Very double,

General Washington.
scarlet ; very brilliant and glossy.
and of good, form

One of the best for gen-

General Jacqueminot. Bright crimson,
exceedingly rich and velvety. The buds and
partially expanded flowers are very fine, and
fairly glow with its deep, rich coloring, «A,
vigorous grower and free bloomer. Grown
extensively ; should be in every collection.
Known as one of the finest roses extant.

Gloire Lyonnaise. White, slightly tinged
with saffron. Large, but quite open in the
center. In form of flower and fragrance it
resembles the Tea Roses. Quite distinct.
This was heralded as a new yellow H.P., but
it is a decided failure as far as that color is
concerned. However, it has some very good
points.

Gypsy. Dark velvety red, of fine texture.
Quite hardy and vigorous, and a most per-
sistent bloomer. Fine for cut blooms. Price,
25 cents.

Giant des Battailes. Brilliant crimson,
large, very double, and sweet. An old-time
favorite, and still deservedly popular.

Leon St. Jean. Flowers bright poppy-red;
fine, round, globular shaped blooms.

Her Majesty. This variety is one of the most
popular ‘n England, receiving unstinted praise. In
this country, excellent reports are coming from plants
that have been established three years (and among
them a few complaining of its lack of bloom). In
the South, despite the dry summer, it has made a
good record as a PERPETUAL blooming H. P. of great
beauty. It no longer mildews, and is the rankest
grower in the family. We think there is little doubt
but that it will head the aristocracy of H. P.s, as it °
ought by right of title. Price, 25 cents.

John Hopper. Bright rose, with carmine center ;
large and full. One of the best. Vigorous and free.

Jean Liabaud. Fiery crimson, shaded with black ;
very dark and rich. Flowers large, full, and beauti-
fully formed. Good habit. A fine, dark rose.

Juies Margottin. Bright, clear, cherry-red, large
and very double; a magnificent rose. Free bloomer,
and vigorous. <A general favorite. One of the best
roses.

Longfellow. Violet crimson, in the way of Chas.
Lefevre, but more violet in color ; growth vigorous ;
a very handsome rose. 20 cents.

Louis Chrietien. Flowers very large, full, of
globular form. Color rosy-crimson, with a salmon
center. This is a novel and striking rose.

La Reine.
large, full, and very double.

Lord Frederick Cavendish. Very bright red. A
showy and attractive rose. Received with pleasure
by the English rose-loving people. A fine flower, of
good form and substance. 20 cents.

Madame Charles Wood. Rosy - crimson, some-
times darker; large and double to the center, of
open form. A low grower, but branches freely.

Marie Rady. Brilliant red. Flowers large and
of fine form, very full, imbricated. One of the
finest.

A favorite old variety; rosy- pink,
Vigorous, free.

Magna Charta. Pink, suffused with carmine;
full, globular. One of the very finest of its color.
Magnificent buds.

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Mabe] Morrison. Of excellent habit, and a very
free bloomer; petals thick, and of a soft, smooth
texture, shell-shaped; very double and rounded in
form. Of the purest white, and almost velvety in
its finish. One bloom, with its attendant foliage, is
a bouquet of beauty in itself. Price, 25 cents.

Marshall P. Wilder. Color bright cherry-car-
mine; fragrant; of vigorous growth, with fine foliage.
One of the freest of H. P.s to bloom. We can)|
recommend this rose without hesitation. 20 cents,

' Marechal Vaillant. Very bright crimson.
finely formed crimson rose.

A very

Maurice Bernardin. Bright crimson, large, mod-
erately full; a.good, free-flowering sort; generally
comes in clusiers. Very free.

. Marie Bianchi. An imbricated rose, of good form;
very fragrant ; light rosy-pink, shaded silver. Free
flowering

Marie Baumann. Bright carmine; flower very |
large and of exquisite form; free bloomer ; in every
way one of the finest roses grown.

Pride of Reigate. Sport from Countess of Oxford, |
with flowers spotted and striped with white, varying
greatly in its colors and markings from original
description, but beautiful in all its phases. 25 cents.

Mme. Norman Neruda. A vigorous grower, of
light cherry-carmine; flower of medium size, but
beautiful form.

Mme. Masson. Large and double; color red-
dish-crimson, of fine form and substance ; a constant
bloomer, and invaluable for bedding purposes ; one
of the best. \

Prirce Camille de Rohan.
moderately double; good habit ;
shy bloomer.

Merveille de Lyon.
purest untinted white. Quite double, slightly cupped,
while globular in outline ; set in large calyx foliage.
A gem among flowers. Perfectly hardy; requires

Crimson - maroon ;
fine in bud. A

An immense rose, of the)

| at the center.

Mme. Gabriel Luizet. Thecolor is a fine satin
rose, inlaid with silvery-rose, and color heightened
It is one of the sweetest and most
beautiful roses grown. Price, 25 cents.

Color clear carmine- rose,

A strong, vigorous
A striking variety. 20

Princess Radzwill.
shaded with dark crimson:
grower, and of good habit.
cents. ;

Paul Neron. Deep shining rose, very fresh and
pretty. Flowers large, often measuring five inches
in diameter, and it has this merit: though very large,
the buds always develop fine, perfect roses. | It is,
moreover, a good, strong grower, with nice, almost
thornless stems, which often attain 6 and 7 feet ina
single season. We know of no rose possessing so

|many good points to recommend itself as, the Paul

Neron. Grown by thousands in the Eastern cities
for its good, free-blooming qualities.

Queen of Queens. Pink, with blush edges ; large,
full, and:of perfect form. A true perpetual flower-
ing rose, every shoot being terminated with a flower.
A splendid garden rose. Price, 25 cents.

Sou. Victor Hugo. Of the Victor Verdier type,
with large, glossy foliage; color of flower bright
satin-rose ; of fine form and finish.

Victor Verdier. Rich cherry-rose, shaded car-
mine, very fine coloring; flowers large, beautifully
formed ; very full ; very free flowering. A popular
rose.

Victor Verdier. (Climbing.)
above, except in habit.

White Baroness Rothschild. A pure white
flowered Baroness Rothschild. This variety retains
all the fine qualities of its parent, and is a veritable
white Hybrid Rose. Petals broad and shell-shaped,_
each with narrow, recurved edge. The white of this

Identical with the

“rose is not the sheeny white found in the Tea Roses,

but the soft texture seems to absorb the light instead
of reflecting it. Its fine habit makes it a beautiful

little attention after being properly set out, Price, object in a grass plot. A royal flower. Price, 25
25 cents. cents.
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HARDY CLIMBING ROSES.

Climbing Roses are highly valued for training over arbors, trellises, and verandas; also as screens for

unsightly objects, such as old buildings, fences, walls, etc.

They grow ten to twelve feet high, and are

entirely hardy. They bloom the second year, and but once in the season, but are then loaded with splen-

did roses, and are among the most beautiful of flowering plants.

best, and succeed well in all sections of the country.
A

Price, 10 c

Baltimore Belle. By all odds the most beautiful
of the hardy climbers; no Northern home should be
_ without one. Beside using against a wall or trellis,
_ they make a fine background for hardy roses, or may
te used as a centerpiece in a round bed, by clipping
\ _ back slightly. When open, the roses are medium

sized, flat, and very double ; a beautiful white, slightly

tinted; buds light carmine and white, It can not be
raised too highly.

Russell’s Cottage.

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Dark, velvety crimson ; very |

The varieties described below are the:

ents each.

Prairie Queen. Clear, bright pink, sometimes
with a white stripe; large, compact, and globular ;
very double and full; blooms inclusters ; one of the
finest.

Gem of the Prairie. Bright, violet crimson;
large, very double, and fragrant; not so free a
bloomer as some, but a valuable sort.

Greville, or Seven Sisters. Flowers in large clus-
| ters: varies in color from white to crimson.

double and full; a profuse bloomer.

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Moss roses stand alone in picturesque beauty, different and distinct from all others. Their opening

buds, half covered with delicate clinging moss of fairy-like texture, are the admiration of every beholder.

The Moss Rose is a strong, vigorous grower, perfectly hardy, and therefore justly esteemed as very
desirable for out-door culture in open ground. Most varieties bloom but once in the season, and usually
not the first year ; but the lowers and buds are very large and handsome, they remain in bloom a long time,
and are highly prized wherever beautiful roses are known. Moss Roses like rich ground, and are much
improved in beauty and fragrarice by liberal manuring and good cultivation; but they bear hardships and
neglect well, and always bloom profusely. Being difficult and slow of propagation, the price is higher than

for other roses.
25 cents each; the set for $1.00.

_ Perpetual White. One of the finest of the fam- ‘Glory of Mosses. A magnificent Moss Rose;
ily, flowering in clusters; buds heavily mossed ; fra-| extra large and perfectly double; color deep rosy
grant; a strong-growing, free-blooming kind. Very | carmine, shaded purple crimson; very mossy and
desirable for cemetery planting. fragrant; one of the finest. One of the most ram-
Henry Martin. Lich, glossy pink, tinged with | Pant growing roses to be found in any class, and a
crimson ; large, globular flowers; full and sweet, and | Most profuse bloomer in its season.
finely mossed.
Mme. Moreau. Buds finely mossed and very Mousseline. Very fine, large, full, and fragrant ;
beautiful ; color rich carmine, with crimson center ; | Color pure white, shaded with pink; nicely mossed,
petals edged with white; fragrant. and a good bloomer.

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jair prices, and it’s a joy and a pleasure to grow them. | to say nothing about growing them,’”’ (Along with these
They started right off to blooming.”’ cheap roses you will get mildew, red spider, and kindred

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ABUTILON.
Price, 10 cents each.

The Abutilon is of as easy culture as any
of the commonly known bedding plants. It is
beautiful both in leaf and flower, and is very profuse
in bloom. No finer ornamental plants can be found
than the variegated varieties of this charming plant

A. Besson. Has a long, pendulous flower, ofa
light orange-red, with lighter veinings. Flower stem
of unusual length, and flower of good shape. Very
free bloomer.

Lustrous. Very fine open flower, bright crimson
color. Very profuse in bloom; has all the requisite
qualities of a first-class Abutilon.

King of Roses, Flowers of a beautiful bright .

rose color ; free bloomer, of excellent habit.

Ed. Layeillon. Of a bright golden yellow, with
some shadings of flame; resembles a semi-double
flower, as the petals overlap. A very unique-variety.

Etendard. Entirely distinct; flowers are very
large and spreading ; open. At least three inches in
diameter, and borne in clusters of five or six. Light
crimson in color. Very free.

Boule de Neige. White flowers. Plant compar-
atively dwarf, and blooms very freely. The best of
all for house culture. Beautiful.

Thompsoni Plena. Beautiful variegated foliage,
green and gold ;-has perfectly double flowers, resem-

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| flowers at the end of every branch; excellent for

bling a double hollyhock, pendant; color rich orange, | winter blooming, and one of the most serviceable

shaded with crimson

Joseph Hill. A free and continuous bloomer ;
flowers large, with incurved, overlapping petals ;

orange, veined crimson ; beautiful. One of the best }

in the collection

Vexillarium Picta. Foliage small, mottled yellow
and green ; flower scarlet and yellow; of drooping
habit. An excellent plant for vases and baskets

ACALYPHA.

A plant with rich tropical foliage, standing the
hottest Summer sun; a good bedder; fine conserya-
tory plant for winter. Price, 15 cents each.

Tricolor. Leaves ovate and notched ; irregularly
mottled with dark red, rose color, and bronze. Pro-

duces a beautiful effect when bedded with Crotons |

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Macafeeana. Foliage highly colored ; bright red,
blotched crimson.

| house plants grown. , Does well planted out in the

/summer in open ground. Very attractive and of

}easy culture. Price, ro cents.

ALTERNANTHERAS.

Plants with beautifully variegated foliage, growing

| from twelve to twenty-four inches in diameter, and

| six inches in height; uséd principally for ribbon lines,
| borders, or for forming carpet beds; the leaves are
| tinted, bordered, blotched, and variegated in almost
levery conceivable form, with the brightest colors ;
bright carmine and crimson tints prevailing.

Aurea Nana. A variety of compact, upright
growth, never attaining a height of over four inches
It becomes a bright yellow at once after planting,
and retains its color throughout the entire season.

Parychoides Major. Leaves tinted crimson, scar-
let, and pink. It becomes intensely colored after
| being planted a short time. It is perhaps the most

32 ROSES AND OTHER PLANTS.

effective colored leaved plant for edging purposes.
Price, 10 cents each, 50 cents per dozen.
press, $4.00 per 100.

We have other varieties, but the above are the
best, by all odds.

AMARYLLIS.

The Amaryllis are an interesting class of tender
bulbs, desirable for growing in pots, producing showy
flowers that are very attractive and handsome. The
bulb may be set out in the border after danger from
frost is past. See that there is plenty of sharp sand
added toa rich soil; let the top of the bulb be even
with the earth. The great secret is to give this bulb
an alternate season of rest and growth. When pot-
ted, give plenty of heat and water and light; while
blooming, and afterward, gradually withhold water
till they cease growing, when they may be kept quite
dry and at about forty degrees. No finer bulbous
plant is grown. ‘The flowers are very large, and of
exceedingly beautiful colors.

Amaryllis Johnsonii. Dark red with white stripe,
crimson shadings. Succeeds with everyone, Its
magnificent blooms, produced on strong spikes, are
a sight to behold. Price, good bulbs, 50 cents ;
strong bulbs, 75 cents.

Amaryllis Defiance. Flowers nearly all the sea-
son, has large carmine red colored flowers, with
white stripes running through them. The whole
flower is lined, finely penciled with white. Price,
good bulbs, $1.00; strong bulbs, $1.50.

Vallota Purpurea. Has large crimson - scarlet
lily-like flowers. Blooms several times during the
year. 20 cents.

Amaryllis Aulica. A remarkable variety, with

By ex-| large, spreading flowers, often five inches across.

Most beautifully striped, white, green, and light
crimson. Price, good bulbs, $1.50+ strong bulbs,
$2.00.

Formossissima. Intense velvety crimson; a most
strikingly brilliant color, which will certainly please
any lover of flowers. 20 cents each; $1.50 per
dozen, by express. x 5 Ma

Atamasco Rose. Beautiful upright flowers ;
petals broad and very spreading, of a\ lovely soft
pink, changing with age of flower. zo cents each,
$i per dozen.

Seedlings. We have obtained a limited quantity
of very choice seedlings from one of the most noted
cultivators in London, and we are assured that they
are unsurpassed, either in coloring and size of
flower, or in variety and distinctness of character.
We can, therefore, offer them with pleasure atthe
following prices: $2 each; four bulbs for $7; eight
bulbs for $12. -

ASPARAGUS TENUISSIMUS.

An elegant evergreen climber, from South Africa ;
with slender, smooth stems and numerous spreading
branches. A handsome ornamental plant. Its plumy
feathery growths are very useful for decoration, 20

cents.
AGERATUMS.

A class of free flowering plants, both Summer and
Winter ; easy of culture, and very desirable for cut
flowers. _ 10 cents each.

Bonneri. A dwarf compact variety ; flowers blush
white ; a fine bedding variety. '

Cannell’s Dwarf. A very dwarf variety, scarcely
ever exceeding six inches in height ; one of the finest
plants for carpet bedding or for edging large beds.
Flowers bright lavender blue.

ALYSSUM.

Price, 10 cents each; %o cents per dozen.

Double. A very beautiful variety, splendid for
cut-flowers.; fine green foliage, and produces enor-
mous quantities of double pure white flowers. Fra-
grant. Four to six inches high..

ARISTOLOCHIA SIPHO.—Dutchman’s Pipe.
Price, 25 cents each.

A vigorous growing vine, with broad, deep green
leaves, 6 to 8 inches in diameter, and curious yellow-
ish-brown tubular flowers, resembling in shape a
meerschaum pipe. One of the finest of our native
hardy climbers ; will grow 15 to 20 feet in a season.
A two-year-old vine trained over a screen will give
complete shade in a few days, putting out its leaves
with the fruit trees. Aristolochias like a sandy loam.

AMPELOPSIS.

Another class of hardy native climbers; make an
extraordinary growth in a year; one does not have
to wait half the season for a leafy screen, for the
strong, grape-like branches of an established plant
are covered with the new leaves very early in the
season ; grows in any soil. ;

Quinquefolia, or five-leaved ivy. A rapid grower,
clinging to brick or stone, or to old trees. A beau-
tiful green, changing to high, bright colors in Au-
tumn, and carrying miniature bunches of grape-like

fruit. Price, ro cents.
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fe Veitchii. This vine also goes under the names of
Japanese Ivy and Boston Ivy. It clings readily to
any surface, not even excepting glass, where it will
spread its fairy-like tracery of infinitessimal leaflets
and the accompanying circular suckers by which it
is attached. These suckers are smaller than pin-
heads, but just the color of those leather ones known
to our boyhood, and acting on the same principle.
The older leaves attain a moderate size; these are
graduated down to very small ones. The texture is
leathery and smooth; the foliage is closely over-lap-
ping, not a stem visible.
’ autumn ; in summer it is a delicate green. We need
not sigh for English ivy to festoon our walls while we
have Ampelopsis Veitchit. Price, 15 cents.

ACHYRANTHES.

Very pretty and attractive leaved plants, useful in
massing and ribbon gardening, contrasting with Goleus
and other foliage plants. toc. each; 75c. per dozen,

Formosum. Rich bright yellow, with light green
edge and crimson mid-rib, with crimson stems.
Very fine.

Aureus Reticulatus.
sometimes dashed with crimson.
veins. Very fine.

ALOYSIA CITRIODORA.

Lemon Verbena. A favorite garden plant, with
delightfully fragrant foliage; fine for bouquets and
for spreading through linen presses. We never yet
met a person who was not fond of its aromatic fra-
grance. It attainsa large size in a single season;
may be wintered in the cellar, not allowing it to be-
come absolutely dry. Frequent spraying with clear
water will prevent the attacks of red spider, which
is also very partial to the Aloysia. Price, 10 cents.

ASPIDISTRA (Lurida Variegata).

One of the best window plants, standing dust and
gas well. The leaves are eight to twelve inches long,
and four to six inches wide; of a deep green color,
distinctly striped creamy white. A splendid plant
for Ferneries or Wardian cases. 25 cents.

AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS,

The blue African Lily, is a noble plant, and pro-
duces spikes or stems with the flowers— some 25 or
30— on the end, in acompact bunch. It is a plant
of easy culture, flourishing in good rich soil. ‘Treat
similar to Amaryllis, except that the Agapanthus is an
evergreen, and must not be dried off in winter.
Color of flowers a clear porcelain blue. 25 cents.

Agapanthus Umbellatus Flore Albo. The pure
white-flowered evergreen Agapanthus. This is a

Green, netted with yellow,
Pink stem and

splendid companion to the blue-flowered variety.
The individual flowers, of beautiful wax-like texture,
50 cents.

are suitable for bouquet purposes.

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BOUVARDIAS.

These beautiful plants are among our best winterm
bloomers, being of very easy culture, and furnishing
a profusion of flowers throughout winter and early
spring. All the varieties described below are espec-
ially adapted for winter flowering, and are the most
used by florists for this purpose. (See cut.) Extra
fine flowering plants.

Price, 15 cents, except where noted.

Vesuvius. A new Bouvardia, which promises te
become one of the best standard sorts; flowers
single, very large, and of dark crimson shade, almost
bordering on maroon; of robust, healthy habit; a
fine grower. Price, 20 cents. ;

Elegans. Light scarlet-carmine ; immense truss
and flower : very brilliant in color, and an exceed-
ingly free bloomer ; one of the best.

Alfred Neuner. Large, double white flowers
composed of three perfect rows of petals of the purest
waxy white color, each flower resembling a miniature
tuberose.

President Garfield.. Double pink. The flowers
of this new variety are the same size and formatiom
as the double white, while the color is of a bright pink

Vreelandii. Another fine white Bouvardia, bloom-
ing with the greatest freedom and for a long season -
exceedingly fine in winter.

President Cleveland. A brilliant scarlet crimsor
variety, of great’merit. Raised by W. A. Bock, of
Massachusetts. This is an excellent variety, and
worthy of extended culture. Price, 20 cents each

BEGONIA REX.

The most ornamental of window plants when well
grown. Give them a soil composed of rich loam.
wocds earth, and sharp sand. They require a warm
moist atmosphere, and a shady situation; suitable
for wardian cases. They are universally admired for
their grand leaves, which-are elegant in form, rich im
coloring, and of the deepest velvety texture. Do not
allow the sun tostrike the leaves while wet; moderate
waterings best, except when the plant becomes large

10 beautiful leaf varieties for $1.25, or 15 cents each~.

Jules Chretien. A new and rare Rex Begonia wt
exceedingly beautiful coloring, and a very high lJus-
tre, like changeable silk. Flowers large, and of a
beautiful pink shade. The zone very distinctly»
marked. 20cents. (See cut to the left.)

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Noticeable among the newer sorts is the variety figured in the cut. It is, perhaps, the most valuable
addition of later years. It is quite distiné from any known variety, and is a wonderful flower producer in
the winter months. The bloom is borne in large, compaét trusses, and the florets are large and perfect in
outline. Color a most delightful shade of pink. Foliage a dark bronzy plum color, with a rich metallic
lustre. The very perfection of a beautiful pot plant. Habit and foliage all that could be desired. It will
grow and flourish in almost any soil. Price, 35 cents each.

Instead of describing our varieties, we wish we | plants these require the least care to keep them in
could point them out to you as they grow and bloom) prime condition. Anyone acquainted with Welton-
in our houses. Many persons fear to attempt their | iensis, and it is the best known variety, probably,
‘culture, thinking them difficult to grow. How the! will attest that it grows like a weed, making an object
idea originated we cannot imagine, for of ali window of exquisite beauty in a short time, and it is a type

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of the growth of this set of Begonias.
dow garden can accommodate only one plant, let it

be one of the freest flowering and largest growing of

this class—a Rubra, or Metallica, or Weltoniensis.
Only under the very worst conditions do they become
‘*scraggy," and you know how prone window plants
are to this condition. If you can grow a dozen sorts,
your delight will be increased ercive® fold. Give
them a light soil, woods earth, some sharp sand, a a
rich loam ; a /¢¢/e old cow-yard soil may be used,

thoroughly decomposed, and will very much ae
the rich coloring of the leaves, but in too large quan-
tities, or if fresh, is very harmful. Do not allow the
soil to become sodden (plenty of sand will prevent
this), and do not give too much water. Begonias
are not troubled with insects of any kind; only keep
them free from dust.

foot or eighteen inches across, while others have foli-
age as fine asa sweet brier. We have tried to des-
cribe them minutely, so as to-give an idea of the
general style of each

Alba Picta. A perfectly distinct new variety.
It is shrubby in habit, and of very compact g growth
having long, slender, pointed leaves on short
stems. The leaves are glossy green, thickly spotted
with silvery white, the spots graduating in size from
the center toward the margin. Foliage small and
elegant. The branches are upright, and gracefully
curving. 25 cents

Argyrostigma Picta.
ing variety Leaves smooth and glossy, a silvery
green, dotted white, and the shape of the Rubra
leaves. Flowers lemon white, produced in corymbs.
A magnificent pot plant. 310 cents each.

By some grown under the name of
Massiliensis. A very dwarf compact grower, rarely
attaining more than five inches in height. Color of
flowers pure w hite ; the flowers are produced in such
quantities that they completely hide the beautiful
foliage. Price, 10 cents

Bruantii.

Bruanti Elegans. Leaves small to medium in
size, of fan shape, and so glossy they appear to have
been triple varnished. Color a clear bright green.
A very graceful shrubby shaped plant, bearing sprays
of white bloom. to cents.

Bruanti Rosea. Quite as fine as A/egans, while
the leaves are darker in color, with veins depressed.
The flower is a fine rose color. An excellent variety.
Io cents

Lobata Variegata. Medium size, smooth,
pointed, and prettily notched ; lightly
red ; body dark green, with silvery spots.
in habit. A very good sort. 10 cents

long
edged. with
Shrubby

Caroliniafolia. A large growing variety, with
leaves palmate of the same form as the five - leaf
Virginia Creeper. Glossy surface, of good green ;
underside covered with substance like white cotton
20 cents.

Dr. Nachtigal. Flowers a tender and
very odorous; the only fragrant Begonia that we
know. It has large deep green leaves, and is a
strong, vigorous free-flowering variety, of upright
growth. Very pretty. Price, 15 cents

rose color

Feastii. A low, spreading Begonia, with perfectly
circular leaves, red beneath and dark glossy green
above, and of heavy texture. After the style of San-
guinea, save shape of leaf, and being still dwarfer
Very pretty and ornamental. 15 cents.

There is the greatest diversity |
in varieties some sorts having five-pointed leaves a)

If your win-)|

A handsome, compact grow- |

; When open the flower is waxy white.

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BEGONIA METALLICA.

Metallica. A fine, erect - growing Begonia, with
dark, rough leaves ; the surface is a lustrous bronze-
green ; veins depressed and dark red. The depres-
sion of the veins gives the leaves a crape-like appear-

ance. The leaf is triangular in form, much‘ longer
than wide. A free Bloomes The panicles of un-

opened buds are bright red, with surface like plush.
A friend ina

| farmhouse showed us a Metallica in one window, a

Rubra in the other. They were in large pots, and
each was over four feet high. A grown person could
not reach around the Metallica. It was two years
old, and had bloomed freely throughout the winter.
A very fine variety. Price, 10 cents.

Gilsoni. Large leaved, smooth, upright growing.
The leaf is sharp pointed and regularly toothed ;

long, triangular form, very elegant. Racimes of
| pink flowers on long stems. 15 cents.
Goury. A smooth, small-leaved, erect variety ;

flowers pale pink. 10 cents.

Glaucophylla Scandens. Leaves dark silvery
green, with lighter edge, long, pointed, and graceful.
A pretty trailing variety that can be trained on a
slight support. A beautiful basket or shelf plant.
Profusion of orange-colored flowers. 10 cents.

Hy. Coccinea. In foliage and habit quite similar
to our old favorite Weltoniensis, but in place of the
soft pink flower of that variety, this bears the great-
est profusion of cardinal red blooms, with the brush
of quivering yellow stamens forming a beautiful cen-
ter. One of the best. Color especially fine. 20 cts.

Margarite. A variety with leaves like Metallica,
to which it is related. It grows in round, bushy
form, Leaves bronze- green, with purplish cast.
Very free-flowering. Large trusses pf delicate cream
and rose-colored flowers. Price, 10 cents each

M. Eugene Vallerand. <A plant of great beauty,
being covered the entire summer with large, beauti-
ful rose and orange red flowers, flowering as freely
as Weltoniensis. Leaves long and sharp-pointed,
small, notched, and glossy. Splendid. Price, 25e

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One of the most beautiful variegated plants within our knowledge.

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MANICATA AUREA.

The plain green Begonia Man-

icata is a very beautiful variety, clean and glossy, bearing the veil of pink bloom above; but, when we

find Manicata beautifully blotched with cream color,
carries such bold marking nor in so pleasing combina

tation of the plant. Price, 75 cents each.

A large leaved variety, surface smooth |
The large panicles of pink flowers
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Manicata.
and bright green.
are borne high above the foliage.

McBethii. Of the Weltoniensis type, with very
deeply indented leaves, which are fine and small.
Shrubby in growth, and very free- flowering, being
constant the year round. A fine summer bedding |
plant, if given a light soil and perfect shade ; put it
among your-ferns. White flowers, waxy in texture, |
carried in panicles. Price, ro cents.

Nigricans. Upright growing; color a dark red,
overspread with a distinét silvery shade. Pink flowers.
Very fine for pots, vases, or baskets, as it is free and

deepening into canary, no other plant that we know

tion of colors. The wood cut is a correct represen-

Incarnata. An erect growing variety, with nar-
row, sharp-pointed leaves, small, notched, and glossy-
The flower is medium-sized, and bright pink. Price,
To cents.

Jean Sisley. Orange vermillion in color, flowers
borne in tremendous quantity from April until Octo-
ber. In freedom of bloom it equals the bulbous vari-
eties. Very ornamental in growth. Price, 30 cents
each

Rubella. Belongs to the Ricinifolia section, hav-
ing large, velvety, deeply pointed leaves. The ribs
are banded with purplish brown, while the ground
is a pallid green, blotched with red. Price, 25 cents.

Richardsoni. Foliage finely cut and fern- like;

bushy in growth. Price, 15 cents.

| flowers pure white, very free. Price, ro cents.

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SEMPERFLORENS GIGANTEA ROSEA.

One of the best of the new Begonias. The following are its strong points: It is vigorous and erect-

growing ; one of the strongest. It has a very large flower, of a clear, definite cardinal red, the bud only

exceeded in beauty by the open flower, which is borne on a strong, thick stem. The leaves are smooth

and glossy, and attached closely to the main stem: both leaf and stem quite upright-growing, and forming

ashrubby, round plant. It flowers continually from October to May and is withal one of the most satis-

factory plants in the whole family. Price, 35 cents

38 ROSES AND OTHER PLANTS.

AMELIA BRUANT.

A wonderfully free growing Begonia, of sterling worth and great beauty.

This has the habit of fre-

quently blooming at the junction of the ribs of the leaf, and it imparts a novel appearance when exhibiting

this peculiar character.
from the axil of the leaf.
bush.

Olbia.
The leaves are from seven to ten inches in diameter,
and are separated into deep, sharp points. The
color is varying shades of brown and red, the young
leaves being very bright. The arrangement of the
veins gives the leaf an uneven surface. This variety
soon attains a heavy main trunk, which carries the
branches into an erect form. It has large flowers of
lemon white. One of the richest colored foliage
varieties. Price, 75 cents.

Ricinifolia. So called from its likeness to the
“Aicinus, or castor-oil plant. The leaf is very large
—will average a foot or more in diameter —and is
separated into seven or nine large points, carried on
thick, heavy stems, eighteen inches or more in
height; color a rich green, with reddish markings ;
surface velvety. In bloom it is magnificent; the
panicle, composed of great numbers of individual
pink blooms, is lifted high and spray-like, quite clear
of the foliage. One of the best for winter bloom,
besides being ornamental in foliage. Price, 15 and
25 cents.

A late introduction and a grand variety. ; -
| pointed leaves on heavy, tall stalks, like Ricinifolia ;

However, this peculiarity is not fixed, for like the other varieties, it also flowers
The plant is very compact in growth, forming a dense, well-proportioned
Flowers carmine rose, and produced in great abundance during the Winter and Spring months.
We recommend this very highly to all who love good Begonias.

Price, 35 cents each.

Ric. Maculata. A very fine variety, with large,

of velvety texture; a rich brown color, banded with

pale green. It bears large sprays of pink flowers on
long footstalks. Price, 20 cents.
Schmidtii. With fine foliage, a very beautiful

variety ; habit perfect; the leaves average an inch
and a half in length by three in breadth; of soft,
velvety texture; color reddish green, with lighter
edge, underside claret red, narrowly bordered with
green. A thrifty, shrubby little plant, bearing great
quantities of delicate pink and white flowers. One
of the prettiest of the low growing, constant flower-
ing sorts. Price, ro cents.

Sunderbruchii. In habit like Ricinifolia; foliage
not quite so large. The leaf is separated into nine
sharp points; surface bright metallic green, with
veins marked and broadly shaded with velvety black.
If bears large panicles of pinkish white flowers high
over the foliage. As fine as Ricinifolia in every
point but size, which it nearly approaches, and quite
superior in form and shading of leaf. Price, 15 cts.

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BEGONIA RUBRA.

Rubra. If you only have one Begonia, let it be a
Rubra, for it will prove a constant delight. It is so
fast-growing that it will in a year or two reach.the
top of your window, sending up heavy, stiff canes,
an inch in diameter, and rising beside them will grow
strong, slender branches, gracefully drooping under
heavy, waxen leaves and pendant panicles of coral-
colored flowers as large asa hand. We have seen
a medium-sized plant with more than twenty such
panicles at a time.
you will find three distinct forms growing side by
side. i
knowledge.

Rubra Alba.

Price, ro cents.

This is a sport from Begonia Rubra,

having foliage similar, but more drooping, and with |
not so free-flowering nor |

clusters of white flowers ,

so vigorous in growth as Rubra. Price, ten cents

Sanguinea. Leaves dark, reddish green, pointed,
stiff, glossy, and smooth-edged; underside dark

crimson. A spreading variety, neither trailing nor
erect growing. Flowers white. Shows well on a
bracket. Price, 10 cents

Sandersii. The stalks rise from a main root with-

out side branches. Leaves small, smooth, pointed
ovals. Each branch bears a cluster of drooping
scarlet, heart-shaped buds, which are very lasting
Constant bloomer. Price, ro cents

Semperflorens Elegans. This fine new variety
attains a height of 12 or 14 inches, and is a compact
mass of medium-sized, glossy, olive- green leaves
It is so free in bloom as to present the appearance of
a fine bouquet; the flower is a rosy flesh color,
shaded with bright rose, and enlivened with dense
clusters of yellow anthers. It blooms continually,
but is freest in the winter. Price, 35 cents

Verschaffelti. Very tall and robust, similar to
Gilsoni, but less notched and _ pointed Long
stemmed pink flowers. A magnificent ornamental
leaved variety, which throws its flower stems 18 to
24 inches in height. Blooms in the winter. Price,
25 cents.

Among the individual flowers |

One of the most wonderful plants within our |

Teuscheri. A beautiful upright growing variety,
transparent leaves olive-green, edged with distinct
red line, margin faintly shaded red; leaves long and
| pointing upward. Fast grower. Price, 10 cents. :
|

| Weltoniensis. After you have begun your collec-

tion of Begonias with a Rubra first, let MWe/tontensis
be second, then get as many more as you can afford.
This is the most widely known of the species; if it
were harder to grow, or more expesive, it would
probably be more sought after. With the least pos-
sible trouble this plant can be grown into an object
of surpassing beauty. The leaf is delicate green in
poor soil, but enrich it with a little old rotted manure
and heavy velvety shadings of black appear on the
maple-like leaves, every branch bearing its delicate
bunch of rosy pink bloom. May be bedded in the
Summer like J/-GetAii: Price, 10 cents.

TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS.

Tuberous rooted Begonias are among the hand-
somest of our Summer blooming plants. They thrive
finely when bedded out in a partial shade, and are
objects of great beauty the entire Summer, rivalling
the Geranium in purity, depth, and intense coloring.
Not only are they good bedders, but do admirably
grown in pots. We offer a splendid lot of bulbs,
from one of the great Begonia specialists in France.

As soon as the bulb shows indications of starting,
place in vots and transfer to open ground, after dan-
ger of frost is past. A light loam is best

Bulb, Doz.

Singlé flowered, white........... cine POVZS 2) 5O
= a5 brilliantired a s-74e y- 25p) 250
Double flowered, pure white.......... 3514 S50
i ty bright rose, .!). J: 50 500
TACHI AL KATEG 5 were) 20 35. 3 50
H bright yellow.......- 75 750

Named varieties, very finest of the continental
sorts, in twelve distinct shades of color, each labeled,
for $5.00, or 50 cents a bulb.

CUPHEA.

Platycentra. (Cigar Plant.) Always in bloom;
grows finely in the flower border in Summer, and is
covered with a profusion of bright scarlet tubes, tip-
ped black and white. Also, an excellent house plant
in Winter. Price, Io cents.

Mvssopifolia. Admirably adapted for borders,
| flower beds, hanging baskets, etc.; flowers bright
| lilac, produced the entire year, and commencing upon
very small plants. Price, ro cents

CROTONS.

The crotons are among the finest decorative foliage
plants known. The leaves of all are more or less
veined and margined, sometimes entirely variegated
with shades of yellow, orange, and crimson. . Some
have long, narrow leaves, arching gracefully, foun-
tain-fashion; others broad and short, oak -leaved.
Some re-curved very much; others twisted, cork-
screw like. Crotons love heat, sunshine, and moist-
ure. They make beautiful bedding plants in the heat
of Summer, and thrive much better in the house in
Winter for their outdoor growth. We have six very
beautiful and distinct varieties. Price, 20 cts. each.

Bey) ROSES AND OTHER PLANTS.

FANCY-LEAVED CALADIUMS.

We have a fine collection of first-class, distinct, brilliantly marked varieties. These plants are espe-
ially valuable for decorating conservatories, window boxes, and as specimen plants. Most of the vari-
Wizz eties succeed finely in partly shaded

warm out-door borders, in light,
rich soil, if planted early in Sum-
mer. They are never as large as
Esculentum, but the brilliant car-
dinal red, cream, pink, and vari-
ous shades of green that are dis-
played in the veinings and blotches
of the leaves can not be obtained
in any other class of plants. For
arranging floral baskets or table
decorations, the leaves are quite
as handsome as any flower. Price,
20 cents each, for fine, well-dried
tubers. Six distinct varieties, $1.

Caladium Arboreum. An erect
' growing variety, with heavy woody
, trunk. Can be kept green all Win-
ter. Leaves point directly upward
. without drooping. A very orna-
mental, tropical plant. Price, 2
cents.

Caladium Esculentum. A very
) effective plant, and suitable for
either a single plant on the lawn,
masses in beds, or margins of water;
- its very distinct, apron-like leaves
often attain the length of three feet
by twenty inches wide, and have
a rich tropical effect. The growth
is very rapid, and the ground must
; be made rich. Watering in dry
SS Ds “i= i seasons will help develop large
tees leaves. Bulbs can be stored in
dry sand in Winter and kept from
i year to year. 25 cents each, $2
CALADIUM ESCULENTUM. per dozen.

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These are among the most beautiful of all our Sum-
mer blooming greenhouse plants. The rosette of
velvety green leaves is surmounted with a cluster of
lovely trumpet shaped flowers. The coloring is ex-
guisite ; the groundwork of many is pure white, with
throats of blue, scarlet, rose, or crimson; or the
tubes are of bright color, with white throat. The
bulbs should be started in a warm place — Green-
house, hot-bed, or sunny window. They will bloom
until late in Summer, when they should be dried off,
letting the leaves die; the pots can be kept over win-
ter in a cellar free from frost, or under the stage of a
greenhouse. Splendid seedlings, mixed, strong bulbs,
25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen.

CLEMATIS.

The following magnificent’ varieties all carry

‘HILL & CO., RICHMOND, IND.

flowers four to seven inches in diameter, growing |

rapidly and flowering very profusely after becoming
well established. They delight in rich soil and a
sunny position, and are perfectly hardy. For pillars,
trellises, bedding in masses, or planting about rock-
work, the Clematis cannot be excelled. The follow-
ing is a most desirable collection in every respect :

Alexandria.

blooms finely through the whole Summer. 50 cents,

Duchess of Edinburg. This is without doubt the
best of the double whites ; very free flowering; sweet
scented. Unequaled. Price, 50 cents

Lady Londesborough. A robust constitution,
producing its elegant flowers in great abundance ;
color a delicate silvery lavender, with a white stripe
down the center of each sepal. 50 cents

Jackmani. The flowers, when fully expanded, are
from four to six inches in diameter, intense violet
purple, with a rich velvety appearance, distinctly
veined. It flowers continually from July until cut
off by frosts. 50 cents

Miss Bateman. A magnificent plant, both in
growth and flower; the blooms are large, of good
shape, pure white, banded with creamy white, creamy
white down the center of eace sepal. 50 cents

Star of India. One of the finest of the Jackmani
class, having the same habit of abundant and contin-
uous blooming until frozen up. The flowers are large
and of a deep velvety claret color, with red bars ;
showy and effective. 50 cents

Lanuginosa Candida. Flower large; tinted gray
and white. A magnificent companion plant for Jack-

mani. Planted together and allowed to intermingle,
they produce a most charming effect. Best of the
whites. 50 cents

Mme. Granger.
a beautiful bright purple, shaded red.* A variety of
extraordinary merit. 50 cents each,

Lanuginosa Nivea. A most charming variety.
Color French white: of large size anda free bloomer
50 cents.

All the varieties enumerated above are large flow-
ered and must not be confounded with the common
American native, such as Crispa, Coccinnea, etc.

PERVANIETICS = 3 DIADES <0. 00d ate pce) on Ble clam « ayotee $1 25
Pevarreties, 5 PIaANtS..-- 2. 0-- +. erie ee e's 2 00
Flammula. A rapid growing vine, of great free

dom in bloom, the flowers being quite small and pure
white. Perfectly hardy. 25 cents.

Large flower, color reddish violet ;

Flowers of very large size; color |

| leaved Canna, with a rich metallic lustre.

CANNAS.

For effectiveness on lawns in large beds nothing is
more tropical and impressive than a bed of Cannas.
They require to be grouped so as to be at once sug-
gestive of an artist’s hand, and while all varieties are
meritorious, there isa limit to the number of very
distinct kinds. The glorious Ahemannt has been
praised by everybody, and it matters not whether
this is grouped with others or planted singly —its
beauty is equally displayed.

As to culture, this is the main point: Cannas, to

| be effective, must be planted in the richest soil, deeply

dug, and heavily manured.

New Canna, ‘‘ Noutoni.”’ When Canna “Aemanni
was introduced we thought the limit of perfection
in Cannas had been reached, and while this cannot
detract from the beauty of A/Aemann?, the latter pales
before this blazing flame of color. It is a tall, robust
grower, with foliage of great beauty, and a remark-
ably profuse bloomer, producing immense spikes and
side sprays of very large flowers, the coloring of
which is simply dazzling in brilliancy —a velvety
scarlet vermillion gives some idea of it, but the life-
like texture of the flowers cannot be described.
Price, 35 cents each =

Ehemanni. This is a beauty in every sensé. The
massive deep green leaves alone would make it a val-
uable acquisition ; but when we see its magnificent
crimson flowers, over three inches long and two
inches wide, suspended from its deep red, whip-like
flower stalks, it is difficult to find words to express
our admiration —so different in general character
that itis hard to believe itis a Canna. The growth
of the plant is remarkably strong and robust, grow-
ing from five to seven feet high, each stalk terminat-
ing with a long flower spike. Price, 25 cents.

Brilliantissima. A highly colored, dark crimson
Leaves
two feet long, borne erect. Plants attain six to eight
feet in height. This is one of the most beautiful
Cannas in existence, and unrivalled for richness of
color and statelieness in growth; no description can
convey an idea of its beauty; the varying shades
are so intermingled ; it combines grandly with the
other two varieties named, and is the tallest of the
three. Very scarce. Price, 25 cents

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Carnations

OO well known to need
__» any formally writ-

ten introduction. It may be
observed that we are now com-
ing into possession of varieties
that are marvels of beauty and
greatly superior to kinds that
existed some few years back.
Treat like other bedding
plants; tie up the young shoots
to a stick as they grow, and set
out as early as the ground can
be worked.
NOVELTIES
FOR THIS YEAR.

‘Silver Spray. Raised by ~
Simmons, and a variety of
great worth. Strong, robust,
but very dwarf in habit, rare-
ly exceeding fifteen inches in
height, but of bushy, compact
growth. Unusually free bloom-
ing; flowers produced on long stems. Very’ large
and perfectly formed flowers. Never bursting, pure
white in color, and beautifully fringed. Price, ‘25c.

Mrs. Cleveland. Raised by Lonsdale & Burton,
Philadelphia, and named for the President's wife
during her visit to Philadelphia. A most magnificent
silvery pink flower, with edges slightly serrated.
Flowers very full and well built up in the center
Spicy fragrance ; free flowering, and in every way
desirable. Very fine for cut blooms during Summer.
Price, 25 cents.

THE BEST CARNATIONS.

Buttercup. Of a deep, rich yellow, like Marechal
Neil, with a few streaks of clear carmine, a very near
approach toa pure yellow. The flowers are large,
and double; it is a healthy and robust grower, a
persistent bloomer, and does not burst its calyx. It
is specially valuable for cut flowers during the entire
Summer months. « One of the very finest Carnations
on our list; has proved worthy of a first place among
standard varieties. A universal favorite. to cents.

Chester Pride. One of the most desirable Carna-
tions for winter flowering ; never bursts the calyx,
large and double, colors very distinct; pure white,
striped and penciled rosy-carmine, 10 cents.

Coiumbia. One of Mr. John Thorpe’s new seed-
lings; a very fine deep buff or orange, with delicate
carmine stripes. A good advance on Swnrise, a
strong growing, fine habited plant ; heavy calyx that
will not split, and fine, long stems. Very fragrant.
All who have grown it recommend it very highly.
Price, 10 cents.

Anna Webb. A very handsome variety ; large
flowers, and a free and perpetual bloomer. One of
the very best dark bright reds ever introduced; a
very promising variety; a great improvement on
King of Crimsons ; strong calyx. The great quan-
tity now in cultivation by careful Carnation growers
proves that it has shown itself a valuable variety.
Price. io cents.

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| as free in bloom as Scarlet Gem.

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Mile. Carle. (French.) One of the very finest of
pure white Carnations. Color and form superb ; in
size like a small camellia, which it also resembles in
heavy waxy texture. Astropg, healthy variety. At
this writing undoubtedly the finest standard white
Carnation in the market, 20 cents each.

Duke of Orange. A splendid Carnation, of a
beautiful orange-yellow color, striped and edged with
carmine; never bursts down the side; of strong,
healthy growth, and a very free flowering variety.
10 cents.

Grace Wilder. One of the most beautiful colors.
among Carnations, a soft shade of carmine pink. A
dwarf but robust grower. Very desirable. Culti-
vated by thousands around Boston. 10 cents.

Hinzey’s White. One of the finest white Carna-
tions in cultivation ; flowers very large, and of per-
fect shape ; color white, with a delicate tint of pink ;
rich clove fragrance. A continuous bloomer. Has.
no superior as yet, taking all its good qualities to-
gether, but not an absolute white on first opening.
Color beautiful. ro cents.

John McCullough. Flowers of splendid form,
never bursting, and borne on long stems. Habit
eood ; flowers large, and of a beautiful scarlet color.
A thoroughly healthy variety. We are glad to be
able to offer this fine sort at ten cents.

La Purite. A new French variety, with the same
name as the old favorite, which will be found among
the standard sorts below. Flowers large, on long
stems and of the purest white. A healthy variety,
Price, 15 cents.

Allegetierre. Very dwarf and bushy in growth,
forming strong flower stems on which are carried
perfectly formed flowers ot the very largest size ;
color a beautiful light scarlet. One of the very best.
Price, 10 cents.

La Purite. (Old variety.) Still one of the very
best. A beautiful bright rosy-carmine color ; one of
the freest bloomers. to cents.

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E. G. Hill. Is pronounced by those compe-
tent to judge, to be the /imest scarlet Carnation
ever introduced. It has all the good qualities aA\\\A ANY f)\
of a perfect Carnation, and no defects that we nn (al y
have ever discovered. The color isa rich deep \ ghoul
scarlet, and the flowers are 2 to 2% inches in efi Hl nN
diameter, of most perfect mold; the petals are SS ae hy
perfectly crimped, making the flower very full - : j RUD} Mie My
and rounding, with edges most beautifully fringed. S

Nearly all the flowers are produced on_ long:
stems, and it is early, exceedingly vigorous, and —
a prolific bloomer. The illustration, taken from
life, shows the outlines, which we think you will
call good. 15 cents each.

W. W. Coles. Very dwarf and of nice bushy
growth, forming very long flower stems,.each in-
dividual flower possessing a stem varying from 3
to 8 inches in length. Perfectly formed flowers,
never bursting, and a wonderful variety to bloom.
Color a soft, yet bright tone of scarlet. We un-
hesitatingly recommend thissort. 15 cents each.

Scarlet Gem. The best known and most pop-
ular of the older red sorts. Its color isa rich, daz-
zling scarlet ; of dwarf, vigorous habit, and re-
markably free flowering. Very extensively grown.
To cents.

Sunrise. A grand one; vigorous grower; habit
good ; color light buff, flaked with bright red;
flowers large, and of good shape; fragrant and
free; does not burst, and can be cut with long
stems. Unsurpassed for pot culture. 10 cents.

The Century. Of remarkably strong, healthy
growth, medium height, and an early, constant
bloomer. Of a rich, glowing carmine color, full
and double; rich clove fragrance. 10 cents.

May Queen. New. Bright satiny rose pink—
an exquisite shade ; free blooming, very vigorous,
and a perfect beauty. 10 cents each.

Portia. The most intensely bright scarlet:
flowers of medium size. A perfect Carnation in
health, vigor, habit, and color. First-class. 1octs.

Victor. A very pure pink variety, of good sizc

and free flowering. Beautifully fringed and fragrant. CLUSTER OF CARNATIONS.
A good, healthy grower. Color, form, and fragrance
make it an ideal ‘‘ Pink.’ Price, ro cents. |
Laura. A very light salmon color. Flower large. | COLEUS.
An excellent variety from the English importa- 3 < Ste :
tion, quite up to the standard in freedom of bloom The Coleus are indispensable to the Summer gar-
and strong growing qualities. A very beautiful shade. | den, where bright and telling ‘effects with, foliage
Price, ro cents. _ : plants are desired. ‘ They are fine for edging large

CATER LILIES | beds, for massing, and other purposes

NOVELTIES IN COLEUS.
The Spotted Calla. (Richardia Alba Maculata.) |

The leaves of this beautiful Calla are deep green, Mrs. Hunt. Ground color and center of leaf a
_with numerous white spots, which give the plant a| bright crimson, with a deep chocolate border to this,

fine appearance. The flowers are’ pure white, with land this in turn completely edged with bright green

a black center. It is one of the most attractive and | and yellow. One of the prettiest Coleus ever offered.

handsome summer flowering plants, and always|15 cents each ; $1.25 per dozen.

pleases. 15 cents each. Dl

Rag Carpet. A unique colored variety, of most
autiful form and coloring. The leaf is large, and
the ground coloring is a carmine red, running length-

Calla Lily. ( Richardia Ethiopica.) One of the} pe
best known plants, and of easy management, if the
point is observed that the bulbs must be matweed DY wise; this in turn is broadly edged with a chocolate
being ‘‘rested” without water during the Summer ;|+eq. Admired by all. 15 cts. each; $1.25 per doz
when re-potted, in Fall, in good soil, they will make | j ; :
rapid growth and bloom finely. The faster they Louisa Beck. Raised by Mr. Beck, gardener at
grow the more food they will need, but it is /ig#¢ and | the National Soldiers’ Home. This beautiful sort is
a temperate heat that are of the first importance. |a seedling of Verschaffelti, but dwarf and compact
Plants in three inch pots, 15 cents; 25 to 50 cents! Bright red in color, with black shadings on the leaf.
for large plants. 15 cents; $1 25 per dozen

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OLDER VARIETIES OF COLEUS.
10 cents cach, 75 cents per doz., $4 per Ioo (by express). |

Verschaffelti. The oldest and still the best of all |
the Coleus family for bedding. Young plants are
often a dingy shade for a short time after planting ;
but they soon assume the rich. velvety crimson so |
satisfying to the eye. Combines admirably with |
Golden Bedder.

Her Majesty.
golden yellow ;

Asa Gray.
pea green.

Golden Bedder. Canary yellow foliage ; deep gold |
in the sun, ashort-jointed, nice-habited plant; a valu-

able acquisition 4 very fine for yellow lines in beds. Progress

5 / . 7 |
Zanzibar. Dark purple in center of leaf; edged |oround.

with pea green. |
Sorts requiring partial shade to bring out their fine, Fireman.
colors ; or good window plants for Winter are :—

John Good, Light green, mottled with yellow, |
turning bright yellow in summer,

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CHRYSANTHEMUM CULLINGFORDII.

Keflexed ; exceedingly brilliantcrimson, richly shaded scarlet ;
florets of a beautiful rich velvety texture. One of the very distinct |

and

noted sorts. The above cut represents the plant which was
exhibited at Philadelphia, and which was in the winning lot that took
This

istence, anc too much cannot be said in its praise.

first prize. is one of the finest red Chrysanthemums in ex-

Price, 20 cents.

ROSES AND OTHER PLANTS.

Miss Retta Kirkpatrick.
shaded with yellow, broad green-lobed margin; large.

Marion Beauty.
distinct and beautiful.

Firebrand. A distinct and beautiful Coleus; plum,
crimson, and red.

Color of leaf dark red, edged with

one of the best.

Serrated leaf: light maroon, mottled

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Large white center,

Speckled. Crimson on green and gold
Unique and pretty.

Color bright carmine crimson, with in-
terlacing of dark brown.

Yellow, crimson, and gold; very

HRYSANTHEMUMS.(=

HE Chrysanthemum still re-
tains its popularity, and in
localities where it is grown
intelligently and in considerable

| quantities, its blooming time is
| awaited impatiently by its admir-
/ers, and Chrysanthemum shows

are held all over the country, from
the mammoth exhibitions of Phila-
delphia, New York, Chicago, Indi-
anapolis, and Boston, to the few
specimens shown by ladies in the
smaller towns, at their church so-
cials. A dozen plants of the finer
sorts make a show grand enough
for a King to admire. We have
marked the class of each variety
after its name, and a knowledge of
the distinguishing features of each
will assist you greatly in making
your selections. The JAPANESE
comprise the oddest shapes, many
of them having whorled centers ;
others have short, blunt, center
petals, with long, erect outer rows,
forming a saucer shape; others are

| partly quilled, each quill terminat-
| ing in a flat spathe.

The CHINESE
are more regular in form, many
being incurved until they are soft,

_plumy spheres; others are like full
| rosettes of narrow ribbon, the pet-
‘als being slightly reflexed.

The
Pompons, very small flowered, are
the least popular class. There is
not a poor white variety on our list;
they are simply grand. We can
not make you know the difference
as we would wish, but no two of
them are similar, and for softness
of tone and beauty of form they

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MRS. CLEVELAND.

An exact reproduction of this noted
variety. Color white, shaded cream. One
of the grandest varieties grown. Price,
15 cents.

are unsurpassed. Among the white varieties, J/7s. Io cents each, except where noted.
Cleveland, and others carrying large flowers, must be
szen to be appreciated ; texture and form are exqui-
site. Lord Byronissimply grand, the color extremely |
wich. It is atype of others of the bronzy reddish- : y
rowncolor: Annie Clark. ( Jap.) Tender rose and clear white;
Among the older Chrysanthemums there were many Petals twisting ; plant dwarf
more yellow varieties than any other color; these Alfred: Warne. (Chinese.) A pure white Chinese
are still eagerly sought after, and no wonder; they | very incurved and compact. A magnificent variety.
are like bright sunshine. The intermediate tints are | First prize at Philadelphia Chrysanthemum show
indescribable. In our entire collection there is not ; ;
a variety that we would wish to discard. They have
been a source of-great pleasure to us as they bloomed.

_ Alfred Chantrier. (Jap.) Flowers large, of the
form of G/. Rayonnante; colors, a blending of yel-
low, rose, and violet.

Blanc Precoce. (Chinese.) A pure white, finely
formed flower, of great beauty. Blooms early and
| produced in quantity

: : Blanche Coles. (Single ery similar in appear-
them a rich soil, plenty of old manure and bone dust. Dee ee: ASindlens Mery sianlaraaeppes

CuLtTure.— Give your plants a sunny spot; give

3 : $ ance to the ox-eye dai Ave re, prett hite
They are high feeders. If for pot plants, lift them | ,¢ ie ae a eh ae very pure, pretty white,
a of merit. ~
about the first of October. Give them a good drench- Bicol 4 . !
ing and keep in the shade for a few days, then bring Bicolor. (Jap.) Flat flowers, of great size; rec,
striped with orange ; lasts long in bloom.

into the sunshine. They still like a rich soil and
plenty of water. At the very first, get them in good, F. L. Harris. (Jap.) Bright cinnamon - red, a
. bushy shape by pinching back. Tie loosely to astake. | new and fine color. Distinct and good.

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ROSES AND OTHER PLANTS.

Christmas Eve. (Jap.) Extra fine white, each
petal curved and twisting; an odd, but soft and
feathery shape.

Compte de Germiny. ( Jap.) Very striking; flow-
ers of great size, with broad petals of rich orange-
brown; reverse of petals pale bronze.

Diana. (Chinese.) Rather dwarf growing, but
very free in bloom ; long outer petals flat, center pe-
tals short and quilled; of the purest white. An ex-
cellent and useful variety

Duchess. (Jap.) Rich, deep red, each petal
tipped golden-yellow; flowers large and borne in
great clusters; foliage rich, deep green.

Edna Craig. A new type. Flowers over five
inches in diameter, of the snowiest white; the petals
flat, in eight or ten rows; center, Anemone form,
pale yellow, and depressed below the petals. Odd
and pretty. Free flowering.

Frank Wilcox. (Chinese.) Flower with erect
petals, slightly toothed; above medium size; rich
golden amber, slightly shaded deep bronze. One of
the best to last. z

Golden Prince. (Jap.) Pale primrose - yellow ;
very free. Not very large, but exceedingly beautiful.

Grandiflorum. ( Jap.)
yellow. One of the best.

Boule de Neige. (Chinese.) A remarkably fine
white, of perfect form and good contour.

Clara Harris. (Jap.) A fine variety; white, with
pink center. A very large, double flower, of perfect
form.

John Collins. (Chinese.) Immense, large, flat
flowers of beautiful silvery-bronze, and ashes of rose
color Very pretty. 20 cents.

Jennie Y. Murkland. (Jap.) Very large, with
flat surface, from which rise long, tubular petals.
Rich golden-yellow, shaded Apricot and rose. Su-
perb.

Lord Byron. (Jap.) A universal favorite, desir-
able in every way. Tall and bushy in growth;
flowers a rich orange, tipped with red; whorled
feathery center; petals broad and abruptly pointed.

Lady St. Clair. (Chinese.) One of the finest
white Chrysanthemums; incurved; soft and plumy.

Ko Ko. Large, bold flowers; petals lilac rose,
shaded creamy white; center large and of a bronzy-
white color. A unique sort.

King of Crimsons. (Chinese.) A good-sized
flower, of the most intense rich crimson, and of fine
globular shape. This is an entirely new shade.

Mrs. Wm. Mencke. ( Jap.)
with slender petals, of peculiar shape; a late bloomer.

Mrs. John Thorpe. (Jap.) Brilliant crimson,
very decided in coloring; petals tubular for half their
length. Very decidedly whorled.

A.magnificent golden-

Mrs. Frank Thompson. (Jap.) Large, incurved,
broad petals, lined and mottled deep pink, with sil-
very back; very distinct. Price, 15 cents.

Moonlight. A grand flower of the purest white ;
one of the largest, and quite free in bloom; petals
like pointed ribbons.

Mrs. R. S. Mason. (Jap.) Coppery pink in

color, very unique in its coloring, and a decidedly |

pretty Chrysanthemum. New.

| verse of the petal silvery-white

Brightest yellow, |

Mrs. Langtry. (Jap.) A perfectly formed flat
flower, of unusual size and perfection. Snow white

in color, with broad bands or ribbon petals. Alto-
get ier one of the very finest white varieties. 2octs.
Mrs. John Wannamaker. (Jap.) A superb va-

riety, of perfect, incurved form, resembling a flat
ball of wool; color pink and white, nicely blended.

Mrs. George Bullock. Broad petals, forming a
large, pure, white flower; slightly incurved, and
some petals quilled. 15 cents.

Mrs. C. H Wheeler. (Jap.) Very large, per-
fectly-formed flowers; outside petals orange, deep
red center ; quite distinct.

Mme. Marie Clos.
form, petals twisted. A pretty variety.

Mlle. Juliette Dordan. (Jap.) Jose, pointed
white ; center salmon, petals frizzed, plant dwarf.

Mile. Paul Dutour.
center creamy-white.

Pure bright rose, center spiral

White and delicate rose;

' Mme. Maximie Cornu. (Chinese.) » Rose col-
ored, marbled with white. A very attractive variety.
A great bloomer.

Mile. Rozain. (Jap.) Yellowish salmon, passing
to pure white petal, twisting in the center.

Mon. Wm. Holmes. ( Jap.) Pure Amaranth; re-
A magnificent va-
riety.

Mon. J. Adelbert. (Chinese.) A perfectly formed
flower, about three inches in diameter. Color bright
carmine. with salmon shading on under side.

John M. Hughes. (Jap.) A magnificent silvery
pink, of very fine form and finish, considered ore of
the very best. Price, 20 cents.

Le Cid. (Jap.) Capucine red, petals twisted up-
ward, large twisted center. A pretty and novel sort.

Mrs. J.B. Wilson. A very large flower; ivory
white petals, broad and long; partially incurved,
becoming reflexed with age; the flowers have strong
foot stalks, and are borne in profusion; rather late,
lasting a long time in perfection. 20 cents.

Marsa. (Jap.) Rose colored, with a beautiful
white center. It flowers in great perfection and
blooms in great bouquets.

M. Neville. Bright salmon color, passing to whit-
ish rose. Early bloomer. Very distinct and pretty.

Rosy carmine color, with
A variety essentially distinct

M. Norman Davis.
bright lilac shadings.
and pretty.

One of the very finest*

M. Freeman. ( Jap.)
Clear

pink Chrysanthemums, and admired by all.
lavender pink.

M. Moussilac. ( Jap.) Mahogany red, intermin-
gled with brown and yellow. Petals long and most
curiously twisted. A superb sort.

Princess Teck. (Chinese anemone.) Pure white,
large and full, incurved; a late bloomer, with solid
white anemone center ; outer petals feathery; a mag-
nificent white.

Puritan. (Jap.) This is undoubtedly one of the
choicest as well as largest Chrysanthemums grown.
As large as Mrs. F. Thompson, and, like that variety,
a decided favorite. A beautiful silvery white, turn-
ing to pure white. 15 cents.

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Osiris. (Chinese.) Bright violet pointed with
gold, center of the flower brighter. Form of the
Ranunculus. One of the freest flowering.

Paul and Son. (Pompon.) Flower large for
Pompons, but finely formed and borne by the plant
in immense quantities. Red center, bordered with
silvery yellow.

Robert Crawford. (Jap.) Another seedling from
Mrs. F. Thompson, and, like its parent, an exceed-
ingly large and perfect flower. Color white, under
petals tinted pink. A pleasing variety. 20 cents.

Robert Bottomly. (Jap.) Petals long, and,
when well grown, half an inch in breadth. Flowers
often measure 6 to 7 inches in diameter. Color pure
white. An elegant Chrysanthemum in every partic-
ular. _ Price, 20 cents.

Rozain*Boucharlet. ( Jap.)
passing to golden brown. Form of Gl. Rayonnante.
This excels in the production of bloom. ©

Robert Craig. (Jap.) A truly magnificent flower, |

of extra large size, with broad petals, slightly in-

curved. Silvery rose color. One of the best in the
»whole collection. 20 cents.
Syringa. (Jap.) A pure lilac colored flower, of

great size and substance. Petals long and beautifully
quilled. Of exquisite form.

Samson. (Jap.) Color a mixture of cinnamon
and buff, of peculiar shades, to say the least. Flower
striking and attractive. A seedling of Mrs. Wheeler.

Snow Storm. (Chinese.)
white, of fine form and finish.
and an extremely useful sort.

Source d’ Or. (Jap.) Golden twisted florets,
tipped yellow and shaded with brown. Needle-like
quilled petals. One of the most attractive Chrysan-
themums grown.

Tokio. ( Jap.) Bright cinnamon red, shaded with
brilliant yellow. A decidedly pretty combination of
colors. An elegant plant, and very showy.

Timbal d’ Argent. (Anemone.) An exquisite
pure white anemone-flowered kind, the most admired
of any of itsclass. It flowers in the greatest profu-
sion. Flowers four inches across.
liest, and a real gem.

Thos. Cartledge. ( Jap.)
yellow; a seedling from Mrs. F. Thompson. Per-
haps the largest yellow in cultivation. A most beau-
tiful flower. 20 cents.

Theodora. ( Jap.) Clear salmon rose; center very
much lighter. A fine flowered late variety.

A clear, distinct, pure
Very free flowering,

Flambeau Toulousain. The prettiest Pompon of
the year, and the earliest Chrysanthemum to bloom
Plant completely covered with heavy clusters of del-
icate rosy lavender flowers, pointed with white. roc.

William Joyce. ( Jap.)
inches in diameter — of a clear violet rose color
most beautiful sort. 20 cents each.

NOVELTIES.

The rapid increase of new varieties of Chrysan-
themums is really something marvellous at the pres-

A large single — often 6
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One of the ear- |

Beautiful bright orange |

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England, the United States, and Japan are sending
us numbers of new varieties every year, which causes
one to ask: What will the result be? New sorts
distance the old, and the advance has been marvel-
lous. We havea set of 12 distinct varieties, direct
from Japan. These are under number, and have not
been named in this country. We understand this
set will be shown in a colored plate by Mr. Hender-
son. We offer the 12 varieties of Japanese novelties

' for $2.00 the set — one of each kind

Twelve varieties from the Mybridizers in France,
selected as being extra fine out of some 60 sorts, 35c.
each ; the set for $3.00. Descriptions are those of
the raisers.

Charles Delmas. (Chinese.) Bright brick red
in color, with silvery shadings ; petals large, and the

flower of extraordinary size and of fine circular form, _

Alexander Canton. ( Jap.)
striped with reddish-brown ;
shining yellow.

Captaine Oudine. (Jap.) Extraordinary large
flowers, and very double. Brilliant orange, pointed
with bright yellow.

Eva. With curiously twisted and twirled petals ;
very long and narrow; exceedingly pretty. Of a
beautiful rose color.

Grand Mogul. Flowers enormous in size, and
bearing broad petals; color violet amaranthe, lined
with white, reverse of the petals white.

Le Dauphinios. (Jap.) Flowers very large and

Color ochre yellow, changing into
Very curious and beautiful

Color golden-yellow,
reverse of the petals

a reddish yellow

Le Tonkin. (Jap.) Flesh white, tinged and shad-
ed with rose. An extremely pretty variety. Flowers

produced in immense bouquets

Mon. E. Coutant. ( Jap.) Flowers large, with re-
curved petals. Color golden salmon, with yellow
shades. Fine for cutting bouquets from.

Prefet Rondineau. (Jap.) Flowers large, very
pretty, and neat in form. Veinous rose in color,
shaded with pale yellow. Very fine.

Montplaisant. (Jap.) Incurved petals; color
cramoise red in the center of flower, shading to golden
yellow at the exremity of petals

Duke of Berwick. Early flowering Japanese
Petals twisted, but regularly arranged. Color white,
veined with carmine.

Lord Mayor. (Jap.) Grand flowers, of splendid
size. Color clear white, shaded rose and violet.
Plant very free flowering, indeed

DRACENA TERMINALIS.

25 cents each,

One of the most ornamental of plants for decora-
tive purposes, for which its bright colored, tropical
looking foliage renders it very appropriate, Splendid
for house and window decoration. The variegation

| consists of cream, bright scariet, and mahogany red.

ent day. This is brought about by the great favor |

with which Chrysanthemums are looked upon by the

public.. Chrysanthemum growers the world over are |

seeking to produce new colors, more striking shades,
The Hybridizers in France,

One of the finest plants grown.

EUCHARIS AMAZONICA.

Two sizes, 15 and 25 cents.

A choice hot-house bulbous plant, requiring a
warm, moist atmosphere. The flowers are produced
on stems twelve to fifteen inches long, each stem
bearing five to six pure white star-shaped flowers,
four inches across; deliciously fragrant.

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DOUBLE GOLDEN CHRYSANTHEMUM.

Anthemis Coronaria, fl. pl. The engraving gives
a fair idea of this wonderful new plant. Nothing |
could be more showy, either as a pot plant or bedded |
out. This plant might well be called the ‘‘ Shower |
of Gold,” as it is a perfect mass of rich, golden yel- |
low flowers, the whole year round, well grown plants |

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cents each.

DEUTZIAS. |

10 cents each. |

Crenata Pl. Fl. A beautiful double variety with |
clusters of snow-white drooping flowers.

Gracilis. A charming little shrub from Japan;
flowers pure white; fine for forcing, as it flowers at}
a low temperature in winter.

Pride of Rochester. One of the most beautiful |
and profuse blooming of hardy shrubs; flowers cf
purest white, and produced in tessellated clusters. |
Grows about five feet. A very attractive and valua- |
ble shrub. Flowers fine for vases, bouquets, etc.

FICUS. | (For descriptive list. see page 41.)
35 cents each, | Most gorgeous climbers, with flowers four to sever
Elastica. (India Rubber Tree.) Very large, | inches in diameter, growing rapidly and flowering

smooth leathery leaves ; evergreen foliage ; generally | very profusely. Perfectly hardy. For pillars, trel-
esteemed one of the finest house plants grown, the lises, bedding in masses, or planting about rock-work
plant attaining a large size and tree shape. Each a
new leaf is enclosed in a long, coral-red envelope, 5 ’
looking like a great, red flower bud, A very fine| deservedly popular. Our list on page 4r embraces
plant for the lawn or bay window. Not hardy. the very best of the imported large-flowering varieties.

the Clematis can not be excelled. very showy and

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FUCHSIAS.

Price, 10 cents each.

These, when in full bloom, are the most graceful
of all cultivated plants; nothing can surpass the
beauty of well grown specimens. They delight ina
light, rich soil, and may be grown either as pot-plants
orin.a sheltered border. In either case they should
be protected from the hot mid-day sun, and from
heavy currents of air. They require plenty of water
and partial shade.

We have purposely.cut down our list of Fuchsias,
and have to offer only the strongest growing and best
bloomers.

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Frau Emma Topfer. (Or, Storm Kina.) Tube
and sepals rosy-coral color; corolla clear blush .
flowers double and of great size. Plant of drooping
habit ; needs a slight support. A very distinct and
remarkable variety. 15 cents.

Charmer. Single; tubes and large sepals waxy
carmine; corolla pale pink, large, and wide open.
A fine single variety.

Cupidon. Large single flowers; sepals bright car-
mine; corolla rosy violet ; very floriferous.

Cleopatra. Very large and double corolla, of an
azure blue color, passing to dark violet.
variety.

Duchess of Albany. Tube and sepals white ;
corolla rose-red; extra free flowering ; good for any
purpose.

Bulgarie. Single; large, brilliant red sepals;
extra large corolla, of fine form. Color violet prune.

A very fine |

Elm City. Extra double; buds quite round and
beautiful deep red color. Open flower very beauti-
ful and dark purple. One of the very finest.

Col. Desbordes. Plant dwarf and very free bloom-
ing ; single corolla, globular, and of a clear violet
color ; large, salmon-rose sepals ; extra good.

Esmeralda. A good and distinct variety ; tube
short, sepals red, corolla largeand double ; beautiful
lilac, changing to clear rose.

Gen. Lewal. Flowers single; corolla violet prune
color ; sepals large and bright red. A strong grower.

Miss Lye. Single; corolla bright pink; sepals
white ; good grower ; blooms early ; a general favor-
ite on account of its great freedom of growth and
bloom.

New Mastodonte. Double; flowers globular,
deep crimson tube and sepals, with rich, deep violet
corolla. An excellent variety.

Paris Murcie. A grand double variety; nearly
perfection as to free growth and habit. The tube:
and sepals are brilliant deep scarlet ; the corolla is
large and double, and nearly pure white.

Pera. Sepals short and recurved horizontally; se-
pals coral color ; long corolla of bluish-purple.

Penelope. Flowers single, sometimes semi-double;
corolla bell-shaped, large, and very long ; white ; se-
pals bright red. A very fine variety.

Depute Berlet. Flowers large and very double ;
corolla violet, with metallic shadings; tube and sepals
bright red.

Colonel Dominie. A very large double white
English variety. of different shape to Frau Emma
Topfer. It is a desirable sort in every way. Very
fine, and exactly like the cut. 20 cents.

Phenomenal. The largest Fuchsia that has yet
come to our notice ; short tube and sepals of a bright,
rich, reddish crimson color; corolla very full and
double, of a beautiful azure violet flaked with red.
15 cents.

Flocon de Neige. Tube and sepals soft coral
scarlet ; the corolla is single, large, open, and bell
shaped, of the purest white.

ERYTHRINA CRISTI GALLI.— Coral Plant.

A greatly esteemed deciduous Summer flowering
plant, producing large spikes of crimson coral-like
flowers during the greater part of the Summer. It is
not hardy, but-is as easily kept in the cellar as the
Dahlia. 25 cents.

FARFUGIUM GRANDE.

A first-class ornamental plant for pots, well adapted
| for house culture. The leaves are thick and leath-
ery, dark green, with yellow spots; an excellent plant
| for center of hanging basket. 20 cents.

FEVERFEW.

Double White. Very free blooming; double,.
| daisy-like flower ; very useful for Summer bouquets.
10 cents.

Little Gem. A new dwarf variety, growing only
from 8 to 12 inches high; flowers large, and pure
white. Splendid for cutting. ro cents each.

FORSYTHIA SUSPENSA.

| A beautiful weeping shrub from Japan; yellow
| flowers ; very desirable. 15 cents.

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FERNS.

_ These beautiful plants are now very generally cul-
_ tivated. Their great diversity and gracefulness of

foliage make them much valued as plants for vases,

baskets, or rock work, or as specimen plants for par-

lor or conservatory.

Adiantum Caudatum.

gating itself even more freely in the same way; on
this account often called the ‘‘ Walking Fern.” 2oc.

Adiantum Cuneatum. A very beautiful and
graceful Fern, its delicate fronds being much used
in cut-flower work, to cents,

Adiantum Wiegandii.
hair’ Fern, with broad, graceful fronds, of a deep
green. One of the prettiest. 15 cents.

Nephrodium Exaltatum. (Sword Fern.) A really
graceful Fern, multiplying very fast in throwing out
vines, on which grow separate plants again, as the
Saxifrage multiplies itself, 20 cents.

A beautiful spray-like va-
riety, similar in form to the Sword Fern, and propa-

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Pteris Argyria. A very showy, strong-growing
Fern, with variegated foliage; fronds large, light
green, with a broad band of silvery white down the
center of each; very distinct. 20 cents.

Pteris Tremula. One of the finest Ferns for
house decoration, growing very rapidly, and throwing
up large, handsome fronds ; makes magnificent speci-
mens ; easily grown and very popular ro cents.

Nephrolepsis Cristata. A fine Fern, similar in
form to many woods varieties, except that each div-
ision of the frond is subdivided at the tip into three
small plumes, which give each leaf a beautifully ruf-
fled edge. 20 cents.

Lomaria Gibba. A pretty and vigorous grower ;

deep green fronds, not so large as the Sword Fern.
but of the same general outline. 20 cents.

FUNKIA.— Day Lily.

F. Japonica. This makes a handsome plant, with
broad, ovate leaves,‘ and produces pure white, fra-
grant flowers in great profusion. 15 cents.

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DOUBLE VARIETIES.

Io cents each, except where noted ; 15 for $1.00, all

different.

Belle Nancienne. This is one of the parti-colored
section; the flowers are large and camelia-shaped
when open ; more than semi-double, every petal be-
ing of perfect form and in good position. The cen-
ter o! each flower is a rich, warm crimson ; outside
oi this is a creamy band, the whole outer margin
being a bright, deep blush. The habit is good;
trusses of good size and borne well above the leaves.
One of the best and most distinct. 15 cents each.

Baron Duranteau. Magnificent flower, of a deep
‘crimson color, with purplish shade; upper petals
marked with scarlet. A showy variety, producing
immense trusses. :

Gen. de Courcy. Large, round trusses, of great
size; color a peculiar shade of red, touched with
.salmon and flaked with white. A very thrifty out-
door grower; stands the sun well, and has a fine
habit.

Golden Dawn. Those knowing Gilded Gold and
Progression will admit they are the most marked
varieties leading to the much coveted yellow. The
variety offered is far in advance of those excellent
kinds.

Gloire de France. Large, round florets, of waxy
appearance ; colors carmine and white, with carmine
center; each petal delicately edged with carmine.
An excellent pot variety, to which its habit is finely
suited. 20 cents.

Gertrude.
and of good growth.

A well-defined zonal, with fine foliage
Color of the flower a clear,

bright salmon, with center and outer edges touched |

with white, and with soft shadings of carmine ; vel-
vety in texture, and of the most beautiful semi-double
form ; a fine bedder.

j;and borne in great numbers.

| above the foliage ; Howers of enormous size.

Grand Chancelier Faidherbe. The flowers are
very thick and double, of a dark, soft red, tinted with
scarlet and heavily shaded with maroon ; very dark
and rich, and at the same time very bright.

Le 14th Juillet. Plant dwarf and bushy, but a
vigorous grower; immense trusses on strong foot-
stalks ; color a soft salmon, intermingled with white;
colors very delicate and beautiful.

Louis Figuier. Large umbels, flowers compact
Individual flowers
finely formed and of good size. Color, peach- red,

bordered with rose.

Louis Lerquin. A dwarf compact grower, with
the merit of producing large, even-sized trusses well
above the foliage. Flowers bright red, of fine form.

Mme. Guilbert. Trusses immense in size; the
plant grows in excellent form with but little atten-
tion ; florets very large; beautiful pure rose color.

Mme. Hoste. Umbels large, and borne well
Color,

flesh, lined and shaded with bright salmon.

Mary Hill. Of the richest deep pink, of the pur-
est shade; the flowers are of the largest size and of
excellent form; trusses very large and spreading ;
flowering at all seasons most profusely ; the growth
is excellent ; in fact, it is a great improvement on
the grand variety, Emile Girardin. 15 cents.

Mme. Menoreau. Ground color of the flower
pure white, with a bright rose center. The plant is
very bushy, and of dwarf branching habit. A minia-
ture growing Geranium, with very distinct coloring.

M. Fabre. An extremely pretty Geranium, of
dwarf branching habit. Color cerise-orange, shaded

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THE GREATEST OF ALL GERANIUMS.

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(SEMI-DOUBLE.)
This magnificent Geranium is the product of Mon. Bruant, of Poitiers, and is the beginning of a

néw and distinct habited section in the Zonal Geraniums. It is very difficult to describe the difference

between this type and the ordinary Zonal Geranium, but the characteristics of this variety are observed

at a glance, when placed beside older varieties of same family. The leafage is round and nicely
zoned, having greater texture and substance than even the most vigorous of the old type. Color of
the flower, a light vermillion red, of a most pleasing shade. The flowers are absolutely perfect in

shape, contour, and make-up; trusses exceptionally large, and borne in immense spherical balls, often
measuring eight inches in diameter. It does finely in the open ground, and is perfectly reliable as a
bedding Geranium of the highest merit It makes a compact, dense growth, and has all the qualities
that go to make the perfect bedder that it is. Fine, also, in pots. Try a dozen or more of this
beautiful Geranium in a bed or clump, and it will delight you the Summer through with its handsome

foliage and pleasing color. 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen; $10 per 100

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ROSES AND OTHER PLANTS.

Mrs. E. G. Hill. Umbels large, and borne well
above the foliage; flowers of enormous size ;- color
flesh, lined and shaded with bright salmon. One of
the very finest in the entire collection; shading
simply exquisite.

Mme. Hoste. Ground color of the flower pure
white, with a bright rose center. The plant is of a
very bushy and of dwarf branching habit. A minia-
ture growing Geranium, with very distinct coloring.
Very fine for bedding where tall-growing varieties
could not be used.

M. Jean Liabaud. One of M. Hoste’s produc-
tions, considered a valuable acquistion by the raiser.
It is of very dwarf habit, symmetrical in growth, and
free-flowering. Color rich violet-crimson, with scar-
let shadings.

Pauline Roussel. A compact, bushy growing
variety, which produces quantities of beautifully
formed flowers, borne in large trusses. Color a lively
rose, shaded and lined with silvery pink.

Re Umberto. A strong growing variety, produc-
ing large, semi-double flowers, on long stems. Color
brilliant orange-red, with bright yellow shadings.
Another entry in the race for a yellow Geranium,
and a winning color; admired by all who see it.

S.A. Nutt. The best of all rich dark crimson va-
rieties; the flowers are of perfect shape and large
size; the trusses massive and produced in great
number ; the habit is close_compact, and branching.
A thorough trial of this variety leads us to recom-
mend it as unequalled in its class; an excellent bed-
der and a perfect pot plant, one that must find its
way into every collection.

Crimson Velvet. The darkest and deepest color,
being, as the name denotes, like crimson velvet.
One of the most beautiful.

Commandant Ott. Enormous truss ; scarlet or-
ange, shading to vermilton ; habit fine, carrying its
trusses well above the foliage; a grand color.

Electric. Lightest shade of vermilion, tinged
with light puce ; trusses and flowers very large, and of
fine, bold habit; dazzling color; excellent for bedding.

Esperance.
beautiful foliage; color an exquisite shade, resem-
bling that of ros¢ Malmaison; center salmon, with
light salmon shadings. A very beautiful variety.

Flocon de Neige. A perpetual and free bloomer;
excellent for winter cut flowers; trusses very large ;
single florets quite perfect and of heavy texture;
pure waxy white, but delicately touched with pink
in hot weather. The most useful white Geranium.

Fratelli Ferrario. ( Double.)
cot, with clear, light borders.
variety, of good habit.

Sergeant Blandon. Another grand bedding va-
riety, giving a mass of solid color of an orange-scar-
let shade ; the florets are very large and distinct in
form, and are carried in immense trusses on long
footstalks. Very brilliant.

Sergeant Bobillot.
and distinct shade of beautiful vinous-rose ;
fine individual florets ; good-sized trusses, carried
well above the foliage. Extra free in bloom.

Walter Scott. Large, spherical trusses of uniform
flowers. Color, a dark, rich red. A strong, bushy
growing variety, of great merit. An almost perfect
Geranium, very beautiful shade of red, and a grand
bedder for massing.

Bright orange apri-
A very free flowering

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SINGLE GERANIUMS.
Price, 10 cents each, except where noted; 14 for $r.00.

Advance. An extra good Geranium for house cul-
ture ; very branching in habit and profuse in bloom.
Florets quite circular, immense, and of intense scar-
let. It is impossible to imagine anything finer in
color, size, or form. A grand variety.

Arcen Ceil. The trusses of this variety are extra
large. The style of growth, large florets, and a per-
fect habit, make this a first-class market variety.
The shades are beautifully blended. The three up-
per petals have soft rose centers, shading into scarlet
edges; two petals are scarlet, then rose, then orange
near the center. Texture velvety.

Concour’s Regional. Pure rose, marked white;
petals well formed. A perfect mass of bloom through--
out the season. Extra fine for a vase.

Cosmos. Immense, perfectly formed trusses ;
florets large and finely formed ; color, salmon, with
orange. Very fine.

Challemel La Cour. Rich vivid crimson, immense
trusses; very fine; one of the best older varieties.

Queen of Bélgians. A very beautiful pure white
single Geranium ; florets large and untinted; very
free in bloom and an excellent bedder, standing the
sun well, The largest truss among the single whites,
and the very finest single white Geranium.

Christophe Colombe. Very large trusses, freely
produced ; bright cinnabar orange color, bushy and
compact in growth, Very distinct and fine.

Francois Arago. Flowers finely formed, a free
bloomer, on strong footstalks ; color silvery salmon,
shaded peach.

Jules Ferry. Splendid trusses, on long, rigid foot-
stalks, which are held above the foliage; not a coarse
grower, but the ideal of a bedder for massing ; color
soft scarlet red ; stands the sun finely, and presents
a mass of brilliant and effective color.

Louis Ulbach. Color intense, dazzling scarlet ;
trusses extra large ; florets round and large. An ex-
cellent bedder.

Mme. de la Roque.
double ; color bright salmon, with orange center.
vigorous grower.

Poete Nationale. Florets quite round, not crowded
on the footstalk; an extra fine fancy pot variety ;
color as delicate pink as rose Baroness Rothschild,
deepening to a soft peach bloom, a mingling of
shades heretofore found only in the ‘‘ Lady Wash-
ington” class. A perfect single Geranium of entirely
new shade. 25 cents each.

Queen of the West. Still the standard bedding
variety ; grows freely and carries its bloom in masses;
light orange scarlet in fine trusses. There can be
no question as to its bedding qualities. We grow this
by thousands.

Flowers large, round, and
A

Sam Sloan. An extra fine velvety crimson, carry-
ing immense trusses in great quantities. An excellent
bedder, unrivaled for producing masses of deep,
bright red bloom. A grand variety.

Cosmos Immense, perfectly formed trusses; —
florets large and finely formed; color, salmon, with.
|orange. Very fine.

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SPLevow Poverrms FOR AS88.

We offer a choice selection of the cream of the new
‘Geraniums from the Continent of Europe. These
beautiful new varieties are worthy additions to our
present list of varieties, and pleasure and satisfaction
will follow these excellent kinds, wherever grown.
We have already sold many hundreds to the florists
of the country. 35 cents each; 12 for $3.00.

SPLENDID DOUBLES.

Le Prophete. Oneof the most magnificent double
scarlet Geraniums ever grown. Perfection in size,
shape, habit, and color. Not equaled in its line of
color.

Le Cid. Very compact, but vigorous in growth,
and of a perfect habit. Color, brilliant crimson-red.
Size and truss all that could be desired. Admired
by all who have seen it.

* Centaure. Carries the largest and most perfect
truss of any of the pink doubles. A most glorious
bedding variety, of good, compact growth.

Aimee Goubin. Violet crimson, scarlet shadings.
Very large individual florets, of superb form; car-
ries immense trusses. Good and distinct in habit.
Stands our hot sun well.

Abricote. A fine, semi-double, apricot - colored
flower. Very circular, and of good outline. Medium
sized trusses. A good Geranium. j

C. A. Knorr. Brilliant lilac-red, shaded lilac,
with maculated red spots on upper petals. A very
effective and novel colored Geranium.

Jules Lartigue.. Flowers semi-double; upper
petals shaded carmine, base of petals violet - lilac.
Moderate in growth, with a free-blooming habit.

Marie de Bisnary. Very beautiful rose, chamois
color ; center of petals shaded rosy-lilac. Quite dis-
tinct and pretty.

Cleopatre. Florets tinted and shaded with sal-
mon, center salmon-orange. Very dwarf and exceed-
ingly free flowering. A decidedly pretty Geranium.

M. David. Bright rosy-carmine, marked white on
the upper petals. A very pretty and unique semi-
double Geranium.

Adrienne Corret.
bright reddish orange color.
blooming variety, of great merit

Mme. G. Pradins. Florets large and flat in sur-
face, semi-double, and of extra fine form. Color
reddish violet, with shadings. Dwarf neat habit.

A continuous free-

SPLENDID NOVELTIES IN SINGLE GER-
ANIUMS FOR 1888.

Alphonse Daudet. Florets of excellent shape
and size, with large trusses. Stands sun well. Color
a reddish salmon, with much darker center.
superior variety.

Protee. Florets of good size, borne in large
trusses; color, clear silvery-lilac, passing to light
rose. Good foliage and habit.

Ingenieur Forey. Florets light salmon, borders
of the petals pure salmon.- Immense trusses, pre-
senting a perfect ball of flowers of great size. A
No. I.

Immense spherical trusses of a |

A very |

Blanche Moulas. Very light salmon, edged and
bordered white. This will prove a grand bedding
variety, of wonderful merit.

Georges Pascaud. Another most beautiful light
salmon, with shadings of white. Stands sun well,
and a Geranium of rare merit.

Sceptre Rose. A light rose-colored variety, with
a distinct white spot on upper petals. Large, com-
pact trusses.

Baron du Paynode. Extra large florets borne on
strong footstalks in immense trusses. Color orange-
vermilion, white center or eye. Stood heat and sun
well.

Ed. Pynart. Solferino red, marked with capucine
red on the upper petals. A free flowering, strong,
vigorous variety.

Pauline Bossert. A fine growing, free flowering,
pure white variety. Flowers produced in great pro-
fusion. A charming variety.

Protee. Flowers very large and freely produced
in immense trusses. Color silvery lilac, white shad-
ings, changing to silvery pink. A splendid new sort.

Eden. Florets of extra size, color a pure goose-
berry red, without shadings. Large white eye, upper
petals spotted with orange. A free and continuous
bloomer.

Golconde. Bright yellowish orange ; a fine round
floret, of good texture. A very free flowering va-
riety. Owing to its high coloring it must be grown
in a shady nook in Summer.

Palais d’ 1’ Industrie. Enormous trusses, in fin-
est form ; each floret a gem of itself. Color of flor-
ets mahogany red, with shadings and stripings of
lilac and white. A decided novelty. Good grower
and free bloomer.

The above set of 12 Double and 13 Single Geran-
iums, Novelties of 1888, for $6.00.

IVY GERANIUMS.

Price, 10 cents each, except where noted.

Beautiful waxy green leaves of star shape, many
of them zoned. May be trained on light supports or
| allowed to trail. Beautiful for bedding as well as for

pots.

Congo. Large compact truss; flowers round and
very double ; rose color, deeper shade in the center.
| Extra fine.

Count Horace du Choiseul. Flowers of grand
| size, petals imbricated ; pale blush, bordered with
|salmon. Very free flowering. First-class.

Eden Marchi. A beautiful salmon rose, of exquis-
ite color; flowers very large and of good form, in
large trusses. 20 cents.

Jeanne d’ Arc. Flowers very large and double,
and of the purest white; fine spreading habit and
free flowering. Distinct and fine. Price, 15 cents.

La Rosiere. Flowers of perfect shape, double,
and of good size; rich glistening rose color, of a
| lovely shade.

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ROSES AND OTHER PLANTS.

Spaulding’s Pet. An excellent variety, of semi-
drooping habit and compact form, profuse in bloom ;
color soft cerise red. Stands sun perfectly, and one
of the very finest Geraniums in its class.

Galilee. A magnificent French novelty, of ster-
ling merit, unquestionably the most magnificent Ivy
Geranium of the present day. Light, rosy pink,
veined with lilac. 25 cents.

VARIEGATED-LEAVED GERANIUMS.
Price, io cents each, except where noted.
Happy Thought. A perfectly distinct variety ;
center of leaf bright golden yellow, with broad mar-
gin of deep green; flowers of a magenta shade. A
bushy grower, making a fine pot plant. An excellent
bedder, also.

Flora fill. A very striking new bronze Geranium
strong contrast between the distinct dark zone and
the bright golden ground of the leaf. A very satis-
factory bedder. 15 cents.

Bismarck. Foliage yellowish-green, with narrow,
deep chocolate zone ; flowers salmon, tipped white.
Another fine bedder

bordered with white; very ornamental; too well

known to need further description.

Mr. Parker. A free growing variety, resembling
Mountain of snow in foliage, and carrying semi-
double flowers. A grand introduction. 20 cents.

Mme. Salleroi. The best edging plant known;
only six inches high. A thrifty, compact, spreading
variety, not resembling, in any particular, any other
Geranium. The leaves are light silvery-green, edged
white, on long, thread-like stems.

SCENTED GERANIUMS.
Price, 10 cents.

Rose. Two varieties, large and small leaved.
Too well known to need description.

Nutmeg Scented. Free flowering; small leaves,
resembling those of apple scented.

Balm Scented. Large foliage, deliciously fra-
grant; fine for cutting.

Mrs. Taylor. Foliage scented, fine crimson flow-
ers, resembling miniature pelargonium blooms. Ex-
ceedingly fine. i

Shrubland Pet. Bushy grower, makes a very fine
plant ; foliage beautiful and fragrant. Flowers rose-~

Mountain of Snow.

Foliage green, handsomely

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colored.

**% ARGE bulbs, which bloom during the Sum-
Ze mer or Fall. The flowers are arranged on
long spikes, and are very richly colored, and
often gorgeously marked and blotched. By plant-
ing Gladiolus at intervals of a couple of weeks
from early in April until July, flowers can be had
canstantly from June until frost. Set the bulbs
so that the top is about two inches below the soil.
They should be taken up in the Fall and kept in
a dry cellar or cool closet until Spring.

It is an indisputable fact that the finer varieties of

Gladioli are the handsomest and most showy summer-
flowering plants in existence. By cutting the spikes.
when a few lower flowers are open and placing them in ~
water, the entire spike will open in the most beautiful
manner ; in fact, better than out-doors, as they are not
affected by the scalding sun or dashing rain. The fol-
lowing collection comprises the cream of over 300 sorts,
and we think it the best and cheapest offer of the year :

COLLECTION NO. 1.

Ten Varieties for Seventy-five Cents. Every Variety

is Perfectly Distinct.

Angele. Pearly white; showy and effective.
Brenchleyensis.
Pure white, spotted with purplish rose.

Light orange red; white blotch, feathered car-

Bright vermilion scarlet.
Ceres.
Conde.

mine.

Eugene Scribe. Flowers very large and wide ; perfect.
tender rose, blazed with carminate red.

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Isaac Buchanan. Golden yellow.

John Bull. White, slightly tinged with sulphur.

Madame Monneret. Soft, lovely pink; late va-
riety.

Napoleon III.
the petals.

Ida. White, flamed with carmine roseand yellow.
Singly, ro cts. each — except Brenchleyensis, 5c

Bright Scarlet; white stripes in

COLLECTION NO. 2.
Ten Varieties for One Dollar.

Anyone at all conversant with the merits or prices
of Gladioli will at once appreciate this collection.

Addison. Dark amaranth, with white stripes.

Agatha. Rose, suffused with lake, flamed with
carmine amaranth ; clear yellow spots.

La Candeur. White, lightly striped with carmine

violet.
Le Poussin. Light red, white blotch.
Meyerbeer. Scarlet, flamed vermilion; amaranth
red blotch.
Laura. Light orange red, tinged and flamed car-

mine ; pure white blotch.
Jeanne d’ Arc. Pure white; carmine violet blotch.

Roi Leopold. Blush rose, slightly suffused with
orange, and shaded deep currant red ; white blotch.

Romulus. Very brilliant dark red; large pure
white blotch; like an Amaryllis.

Zenobia. Bright rosy violet, flamed with carmine;
large white blotch.

COLLECTION NO. 3.
Ten Varieties for One Dollar and Fifty Cents.

If this does not suit you in quality or price,
cannot suit you at all. We ow this will please.

Achille. Beautiful currant red, with white stripe
in each petal.

Eugene Scribe. Flowers large and wide; tender
rose, blazed with carmine.

Bernard Palissy. Light cherry red, flamed and
striped carmine rose, with white blotch.

Bijou. Bright orange cherry, flamed scarlet.

Calypso. Rosy flesh color, streaked rose, blotched
carmine

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‘Canari. Light yellow, streaked with rose on lower
petals.
Charles Dickens. Delicate rose, tinted buff,

flamed carmine.

Cleopatre.. Soft lilac, lower petals darker, suffused
with violet, purple feathered blotch.

Marie Dumortier. White, slightly streaked rose,
violet purple blotch.

Robert Fortune. Orange lake, shading off to
purple crimson ; veined with white.

MIXED GLADIOLI.

Extra superfine quality, all colors mixed ; 30 cents
per dozen, 50 for $1.50, 100 for $3.

SEEDLING GLADIOLI.

We raise annually many thousands of seedling
Gladioli,-from seed selected from the finest varieties
in existence. The percentage of poor ones is ex-
tremely small, while that of flowers of striking beauty
is very large. Many of our seedlings are equal to

the very finest named varieties. They give the great-
est satisfaction to all who have ever planted them.

Retail price, 75 cents per dozen, 50 for $2.50, 100
for $5. By mail or express; smaller (but blooming)
bulbs can be sent by mail. °

HELIOTROPES.
Price, 1o cents each, except where noted.

These plants are universal favorites on atcount of
their delightful fragrance. Flowering equally well as
bedding plants in summer, or as pot plants in the
house during winter. They delight in abundance of
water.

White Lady. A strong growing, free branching
plant, very profuse in bloom. The flower is extra
large, composed of racemes, which will average four
or five inches in length, and of the purest white.

Albert Delaux. A French variety of great beauty.
Foliage is a bright golden yellow, very pronounced,
and marked slightly with a delicate green. In bloom
it is exquisitely beautiful, the deep lavender color of
the flower contrasting admirably with the ever vary-
ing foliage; very free flowering; trusses large.

Sapphire. A beautiful light lavender in color;
producing immense quantities of very fine trusses of
bloom. This is the very finest Heliotrope in its par-
ticular line of color, and we recommend it for bed-
ding.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hortensia. The well-known garden varjety. Has
immense heaps of pink flowers, that hang on for
months, Price, 15 cents each.

Paniculata Grandiflora. This Hydrangea is pro-
bably the finest hardy flowering shrub in cultivation,
with very large, dense flower-heads (6 to 12 inches in
length), opening full white, and changing to deep
rose color as they attain age. These panicles of
bloom remain from August toOctober. Good plants:
price, 15 cents each.

Otaksa.
contrasting beautifully with other sorts.
bushy growth. Price, 15 cents.

Heads large; flowers bright rosy pink,
Of low,

Thos. Hogg. Immense trusses of flowers, at first
tinged with green, then turning pure white and re—
maining so a long time. Price, 15 cents each.

HOYA (Wax Plant).

Carnosa. Star-shaped, waxy flowers, in clusters:
Beautiful, thick, glossy, evergreen leaves. Excellent
for house decoration, standing the dry heat of a sit-
ting-room with impunity, Price, 15 cents.

Carnosa Variegata, Similar to the above, but the
foliage is a bright golden yellow, sometimes cream

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Price, 25 cents.

HEDERA, or IVY.

Highly ornamental and desirable.
the greater part of the country.

Helix.
esteemed

Quite hardy in

The well-known Luglish Zvy, universally
Price, to cents each. :
Marginata Argentea (Silver Margined Ivy). Leaf
green; ground profusely mottled and margined silver.
Price, 10 cents.

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ROSES AND OTHER PLANTS.

HELIANTHUS MULTIFLORUS PLENUS |
(The Golden Sunflower). |

The plant grows about four feet high, bearing |
numerous large golden heads of flowers, as large as |
Dahlias, and continuing in bloom until frost, and is |
much prized asa loose bouquet flower.
with a little Winter protection.

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Quite hardy
Price, 15 cents.

HIBISCUS.
Price, 10 cents each, except where noted.

A beautiful class of green-house shrubs, with hand-
some glossy foliage, and large showy flowers, often
measuring four inches in diameter. They succeed
admirably bedded out during the Summer.

Brilliantissima. Single flowers, of the richest
crimson-scarlet; dark crimson at the base of the
petals. Very large and showy.

Denisonii. Nearly a pure white, slightly tinged
with rose. _ A large single flower, and very beautiful.

Sub-Violaceous. Flowers enormous, semi-dou-
ble; clear carmine, tinted with violet. . Probably the
largest flower in the Hibiscus (Chiensis) family, and
an unusually free bloomer. We take pleasure in
recommending this fine plant.

Schizopetalus. A curiously-formed flower — fen-
dant — the petals in a whorl; orange-red; totally un- |
like any other Hibiscus, or indeed any other flower.
The petals are open, like lace work. 25 cents.

Double Orange. A grand and showy variety, of
very brilliant. color and splendid double form. A
fine contrast to Miniatus Semi-plenus.

Grandiflorus. Rich, glossy foliage; blooming pro-
fusely through the Summer, literally covering the
plant with scarlet-crimson single flowers.

Double Yellow. Bright, deep yellow; the flowers
are double, neat and compact, three inches across,
of a very elegant appearance.

| velvety color and texture.

Decorus. Foliage very large and lobed; flowers
enormous, on long stems, of a beautiful rosy-carmine
color; stamens and pistils very showy; the stigma is
large, circular, and golden yellow.

Miniatus Semi-plenus. Semi-double flowers, of
a brilliant vermilion-scarlet; petals waved and re-
curved; the flowers noticeable for the absence of
formality, but are very handsome. fs

Fulgidus. Flowers single, very large, of an in-

| tense carmine-scarlet color, paler toward the base,
| where, on each petal, is an oblong blotch of deep
| crimson.

HONEYSUCKLE.

Halliana. A vigorous evergreen sort, with pure
white flowers, changing to yellow; very fragrant ;
| blooming from June to November. One of the best.
Io cents.
| Japan Golden-Leaved. A handsome and very de-
sirable variety, with the foliage beautifully netted or
| variegated with yellow; quite hardy. Distinct. 10
cents each.

Japonica Hallii. One of the best Honeysuckles
‘for adorning arbors, walls, porticoes, etc.; it grows
|very rapidly, and is a remarkably free bloomer. 10

|} cents each.

| IPOMCEA NOCTIPHYTON, True Moon-Flower.

A handsome and useful vine, of very rapid growth,
the leaves large, smooth, rather dark green, heart-
shaped and pointed; flowers large (three inches in
diameter); white, with a five-pointed star extending
through the center of the petals; the strongest grow-
ing vine known to us. Price, 20 cents each.

IRIS (Fleur de Lis, or Blue Flag).

An old-time favorite, greatly admired for its rich
It is quite hardy, and
improves from year to year. Plant in small clumps.

Anglica. Large flowers, blue shades predominat-

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ing; of medium height. In mixed varieties, ro cents LILIUM AURATUM.
each, $1.00 per dozen.

Germanica. Two to three feet high, shades pur-
ple, white, and bronze. In mixed varieties, ro cents |
each, $1.00 per dozen.

Kezmpferi. The new Japanese Iris, as showy as |
an Orchid. Very bold, fine groups for the lawn. |
Flowers are large, and of all colors from white to |
deep blue. One of the finest introductions of later |
years. Give them a moist situation if possible, or at |
least plenty of water during the blooming time. In
variety, 20 cents each, $2.00 per dozen.

JASMINUM.

Grandiflorum (Catalonian Jasmine). From Italy;
flowers pure white, star-shaped, of exquisite fragrances
blooms from October till May without intermission.
Io cents.

Grand Duke. The finest of all double Jasmines
for scent, which is quite distinct from any other

_ flower; flowers very white in color. very double, like
white roses, and in flower a long time. 25 cents.

LANTANAS.
Price, 10 cents each.

Oue of the best Summer-flowering tribe of plants
for our climate ; equally fine in dry or wet weather,
sun or shade. There are few bedding plants that
bloom more continuously or afford a greater variety
of color than the Lantana. When grown with a
single stem and trained as standards, with fine bushy
tops and straight stem, besides being in bloom all
Summer, they present on the lawn or piazza an effect
that is not surpassed by any other plant.

Rosea. Very fine foliage, and of slender, droop-
ing habit. Color, delicate rosy-lilac.

Multiflore. Another very beautiful white, with a
very little cream tint in the center.

Alba Grandiflora. The largest flowered among
the white varieties. Very pure and beautiful.

Surprise. Chrome-yellow, changing to yellowish:

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scarlet. Of fine habit, and very brilliant effect. ‘ ay See

. Innocence. Pure white flowers ; wonderfully Gold-Banded Lily from Japan.

free ; of strong growth ; best white. f a
Jacques Minot. Orange, changing to bright or- The grandest Lily grown, and a never-failing de-

ange-yellow and red; exceedingly fine and showy; light. We'take pleasure in showing it to people whe
a grand and brilliant variety. One of the very freest have never seen it: it seldom fails to create a sensa-
in bloom. hare The perfume is exquisite — light, yet pene:
. fi a trating.

eee te: : Sie an We | It is perfectly hardy, thriving in any good garden
Se eel ahaite eee Se ae soil. Good sized bulbs bear from five to twenty
; te foe flowers, each flower from ten to twelve inches across

Globe d’ Or. Very dwarf; brilliant orange -yel-| and composed of six pointed re-curved petals, pure
low; distinct. One of the finest and brightest among | white, with golden center stripe, and heavily dotted

the yellows. with brownish-crimson velvety spots.
Schmidtii. Fine orange, changing to bright red; | After finding a suitable place, do not disturb the
very bright and free flowering. bulb from year to year, but allow it to increase and

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ROSES AND OTHER PLANTS.

you will soon have a grand clump. We have seen
clumps of two to three years’ standing bearing from
thirty to fifty blooms.

Our importation is now on hand, and we can
recommend our bulbs for this year as plump and in
perfect condition. The bulbs should be planted in
light, rich, well-drained soil, and in a partially
shaded situation. Theonly danger threatening them
is water lodging about them. Plant the bulbs eight
to nine inches in depth. A covering of leaves during
the summer heat is beneficial, and they should be
protected with a covering of litter in winter — not
that it is necessary, but the Auratum appreciates any
favor of this kind in the flowering season, attesting
this fact by producing many more blooms, and of a
larger size.

Remembér, this isno untried novelty. It requires
no more care than other plants, and is sure to do
well. Nothing we sell gives greater satisfaction than
this popular flower. Price, extra fine bulbs, 30 cts.
each ; $3.00 per dozen.

for hanging
Ortgiesi

White.
Winter and

are planted

and pink.
Lely

PLUMBAGO.

The Plumbagos are desirable, on account of their
beautiful shades of blue—a color by no means too
common among our flowering plants.

Capensis.
heads of light blue flowers.

Larpente. A hardy variety, with trusses of flow-
ers of tichest shade of déep' blue, blooming from
‘August until frost, 15 cents,

15 cents.

leaves of deep, rich plum color.
can be trained to a light support.

Very pretty plants, producing large |

LINUM TRIGYNUM.

Makes a fine, large plant, which is literally cov-
ered with hundreds of large, single, yellow flowers
in the depth of winter. 10 cents each.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

Convallaria Majallis. One of the most charming
Spring flowering plants, producing in profusion its.
delicate, bell-shaped, delightfully fragrant white
flowers. It will thrive in any common soil, and will
do well in shady situations where few other plants
will succeed. 50 cents per dozen. -

NIEREMBERGIA.

Grandiflora. An excellent bedding or house plant
of slender, grass-like habit ; large, light-blue flowers,
produced in the greatest profusion from June to Oc-
tober. Very pretty, and specially suited for ceme-
tery planting. 10 cents. i

OLEANDER.

Double Pink. The oldest and finest of
all varieties in cultivation. Flowers double,
and rosecolored. 20 cents.

Lillian Henderson. A new double white
Oleander; one of the best yet introduced. 35c.
OXALIS.

These plants are of the easiest possible
culture, and are fine for baskets, vases, etc. .

Rubra.
Alba.

Flowers bright red. 10 cents.

Color, white. Both these varieties

flower in the greatest profusion, Winter and Summer. to cents.

Pendula.
dant growths, two to three feet long. Light yellow flowers.

A very peculiar but pretty Oxalis; make long pen-
Fine
baskets.” 10 cents.

An upright growing variety, with heavy trifoliate
Exceedingly large and rich :
Small yellow flower. 15 cts.

PARIS DAISY (Margeurite).
Io cents each.

A ray of white petals around a yellow disk; blooms |
Summer. Fine for bedding or pot culture. Flower

like the field daisy in size and appearance. A good Winter bloomer.

PENSTEMONS.

Penstemons make fine plants of from eighteen inches to two
feet in height, and are in continuous bloom from the time they

out until frost. Flowers in spikes of Gloxinia-like

form, shaded and mottled in all colors of white, scarlet, crimson,

They are hardy, with a very little covering in the Win-

The flowers are of great size, half- pendant, bell-shaped,
and marked and marbled in beautiful bright shades, making them

seem more like glowing exotics than hardy peren-
nials, The admiration of all who see them. They
bloom abundantly from June to October, and are very
valuable for cut flowers. They should be found in
|every garden. Give them a rich, open soil.

NOVELTIES FOR 1887.
Price, 20 cents each; the eight choice novelties, $1.50.
Alexandre Dumas. Bright red; interior white,
veined red and purple. Very free.
Berlioz. Flowers of excellent form, interior white

_. rosy crimson markings.

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lightly tinted with violet; lobes and tube bluish
violet.

Eugene Labiche. Flowers purplish-red, interior
brighter ; distinct silvery shadings.

Emile Paladilhe.
thine red, interior rayed with bright red.
beautiful.

Gounod. Flowers enormous, very large violet
lobe ; throat veined violet, on white ground.

Flowers very large; amaran-
Very

Mme. Dieulafoy. Flowers very large, deeply

lobed ; white, bordered’ with cream.

Opera. Violet lilac; enormous white throat,

marked with purplish blue.

Paul Bert. Fiery red, interior veined with pure

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white. An exceedingly pretty piece of coloring-
Very distinct. :
OLDER VARIETIES.
1o cents each.
Plant dwarf and branching; very
Exterior and lobes

Claud Gellee.
large flowers, of beautiful form.
clear red ; throat rose and red.

Edouard Pailleron. Flowers grand; a distinct
white throat; lobes bordered with pure salmon ; a
fine variety. .

Jules Claretie. Very large orange-scarlet flowers;
throat pure white, penciled with carmine.

Parlement. Very large spikes of violet-red flow-
ers; white throats, penciled purple.

Yan. D. Argent. Light violet; white throat -
lower lobes spotted reddish-purple ; of robust habit.

TREE PAZONIA,

TREE PAEONIA.

It is surprising that so beautiful a flower as the
Tree Pzonia is not better known. It is of very easy

culture, and yields with each increasing season an |

enormous quantity of most magnificent flowers. This
plant is entirely distinct from the common Peonia,
and is a wooded shrub in growth, which in time be-
comes a handsome bush. Flowers are enormous in
size, and of a beautiful pure white, with purple and
Flowers double. Price, 50
cents each ; 12 strong plants for $5.00.

HEREAGROUS PAEONIAS.

These are so well known that it is hardly neces-
sary to describe them. They are well suited for gar-
| den embellishment, and thrive and grow in any ordi-
nary soil. We have twelve distinct and beautiful
varieties, all of them different, and will please even
the most fastidious as to color and markings. Each,
20 cents; 12 for $2.00.

PHLOX (Hardy Perennial).

We have an exceedingly choice collection of this
fine old garden favorite; the new French varieties

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all carry very fine, distinct, pazc colors, in great
trusses, many of them beautifully shaded and
marked, with ver, distinct, clear, light eyes. They
require no care but dividing and resetting every sec-
ond year; their vigorous growth and freedom of
bloom make them very useful plants, while they are
nearly unexcelled in beauty. The improvement
made in this beautiful class of plants is perhaps
more marked than in any other section of the hardy
herbaceous family. Instead of the thin flowers,
which were limited to lilac and white colors, we now
have gorgeous flowers, combining all the different
tints of rose, carmine, red, and purple, to say noth-

ing of the pure whites and salmons, with their dis- |

tinct eyes. Perfectly hardy everywhere. If we lived
in the Northwest, we should plant the Phlox exten-
sively. Moreover, they bloom from July until severe

Few plants have been so much improved as the
‘Petunias. The double flowers are of much greater
size than the largest of the singles, and are very
richly colored, They flower freely, and continue
often even after hard frost. They make splendid
pot-plants, also, for early Spring blooming. We
have never had aset of Petunias even approaching
in excellence the varieties offered this year. They
have been thoroughly tested, not a poor variety left

Dou bte Petunias.

frost. We have ten distinct varietiés in white, pink,
salmon, cardinal, and purple shades. 15 cents each;
to for $1.25.

TACSONIA JAMESONI.

A very near relation of the Passifloras ; foliage
similar. The flowers are large and beautiful, and of
a rich purple color. Not hardy, but a beautiful
Summer bedder and greenhouse plant. Price, 25c.

POTHOS AUREA.

A beautiful trailing plant ; leaves strikingly varie-
gated, large, and heart-shaped, boldly marked with
blotches of cream yellow; of free growth. A native
of the Solomon Island. Price, 15 cents.

among them, and they are warranted not to deterior-
ate into semi-doubles and singles. While blooming on
our grounds the past Summer they were the admira-
tion of all who saw them; except for the foliage,
many of the fringed varieties would never be taken

for Petunias.
1o cents each; $1.00 per dozen.

Attraction. Purple, violet, intermingled and
shaded, with pure white blotches.

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DOUBLE PETUNIA.

Aurora. Very rich crimson, edged with white.
Double and beautifully colored.

Cherub.
son.

White, splashed with carmine and crim-
Very effective and showy.

Admiration. with

purest white.

Rosy - purple, intermingled
A handsome variety.

Cleopatra. Immense flowers, of a rosy -crimson
color, mottled with white.. Excellent.

Cherub. Rosy carmine, edged with white. Very
pretty.

Cheerfulness. White, mottled with rosy-crimson. |

Galatea. Rosy carmine and white.

Exquisite. Delicate rose, edged white.

Gem. Crimson, purple, and white mottled.

La Charite.
tled purple.

One of the best; clear white, mot-

Lucinda. Purplish-carmine, mottled white.

Murillo. MRosy-lilac, finely fringed ; a most dis- |
tinct variety.

Le Bonheur. Very

double, finest form, nicely
fringed ; pink and white.

La Meilleure.
plain; lilac rose,
and fine.

Enormous -sized flowers ; petals
veined crimson. Very distinct

Minerva. Purplish-crimson, edged white; very |
beautiful.
Lucy Longstreet. Deep purplish carmine, edged

with white and beautifully fringed. 15 cents.

Novelty. Silvery pink, suffused with white; a.

very beautiful variety.

Mayflower. Rosy carmine, edged white.
Peerless. Fine, deep purple, and splashed with |

white.
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Puritan. White, splashed and mottled with deep
purplish carmine.

J. G. Drayton. Richcrimson purple, deep fringe.
The finest self-colored variety that we have seen.

Stella.

Souvenir. White, mottled
with bright purple.

Henry Bird.

Rosy purple, splashed with white.

and heavily marked

A magnificent pure white, of exquis-

ite form. A highly finished flower.
HARDY PINKS.
Snow. A perfectly hardy plant, producing im-
mense quantities of pure white flowers. The size
and form resemble the finest Carnations. 10 cents

PHEASANT’S EYE.

Pheasant’s Eye. (Seecut.) A beautiful new va-
riety, more than semi-double, with fringed edges. It
has a very large center of velvety maroon, surrounded
by creamy white. Flowers of large size, blooming
in great quantities. Perfectly hardy. 15 cents.

Notre.— These Pinks are desirable for cemetery
planting, owing to their perfect hardiness and the
beautiful shades of color.

PANDANAS.

Called Screw Pine, from the arrangement of the
leaves on the stem, Excellently adapted for the cen-

| ter of vases and baskets, or grown as a single speci-
| men.

Veitchi. This splendidly variegated Screw Pine
is one of the most attractive plants. The leaves are
light green, beautifully marked with broad stripes
and bands of pure white, and most gracefully curved
$1.00 each.

Utilis. One of the finest plants for window, vase,
or pot culture. The long, slender leaves re-curve
gracefully, making it exceedingly attractive. Nice
three-inch pot plants, 25 cents each.

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PHILADELPHUS (Mock Orange).

Primulafiorus. A new double Syringa, or Phila-
delphus, of very dwarf, compact habit, forming a
beautiful round-headed shrub, and producing in May
and June a great profusion of double white Camellia-
like flowers, very double, and of great substance.
The flowers are very durable after being cut, and the
plant is very hardy. 20 cents each.

Coronarius. A rapid growing, medium sized
shrub, with very fragrant white flowers. 15 cents.

Coronarius Flora Plena.
riety. 20 cents.

Double flowering va-

POINSETTIA PULCHERRIMA.

A tropical plant of gorgeous beauty. On well-
grown specimens the cluster of leaves or bracts that
surrounds the flower is a foot in diameter, of the
most dazzling scarlet. It blooms from November to
January. Price, 25 cents each.

TIGRIDIA.

A bulbous plant, with sword-like foliage, and odd,
beautiful flowers; they continue blooming during
the Summer, and require the same treatment as

Gladioli. Price, 3 for 25 cts.; 75 cts. per doz.
RUELLIAS.
Formosa. A Salvia-like plant, bearing flowers of

a most brilliant scarlet during the entire winter,
making it very valuable as a Winter bloomer. 5c.

Macrantha. In shape and size, the flowers re-
semble the Gloxinia, except that ‘they stand erect.
Very free blooming in the winter ; color, purplish
pink. 15 cents.

SMILAX.

Perhaps no climbing plant in cultivation equals |
this in the graceful beauty of its foliage. Its peculiar |
wavy formation renders it desirable for vases and
hanging baskets, as it can be used either to climb or |
droop, as is desired. Unsurpassed for cut-flowers or
wreaths. ro cents each.

SAXIFRAGA SARMENTOSA.

A plant of low spreading habit, with round, silvery
banded leaves. Very fine for hanging baskets.
(Also called Strawberry Plant and Beefsteak Ger-
anium.) Larger than the common variety. 10 cts.

PASSIFLORA (Passion Vine).

Colvilli. A strong growing vine, with peculiar
shaped flowers, of a purplish-crimson color ; foliage
bright and glossy.
air. 15 cents.

Constance Elliott. (White Passiflora.) The
flowers are pure white, excepting a very slight
coloring at the base of the corolla. The value of a
white Passion flower must be great. A very rapid
grower, and does not always bloom the first year.
Price, 10 cents each.

PALMS.

The following handsome varieties can be recom-
mended as of easy culture for apartments, conserva-
tory decoration, or yase plants during Summer.

Latania Barbonica, A beautiful Palm, with large
deeply divided, fan-shaped leaves. It is of easy cul-
tivation, and makes a splendid plant for vases, bas-
kets, etc. This is the most desirable and most orna-
mental of all the palms. 35 cents. ee

Seaforthia Elegans. One of the very best Palms
for ordinary purposes, of graceful habit, and rapid,
easy growth. 35 cents.

Cocus Weddeliana. The most elegant and grace-
ful of all the smaller Palms. Very distinct feathery
foliage. Highly ornamental. 50 cents each.

Areca Lutescens. One of the most valuable and
beautiful Palms in cultivation. Bright, glossy, green
foliage, with yellow stems. 50 cents each.

SPIREA.

Callosa Alba. A new white -flowering Spirea, of
dwarf habit. Very fine; perfectly hardy ; blooms
in July and August. One of the most desirable. 10
cents.

Reevesii Fl. Pl. A beautiful shrub, with narrow
leaves; bears fine clusters of double white flowers.
One of the finest shrubs grown. 10 cents.

Prunifolia. Height, four feet; very beautiful ;
flowers perfectly double, like white Daisies; blos-
soms in May. 15 cents.

Van Houttii. The grandest of all the Spireas. A
two or three-year-old plant will have sent up hun-
dreds of graceful, willowy stems from four to six
feet in height, and again bending nearly to the
ground. It is a beautiful ornament for the lawn at
any season, but when in flower it is a complete foun-
tain of white bloom, the foliage hardly showing.
Clusters of twenty to thirty flat white florets make
up the racime, and these clusters are set close along
the drooping stems. Perfectly hardy, and an early
bloomer. One of the finest plants in our Catalogue.
to cents.

VIBERNUM (Snow Ball).

A well-known shrub; attains a height of eight or
ten feet ; produces showy white flowers in large balls
or masses In June. 15 cents.

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Verbenas.

With, perhaps, the exception of the Geranium, the |

Verbena
plant.
and will be found in every way desirable. Verbenas
delight in sunny situations, a rich soil, and thorough
cultivation. ro cents each :
20 for $1.00, each different

Mrs. Arthur.
Antonio.
Andrance. Rosy-carmine, white eye.
Mme. Massay.
Century. Crimson, large white eye

Intense Scarlet, very large
Purple, large.

Pink, enormous flower

Red Cap. Scarlet.
Gen. Custer. Glowing red, dark center
Iona. Lake, large

Emily. Soft cherry red, light center
Glow Worm.
May Queen.
Templar.
Giant.
Emma.

Bright crimson, white eye
Pink, white center.
Pink, each petal margined white
Very dark crimson

Blush white, large violet red center
Matta. Magenta purple
Cherry. Light red, white eye
Blue Bird. Blue, white eye
Beauty of Oxford. Pink, large

Crystal. White
Purity. White
Sylph. White

is the most popular and useful bedding

The varieties offered comprise the best colors |
| two to three feet.

10 for 50 cents, 10 kinds: |

SALVIA (Scarlet Sage).

The Salvia is of easy culture, attaining a height of
The flowers are very attractive,
and especially the scarlet and variegated varieties.
Price, 10 cents each.

Greggi. A most beautiful new variety ; very free
flowering; blooms continuously through the Sum-
|mer. The flowers are rather small, but are of a most

brilliant cherry color. One of the most desirable.

Splendens. One of the finest of Fall - blooming
| plants, being completely covered in Autumn with
| long spikes of dazzling scarlet flowers, remaining in
bloom until cut down by frost.

M. Issanchon.

Creamy -white flowers, evenly
variegated with scarlet; plant dwarf and free flower-
|ing. The best variegated sort we have seen,

|, Patens. Very handsome for borders or centers of
beds. Flowers larger than the Scarlet Sage; it has

| the prettiest shade of blue of any plant in cultivation:
folige a peculiar shade of sage green, and of a rough
flannelly texture. 20 cents.

VINCA (Periwinkle).

Harrisoni. A beautiful Variegated trailing plant,
rapid growth, leaves dark green, center light green,
| light blue flowers. 10 cents.

| Major Variegata. Similar to the above
| leaves glossy green, broadly margined with creamy-
| white ; blue flowers: both sorts admirably adapted
to hanging baskets and vases. Io cents.

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DOUBLE TUBEROSE.

One of the most delightfully fragrant and beautiful
of the summer flowering bulbs, throwing up tall
spikes of double white flowers three feet high, which
remain in bloom along period. For early flowers
they can be started in February or March, in the
greenhouse or hotbed; and for a succession they can
be planted at intervals as late as August. For flow-
ering in the open borders, plant about the first of
May. We grow many thousands of these roots, and
are in a position to supply the finest bulbs. 10 cents
each; $1.00 per dozen; $6.00 per hundred. Second
size, 3 for 25 cents; 75 cents per dozen.

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DOUBLE TUBEROSE “ PEARL.”

The value of this sort over the common variety

consists in its flowers being of large size, imbricated.
like a rose, dwarf habit, growing only from eighteen
inches to two feet in height ; its short growth making
it desirable as a pot plant or for Winter forcing. 10
cents; 85 cents per dozen; $5.00 per hundred, by
express,
dozen.

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VIOLET.

It is one of the leading florists’ flowers for bou-
quets and cut-flowers.. All the varieties should have
a slight protection of leaves during the Winter. A
better plan to insure early Spring flowering is to
plant in cold frames in the Fall. They thrive best
in the Summer in a shady situation, in a rich, deep
soil,

Marie Louise. Deep violet-blue; very fragrant
and free flowering. It should be grown by all inter-
ested in the culture of cut flowers, on account of it
easy forcing qualities.. 10 cents each. ‘

Swanley White. The flowers are large, pure
white, and very fragrant. This magnificent Violet is
grown extensively at New York, and is highly prized
for its pure white flowers and the freedom with which

it blooms. 0 cents each.
WEIGELIA.
Rosea. This is one of the most charming shrubs

in cultivation ; it cannot be too highly recommended.
The flowers are large, and of a deep rose color; they
are borne in such profusion that the whole plant ap-
pears a mass of lovely bloom. 15 cents.

Variegata, Deep green leaves, with a broad mar-
gin of pure white around each; very striking and
pretty ; rose-colored flowers, same as preceding va-
riety, but of smaller growth. 20 cents.

ZEPHYRANTHES.

Rosea. (Atamasco Lily, or Prairie Lily.)

free flowering bulb, with flexible, graceful grass.
Plant six to a dozen in a clump, or pot ; winter like:
Gladiolus.

Color, bright pink. 50 cents per dozen.

Second size, 3 for 25 cents; 75 cents per

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FLOWER SEEDS.

A Very Liberal Offer.— Owing to the great purity and the excellent quality of our seeds, we make

the very best offer possible to our friends.

We are aware that greater inducements are held forth by many

firms, but our seeds are pure, fresh, and of first quality, and not surpassed by any in the American market.

For a remittance of $1 you may select seeds,
For a remittance of $2 you may select seeds,
For a remittance of $3 you may select seeds,
For a remittance of $4 you may. select seeds,
For a remittance of $5 you may select seeds,

valued at $1.50.
valued at $3.00.
valued at $4.50.
valued at $6.00.
valued at $7.00.

in packets only,
in packets only,
in packets only,
in packets only,
in packets only,

Individual orders for any of the preceding amounts will be entitled to the same premium as Club orders.
The above premiums will be allowed only on Flower and Vegetable Seeds in packets.

For PLANT clubbing rates, see page 4.

For a number of years we have intended adding
seeds to our list. No garden is complete without
those lovely favorites of our grandmothers, Holly-
hock and Larkspur, Sweet-pea and Mignonette and
Thyme. The very names bring the picture of the
old garden and its odors back to us.

We were glad to be able this year to raise some
good seeds, and those seeds which can not be raised
in perfection in our country we ,have bought
from the very best European seed-growers. We pay
the highest price for first quality seeds, and you need
not fear a mixture of old seed among a proportion
of new ones. We want small profits on a large trade,
and we expect ALL our customers to come back for
more another year.

We carried out this same policy with our bulbs the
past Fall, and know they gave universal satisfaction.

ALL FLOWER SEEDS FREE BY MAIL, AND 5 CENTS
PER PACKET, EXCEPT WHERE NOTED.

AGERATUM.

One of our best free blooming Summer flowers,
and the best 4/ue for bouquets.

Little Dorrit.
in profusion. 5 cents.

Mexicanum. Soft lavender blue, 1 ft. high.
ALYSSUM, SWEET.

A desirable hardy annual, flowering from early
Spring till killed by frost, and all Winter in the green-
house if sown in August. Flowers pure white, in
racemes, and of a peculiar delicate fragrance Most
effective in masses, with plants one foot apart. Use-
ful in all kinds of small bouquets. Grows one foot
high. oz., Io cents.

AMARANTHUS.

Valuable for its varieties of handsome foliage,
whether grown in the conservatory or garden. The
colors will be more brilliant in moderately rich soil.

5c.

Tricolor. Leaves yellow, red, and green; well
known as Joseph’s Coat. Very showy. 5 cents
Bicolor Ruber. Carmine and scarlet. 5 cents.

Salicifolius. Two and a half to three feet high,

Bright azure blue, dwarf; blooms;

| Snow white, roc.

pyramidal in form, branching close to the ground. |
Leaves beautifully undulated, varying from green to |

bronze, and later to a bright orange-red color, form-
ing magnificent bright colored plumes. 20 cents.
ANTIRRHINUM, OR SNAP DRAGON.

- Tall sorts, all colors mixed. 5 cents.
Tom Thumb. All colors mixed. 5 cents.

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ASTERS, — Fall Roses of Queen Marguerites.

The Aster we believe to be one of the most satisfac-
tory of flowers, and we are certain that our collection
will please the most critical.

The seed should not be sown outside until the soil
is warm—say April 20. Some of the finest blooms
can be had by sowing the seed even as late as June
to. If very early blooms or a succession is desired,
the seed should be sown inside, in shallow boxes or
pots, and planted out at proper time. Asters like
best a rich, friable soil. When planting outside, firm
the seed well in the soil with the hand, cover lightly,
and be careful not to get it too deep— one inch is the
proper depth.

All Asters are 1ocents per packet, unless otherwise noted.

CLASS I.

Improved Dwarf Pyramidal. One of the finest
of the dwarfs, averaging one foot in height, and
forming a pyramid of bloom.

Deep red, 10 cts.
White, ro cts.
Mixed packet, 5 cts.

Pale pink, ro cts.
Dark rose, Io cts.
Light blue, ro cts.

CLASS II.

Dwarf Bouquet. Only 8 inches high. Very free

| in bloom.*, Mixed colors, 5 cents.

CLASS III.

Truffaut’s Paeony-flowered Perfection. A perfect
type of this shape of flower; habit good, and flower
perfect in form and color. Very popular.

Scarlet and white, roc.
Rosy violet, toc.
All colors mixed, toc.

Bright rose, roc.

Dark crimson, roc.

CLASS IV.

Victoria. One and one-half feet high. A very
beautiful style, and one of the most sought after.

Snow white, ro cents.

White, turning to rose, 10 cents.

White, turning to azure blue, to cents.

Peach blossom, to cents. :

Dark crimson, to cents.

Victoria Dwarf. The finest of the dwarf varie-
ties. Eight to ten inches.

All colors mixed, to cents.

Quilled light carmine, 10 cents

Finest mixed Aster seed, all varieties, per packet,

, 10 cents.

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Balsam.

BALSAMS.—Camellia Flowered,

Are used largely for making baskets and table decor-
ations. Sow the seed where you wish it to grow,
two seeds in a hill, and pull up one if both grow; it
will do as well, if not better, in this way than any
other. Perfectly double, with recurving petals of
the form of a Camellia. Very fine varieties only.

White, rose flowered, Io cents.
Rose, 5 cents.

Lilac, 5 cents.

Light lemon, ro cents.

Flesh color, 10 cents.

Scarlet, spotted, 10 cents.
Crimson, spotted, ro cents.

White, beautifully striped 10 cents.
Scarlet,.10 cents.

Mixed, Camellia flowered, 5 cents.

CALENDULA.

Officinalis Meteor. Double mixed (Pot Mavigoi/).
Flowers of the true variety are as double as Asters;
petals small, and numerous, each one being marked
with two shades of yellow—one very light and the
other deep orange. Asa pot plant for winter bloom-
ing it is very beautiful and never without flowers.
Try this. 5 cents.

CALLIOPSIS, OR COREOPSIS.

Few, if any, annuals are more useful than these ;
the colors are rich and striking, flowers numerous
and beautiful.

Yellow and brown, 5 cents.

Rich crimson, brown and yellow, singularly mar- |

bled ; two feet. 5 cents.
Many varieties mixed, 5 cents.
MORNING GLORY, OR CONVOLVULUS
MAJOR.
The well-known and beautiful free-flowering class

ra

of climbers. 5 cents each

| stance.

Small Incurved Chrysanthemum.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

No more interesting experiment can be tried in
floriculture than raising Chrysanthemums from seed.
Exceedingly beautiful new varieties are often obtained
in this way. Per packet, 25 cents.

Dwarf Chrysanthemum.

CONVOLVULUS MINOR.

Dwarf Morning Glory. Mixed colors. The
Dwarf Morning Glories are very beautiful indeed,
the plants being a perfect mass of bloom. 5 cents,

CENTAUREA GYMNOCARPA (Dusty Miller).

The best white-leaved bedding plant for summer
effect. Use in lines with dwarf Cockscomb.

Beautiful white fern-like leaves’, very valuable for
white lines in ribbon planting, or for single specimen
plants. ro cents.

COBAA SCANDENS.

Large bell-shaped purple flowers, of great sub-
Cover lightly with soil and use a glass cover
to start them. No handsomer climber can be found,
IO cents.

Single Dahlia.

DAHLIAS.
Single. Finest single, 15 cents.
Double. 15 cents.

COLEUS.

Choicest new sorts, mixed. A superb stock which
will produce magnificent varieties. 35 cents.

COSMOS BIPINNATUS.

HILL & CO., RICHMOND, IND.

This plant is of strong growth, having elegant |

foliage. For Fall blooming it has no superior. Seed
sown in April or May and transplanted to open
ground, will produce plants five or six feet high by
September, and from then to November will be cov-
ered with hundreds of blossoms three inches across.
Planted in pots and brought inside to flower, like
‘Chrysanthemums, they are grand. The colors are
of various shades, from pure white to purplish crim-
son. Both foliage and flowers are unsurpassed for
bouquets and vases; indeed, it is one of the most
beautiful Fall flowers imaginable, and will please all
who grow it with a little care and attention. Seed
of all colors, mixed, 25 cents per packet.

CAMPANULA (Canterbury Bell).
A lovely old-fashioned flower.

Single mixed, 5 cents.
Single blue, 5 cents.

Single white, 5 cents.
Double mixed, 10 cents

CANDYTUFT.
Be sure and sow some Candytuft.
massing or for cut-flowers
Best pure white, 5 cents.

Very fine for

Sempervirens. Quite hardy; pure white. ro cts.
CARNATION.
Sow in February or March, in the house, in very

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PICOTEE.

| Hardy out-door pink.
| double flowers, 15 cents.

Fine mixed seed from best

CELOSIA, or COCKSCOMB.

Start early in the house, and transplant the last of
May. Give them a rich soil. One of the most beau-
| tiful ribbon beds in the Chicago parks was composed
of Cockscomb and Centauria (Dusty Miller).

Best mixed dwarf, 5 cents.

Best velvety crimson, dwarf, ro cents

Best tall crimson, 5 cents.

DATURA.

Double trumpet-formed flowers ;
lavender. Very large. .°5 cents.

white, shaded

ESCHSCHOLTZIA (California Poppy).

Blooms profusely all Summer.

Crocea. Rich golden-yellow, foliage sage green,
finely divided. 5 cents.

Mandarin. Rich golden-yellow. 5 cents.

EUPHORBIA (Snow on the Mountain).

5 cents.
FORGET-ME-NOT.
Palustris. The true English Forget-me-not. Soft
blue. 5 cents.

Eliza Fanrobert.
white eye. ro cents.

Largest variety; deep blue,

FOUR-O’-CLOCK.

Best mixed sorts. 5 cents.

GAILLARDIA.

One of the finest perennials; blooms freely the first
year. Universally admired. Fine for cutting.

G. Picta Josephus. Broad yellow petals. 5 cts

Gaillardia Lorenziana.

fine, light soil Mixed colors, 15 cents.
DIANTHUS G. Picta Lorenziana. Most beautiful and distinct
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in appearance; flowers globular formed, finely divided
Chinese pink \ very free bloomer all the season; | and fringed. Colors, various shades of crimson-buff
hardy, and fine the second season, also; best mix-|and clear yellow. Blooms from June till frost. Very
ture, 5 cents | fine for cutting. 1o cents.

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African Marigold.
MARIGOLD.

African sorts, tall growing; the French quite
dwarf. For the pretty pot Marigold, see Calendula.

African. Best double, mixed. Colors range from
pale yellow to deep orange, all very large and double.
Grand for large beds or wide borders. 5 cents.

French. Best double, mixed. 5 cents.

French. Gold striped. 5 cents.

HELIANTHUS (Sunflower).

Californicus. Orange, extra large and double;
five feet. 5 cents.

Oscar Wilde. Small, black centered variety; very
pretty. 5 cents.

Mixed varieties, 5 cents.

HOLLYHOCK.

Plant in June or July, in open ground. In the
Autumn, when the plants have made five leaves,
transplant to permanent position. Set three feet
apart. Give a good Winter covering of old manure:
they will bloom the next Summer. Nothing can be
finer for a background. If these, again, can have a
clump of evergreens for their background, you will
have no prettier spot in your garden. The individual
flowers are as handsome as roses,-and of the most
beautiful shades.

Double pure white 15c. Double salmon rose, r5c.
Double lemon yellow, 15c. Double scarlet, 15c.
Double rose color, 15c. Fine double mixed, roc.
Double dark red, r5c.

IPOMGEA.

Bona Nox. Quite distinct from the true Moon-
flower, but similar to it in form and color of flower.
ro cents.

(o,

Coccinea. Small scarlet star; plumy vine. 5
LARKSPUR.
One of the finest of hardy annuals.

Carmine, 5 cents.

Blue, 5 cents.

LOBELIA.

One of the prettiest of low border plants. Extra
fine for vase or basket.

Crystal Palace. Large blue and white. ro cents.

Emperor William. Upright grower. Bright ma-
|rine blue ; large flower. ro cents.

Gracilis. Best of the trailing varieties. 5 cents.

Giant Pyramid.

MIGNONETTE.

We have yet to meet the first person who is not
fond of Mignonette. Sow at intervals during the
Spring and Summer. >

Odorata. Old-fashioned variety. 5 cents.
Giant Pyramid. Very large flowered. 1o cents.

Machet. Best for growing in pots. Io cents.

MAURANDYA.

This is probably the most useful and beautiful of
all climbing annuals. Should be started early.

Fine mixed colors. 10 cents.

NASTURTIUM (Dwarf).

An old-fashioned flower, again become very popu-
lar, as it deserves. Leafage clean and beautiful,
colors rich and velvety ; very easy to grow. A bowl
of these on any breakfast table is a handsome orna-
ment.

Empress of India. Crimson flowers, dark leaves.
10 cents.

Golden King. Golden yellow. 10 cents.

Crystal Palace Gem. Sulphur, spotted maroon-
ro cents.

Tom Thumb. Bright scarlet. 5 cents.

Finest mixture, per ounce, 15 cents.

NASTURTIUM (Climbing).
For trellises.

Scarlet, 5 cents; per ounce, 15 cents.
Orange, 5 cents; per ounce, 15 cents.

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PANSIES.

These lovely flowers are favorites with all, not
only for the brilliancy and variety of their colors,
but for the durability of their bloom. Seed may be
sown in open ground in Spring or Summer, or in
hot-bed early in Spring. Young plants produce the
largest and best flowers. The plants should always
occupy a cool, partially shaded situation, and the
ground cannot be toorich; coolness and moisture are
necessary. ‘Transplant when an inch high. Seed
sown in July will blossom late in Autumn; if sown
in October, will bloom the following Spring. Hardy
biennial; four inches high.

The following varieties we have imported from the
best European seed-growers, and can recommend
them with confidence. They are saved from the
choicest and finest flowers, and comprise all shades
of color, from pure white to black.

We offer you the best that can be bought; we have
spared neither trouble nor money in obtaining the |
very finest varieties, in good, fresh, growing seed.

Giant Odier “ Cassiers.’”” One of the newer
varieties, with immense large flowers, from 3 to
314 inches in diameter ; they somewhat resemble
the old Odier or blotched variety, and surpass all
others for fine form, large size, richness, and end-
less variety of color. Price per packet, 25 cents.

Giant Trimardeau. An entirely distinct and
beautiful race, which will commend itself to all
lovers of this popular flower; the plants are of
vigorous though compact habit; the flowers are
carried well, and each one is marked with three
large blotches or spots; they are of refined form,
and present a notable difference from those of
all known races, in being of a size hitherto
quite unattained in this genus. Packet, 25 cents.

Atropurpurea. Dark purple violet. 10 cents.

Atropurpurea Alba Marginata. Silver edge;
very fine. 10 cents.

Black. With gold bronze markings. 10 cents.

King of the Blacks. (Roi des-Noirs.) Deep

coal black. 10 cents.

Emperor William. Splendid large flowered
Pansy, of a brilliant ultramarine blue, with
well-defined eye of purple-violet. The flowers
are very large, borne well above the foliage.
Io cents.

Light Blue. 10 cents.

Purple. With gold edge.

Pure Yellow.

Red Bronze, Fancy. Bright coppery red
colors, mixed. to cents.

Snow Queen. Pure white. 10 cents.

Finest Mixed Pansy Seed. 10 cents per
packet; ¥/ oz., $2.00; % oz., $3.50; 10z., $5.00.

10 cents.

Io cents.

PHLOX DRUMMONDI GRANDI-
FLORA.

The varieties of Grandiflora are, as the name
indicates, much larger and finer in every re-
spect than the strain ordinarily sold. Thecol-
ors we offer are very positive and perfectly
gorgeous in their brilliancy, and the effect
produced by planting different colors side by
sideis lovely. The seed germinates very easily,
and can be sown in the open ground early in
April.

Alba.
Isabellina.

Large Blue.
Leopoldi.
Rosea.

Pure white.
Pale yellow.
Marbled slate blue,
Rosy crimson, with large white eye.
Fine shades of rose.
Splendens. The richest colored and most effective
of all the large flowering varieties ; crimson.
Grandiflora Mixed. Most brilliant and perfectly
formed flowers.

“Nana Compacta. Varieties of lower growing
habit, having numerous large sized flowers of most
brilliant colors ; splendid for bedding:

Rosea. Charming rose. 15 cents.

Snowball. Fine white. 15 cents.

Victoria. Globular, shaded deep scarlet flowers ;
very fine. 15 cents.

10 cents per packet, except where priced.

Phlox Drummondi Grandiflora.

70 SMALL FRUITS AND SEEDS.

Salvia.

SALVIA SPLENDENS.

A grand plant. Tassels of velvety scarlet bloom.
Very profuse bloomer. 10 cents.

POPPIES.— Single.
To flower continuously, seed pods must be kept off.

Papaver Danebrog. (The Danish Flag.) Scarlet
and pure white, in the shape of across. 5 cents.

Umbrosum. Most intense crimson-scarlet, each
petal having a large black blotch at the base ; flowers
borne singly on stems a foot high; lasts two months
in perfection, and is magnificent for bedding. 5 cts.

Fine Double Poppies. We have a superior strain
of these, with flowers as fine as largest double Dah-
lias; the colors are distinct, and range from red to
pure white, maroon and crimson. 5 cents.

PETUNIA.
SINGLE.
Countess of Ellesmere. Rose, white throat;
great bloomer. 5 cents.

Grandiflora Fimbriata. Fringed varieties in splen-
did mixture. 25 cents.

Grandiflora Mixed. Very choiceand beautiful. roc.

Inimitable Nana Compacta Multiflora. This
charming variety has proved a decided acquisition ;
its little bushy plants, five to eight inches high by as
much in diameter, studded with their regularly striped
flowers, are exceedingly effective. 10 cents.

DOUBLE.

Note.— Double Petunia seed should not be cov-
ered too deeply in sowing.

Grandiflora Flore Pleno. Saved from special
flowers, finely marked, and of large size. 25 cents.

Grandiflora Fimbriata Flore Pleno. Also saved
from finely fringed and very distinctly blotched flow-
ers ; the very finest quality possible to obtain. 35c.

PORTULACCA.— Double.

White, yellow, rose, red ; mixed or separate, toc. |

PRIMULA SINENSIS (Chinese Primrose.)

Direction for cultivation on every packet of seed.

Fimbriata, Veitch’s Superb Fringed. Mixed
colors. 25 cents,

Fimbriata, Alba Magnifica. Flowers pure white,
with large bright yellow eye ; each petal fringed. 25c.

RICINUS (Castor-Oil Plant).

Foliage very handsome. Attainsa height of 6 to8
feet in a season. A grand tropical plant. Mixed
varieties. 5 cents.

SCABIOSA (Mourning Bride).

One of the handsomest flowers for summer bou-
quets. Velvety crimson and maroon predominating
colors. Mixed. 5 cents.

STOCKS (Gilliflower, or Ten-Week Stock.)

Dwarf. White, pink, yellow, rose, crimson, lilac.
light blue, separate, each, 15 cents; mixed, ro cents-

SWEET PEA.

A most lovely climbing plant. No cut flower has
the fresh, delicious perfume of the Sweet Pea.
When cut for filling vases, the blooms will last for
days, and the distinct colors are very beautiful.
Plant them early, and four to five inches deep, in
rich soil; support with brush or a trellis when one
foot high, and the oftener the flowers are cut the
more you will have. Don’t fail to plant some this
year.

Adonis. MRose-pink. 5 cents.

Butterfly. White ground, delicately laced with
lavender blue; very fragrant and valuable for bou-
quets. 15 cents. : ;

Crown Princess of Prusia.
very fine. to cents.

Painted Lady. Rose and white. 5 cents.

Scarlet Invincible. Rich scarlet. 5 cents.

Violet Queen. A charming variety, ranging fron:
deep mauve to light violet. 15 cents

White. 5 cents. ‘

Mixed. 5 cents.

Everlasting Pea. Showy, free-flowering plants,
growing in any common soi!; very ornamental on
trellis-work, old stumps, fences, or walls; hardy
perennials, Mixed colors. 5 feet. 10 cents.

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LAWN GRASS.

Nothing is more attractive than a rich, green, vel-

vety lawn. To have one, observe the following brief
hints: The best time to sow Lawn Grass Seed is
early in the Spring, or about the latter part of Au-
gust. We prefer the early Spring. In the first place,
see that your ground is thoroughly drained and well
prepared, and sow af /east three bushels of seed to the
acre, V£ your ground is in condition to raise a good
crop of potatoes, it will makea good lawn, by adding
about half a ton of bone dust to the acre, harrowed
in before sowing the seed. Thesuccess of establish-
ing a good lawn depends much on the season and the
condition of the ground at the time of sowing. A
very slight raking in will protect the seed much, or a
sowing of wood ashes will render it distasteful to
birds. Rolling, however, is at all times indispensa-
ble. Mowing alone will not secure.a good bottom
without that compression which the roller gives»

‘Double salmon,1o cents.

When the grass is established, it should be fre-
quently cut.

If by mail, postage must be added at the rate of 8
cents per quart.

Central Park Mixture. Composed of dwarf and
close-growing grasses which, properly managed, pro-
duce a fine, velvety lawn and permanent sod. Per
quart, 25 cents; bushel, $4.00

Red Clover.

White Clover.

20 cents per pound.

40 cents per pound,

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES.

Avena Sterilis. (Animated oats.) 5 cents

Briza Maxima. Very useful, 10 cents.

Coix Lachryma. (Job’s Tears.) These have a
hole through each seed, which is used to make neck-
laces for ‘children. They are very pretty for that
purpose. 5 cents.

Erianthus Ravenne. Much like Pampas grass.

1o cents.
Stipa Pennata. (Feather Grass.) Delicate and

very beautiful. 5 cents.

SWEET WILLIAM.

Hardy perennial. Another lovely old-fashioned
flower. Mixed colors, 5 cents.

VERBENA.

Pure white, 15 cents.
Scarlet, 15 cents.
Best mixture, 10 cents.

ZINNIA.

A very handsome annual, where clear shades are
obtained ; double varieties only. A very fine Sum-
mer bedding plant, blooming anywhere, and under
any treatment. Excellent for producing masses of

color.
Double white, 10 cents. Double yellow, ro cents.
Double

Double scarlet, ro cents.
Double mixed,

red, io cents.
5 cents.

Pure, clear shades only.

VEGETABLE SEEDS.

In submitting our list of Vegetable Seeds to the pub- |
lic, we desire to state that such as are not grown on our |
own grounds, under our immediate care and supervis- |
ion, are raised for us by the most reliable and experi- |
enced growers in this country and in Europe, seeking to |
place each where the adaptability of soil and climate will
insure the most perfect development and the greatest
purity.

All seeds listed are free by mail, postage prepaid.
Don’t forget this in comparing prices with the prices of |
other houses.

DWARF or BUSH BEANS.
Ne Plus Ultra.
Io cents.

Improved Valentine. Earlier and more productive
than the old variety. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 35. |

Earliest of all varieties. Packet,

Mohawk. Early, productive, very hardy and good,
Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30.

Yellow Six Weeks.
pint, 30.

Black Wax. Yellow pods; early and fine fl-vor.
Packet, 10 cents; pint, 35.

Golden Wax. Yellow pods; early, stringless, very
good quality Packet, 10 cents; pint, 35.

Golden Butter Wax.
cents ; pint, 35.

Long pods. Packet, 10 cents;

Yellow pods. Packet, ,10

Refugee, or Thousand to One. Packet, 10 cen‘s;
pint, 30.
POLE BEANS.

Scarlet Runners. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 35.

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Large Lima. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 35.

Early and very hardy; beans smaller
Packet, 10 cents; pint, 35.

Dreer’s Lima.
and not quite so fine flavor.

Very prolific and vig-
Packet, 15

King of the Garden Lima.
orous grower, and an immense yielder.
cents ; pint, 4o.

PEAS.

Thorburn’s First and Best. The earliest sort,
ripening all at one time. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30.

Improved Daniel O’Rourke. Early. Packet, ro

cents; pint, 30.

An extra selected strain for market gardeners.
Packet, 10 cents; pint, 35.

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Advancer, or Early Champion of England.

Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30.

Yorkshire Hero. The very best second early ; large
wrinkled sort. Packet, ro cents; pint, 30.

6 Os
Champion of England. Delicious flavor; a late
sort. Packet, 10 cents ; pint, 30.

Black Eyed Marrowfat.
30.

Packet, 10 cents; pint,

Little Gem. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30.

American Wonder.
staking, but wants good cultivation.

A delicious pea ; requires no
Packet, ro cents ;

pint, 30.

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NEW TOMATO, ‘‘VOLUNTEER.”

This Tomato has been procured by crossing Trophy
and Canada Victor, and the result of that crossing with
Perfection. Combining their good qualities without re-
taining any of their objectionable features. Large size,
averaging 6 to 10 ounces, round, very smooth and per-
fect in form, color bright red. No core, very early, and
when first fruiting ~zpexing more abundantly than any
other sort; a great advantage to market gardeners.
Quality very superior for table useand canning, Enor-
mously productive, ripening well to the stem. Take it
altogether, as near perfection as a tomato can well be.
Experts who have tested it the two past seasons, pro-
nounce it the best yet. The most attractive color of
any tomato; heavy cropper. Uniform size, 6 to 8 ounces.
One of the earliest, if not the earliest. Packet, 20 cts.
(Other tomatoes, see p. 74.)

SWEET CORN.

Perry’s Hybrid. Extra early; has large, fine ears ;
probably the best early sweet corn for market gardeners.
Packet, Io cents ; pint, 30.

Minnesota. Early, good flavor ; ears medium size.
Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30.

Early; fine for market or home

Large Excelsior.
use. Packet, ro cents ; pint, 30.

Hickox Improved Sugar. Valuable intermediate
sort. Packet, 10 cents ; pint, 30.

Stowell’s Evergreen. The standard late variety.
Packet, 10 cents ; pint, 30.

Late Mammoth Sugar.
Packet, 10 cents ; pint, 30.

BEETS.

For early or general crop;
Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 10.

Large ears; very late.

Extra Early Egyptian.
deep red ; tender and fine.

Early Blood Turnip. A standard, round early
variety. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, Io.

Bastian’s Blood Turnip. Large, tender and su-
|gary. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, Io.

Long Smooth Blood. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, Io.

Golden Ovoid Mangel. For cattle feed. Packet,
5 cents ; ounce, Io.

Mammoth Red Mangel. For cattle feed. Packet,

5 cents; ounce, Io.

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BRUSSELL SPROUTS.
Best French. Packet, ro cents; ounce, 25.

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Early Summer Cabbage.
CABBAGE.

A fine, early sort, coming in just
Packet, 10 cents ; ounce, 35.

Early Wakefield. A favorite sort everywhere.
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 35.

Early Summer.
after Wakefield.

Fottler’s Improved Brunswick. The best Zardy
Drumhead variety. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 35.

Early Drumhead. A variety with very large heads
of a fine quality. Packet, ro cents ; ounce, go.

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Premium Flat Dutch.

Premium Flat Dutch. For the winter this has no
superior ; heads Jarge, round, solid. Packet, ro cents;
ounce, 35.

Red Dutch, or Pickling. Very hard; of a dark
red color. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 15.

CUCUMBER.
Early White Spine.

Improved Early White Spine.
ounce, 10.

Packet, 5 cents; ounce, Io.

Packet, 5 cents ;

Long Green. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, Io.

Green Prolific. Most productive, and best for pick-

ling. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, Io.
CARROT.
Half-Long Stump-Rooted. Packet, 5 cents;
ounce, I5.

Half-Long Pointed.

Danvers Half-Long.
cents ; ounce, 15.

Packet, 5 cents; ounce, Io,

Very desirable. Packet, 5

Best Long Orange. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15.
g = 2 ? ? 5

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CAULIFLOWER.
Early Snowball. Packet, 25 cents.

Fine Algiers.
cents; ounce, 65.

Best for main crop. Packet, 15

CELERY.

Perfection Heartwell.
gardener’s winter celery.

Golden Heart.

Crawford’s Half-Dwarf. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 35.

Superior to all as a market
Packet, to cents; ounce, 50.

Packet, 10 cents ; ounce, 35.

Boston Dwarf. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 35.

CELERIAC.
Turnip-Rooted Celery. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25.
ENDIVE.
French Greer. Curled Winter. Packet, 5 cents;

ounce, 20.

Broad-Leaved Winter. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20.

KALE.
Dwarf Green Curled. Very fine. Packet, 5 cents;
ounce, I5.
KOHLRABI.
Early Short-Leaved White Vienna. Packet, to
cents ; ounce, 30.
LEEK.
American Large Winter. Packet, 5 cents;
ounce, 25.
LETTUCE.

White-Seeded Tennis, or Boston.
crisp. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 20.

Tine, early,

Early Curled Simpson.
cents ; ounce, 20.

Black Seeded Simpson. Very large, standing the
Summer well. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 20.

Black Seeded Butter.
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20.

Gray Seeded Butter.
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20.

Very early. Packet, 5

Delicate crisp variety.
Superior yellow heads.

Stowell’s Brown Head. One of the finest solid
heading sorts. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20.

MUSK MELON.

Golden Netted Gem.
cents ; ounce, 15.

Fine green flesh. Packet, 5

Round Green Nutmeg. Packet, 5 cetits; ounce, £5.

Improved Orange Christina. flesh.

Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 15.

Orange

Green Montreal. Immense, fine flavored melon.
| Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15.

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WATER MELON.

Cuban Queen.
| cents ; ounce, Io.

The Boss. One of the very best for general culti-
vation. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15.

Large; fine flavor. Packet, 5

Ice Cream, or Mountain Sweet. Delicious.

Packet, 5 cents; ounce, Io.
Phinney’s. Very vigorous and productive; fine
flavor. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, Io.

74 SMALL FRUITS AND SEEDS.

EGG PLANT.

Improved New York. Packet, ro cents; ounce,’65.
ONIONS.

White Portugal, or Silver Skin. Mild flavor ;
grown extensively for pickling. Packet. 10 cents;
ounce, 20.

Large Red Southport Globe. Very productive.
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, ro.

Yellow Globe Danvers.

Yellow Globe Danvers. The best yellow variety
grown. Packet, 5 cents; -ounce, Io.

Large Bell, or Bull Nose.

PEPPER.

Large Bell, or Bull Nose. One of the best.
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 35.

Golden Dawn. Fine, sweet pepper. Packet, 10
cents ; ounce, 40.

PARSLEY.

Extra Double Curled. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 10.

RADISH.

Strasburg, or Hospital. A white sort ; large and
tender. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, Io.

Early Scarlet Turnip. The finest French strain for
gardeners. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, Io.

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PARSNIP.
Long Smooth, or Hollow Crown. The best and
most productive. l’acket, 5 cemis; ounce, 10.-
Early Scarlet Turnip. With white tail. Packet,
5 cents ; ounce, 10.
French Breakfast. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, ro.

Long Scarlet Short Top. Packet, 5 cents;
ounce, 10.

Yellow Summer Turnip. A fine Summer variety.
Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, Io.

Scarlet Chinese Winter. Best winter variety.
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, io.
SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT.

Packet, 5 cents; ounce, Io.

SPINACH.
Round-Leaved Viroflay. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, Io.

Round-Leaved Long Standing. Packet, 5 cents;
ounce, Io.

Bloomsdale. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10.

SPROUTS.
For Spring Sowing. Packet, 5 cents; pint, 15.

Winter. Sow in September. Packet, 5 cents;
pint, ro.
SQUASH.

Early White Bush. Very early. Packet, 5 cents;
ounce, Io.

Summer Crook-Neck. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10.
Boston Marrow. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 10.
Hubbard. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 10.

Little Cocoanut. A very fine flavored variety.
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, Io.

TOMATO.

Livingston’s Beauty. Said by Mr. Livingston to
be the finest variety he ever introduced, and a remark-
able keeper and shipper. Packet, 10 cents.

Livingston’s Favorite. A most valuable variety.
Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 25.

Cardinal. We have some special seed of this valua-
ble sort. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 25.

TURNIP.

Globe-Shaped Red Top. Extra strain for market
gardeners’ use. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, Io.

White Strap-Leaf. Flat turnip. Packet, 5 cents;
ounce, Io.

Improved Ruta Baga. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, fo.

HERB SEEDS.
Sweet Basil. Packet, 5 cents.
Sweet Marjoram. Packet, 5 cents.
Sage, Summer Savory. Packet, 5 cents.

Thyme. Packet, 10 cents.

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To accommodate our customers who wish to order
small fruits and grapes with their flowers, we have
appended a list of the very finest and most reliable
varieties known — varieties that have been thor-
oughly tested and are known to succeed all over the
country. The plants offered are young, thrifty stock,
grown for us here at Richmond by a nurseryman of
standing and reliability. The plants auoted are free
by mail at price quoted.

RASPBERRIES.

The Raspberry should be planted in good, rich
soil, in rows five feet apart, and three feet apart in
the rows. As soon as they have done bearing, cut
out the old wood, to give more vigor to the young
canes.

Cuthbert, or Queen of the Market. A remarkably
strong, hardy variety, stands the Northern Winters
and Southern Summers equal to any. Berries very
large, measuring three inches around ; conical; rich
crimson ; very handsome, and so firm they can be
shipped hundreds of miles by rail in good condition.
Flavor is sweet, rich, and luscious. 10 cents each ;
50 cents per dozen.

Hansell. One of the very earliest and most desir-
able of Red Raspberries. Color, bright scarlet ;
quality excellent ; very productive, and fine shipper.
Its great earliness causes it to bring the highest price
in market. ro cents each ; 50 cents per dozen.

Turner. A beautifui red berry of fine size and
excellent quality. Said to be the hardiest and most
productive throughout the entire West. 10 cents
each ; 50 cents per dozen.

Golden Queen Raspberry.

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Marlboro. The largest early Red Raspberry, rip-
ening only a trifle later than Hansell. Beautiful
bright scarlet, of good, but not high quality. Cane
hardy and productive. All things considered, prob-
ably the best early Raspberry for the North. 10
cents each; 75 cents per dozen.

Rancocas. A new extra early Red Raspberry,
ripening ten days ahead of Brandywine. Bush
hardy, healthy, vigorous, and very productive. A
most valuable market berry, and indispensable for
home use. Fine quality, beautiful color; a good
shipper, and ripens its whole crop in ten days to two
15 cents each; $1.00 for 8.

Golden Queen. This may be termed a Golden
Cuthbert, as it is a seedling or sport of that popular
variety. Its leading characteristics are large size,
great beauty, high quality, hardiness, and produc-
tiveness. This superb new Raspberry is destined to
more than fill the place of that old luscious yellow
Raspberry, the Brickle’s Orange, as it gives us the
same handsome, large golden berries, without the
nursing and care the Brickle’s required to bring the
canes alive through the Winter. It is also proving
itself a most valuable market berry, bringing nearly
or quite double the price of Cuthbert and Brandy-
wine, in the same market. The canes are of strong
15 cents each; $1.00 for 8.

Gregg. A very profitable market berry, if planted
If your soil is high and dry, with
sand or gravel, then plant it for late market, but don’t
fool away your time if the soil is clay or wet. Fruit

very large and firm. 10 cents each; 50 cents per

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SMALL FRUITS AND SEEDS.

Shaffer. The canes and fruit are colossal, color
‘dark purplish red, flavor slightly sub-acid, season
medium till late, no variety more productive, and is
especially valuable for canning. 10 cents each; 50
-cents per dozen.

Beebe’s Golden. New. A remarkably strong
Wonder-

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grower ; canes large, and perfectly hardy.
fully productive; fruit firm, pale yellow or buff.

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«cents each ; 60 cents per dozen.

DEWBERRY.

Lucretia. This new claimant to public favor is
one of the low-growing trailing blackberries, and in
earliness, size, and quality it equals any of the tall
growing sorts, and we offer it to our customers
feeling assured that it will prove valuable both for
home use and market. The plant is perfectly hardy
and healthy, and remarkably productive, with very
large, showy flowers. The fruit, which ripens early,
is often one and one-half inches long by one inch in
‘diameter, soft, sweet, and luscious throughout, with
no hard core. It has proved highly satisfactory
wherever tried, and many say it is the best of all
the blackberry family. Mr. G. W. Campbell, Secre-
tary of the Ohio State Horticultural Society, says:
““The Lucretia averages the largest in size of any of
the blackberry family I have ever seen, and in qual-
ity the best. It appears well worthy of trial, with
the probability that it will be found valuable, both
as a garden and market berry.” Matthew Crawford,
of Ohio, says: ‘‘I have fruited the Lucretia two
years, and am satisfied that it is all that has ever
been claimed forit. It sends up no suckers, is very
hardy, of the largest size, and excellent in quality.”
$1.50 per dozen ; $10.00 per 100 for one year tips.

BLACKBERRIES.

Snyder.
¢ly growing in favor in all sections where great hardi-

ness is essential.

A native of Northern Indiana, and stead- |

It may be relied upon as hardy, |

Crimson Beauty. This is one of the ‘‘earliest and
firmest of the large, productive Red Raspberries.”
It is of very large size, bright, glossy scarlet, round
to oblongish, earlier than the Turner, of a more
pleasant, sprightly flavor, equally as hardy, and more
productive; requires some other good Red Rasp-
berry planted close by to fertilize it. 10 cents each,
60 cents per dozen.

roo plants in the above ten excellent sorts, $3.50.

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healthy, (no rust,) remarkably productive of medium
sized, good berries. It is unexcelled in fruitfulness,
and of delicious quality, without the hard, sour core
characteristic of some sorts. It is sweet as soon as
black, and of the nicest brilliant black color.

Snyder, two years, transplanted, fine bearing size,
ro cents each; 75 cents per dozen.

Ancient Briton. This is said to be a native of
Wales, in Great Britain, introduced into this coun-
try several years ago. However this may be, the
Ancient Briton has been cultivated with better suc-
cess in Wisconsin and Minnesota than any othr va-
riety. The plants are hardy, very productive, and
the fruit of excellent quality. Price, 10 cents each ;
$1.00 per dozen,

Wallace is an Indiana seedling that has been cul-
tivated quite extensively for the past fifteen years.
It is nearly or quite as hardy as Snyder, and very
much larger and better. Where extra hardiness is not
requisite, this is one of the best varieties, better in
all respects than Kittatinny, and hardier. Price, 10
cents each; 50 cents per dozen.

Erie. The Erie seems to fill, in every particular,
the demand for an entirely hardy Blackberry, pro-
ducing /arge fruit; and in the ten years this variety
has been tested it has not developed a single weak-
ness. The canes are not only of ironclad hardiness,
never having failed to produce a crop of fruit, but of
the strongest growth, free from ‘‘rust,” and all other

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diseases, and wonderfully productive. The robust

canes are borne to the ground with the weight of |

fruit. The fruit is not only of the largest size, ex-
celling the Wilson, Kittatinny; or Lawton, of excel-
lent quality, handsome and fine, but ripens exceed-
ingly early, just after Early Harvest. The berries
are almost round in form, very uniform in shape and
size, scarcely any small or imperfect berries ; hence,
no other sort approaches the Erie, apparently, when
exposed in the crate, picked as it grows. 25 cents
each ; $3.00 per dozen.

Taylor. One of the largest Blackberries grown.
Fruit of the best quality, melting, and without core.
Very productive, and as hardy as the Snyder, which
rendersit very valuable. 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.

Stone’s Hardy. It is an upright and vigorous
grower; the wood is stocky, short jointed, ripens
early, turns dark red, and is very hardy. The berry
is black and glossy when ripe, and has a delicious
flavor. It commences to ripen its fruit about five
days later than the Snyder, and continues bearing
ten days longer; the fruit is well protected by the
thick healthy foliage. J.S. Stickney says: ‘‘Stone’s
Hardy, by the side of Snyder, appears more pro-
ductive and quality better than Snyder.” 10 cts.
each; $1.00 per dozen.

The Wilson Junior. This Blackberry is the re-
sult of artificial hybridization, and is the first Pedi-
gree Blackberry introduced, and is one of the best.
It was grown from seed of the Wilson’s Early, and
possesses all the good qualities of the parent, with
many additional ones. tocts. each; $1.00 per doz.

Early Harvest. Commences to ripen after the
Wilson’s Early, and continues longer in bearing;
is ripe as soon as black, and much earlier, sweeter,
and better in every respect than the Lawton, which
it resembles in plant and fruit. 10 cts. each; 50 cts.
per dozen.

STRAWBERRIES.

Sharpless.
entire collection, and has maintained its high reputa-
tion for vigor of plant, size of berry, flavor, and pro-
ductiveness; flesh firm, sweet, with a delicate aroma;
of fine quality; color clear light red, with a smooth
shining surface. 30 cents per doz.; $1.25 per Ioo.

Crescent Seedling (p). Medium size, bright light
scarlet, not very firm; continues a long time in fruit ;

plant very vigorous and hardy, and will produce good
crops under greater neglect than any other straw-
berry, and is a good paying variety for both family
25 cents per dozen ;

use and market. $1.25 per Ioo.

Indiana,

One of the very largest berries of the

Indiana (new). Isa seedling from Charles Down--
ing, and, like its parent, is a vigorous and tall grower.
The fruit stalk is quite long and stout. The berries
are large and very regular, and beautiful in shape,
light glossy scarlet, flesh well colored throughout,
quite firm, good, sprightly flavor. Season medium.
The berries continue of good size till the end of the
season. 30cents per dozen ; $1.25 per 100.

Wilson’s Albany. Large, conical, dark red, firm,
hardy, prolific, rather acid. Succeeds everywhere.
A vigorous grower, with healthy foliage, and im-
mensely productive; fruit of large size to the end of
the season. 25 cents per dozen; $1.00 per 100.

James Vick. Fruit bright scarlet, very produc-
tive ; it will stand after ripe a long time on the vine
without becoming soft. 25 cts. per doz.; $1.25 per 100.

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Manchester.

Manchester (p). Of good, uniform size, and bril-
liant scarlet color, firm but melting, with a pleasant
sub-acid flavor; plant vigorous and productive. A
very valuable variety; commences to ripen about
mid-season and continues until very late. 25 cents.
per dozen; $1.25 per roo.

Parry. A seedling of Jersey Queen, which was
considered by its originator and introducer the most
valuable of all Strawberries. The Parry has all the
good qualities of its parent, with a perfect blossom ;
possessing, in an eminent degree, large size, beauty,

firmness, vigorof plant, and productiveness. 30 Cts.
per dozen; $1.50 per Ioo.
CURRANTS.
Cherry. Berries sometimes more than half an

inch in diameter ; bunches short, plant very vigorous
and productive when grown on good soils.

La Versaillaise. Very large, red; bunch long, of
great beauty and excellent quality ; one of the finest
and best, and should be in every collection. Very
productive.

White Grape. Very large, yellowish white, sweet.
or very mild acid, excellent quality, and valuable for
the table, The finest of the white sorts; very dis-
tinct from White Dutch, having a low spreading
habit and dark green foliage. Very productive.

The above three excellent varieties, ro cents each;
12 for $1.25.

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SMALL FRUITS AND SEEDS.

Fay’s Prolific has now been cultivated for some
years alongsids o all the best and most popular old
varieties, and has sustained all claims that were made
for it by the originator, which were: as large as
Cherry, berries much more uniform, with larger

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stems, and fruit less acid and far more productive.
Will undoubtedly take the place of Cherry and La

Versaillaise, both for home use and market. 25 cts.

each ; $2.50 per dozen.

Industry.

GOOSEBERRIES.

Downing. Very large, handsome, pale green, and
wf splendid quality for both cooking and table use ;
bush a vigorous grower, and usually free from mil-
dew. 15 cents each ; $1.00 for 8.

Windham’s Industry is an English variety that
succeeds remarkably well in all parts of America
where it has been tried. It seems to possess, ina
great degree, the characteristics requisite for endur-
ing the heat and dry atmosphere of our climate.
The fruit is of the largest size, often an inch in diam-
eter, dark red in color, with a pleasant, rich flavor.
The plant is a good grower, often attaining five to
seven feet, and very productive. Price, 30 cents
each; $3.00 per dozen for strong plants.

Smith’s Improved. Large, pale greenish-yellow,

skin thin, of excellent quality, being unsurpassed by |

any other variety for table use or cooking; bush
moderately vigorous and excessively productive

cents each; $1.00 for 8.
GRAPES.

Concord. A large, purplish-black grape, ripening
about the middle of September; vines remarkably
vigorous and free from disease. One year, Io cents
each, $1.00 for 15; two years, 15 cents each; $1.00
for Lo,

Moore’s Early. Bunch large; berry large, round;
color black with heavy blue bloom; vine exceedingly

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hardy, entirely exempt from mildew or disease. Its
earliness makes it desirable for an early market, its
hardiness particularly adapts it to Canada and
northern portions of the United States. Succeeds
admirably in the South. One year, 25 cents; two
years, 35 cents.

Brighton. An excellent grape; bunch large, well
formed ; berries above medium to large; round, Ca-
tawba color; excellent flavor and quality; one of the
earliest in ripening. One year, 20 cents; two years,
30 cents.

Delaware. Still holds its own as one of the finest
grapes. Bunches small, compact shouldered; berries
rather small, round; skin thin, light red; flesh very
juicy, without any hard pulp, with an exceedingly
sweet, spicy, and delicious flavor. One year, 20
cents; two years, 25 cents.

Golden Pocklington. A seedling from Concord.
The vine is thoroughly hardy ; strong grower; never
mildews in vine or foliage. Called a white grape,
but the fruit is a light golden yellow, clear, juicy,
and sweet to the center, with little or no pulp;
bunches very large; sometimes shouldered ; berries
round, and very large and thickly set; quality when
fully ripe much superior to Concord One year, 20
| cents; two years, 25 cents.

Worden. A splendid large, black grape, of the
Concord type, but earlier, larger in bunch and berry,

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vine hardier than
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and of decidedly better quality ;
that old standby, and every way as healthy.

year, 20 cents; two years, 25 cents.

Niagara.
ually strong grower; bunches very large and com-
pact, sometimes shouldered ; berries large, or larger
than Concord, mostly round; light greenish - white,
semi-transparent, slightly ambered in the sun; skin
thin, but tough, and does not crack; quality good ;
has a flavor and aroma peculiar to itself, much liked
by most people ; very little pulp; melting and sweet
to the center. One year, 50 cts.; two years, 75 cts.

Empire State. Strong grower. Very hardy, and
a remarkably healthy grower, everywhere. Color
white. with slight tinge of yellow ; very delicious and
melting. Bunches exceedingly large and shouldered.
One of the most promising varieties introduced.
One year, 50 cents; two years, 75 cents.

Vine remarkably hardy, and an unus- |

The foregoing list of berries, grapes, and currants
free by mail. If out of varieties ordered, others of
equal merit will be sent unless otherwise stated,
/ when money will be refunded.

RHUBARB, OR PIE PLANT.

This deserves to be ranked among the best early
| fruits in the garden. It affords the earliest material
| for pies and tarts, continues long in use, and is valu-
able for canning. Make the border very rich and deep.

Linnzus. Large, early, tender, and fine. The
very best of all. 25 cents each; $1,00 for five.

ASPARAGUS.

Conover’s Colossal. A mammoth variety of vig-
orous growth, sending up from fifteen to twenty
sprouts each year, from one to two inches in diam-
eter ; color deep green, and crown very close. One
year plants, $1.00 for fifty ; $1.50 for one hundred.

EXTRA LARGE ROSES.

BY EXPRESS ‘ONLY.

The following yarieties we have in large sizes and in great quantity.

Every Rose listed at 10 cents is

worth 25 cents in this larger size; every Rose listed at more than 1o cents will cost just double the Cata-

logue price for this larger size.

Baroness Rothschild is priced 25 cents; the large size will cost 50 cents.

Thus, Marie Guillot is priced to cents; the large size will cost 25 cents.

These cannot be sent by mail.

They are grand plants, in fine condition, and will please every buyer.

Marie Bauman.
Mrs. John Laing.
Mme. Plantier.
Puritan.

Peony.

Paul Neyron.
Ulrich Brunner.

Anna de Diesbach.
Baroness Rothschild.
B. Nathalie Rothschild.
Capt. Christy.

Coq. des Blanches.
Cheshunt Hybrid.

Gen. Washington.

Gen. Jacqueminot

Giant of Battles Malmaison.

Her Majesty. Sombreul.

Jno. Hopper. Hermosa.

Jean Liabaud. Appoline.

Merveille de Lyon. Countess Barbatanness.
Mme. G. Luizet. Lucullus.

Mme. Berard. Queen's Scarlet.
We have nearly all the other roses named in our

Mignonnette. Gloire Lyonnaise.
Mlle. Joseph Burland. Harry Meynadier.
Pacquerette. Homer.

La Nuance.

Baltimore Belle. Louise de la Rive.

J. V. Mertens. Mme. Cusin.

Mme. Angele Jacquier.
Adam. Marie Van Houtte.
Camoens Mme. David.
Cels. Marechal Neil.

Noele Merle.

Perle des Jardines.
Princess Beatrice.
Gloire de Dijon. Sou. Therese Levet.
Germain St. Pierre. W. F. Bennett.

Catalogue in large sizes, but in more limited quantity.

Celine Forestier.
Countess Frigneuse.
Edmund Beauzat.

In ordering large sizes not found in the above list, please let us know what you would like as well in case
we should be out of the variety when your order reaches us.

HARDY PLANTS —OMISSIONS.

Syringa Vulgaris Rubra. The old-fashioned red
lilac, too well known to need describing. Every
home should have a bush or two as a reminder of
days gone by. 15 cents each.

Syringia Vulgaris Alba. The exact counterpart
of the above, except the flowers.are pure white, and
of exquisite tenderness and purity. Very sweet and
fragrant. 15 cents each.

Syringia Persica Laceniata. The Persian lilac.
Very free flowering, and, from its habit and form,
one of the prettiest of shrubs. Flowers in racemes,
and freely produced. 15 cents each.
A pure white Persian
seen be appre-

Syringia Persica Alba.
lilac, of great beauty. Must be
ciated. 15 cents each.

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A most beauti-
Color of varie-

Hydrangea Japonica Variegata.
fully variegated leaved Hydrangea

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| gation golden yellow, changing to cream white.
| Large panicles of beautiful flowers. 20 cents each.

Calycanthus Floridas. The old-fashioned sweet
|shrub. A very compact growing bush, producing its
highly scented flowers in Spring time. A useful
| hardy shrub. 15 cents each.

Akebia Quinata. A perfectly hardy and beautiful
evergreen climbing plant, growing 20 feet high, with
trifoliate leaves and dark brown, fragrant flowers
One of the best hardy climbers. 25 cents each

X Dictamnus Albus. The Dictamnus Fraxinella is

a choice hardy perennial, forming a bush about two
feet in height, of a very neat habit, both in foliage
|and flower. The flowers produced in racemes often
a foot or more in length, a little odd in appearance,
but very handsome and quite fragrant. White, $3
per dozen each 30 cents

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REMINDERS.

SprcraL OFFERS.

REMEMBER, the three grand new Roses of
the year— Princess’ Beatrice, Puritan, and
_ Mrs. Jno. Laing, are sent free by mail for $1.

, /, Ke Ul ; yy AA The three exquisite new Roses, Primrose

ly i ~N Dame, Meteor, and Viscountesse Folkestone,

27 andalso The Bride, are sent for $1.00, postpaid.

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Five magnificent large flowered Clematis,
all superb varieties, in two year plants, for
$2.00. :

American Beauty is one of the very finest
and best of roses; blooms freely, is perfectly
hardy, and as sweet as honey. See page 27
for full description. Plants of
this elegant Rose, 20 cents
each ; just think! 5 for $1.00.

We call attention to our

— \ Seed Department. The seeds
NY herein offered are the Finest,

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elsewhere for seeds after giv-

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BOWER SCCOSe sete eenee eres sep beeee 65 HUChaLis eee eres eee net ene eee 47 60
Vegetable Seeds! - 2-2 enon 71 Meutziace saree see ee ae 48 IDUARG, Wehtshyon sSasS sen soee sss 61
SproblaoabbipeGsseeeAs osassaesesssce5 75 ICUS eee ee eek ce ee 48 EAMGINGEIS, Ssecocscces Seccseeece sete 61
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BAO Oop LIN alee eetateetni=telotetalolel=)= ofataie 32 Geraniums 22252222: 50 Smile ea ee oe nee eae 62
SAN Sinan eee sa istseteneiiece cect 32 Gladiolivyer.see=se- 5 &e Sahil gocpacnosomacsens=scoasce 62
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AS PUGASUL Ale «l-r-)elnrel=mim lols <1e\elnimin lain \e= == 33 Helianthus (Sunflower)..-- 55 BD Verbena------- - 63
Aedpup on bau ster seeiseseiscace cence 3 En ISCUS EE eee eee aaa) aD Wancdeeeee nee 63
BOUy Ardara 33 Honeysuckle..-:--------.- 5 G9 Violet .-------- - 64
BEL OMIA MRC Rep eerae ce aneenem ena 33 Ipomcea (Moonflower).-- poo) Ae Weigelia..-...-.. 64
Begonia, Flowering-------------.- ot Tris (Sweet Ilag).------.-- nao 68 Zephyranthes .-----------+-+-- Aeon EE
BEL OMIA, UU DEKOUSH == siecle noes 89 Jasmine eee ee ene ses, GY Y
OM MSbh5 Mocéoocd ssasc6eecorence 3! Tair Pal a Mee eR aah Meee 57