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THE QEO. H. MELLEN CO. INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES

INCORPORATED 1894. ESTABLISHED 1877.

PRINGFIELD, OHIO, the home of the INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, is known as the plant growing city,,
in fact it is the largest plant growing center in the world. Here millions on millions of Roses and other
plants are grown by a large number of florists engaged exclusively in the plant growing business, and dis-
tributed to ail portions of the United States and many foreign countries.

It is the proud boast of the INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES that their founder was the flrst to discover
the ideal conditions of soil and climate of this locality for the producton of thrifty rose plants, and was the
flrst to establish houses here for the growing and dretribution of them and other plants, through the mails,
direct to the people for the adornment of their homes and gardens. He gave this place the name of INNIS-
FALLEN, and it was under that name and from this establishment that the flrst mail order floral catalogue was sent
out of Springfield, being a small edition of only a few hundred copies.

From this small beginning, made 38 years ago, has grown the present enoimous trade in sending plants by mail
and express, and the INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, by producing only the best plants possible, and through honest
effort to please every customer by fair and generous treatment, have grown until they stand today one of the largest,
best equipped and best conducted establishments of their kiad in the world.

We promise our best endeavor to please all Avho send us an order, and if we succeed in doing so we ask you to TELL
YOUR FRIENDS, but if for any reason you are dissatisfied, TELL US, and we will do anything in reason to make it
satisfactory.

This issue of our catalogue contains a complete list of practically everything needed for home and garden plant-
ing; read it carefully, write list of your wants on the attached order sheet, mail to us in the enclosed envelope with
the required remittance (see schedule of club rates) and rely on our promise of prompt and satisfying attention. DO
IT NOW, we will enter your order and send the goods at any time you say.

Very respectfully.

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO,

The Greatest Plant Growing Center in the World.

The Geo. H. Mellen Co.

OFFER OF EXTRA PLANTS

We treat our custotmers liberally by adding extra plants, seeds or bulbs in each order according to its size, except orders
for Nursery Stock and special collections. Many florists simply “throw in” anything they may have in surplus, but we believe
sucb a plan is often unsatisfactory to the purchaser, and we allow each one sending over a dollar to select plants, seeds or
bulbs (no fruits or other nursery stock) of their own choosing for the following named amounts, graded according to size of
remittance and manner of shipment :

SCHEDULE OF EXTRA ALLOWANCES

We Make the Following Inducements for the Sending of Larger Orders

GET YOUR FRIENDS TO ORDER WITH YOU

NnfIrP These Club Rates are not allowed on Nursery Stock, pages 89-95; Special offers and Collections, and a
IaUIILC fgyy other articles where it is expressly stated must not be included in Club Rates, nor can we allow
any of these to be selected as premiums. They apply only to plants, bulbs and seeds at price per single plant, bulb or packet.
Please remember this when ordering, and if possible keep above named exceptions separate from that part of your order en-
titled to Club Rates.

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Innisfallen Greenhouses,
Established 1877.

The Geo. H. Mellen Co.,

Springfield, Ohio.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

SPECIAL OFFERS OF BEDDING PLANTS

These are the plants best suited for making your summer flower beds. They are easy to grow and sure to make a pleas-
ing color display all summer and until frost. We grow them in large quantities and would be pleased to have your orders in
early, so we can book them for shipment at proper time, which is usually about May 1st in this latitude.

FOR SPECIAL PRICES OF BEDDING PLANTS SEE PAGE 5.

Beautify Your Lawn with a Bed of Cannas
— The King of Bedders

Nothing makes a flner appearance on a lawn than a bed of Cannas. If you
have a suitable spot that gets the sunshine, plant a bed of Cannas. For ex-
ample, the dwarfer kinds may be planted in single or double rows along the
walk, or side of the porch ; others may be banked against the side of a build-
ing or in front of a hedge or a background of shrubs (always placing the
shortest kinds in front), or used as a hedge plant they prettily mark a divid-
ing line where no real barrier is needed, but the best effect of all is produced
when many plants of a kind are placed together in masses or large beds,
round, square, oval or oblong, or a triangle bed of glowing color for some
suitable corner.

Directions for Laying Out Circular Beds

of Cannas

Always use tallest growing varieties in the center, and then carefully grade
each succeeding circle, using dwarf kinds for the outside. Plant one Canna
in center of bed, next six Cannas twelve inches apart in a circular row twelve
inches from center. For each succeeding circle use six more Cannas than
were used in the previous circle and make it twelve inches farther away from
the center. Measure your beds, and you can soon tell just how many plants
you need. A square bed will take about the same number of plants. An oval
bed, add length and breadth and divide by two. For example, an oval seven
feet long by five feet wide will require same number of plants as a circular
bed six feet in diameter.

If you will simply state the color and number you want for each circle or
straight line, as the case may be, we will select the proper variety for you.
We know of no other plant in the floral kingdom which blossoms so luxuriant-
ly, continuously and beautifully as do these Canna Lilies. If you prefer to
have a bed of all one color, please say so when ordering and select any of
the following colors: Pink, dark red, light red, orange-scarlet, yellow, yellow
with red dots or variegated. We will send any of these colors, but the selec-
tion of variety must be left entirely to us. Remember that our Cannas are
started plants, not dormant roots, as are often sent out, and will come to you
in good growing condition.

For a border to the Canna bed we would recommend red Salvia or Coleus
(red or yellow). Salvias should be planted twelve inches apart and the
Coleus eight inches apart.

Lantana.

AQERATUM FOR BORDERS

As an addition to the flower garden’s color forces in blue,
the Ageratum is a valuable flower. The dwarf sort being par-
ticularly desirable for borders, edging, etc., being very com-
pact and erect.

CHINESE HIBISCUS

Strong growing tropical plants with handsome glossy foliage
and large, brilliant, showy flowers. In a warm sunny window
they make fine decorative plants and bloom profusely. If
planted in the open ground during the summer they make a
gorgeous display with their enormous, bright colored flowers.

BRILLIANT SALVIAS

They grow into a bush from two to two and a half feet high.
The foliage is large and covers the ground, forming a mound
of vivid green surmounted by blazing red flowers. It attracts
immediate attention in the garden, and is one of the most ef-
fective and gorgeous plants for bedding in cultivation. Salvias
for solid bedding should be planted fifteen inches apart and
where used as a border plant twelve inches apart. As a border
plant to Salvias we would recommend light colored Coleus.

EVER=Bl,OOMINa IMPATIENS

If you have a shady nook about your lawn or house, plant it
with Impatiens. They are very satisfactory plants for outdoor
bedding or for house plants for winter blooming. These plants
commence blooming when very small, are seldom out of bloom,
and when at their best display a gorgeous profusion of flowers
against a rounded background of glossy green leaves. Plant
twelve inches apart. Use Pansies for border, planted eight
inches apart.

BEAUTIFUL SINGLE PETUNIAS

Where effect is wanted, nothing excels the large, free-flower-
ing varieties of Petunias. They are of compact, bushy habit,
and are covered the entire summer and fall with their bright
flowers, and can be used in beds, borders, baskets, vases, win-
dow boxes, or in any sunny place where a mass of color is
needed. They are always full of flowers and always satisfac-
tory. For border to Petunia bed we would advise planting
either blue or white Ageratum. Petunias should be planted
twelve and Ageratum eight inches apart.

UNRIVALED DWARF LANTANAS

Indeed, a great acquisition to the list of bedding plants, and
will give the utmost satisfaction and keenest delight to all
those that will plant a bed of Lantanas. The flowers embrace
all of the most delicate shades, changing from one color to an-
other as they develop. The varieties described in this cata-
logue give a wide range of color, and include the most distinct
and profuse blooming varieties. Lantanas should be planted
twelve inches apart. For a border we would recommend the
silver-leaved Centaurea, commonly called Dusty Miller. These
should be planted eight inches apart.

BRIGHT COLORED COLEUS

Whoever has been in our large city parks will never forget
the little ornamental beds that look like vari-colored rugs
spread at short intervals on the smootl\,lawn. Fill body of your
bed with any fancy or dark maroon leaved varieties and border
with a light green or yellow leaved sort. Plants for Coleus bed j
should be set about ten inches apart, for the border line they i
should be set a little closer to give the desired effect.

GERANIUMS FOR BEDDING

All know how useful Geraniums are for bedding, and we need
not say another word about it to convince you of the fact. We
can furnish Geraniums for this purpose in the following colors :
red, white, pink and salmon in either single or double flower-
ing varieties. The directions for laying out a circular Canna
bed (as given on this page) will apply to a Geranium bed.
Geraniums should be planted twelve inches apart. For a border
to the Geraniums we would recommend the Silver-Leaved Gera-
nium Madame Salleroi, or Coleus in either red, yellow or fancy
leaved.

GIANT FLOWERING HELIOTROPES

Heliotropes are great favorites for bedding out, but, above
all, for their delicious, vanilla-like odor, which has given to
the plant a great reputation among fragrant flowers. The
plants make a rapid growth in the open air and bear immense
flowers which are freely produced and much sought after on
account of their delicate colors, they being colors that are rare
among choice flowers. We can furnish the purple, true blue,
lavender and white. Heliotropes should be planted twelve
inches apart, and for border use Sweet Alyssum, ten inches
apart.

SEE NEXT PAGE FOR PRICES.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

SPECIAL OFFERS OF BEDDING PLANTS-Continued

BED OF MAMMOTH FLOWERING VERBENAS.

The Verbena is in every respect a desirable bedding plant, but of little use for pot culture. In the open air it is a rapid grower,
an abundant bloomer, and the various colors and shades of the flowers are almost without limit. About one month after planting
they will assume a spreading form, and from then on will be covered with scores of beautiful, bright, and, in some varieties, fra-
grant flowers. They should be planted fifteen inches apart. A Verbena bed will have the desired effect without a border.

SPECIAL PRICES FOR BEDDING PLANTS

THESE PRICES ARE NET AND NOT SUBJECT TO ANY DISCOUNT. MUST NOT BE INCLUDED IN CLUB RATES.
Selection of Variety Must be Left to Us in Every Case. Prices are Given per Dozen and Hundred Rate.
Fifty of Any One Variety May be Ordered at the Hundred Rate. Except Where Noted,

the Plants Here Offered are from 2|=inch Pots.

Per dozen

Per 100 by

Per dozen

Per 100 by

by mail

express (not

by mail

express (not

postpaid.

prepaid.)

postpaid.

prepaid.)

Gannas

$6.00

Alyssum, Sweet

. $0.60

$4.00

Geraniums

5.00

Dusty Miller

.50

3.50

Geraniums from 4-inch pots

1.00

8.00

Pansies

.35

2.50

Geranium Mme. Salleroi

3.50

Ageratum

.60

4.00

Salvias

3.50

Vincas, two and one-half inch pots. . . .

.50

3.50

Coleus

3.50

Vincas, three-inch pots

1.00

7.50

Lantanas

4.50

Vincas, four-inch pots

1.50

10.00

Heliotropes

3.50

Asparagus Sprengeri, two and one-half

Impatiens

3.50

inch pots

.60

4.50

Verbenas

3.50

Asparagus Sprengeri, four-inch pots...

1.50

10.00

Petunias, Double flowers

4.00

Hibiscus — ^All varieties

.75

5.00

Petunias, Single flowers

3.50

NO CLUB RATE EXTRAS ALLOWED ON THESE OFFERS

Six Garden Collections of Ever=Blooming Roses door Pot Culture.

Our list of ever-blooming Garden Roses, described and illustrated on the foregoing pages, will, we trust, find favor with our
customers. While it contains some of the most satisfactory varieties of recent introduction, it also contains sorts which have
made a reputation for themselves as splendid bedding varieties.

As is our custom in ijuaking up collections for oup customers, we have selected varieties showing marked contrasts in color
combined with, hardiness, vigor of growth and abundance of bloom, so that purchasers in obtaining one or more of these collec-
tions may rest assured that they procure sorts which, although limited in number, will give them a variety unexcelled in all the
prime qualities of the best Garden Roses.

Our Garden Roses famous throughout the country; they give universal satisfaction, as is evidenced by the number of
- orders and congratulatory letters we receive annually from purchasers. Even the smallest size will, under

ordinary conditions, give an abundance of bloom the first year, but the larger sizes will, of course, bloom earlier and more profusely.

GARDEN COLLECTION No. 1.

Blumenschmidt — Citron-yellow.

Burbank — Deep pink.

Bridesmaid — Pink.

Freiherr von Marschall — Bright red.

Etoile de Lyon — Yellow.

Ivory — White.

Marie Guillot — White.

Mme. Lombard — Rosy-bronze.

SPECIAL OFFER — We will send this
entire collection of Eight very fine piants
for only 65 cents; same in spiendid two-
year-old plants, $1.75. Must be ordered
complete to get them at this price.

GARDEN COLLECTION No. 2.

White Maman Cochet — Yellow.

Mrs. B. R. Cant — Deep pink.

Marie Van Houtte — Canary-yellow.

Helen Good — Yellow.

The Bride— White.

Uncle John — Buff-yellow.

Souv. de Pierre Netting — ^OrangC-
yellow.

Papa Gontier — Crimson.

SPECIAL OFFER— We will send this
entire collection of Eight very fine plants
for only 65 cents; same in splendid two-
year-old plants, $1.75. Must be ordered
complete to get them at this price.

GARDEN COLLECTION No. 3.

Mme. Cecile Berthod — Yellow.

Mile. Franzisca Kruger — Copper-
yellow.

Mme. Welche — ^Amber.

Maman Cochet — Pink.

White Maman Cochet — ^White.

Mme. de Vatry — Rich red.

Wm. R. Smith — Cream-white.

Meteor — Crimson.

SPECIAL OFFER— We will send this
entire collection of Eight very fine piants
for only 65 cents; same in splendid two-
year-eld plants, $1.75. Must be ordered
complete to get them at this price.

GARDEN COLLECTION No. 4.

Queen of Bedders — Red.

Helen Gambler — Yellow.

Safrano — Yellow.

Snowflake — White .

Souv. de la Malmaison — Flesh-pink.

White Bougere — White.

Archduke Charles — Red.

Rose Gubert — Canary.

SPECIAL OFFER — We will send this
entire collection of Eight very fine plants
for only 65 cents; same in splendid two-
year-old piants, $1.75. .Must be ordered
complete to get them at this price.

GARDEN COLLECTION No. 5.

Bon Silene — Pink.

Bougere — Violet-crimson.

Beau Carmine — Rich red.

Catherine Mermet — ^Bright rose.

Clothilde Soupert — Rosy-blush.

Cornelia Cook — Snow-white,

Coquette de Lyon — Yellow.

General de Tartas — Carmine.

SPECIAL OFFER— We will send this
entire collection of Eight very fine plants
for only 65 cents; same in splendid two-
year-old plants, $1.75. Must be ordered
complete to get them at this price.

GARDEN COLLECTION No. 6.

Franzisca Kruger — Copper-yellow.

Devoniensis — Cream-white.

Duchesse de Brabant — Light rose.

Jules Finger— Scarlet.

Freiherr von Marshall — Salmon-rose.

Blumenschmidt — Chrome-yellow,

Mme. Welche — ^Amber-rose.

Isabella Sprunt — Canary-yellow.

SPECIAL OFFER— We will send this
entire collection of Eight very fine plants
for only 65 cents; same in spiendid two-
year-old plants, $1.75. Must be ordered
complete to get them at this price.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

And How to Grow Them

The Queen of Flowers’

No garden, however small, is complete without
Roses. There are no flowers grown that are more
universally admired than the Rose, and their cul-
tivation is yearly extended as it becomes more generally
known that they are so easily grown, and that they can
be procured at so trifling an expense. All that is neces-
sary to have them grow and bloom freely is to plant
them in a bed of deep, fresh, loamy soil, well enriched
with thoroughly rotted manure, and they are certain to
do as well as a bed of Geraniums.

Springfleld is known as the world’s center for the
growing of fine Rose plants, and the large number of
greenhouse establishments here count their annual out-
put by the millions. This and our constantly growing
business is good evidence that our “methods” are
all right.

ROSES ALL ON THEIR OWN ROOTS

Our Roses are all grown from cuttings and are consequently all on their own roots. If they are inclined to sprout from the'
roots, they should be encouraged to do so, as young, vigorous shoots produce the finest flowers; they cannot throw up wild
shoots, because root and top are the same. As long as any part of the plant or root remains it will produce the same beauti-
ful flower, We do not send out any budded or grafted Roses.

Our Roses are All Grown in Pots in good, fresh
■ — ' ■ soil, without

stimulants ; are strong, healthy plants, kept from blooming here
by cutting the buds off as they appear, and with any fair
treatment on your part will be sure to grow ; and the ever-
blooming class will bud and bloom as soon as they start to
grow vigorously.

Pot Culture for House and Conservatory

The ever-blooming Roses alone are best for house culture.
Have a good, rich soil, mixed with one-fifth sand. Sods and
well-rotted cow manure make the best soil for Roses. After
potting, the plants ought to be thoroughly watered and kept
from the burning sun. The earth should be moderately dry be-
fore watering again. If the Rose gets too large for that pot,
shift into one or two sizes larger, but do not use too large pots.

Preparation of Rose Bed Select a sunny spot not
~~ undermined by roots of

trees, and quite level with the grassplot. Prepare your bed by
digging to the depth of eighteen 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 natur-
ally, provide 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 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
moisture given them, both with luxuriance and elegance of foli-
age, and profusion and size of bloom. After the plants have
been set out, which should be early 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 occasional appli-
cation of manure water greatly stimulates growth, which, with
most Roses, means bloom.

Water We are frequently asked how often to water. Do
so whenever the soil gets dry, but whenever water
is applied do it thoroughly, so as to soak the soil to the roots ,*
when the bed dries off a day or 60 after, loosen the soil around
them lightly.

Pruning March and April are the best months for this
» operation. Moderate pruning insures growth and ;
more blooms. Cut out all decayed wood. All the shoots bear-
ing flowers ought to be shortened 4wo -thirds after blooming.

Winter Protection in the latitude of Springfield a
‘ covering of three or four inches of

manure or leaves over the entire bed is sufficient. In colder
latitudes, draw the leaves up around the stems six or eight i
inches higher, and in very cold places earth them up and pro-
tect with corn stalks or evergreen boughs. For Tea Roses a
good plan is to put a temporary fence of twelve-inch chicken
wire netting around the bed, filling in loosely with leaves,
with a little earth or some branches over all to prevent them
from blowing away. This should not be done, however, until
severe cold weather sets in. so that nearly all the leaves are
off the plants and they are thoroughly ripened, which is usually
about December first in this latitude.

Diseases and Insects

Healthy, vigorous, well -cultivated Roses in well-located beds
are less liable to the ravages of insects and diseases than
weak specimens of slender growth and poor vitality. There-
fore, keep your Roses healthy by good cultivation. It is the
indifferent, indolent grower whose Roses are the prey for in-
sects, although the weather in certain seasons aggravates the
troubles of a Rose grower considerably.

Mildew This is a fungus disease, shown by the grayish,

— — crinkled and mouldy appearance of the foliage,

caused chiefly by cool nights and hot days. Remedy : Dust
lightly over the foliage flour of sulphur on a warm, sunny day.

Black Spct Another fungus disease, usually making its
. appearance on Hybrid and Hybrid Tea Roses

late in the season. The black spots on the foliage cause same
to turn yellow and drop off. Pick off affected leaves and spray
with “Bordeaux Mixture.” Spray also when dormant the fol-
lowing spring.

AphiSy or Green Fly A little sucking, green insect,

- which sometimes gather in count-

less numbers upon the new growth. Steep tobacco stems or
leaves in water over night and apply with a spray pump or
whisk broom. Warm soap suds is also effective.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

Innisfallen Collection of EVER-BLOOMINQ HYBRID TEA ROSES

TBE Hybrid Tea and Bourbon Roses are the hardiest of the ever-bloomers, standing the winter in the northern latitudes with
but little protection, and are perfectly hardy south of the Ohio River without any protection whatever. They bloom con-
stantly throughout the summer. The flowers increase in size and beauty as the weather becomes cooler, coming into perfec-
tion in autumn. This is, we believe, the most popular class of Roses now in cultivation. These varieties are the result of a union
between the ever-blooming Teas and the Hardy Hybrid Perpetual class, thus combining the exquisite richness of coloring and beauty
of form in the one with the hardiness, vigorous growth and pungent fragrance of the other. The following collection has no equal :

Price, Young Plants 10 Cents Each, Except Where Noted; Any Six for 50 Cents; Any Thirteen for $1.00.
Two=Year=01d Plants, from 4=inch Pots, 30 Cents Each; Any Four for $1.00.

Beauty of Stapleford

A free bloomer ; full, perfect
form ; of large size, with bright
pink color shaded carmine.

Clara Watson

with very graceful flowers, re-
sembling Bridesmaid in form and
produced in remarkable profusion.
The buds, which are supported on
long stems, are very beautiful.

Champion of the World

Everyone wants a hardy ever-
blooming Rose. From early sum-
mer until frost it can be depend-
ed upon to produce flowers in
abundance ; color rich glossy pink,
delightfully fragrant, and such a
strong, vigorous grower that it is
almost invulnerable against at-
tacks of insects.

Col. R, S. Williamson

A truly superb Rose and a dis-
tinctly grand addition to the pop-
ular Hybrid Tea class. The blooms
are very large, full, perfectly
formed, with high-pointed center;
the petals are round, smooth and
possessed of great substance.
Color, satiny-white with deep
blush center ; very lovely. A
flrst-rate Rose for any purpose.

Countess of G os ford

Color salmon-pink shading to
rose and pink ; suffused with
saffron-yellow at the base of the
petals ; very free flowering.

Crown Princess Victoria

orWhiteMalmaison

is one of the loveliest of all Roses.
The color is a pure, waxy snow-
white ; center of flower has a
lemon tint, just enough to lighten
up and brighten it. 15c each.

Dean HaIa ^he flowers are

^/ean noie

substance and flne form : color
silvery-carmine shaded salmon ;
absolutely distinct and by far the
finest in its way of color. Should
be in every garden.

Etoile d© F ranee

medal

Rose of France ; fiowers very
large and borne on good, long,
stiff stems ; color a lovely shade of clear red, crimson-velvet ;
very fragrant and keeps well. In England, where it has been
tried extensively, it has caused quite a sensation. Good grower,
free bloomer, fine, rich color, deliciously fragrant.
fsKiiee an T'anli-fv -^.s a bedding Rose this is one of the
va usg an ■ epiixz finest. The color is brightest scarlet,

shading to deep, rich velvety crimson. It is very fragrant.
The freest grower and the most profuse of any ever-bloomer.
The mass of color produced is wonderful, and the foliage is
extremely beautiful, all the young growth being a bronzy-plum
color. A queen among scarlet bedders.

Hermosa, the Old Favorite

been held in high esteeem for many years and will always be
popular, as it embraces so many desirable traits that go to
make up the ideal Rose. It is hardy as an oak and always
covered wtih its clear pink blooms.

Helen Gamhier Great Yellow Garden Rose. The growth
_ is free and vigorous, very free-bloom-

ing, fiowers of spiendid substance and a delightful shade of
deep rich golden-yellow. In extreme heat comes a deep amber
color. The buds are full and firm, lasting a long time when
cut. As the fiowers expand the center of the Rose discloses
depths of golden-yellow, with light orange tints, while the
outer petals lessen to lemon-yellow, giving a combination of
tints and tones unequalled in tl^eir beauty.

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Annie Besant.

Annie Besant -A- vigorous growing and free flowering va-
'■ ' ' ' ' " ■ riety. Blooms very large, full, perfectly

formed; color delicate salmon-pink suffused satiny-flesh; very
beautiful,

Andre Gannon

A very vigorous grower of erect, branch-
■" ing habit; fine bronzy foliage, with long,

finely shaped buds ; the flowers are large, full and globular,
carried well above the foliage upon rigid and strong steins.
Color deep rose and carmine. Edges of petals carmine-lake.
As a garden Rose this will become popular on account of its
distinct soft color and its remarkably free flowering qualities
and hardiness,

Antoine Rivoir© A handsome new Rose of vigorous
^ ^ habit of growth, with large, full.

Camellia-shaped flowers. Color rosy-flesh, on a yellow ground,
shaded with a border of carmine ; flowers 5 inches in diameter.

Aurora (New) Center rich bright pink with outside
petals paler. 15 cents each.

Bessie Brown We regard this Rose as one of the finest

Roses in cultivation. The fiowers are

very large and highly built and double ; color is a creamy-
white with a beautiful shade of pale, tender flesh, resembling
gloss silk. It is highly scented and a most magnificent Rose
in the open ground.

ROSES ARE OUR SPECIATY. WE HAVE ONLY THE BEST VARIETIES.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

INNISFALLEN COLLECTION OF

Ever “Blooming Hybrid Tea Roses — Concluded

Price, Young Plants 10 Cents Each, Except Where Noted; Any 6 for 50 Cents, Any 13 for $1.00.

30 Cents Each, Any 4 for $1.00

General MacArthur Dazzling crimson-scarlet. One

of the grandest red Roses ever

Two-Year.01d Plants,

offered. Buds are of ideal shape and exquisite perfume,
making the variety very desirable for cut flowers ; while its
clear glossy foliage, generous bloom, and brilliancy of
color demand recognition in the garden.

Helen Gould This is a better Rose for general plant-

■ ing than American Beauty, the dream
and hope of every Rose grower for years past. The flowers
are full and perfectly double, the buds beautifully made,
long and pointed. The color is warm rosy-crimson, like
the color of a ripe red watermelon.

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria The best white Rose

beautiful Rose has not only a royal name, but is a royal
Rose as well. It is a continuous bloomer, producing suc-
cessive crops of buds, and formed with large petals of best
substance ; shows no center when fully open ; color pure
creamy-white. It far surpasses any other white Rose in all
particulars, and has a much richer perfume.

Killarney A very beautiful Hybrid Tea Rose. The color
.. is an exquisite shade of deep shell-pink
lightened with silvery-pink. The base of the petals is a
soft silvery-white, relieved with enough yellow to make it
more attractive. The buds are exceptionally long and beau-
tifully formed, the open flower is graceful in the extreme.

It is free in growth ; strong, heavy shoots, which are
crowned with buds.

Lady Battersea This variety has long pointed buds
■I ^ II of the largest size and very strik-

ing in form ; the color is bright cherry-crimson ; the stems
are stiff and extremely long; a vigorous grower and free
in bloom.

Lucien de Lem os Pink, center rosy-white; large,

■ . i ■■■■■ full, globular; fragrant. A most

excellent Rose.

Madame Jules Grolez (Ped Kaiserin.) From ex-
».i.. .1- - 'quisite bud to the full shape-

ly flower, this new Hybrid Tea Rose is superb. Color soft
China rose, passing to clear satiny-pink.

M me. Simone Beau mez A vigorous grower with
• ■■■■ — dong, willowy stems ; very

large flowers of exquisite form, high pointed center and
outer petals beautifully reflexed; flesh-white with shining
texture; a beautiful variety.

My Maryland This splendid American introduction
" ' destined to become one of the most popu-

cultivation. Large, full, double flowers, a
Distinct and beautiful. Splen-

lar varieties in
pleasing shade of salmon-pink,
did for forcing. Price, 15 cents each.

Moteor TMs splendid Rose is one of the brightest colored
' of all, and must still be considered among the very

best for bedding and general planting, as well as for growing
in pots and conservatory. The color is a rich velvety crim-
son, exceedingly bright and striking, and the flowers are large
and regular, fully double and borne on nice, long stems. It
is a quick and constant bloomer and quite fragrant. Never
fails to please.

Mme. Abel Chatenay Flowers large and full, petals
• recurve and of a beautiful

creamy-rose. Shaded rose-vermilion and tinged with salmon.
The base of the petals is very highly colored. Flowers borne
on long stems.

Mme. Melanie Soupert A good grower, quickly
' ■ '■ forming a well-branched

bush ; foliage bronzy-green, flowers very large, almost full and
globular ; immense cupped petals ; color golden-yellow suffused
bright pink. An extraordinarily fine Rose, promising to force
readily, as the growths are slender, stiff and freely produced.

Pink La France it is of superb form and double as a
' Rose can be. No variety can surpass

it in delicate coloring; silvery-rose shaded with pink. It has
a satin sheen over all its petals. It is most universally re-
garded as the most useful of Roses, as it is hardy beyond
question. It blooms continuously. The flower is large, finely
built, endures for a great length of time, is exquisitely col-
ored and fragrant in the highest degree.

Buds long and pointed,
deep saffron-yellow, open-
ing canary with dark golden shadings; blooms large, petals
immense ; opens very freely ; a fine upright grower of branch-
ing habit; exquisitely beautiful; very large in size, but very
long and pointed.

OI ivia A grand red bedding Rose. Flowers double, buds
— ' ■ nicely pointed.

Madame Jenny Gillemot

Wellesley.

Wellesley The Beautiful New Pink Rose — The color is a
beautiful shade of pink, the outside of the
petals being bright and clear, with a silvery reverse. It is
a very vigorous, healthy grower, carrying the flowers on long,
stiff stems, which are clothed with heavy dark green foliage.
It is remarkably free flowering, and possesses unusually fine
keeping qualities.

President Taft There have been two Roses sent out un-
— ' — der this name, a red variety from Europe

without merit, and the one we here describe. This Rose was
raised in Cincinnati, the home of President Taft. It is with-
out question the most remarkable of all pink Roses. It has a
shining, intense, deep pink color possessed by no other Rose.
It is a fine grower, free bloomer, good size and form, fragrant.

Radiance Color a brilliant rosy-carmine, displaying beau-
■ tiful opaline-pink tints in the open flower. The

form is fine; flower large and full with cupped petals, A fine
variety, especially on account of its value as a summer cut
flower variety. Very free in growth and production of bloom,
has good habit ; lasting qualities of the flowers are wonderful.

Red La France Color a rich, deep even pink through-
— ■ ■ ' ■ ■ ■■■ ' out. The growth of the plant is vigor-

ous, the habit good and the flowers, which are thrown up well
above the foliage, are produced very freely. Price, 15c each.

Rosemary a beautiful Rose of shining silvery-pink, rec-
' ommended for bedding; very large and very
double. A sturdy grower with stiff stems and large foliage.
Flowers freely produced. Up to date this is the best garden
Rose that Mr. E. G. Hill has introduced.

A charming new
French Rose. A strong,
clean, healthy grower, with handsome bronzy-green foliage and
large, elegant shaped buds. The flower is of large size, ex-
quisite shape, with heavy, thick, shell-like petals ; buds long
and pointed, similar to Niphetos, but very much larger, and
all borne on long, stiff, erect stems. Color a delicate rose-
flesh, shaded a trifle deeper at center. Very profuse bloomer.
Price, 15 cents each.

V\fhi'te La Franc© it is identical with La France, ex-

cept in color. Pure white, sometimes
tinted With fawn.

Souv. de President Carnot

We Guarantee Safe Arrival of All Plants Purchased of Us.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

NEW EVER-BLOOMING HYBRID TEA ROSES

In this list we offer the latest and finest introduction, both European and American. They represent the highest achieve-
ments of the world’s best and most skilled hybridizers. All on their own roots. Most of these varieties are imported from
England, Ireland and France. We recommend them to your attention.

Price, Young Plants, Except Where Noted, 15 Cents Each; Any Four for 50 Cents. Two=Year=01d

Plants (from 4=inch Pots), 35 Cents Each; Any Four for $1.25.

Eugene Boullet This Kose is a very free bloomer and

” ■ has proved itself valuable as a bedder

for the garden. Color is deep crimson to carmine, and the
large flowers are so freely produced that they make a sheet of
gorgeous color.

EHi<Fh Par* with a suffusion of deep salmon

^gixn i-arx coppery-yellow with a deeper shading_ in

the bud stage of carmine and yellow. Very fragrant. Price,

20 cents; two-year-old plants, 40 cents.

Creamy-white, suffused pink, the
Florence Pemberton petals occasionally

flushed peach. Flowers very large and full, of perfect form
and wonderful substance. This is without doubt one of the
finest Roses it has yet been our pleasure to offer.

Germaine A beautiful bright rose colored sport of Cath-

erine Zeimet ; very free and branching; one of

the most effective of the dwarf Polyanthas.

Grace Molyneux Creamy-apricot, fiesh-colored center.

. ^ Blooms large and fine.

Helen Taft Of Killamey type, a splendid free growing
..... variety with high color of pure pink, with
long pointed bud. Very free. Price, 20 cents each ; two-year-

old, 40 cents.

Jonkheer Mock

A new pink Rose from Holland; vig-

orous in growth and hardy, with long

smooth canes and great freedom of bloom. Flowers are round
and full, bright pink faced carmine. A splendid bedder.

Price, 20 cents eacfi; two-year-old, 40 cents.

Mary Countess of llchester

warm crimson-carmine, a shade difficult to describe ; of great
size, with large, smooth, circular petals, deliciously scented.
Simply grand. Price, 20 cents each; two-year-old, 40 cents
each.

Madame Victoria Gagniere vigorous growth, fiow-
■ ers large, full and

beautiful form; bud very long; color white, shaded with rose,
reverse of petals carmine; very floriferous, superb.

Madame Leon Pain Robust growth; smooth wood;
.1 handsome plum colored foliage ;

fiowers large, full and free in opening; silver-salmon, center
orange-yellow, reverse bright red^ and yellow.

Mrs. A. R. Waddell A strong, rampant grower with

foliage that is ornamental in it-

self; buds long and pointed, rosy-scarlet, opening copper-sal-
mon; large and semi-double, but a wonderful keeper.

Mm Aaftnn Wai*H most delightful Roses of

mrs. «aron vwaru recent years in a color that catches

Mrs. George Preston

the eye at once. Coppery-orange in the open bud, golden-
orange when partly developed, pinkish-fawn of lovely shade
when fully open when it looks like a full fiuffy-silk rosette.

Mrs. G. W. Kershaw Very long, pointed bud, on long,
I . ■.■.■■■I— .1 stiff stem; color, the most bril-

liant and intense pink; of wonderful freedom and quite con-
tinuous.

A most beautiful and thorough-
ly distinct Rose, flowering in
the greatest profusion. The blooms are very large, full and
of globular form, the color is a very delicate, warm silvery
rose-pink, a truly delightful color. Sometimes in autumn it
is lighted up with delicate orange. Very fragrant.

Mrs. George Shawyer The color is a very lovely
■ bright shade of pink and the

flowers are freely produced on straight, upright stems which
shows them off to good advantage on the bush and makes
them valuable for cutting.

Mme. Valere Beaumez

— ■ — colnr, light flame with golden

center, shaded glowing salmon. Form full and beautifully
rounded, of large size on heavy, upright canes ; the foliage is
very hadnsome, thick and glossy, of beautiful dark green. A
wonderfully striking flower; looks as if illuminated.

Mrs. Dudley Cross Pale, soft, rosy-yellow with deeper
‘ , shadings, a delightful color and

of beautiful, rounded form, has good stems, holding the blooms
quite upright. A splendid bedding variety.

Margaret Molyneux Saffron-yellow, shaded apricot
~ „ X. , , and peach, shading to canary-

yellow as the blooms expand. Small, semi-double flowers freely
and abundantly produced.

May Kenyon Slaney a rose of wonderful distinct-
, - ness and charm, possessing a

wondrously profuse and continuous flowering habit; the blooms
of wonderful finish j the color is a charming"
piush-pmk on rich cream, the pink intensifying as the flower
expands ; delightfully tea scented. Valuable.

F. R. Patzer.

F. R, Patzer a beautiful and distinct Rose of very free
flowering character ; the growth is very ro-
bust and erect, with large and handsome foliage. The blooms
are produced with great freedom, they are carried on stiff
stems and are of large size and substance and perfect forma-
tion ; highly tea-scented. Color, brilliant salmon-pink, of
ve^y fine shape, buds sharply pointed.

The flower is large, full, of splendid form, and very
fragrant ; a fine keeper. Has made many friends
during the past year. Price, 20 cents; two-year-old, 40 cents.

Mi*« C't.ae Plowers rosy crimson, changing

mrs. ^nas. nunxer expand; a big,

large petals; very strong in growth.

Milady

bold flower with very

Price, 20 cents; two-year-old, 40 cents.

Nerissa Creamy-yellow shading to white, center tinted
»» peach, extra large and full, finely shaped. Very
vigorous in growth. Price, 20 cents; two-year-old, 40 cents.

A splendid Rose and worthy of

Perle Von Godesberg ^ ^

canary-yellow, with light saffron shadings. It was sent out
from Germany as a yellow Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, but
with us it has failed to prove to be a pure yellow.
PMcirlAn'f' without question the most remark-

rreaiqcnx i aTX g^j j^g^ g gaining,

intense, deep pink color possessed by no other Rose. It is a
fine grower, free bloomer, good size and form, fragrant.
Robin Hood This new Rose has a glorious rosy-scarlet
- color that is at once soft and bright and

lasting ; the bloom is full and! of beautiful build. It is a grand
grower, heavy caned and profuse in foliage ; flowers very freely
produced.

Rheinland’s Eyre large flower f clear, even

^ satin-rose, of brilliant finish. Bud
long; flower large, form of a perfect Camellia. A variety of
the first order for the garden.

Sunburst magnificent giant yellow Rose is a fine
■ forcer; it stands head and shoulders above all
others of its color and will rank with American Beauty
and the Killarneys in value and grandeur. It has long,
pointed buds. The color is orange-copper or golden-orange
and golden-yellow; edge of petals lighter; all intense shades,
extremely brilliant in effect. Belongs in the class of big Roses ;
has created a sensation wherever shown. Price, 20 cents; two-
year-old, 40 cents.

White Klllarnev It is pure white in color, long in bud,
" I of fine form ; in fact it is the one

Rose par excellence. It is also a great garden Rose, having
more petals than its parent Killarney.

NOTICE OUR LIBERAL CLUB RATES ON PAGE I.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Our “Garden Collection” of

CHOICE EVER=BLOOMINQ TEA ROSES

For Outdoor Bedding or Indoor Pot Culture

PRICE, YOUNG PLANTS, 10 CENTS EACH, EXCEPT WHERE NOTED; ANY SIX FOR 50 CENTS OR ANY THIRTEEN FOR
$1.00; LARGE TWO-YEAR-OLD PLANTS FROM FOUR-INCH POTS, 30 CENTS EACH; ANY FOUR FOR $1.00.

The Roses in this collection are highly valued because of their fine colors and exquisite tea fragrance. They will bloom free-
ly from June until November, even the one-year-old size (two-year-old plants of course will bloom more). This is a col-
lection of Roses that no real Rose lover can afford to miss ; some of them are particularly famous for the large size, -beauty
and brilliant colors of the blossoms. They bloom freely, flowering not only once, but all summer through. If planted in the
spring so that they may become thoroughly established during the summer, they will, with few exceptions, prove hardy here,
with protection during the winter. We wish to remind our friends of the superior quality of these plants ; they are the product of
years of experience and our improved methods of culture, which insure plants of the greatest possible vitality and abundance of
bloom. We wish it were possible to show you a sample flower from each one of the Roses in this collection. You would be de-
lighted with their exquisite beauty of form and color. The only reason we do not say more about them is, simply, because there
is not room in our catalogue. Examine the list carefully.

Cornelia Cook The buds are of immense size, borne up high on
' ' massive stems and with their round, full, heavy

form, carry an air of dignity and grace quite unusual. The flowers
are of the clearest, snowiest white.

Coquette de Lyon Vigorous, rapid grower and constant
' -■■■■■ hloomer; pure canary-yellow,

Devoniensis On account of its whiteness and sweetness, often
— i.i.i called the “Magnolia Rose.” Creamy-white, deli-

cately flushed in the center with pink. One of the most fragrant Roses
and a favorite of long standing.

Duchesse de Brabant This Rose combines exquisite perfume,
beautiful coloring and matchless pro-
fusion of flowers and foliage. Soft, light rose, with heavy shading
of amber and salmon. Quite hardy.

Fried richsru he Color deep blood red, large, full, well formed,

I flowering freely and continuously; excellent

habit of growth. Awarded gold medal at Dusseldorf. A splendid Rose.
General de Tartas A flrst-class Rose for bedding, brilliant

- carmine, deeply shaded with violet-purple,

extra large, very double, full and fragrant,

Gen. Robt. E. Lee Orange-yellow. It is a good grower, has ele-
■ gant long buds, borne on long stems. It ?

forces easily, being at its best in midwinter. The color is so peculiar
and rich that it attracts attention wherever seen.

Etoile de Lyon.

Etoile de Lyon This magnificent Tea Rose, south of
— the Ohio River, has proved to be per-
fectly hardy. Blooms in the greatest profusion and each
bud is a gem. Flowers are very large, double, full and
deliciously fragrant. The color is a beautiful chrome-yel-
low, deepening at center to pure golden-yellow.

Alliance Franco-Russe One of the really good

Roses of the year. Very
large, double and of beautiful rounded form, a soft, glowing
orange and copper, flushed and shaded with ruddy crimson.
Archduke Charles Rich, bright red, large, full and

- — double ; early and constant

bloomer; very hardy and good.

Blumenschmidt Pure citron-yellow, outer petals

edged tender rose, a sport from

Franzisca Kruger which it resembles in form, and which has
a more vigorous growth. Winner of three first premiums.

Bon Silene Noted for the great size and beauty of its buds,
- which are valued very highhly for bouquets ;
deep rose color, sometimes bright rosy-crimson; splendid for
outdoor cultivation,

Burbank A perfectly hardy, free-flowering, ever-blooming
- Rose. The flowers are double, of fine form,
nearly three inches across. The color is a deep rose-pink,
shading to a beautiful soft rose at the center. The petals are
well incurved, so that the center is hidden. In September and
October the outer petals change to a deep, rich carmine. De-
lightfully fragrant.

Beau Carmine A splendid Rose for bedding; fine car-
'■ mine-red, with rich velvety color; flow-

ers large, full and double; constant and profuse bloomer; fra-
grant and very desirable.

Bridesmaid The most popular pink Tea Rose. Thousands
I of this variety are grown every year for cut

flowers, and it is also very desirable for summer bedding out
of doors. It is a delightful shade of bright pink, very free
flow'ering and easily grown,

Catheri ne Mermet One of the finest Roses grown. Fault-
■ " " ' less in form and charming in every

shade of color, from the purest silvery-rose to the exquisite com-
bining of yellow and rose, which illumines the base of the petals.

Clothilda Soupert Color a French white, deepening .o
, I ^.,1 1 a rosy-blush in the center, exceed-

ing in distinctness of shadings the well known Malmaison. Its
greatest value lies in its compact, vigorous habit and wonder-
ful profusion of bloom. Form and substance of the flowers
are so perfect that the hottest weather does not cause a de-
terioration of either, so that even in midsummer a bouquet of
splendid buds and open flowers can be obtained from this fine
variety. Hardy with protection.

OUR ROSES ARE ALL ON THEIR OWN ROOTS— NO BUDDED OR GRAFTED STOCK

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

Garden Collection of Choice Ever=Blooining Tea Roses

(CONTINUED)

PRICE, 10 CENTS EACH, EXCEPT WHERE NOTED; ANY SIX FOR 50
CENTS, ANY THIRTEEN FOR $1.00; LARGE TWO-YEAR-OLD
PLANTS, 30 CENTS EACH, ANY FOUR FOR $1.00.

Golden Gate The flowers are extra large, very full and finely
' — formed, and of excellent substance ; the buds are

long and of the most desirable form ; the color is rich creamy-white,
beautifully tinged with fine golden-yellow. The petals are large and
broad and exquisitely bordered and tinted with clear rose, making alto-
gether a Rose of the rarest and most indescribable beauty. In short, we
can heartily recommend it as one of the finest and most beautiful Tea
Roses grown.

Monpv M Q-f-onlAt# The color is a rare and remarkably beautiful
y ■ jxan ey shade of clear amber-rose, delicately tinged
toward the center with fine apricot-yellow ; the petals are beautifully
edged and bordered with rich carmine, and on the outer reverse side pass
to a lovely shade of salmon or buff -rose ; the flowers are large, fine, full
form, excellent substance and deliciously fragrant, having a rich tea scent.

Freiherr von Marshall.

Freiherr von Marshall As an outdoor Rose it has no
. I— ^ superior. The flowers are

large, beautifully shaped, double and full, and borne in won-
derful profusion all through the
growing season. It is bright red,
one of the brightest, if not the
very richest colored Tea Rose in
existence, fine, long, well-shaped
buds.

Mile. F. Kruger.

Mile. Franzisca Kruger The striking color of
'I .1 .1 I '•*111- this handsome Rose

places it at once in the front as a bud producer in the open
air. In its shading of deep coppery-yellow it stands unique
and distinct from all others. The flower, when open, is of
good size and very symmetrical. One of the finest Roses
to plant in masses and clumps.

Ivory, or White Golden Gate Golden Gate has
■ii become so well

known to all Rose growers as an extremely free forcing
variety of the largest size, that all will understand what the
new Rose, Ivory, is like, when it is described as a pure
white Golden Gate, a sport from that variety.

Isabella Sprunt a bright canary-yellow ; large

■ III ' ' — ' beautiful buds suitable for cut

flowers; a very sweet tea scent; profuse bloomer. It is no
doubt the freest bloomer of all yellow Roses.

Louis Richard A superb Rose imported from France ;
. I extra large size ; splendid full form,

very double, delicious tea scent; color rich coppery-rose,
changing to buff, shaded with carmine ; center sometimes
brilliant rosy-crimson.

Lady Hillingdon Gf quick free growth, with narrow
I " foliage and slender graceful stems,

each surmounted with beautiful long pointed bud of rich
orange -yellow color. Fine cut flower sort. Awarded several
Gold Medals in England Price, 15 cents each.

Helen Good.

Helen Gpod, the Beauty Cochet ‘ Rose, a™

after two years' trial in the garden we pronounce it as good as, if
not better than, any Rose for the garden ever sent out. The color
Is a delicate yellow, suffused with pink, each petal edged! deeper.

GIVE us AT LEAST A SMALL ORDER AND WE ARE SURE YOU WILL COME AGAIN.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

GARDEN COLLECTION OF

CHOICE EVER-BLOOMINQ TEA ROSES— Concluded

PRICE, YOUNG PLANTS, 10 CENTS EACH, ANY SIX FOR 50 CENTS, ANY THIRTEEN FOR SI 00
LARGE TWO-YEAR-OLD PLANTS FROM 4-INCH POTS, 30 CENTS EACH, ANY FOUR FOR Slid.

Mrs. Foley Hobbs Delicate ivory-white, faintly tinged
' ' clear pink on edge of petals; blooms

large, exquisite form, perfect finish; petals thick and shell
shaped, fioriferous, deliciously tea perfumed, exceptionally fine
for exhibition ; superb.

Mme. Welche The fiowers have great depth and sub-

- stance, and are of fine globular form with
broad, thick petals and large, finely-shaped buds. The color is
a beautiful shade of soft amber-yellow, deepening toward the
center to fine orange or coppery-yellow, delicately tinged and
clouded with pale ruddy-crimson. Both fiowers and buds are
remarkably sweet, and the plant is a good healthy grower.
Mme. Lombard first-class Rose for bedding; extra

■ large, full fiowers ; very double and
sweet; color a beautiful shade of rosy-bronze, passing to sal-
mon and fawn, beautifully shaded with carmine ; an ele-
gant Rose.

Mme. Cecile Berthod Most beautiful both in bud and

- ' ■■■■ I - fiower. which is deep golden-

yellow. In fact, the deepest yellow in color of any Rose we
grow. The foliage is very bright. This is a Rose of mag-
nificent size and color.

Mme. de Vatry, the Creole Beauty it makes big

^ I. . ■ clean buds of

great beuaty and opens well, showing large, full double flowers
to great advantage. The color is a rich red, changing to silver-
peach — reminds one of the delicate hues seen on the inside of
the fairest deep-sea shells — rosy-flesh bathed in golden-amber,
broad, shell-like petals, bright and beautiful; in every way
a fine Rose.

Mme. Caroline Custer Bright lemon-yellow; very

■ " ' free and handsomely shaped;

one of the finest Roses; very free flowering.

Madison This is a greatly improved Bride, and when we

■ say improvement, we mean a genuine improve-
ment. Pure white, edged pink; a great bloomer.

Marie Van Houtte This exceedingly lovely Rose cannot

- be surpassed by any Rose of its
color. In the open ground it is truly magnificent. The flowers
are extra large and are deliciously fragrant. The color is pale
canary-yellow, shading to pale rose. Magnificent.

Marie Guillot This beautiful Tea Rose continues in pop-

■— ular favor, and still maintains its position

as one of the best white Roses of its class ; flowers of an un-
usual style, entirely double to the center; very sweet-scented.
Papa Caontier a grand red Tea, of fine crimson shade

- — .-.I... i.-iMi. and silken texture (as distinct from vel-

vety texture). The bud is of fine size and graceful form. Ex-
tremely free both in growth and bloom. Very long and beauti-
fully leaved stems can be cut, the foliage begins very dark and
heavy. One of the best, and a perfect bedder.

Princesse do Sagan Crimson is a scarce color among

■■■ " .»i I- Tea Roses, and for that reason,

as well as for its vigorous growth, this is a Rose of great value
and beauty. The color is rich velvety crimson, brilliantly
beautiful. It blooms quickly and abundantly ; in fact, is one
of the freest blooming of Tea Roses.

Perl© des Jard i ns Probably better known than any other

■ yellow Rose grown. Beautiful clear
yellow, distinct from all other Tea Roses.

Rose Gilbert Color canary-yellow, deepening at the cen-
ter ; bud long, producing a large flower.
Extremely free in growth and bloom.

Queen of Bedders This is, without any doubt, the
~ very best of the red Roses for bed-

ding. It can be planted anywhere, being entirely hardy. The
flowers are of large size and of a fiery scarlet, a color seldom
seen in Roses. Indeed, a bed of this Rose produces a mass of
red equal to a bed of Geraniums.

Souvenir de Pierre Netting The bloom is very

■ large, perfectly full, of
elegant form ; has a beautiful long bud ; the colors are very
bright, distinct and clear, and have no unpleasant tones—
orange-yellow, bordered in carmine-rose.

Snowflake This is a lovely white Rose, a pure Tea, but a
"" foreign seedling, the freest flowering white

Rose we have ever seen. It will be especially useful in set de-
signs. Eor a pot plant it cannot be excelled, as it possesses
every good quality of a pot Rose.

Souvenir de la MalmaisonThis grand old variety
. ' when used as a bedding

Rose in summer has no equal, as it produces the most perfect
flowers in the hottest weather. Its rich flesh-colored flowers
are of immense size, double to the center; are produced in
abundance; exquisitely fragrant; a noble Rose.

Safrano Bright apricot-yellow, changing to orange and
. fawn, sometimes tinted with rose; valued highly

for its beautiful buds ; fragrant and a rampant grower.

Souv. d’ un Ami

The color is a deep rosy-flesh, beauti-
fully shaded with rich carmine; edges

reverse petals silver-rose; clear and bright. A Rose that will

plCflS6.

Sunrise in close bud form it shows the high brilliant col-
,, 9^® in the Austrian copper, scarlet and

yellow. As it opens the color deepens, the scarlet turning
darker red, the yellow to orange and copper, inside of petals
golden-yellow. The open Rose is large, perfectly double and
of grand form.

Sunset variety. The flowers are of large size, fine

Inll 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 “Afterglow.”

The Queen This elegant new Tea Rose originated in this
_ country. It is a very large, pure snow-white,
ever-blooming Rose ; the flowers are extremely large, very full
and double, and delightfully perfumed; a vigorous and healthy
grower.

The Largest White Rose, The Bride The buds

large and of exquisite form ; the petals are of fine texture and
substance, and the full flower is very double, measuring from
three and one-half to four inches in diameter. The color is a
delicate creamy-white. The blooms can be cut with long
stems and will last in a fresh state after being cut longer than
any known variety.

Uncle John Never out of bloom during the whole grow-
— ing season. Pretty buff-yellow flowers, shad-

ing to white and pink, large, full and fragrant; a strong,
bushy grower,

White Bougere a beautiful large pure white flower,

' , , „ „ with shell-shaped petals : fine both in

Dud and fully open flower. Plant is a strong, healthy grower,
equally valuable for pot or garden culture.

Wm. R. Smith.

W m. R, Smith (The Maiden Blush Rose.) A most
charming summer bedder with beautiful,
firm, glossy foliage, quite like Cochet in appearance and dura-
bility ; very vigorous in growth, with flowers of heavy texture ;
color, creamy-white with shadings of pink. Succeeds ad-
mirably in the open ground, bringing fine blooms on long, stiff
stems. Hardy with light protection. This should be In every
garden.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGEIELD, OHIO.

These are among the very finest hardy ever=blooming
Roses in cultivation. They stand at the head of the

FOUR FAMOUS

^ ^ T i. V-r surpassed by any others in beauty or

productiveness, and no difference what other Roses
i>l fi^n I let you have, you want the Four Great Cochet Roses also.

^ M. A j They should be included with every order.

Price, 15 cents each; set of four for 50 cents; large
two=year=old plants 35 cents each; set of four for $1.25.

See Our

Suggestions and
Special Offers
\ of Garden Roses
on page 5

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pink maman cochet

Maman Cochet.

The Queen of All Garden
Roses

Such beauty and exquisite form as is
possessed by this variety is well-nigh
marvelous, and cannot be seen in any
other Rose we know of. outside of its
counterparts. White and Yellow Maman
Cochet. The buds are beautiful, large,
full and firm, and elegantly pointed; as
they expand they show great depth and
richness, sometimes measuring two and
a half inches from base to tip. Flowers
superb when open, extra large, perfectly
double and of splendid substance. Small
pot plants will in the open ground
quickly make large, strong bushes, and
produce, on long, stiff stems, great num-
bers of perfect flowers that are en-
chanting in fragrance and delicate
brightness. The color is rich, clear pink,
changing to silvery-rose.

RED MAMAN COCHET
(Mrs. B. R. Cant)

A fine garden variety of even shade of
deep rose or red, round and full, the
form of a good Hybrid Perpetual. A
very free grower, in fact it is one of the
strongest growing Roses we have. It
flowers as continuously and freely as a
China Rose, and is especially fine in
autumn. ITiis Rose is bound to take
rank with the best Roses grown.

WHITE COCHET

A grand Rose. Identical with its par-
ent, Maman Cochet, the queen of all pink
garden Roses, except in color of flower,
which is snowy-white, sometimes faintly
tinged with the faintest suggestion of
pale blush. It has the same freedom of
bloom, magnificent form of buds and
flowers, which is marvelously beautiful
in its perfection. The flowers are large
and very double, with petals of unusual-
ly heavy texture, making it of more than
ordinary value in open ground.

YELLOW MAMAN
COCHET

(Madame Derepas Matrat)

The unusual hardiness of this Rose —
a pure Tea — makes it especially adapted
for bedding. It is a fitting companion
to those other grand summer Roses—
the White and Pink Cochets — offering a
sturdy, clean growth with stiff stems and
luxuriant bloom. Flowers large, per-
fectly double and shapely, of a rich
sulphur-yellow.

SEE OUR CLUB RATE OFFERS ON PAGE 1

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Helen Gould.

FOURTEEN SPECIAL FAVORITES

Including the Unsurpassed HELEN GOULD and BESSIE BROWN

For full descriptions see previous pages

BESSIE BROWN— Cream-white.

MRS. DUDLEY CROSS — Rosy-yellow.
COQUETTE DES ALPS— Pure white.
HELEN GAM BIER— Yellow.

MRS. B. R. CANT— Red.

WELLESLEY— Pink.

WHITE COCHET— Pure white.
CHAMPION OF THE WORLD— Pink.
ETOILE DE FRANCE— Crimson.
MLLE. F. KRUGER— Copper-yellow.

ETOILE DE LYON— Yellow.
MAMAN COCHET— Pink.
HELEN GOULD — Crimson.
EXCELS A — Crimson climber.

Price, Entire Set of Fourteen for $1.25; Two-Year-Old Plants, Any Six for $1.50; Set of Fourteen for $3.25.

By our faithful attention to the wants of customers we have won a confidence that we consider one of the most valuable assets
of our business. Our appreciation of this confidence, therefore, makes us feel especially the responsibility of selecting from
among our entire list fourteen Roses which we can recommend as the most reliable for general planting. There are so
many beautiful Roses nowadays that it would not be just to say of any fourteen, “These are the best,” but we do say that in
this set of fourteen each one contains the qualities of a high grade Rose. They are all strong, vigorous growers, bloom abun-
dantly and all are among the hardiest in this ever-blooming class. They will bloom the first season and every succeeding season,
all summer long, even the one-year size, but best about them is the beauty of the fiowers, in form, color, fragrance, every way ;
but read the descriptions on preceding pages and then order. If you can only have a few Roses, don’t fail to get this collection.
It will give you unbounded satisfaction. We have made the price very moderate, placing them within the reach of all.

Our “Giant” Collection of Large

Two=Year=01d
Ever “Blooming Roses

FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT.

These bushes are two years old, strong and healthy. They
make, of course, more of an appearance from the first than
does the smaller stock, having practically a year the advantage
in all respects — an advantage for which we find many persons
willing to incur the additional expense.

The selection of varieties must be left to us, and we will
send only strictly high-grade Roses. All will be different, and
ail correctly labeled.

GIANT COLLECTION No. I
Blooming Tea Roses, all different colors, by express.

Seven two-year-old Ever- qq

GIANT COLLECTION No. 2 — Seven two-year-old Hardy AA
Ever-Blooming Roses, all different colors, by express.. vl>UU

IF WANTED BY MAIL, ADD 15 CENTS.

Sample of a Two-year-old Rose from Our
tion in Bloom.

‘Giant” Collec-

EXCITE THE ENVY OF YOUR NEIGHBORS BY PLANTING A BED OF LOVELY ROSES

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGEIELD. OHIO. 15

EVER-BLOOMINO CLIMBING ROSES

PRICE, YOUNG PLANTS 10 CENTS EACH; ANY SIX FOR 50 CENTS. LARGE, TWO=YEAR=OLD
PLANTS FROM 4=INCH POTS, 35 CENTS; ANY THREE FOR $1.00.

In the South or on the Pacific Coast, where they stand the winters, nothing can compare with them for beauty of bud and foliage.
Are never to be forgotten when seen in full bloom, loaded with thousands of magnificent flowers.

NOTE — The Roses on this and the following pages are the most rampant and vigorous in the whole Rose family. They
may be kept out of doors in the North by laying them down and covering with leaves or litter. If you want Roses to “get there
quick," these are the ones to plant;

Climbing White Maman Cochet if there is one

■" ' ■ Rose that stands

out in the affections of the people more than another it is
White Maman Cochet. Here we have a climbing form that will
become as popular as a climber as its parent has as a bush
Rose, Grand, huge white flowers tinged pink.

Chromatella, or Cloth of Gold

bright yellow, very sweet and beautiful. It blooms rather spar-
ingly, but makes up for this deflciency by being wonderfully
beautiful.

Climbing Malmaison

There is no flner pink than the
old, well-known Malmaison, or
“Souvenir" of the South, and we are sure that our patrons,
one and all, will be glad to hear that we have a climbing va-
riety that is identical with the parent. This variety will prove
of inestimable value to all lovers of fine climbing Roses. It
will prove perfectly hardy south of Washington, D. C.

Caroline Goodrich, or Climbing General

laf'niiominn'f- Rose has flnely formed, very double

no flowers, and its fragrance is most delicious.
This is a hardy Climbing Tea, and should not be classed with
the hardy climbers that bloom but once a year. The color is
the same as that of General Jacqueminot.

Carolina Marniassa ^ hardy ever-blooming bedding

^.^aroiine iviarmesse deserves more than

ordinary attention. Flowers medium size, pure white, very
double and borne in clusters. Of easy culture and free bloomer.
Perfectly hardy if slightly protected. This we consider one of
the most desirable Roses for cemetery planting, as it is quite
hardy and produces its clusters of pure white flowers through-
out the season.

Identical in all respects with

Climbing Pevoniensis "Devoniensis,"

except it has the climbing habit; flowers of great size, very
double; a magniflcent variety.

A Grand, Velvety- Red Rose, Climbing Meteor

Climbing Meteor is the acme of all red climbing Roses. It is a
free, persistent bloomer, and will make a growth of from ten to
fifteen feet in a season ; in bloom all the time, as it is a true
ever-bloomer. We do not hesitate to place it at the head of the
list of all Roses for summer blooming, as it will make a strong
growth and is literally loaded with its deep, rich red flowers
all the time. Its flowers are much larger than Meteor, and are
richer in color. It is just the Rose to train up the veranda or
around windows, where its great beauty will show up to good
advantage. Don't fail to plant one or more of Climbing Meteor.

Climbing Gruss an Teplitz An exact counterpart

— ' of the bush form of

that superb Rose Gruss an Teplitz except that it is a vigorous
climber. A perfect sheet of dazzling crimson when in bloom.
The color is dark, rich crimson, passing to velvety, flery-red.
One of the brightest colored Roses we know.

Ciimbing Clothilde Sou pert In a single season

■■■■■.— ■ II ■ I small plants will grow

fifteen to twenty-five feet. They are distinct, large, round, full
and double, with beautifully imbricated petals, and deliciously
sweet. The color effect is magniflcent — ivory-white shading
toward the center to a silvery-rose. Cluster after cluster of
flowers is produced throughout the entire season, and the bush
at all times is literally loaded down with them.

WE INVitE COMPARISON OF PRICES WITH ANY OTHER RELIABLE COMPANY

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Ever -Blooming CLIMBING ROSES

(CONCLUDED)

PRICE, 10 CENTS EACH; ANY SIX FOR 50 CENTS LARGE, TWO- YEAR-OLD
PLANTS, EXCEPT WHERE NOTED, 35 CENTS; ANY THREE FOR $1.00.

Climbina Bride This grand new Rose will immediately

- ^ — become popular. It is identical with

its parent. The Bride, in flower, while it greatly excels it in
growth, showing strongly the climbing habit, making it one of
the most desirable Roses to be had, especially for the Southern
states. The buds are of grand size, and are carried on high
and erect stems, and the flowers are unsurpassed for purity
of whiteness.

Climbing Ki Harney A climbing type of the famous
' pink “Killarney.” It is identical

with the parent variety except that it is of the climbing habit
of growth. Color is a most exquisite shade of rich imperial
pink ; deliciously fragrant. It is a strong, rapid grower. A
splendid addition to the class of hardy Ever-blooming Climb-
ing Roses.

Climbing Perle des Jardins Same as the grand old

- . ■ Perle des Jardins,

equally good in every way; vigorous climbing habit. Its large,
full, well-formed golden-yellow flowers, borne on stiff stems,
make this variety desirable for bouquets and artistic floral
decorations.

Climbing Welch© A new ever-blooming Tea Rose of the

- — - ■ — ■ I...— most promising type. It has every-
thing to commend it. All the valuable characteristics of Mme.
Welche, from which it is an offspring. Grows rapidly and
strongly, and blooms freely as does its parent. The flowers are
identical with Mme. Welche, a beautiful shade of soft amber-
yellow, deepening towards the center to fine orange or coppery-
yellow, delicately tinged and clouded with pale ruddy crimson.
Both flowers and buds are remarkably sweet. Hardy if pro-
tected.

Em Dress of China There is no other Rose like it that

will bloom for so long a time. It is

simply wonderful. When it first opens, the flowers are a beau-
tiful red, but soon turn to a lovely light pink, and it blooms
so profusely as to almost hide the plant. It is perfectly hardy
and a vigorous grower.

Golden Chain, or Climbing Safrano (Keve d’Or)

— — — ■ - A beautiful

pillar Rose, being a strong climber. Color orange -yellow, or
deep saffron; good size, full and sweet.

La marque white with sulphur center, sometimes pure

— white; very large, full flowers, fragrant and

makes beautiful buds ; an excellent Rose. Well-established
plants bear thousands of its beautiful white buds.

Mary Washington its flowers are of medium size, pure

— ■' white, perfectly double to the cen-

ter, sweet, and borne in endless number all summer. It is a
vigorous and rapid grower, and at once becomes a general
favorite. It makes a great profusion of fine buds, which are
borne on long stems and usually in large clusters. Its fra-
grance is tinged with the old-fashioned musky flavor so much
admired in olden times.

Mrs. Robert Perry, or Climbing Kaiserin

This is by all odds the most remarkable new Rose of recent in-
troduction. It is an offspring of that grand variety, Kaiserin
Augusta Victoria. The flowers are extra large, full, deep and
double ; are of excellent substance and produced on long, stiff
stems, like a forcing Rose ; buds are long and pointed. Pure
ivory-white. Fragrance is delicious. It grows to perfection
outdoors, throwing up numerous shoots ten to fifteen feet high
in a single season.

Marechai Niel, the Most Popular of All

A Rose so famous as to really require no description. Its mag-
nificent golden-yellow buds are worn the world over; they il-
lustrate the globular form in its perfection, and are almost
massive in dimensions. It is almost universally held to be
the finest climber indoors or out, where the climate admits of
its cultivation. This is one of the Roses that starts rather
slowly, and for that reason, the best success will be had with
the larger plants. This superb Rose is especially recommended
for the Southern states, where it requires but little outdoor
protection. We have this in extra large size at 50 cents each.
Mme. DrioU't The striped Reine Marie Henriette (as the
■ name implies, it is a sport from the old

favorite Reine Marie Henriette). Has the splendid vigor and
the form of the mother Rose, while beautifully striped, flamed
and shaded in bright carmine over pale rose.

Pillar of Gold Pillar of Gold introduces the Rose lover to
' something quite distinct in climbing Roses.
The color of its flowers places it in a distinct class by itself.
In Pillar of Gold we have a jewel. The blooms are double to
the center, of the largest size, and come in immense sprays or
bunches of from five to ten blooms on a single branch, and the
effect throughout the summer is a perfect sheet of gold. The
color is a deep yellow flushed with coppery-yellow. Reverse of
petals shows touches of bright rose. If you have seen the
deep yellow of Mile. Franzisca Kruger in the fall, then you get
an idea of the beautiful deep golden-yellow of this Rose.
Reine Marie Henriette An excellent crimson-flowered
■' ever-blooming climber. The

flowers are exquisitely formed, very full and double, nicely
tea-scented, strong growing and very free-flowering.
Solfatare Fine, clear sulphur-yellow ; large, double, full and
~ ^ fragrant; an excellent climbing Rose; valuable.

The Red Marechai Niel This brand new Rose is a

- ..I. .11. strong, vigorous grower ;

flowers large, full and of fine form; color a pure cherry-red
and sweet-scented. A splendid Rose, and destined to become
very popular.

W. A. Richardson Branches strong and spreading;
' " ' fiowers of good size, full, of fine

form, color orange-yellow; a new shade of Noisettes.

White Marechai Niel The fame of Marechai Niel,

— ■■ with its large, deep golden-

yellow flowers, is so world-wide that nothing further need be
said of this variety to make it instantly popular, than that it
is the counterpart in every respect of Marechai Niel, its parent,
save the color of the flower, which is pale creamy-white,
totally distinct. It is a rapid climber. We can furnish this
in extra large plants at 50 cents each.

“IMPERIAL”
ROSE COLLECTION

16 EVER=BLOOMINQ TEA ROSES FOR $1.00.

FINE PLANTS FROM TWO-AND-ONE-HALF-INCH POTS.
(POSTAGE PREPAID)

^ They will delight you with exquisite and abundant bloom this

summer. This offer cannot be excelled either in quantity or
quality.

This collection is strictly of our own selection, and we guar-
antee them to be well rooted, to reach you in good condition,
and to be a fine assortment of colors all correctly labeled.

Many of our very best varieties will be included in the col>
lection.

- * This offer is made only to induce you to give us a trial,
and it will be to our interest to send only a fine assortment of
good Roses, well rooted, that are sure to bloom freely the
first year.

Basket of Roses cut from one of our

Imperial

Collectione,

i'.il

Count Zeppelin

- .. .

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 17

..-: The Best of the ■

HARDY RAMBLER ROSES

These beautiful, new hardy Climbing Roses are unexcelled. There is nothing like
them after they become established in their strong luxuriant growth, freedom of
bloom and bright colors. This family of Roses has become so popular every-
where, notably the famous Crimson Rambler, Pinfc Dorothy Perkins, White Dorothy
Perkins and Flower of Fairfield, that extended descriptions are not necessary. They
are almost as necessary adjuncts to one's home as the furniture in it. Absolutely
hardy everywhere; once planted, they are practically permanent. Price, 15 cents
each, except where noted, any six , for 60 cents; two-year-old plants, 35 cents, any
five for $1.50.

American Pillar Climbing Polyantha. A new single flowering Rose with blooms
' two to three inches across, borne in immense clusters. Color

lovely apple-blossom pink with bright golden stamens followed in autumn with red
hips. A great Rose to grow in pots for Easter.

Baroness Von Ittersum a flne climber with glossy foliage; very early and
" " " free bloomer. Flowers are large and color is

brilliant scarlet-crimson. An excellent addition to this class.

Climbing American Beauty ^ seedling from American Beauty with

Wichuraiana and Tea blood in its veins.

The introducers say of it : “Same color, size and fragrance as American Beauty,

with the addition of the climbing habit. Good foliage, and better blooming qualities.
Blooms three to four inches across ; has proved perfectly hardy and stands heat and
drought as well as any Rose in our collection." We feel sure this Rose has a
great future.

Crimson Rambler Bright crimson flowers produced in large clusters of
ii..— I pyramidal form; grand variety for pillars and arches
and to train over porches; also makes a fine attractive hedge. Awarded gold medal,

N. R. S. Price, 10 cents each.

Dr. W. Van Fleet Flowers when open run four inches and over in diameter.

■ The center is built high, petals beautifully undulated and

cupped. The color is a remarkable delicate shade of flesh-pink on the outer surface,
deepening to rosy-flesh in the center. The flowers are full and double, of delicate
perfume ; buds pointed. It very much resembles Souv. de Pres. Carnot in color.
Excelsa (New.) a distinct variety in form, color and habit. The color is an
' intense crimson-maroon, with tips of the petals tinged scarlet. Flowers
are large and double, produced thirty to forty on a stem, and almost every eye on a
shoot produces a cluster of bright blossoms. An improved Crimson Rambler.
Flower of Fairfield A sport from the*notable Crimson Rambler, which it re-

— sembles in every respect, except that it continues to bloom

all summer. Its European growers claim that it produces a marvelous succession of bril-
liant crimson clusters from early spring until late autumn. Sure to be in great demand.
Keystone This great new Rose has a vigor of constitution found in no other
'■ ■ '■ Rose. The open flower is perfectly double, resembling Clothilde

Soupert; buds beautifully formed; color deep lemon-yellow. Fragrance delicious,
like that of Magnolia blossoms,

Lady Gay Flowers numerous and of good size, delicately perfumed. Warm cher-
- ry-pink, shading to soft white: One of the strongest climbers as well

as a flne carpet Rose and exceptionally showy for fence covering.

Miss Messman (Climbing Baby Rambler) There has been a wide-

.... . ...n. spread demand for a

Crimson Rambler that would bloom more than once. Here you have it. Everyone
knows how Baby Rambler is always in bloom. This is simply a climbing form of the
Baby Rambler, embracing all its good qualities.

Philadelphia Rambler it differs from the Crimson Rambler. The color is

deeper and more intense ; the flowers are perfectly

double to the center, very durable and of fine substance. The blooms are larger
than those of Crimson Rambler. Price, 10 cents each.

Pink Dorothy Perkins Extremely hardy, withstanding the most severe win-
■ i.i. . I — ■! . I ters with impunity. The flowers are borne in clus-

ters of from six to ten and are very double, with prettily crinkled petals. Remark-
ably pretty pointed buds, beautiful clear shell-pink in color, lasting a long time
without fading. The flowers are sweet scented. The foliage is rich, deep green, and
of thick, leathery substance.

Tausendschoen, or Thousand Beauties The flowers are the most

' ■ ' delicate shade of pink ever

seen in a Rose, might be described as a white delicately flushed with pink changing to
rosy-carmine. It gets its name from its many flowers and the variation in coloring.

Veilchenblau, the New Violet-Blue Rose, or “Blue Rambler”

“A Rambler or Climbing Rose, with steel-blue flowers semi-double, medium sized, ap-
pearing in large clusters. Has showy yellow stamens which, combined with the blue
of the petals, make a very attractive flower. It is a very strong grower with glossy
I green foliage and few thorns. Price, 10 cents each.

White Dorothy Perkins (New.) A pure white sport of the well-known

Dorothy Perkins, of same habit of growth and
freedom of flowering ; a splendid companion for the pink variety, as it flowers at the
same time. A most valuable addition to this class.

Wart burg A seedling of Tausendschoen, flowers double, carmine-rose in very
— — — large clusters; a vigorous grower, making shoots the second year
twelve feet in length, which are nearly thornless. Dark green foliage.

Yellow Rambler (Aglaia) Flowers are deep golden-yellow and very fra-

grant. Price, 10 cents each.

Count Zeppelin A brilliant_ rose
"■ colored flower

that attracts from a great distance; vigor
of Crimson Rambler. Cupped form ;
double. In immense trusses ; unusually
floriferous. This Rose is unsurpassed
as a climber.

THE LADY BANKS OR BANKSIAN ROSES California

The flowers are quite small, very double, come in immense clusters, and have a
delicious Violet fragrance ; indeed, if you were blindfolded you could not detect the
difference between the fragrance of the Banksia Rose and tlie Violet.

White Banksia Pure white; beautiful, perfect form. Price, 15 cents each;
■ two-year-old plants, 35 cents.

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The Wonderful Baby Rose Orleans.

The HYBRID POLYANTHAS

OR BABY RAMBLERS

This charming class of Roses is the sensation of the last
few years. They represent the triumph of productive effort
among Rose growers in bringing the vivid colors, prodigal free-
dom and beautiful clustering form of the grand outdoor Ram-
bler Roses into the house for winter decoration. Price, 15 cents
each ; the set of seven for 75 cents. Strong, two-year-old
plants, 30 cents each, any three for 75 cents.

“Baby Tausendschon” (Louise Welter) We

' have

nothing lovelier in Roses than this Dwarf Polyantha with its
beautiful bouquets of creamy white, saucer-shaped flowers,
every petal edged with lovely rosy-pink. One of the most beau-
tiful of pot Roses. Young plants only.

Baby Dorothy ^ *i“ue dwarf form of Dorothy Perkins,
^ containing the family virtues, and pink

beauty. The prettiest pot Rose on the market.

Cyclope (New.) A pretty little bush plant of unique
color, purple and heliotrope, found in no other

Rose ; the petals have rays of white.

Erna Teschendorff (New.) Brilliant, rosy-crimson with

flowers of good size in clusters: re-

. t* ^ m I*. ... . t

minds one of the coloring of “Gruss an Teplitz,’^ said to be
the best red among Polyanthas.

Ellen Poulsen T. P. Dark, brilliant pink; large, full;
■ sweet-scented ; vigorous, bushy habit,

most floriferous; very fine. Young plants only.

Gruss an Aachen Golden-rose with shadings of red;

beautifully formed well filled flowers ;

splendid for massing. Dwarf Polyantha,

Jessie An ideal Rose for bedding, massing or for pot cul-
~~ ture. The flowers, which are produced in huge

clusters, are of a bright cherry-crimson color, which does not
fade; superb.

MannanTurbat Dwarf Polyantha. Color China rose,

tinted peach and saffron, reverse flesh

color, splendid for bedding or pot.

Mistress Taft (New.) A brilliant rosy-crimson; flowers
' and foliage somewhat resembling Baby

Rambler.

Orleans Rose (New.) a charming sort of the true Poly-
■ antha type, of clean, vigorous growth and

unusually brilliant foliage. Flowers are strikingly handsome;

a warm geranium-red with center of pure white.

White Baby Rambier As delicately tinted and as full

of clusters as any Polyantha

Rose. Its pure white flowers are perfectly double, and bloom
with the unceasing freedom of the reds and pinks of this class.

JAPANESE

Creeping or Memorial Roses

These are most desirable Roses for planting on banks, or
for slopes or for covering graves. Entirely hardy everywhere.

Price, 10 cents, any three for 25 cents; two-year*old plants,
30 cents each, four for $1.00.

These charming Roses are of the same creeping habit as
Rosa Wichuraiana, trailing over the ground or creeping about
the trunks of trees and pillars with delightful effect. These
Roses are of intense hardiness, and succeed in all soils, even
on the poorest and driest conceivable.

|\/|l*S, Lovett New double sweet-scented Memorial Rose.

Roses are very double, two to two and one-

half inches in diameter, of the loveliest, most cheerful, bright
rosy-pink. Best of all, it is as fragrant as the American
Beauty.

Manda’s Triumph Produces large clusters of well-

formed double flowers of pure

white, two inches in diameter.

Pink Roamer single variety; flowers nearly two inches
in diameter, bright, rich pink, with almost

white center and orange-red stamens.

Wm. C. Egan ^ cross between General Jacqueminot and

R. Wichuraiana. Blooms in large attrac-
tive trusses. Flowers large, full, and a beautiful pink, always
hardy and dependable. A grand Rose.

Rosa Wichuraiana (Memorial Rose.) Handsome for

' covering rockeries, mounds or em-
bankments ; especially valuable for cemetery planting. The

pure white, single flowers appear in greatest profusion during
the month of July, while its almost evergreen foliage makes it
very desirable at all seasons of the year.

Universal Favorite Double flowers of a beautiful rose
■ '■ ' ' ■ — color, over two inches in diameter;

THREE HARDY

Climbing Cherokee Roses

Price, 10 cents each, set of three for 25 cents; two-year-old
plants, 40 cents each; set of three for $1.00.

Amoena This wonderful Rose was raised in California and
it will sweep the country like wildfire when it is
once known. The flowers are the same as the white-flowering

Cherokee, except that the color is a glowing pink with golden-i
yellow center. Resembles huge apple blossoms. This is one
of the really valuable Roses of the times; it is beautiful be-
yond description.

Cherokee Single This is the famous Cherokee Rose so
■ well known in California and othei
parts of the country. Large, pure white single flowers with
center filled with golden-yellow anthers.

Cherokee Double A. beautiful hardy Rose, bearing

double white flowers; very fine. The

foliage of this Rose is very distinct.

ARBOR OR HARDY

CLIMBINQ PRAIRIE ROSES

These are the only Climbing Roses that are perfectly hardj
everywhere, and are consequently of the greatest value. Thej
can be readily trained to a height of ten to twenty feet, as thej
grow with very great vigor. They bloom the second year and
but once in a season, but are then loaded with splendid RoseS;
and are among the. most beautiful of flowering plants.

■

Price, 10 cents each, any three for 25 cents; two-year-old
plants, 30 cents each, any three for 75 cents.

Baltimore Belle Pale blush, variegated carmine, ros(

and white ; very double flowers, ir

beautiful clusters, the whole plant appearing a perfect mass oi|
bloom. One of the very best of the type. ,

Greville, or Seven Sisters Flowers in large clus- l
" ' ters ; varies in color fron I

white to crimson. !

Flowers very large and of peculiar glob- {
ular form. Bright rosy-red, changing tc

Prairie Queen

lighter as the flowers open.

Tennessee Belle Flowers bright, beautiful pink; is mort

slender and graceful in growth thar

any of the varieties.

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EIGHT OF THE BEST AND MOST DESIRABLE

i HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES

I Price, 15 cents each; four for 50 cents; set of eight for 90 cents; large two-year =oId plants, 40 cents each ; any three for $1.00

set of eight for $2.25.

Frau Karl Druschki, or White American

Beauty This is undoubtedly one of the grandest
hardy pure white Roses ever introduced.

Makes splendid buds and immense flowers four to five
inches across, perfectly double and delightfully fra-
grant, large thick petals, very double and handsome.
Bright, shining green leaves, elegantly veined ; a healthy,
vigorous grower, entirely hardy and a constant and
abundant bloomer.

Conrad F, Meyer This magnificent new Rose is

■ perfectly hardy, and blooms
all through the summer and fall. The flowers are four
inches across, perfectly full and double. The color is
clear flesh-pink, with bright red center ; it is very
sweet, and has the delightful fragrance of the Wild
Rose or Sweetbriar. It is extremely free from the at-
tacks of insects, rust or blight. This is certainly a
grand variety.

Hugh Dickson A vigorous grower with handsome
" "" " ' foliage, deep red on the young

shoots, changing to deep green with age ; a free per-
petual bloomer ; color brilliant crimson shaded scarlet ;
very large and of exquisite form, with large smooth
petals, slightly reflexed on the edges ; does not burn in
the sun ; very fragrant.

Frau Karl Druschkj, or White American Beauty.

Robert Duncan.

Robert Duncan Bright crimson flushed with rosy-lake; very
— .1 — floriferous.

This is probably the grandest of all red
naywarq Hybrid Perpetuals. The bloom is of the
largest size. Color, deep, glowing red flushed with crimson. A free
bloomer; deliciously perfumed.

lAhn Honner excellent Rose; hardy and an abundant bloom-
%ionn nopper ^nd regular flowers, perfectly double ;

clear, bright rosy-pink, very fragrant. One of the first to open.

Flowers very large, of beautiful form
American Beauty Hose double; color a deep, rich

rose. The fragrance is delightful, resembling La France or the old-
fashioned Damask Rose. A true ever-bloomer, each shoot producing a
bud. This popular Rose is too well known to need further description.
!-li« Dark, deep crimson, shaded deep vermilion-crim-

nis iviaje^^y g^,^ towards the edges. The blooms are full, of
great size, having wonderful substance and depth of petal, with high
pointed center. It is also one of the sweetest perfumed Roses in
cultivation.

MOSS ROSES

Henri Martin Rich, glossy pink, tinged with crimson; large globular flow-
ers, very full and sweet ; finely mossed ; one of the finest.

Price, 20 cents each ; two-year-old plants, 40 cents.

John Cranston

Color violet-red, very fine, strong grower; very desirable.

Price, 20 cents each; two-year-old plants, 40 cents.

Mousseline Flowers white, sometimes tinged with flesh color; large double

cupped buds heavily mossed. One of the best Moss Roses. "

Price, 20 cents each; two-year-old plants, 40 cents.

De Luxembourg Bright crimsoji-scarlet, large and double, very sweet
— — — and mossy. Price, 20 cents each; two-year-old plants,

40 cents.

One Each of These Fcur Beautiful Moss Roses in One=Year=01d
Plants, 60 Cents; Same in Two=Year=>01d Plants, $1.25.

All orders are filled under our personal supervision.

John Cranston.

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Please use our Order Sheet in ordering. We will send as many as you can use.

- -

Coquette des Alps.

Price, 15 cents each, any four
for 50 cents, nine for $1. Two=
year=old plants, 40 cents each,
any three for $1, six for $1.75.

Gloire de Lyonaise.

Anna De Diesbach (Glory of Paris.)

' '■■■■ ■■ Brilliant crimson,

sometimes shaded with bright maroon. Long,
pointed buds and large, finely formed, compact
fiowers, very full and sweet. One of the best.

Ball of Snow

(Boule de Neige.) In the
Ball of Snow we have a

Rose of large size which is perfectly double, ex-
quisitely fragrant, pure white in color and en-
tirely hardy. It is invaluable for cemetery or
other planting where white fiowers are desired,
as it blooms freely all summer.

Black Prince

A rich, brilliant dark crim-
son, very bright and strik-

Captain Christy

ing ; large, double and finely cupped fiowers.
One of the best Roses in our collection.

The flowers are off
magnificent form, very
double, and stand erect in their martial bear-
ing. The color is a fresh, delicate pink, with
deeper shading in the center of the flower, the
le flower possessing a bright, satiny appear-
ance. A desirable variety. Certainly the most
beautiful Rose of this color we grow. It is a
free bloomer.

Clio The flowers of this magnificent Rose are
"" simply perfection in form, with fine,
broad petals and are beautiful at all stages of
development, from the small bud to the full open
flower; color delicate satin-blush, with a light
shading of rosy-pink at the center. Very free
blooming and strong, healthy grower.

Coquette Des Alps Large, full, flnely-

■ formed flowers ;
color pure white, sometimes faintly tinged with
pale blush ; profuse bloomer, very hardy and
beautiful.

General Jacqueminot Bright, shining

■ crimson, very
rich and velvety ; exceedingly brilliant and
handsome ; makes magnificent buds, and is
highly esteemed as one of the best and most
desirable for open ground and also for forcing.

Giant of Battles The color is a most

intense glowing red.

The flowers are very large, perfectly double.

This grand Rose is
the only yelow Hy
brid Perpetual that has been produced. It can
not be called deep yellow, but rather a pab
shade of chamois or salmon-yellow, deepest ii
center, sometimes passing to a rich creamy^
white, finely tinted orange and fawn.

Gloire de Lyo na i se

Hardy Hybrid

PERPETUAL
ROSES

The Hybrid Perpetuals or ‘'June
Roses," as they are commonly
called, are the hardiest of all
Roses, standing the cold winters of the
North. After once planted they require
but little care, increasing in size and
beauty each year. They are covered
with bloom in June, although they bloom
considerably through the summer and
fall ; but the greatest profusion of bloom
is to be seen in June. Our collection of
this class of Roses comprises such varie-
ties as are most valuable. They are
strong plants, grown on their own roots,
will grow and give a profusion of fra-
grant bloom.

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HARDY HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES— Continued

Neyron.

Price, 1 5 cents each ;
any four for 50 cents ;
nine for $1.00. Two=
year=oid plants, 40
cents each ; any three
for $1.00; six for
$1.75.

Magna Charta

Superb, bold, full flow-
ers, very double and
sweet, borne erect on stiff,
stout canes, bright sat-
iny-pink, tinged with car-
mine.

Madame Masson An ex-

— ■' ■— cellent

Hybrid Perpetual noted for its
constant and profuse bloom. The
flowers are large, color a clear,
bright rose, highly perfumed.
One of the best for planting.

Prince Camille De Ro-

han Very dark, rich velvety -
— crimson, passing to in-

tense maroon, shaded black.
Large full flowers, looking at a
little distance as if really black.
One of the darkest Roses.

HYBRID PERPETUAL
ROSES ARE WINTER
PROOF.

Vick’s Caprice A striking Rose, totally unlike any other
1 1 ~ ^|^|^■ variety. The flowers are large, slightly

cup shaped, but full and deep; the petals are thick and last-
ing, having the ground color clear satiny-pink, distinctly
striped and dashed with white and bright carmine. It makes
lovely, elegant-shaped buds, which show the stripes and mark-
ings to great advantage.

Madame Plantier One of the old June Roses, at which
■ 1 1 I I I time it is literally covered with pure

white perfectly double fragrant flowers, which hang on for a
long time. Makes large, dense bushes. As hardy as an oak. A
beautiful cemetery Rose. One of the best for forming hedges.

Paul Neyron Color deep, shining rose, very fresh and

pretty, and flowers large, often measuring

flve inches in diameter, and it has this merit — though very
large, the buds always develop fine, perfect Roses. Grown
by thousands for its good free-blooming qualities.

Mme. Charles Wood Color, very bright, rich cherry-
i ' ' red; blooms the first season and

all the time, and is delightfully fragrant.

Climbing Wich=Moss ‘‘Baby Moss” Rose

This is a wonderful break in new Roses, being a cross of
Wichuraiana and Moss Rose, Salet. It has retained the
sca^dent habit of the Wichuraiana, making long growths five
to eight feet in length, with fine resistant foliage, while the
bud is heavily mossed in bright green, and has the peculiar
aromatic odor of the Moss Rose family. The flowers are
borne iu clusters, and are a Daybreak pink in color, opening
into bloom that is a good semi-double in fullness. We were
quite carried away with its beauty as a four-inch pot plant
last spring, the clusters of tiny moss buds are quite ir-
resistible ; as a cut Rose, it is very durable, and makes an
exquisite spring corsage. A Climbing Moss is a wonder and
it is quite hardy. Price, 20 cents each; two-year-old plants,
40 cents.

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WITH A PRINTED LABEL.

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CHRYSANTHEMUMS

THE PEOPLE'S FLOWER

MAGNIFICENT, LARGE FLOWERING JAPANESE EXHIBITION VARIETIES

CULTURtl DIRECTIONS

If the Following Directions are Carefully Followed, the Blooms Can
be Brought to Perfection Outdoors as Late as November 15th.

Fav I ArA>A Put FlnufArA Plant in a bed enriched with a
rOr LaiRc will nOWcIo good amount of well-rotted cow
— ' ” ■ manure. As the side shoots, or

suckers, appear at the base of the leaves, carefully pinch them
out, thereby throwing the strength into the main stem, which
keep carefully tied to a stake. When the buds appear, pinch
out all the buds save thei strongest one and water with liquid
cow manure about once a week until the bud begins to show
color, then water only with clear water, being careful to keep
the water off the flower. By the above culture any person
should be able to produce flowers of mammoth size, which
should mature before the early frosts appear. If there is

danger of frosts, drive stakes in the bed and cover with mus-
lin. If desired, four or five branches may be left, but only one
flower should be allowed to each branch.

Pnt Plofltc When the main stem has attained a growth of
rUl ridlllo about six inches pinch the top out of it, leav-

ing four or five eyes, which will start outside

branches ; when these side branches have attained a growth of
about four inches, pinch them, same as the main stem. When
the buds appear you can disbud each branch, leaving only the
strongest bud, or allow all of the buds to mature in a cluster
on each branch.

RAMAPO ONE OF THE LARGEST AND FINEST YELLOW CHRYSANTHEMUMS

This new Chrysanthemum is a seedling of Col. D. Appleton ; enormously large, fine golden-yellow color, maturing October 15,
Fine for early exhibitions and for ejirly §tore openings. Flower is a magnificent Japanese incurved, with lower petals reflexed,
gnd not showing any center. Besides its immense size and beautiful shade of clear yellow, another point in its favor is its al^
most faultless stem and foliage, growing fully up to the flower. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents;. five for 50 cents.

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Our Exhibition Collection of

y ,ARGE=FL0WER1NQ c hrysanthemums

WE OFFER THIS GRAND COLLECTION OF EIGHTEEN LARGE=FLOWERlNG CHRYSANTHEMUMS
FOR $1.25. In ordering please ask for “EXHIBITION COLLECTION.”

A. -T ' i

In this collection we have listed and illustrated some of the grandest varieties of Chrysanthenvunvs that
have ever been offered to the public — not one, but all of them are up=to=date varieties.

It occurs to us that out of such a large collection it would be almost impossible for you to come to any conclusion as to
what varieties to select, so we give you the benefit of our experience, selecting eighteen varieties that we can recommend as
among the best and most valuable up-to-date. They are good healthy growers, early and abundant bloomers, and bear flowers
of the largest size and most beautiful colors. Many of them have taken first prizes at the great shows and all are recog-
nized as among the very best of their respective classes. *

The following varieties will be included in this collection. For descriptions see pages 24, 25, 26 and 27.

ADMIRAL SAMPSON.
BRONZE GIANT.

BLACK HAWK.

CHILD OF TWO WORLDS.
CLEMENTINE TOUSET,

COL. D. APPLETON.

DR. ENGUEHARD,
LYNNWOOD HALL.

F. J. TAGGART,

*GLORY OF THE PACIFIC.

MAJOR BONAFFON.

R. HALLADAY,
*MILLICENT RICHARDSON,
PERCY PLUMRIDGE,

PACIFIC SUPREME,
DAISY MOORE,
*WHITE COOMBS.
*WM. F. McNEICE.

General Collection

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Price, 10 cents each ; any six for 50 cents ; your selection of
any fourteen for $1.00.

*AlIce Byron Color purest white, with clear, smooth florets. This
■ ' ' ' ' — ' — ■ will be found an extraordinary exhibition variety.

Admiral Sampson A tall, erect-growing variety. Color deep,

■ rich crimson, with bronze reverse; very flne.

*Black Hawk Dark velvety crimson. Extremely fine grown in

I — sprays. Beautifully reflexed ; shows no reverse.

(President Roosevelt's favorite variety.)

Clementine Xouset The bloom is the largest obtainable white. It
— is one of the most lasting varieties, either on
or off the plants ; has splendid stem and foliage. The finest early com-
mercial variety of recent years ; a very profitable sort.

Christy Mathewson A big, fine white, full and massive; very

distinct in form. Fine for exhibition.

Dr. Enguehard Japanese incurved. One of the best introduc-

■ " tions of recent years ; has been awarded highest

honors wherever exhibited. Color a true pink, without the least trace of
purple. Stem and foliage perfect. Equally valuable for exhibition or
commercial purposes. Perfectly double. Every flower is perfect; mid-
season variety.

Daisy Moore A very distinct sort, reflexing and outer petals twist-
■' '• ing, full to the center. Color bright pink.

Dolly Dimple Extra good yellow of medium shade, unusually flne

• ■ form, a rather flat, inrolling incurved of great spread ;

fine stem and foliage.

Edna Prass Salmon. A fine, bold, recurving, globular flower of
■ great substance and depth. When opening, of a deli-

cate salmon, then changing to a creamy-white, delicately shaded blush.

^Estelle Produces extra-sized flowers of the purest white — Pine, deep
" form, with foliage evenly distributed along stem. Market-

able blooms were cut on October 4th.

^Golden Glow Bright yellow, of velvety finish; flne stem and foli-

age. Flower five and one-half inches in diameter,

elegant in form. The very best early yellow. Blooms from August 20th
to September 10th.

Golden Eagle Deep, bright, golden-yellow, of shining texture; very
' large, bold flowers, with lovely twisted petals.

Bronze Giant.

Bronze Giant Rich bronze or old gold color;
■ ■■ ■-.■—.■■I ■■■I robust habit. Petals hook up

at the end, showing the light straw reverse ; upper
surface bright yellow, shading to red at the base.
The flower, being flat, shows the three colors to ad-
vantage. The most beautiful combination of color
yet produced. Five feet high, seven inches in diam-
eter. Received premium of $50 for best bronze.

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boiaen weaaing.

Golden Wedding Richest golden-yellow, intense and dazzling in
■ — color; flowers of the very largest size; petals ir-

regular, interlacing and incurving. The grandest of yellows if well grown,
for pots as well as cut flowers.

variety is perhaps the most unique sort of
\aOiaen \^naawicK color yet introduced, and should be in every
collection. It is a strong grower and remarkably prolific bloomer, produc-
ing its bright golden-yellow flowers in the greatest profusion.

Irvfienfiitv Rcrm reflexed, showing only the bright crimson, upper sur-
‘ face of petals. Stem slender, but sufficiently wiry to carry

the flower erect. A bright crimson, in perfection November 20th to 30th.

J Fannie Nonin largest size, perfectly globular, flnely finished,

ueannie iioniri doer, and a splendid keeper and shipper.

This variety is queen of commercial whites, the color being very pure.

L’ Africa! ne giant; velvety crimson. Won first prize at the

tional Exhibition for best red in seedling class.

Na-
An easy

grower ; does not burn with ordinary culture.

I Pure white, Japanese reflexed. Fine grower;

i-aay v>armicnaei splendid bloom.

*1 vnnvi#/><\r1 Mall Glistening snow-white of the largest size, perfectly
y ooQ a I Incurved, of elegant finish and stiff stem and beau-
tiful foliage ; of excellent keeping qualities ; a very easy grower.

Mrs Jos Sin not ^ rosy-purple, reverse, light pink; stem and

Fine exhibition variety.

M rs. O. H. Kahn

foliage perfect; makes a splendid bush plant.

^Mrs. Henry Robinson

A beautiful bronze, with shading that lights up
finely; leaves nothing to be desired in its color.

^MiliicentRichardson color in chrysanthemums and very

_ attractive. It is best described as rosy-

violet with a silvery sheen on the back of the petals ; this sometimes shows
at the edges, giving a charming effect. It is a massive but graceful Japanese
recurved flower.

In the entire Chrysanthemum family
_ there is no grander white variety ; it is
of the most popular style — immense incurving, broad channeled petals of
great substance and the purest white. From a flat incurved form it grad-
ually changes into a perfect ball of snow.

Mrs. Eqan ^tnped Chrysanthemum. The flowers are of large size.

■ . ' . ^ The outside of the petals is a soft creamy-white, the in-

side striped and tinted with a soft rose shade. The entire shading of the
blossoms is so delicate that the effect produced is a soft, glowing salmon-
pink and creamy-white.

^Monrovia earliest bloomers, coming into bloom at the

- same time as Marion Henderson. Flower good sized, perfectly

round, of a pleasing shade of deep yellow, with perfect stem and foliage.

General Collection of

Chrysanthemums

(CONTINUED)

Price, 10 Cents Each; Any Six for 50 Cents.
Your Selection of Any Fourteen for $1.00.

Those marked with a star (*) are the ear-
lier flowering varieties.

Major Bonaffon The finest yellow
•*111. C h r y s anthemum

grown — soft clear yellow, full to the center.
A well grown flower will measure seven
inches across. A great exhibition variety.
Don’t fail to include a few plants of this
grand Chrysanthemum in your order.

An exceptionally fine
^Uctober t rest ^aTicty for exhibition

purposes. A pure white, with broad slightly
incurved petals. Even when the flower is
fully open it does not show a center. Strong
grower, with heavy foliage, and one of the
earliest to flower. A variety that has taken
prizes at many of the late shows.

^ Am AM a Beautiful light yellow with
v^rfiead broad yet well-rounded flowers,
often, under good cultivation, reaching TVs
inches in diameter. Well recommended by
all growers of Chrysanthemums.

^Pacific Sunreme Color a most beau-

l^aciTic supreme

pink. A wonderful flower, extra fine for ex-
hibition. A mammoth bloom of purest pink ; :

11T1 PYPPllPfl

President Roosevelt

ceedingly beautiful; being a white ground,
with light shell-pink at center and on tips of
each petal ; giving the entire bloom a light i
pink appearance.

Percy Plum ridge ^ large Jap -
*^*^***J* ' ^ anese incurved va-

riety, of buttercup - yellow ; bright and glis-
tening ; was awarded the premium at the
American Institute Show, in the class ofi
“fifty any variety,” against all competitors.

A golden-yellow, very intense
nomaneg gejor. of shining luster, a ;
perfect incurve, substantial in build, keeps
indefinitely and carries in perfect condition.

Lavender Queen.

Lavender Queen

A new and distinct coloring

in Chrysanthemums ; a soft

lavender-pink. Flower is large with outer petals
reflexed and center erect. A grand addition to the
list of Mums. -

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Blooms from our Chrysanthemum Plants have taken prizes at hundreds of fairs and shows.

General Collection of Chrysanthemums — Continued

Price, 10 cents each; six for 50 cents. Your selection of any fourteen for $1.00.

Those marked with a star (*) are the earlier flowering varieties.

RAman Foliage and stem of excellent character,

noman vaoiq flower is finely formed and a deep

rich yellow in color.

Ra«I niiAirham exhibition variety of the finest type.

eg i^Mci^nam color is very odd, being a rosy-

violet, very pretty and different from any other. The flower
is large, borne on a stiff stem with good foliage,

*Rol d* Italle variety is an extremely handsome yel-

■ u ■ i.q IP |3j.miant color, incurved into

a fine compact globe of rather narrow petals ; has a splendid
stem and foliage, and has proved a very useful early variety.
Rnh HallSrIat/ Is still near the top of the list of early

* gay yellows ; this variety has attained wide

popularity and deservedly so ; very large when well done ; 3 ft.

SimDliciiv largest white Chrysanthe-

^ ^ mums on exhibition at fall shows. Flowers

of fine form. A pure snow-white, a good, strong, grower, in
all a unique and beautiful variety.

*SmJth*sa AdvaneA Snowy-white, of perfect incurved
jmixn Sj^avance Urge; this is undoubt-

edly one of the most useful varieties ever introduced. •

WkS-f>A Growers who value so highly the grand

inrnix.c v^ggmpes Coombes, will be der

hghted with its white sport offered ’ herewith, valuable as an
October white where big, fine blooms are needed.

Ostrich Plume

PRICE, 10 CENTS EACH; THREE FOR 25 CENTS

Below we offer unique Chrysanthemums. The term “Ostrich
Plume" is applied to this type on account of the feathery
growth with which the petals are thickly covered.

Child of Two Worlds TeS

received, having many admirers at the shows. Like the parent,
it is a strong grower, of good habit, considered as the best
white of the hairy type, and well deserves a prominent place in
any set of this peculiar style of Chrysanthemums.

I Ta Most striking novelty of many years, and
r m Om ■ aggarx decidedly the best of all the plumed, or
hairy varieties; a great advance over all yellows in this, class,
being perfectly double and the plush-like hairs much more
dense. Color light yellow, with old gold and bronze shadings.
Flowers large, five inches across and very double,

I A.. 9a RAAhvMAit a wonderful hair-like growth or ex-

LOUis poenmer crescence. Color most beautiful shade of
lavender-pink, shaded silvery-pink in ends of petals. Flowers
splendidly incurved, inside of petals deep rose. Flowers enormous.

President Taft.

President Taft Japanese incurved, petals of the purest

- white which closely incurve, forming a
huge, glistening ball. Stem stiff and foliage ample.

Robt. B. Laird incurved Japanese variety. Solid and

— globular petals, broad and deeply
grooved, inside orange-red, outside old gold.

Ostrich Plume — Child of Two Worlds.

26 THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., ELORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

W. F. McNeice.

*W. F. McNeice Midseason. A large and handsome va-
■ - riety. The petal has good substance,

and the color of the flower is lavender-pearl, shading to a rich,
glowing pink at the center. This variety has no equal.

White Bonaffon.

White Bonaffon One of the most useful of the white
I. 111! varieties. Color pure snow-white. The

flower forms a perfect ball when in full bloom. It is a dwarf
grower, with heavy foliage.

Silver Wedding A grand white variety. Purest white
■' - ^ with broad, reflexed petals, forming a

bold, handsome flower, seven inches in diameter by five inches
deep. One of the most distinct varieties.

Timothy Eaton Oiig of the largest of the Japanese in-

— — " ■ — curved type, and winner of every cup

and prize for which it was ever entered. Purest white of true
globular shape. In habit of growth and length of stem it is
everything that could be desired.

Virginia Poehiman Claimed by many to be the very

Pure white.

faintly tinged pink
themum.

White Chadwick

luxuriant foliage. A magnificent flower.

Yellow Jones The yellow sport from Mrs. Jerome Jones.
• The color is good, and it fully equals its

parent in all other essential points.

best white to date.

A most wonderfully beautiful Chrysan-

Plowers are pure white. An ideal
grower, with very strong stem and i

Special Offer

“DELIGHT

Collection of 18
Chrysanthemums,
rown selection, i
for $1.00.

If you will leave the :
selection of varieties
to us, we will send
you eighteen Chrysan*
themum plants in well
assorted and meri.jj
torious kinds for $1.00^
postpaid. All will be
labeled, but must be
strictly of our selec*
tion.

Send in your orders early, we will send the plants at any time you say.

General Collection of Chrysanthemums — Continued

Price 10 cents each; six for 50 cents. Your selection of any fourteen for $1.00

Those marked with a star (*) are the earlier flowering varieties.

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i 3

Some Choice Hardy Single and Pompon

C HR YSANTHEMUMS

Price, 10 cents each; six for 50 cents.

Hardy Single Chrysanthemum, Ceddie Mason.

HARDY POMPON

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

The elegant Pompon Chrysanthemums are entirely hardy and
live over winter without protection. They begin to bloom in Sep-
tember and continue loaded with flowers till stopped by freezing
weather. The flowers are small and round, most of them perfectly
double and of exceedingly brilliant colors. The brightest and most
showy autumn flowers we have, and always greatly admired.

PRICE, EACH VARIETY, IN STRONG, THRIFTY PLANTS,

10 CENTS EACH, THREE FOR 25 CENTS

Acto Has dahlia-like petals, bright rose, lighter reverse.

Al nria A beautiful pink variety, like a miniature “Mrs. Per-
......1 .11 -I I. rin” ; flowers large for a Pompon, and plant three feet

high. A beauty.

Diana The most beautiful of white Pompons, pure in color,
of full fluffy form; very early; extremely useful to
every grower of cut flowers.

Fred Peele Deep crimson; tipped gold.

Madge Has no superior among yellows.

Mrs. Vincent Darge, deep purplish- rose.

M rs. Frank Beu Yery popular orange and bright bronze;
late ; one of the very best.

Oriole Yellow, marked with crimson.

Wm. Sabey I’iiie canary-yellow.

SINGLE FLOWERING CHRYSANTHEMUMS

The innate love of simple, graceful form, the desire for artistic effect, have combined to popularize the Single Chrysanthemums.

We offer the following choice collection of new varieties

10 CENTS EACH; THREE FOR 25 CENTS

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Belle of VW'eybridge Chestnut terra-cotta, a flne color.

Ceddie Mason Very best of the single reds. Bright

- i and velvety.

Ena ReimerS Terra cotta. Good substance and a flne
' keeper.

Golden Star Intense deep golden-yellow ; very free ;.

■ ■' '■ • - fine, long, very stiff stems.

Ladysmith The very earliest of the singles, lasting in I
nice condition for a full month ; the flower !
is deep rose-pink, with golden eye ; the foliage is small
and very flnely divided, and is completely hidden by the I
masses of flowers. j

Mary Richardson Has color like sunshine on old gold, i
■' with a salmon-bronzy tinge ; ex-

tremely flne ; a beautiful grower, producing flne sprays.

Me nsa Finest single white for commercial cutting; a!

— giant white of heavy substance and strong texture. '

Grandmother’s
HARDY GARDEN MUMS

The fragrant, reliable, old-fashioned Chrysanthemums that
reigned supreme in the garden corners and alongside the
house, in our grandmother's home.

PRICE. 10 CENTS EACH; THREE FOR 25 CENTS

Alena Flat, reflexed; dainty pink; one of the best and

■ » earliest.

Autumn Glow Hose shaded crimson; very showy.

Golden Queen Beautiful clear golden-yellow ; flne
■ form and good size.

Kenneth Pure white; large flowers.

HardY Pompon Chrysanthemum, Diana.

We keep pace with the times in new varieties ot Chrysanthemums.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

GERANIUMS==Qeneral Collection of Double Geraniums

PLANTS OFFERED ARE FROM 2i-INCH POTS

PRICE, 10 CENTS EACH; ANY SIX FOR 50
CENTS; ANY FOURTEEN FOR $1.00.

p U color is a deep

n. I rego scarlet of exquisite
shade ; the florets are regular in form, more
than semi-double, and about two and one-
half inches in diameter.

Francis Perkins ^

The blossoms are

perfect in form and borne well and clear
above the foliage.

Showiest and most com-
r lamingo mendable double dark red.
.Blooming capacity unlimited ; clean, healthy,
branchy growth.

CBm Ruanrl Color a dazzling flame scar-
rireDrana prominent truss.

flowers large and of great substance, an
excellent bedder and pot plant.

Beautiful semi-
nubert Oharron ^o^bie flowers, pure

This is
the dark-

est and richest double
Geranium grown. It is very
bright, dark, deep, rich
velvety-maroon, an excel-
lent bedder and a perfect
pot plant.

Alphonse Ricard

An excellent semi-double,
a strong grower, dwarf
and branching. Produces
immense trusses of bloom ;
color bright orange-red.

Bertha de Press! ly

S. A. Nutt.

Absolutely the only double pure
delicate pink Geranium that does
not fade in summer. One of the most free and continuous
bloomers, the flowers of a well-grown plant completely cover-
ing the foliage.

Semi-double. One of the very flnest
Beauty Poitevine ^J^g ^ace. The color is a

br'Tiant salmon, shading to apricot in the center; trusses
colossal, florets two and one-fourth inches in diameter,
Bruanti S^i^i'^ouble ; color of the flower a vermilion-red.

a most pleasing shade. The flowers are absolutely

perfect in shape, contour and make-up ; trusses exceptionally
large, and borne in immense spherical balls,
p ir Rliss splendid bedder, blooming without inter-
p. rx,. p las mission. The flowers are beautiful, deep, rich

jscarlet, fine, large florets.

Countess de Harcourt

A good bedder.

Double Dryden

A beautiful, pure white vari-
ety, with enormous trusses.

• Magniflcent combination of colors ; cen-
ter of flowers coral-white, gradually

Jean Vlaud

white, with a reddish -carmine band around
each petal, frequently delicately mottled
throughout the whole flower.

Of a beautiful clear rosy-pink color with
distinct white blotch at the center. A rapid,
vigorous grower, yet compact and shapely.

I I UawMieMM Very large, double, crimson -scarlet ; one

o. narrison ^j^g j^gg^. ^^.g ^lass,

IaIvm A A strong, vigorous grower, throwing its

'jori n poyig truss up well above the foliage ; of enor-

mous size and of the richest brilliant vermilion-scarlet,

|_g Favorite Favorite is a pure double white Gera-

nium, as free-flowering as the single varie-

ties; can be used for planting in beds for furnishing a supply
of beautiful white flowers for vases, etc.

I Plant of perfect habit; very free; large, full,'

!.■ nia Dies flowers, of a beautiful bright rose

color. An extra fine variety.

Marquis de Castelaine

A giant among Geraniums.
Produces a wealth of bloom

the whole season. Petals broad, arranged to form a round
flower of perfect shape. Color deep rosy-scarlet, shading into
pure scarlet at the edge of upper petals.

Miss Francis E. Willard vigorous growth ; flow-

er stalks very long and car-

ried well above the foliage ^olon is a delicate blush, shaded
with pearl-pink, a most charming piece of shading.

MmA laiilSn Has been pronounced the finest of all th(
ivime.Dduiin (jelicate pink or blushed varieties. Plant is

of dwarf but robust habit of growth, flowers of good size and
very abundant. Center of flower delicate pink, outside pure white
Mme Barney ^ splendid deep pure pink, of a livelj

shade and grand habit of growth; dwar;

shading to the most exquisite, glowing, soft crimson; beautiful
Variety ; strong and robust ; fancy pot flower,
br Jacoby ^ magnificent Geranium, having enormous

trusses of largq, double flowers of clear, nan-

keen-salmon. A most charming variety

and branching.

IUIai*vAl Hich, bright crimson; one of the best dark colorec
marvel jjgdding varieties.

Large, round florets of very waxy ap
pearance ; colors carmine and whib

Queen of Fairies

with carmine center, each petal delicately edged with carmine
Red Wing (Double.) This is a fine new American Gera

nium just offered for sale. It has all the mark
of a successful bedder or pot plant; being a healthy, robus
grower^ large -flowered and extraordinarily floriferous. Colo
deep cardinal-red with a soft velvet luster.

Four New DOUBLE QERANIUMS ANY^Twd^FO^ 25 CENTS

Hoff Beach

A splendid bedder blooming with intermis-
sion, and standing the sun well. The flow-

ers are beautiful, purplish-crimson; fine large florets, of the
most perfect circular form. The best shaped flower of its
class. '*

Mad.Xandry Flowers very large; semi-double; color
rich salmon, shaded orange, edge of petals

of a brighter shade.

Peter Burnet Finest Geranium of this color that we hav
■' ever seen ; splendid compact habit o

growth ; wonderfully free flowering ; indispensable as a po
plant, recommended for winter blooming. Unsurpassed as
bedder. The color is an artistic shade of bright satiny sal

mon-pink, slightly tinged white.

Rubv Dfi^^tiful, semi-double flowers on extra long stems
Large clusters; free in bloom. Color dark currant
red suffused with violet. Stands the sun well.

WE SEND FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLANT CULTURE FREE WITH EVERY ORDER.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

5 Single Flowering Geraniums

Price, 10c each; any six for 50c; fourteen for $1.

10 |i_ ; ^

Alice of Vincennes The grand new Geranium. This
■ lovely new Geranium has a bor-

I der of intense scarlet forming a broad band around the
body, color of rosy-pink, heavily veined with scarlet; cen-
ter white. A very brilliant combination.

Granville Floret perfectly round; lovely bright pink

■■ flowers.

Julia Marlowe perfectly rounded flower of a

" '■ ■* dazzling, even shade of pure scarlet,

petals broad and overlapping, forming a flower two to two
and one-half inches in diameter.

Jacquerie Beautiful deep cardinal-red, beautiful;
— immense trusses on exceptionally long

stems; very vigorous grower.

Madonna Color, a soft shade of pale pink; florets

large, arranged in handsome, showy trusses

well above the foliage.

P Mrs, E, G. Hill Single; florets two and one -half
te ■ ' inches. The center of each petal

re is soft, light salmon, bordered with rosy-salmon and veined
j- deep rose,

Madame Bru ant Fine trusses of bloom in great
” profusion ; individual flowers

™ (large, of fine shape, center of flowers white, veined with
carmine-lake, the five petals regularly and distinctly bor-
jdered with bright solferino.,

j iMrS. George Burke An exquisite shade of coch-
' !■" ineal-carmine ; medium-sized

j flowers ; very free.

r- 1 President Roosevelt Pure snow-white, retaining

s, - its purity the entire season ;

„ iperfectly formed round flowers,- borne in enormous trusses,
jheld well above the beautiful foliage.

i- Single Dryden Bright soft crimson, pure white at
re — the base of petals, giving it a large
id white center.

^ Telegraph Vigorous grower, compact and shapely.

, ■— ■ ' Foliage dark green with distinct dark olive

■P zone; a rich orange-cerise.

’|W. A, Chalfant Dazzling scarlet, florets slightly cir-
' " cular and slightly cupped, forming

a magnificent truss; one of the best for bedding.

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FOUR NEW SINGLE GERANIUMS SlfWK SSc1!S?

Millfield Rival Bright rose-pink, shaded lighter toward
■ ' 111 I — center of petals. A strong grower, bear-

ing large trusses of flowers.

Puritan Enormous flowers, color white suffused with sal-
■ mon, shading white toward the center, with a

white eye.

Theodore Thcuillicr W® foel like calling this the

— queen of all the single, round-
flowering varieties. Floret is of enormous size, perfectly round ;
the color is rich, glowing crimson-scarlet; a very telling color.

Scarlet Hatfield Color intense, dazzling scarlet,

• — ■ ' trusses extra large ; florets round and

large. An excellent bedder.

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Da^ble-Rowered Ivy-Leaved Geranium,

Ivy=Leaved Geraniums

ted for Baskets, Vases, Rock Work and Trailing on Trellises.
Price, 10 cents each; any three for 25 cents,
j DOUBLE FLOWERING VARIETIES

evement Another grand English novelty, being a true cross be-
tween the Ivy and the Zonal class. It has the habit
jxture of the Zonal, with the form of Ivy foliage* and also of the
toom. Color pure self-rose with white eye, immense size, on long
j freely produced.

I nee Hybrid between the Ivy and the Zonal, with the vigor of the
. latter and the finish of the former, a grand plant for vases

veranda boxes as well as for special bedding; color blush-white,
sred in rosy-crimson; flowers semi-double, on long stems above the
' foliage. A grand new Ivy.

n of Arc The flowers are perfectly double, white as snow, and lit-
'■ erally cover the plant when in full bloom. The foliage

^tremely handsome, the dense, glossy green leaves making it a most
ciiective background for the great clusters of snow-white flowers.

Mrs. Hawley Dne of the handsomest Ivy Geraniums ever introduced.

— Immense trusses of large florets, deep, bright pink in

color, approaching scarlet; upper petals feathered with maroon. Flowers
quite double.

P. Crozy The flowers are brilliant scarlet, borne in the greatest pro-

' fusion ; the habit is dwarf and compact ; the flowers are

semi-double and last a long time. As a pot plant or in beds it is fine.

RyCroft*S Surprise Semi-dwarf, short-jointed and branching habit
■■.—..II—. of growth. One of the best and most beauti-

ful Ivy Geraniums we have. In color it is a charming clear rose — a rich
pink which is very attractive. Combining all these qualities, it makes an
ideal Ivy Geranium.

Remember — ^We deliver plants into your hands by mail,
free of additional cost.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Pelargfonium or Lady Washington Qeraniu

THE GRANDEST OF ALL FLOWERING PLANTS

Do not resemble the common Geraniums in any particular, neither in foliage nor flower; more beautiful in every
We here offer seven distinct sorts, every one entirely different in color and every one a beauty. The Lady Washington
niums are the handsomest of all flowers — once seen, never forgotten.

PRICE, 25 Cents Each, Except Where N
Any Five of Your Selection For $1.00.

Bridegroom Rosy-blush of very pleasing maroon
' ■ — Beautifully crimped flowers. Dwarf £
free,

Emmanuel Lias

Mottled rose and white, very
crimped, vigorous.

Mrs. Robert Sandiford A charming pure
— I , , large flowering variety

ruffled edges and perfectly double.

Surprise Large bl^ack blotches on upper petals, which
■ - fiery-red edge, surrounded with broad, white

with bright red spot in center,

Xommy Dodd immense showy trusses; lower

soft blush, upper petals maroon

crimson.

Bronze Geraniums

Bronze Bedder

Foliage bright golden-yi
low, with a broad zone

a deep chestnut-brown, the brightest and b<
of all the Bronze Geraniums. Price, 15c eai
Large chocolate zone, lai
golden-yellow center; edges var
gated, flowers salmon. Price, 15 cents each.

Exquisite

Easter Greeting.

New Pelargoninm, Rival of the Azalea

EASTER GREETING

This new species is the earliest of all Pelargoniums, with
enormous florets and clusters, having light green foliage and
of dwarf, robust growth. It blooms from March until fall.
The florets are of a fiery amaranth-red, with five large, regular
shaped spots. The first and only kind to bloom as well bedded
out as in pots, and to do so all summer. Price, 30 cents each ;
three for 75 cents.

This new and beautiful Pansy Geranium is of the eas
growth, dwarf in habit, and literally covered with flowers
the time, and as it requires little or no attention, it is .
valuable as a window plant. There is nothing that gives ’
ter returns for a little care when grown in the window gai
than this plant. The flowers are bright cherry-red with w
at the base of each petal ; the two upper petals are dark o
son-maroon. It is this combination of coloring with blotc
which obtained for it the title of “Pansy Gejanium.”
flowers are of immense size and very freely produced.

WE ASSURE YOU PROMPT AND LIBERAL TREATMENT OF YOUR ORDERS

Bronze Bedder Geranium.

fancy=leaved, gold and silver

TRI-COLORED GERANIUMS

Happy Thought ^ tri-colored Geranium with very dark green foliage,
— having a light creamy, almost pure white center with
a dark zone. Flowers bright scarlet. Price, 10 cents each.

Mrs. Pollock magnificent variety, the green leaf disk overlaid by a
■ ' ■ ... beautiful bronze-red zone, belted with bright crimson and

outwardly margined with golden-yellow ; very fine for the parlor or con-
servatory during the winter and spring. Price, 15 cents each.

Madame Sallerol Very compact and fine variety of Silver Geranium.

— " — A thrifty, healthy grower, rarely reaching a height

of more than eight inches. Leaves very small, peculiar, clear green, edged
with white. The finest border Geranium known. Price, 10 cents each.

SWEET = SCENTED GERANIUMS

NOTED FOR THEIR FRAGRANT FOLIAGE

PRICE, 10 CENTS EACH; THREE FOR 25 CENTS

Balm Large leaves, with a very strong fragrance.

Lemon -Scented Small leaves, with delightful lemon scent.

Mrs. Taylor Dark green foliage of a peculiar fragrance. Flowers are
■ scarlet, shaped like a Pelargonium, and borne in great

profusion.

Rose-Scented Too well known to need description. These are indis-
— — pensable in the formation of bouquets. We have two
varieties, one of the broad leaved and the other fine cut.

Skeleton Leaf, or Dr. Livingston The most popular scented
' ■■ ■ " I I ■ . Geranium. Leaf is deeply

cut, or fern-like.

Begonia.

Nature has bestowed on Rex Begonias many of her
choicest gifts, uniting the radiance and brilliancy of
precious jewels, the shining lustre of metals, with the
beautiful colors and textures of the most costly fab-
rics. The leaves alone possess all these charms, while
the dainty flowers add lightness and grace. Give them
a soil composed of rich loam, woods earth and sharp
sand. They require a warm, moist atmosphere and a
shady situation. Do not allow the sun to strike the
leaves while wet. and do not over-water. Nothing can
. surpass them for the window or conservatory culture ;
'{they may be planted in a shady situation under trees
or alongside of the house. Rex varieties make im-
mense leaves. We can furnish REX BEGONIAS in six
choice sorts at 15 cents each, four for 50 cents, set
of six fop 75 cents.

Sneculata.

Did you notice our Box and Vase Collections offered on Page 3?

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

TUBEROUS=ROOTED BEGONIAS

The Tuberous Rooted Begonia is the fashionable plant of the day,
ind richly does it deserve its honors, for in addition to very hand-
some foliage, it bears a never-ending profusion of the most ravishing-
ly beautiful flowers the whole summer, and then with the coming of
«|jcold weather, very obligingly takes a nap until spring, asking no
"urther care through the winter than to be packed in soil away from
'rost. The enormous size and intense brilliancy of the flowers as-
Ijionish those who have never seen any but the ordinary house Begonia.
|rhe bulbs can be started from March to June and will soon be in full
bloom. Must be kept from direct sunshine. A good place for them
is on the north side of a house or grape arbor.

SINGLE — ^White, yellow, crimson, rose, scarlet. Price, 10 cents, three
for 25 cents, seven for 50 cents.

leiflDOUBLE — In the same colors. Price, 15 cents, three for 40 cents, six
for 75 cents.

NEW FRILLED TUBEROUS BEGONIAS

This strain, by careful selection, has been wonderfully improved,
until it is now unquestionabiy the finest of the tuberous-rooted section.
The flowers are of large size, with beautifully frilled and wavy petals.

We offer Single, Scarlet, White, Pink, Yellow and Crimson, 15 cents
a leach, three for 40 cents, six for 75 cents.

Beauty Collection of Tuberous= Rooted Begonias

Eight of the Finest for 60 Cents.

j The Beauty Collection comprises four Single and four Double Flow-
*ering of White, Scarlet, Pink and Yellow, including one single frilled
(Crispa). All for 60 cents postpaid. This is the same collection as
I'foffered last season; many thousands were sold and we have received
many complimentary letters about them from delighted customers.

A Choice Collection of Rgx BcgOniflS

Large Leaved Ornamental

Begonias

A class whose natural habit is to grow prostrate with
heavy stems that root along the ground and send up
branches with numerous stems, and very long-stemmed
leaves and flowers.

SpGCUlat;a Quite a novelty in the Rex type. Leaves
■ are in the form of a grape leaf. Color

is a bright green, with a background of chocolate ; veins
of a light pea -green, the whole leaf spotted with silver.
In bloom it is magnificent ; the panicles composed of
great numbers- of individual pink blooms, are lifted
high and spray-like quite clear of foliage. Price, 15
cents each.

Ricinifolia — Star Begonia.

Ricinifolia, or Star Begonia A fine tropical

■' ' " looking plant

with large ricinus-like leaves, twelve inches or more
in diameter, on long stems ; deep velvety green above,
and purplish-red underneath. The flower stems rise
three or four feet or more above the foliage, bearing
aloft fine, large, airy panicles of beautiful pale pink
flowers. The stems grow along the surface of the
ground. It makes a fine pot plant, and grows very
large when planted outside. Price, 20 cents each.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

BEGONIAS, FLOWERING VARIETIES

This beautiful class of plants is deservedly popular. They are suitable for pot culture in the window or the outdoor plant
stand. During the greater portion of the year the plants are, in the different varieties, covered with a profusion of graceful,
drooping racemes of pink, white, crimson and bi-colored buds and blossoms that are exceedingly attractive, and having a
waxy, coral-like appearance. The plantsi themselves are of neat, compact habit, with glossy green leaves in some varieties
and exquisitely cut ones in others.

Price 10c each, except where noted.

Selection of any six 10c varieties for 50c.

Argentea Guttata.

Argentea Guttata I'his variety is an introduction of
' M. Lemoine, and is a cross be-

tween Olbia and Alba Picta. This beautiful sort has the sil-
very blotches of Alba Picta, the grace and beauty of growth of
Olbia. It has purple bronze leaves, oblong in shape, with sil-
very markings, and is in every way a most beautiful Begonia.
Produces white flowers in bunches on ends of growth stems.
Good for house culture.

Alba Picta Long, pointed, slender leaves, thickly spotted
— ■ with silvery-white. Foliage small and elegant.

Begonia Erfordi.

Erfordi This splendid new variety is of very sturdy and
— — — — even habit, growing about ten inches high and
forming a freely branching bush ten to twelve inches across ;
a ball of flowers. Uncommonly large flowers which are of a
beautiful rose color shading to carmine towards the center.
The flowers are borne on strong short stocks and bear ex-
tremely early. Always in bloom.

Coralline Lucerne The Wonderful New Flowering Begonia.

"■ This new Begonia has simply taken every-

body who has seen it by storm. It certainly is a wonder. The blooms
last from a month to six weeks, and are home in immense clusters,
almost hiding the plant. The color is bright coral-red, changing to a
delicate pink. It is past the power of speech to describe it. A wonder.
Fine plants, 20 cents.

Fuchsoides Cocci nea Elegant, free-blooming variety. It re-

sembles Hybrida Multiflora in growth.

The flowers are bright scarlet.

Gracillis Luminosa A magniflcent new specimen of the Sem-

' ' perflorens type, exceptionally sturdy and

vigorous, and unquestionably one of the choicest bedding sorts in
existence. Its flowers are large, perfect and plentiful, and never out
of bloom. Color, the brightest scarlet.

Trailing Begonia Marjorie Daw This Begonia is distincv
. — from all other Begonias,

for instead of growing upright it droops. It bears great clusters of
large, shining pink flowers that droop from long stems, making a
beautiful sight.

The Handsome and Wonderful Hardy
Bedding Begonia, Evansiana

This is a tuberous-rooted, herbaceous, hardy perennial Begonia,
losing its tops in the fall. When bedded out, the roots remain in the
soil and start new growth in the spring, just as do the Peony and
Perennial Phlox. The plants like a rich, porous soil and partial shade
and will bloom throughout the summer. It is really one of the most
beautiful of summer blooming Begonias and never fails to grow well
and bloom freely when bedded out in a partially shaded, moist situa-
tion ; produces clusters of flowers and buds of a beautiful pink color
by the hundred on a single plant during an ordinary growing season.
Dry bulbs will be sent until April first to tenth, after that date started
plants will be sent. Price, 25 cents each ; three for 60 cents.

Begonia Coralline Lucerne.

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FLOWERING BEGONIAS— Continued

Price, 10 Cents Each; Except Where Noted. Six for 50 Cents; Thirteen for $1.00.

Metall ica A shrubby free-blooming variety, with triangular
V leaves : under side of leaf and stem hairy ; the

surface a lustrous metallic or bronze color, veined darker,
flowers white.

M. de Lesseps The leaf is of silky texture, and is beau-
' — ' • * tifully spotted with silver. Very strong,

free-growing variety, that will succeed with any ordinary care,
growing rapidly and sending out quantities of beautiful white
and pink flowers.

Begonia McBethii.

McBethii Shrubby in growth, with very deeply indented
— ■■ leaves, which are flne and small. Very free

flowering, being constant the year round, A flne summer bed-
ding plant if given light soil and perfect shade. Put it among
your Ferns. White flowers, waxy in texture, carried in panicles.

Marguerite Leaves a bronzy-green, somewhat resembling

Metallica, but growing in more bushy form.

Large trusses of light rose-colored flowers freely produced.

Picta Rosea ^ wonderfully free growing Begonia of ster-
' ' ling worth and great beauty. The plant is

very compact in growth, forming a dense, well proportioned
bush with rich green foliage, spotted with silver. The flower is a
rosy-flesh color, shaded with a silvery-pink and enlivened with
dense clusters of yellow anthers. One of the most wonderful
flowering Begonias within our knowledge. It blooms continually.

Otto Hacker In a class by itself. A strong, vigorous
' ^ ^ grower, of flne upright habit, with large,

seining deep green leaves eight to ten inches long. Flowers
bright coral-red, borne in immense clusters eight to ten inches
across. Price, 15 cents each.

President Carnot A strong growing variety of stiff, up-

right habit ; foliage large, somewhat
in style of B. Rubra, but more than twice as large ; upper side
"deep green, under side purplish-red ; flowers beautiful coral-
red in large pendent panicles.

Purity The finest pure white Begonia grown. Its marvelous
' freedom of bloom and close, compact growth com-

bine to make it one of the finest pot plants. Should be in-
cluded in every plant collection.

Robusta The stock, stem and under side of the leaf are
‘ Indian-red ; the upper side of the leaf glossy olive-

green. The flower is composed of two wide and two narrow
petals, the wide ones being broadcast at the base and termi-
nating in a round point, of a beautiful bright rose.

Rubra This Begonia is still a great favorite. The flowers
— are a rich coral-red, hanging in large pendent clus-
ters ; these, combined with the rich green foliage, make it one
of the best plants for house culture.

Sanderson i Bushy growing variety; glossy deep green
' . leaves ; flowers in clusters of drooping, scar-

let, heart-shaped buds.

Begonia Thurstoni.

Thurston! The under side of the leaves is a rich pur-
— — — — plish-red, the veinings very prominent, while
the face or upper side is a bronzy-green, shaded with crimson
and olive, with a peculiar glossy-metallic luster over all. Flow-
ers rosy-white, in large clusters well above the foliage. The
plant has a fine habit.

Welto niensis A very handsome winter-flowering variety,
■ giving in profusion its lovely pink flowers,

easy cultivation.

Zebrina Besides its graceful form, the leaf is distinguished
■ by its glistening silver shading following the leaf,
the body being a very dark velvety green ; under side plum
color, vein green. Flowers pure white.

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C A N N A S the most popular bedding plant

THESE ARE THE MOST POPULAR AND MOST MAGNIFICENT OF ALL
SUMMER=BLOOMINQ PLANTS FOR BRILLIANT BEDDING AND MASSING
PRICE, 15 CENTS EACH; TWO FOR 25 CENTS; ANY TEN FOR $1,00

For Special Offers in Cannas for Bedding and Massing, and Other Plants for Bedding, See Pages 4 and 5

The CANNA, with its elegant tropical foliage, and its brilliant showy flowers, whether bedded out or grown in tubs, is one

of our most ornamental plants and is of very easy culture. The improvements made in the Canna in the last few' years in

size and diversity of color place it in advance of all other plants for bedding purposes. In the following pages we have the

cream of all the late and standard sorts. Having discarded all those that show weak points, our customers cannot go wrong

on any of these varieties as every Canna offered has some points of merit. Remember, too, that our Cannas are started plants,
and not dormant roots, as are often sent out.

ALPHONSE BOUVIER

(The Weeping Canna.) Brilliant deep cardinal flowers in
heavy heads that droop gracefully high above the foliage.
Five to six feet.

ALLEMANIA

The outer petals are bright scarlet with a broad yellow bor-
der, the inside colors being scarlet and dark red beautifully
mottled and variegated, exceedingly showy and handsome.
Four and one-half feet.

BUTTERCUP

True bright buttercup -yellow ; large beautifully formed flow-
ers in fine, large handsome trusses ; stands unfavorable weather
better than almost any other kind, and always shows up bright
and clear, and is undoubtedly the best and most beautiful pure
bright, deep canary-yellow Canna in existence. Three feet.

BLACK PRINCE

A magnificent variety, flowers frequently five to six inches
across. Color an intense, dark velvety maroon, almost black
A ^trong, erect grower with fine dark red stems and deep green
leaves edged with purple. Height five feet.

CRIMSON BEDDER

One of the most showy and longest lasting flowers of any
Canna we grow. Brightest imaginable shade of crimson-scarlet.!
Plant is very compact in growth, throwing up straight flower
spikes- with well shaped trusses of bloom. Flowers remain im
perfect condition for a longer period than ordinary varieties,-
making it one of the most valuable for planting in masses!
where brilliant color is desired. Height five feet.

DUKE OF YORK

Largest and most magnificent of the variegated Cannasji
Bears great bunches of immense flowers. Color a beautifulT
rich deep crimson with a throat of curiously mottled creamy-
white and each petal edged with an irregular border of fine
gold. Light green foliage, very tough; a strong grower.!
Height four to five feet.

EGANDALE

One of the most popular dark leaved varieties. Foli-
age dark maroon, of compact habit of growth. Flow-
ers bright cherry-red, in good sized trusses. The best
bedding Canna of its color, because of its harmony of
leaf and flower. The flowers, which are a bright cher-
ry-red, have great substance,
and last for an unusually
long time. An exceedingly
free bloomer, and a valuable
sort. Height four feet.

Florence Vaughan

The beautiful Spotted Can-
na. Flowers very large, of
most perfect form, with broad
overlapping petals, nicely
rounded at the ends. Color
a brilliant yellow, spotted
with bright red. A strong
grower and flowers very free-
ly. Height four feet.

GLADIATOR

A very showy bedding Can-
na of medium height with
large flowers of brassy-yel-
low thinly speckled in dull
red. The long center petal
and lower petal are solid
dark red, making a most
striking contrast to the predominating yellow.
Three feet.

HUNGARIA

Color is rose-pink ; flowers are freely pro-
duced ; an excellent bedder that blooms bright-
ly all summer and is very attractive. Three
and one-half feet.

INDIANA

Charles Henderson.

CHARLES HENDERSON

The foliage of this variety forms a solidt|
mass of green three to four feet high, above
which the flower spikes shoot up to a height of six feet, each
one bearing fine, big clusters of Orchid-like flowers. Color is:
a glistening golden-orange, daintily marked and striped withi
red. Single blossoms are often seven inches across. Six feet.

This is acknowledged as the standard crimson ; a very com-
pact grower; elegant dark green foliage on purple stems. The
flower spikes are the largest size, the petals are very broad
and beautifully recurved, which, in addition to forming a mag-
nificent globular head of perfect florets, keeps the trusses clear
of all faded flowers. The color is a deep rich crimson, with a
yellow flame at the throat. It is easily the finest crimson
Canna. Height, three and one-half feet.

ITALIA

This wonderful Canna has a wealth of graceful foliage
and gorgeous flowers. The three upper petals are golden-
yellow with a large blotch of orange-scarlet in center of
each, the center and lower petals scarlet, with a narrow edgf
of golden-yellow. Height five feet.

Our plants are all plainly labeled true to name.

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Souv. de Antoine Crozy.

souv, DE ANTOINE CROZY

By far the brightest gilt-edged Canna grown. Flowers
brilliant crimson-scarlet, bordered by a broad band of golden-
yellow, which serves to set out the brightness of the scarlet.
One of 4he most attractive in the entire collection. Height
three and one-half feet.

DR. NANSEN

Two and one-half feet. Greatly in demand on account of its
dwarf habit of growth. Yellow in color and a constant and
abundant bloomer.

KING HUMBERT

3(! A cross between the Crozy and Orchid-flowered families.
“Flowers are as large as those of any of the Orchid-flowered
Cannas, yet have the firmness and substance of the Crozy
,, type. Bright orange-scarlet streaked with crimson. Foliage
bronze, with brownish-green stripes. Grows four to four and
a half feet.

f LOUISIANA

A new Orchid-flowering Canna. It is a vigorous grower,
producing a thick mass of glossy green foliage, each leaf
edged with a narrow purple band. The flowers are immense,
"Often measuring more than seven inches across ; color vivid
^scarlet. A gorgeous beauty. Height five feet.

MRS. CARL KELSEY

Foliage green with a narrow edge of purple, and with erect,
full heads of enormous flowers, each one wider than this page.
Orange-scarlet, flaked and striped with golden-yellow ; petals
wavy edged. We know of no other Canna so marvelously
marked — an ornament to any garden. Height six to seven feet.

MLLE. BERAT

This is a pink variety of French origin. Entirely distinct
from any other sort. It is much the darkest of all the pink
Cannas, being dark carmine-pink. Heads of bloom are held
very erect and well above the foliage. A showy, effective bed-
der. One of the finest introductions. Height four feet.

MME. CROZY

Dwarf compact growth, foliage rich bright green, flowers the
large showy kind ; covered with dazzling and glowing orange
scarlet flowers.

MRS. GEO. A. STROHLEIN

Good sized flowers and trusses of crimson-red, foliage irregu-
larly overlaid with dark chocolate bronze. Four to five feet.

Mrs. Alfred F. Conard.

PILLAR OF FIRE

The giant of its class, grows six to seven feet high ; flowers
bright crimson-scarlet, borne in erect spikes like blazing
torches ; continuous bloomer, invaluable for center of beds,
etc. Height six feet,

NEW YORK

The leaves are large and broad and are rich purple plum
color on both sides. Flowers almost scarlet, and all above
the foliage.

MRS. ALFRED F. CONARD

The most popular pink Canna ever introduced and unsur-
passed for planting either singly or in large beds. The ex-
quisite salmon-pink flowers are of largest size and so freely
produced as to keep up a superb showing for months. Four
feet.

PENNSYLVANIA

Lustrous, wavy petals of the largest size, in which the deep-
est shades of orange and scarlet are exquisitely blended. In-
dividual petals, two to two and one-half inches wide, make
up flowers and trusses of imposing proportions, the flower
stalks rearing their lovely burdens high above the foliage.
Height six feet.

RICHARD WALLACE

A tall growing, wide flowered, heavy trussed canary-yellow — ■
the largest and best of its color; bleaches very little. Five
feet,

uncle SAM

A tall stately variety with green foliage and immense heads
of orange-scarlet flowers. Height six to seven feet.

VENUS

(Green-leaved.) Long erect stems bear trusses of large size,
perfect form and ever-clean freshness. The large oval petals
are exquisitely variegated ; warm rose-pink, mottled near een
ter. and edged with creamy- white. Makes a very pretty . cl
flower. Height four feet.

Did you notice the magnificent bed of Cannas shown on 2d page of cover?

CANNA S — Continued

Price, 15 cents each; four for 50 cents. Ten for $1.00. All Started Plants.

36 THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

THE DIVINE FLOWER

Price, 10c. each, except where noted; an;
three tor 25c. ; seven for 50c. ; 15 for $1.0(j

For beauty of flower and color, ease of culture, certainty and freedom of bloom, together with exquisite fragrance, this 1
well called the “Divine Flower.” Plants in the open ground quickly make large specimens, and when brought indoors ii
the fall, produce an abundance of flowers throughout the entire winter. Carnation blooms are expensive, don't buy them — grov
them yourself. Pinch the plants back frequently during the growing season.

White Wonder.

White Wonder

A greatly improved White Perfection, which begins bloom-
ing in September and continues throughout the season ; snow-
white, fragrant, absolutely perfect in form, large in size, on
stiff stems, healthy and free and an easy rooter ; grand in
every way. The only variety that threatens to pass White
Enchantress in the race.

Alma Ward

The largest and most fragrant Carnation ever grown, pro-
ducing perfect flowers two and one-half to three and one-half
inches in diameter, on strong, erect stems. This most re-
markable variety takes the same place among Carnations as
the American Beauty does among Roses.

Beacon

A splendid new red that blooms throughout a long season.
Flowers are gracefully formed, and will average from two and
three-quarters to three inches in diameter. Color scarlet,
with a brightening dash of orange.

Eldorado

A yellow of free-blooming habit ; strong, vigorous plant,
erect stems, finely formed flower of fair size ; very free. Petals
edged with a narrow band of light pink; almost a Picotee in
marking. The flower retains its yellow color under artiflcial
light, unlike most yellow varieties.

Enchantress

A very pleasing shade of light pink, deepening towards the
center. When fully developed, over four inches in diameter ;
very attractive and fine form ; stem is strong and stiff ; both
outdoors and in the house the growth is ideal; very healthy
and of vigorous constitution ; very early, free and continuous ;
needs no special culture to develop its magnificent blooms.

Ruth.

Ruth

The handsomest of all pink Carnations, perfect in shape'
extra large, petals deeply fringed and remarkably high, clove
perfume ; in color a clear pink, deepening towards center o)
flower.

Harlowarden

The largest and best of its color, a bright dazzling crimson
Flowers often measure three inches in diameter, and are wel
supported on long stiff stems. A wonderfully free bloomer
always full of buds.

Two Superfine “Up=to=Date”

CARNATIONS

(See illustrations on 2nd page of cover.)

Price, 1 5 cts. each ; two for 25 cts. ; six for 60 cts

The Lovely Variegated Benora

Clear white, penciled with bright red. Narrow foliage; long
stems. Flowers large, freely produced. Very clear-cut anc
beautiful ; keeps like an “everlasting flower” ; even growers
who have been prejudiced against “flaked” varieties, admin
and grow Benora, because it pays handsomely for its keep
and is a pleasure to handle ; always in goc-J health and gooo
humor.

The Brilliant “Pocahontas”

The flowers are full and double, finely fringed, borne ir
wonderful profusion on long, straight stems, remarkable foi
their wiry strength, surpassing the ordinary Carnation in that
particular. The^ color is a deep, lustrous carmine-crimson
very brilliant and showy. The habit of the plant is vigorous
and branches freely ; foliage and stems dark green. The flow-
ers under ordinary cultivation and without disbudding will
average from two to three inches across.

Send in your order early; we will send plants any time you say.

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Carnations

(CONTINUED)

Price, 10 Cents Each; Three for
25 Cents; -Seven for 50 Cents;
Fifteen for $1.00.

Y-

CANARY BIRD

This is the only pure yellow Carnation
that is grown today. It is a variety easy
to grow and of healthy constitution; flow-
ers average three inches or more in diam-
eter; have a very pleasing clove fragrance,
borne on fine stiff stems.

MRS. C. W. WARD

A perfectly formed flower with full center; color,
deep pink, several shades lighter than Lawson, deep-
er than Winsor, having strong, erect stems twenty-
four to thirty-six inches in length. A vigorous,
healthy grower and has never shown disease of any
kind. A very early and free bloomer, producing
fine flowers early in the season. The leader in its
shade of pink,

ROSETTE

Large, full flowers, rich dark pink prettily fringed
and delightfully perfumed; fine both for garden
planting and cut flowers.

ROSE PINK ENCHANTRESS

A lovely rose-pink shade of color put on by the
old favorite “Enchantress.” The parent's practical
wide-awake habit of growth and trustworthy bloom-
ing qualities have always made it popular, and this
new coloring but adds greatly to an already first-
class reputation.

WHITE PERFECTION

All that its name implies. Bloom is abundant,
of large size, and immaculate whiteness.

Double Flowering, Hardy Scotch, or Sweet May Pinks

PRICE, 10 CENTS EACH; THREE FOR 25 CENTS; 75 CENTS PER DOZEN.

These are dwarfer than the Carnation, growing about one
foot in height, the colors being of the various shades of maroon,
carmine and rose, beautifully laced and 'banded on white
ground ; flowers perfectly double, clove-scented, and the plants
will stand outdoors year after year, being entirely hardy.

ABBOTtSFORD — Deep carmine, marbled with white.

EARL OF CARLISLE — Various shades, maroon and rose, with

white.

HER MAJESTY — ^Unquestionably one of the finest of the cen-
tury. Color pure white.

HOMER — Rich rosy-red with dark center.

MARY GRAY — Reddish-purple, narrow white lacing.

We Send Full Instructions for Plant Culture with Every Order.

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If properly cultivated, and a suitable place be bad where
the plants are protected from the midday sun, few flowers
can equal the Fuchsias in gracefulness and beautiful showy
flowers perpetually coming on. The secret of success with
Fuchsias is to keep the plants properly watered and nourished to stimulate fresh, continuous growth, and consequently flow-
ers. This satisfactory result requires repeated repotting if plants are kept in pots, or if planted out. much mulching with cow
manure and watering.

Beautiful Fuchsias

Purple Prince.

Double Flowering Varieties

PRICE. 10 CENTS EACH; ANY SIX FOR 50 CENTS

Avalanche Beautiful golden foliage and double, dark vio-
' ' let-purple corolla.

G Ini re Marches nearly perfection as to free

ValOire ges iviarcnes gj-o^ing and habit, being strong

and bushy. Tube and sepals deep scarlet; corolla very large
and double, and pure white.

PItAnnmAnal The largest Fuchsia we have yet seen. Tube
i^nenomenai sepals are bright coral-red, beautifully
formed. Corolla, nearly two and one-half inches across, is of
the very richest violet shade. Habit is remarkably free, and it
blooms more freely than any other large variety.

Piifnlo PfinnA double variety; sepals scarlet; co-

ru pc ce rolla a beautiful distinct blue ; very dwarf.

Troohee double Fuchsia is of extraordinary merit.

^ Violet blue corolla ; very dark rich red sepals,
waxy luster. Plant of flne form, easy to grow, continually in
bloom. Positively one of the grandest varieties ever offered.
Saolv Freres grower, very large flower; corolla

^ very double, or rosy- violet; long, recurving

sepals of bright coral-red.

White Phenomenal

exceptionally easy variety to grow.

The flower is large and very dou-
ble. It is a free bloomer and an

Single Flowering Varieties

PRICE, 10 CENTS EACH; ANY SIX FOR 50 CENTS

Lovelv sepals white; corolla single; brilliant

-Z crimson; tinted magenta.

Sneciosa known variety, producing large flowers two

^ inches in length, tubes and sepals of which are

blush, the corolla crimson. Some plants of this variety grown
in eight or nine-inch pots will produce from 300 to 500 flowers
from December to May.

Foliage bright yellow, corolla bright violet ;
sepals scarlet.

Wave of Life

Black Prince

This is without question the very flnetj
single Fuchsia grown for the amateur t(

cultivate. It makes a shapely bush, is robust in growth, fre
from disease and insects, and is probably the freest in bloom*
ing. Blossoms of a beautiful waxy-carmine or pink color. Cei
tainly a plant of easy culture.

The young plants, as they comment
growth, creep out to the edge of the p(
and then go trailing downward. It continues growing an
branching in this way until the vines are a solid wavy mass t
the most elegant foliage and flowers. The flowers are borne i
large, drooping clusters ; very large, long, graceful.

Trailing Queen

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FERNS FOR HOUSE CULTURE

MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL DECORATIVE PLANTS

There are no plants grown that are more desirable for the house than these fine decorative Ferns. 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. They are easily grown, free from insects and disease, and thrive well in the ordinary living room. See
that the plants have plenty of drainage and are kept well watered ; never let dry out for any length of time.

Of the Ostrich Plume type.

The fronds grow stiffly erect

in the most luxuriant manner, giving it a feathery
appearance. New fronds are constantly developing
and are a rich, dark green, and remain so. Just
the thing for the center of vases, window boxes,
etc., where an erect growing plant is needed.
Price, 10 cents each; fine large plants, 35c each.

Xhe Newpor't F©rn (Nephrolepis Scottii)

. I ■ — I — This Fern is all the

rage at fashionable Newport. Identical with the
Boston Fern, except it is smaller in all of its
parts, and more compact, and will make more
Eonds in a given length of time. T.he fronds are
lighter green than any of the Nephrolepis. The
plants are never straggly, always making a shape-
ly plant. Fine young plants, 15 cents each; larger
plants, 35 cents each.

Springfieldii

•_

•‘Teddy Junior” This magnificent Fern is a sport from the now
■ ■■ famous Roosevelt Fern, and while its habit of

growth is to produce a shorter frond, it retains all the valuable characteris-
tics of the parent plant. The fronds are broad and beautifully tapered from
base to tip ; they droop just enough to make a shapely, graceful plant. The
fronds have an attractive wavy appearance, which
adds materially to their charming decorative ef-
fect. “Teddy” will produce about four times more
fronds than any other Fern. It is such a compact,
vigorous grower that it will thrive under most ad-
verse conditions, making an exceptionally rapid
growth and producing a plant of rare beauty and
perfection in the dwelling house without special
care or attention. Owing to its habit of producing
the great quantity of massive foliage in small pots,
this Fern makes the finest pedestal plant ever pro-
duced, and will prove indispensable for decorating.

Price, fine young plants, 25 cents each.

Ostrich Plume Fern (Nephrolepis Whit-

— ' ' manii) — An im-

provement on the Nephrolepis Elegantissima, with
still more gracefully divided pinnae, giving the
whole plant an airy, lace-like appearance ; makes
beautiful symmetrical plants even in small sizes,
and large specimen plants are beautiful beyond
description. Price, nice strong plants, 15 cents
each; large size, from four-inch pots, 40c each.

The "Roosevelt Fern” (Nephrolepis

’ Roosevelt) — it is
our good fortune and great pleasure to offer this
wonderful new Pern. It stands second in popu-
larity of all the Ferns, and will soon be more
popular than even the old favorite Boston Fern.

In general characteristics it resembles the world-
famous Boston Fern, but it produces many more
fronds than the Boston, thus making a bushier,
handsomer plant. Then the pinnae are beautifully
undulated, giving the “Roosevelt” a pronounced
wavy effect seen in no other Fern; as the plant
ages this effect becomes quite distinct. A charm-
ing and most notable variety. Fine young plants,

20 cents; strong plants, 50 cents. Ostrich Plume Fern.

(Nephrolepis Exaltata Bostoniensis.) In the vi-
cinity of Boston no other plant is used so exten-
Nephrolepis Elegantissima Compacta. sively as this graceful Nephrolepis, which differs

from the ordinary Fern in having much longer
fronds, which frequently attain a length of four
Parlor Fern (Nephrolepis Elegantissima Compacta) — A dwarf form of feet. These fronds arch and droop over very

■' Nephrolepis Elegantissima, making dense, bushy, compact gracefully, on account of which it is frequently

mass of foliage. One of the most valuable Ferns. Price, 15 cents each; called the Fountain Fern. Price, nice plants. 10

four-inch pots, 40 cents. cents each; larger size, 35 cents, three for $1.00.

Crested Fern (Nephrolepis ScholzeiM, The
“ Plumed Scott Fern) — It is a

sport from Scotti, possessing the merits of that
most popular variety, but with the pinnae subdi-
vided, giving it an airy feathery appearance. The
fronds, like in Scotti, stand erect, with a graceful
arch forming a plant of ideal shape, and they
never break down, giving the plant a ragged ap-
pearance as is so often the case with other plumed
forms ; furthermore, the loose, elegant arrange-
ment of the fronds, allowing a free circulation of
air through the foliage, prevents the center of
even the largest specimen from becoming defective
or yellow. The smallest salable plants perfectly
express the type, and in every size are models of
beauty for table decoration. Price, 15 cents each;
by express, four-inch pot plants, 40 cents.

Philadelphia Lace Fern (Nephrolepis
" — — I Elegantissima)

A sport of the popular Nephrolepis Piersoni Fern.
Much more beautiful, and an improvement over
the Piersoni. Is more dwarf and compact, the
fronds broader and only half the length. The
small size pinnae, or leaflets, are subdivided into
perfect miniature fronds ; the side pinnae stand at
right angles to the midrib of the fronds, on edge
instead of flat, giving both sides of the main
frond the same beautiful appearance. It is im-
possible to conceive of the beauty and grace of
this wonderful Fern from description — must be
seen to be appreciated. Price, nice plants, 15
cents; large plants, 40 cents.

The Popular Boston Sword Fern

Notice Our Splendid Offer of Bedding Plants on Page 5.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Pteris Wilsonii.

Pteris Wilsonii An ornamental
r e r n of an-
usual merit. One of the most dwarf
of this class, having deep green foli-
age, leaves heavily crested, giving it
the appearance of a tassel. A fine
addition to the ornamental varieties.

Pteris Wimsetti, '

Pteris Wirnsetti Green. leaves,

^ with the ends

very peculiarly twisted. Is one of
the best varieties for fern dishes, be-
ing a short, compact grower. Will
stand much rough treatment.

Adiantum Cuneatum.

Dwarf Growing

FERNS

FOR DISHES

We have grown a large quan-
tity of small Ferns suitable for
Fern dishes. The use of ferneries
as ornaments for the dinner table
is now very general. Nothing
makes so fine an ornament, or is
so well adapted for the purpose.

Price, 10 cents each; three
for 25 cents; any six for
50 cents.

Pteris Cretica Alba Lineata.

Pteris Cretica Alba Lineata

A very handsome Fern, nicely varie-
gated, grows very rapidly into hand-
some plants.

Fern Dishes

For these we make the following
special offer, selecting the varie-
ties which are best adapted for
this use. Selection of varieties
must be left to us.

For SO cents we will send
eight beautiful varieties of
our own selection, this be=
ing sufficient for a dish six
to eight inches in diameter.

Adiantum

Cuneatum

(Maiden Hair
Fern.) A very
b e a n t i f u 1 and
grapeful Fern. it§
delicate frondg be^
ing much used for
cut flower work.

Aspidiu m Tsussimense

Without question the most valu-
able of all Ferns yet introduced
for fern dishes ; of strong but
dwarf and graceful habit ; of good
color and of better keeping qual-
ity than any other Fern we know.
A clear, good grower and very
ornamental.

Selaginella Emiliana.

Holly Fern.

Cyrtonium Falcatum (Holly
" “ Fern.)

We consider this one of the finest
Ferns in cultivation to grow into spec-
imen plants, and while it is coarser
than the Tremula Fern, it is very
graceful and is becoming very pop-
ular. The leaf is a rich, glossy green,
and each leaflet is about the shape
and size of a Kose leaf. The fronds
are fine for cutting on account of
their lasting quality.

Pteris Ad iantoides Averyde-
" " sirable

Fern, whether for growing in the
room or planting out. Very similar

Moss Fern (Selaginella Emiliana.) An up- to Falcatum. having the same deep
« right growing moss with deli- green leaf. Grows very freely and
cate lace-like foliage. . Suitable for fern dishes attains a height of twelve to eighteen
or for table and house decoration. inches.

WE ASSURE YOU

OF PROMPT AND LIBERAL TREATMENT.

Ptens Argyrea

Silver Fer.j.

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Pteris Argyrea (Silver
" ' Fern. ) A

showy Fern with variegated fo-
liage; fronds large, light green.

With a broad band of silver-
white down the center- of each.

Distinct. Price, 15 cents
each, four for 50 cehfs.

Pteris Tremula

Or Shaking Fern. One of the
finest Ferns for house decora-
tion, growing very rapidly
and throwing up large, hand-
some fronds. It makes mag-
nificent specimens, easily
grown and very popular.

Price, 15 cents each, four for
50 cents.

Asparagus Sprengeri

The Charming Decorative
Plant. Not only is it useful
for cutting in sprays for fine
cut-flower work, more par-
ticularly in connection with
large Roses, etc., but grown
in suspended pots it makes
one of the prettiest decorative
house plants we know of.

Used in decoration as, for ex-
ample, in the decorations of
mantels, nothing can equal it.

Price, 10 cents each, three fop
each, five for $1.00,

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus

Asparagus Sprengeri^
25 cents; large plants from four-inch pots, 25 cents

Pteris Tremula.

(Lace Fern.) One of the handsomest
our foliage plants. The leaves are
bright green, gracefully arched, and
finely woven as t h e^
finest silken mesh.

Their lasting quality when cut is re-
markable, retaining their freshness
for weeks, hence it ranks as the most
valuable plant we have for this pur-
pose, surpassing Maiden Hair Fern
in grace, fineness of texture and
richness o f
color. Price, 10
cents each ;
three for 25
cents; large
plants in four-
inch pots, 30
cents each;
four for $1.00.

Asparagus Plumosus.

Kindly send us the name of one or more of your friends; we will send them our catalog.

j Dracena *Ferini nalis Superb species; rich crimson foli-

■ age. marked with pink, carmine and
creamy-white. Words cannot describe the exquisite coloring.
This is one of the most admired of the decorative species, its ele-
gant habit and extremely beautiful, lively coloring giving it
marked value. It is a rapid grower, and for room adornment or
as a vase plant for out-of-door use it is indispensable. Price,
25 cents each; three for 60 cents.

Dracena Indivisa.

Dracena Indivisa Of all the plants in use for cen-
. ters of vases, baskets, or for beds

in the open ground, nothing is so valuable as this is. From
its graceful drooping habit it is sometimes called the "Foun-
tain Plant.” Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents; extra
large, 25 cents.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

PALMS AND OTHER CHOICE DECORATIVE PLANTS

Palms have become nil almost indispensable feature in all decorations, whether for apartments, conservatories, or for tropical
bedding in summer. The following varieties of Palms are of easy culture in the parlor or conservatory. No home should be with-
out one or more. It might be well to state here that young Palms do not always resemble the illustrations; the characteristic
leaves usually appear the second year. We deliver the small plants by mail, postpaid; the large plants must be sent by express.

Phoenix Roebelini (Grand Novelty.) A new Palm is
- always interesting, but when the

newcomer is easily the most graceful and withal the hardiest,
it is little short of sensational. Phoenix Roebelini has the
grace and lightness of Cocos Weddeliana, but it is more robust
in growth and has tenfold the foliage of that fine variety.

Price, from five-inch pots, $1.00. Extra large, $1.25.

Latania Borbonica Palm Leaves large, fan-shaped,

- ' " of a very cheerful green

color; plant of hardy constitution, and adapted to all decora-
tive purposes within or without doors. Appreciated by all the plant-loving
community. Price, 25 cents; larger size by express, four-inch pots,
50 cents; five-inch pots, $1.25.

Phoenix Reclinata A fine decorative Palm; one of the finest
. vase plants, particularly for outdoor deco-

ration^ It is of very robust habit, and is very easily grown. Price,
for nice plants, 25 cents each; strong four-inch plants, 50 cents each;
larger, by express, $1.00 each.

Kentia Forsteriana This is one of the finest plants imag-
— inable, and the easiest to grow of any of
the Palm family. Being almost hardy, it is not injured by slight
changes in temperature, and its stiff, glossy leaves enable it to stand
the dry, hot air of the living room without injury. The leaves are
deep, glossy green, fan-shaped, split deeply into segments. Price,
small plants, 25 cents each; medium, 50 cents; larger, by express
eighteen inches high, $1.00.

Kentia Belmoreana The Kentias are among the best

. Z Z — of the Palm species for general

cultivation. This variety is one of the best in its class —
graceful habit, bright green foliage, gracefully disposed ; as a
decorative plant for the window, dinner table or conservatory
it scarcely has an equal. Pric^, small plants, 25 cents each;
medium, 50 cents; larger,
by express, 18 inches high,

$1.00.

Pandanus Utilis

(Screw Pine.) For majesty of form and
gracefully arranged foliage, this is without

a peer. As an ornament for the window, its glossy, ’dark green ser-
rated foliage renders it unusually attractive, while as a vase plant or

single specimen in greenhouse or con-
servatory it cannot be surpassed.

Price, 35 cents each; two for 60 cents.

Ficus Elastica (India Rubber
Tree.) Very
large, smooth, leathery leaves, ever-
green foliage. Generally esteemed one
of the finest house plants grown, the
plant attaining a large size and tree
shape. Price, twelve inches high, 50
cents; eighteen inches high, 75 cents;
two feet high (by express only), $1.00.

Araucaria, or

Norfolk Island Pine

Various names have been suggested for this grand
plant to properly convey to the mind the appearance
of it. Some have called it the “Christmas Tree
Palm,” from its resemblance to a Christmas tree,
but no descriptive name can give an adequate idea
of its beauty. It has deep green, feathery foliage,
arranged in whorls, rising one above the other at
regular distances. Its symmetry of form, grace and
beauty of foliage are unequaled in the vegetable
kingdom. It is easily grown in the house, and is
highly ornamental. Price, nice plants, twelve to
fifteen inches high, three tiers, $1.00 each; larger
plants, eighteen to twenty inches high, four and five
tiers, $1.25 each. These can be sent only by express.

India Rubber Tree.

Araucaria, or Norfolk Island Pine.

We Pack All Plants Carefully in Strong Boxes; They Travel Safely to Any Part of the Country.

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Chinese Azalea, De Schryveriana.

The American Wonder Lemon

The Largest Edible Lemon in the World.

Superb fruit has been taken from the tree weighing oyer three
pounds each. In addition to its fruit-bearing qualities it makes
A very handsome specimen plant for house culture. The dark
green foliage is very large and handsome, and the pure waxy-
like flowers with yellow stems are as fragrant as Orange blos-
soms, which it greatly resembles. The lemons have very thin
rind and are full of rich acid juice. One is equal to eight or
ten ordinary lemons. It makes delicious lemonade, and for
culinary purposes has no equal. It is of the very easiest cul-
ture, flowering and fruiting in any good ordinary soil. Price,
for very strong, young plants, 10 cents each, six for 50 cents;
i second size, splendid two-year-old plants, 35 cents each.

Beautiful Chinese Azalea

(Azalea Indica)

No plant yet introduced gives better satisfaction or is be-
coming more popular every season for windows and conserva-
tory decoration. The ease with which they can be grown, their
diversity of color and freedom of flowering will always keep
them in public favor. The accompanying illustration gives a
good idea of an average plant in flower. The plants we offer
are all set with buds, and are beautifully trained specimens,
and will flower in the spring time in any ordinary living room.
In summer set outdoors in the shade and keep moderately wet.
PLANTS TWENTY-FOUR TO THIRTY INCHES IN CIRCUM-
FERENCE, $1.00 EACH

Azaleas are too large to be sent by mail; must be sent by
express.

APOLLO — (Medium.) Crimson-scarlet; best red.

DE SCHRYVERIANA— White and salmon; early.
HAERENSIANA — Beautiful double salmon; late.

MME. VAN DER CRUYSSEN — (Late.) Glossy rose, tinted
with amaranth. By many thought to be the best of all.

NIOBE — Double white; early,

PRESIDENT OSWALD — (Early.) Double salmon, very fine
and free.

VERVAENEANA — The largest and best Azalea grown; very
double, color rosy-salmon, white margin. Of robust growth
with nice foliage; very free blooming, from February to
Easter.

VERVAENEANA ALBA— A very fine double white, similar in
other respects to Vervaeneana.

Hardy Azalea Mollis

A beautiful species from Japan, with large flowers of fine
shape. The colors run through all the shades of orange, yel-
low and carmine. Fine, bushy, showy hardy plants, used ex-
tensively in parks and public grounds. Price, extra strong,
well set with flower buds, by express only, 50 cents each. If
wanted by mail, add 15 cents for postage.

Otaheite Orange

A grand pot plant, and one of great beauty and novelty. It
blooms most freely during the winter, though it is likely to
bloom at any and all times of the year. The fruit is
one-half the size of ordinary oranges, and very sweet and de-
licious. Price, 10 cents each, six for 50 cents; large strong
plants, 25 cents each. Specimen plants from five-inch pots,
50 cents each.

It is our determination to please all who deal with us.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Sweet=Scented

JASMINES

The Jasmine is a favorite greenhouse or house plant every-
where North, while in the South it is perfectly hardy. It is
the idol of the poets, and one of the sweetest flowers. Among
the species are found equally desirable subjects for decorating
the greenhouse and the outdoor border, combining in, every in-
stance freedom and elegance with the most delicious fragrance.

GRANDIFLORUM — Foliage fine; flowers white, star-shaped and

fragrant ; blooms from November until May, easy culture.
Price, 10 cents each; larger size, 25 cents each.

GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY — Easily grown, even small plants
bearing a profusion of double, creamy-white flowers, having a
delicious perfume. A plant of this lovely variety will, when
in bloom, scent up a whole yard or house. It is by far the
most delicious in bloom and fragrance of all Jasmines. It is
sweeter than a Tuberose, and that is saying a good deal for
it. Will thrive outdoors and bloom through the season. A
magnificent plant, and one of the most valuable and popular
pot plants. It can be stored in a dry cellar in winter. It
will please you. Try it. Price, fine plants, 15 cents each;
large plants, 35 cents each. Extra large, bushy plants, eigh-
teen to twenty-four inches high, by express only. 50c each.
GRACILLIMUM — A flowering shoot is produced from every joint
which terminates in a dense cluster of pure white, fragrant
flowers ; in bloom from October to February. Price, 8 cents
each; fine, bushy plants, twelve to fifteen inches high, 25c.
POETIC A — Similar to Jasmine Grand. Flowers smaller, but
borne on large spikes. Makes a valuable climbing plant,
though if desired can be grown bush form. Price, 10 cents
each; fine, bushy plants, 25 cents each.

REVOLUTUM — A strong climbing plant, with glossy leaves and
single, deep yellow, fragrant blossoms. A beautiful plant
and easily grown. Almost hardy in this latitude. Price, 10
cents each; larger size, 25 cents.

Jasmine Primulinum

A new and exquisitely beautiful flow’ering plant. Finest of
all Jasmines for pot culture, or for the open ground in the
Southern and Pacific states where it is hardy. It makes a
very graceful plant with long, wavy stems, thickly clothed with
handsome foliage, and when in bloom each stem or branch is
almost a solid wreath of large, golden-yellow blossoms like
immense Primroses — two inches across. Plants bloom when
very small, and if trained up to a , trellis or wall will climb
a few feet in height, as it is really a semi-climber. But
either as a climber or bushy pot plant it has few equals.
Price, strong plants that will bloom soon, 10 cents each, six
for 50 cents. Plants from four-inch pots, 30 cents each, four
for $1.00.

Maid of Orleans.

MAID OF ORLEANS — In this beautiful Jasmine there are com-
bined some sterling qualities that place it a peer over ex-
isting sorts. Of easy culture, fine grower, good bloomer,
elegant fragrance, and double flowers of chaste and waxy-
white appearance. If you only have one Jasmine, let it be
this one. Price, 15 cents each; larger size, 35 cents each.

Rhyncospermum Jasminoides

or African Jasmine

A beautiful greenhouse plant, with glossy, evergreen foliage,
producing masses of pure white Jasmine-like flowers of delight-
ful fragrance. Of climbing habit and presents a beautiful ap-
pearance when properly trained. Flowers are desirable for
bouquets. Price, 15 cents each; large size, 35 cents each.

Olea Fragrans

(Sweet Olive)

An old favorite greenhouse shrub, succeeding admirably as
a house plant, producing small, white flowers which are of the
most exquisite fragrance, continuing to bloom almost all the
entire winter. Nice, strong plants, 50 cents each.

The Royal Plant

Camellia Japonica

The royal family of greenhouse plants. Leaves glossy-green ;
flowers pf the most exquisite beauty and waxy texture. From
pure white,to crimson in almost endless variegations. The pure
white ones are generally prized above the colored varieties.
Their culture is nearly related to that of the Azalea, but their
success is more certain. Requires shade and moisture through-
out the hot season. Their time of blooming is winter and early
spring. Requires a moderate and uniform temperature with as
little artificial heat as possible. When set with flower buds
great care must be taken in watering — when left too dry the
buds are sure to drop. The varieties we supply are the best
extant, the pick of a Continental collection, and embrace double
white, double pink, double red and double variegated. Price for
very large, strong plants, by express, $1.25 each; three for $3.25.

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I Very useful for bed-
ding or borders, and
flowering continually
jthroughout the sum-
imer.. Price, 8 cents
each, any four for. 25^
cents. See quantity!
offer on page 5.

LITTLE BLUE STAR
— Of dwarf, bushy
habit, never attain-
ing a height of pyer
six or eight inches.
It is extremely free
flowering, the indi-
vidual tufts of
bloom are very
large and dense.
The color is an: in-
tense blue, the most

Little Blue Star.

beautiful ever seen in' the Ageratum

family.

INIMITABLE— A giant flowered type, much larger than other
sorts now grown. Flowers lavender-blue, produced in im- '
mense heads on stout heavy stems. Plant grbws nine to ten
inches high and flowers freely the year around.

MONT BLANC — Large flowered white. Strong, compact grower.r

PRINCESS PAULINE — A novel variety, dwarf, compact habit.'
Its peculiarity consists of both blue and white being com-
bined in the same flower, the body of the flower being white,
while the stamens, forming an outer ring, are sky-blue.

I ALTERNANTHERA

Beautiful dwarf plants of com;^act habit, growing about six
inches high, and admirably adapted for edgings, beds or ribbon
lines. Always attractive and highly' ornamental.

AURea NANA— Bright golden-yellow. Price, 6 cents each, 60
cents per dozen.

PARYCHOIDES major — When at its best the color of this va-
j riety is a clear carmine, the delicate foliage making a dense
I but soft cushion. Price, 8 cents each, four for 25 cents.

1 ACALYPHAS

The most important feature is its wonderful qualification for
bedding, as it will stand bedding out like a Coleus ; in fact, in
the sunniest places it produces the highest coloring. The
leaves are large, oval shaped, varying in size, the larger leaves
measuring four and one-half inches wide and eight inches long.
Habit of growth is compact, with free branching habit, rarely
attaining a height of over twelve or eighteen inches.

ACALYPHA TRIUMPH AN 8 — Very bright, ovate, pointed leaves,
light red, shaded and marbled darker. Price, 15 cents each;
two for 25 cents.

ACALYPHA MARGINATA — Fine large foliage, dark olive mar-
gined rose, A very desirable variety,, standing upright in hot
and dry weather. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.

. ACALYPHA MILTONIANA — Gracefully drooping, irregular
f I leaves, long and slender ; deep green with creamy- white
,[ I margin. Price, 15 cents each, two for 25 cents.

i; BOUGAINVILLEA SANDERIANA

]j ! Flowers soft rosy-crimson, borne very evenly all over the
jj plant. Blooms when quite small, and jnay be trained in almost
st shape. On account of the lasting qualities of its flowers,
|. It 13 frequently called “Chinese Paper Plant." Price, 15 cents
. [each, two for 25 cen1s. - '

Robert George.

ABUTILON, or FLOWERING MAPLE

The Abutilon or Flowering Maple is a plant of as easy cul-
ture as the Geranium and quite as satisfactory. It is beauti-
ful both in leaf and flower, and is very profuse in bloom. A
good plan, if you wish to flower them in the house during win-
ter, is to plant in pots and plunge in the garden, as they can
then be lifted in the fall without disturbing the roots. Price,
lO cents each, three for 25 cents. Extra large plants, 25 cents
each, three for 60 cents.

DRIVEN SNOW — Very large, wide open, pure white flower;

the most effective white variety to date.

GOLDEN BELLS — Appropriately named. A well-grown plant
of this variety has the appearance of being hung with an
abundance of glittering golden bells, making a fine contrast
against the bright green leaves. A strong, handsome grower.
Flowers bell-shaped, of a rich golden-yellow. It blooms con-
tinually through the entire summer.

ROSAEFLORA — ^Despite later introductions, the best pink vari-
ety we have seen. The clear rose or pink of its flowers is
fresh and beautiful ; free bloomer.

ROBERT GEORGE — A free and continuous bloomer; flowers
large, incurved, overlapping petals ; orange, veined crimson ;
beautiful.

SOUVENIR DE BONN — ^A very distinct and striking new plant,
with large, bright green leaves, distinctly edged with a pure
white band. The long-stemmed flowers are bright orange,
veined with crimson, and stand well -out beyond the foliage,
producing a very pleasing effect. An excellent plant for
large vases and porch boxes. .

Aloysia Citriodora (Lemon Verbena)

This plant has the most fragrant foliage of any plant grown.
The fragrance is that of the lemon. One plknt:will &eent up a
whole yard. Grows rapidly ; exquisite. Can be wintered over

in the cellar. Price, 1 0 .cents each; three*for .25 cents.

SWEET

ALYSSUM

(DOUBLE WHITE)

See quantity offer on page 5

The trusses are enor-
mous, measuring at times
one inch in diameter and
five inches long. The flow-
ers are perfectly double and
of delightful fragrance.
Price, 8 cents each, four for
25 cents.

Sweet Alyssum.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN-.

Our Beautiful Bedding COLEUS

There is nothing in the line of bedding plants that can ever take the place

of Coleus. Used in solid clumps or as edging to Canna beds, etc. Price, 5

cents each, any twelve for 50 cents; twenty-five for $1.00. Price of Coleus

by the hundred when sent by express (not prepaid), $3.50.

BECKWITH’S GEM — Beautiful fancy variety with Targe leaves of heavy tex-
ture and finely scalloped edges ; center of leaf dark velvety maroon, bordered
with fiery-red ; edge is green, changing to creamy-yellow at the point of leaf.

BUTTERFLY — A crimson-bronze, old gold and green.

COUNT CUVIER — Center fiery-red, surrounded with deep maroon, edged olive-
green, serrated edge.

EMPRESS OF INDIA — Crimson, with golden edge.

FIRE CREST — The major portion of the foliage is a bright carmine-crimson
shade ; edge is slightly marked golden-yellow, which heightens the coloring ;
center of leaves blotched deep bronze.

GOLDEN BEDDER — Clear yellow when well developed; edge somewhat
crinkled ; center rib of lighter yellow,

GOLDEN VERSCHAFFELTII — This is a beautiful yellow variety with scal-
loped edge, tinted delicately with bright red.

JAMES BARNSHAW — Yellow and crimson striped.

MISS RETTA KIRKPATRICK — Large white center, shaded with
green-lobed margin ; large foliage.

PROGRESS— A beautiful mottled red, green and bronze.

QUEEN OF THE WEST — Large leaf, and slightly serrated; outer band of I
bright oxide-green with margin of bright yellow and center wedge off
creamy-white, the whole covered with blotches and spots of bright carmine
and deep maroon.

SETTING SUN — Crimson, with brightest golden edge.

TRAILING BEAUTY — ^An excellent variety for hanging baskets and vases on
account of its trailing habit ; center of leaves fiery-crimson surrounded i

CALADIUM ESCULENTUM,

OR ELEPHANT’S EAR

With deep maroon ; deeply serrated edges of bright olive-green.
VERSCHAFFELTII — A rich velvety crimson; best bedder.

Elephant’s Ear.

Very effective, and suitable for either a single plant
on the lawn, masses in beds or margins of water; its
very distinct leaves often attain a length of three feet
by twenty inches wide, and have a rich, tropical effect.

Price, for nice bulbs of Caladiums, 15 cents each, two
for 25 cents, five for 50 cents; large bulbs, 25 cents
each, six for $1.25; extra large, 40 cents each, three
for $1.00.

THREE GIANT RAINBOW COLEUS

Price, 10 cents each; three of any kind, 25 cents; 75 cents per dozen.

CHRISTMAS GEM — ^Leaves im-
mense. Looks like a Rex Be-
gonia, and just as beautiful.

Cannot be ex-
celled as a pot
plant. Of strong,
vigorous habit,
growing from 2
to 3 feet
with leaves
9 to 10
long, which are
of bright car-
mine. shading to
deep maroon, the
margin yellow and
green, whole leaf
having a rich
velvety luster.

SENSATION — A
grand Coleus.

Leaves 6 to 8
inches long and
5 inches wide ;
has a deep vel-
vety texture, beau-
t i f u 1 1 y scalloped
edge ; color crimson-
maroon, with cen-
ter of light red.

DUNERIA — Grand-
est Coleus of recent
years ; has a deep
velvety texture. Color crim-
son, maroon center; beauti-
fully scalloped edge of light
red ; a fine showy bedder.

Giant Fancy Leaved Coleus,
Christmas Gem.

We guarantee that plants will reach destination in good condition.

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Clerodendron Balfouri.

Oestrum.

CLERODENDRON BALFOURI

We can safely recommend this great Clerodendron as one of
the most satisfactory plants for window culture now known. It
is a rigorous, rapid, healthy grower, and produces an abun-
dance of blooms which are bright crimson surrounded by
pearly-white petals, producing a striking contrast against the
dark green foliage. It can be used for a fine specimen pot
plant, and can be grown to fine form by cutting off the ends
of the growing shoots. A partially shaded position is con-
ducive to rapid growth, Price, 10 cents each.

CUPHEA
PLATYCENTRA

(CIGAR PLANT)

This is a well-known
ever-blooming plant of neat
habit, growing twelve inches
in height. The tube of the
flower is scarlet, with the
end partly white and crim-
son. These plants thrive
beautifully, in hanging bas-
kets, vases, etc. They are
also valuable as pot plants
in the window. Price, 8
cents each, four for 25
cents.

CALLA

“THE GEM”

The Gem is of strong
dwarf habit. The foli-
age is of lustrous dark
green, and is produced
in great abundance. Its
flowers are produced in
the greatest profusion,
being literally an ever-
bloomer. It will bloom
freely all summer out in
the open ground ; in
September it can be
lifted and potted, and
will continue blooming
all winter. **rice, (5 cents
each, four for 50 cents.

CROTONS

The Crotons are among
the finest decorative fo-
liage plants known.
Leaves are more or less
veined and margined,
sometimes entirely variegated with shades of yellow, orange
and crimson. Crotons love heat, sunshine and moisture. We
will send you the following choice kinds at 20 cents each,
three for 50 cents.

ALICE — Broad leaves of red, yellow and green markings.
Beautiful.

INTERRUPTUM— Long. narrow leaves, center yellow and red.
MAKOYANUM — Chocolate and carmine markings. Broad
leaves

PICTURATUM — Long leaves of yellow, red and green.
VEITCHII — Yellow, green and crimson. One of the best.

CALCEOLARIA (Creole Queen)

Produces in the spring a mass of beautiful, pocket-like crim-
son flowers. Price, 10 cents each.

Caila, The Gem.

UMBRELLA PLANT

(Cyperus Alternifolius)

An ornamental grass throwing up stems about two feet high,
surmounted at the fop with a whorl of leaves, diverging hori-
zontally, giving it a very curious appearance. It is splendid
for the center of vases or as a water plant. Price', 10 cents
each, three for 25 cents.

OESTRUM PARQUI

(Night-Blooming Jasmine)

This beautiful shrub is cultivated for the delicate fragrance
of its elegant flowers, which are borne in clusters; of easy
cultivation. An excellent garden plant, growing rapidly. Foli-
age long and of a deep green color. Produces its richly fra-
grant flowers at every joint. Sweet only at night. It is also
well adapted to house and window culture. Price, lOc each.

CRAPE MYRTLE (Lagerstroemia Indica)

A very popular and free-flowering shrub, or small tree, which
produces blooms in great abundance throughout the summer.
The flowers are beautifully fringed and are borne in large
clumps. A massing of these, or a single specimen, makes a
most striking effect. A favorite tub plant in this latitude, where
it is not hardy enough to preserve its old wood during the win-
ter, as in the South, where it is perfectly hardy. Here it dies
down to the root, but comes up again in the spring. The best
way, therefore, is to keep the plants in the cellar over winter
and transplant in rich soil early in the spring, watering freely
during the summer, and no flower will produce better effect.
Price, 15 cents each, two for 25 cents.

CRAPE MYRTLE PURPUREA — Of a peculiar purplish-crim-
son color.

CRAPE MYRTLE PINK — Colored a fine shade of pink.

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WHITE CALLA

Aethiopica — This is the well-known Egyptian Lily, or Lily
of the Nile, with large white flowers, broad foliage, and it will
prosper under very adverse circumstances. If you want large
Callas, send to us, as ,we are headquarters for them. We have
two sizes. Price, 15 cents each; larger size, 25 cents each.

CALLA HASTATA

This is the yellow Calla. It is just like the others only the
flower is a lemon-yellow. It is very distinct and will enrich
anyone’s collection. Price, 15 cents each; four for 50 cents.

CALLA RICHARDIA

Spotted Calla — The Richardia Alba, or Spotted Calla, is a
plant of magnificent appearance. The leaves are of the rich-
est green, spotted with pure white; the flowers are white, with
a rich chocolate throat. It can either be grown .in a pot
planted in a border or in a vase or rustic stand, the latter be-
ing a very effective way of showing its beauty. Price, 15 cents
each; extra large bulbs, 25 cents each.

The Godfrey Ever=Blooming Calla

This new hybrid is a true ever-blooming variety. Compared
with the ordinary White Calla, it gives three flowers to one, the
flower being equally large, of perfect form and very much
whiter. The plant is of dwarf, compact, strong growth, about
eighteen inches high. Price, 15 cents each; four for 50 cents.

LITTLE GIANT FEVERFEW

The great value of the old Dwarf Feverfew for cut flowers
during the summer, fall and winter, is well known to florists
and others. This variety surpasses it in every way. It is very
dwsff, attaining a height of from twelve to eighteen inches.
The flowers larger, of more perfect form and of the purest
whii4(g. Price, jO cents each, three for 25 cents.

FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

QIANT=FLOWERINQ

HELIOTROPES

These Are Universal Favorites on Account
of Their Delightful Fragrance

Flowers Equally Well as Bedding Plants in Summer or as Pot
Plants in the House During the Winter
PRICE, 8 CENTS EACH; THREE FOR 20 CENTS.
ALBERT DELAUX — Foliage is a bright golden-yellow, marked
slightly with a delicate green.

BUISSON FLEURI— Plant semi-dwarf; extremely beautiful in
growth, free grower, easily propagated'; the plant is covered
with bloom, trusses extremely large; florets large and flat-
faced ; color rosy-violet with star-shaped eye.

CENTI FLEUR— Dwarf in growth, bushy, with fine, neat foliage ;
a healthy, sturdy variety, completely covered with a bouquet
of bloom. The sprays of bloom are the largest that we Rave ever
seen ; the florets are wide and flat ; color lovely deep helio-
trope, with conspicuous white eye, and deliciously fragrant.
LUER d’OPALE — Very free flowering, trusses extremely large,
florets very broad, azure-lilac passing to pearl-white with
, yellow eye.

MADAME DE BLONAY — Fine, large, strong foliage, producing
very large trusses of pure white flowers.

Magnificent Climbing Vine

THE QUEEN’S WREATH

(Antigonoh Leptopus) — Hardy south of Ohio river. The flow-
ers are borne in prodigious profusion, and a well-established
plant, loaded with its gorgeous carmine flowers, is one of, the
grandest sights. Its discoverer. Dr. Seeman, writes respecting
it : ‘T am well acquainted with the contents of our gardens in
most parts of the world, but I have no hesitation in giving it as
my deliberate opinion that there is no more graceful or beautiful
climber than the Antigonon Leptopus.” Price, 15 cents each;
two for 25 cents.

Tradescantia, or Wandering Jew

B e a u t i ful
trailing plants
with thick,
waxy, lance-
shaped foliage ;
useful in bas-
kets and porch
boxes. Most
beautifully va-
riegated, Price,

10 cents each;

$1.00 per doz.,
postpaid.

Don’t forget to order that Canna bed shown on 2d page of cover.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

Hibiscus Peachblow.

HIBISCUS

Large growing tropical shrubs with very glossy foliage.
The plants, under the hottest sun, produce enormous flowers
in great numbers and make noble specimens. They can be
grown in tubs and kept for years. The blooms average five
or six inches in diameter, and are gorgeously colored. The
plants can be wintered over in a warm, dry cellar.

Double Flowering Varieties

Price, 10 cents each, any three for 25 cents; in extra large
size at 25 cents each, three for 60 cents.

AURANTIACA— Large, double orange-colored flowers. Very
novel and attractive.

MINIATU8 SE M I -PLEN US— Semi-double flowers, light ver-
milion-scarlet ; petals waved and recurved ; flowers notice-
able for the absence of formality, but very handsome.
PEACHBLOW — One of the finest plant novelties offered in
recent years ; flowers double, frorn four to five inches in
diameter ; charming, rich clear pink color, with a srnall
deep crimson center ; entirely new and most beautiful

RUBRA— A very pretty double red Hibiscus. Flowers deep
cherry-red, very large and double.

SUB-VIOLACEOUS — Flowers of enormous size, beautiful
carmine, tinted, with violet. Probably the largest flower
of the Hibiscus family, and an unusually free bloomer.
We take great pleasure in recommending this fine plant.

Single Flowering Varieties

1/ Price, 10 cents each, any three for 25 cents; in extra large
size, 25 cents each, three for 60 cents.

COOPERII TRICOLOR— Foliage beautifully variegated with
dark green, pink and white, flowers crimson. This beau-

Mtiful tricolor plant is one of rare magnificence, and is
unequaled by any other plant in brilliancy of foliage.
CARMINIATUS PERFECTUS— Full, round flowers of per-
fect shape ; soft carmine-rose, with a deep crimson eye.
DEN ISON 1 1 — The most distinct of all Hibiscus. On account
^ of the difficulty in propagating, it will always be scarce.
^ Color a delicate carmine and changes to pure white,
iii GEN. DE COURTIGGIS — A very grand, large-sized flower;
single light scarlet ; very showy.

GRANDIFLORUS— Rich, glossy foliage; blooming profusely
through the summer; literally covering the plants with
scarlet-crimson single flowers.

ROSE SINENSIS — Flowers red and very large, averaging
. nearly five inches in diameter.

VERSICOLOR — A variety combining in its flowers all colors
of the whole family, being handsomely striped crimson,
buff, rose and white.

RARE NEW and
CHOICE OLD

Price, 10 cents each; any three for 25 cents; any seven for 50 cents.

Some of these are entirely new and distinct in color. All are true ever-
bloomers, are good bedders and make splendid pot plants for the house.
The Impatiens delight in a light, rich soil, and thrive best in a partially
shaded position. They are a mass of bloom all the time, are splendid bed-
ders and superb pot plants for the house. When grown in pots cate,
should be taken to avoid overvpatering. ■

ATROVIOLACEA — Deep 'purplish-
violet. '

CAR M I NEA— Bright carmine.
HYBRIDA ROSEA— Rosy-white.
SULTANI I1VIPROVED — Certainly
the freest-blooming bedding or
house plant in cultivation. 'The
plant is literally covered with bril-
liant, rosy-scarlet flowers. For
summer bedding or winter .bloom-
ing in the house it has no equal.
LMON QUEEN— In form -and foli-
age it is like Sultani, but color of
flower is a handsome shade-;- ...of
salmon.

English Ivy.

ENGLISIi IVY (Ivy Canariensis)

An excellent variety for eultivatibn in the house, being a free grower, with very beaiitiful,
broad, glossy green leaves. Price, 15c each, three for 25c; strong plants from four-inch pots,
20c each, three for 50c.

GERMAN or PARLOR IVY

A rapid-growing and succulent plant, well adapted for covering trellis work quickly or
training in the parlor. Leaves glossy green and flowers yellow, in clusters. Price, 10 cents
each; three for 25 cents.

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THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

NEW SUPERB FRENCH HYDRANGEAS

The Newest and Finest Varieties Yet Introduced

IT IS DIFFICULT to imagine a more lovely floral object than these superb new Hydrangeas. They are unquestionably the best
and most showy of all the Hydrangea family. It is impossible to impress upon anyone the wondrous beauty of these superb
Hydrangeas, even the smallest plants bear immense trusses of bloom that are simply amazing. They are of easy culture and
sure to succeed with only ordinary care. These Hydrangeas are very vigorous, healthy and rapid growers, and are practically a
summer and winter flowering plant, requiring only a short rest between seasons, and can be used as a fine specimen pot plant

for the veranda or some other conspicuous place during summer and after a short
rest in the cellar can be placed in window garden where they will be queen of the
winter flowers. This species of Hydraiigea is generally hardy, in the South and
throughout the Middle States with some protection during winter months, and
here they will flower profusely from June to October. In our Northern States they
will give better results when used as pot plants. The plants succeed rather better
in a shady place than where it is too sunny, on which account they are valuable
for house culture. The pot plants require a liberal supply of water during their
season of growth and flowering.

Price, young plants from two and one-half inch pots, 20 cents each; any six for
$1.00. Strong plants from four-inch pots, 40 cents each, three for $1.00.

AVALANCHE — A splendid large white, which has made a reputation for itself dur-
ing the past two seasons, an easy variety to force early, and remarkably free-
flowering.

BOUQUET ROSE — Large trusses of well-formed flowers, rosy-amber turning to
bright pink; has proven a special favorite in the New York market this season.

LA LORRAINE — Very large flowers, pale rose, turning to bright pink; has become
a general favorite during the past two years.

MME. E, MOUILLERE — This has been the favorite white variety in the New York
market this year, very free flowering, of good size and form. Awarded silver
medal at the National Flower Show at Boston last year.

MME. MAURICE HAMAR— A delicate flesh-rose color; a vigorous grower, the indi-
vidual flowers as well as the trusses being very large ; one of the easiest to
force. Early.

MME. A. RIVERAIN — Superb bright rose color; very vigorous and floriferous. One
of the most successful Hydrangea growers in the United States considers this as
one of the very best varieties yet introduced.

LANTANAS

Or Shrubby Verbenas, the Finest Plants That Grow

The brilliant colors, robust growth and profuse blooming habit

of the Lantana render it one of the finest bedding plants that

grow. The varieties here described give a wide range of color, and

include the most distinct and profuse blooming varieties.

Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents. For quantity offer

see page 5.

AURORA — Large flowered, dark and light shades of pink, with yel-
low center.

ALBA PERFECTA — Pure white; very fine.

HARKETT’S PERFECTION — A new variety with beautiful, fresh
and yellow flowers and golden variegated foliage.

MICHAEL SCHMIDT — Flowers fresh and sparkling, of a brilliant
yellow, passing into purple vermilion.

RADIATION — ^Plant semi-dwarf; brilliant red, center orange-yel-
low ; a beautiful combination of two very bright shades.

SERAPHINE — Dwarf; red with yellow center.

ULTIMA — ^A magnificent pure golden-yellow.

WEEPING LANTANA — Fine for baskets, vases, pots or window
boxes. Produces a great abundance of delicate, drooping, leafy
vines, covered nearly all the time with clusters of lovely lilac

IPOMEA GRANDIFLORA — The True Moonflower. A very rapid
summer climber, blooming the first season. No insects at-
tack the leaf. The flowers are immense, pure white, sweet-
scented, five inches in diameter, borne very profusely, and,
as they open at night, are very striking. Being a free
bloomer, the effect on a moonlight night is very charming.
Try it. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.

IPOMEA LEARN— Thf Blue Moonflower. Flowers are trumpet
shaped, of a rich violet-blue, with five purple rays. Price,
10 cents each; three for 25 cents.

IPOMEA MAXIMA— Its pure white, abundant blooms average
six to eight inches across, and often surpass that magnitude.
Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.

flowers with white eyes.

Passion Flower.

PASSI FLORA
Passion Flower

P FORD I — A beautiful sort; blue
flowers. Price, 10 cents each.

CONSTANCE ELLIOTT — New

Hardy Passion Flower. This
beautiful variety has flowers very
large and pure ivory-white. Ex-
cellent for cemetery purposes.

Price, strong plants, lOc each.

MADEIRA VINE

The most liked of all climbers.
The leaves are bright green above
and rosy-chocolate underneath,
flowers white and deliciously fra-
grant. Grows well in garden or pot,
hanging baskets or vases. Makes
fine shade for verandas. Give tubers
same care as Dahlias. Price, 5
cents each; six for 25 cents.

MOONFLOWERS

Our giant collection of roses on page 14 are well worth the price.

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Plumbago.

LINUM TRIQYNUM

FLOWER^

FLAX)

Clear, bright yellow flow-
ers resembling small Morn-
ing Glories. Very attrac-
tive for house culture, as
there are so few yellow win-
ter flowering plants. Price,
10 cents each.

OLEANDERS

These old-fashioned shrubs
are becoming immensely
popular again. No plant
makes more handsome speci-
mens in tubs, for the ve-
randa or yard. Can be win-
tered in the cellar.

LILLIAN HENDERSON — Has double white flow-
ers of the largest size. Fragrant like the old
double pink. Price, 15 cents each.

YELLOW OLEANDER (LUTEA)— A new and

scarce variety with light yellow-colored blos-
soms. A decided novelty. Price, nice plants,
15 cents each.

WE WILL SEND THE TWO VARIETIES OF
OLEANDERS. VERY FINE PLANTS, FOR
25 CENTS.

Large well branched plants from four-inch pots,
30 cents each; two for 50 cents.

Yellow Oleander Lutea.

TWO

BEAUTIFUL
PLUMBAGOS
LIGHT BLUE AND CREAM=WHITE

The Plumbagos are always satisfactory plants, either for pot
culture or for the garden. They are constant bloomers, and
their delicate and graceful flowers are very useful for cutting.
CAPENSIS — A well-known favorite, and always valuable
because it produces large trusses of beautiful light blue
flowers. Price, 10 cents each.

CAPENSIS ALBA — The counterpart of Plumbago Capensis,
excepting in color, which is creamy-white. A constant
bloomer; a splendid new sort. Price, 10 cents each.

PRIMULA OBCONICA QIQANTEA

This is a charming new plant for winter; in fact, we know of
none that is better adapted to home culture than this one. It is
not susceptible to changes of temperature that most plants are sub-
ject to. It bears its elegant panicles and sprays of bloom of a
delicate pink and white in the greatest profusion. It is certainly
elegant. We have the following four excellent varieties. Price, 10
cents each, four for 35 cents; large plants from four-inch pots,
25 cents each, four for 75 cents.

GIGANTEA KERMESINA — Beautiful deep crimson.

GIGANTEA ALBA— The pure white flowers greatly enhance the
beauty of the existing lilac, rose and crimson shades.
GIGANTEA LI LACIN A— Beautiful lilac.

GIGANTEA ROSEA— Lovely rose.

Justicia

JUSTICIA, or BRAZILIAN PLUME

Is a strong, rapid grower, and throws up long stems on
which are produced fine, plume-like flowers, the ends of
each petal drooping in a most charming manner. Either
for house or outdoor culture.

CARNEA — Large pink flowers. Price, 15 cents.
JUSTICIA HYDRANGOIDES — Large flowers, lilac and white.

Price, 10 cents each.

Quality of Our Plants Is of the Best

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Giant Flowering

PANSIES

It is impossible to do jus-
tice tO' these lovely flowers in
a printed description. Cold
type cannot convey an idea
of the indescribable richness,
the varied and exquisite col-
oring, the large size, ‘ perfect
form and great substance of
the blossoms. Plants are
compact and bushy, and pro-
duce great quantities of flow-
ers borne well above the foli-
age on strong stems. Owing
to their vigor, this strain
withstands the hot and dry
weather better than any other
variety, and produces its great
beautiful blossoms in profu-
sion all summer,, The plants
we offer are from seed of se-
lected flowers of the Giant
Trimardeau. Bugnot and Gas-
sier strains in the following
named colors, brilliant fine
red, margined, striped, golden,
purple, black, white, violet
and gold. Price, 5c each ; 35c
per dozen; forty for $1.00.

PARIS DAISIES,

OR MAROUERITES

MRS. F. SANDER — Unltke all other Marguerites, its color is of the
purest glistening white throughout; in size it frequently measures
flve inches across; the center of the flower is a mass of closely ar-
ranged fringed florets ; these are surrounded or edged by the broad,
shining white ray petals, forming a flower which reminds one for-
cibly of a glorified double Pyrethrum. These are produced on long
stems with a freedom not known in other varieties of the Marguerite.
Strong young plants, 15 cents each, two for 25 cents.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA — The flowers are pure white, the greater per-
centage coming full double, but even the semi-double and single flow-
ers, which appear on the same plant, are very handsome. Should
be in every collection. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.

NICHOLSON’S WHITE— (Marguerite.) Nothing can be imagined that
is finer. All know well the old varieties of Paris Daisies— how
beautiful and much sought after for^ decorations of all kinds. The
new variety blooms constantly. Nothing is so airy and graceful as
these blossoms of large white petals showing a yellow disc. Price,
10 cents each; three for 25 cents.

ETOILE d’OR — (Marguerite.) The yellow Paris Daisy similar to the
Nicholson’s White, but a rich golden color. The two varieties go
handsomely together. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.

Matnmoth Verbenas

The Verbena is
one : of ■ the pret-
tiest and niost
p opu 1 a.T of all
flowering _ plants,
suitable for- form-'
ing beds on the
lawn. Commences
to flower and
spread from the
first d a y" plants
are set ~until latei
in autumn, everj'
day Jjecoming bet-
ter an d more
handsome. Colors
ranfee through all
the different
shades of scarlet,
purple, blue,

white, etc. Price, 6c each; 60c per dozen; twenty-five for $1.00.

Mammoin Verbenas.

Nicholson’s White — Marguerite.

Peperomia.

SilverStril^ed
Peperomia
A Fine Table
Plant

So thick and
waxy-like are
the leaves of
this parlor gem
that nearly ev-
eryone takes it
to be an arti-
ficial plant.
The leaves are
distinctly va-
riegated white
and green, and
have the ap-
pearance of be-
ing powdered
with frosted
silver. Price,
10 cents each;
three for 25c.

If we have pleased you in past orders, send another and we will try to please you even better#

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

Salvia St. Louis.

SILK OAK TREE

SALVIA, FLOWERING SAGE

I (Grevillea Robusta.) A magnificent plant for decorative pur-
fooses, of rapid growth, fully cut foliage, rivaling a rare Fern.

price, nice plants, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.

I ' SANSEVIERA ZEYLANICA

' This beautiful house plant is well adapted for decoration of
fitting rooms, halls, etc., as it stands dust and neglect of
catering with impunity. Leawes grow to a length of from
fhree to four feet, beautifully striped crosswise with broad
vhite variegation on a dark green ground. A rare and beau-
iful plant, and should be abundantly grown for positions out
)f sunlight, where other plants do not thrive. Price, small
ilants, 10 cents each; large, handsome plants, 25 cents.

The Salvia is of easy culture, attaining a height of two to

three feet. The fiowers are very attractive, are fine for bed-
ding, the scarlet variety especially. Price, 8 cents each ; 75

cents per dozen. See quantity offer on page 5.

ALBERT RAGNEAU (New Dwarf Salvia) — This variety we
consider the best of the dwarf varieties of late introduction,
and in fact, the only true dwarf one. The fiowers and foli-
age are the same as the old variety Splendens, but in growth
it is much dwarfer, making it more valuable for bordering
beds, etc.

ALBA — white variety of Splendens, identical in every respect
except in color, which is pure white.

PURPUREA — New Purple Salvia. An entirely new color in
the Salvias ; rich purple, heavily shaded maroon. A strong
grower and persistent bloomer. A beautiful contrast
to the scarlet varieties.

ST. LOUIS — New Salvia. A great improvement over the
old Salvia Splendens. Grows two and one-half to
three feet high, forming large, bushy plants covered
with immense flower spikes, twelve to sixteen inches
in length, of a vivid scarlet. Comes into flower early,
coiitinues until frost.

PILEA SERPAEFOLIA

Vefy desirable for filling in hanging baskets, window
boxes, vases, etc. It also makes a graceful plant as a
single specimen. It has graceful frond-like leaves ;
flowers small and produce a snapping sound when water
is thrown on the foliage. Price, 10 cents each; three
for 25 cents.

Double Petunias.

DOUBLE PETUNIAS

, The Double Petunia is one of the finest- bedding plants for
passing, mixed borders, or for vases. The brilliancy and vari-
ety of. its colors, combined with ; the duration pL its blooming
period;' render it invaluable fbr '‘garden decoration. Our col-
lection is unsurpassed for brilliancy of color and sige of bloom.

PRICE, 10 CENTS EACH; THREE FOR 25 CENTS
ARISTIDES — Rosy-burple, beautifully frilled; edges white.
SEM — Beautifully variegated, carmine-rose and white.
MAJESTIC — Rich 4eep purple, shaded crimson.

PINK BEAUTY — A very handsome shade of pink.

STRIKING — Rich purple, mottled and edged white.

^EA FOAM — The finest Petunia grown; color a sea foam white;
flower of the largest size and beautifully frilled.

SWAINSONIA GALEGIFOLIA

A native of Australia ; extremely graceful ; trained at a win-
dow or on a trellis presents a lovely sight of light green foli-
age, and a splendid profusion of sprays, resembling Sweet Peas
in form.

PURE WHITE — Large, milk-white, exquisite. Price, 15 cents.
PINK — Beautiful pink, with white blotches. Price, 15 cents
each. One each of the two varieties for 25 cents.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Poinsettia.

Sarmentosa

Poinsettia

Pulcherrima

This is the plant which pro-
duces the large clusters of red
leaves or flowers which are seen
in all the flower stores at
Christmas. Price, plants from
three-inch pots, 15 cents each

TECOMA

(Tecoma Jasminoides.) In
style of growth this somewhat
resembles some of the Jas-
miniums, though belonging to
an entirely different family.
Its flowers are tubular shaped,
white, with a beautiful pink
throat. It is naturally a climber,
but can be grown in bush form
by keeping it well cut back.
Price, 15 cents each; two for
25 cents.

Manettia Bicolor

The Beautiful Climbing
Plant

This is the most beau
tiful and desirable of all
vines, as it can be
grown either in the
house or garden equally
as well. In the house it
can be trained about a
window, forming a
wreath of the most bril-
liant bloom both sum-
mer and winter. The
flowers are from an inch
to an inch and a half in
length, of a most in-
to n s e scarlet,
shading i n t
flame, tipped
with bright gol-
den-yellow. and
are» covered with
a thick scarlet
moss. Price, 10
cents each.

Saxifrage

SAXIFRAQA SARMENTOSA

(Or Beefsteak Plant.) A handsome
plant of low habit. Leaves nearly
round, and striped freely with silvery
bands. Blooms white, of great beauty,
and borne in spikes nearly twelve
inches high. Adapted for hanging
baskets, vases, etc. This is also
known as Strawberry Geranium.
Price, 8 cents each; four for 25 cents.

SOLANUM JASMINOIDES
GRANDIFLORA

A beautiful plant of climbing habit,
attaining a height of three to flve
feet, but can be grown in bush form.
Its flowers are star-shaped and borne
in clusters, large, pure white, with a
violet tinge on back of petals and
on the buds. Price, 10 cents each.

GENISTA CANARIENSIS

(FOUNTAIN OF GOLD)

This beautiful plant well deserves
the great popularity it has gained in
the past two years. The drooping
branches are covered with delicate
sage-green foliage, and every twig
tipped with a long raceme of exquisite
pea-shaped blossoms of pure canary
color, almost hiding the foliage, and
suggesting the name “Fountain of
Gold." Price, 10 cents each, three
for 25 cents.

SMI LAX

For using as a green
with cut flowers this vine
has no equal, its hard
texture enabling it to
keep for several days
without wilting after be-
ing cut. It is also fine
as a parlor or window
plant. Price, 5 cents
each.

Strobilanthes Dyerianus.

STROBILANTHES DYERIANUS

(Royal Purple.) This plant will undoubtedly become uni’
versally popular on account of its brilliant and exquisite/ col «
oring, its extraordinary easy growth and usefulness as a decor)!
rative plant. It surpasses the finest Coleus, Begonias or Beri
tolonias in the exquisite coloring of the leaves, besides whicl
the long racemes of lovely violet blossoms, with which the plaiv
is covered in midwinter, greatly enhance its value, beauty anl
usefulness. The undulation on the surface of the foliage i-
furnished with a bluish metallic hue, shading into light ros
with a light green margin. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25-

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Violets

Of all the de-
lightful perfumes
that of the Sweet
Violets is the most
delicate and pleas-
ing. If grown in
the house for win-
ter flowers, they
should be kept at
low temperature,
as they will not
bloom freely when
it is too warm. If
left in the open
ground during
winter, protect
with a covering of
Lady Hume Campbell. leaves.

LADY HUME CAMPBELL

The flowers are very large, often over an inch in diameter, perfectly double,
like little Roses, lovely deep azure-blue, and delightfully fragrant. Price, 10
I cents each ; three for 25 cents.

MARIE LOUISE

Bold, fine fiowers, very fragrant and very prolific. The color is of a dark
blue ; flpwers double. This is the favorite doubie or blue Violet that you see
in the fiorists' windows. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.

THE HARDY DOUBLE ENGLISH VIOLET

Needs no words of praise to introduce it to our customers. It speaks for
itself. Here we Rave a Violet entirely hardy, perfectly double, a deep violet
color and most deliciously fragrant. It surpasses the well-known “Marie Louise’'
Violet in richness of color, being many shades darker, and far excels it in

its delightful odor; this is one of its
greatest merits. It is entirely free
from disease of any kind, will grow
and bloom in any garden and in any
situation. It is entirely hardy and
can be left out in the open ground all
winter. Nothing is more appropriate
for cemetery plots than the Hardy
Double English Violet, Price, young
plants for this season’s blooming, 15
cents each; four for 50 cents.

Vinca

Variegata

Princess of Wales.

PRINCESS OF WALES

The largest of all Violets. This is the largest
and most productive Violet in cultivation. For
richness and purity of tolor and fragrance of
flower, it is immeasurably superior to all other
single blue varieties. Large, heavy foliage. The
grand single flowers are true blue, of a round,
symmetrical form, almost as large as Pansies,
and delicately fragrant. It has that sweet sim-
plicity peculiar to the Violet. Extremely free-
flowering, a single plant producing hundreds of
flowers through the season. ’Price, 10 cents
each; three for 25 cents.

The Water Hyacinin.

THE WATER HYACINTH

The Most Odd, Beautiful and Valuable Plant for Easy Growth

It forms a lovely rosette of its curious shining green leaves,
and throws up spikes of the most exquisite flowers imaginable,
resembling in form a spike of Hyacinth bloom, but as beauti-
ful as many of the choicest and most costly Orchids. Each
flower is about as large as a silver dollar, in color a beautiful
lilac-rose, sparkling as if covered with diamond dust. The
upper petal, which is the largest, has a metallic-blue blotch in
the center, and in the center of that a small, deep golden-yel-
low spot. In the windows the most beautiful effect is produced
by msing a glass vessel of some sort, with shells and white sand
so arranged as to conceal a small amount of soil. In summer
it can be grown in the yards in a pool or tub of soil, and about
three inches of water. Price, 15 cei-ts each; two for 25 cents.

A beautiful varie-
gated trailing plant,
admirably adapted
for hanging baskets
and vases. The leaves
are a glossy green,
broadly margined a
creamy-white ; flow-
ers blue. Price, small
plants, suitable for
hanging baskets, 5
cents each, twelve
for 50 cents; larger
plants, 15 cents
each, four for 50
cents ; extra large,
for vases, 25 cents
each, three for 50
cents.

NIEREMBERQIA QRANDIFLORA

A valuable plant, either for the flower garden, or for plant-
ing in baskets, pots, vases, window boxes, etc. The leaves are
small and pointed, flowers pale bluish-white, one and a half
inches in diameter, and salver shaped. They are borne in great
abundance all during the summer, and by fall fifty flowers can,
almost at any time, be counted on each plant that is growing
in the garden. They may be lifted in October without wilting,
and will be showy for a long time in the window or conserva-
tory. Any soil will suit them. Price, 10 cents each; three for
25 cents; fifteen for $1.00.

Notice Every Page of this Catalogue. Nothing is Offered that is Without Merit.

56 THE GEO. H. MELLEM CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Peonies as They Grow in the Field.

Double

Herbaceous

SPLENDID PEONIES

“Aristocrats
of the Flowers”

Peonies today show a wonderful improvement over former years. There is something of true magnificence about this aristo-
crat of the fiowers, and in large mass-plantings they produce an effect that you remember — great, gorgeous blossoms, daintily
dyed with the most exquisite shades, from white to the deepest reds. They are deliciously fragrant and for effective decora-
tions, especially ,on a large scale, are totally unsurpassed. Bloom several weeks in the spring. Height. 2 to 3 feet.

Culture — They will grow anywhere, reasonably speaking — though they do best in rich, deep soil and a sunny position, but
thrive well in partial shade. Plenty of water during the growing season is an added stimulus. They are perfectly hardy, re-
quire no protection and are not troubled with insects or disease.

Choice Selection of Double Peonies

Price, except where noted, 35c. each ; three for $1.00

CYTHEREE — White with center petals, edged with carmine.

CONSTANT DEVR ED— Flowers very large and full; rosy-
crimson with very dark shadings and glossy texture. Extra
fine. Late.

FELIX CR0US8E — All Peony enthusiasts are familiar with the
fact that it is difficult to get a red Peony that is a self color
— that is, a full, rich, even shade of red without being suf-
fused with a shade of another color. Felix Crousse fills the
bill. A rich, even, brilliant ruby-red, exceptionally fiery,
bright and effective ; very large, full bell-shaped bloom. We
place this in the front rank of red Peonies. Price, 40c each.

FESTIVA MAXIMA — This is not only the finest white in ex-
istence, but in most quarters it is regarded as the queen of
all the Peonies. Mr. Harrison says : “This fiower has

reached the ultimate beyond which we cannot go.” It com-
bines enormous size, with wondrous beauty, often seven to
eight inches in diameter ; color snow-white, flecked with an
occasional clear purple spot on edge of center petals ; in ad-
dition, very fragrant. Price, 40 cents each.

MARIE LEMOINE — Color, ivory-white. Blooms of gigantic
size. Fine cut fiower variety. Comes after Festiva Maxima
and is as fine as that standard sort.

MADAME CALOT — ^A wonderfully free white blooming Peony,
the flowers overlaid with delicate blush. Pine for cut flowers.

MONSIEUR CHARLES LEVECQUE— Delicate soft lilac-pink.
Exquisitely beautiful.

MEISSONIER — Very brilliant crimson. In some cut flower
markets known as the American Beauty Peony on account
of its resemblance in color to the Rose of that name ; good
cut flower variety,

MONSIEUR KRELAGE — Deep currant-red with amaranthine
center. The French growers evidently spilled their paint pot
after producing this superb variety as there is nothing in
Peonies of its color. Large, flat flowers as big as a plate,
perfect in outline, grand in every way.

MADAME BOLLET — Large, very double flowers; clear rose
with white reflex, lingulated with carmine ; late bloomer.

MODEL OF PERFECTION— Well named Model of Perfection; jL
guard and collar light violet-rose with shades of flesh-pink, i
marbled and veined with bright rose, silver tipped, deepen-
ing in the center ; profuse bloomer.

RUBRA SUPERBA — Magnificent, rich, brilliant, deep crimson,
without stamens ; very large, full and double ; highly fra-
grant, and the best keeper of the whole family. It is de-
cidedly the best late black ; absolutely indispensable to any
fine collection.

SPECIAL OFFER

One each of the twelve “Choice Selection” of

Double Peonies for $4.00. i

Unnamed Double Peonies j

We offer Peonies in color, not named, but all
meritorious kinds — red, white and pink. Price, 25
cents each ; five for $1.00. ;

■

Beautiful Double Herbaceous Peonies |

The Old-fashioned Peonies of Our Grandmother’s Garden ll

■I

The three varieties. Officinalis Rosea, Officinalis Rubra and |'
Officinalia Alba, which commonly make up this section in the |l
Peony family, represent the best in free early flowering and |
reliable kinds. |

OFFICINALIS ROSEA — Deep cerise-pink; very striking. Price,

25 cents each. '

OFFICINALIS ALBA — Pure white; large and full flower. Very ji
popular for cemetery planting. Price, 25 cents each. j|

OFFICINALIS RUBRA — ^Deep crimson; excellent for early cut |
flowers. Very effective. Price, 25 cents each. i

SPECIAL OFFER |

The above three Peonies in strong roots for 60
cents, postpaid.

If you give us a trial order we are sure you will come again.

JNnisfallen greenhouses, springmeld, oh jo,

SUMMER FLOWERINQ BULBS

GLADIOLUS

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FLOWER

shrubbery, are Qualities which

a place in the humblest garden. Plant in full eSosire ?o the sun in “"I'!? “ may be given

manure, which should never be fresh- in fact it is better tn thnrmf<!^!i’ well-enriched garden soil, avoiding contact with

When soil is stiff clay, fill the drfll M?h Sndy loam ? water “ “‘I’" "aPaO* ‘h® Win-'-

when buds show color. Here In Ohio we plant from the middle of Anrfl to tho ‘’“li!!!® °f growth and again

bloom is continuous from the end of July until frost. April to the middle of May, and with all sections and sizes

OUR COLLECTION OF

Twelve Named Gladioli

Price 8 Cents each ; the set of Twelve for 75 cents, postpaid.

Here are twelve sorts, tested and tried, giving a wide range
of color and markings, which we will send for 75 cents, post-
paid. They will surely give satisfaction.

AUGUSTA— Lovely pure white with blue anthers. Strong
spike, often having two or three branches.

BRENCHLEYENSIS — Vermilion-scarlet; an old variety, but
much planted on account of brilliant color.

CERES Pure white, streaked and spotted lilac.

ISAAC BUCHANAN — Pine yellow; one of the best.

JESSIE Fine velvety red; long spikes of flowers.

KLONDYKE A clear yellow, with a vivid crimson-maroon
blotch in the throat ; a splendid free grower.

marie LEMOINE— Long spikes of well-expanded flowers, up-
per division of a pale creamy color, flushed salmon-lilac ;
the lower divisions spotted purplish-violet, bordered deep
yellow. Hardy.

Makes a large spike of well-expanded flowers, much
like that famous old variety Eugene Scribe. White, edge of
^petals delicately touched with pink, and two lower petals
penciled with a peculiar light brown.

MRS. FRANCIS KING — A new variety that is praised by all
who have seen it. The flowers are large, in good sized
spikes, with fine strong stems for cutting. Color a pleasing
shade of light scarlet.

MRS. BEECHER — Beautiful deep rosy-crimson. Large, well
opened flower, with white throat, freely marked.

pink BEAUTY— Fine dark rose with velvet blotch; very at-
color in artificial light. We strongly recommend
vthis variety as one of the best for decoration puirposes.

TACO NIC— Bright lively pink, flecked and striped with shades
of the same color, the petals lightening to the faintest blush
in the throat. The markings on the lower petals are deep
crimson, running into a thin stripe of pale lemon-yellow.

Vase of Cut Blooms of Gladioli,

SIX EXTRA FINE

New and Rare Gladioli

OF EXTRAORDINARY MERIT

varieties for 75 cents.

‘\mtKlUA Conceded to be one of the finest varieties for cut-
ting or bedding ever sent out; color a beautiful soft flesh-
habH perfect coloring and texture ; growth and

a LORY— Enormous flower and perfect form, making an ele-
A light shaded inside. SuperF

■ elegant flower of rich cream-yellow, blotched

i«Rc i of tho Lemoinei hybrids.

OURAND — A beautiful rich scarlet-crimson,
nnely blotched with mahogany. Flowers are large, of good
placed on heavy straight spike.
kui-metessE Large, round, pearly-white blooms with a
oonspmous crimson throat. Healthy grower and early

VELVET KING — Fine dark scarlet similar to old variety
Breuchleyensis. Veined on two lower petals with a darker
color, Vigorous grower. Flower is of a velvety substance
and nearly as large as Mrs. Francis King.

Our Superfine Mixture of Sefect Gladioli

It contains only kinds of proved merit and high quality.
The most critical grower can wish for no better value. In
the preparation of this mixture over 75 varieties are being
used, every desirable variety known is represented. The
flowers are of the largest size in their respective t.vpes, the
spikes are of correct form, with plants of vigor and* vitality.

Superb pink, red, scarlet, crimson, cerise, blues, tints of
lilac, light and yellow shades are a part of this' mixture.
Undoubtedly this mixture is superior to any other in the
value it gives. It has been prepared especially to provide
the amateur with a typical collection of the modern Gladioli.

We recommend a free and liberal planting. They are so
good and so cheap that we know the bulbs will give a mag-
nificent return, while the spikes of bloom are always in de-
mand as cut flowers. Price, 4 cents each ; twelve for 40
cents; $2.50 per 100.

^P6cifll Offer meritorious Gladioli AMERICA, AUGUSTA and MRS.

r FRANCIS KING, peers in their respective types. Try them and they will not disappoint you-

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Dwarf Excelsior Pearl TUBEROSES

A splendid variety ; greatly superior to the common Pearl ; grows about
eighteen inches high, blooms very early, matures perfectly ; flowers pure
white, large size, very double and intensely sweet. The Tuberose is noted for
its delicate beauty and exquisite fragrance, rivaling orange blossomy in
sweetness. The flowers are pure white, very wax-like and double, and are
borne on stems two to three feet high. Tuberoses will not bear much cold
Do not plant in the spring till the ground is warm. Price, fine extra large
well-ripened bulbs, all sure to bloom, 5 cents each; $b: for 25 cents.

GLOXINIA

The coloring is exquisite — the ground of many pure white, with throats oj

blue, scarlet-rose, crimson or velvety purple; or the tubes are of a bright
color, with white throat. The bulbs should be started in a warm place, and
kept growing in a partially shaded place, protected from hard rains. They
will bloom until late in summer, when they should be dried off, letting the
leaves die, and can be kept over winter in a cellar free from frost. Dry
bulbs in mixture, price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents; eight for 50 cents.

SUMMER=FLOWERINQ OXALIS

They are very effective in masses or beds, and are particularly valuable
for edgings. The bulbs, when planted three inches apart, produce an un
broken row of elegant foliage and pretty flowers. The bulbs, which art
planted the first of May, or earlier, will flower by the first of June, anc
will furnish a neat and attractive border the whole season. They are also
very beautiful grown in hanging baskets.

LASIANDRIA — Beautifully cut foliage and rosy-pink flower.

DIEPPA — Beautiful clover-like Hliage, pure suow -white flowers.

PURPUREA — Pine shade of purple,

FINE LARGE BULBS— ANY OF THESE KINDS, 20 CENTS PER DOZENJ
THREE DOZEN FOR 50 CENTS.

MONTBRETIAS, The Jerusalem Lilj*

Qne of the brightest and best of summer flowering bulbs,
apd one which will be mpre generally used when its mer-
its become more fully

Dwarf Double Tuberose.

known. Plant in. clumps
of six to twelve bulbs in
May or June. They great=
ly resemble the Gladioli
in growth, and produce
beautiful spikes of star^
shaped flowers in various
shades of orange,
and red. Mixed varieties,
three for 10 cents; 30
gents per dozen; one hun-
dred for $2.00, postpaid.

AMARYLLIS

Valuable alike for house, conservatory or garden. Por pot culture they
should be well drained and potted in soil composed' of leaf mould and light
loam, although they grow well in any rich soil.

AMARYLLIS ATAMASCO, The Beautiful Fairy Lily — Stems about a foot
high, flowers very large, sweet-scented. Perfectly hardy south of Balu-
more ; can be left in open ground over winter. In Northern states bulbs
should be lifted in October and stored in cellar over winter, like Gladioli,
or can be planted in pots. Beautiful plants either for summer or winter.
Price, 10 cents each; six for 50 cents.

BELLADONNA— A fall blooming sort with beautiful shell-pink flowers, on
stems eighteen to twenty-four inches high. They are exceedingly fragrant
and very free of bloom. Price, 25 cents each.

FORMOSSISSIMA (Jacobean Lily) — Crimson-velvet color, flowering early in
the summer. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.

JOHNSON 1 1 — A strong growing sort with brilliant red flowers five inches in
diameter, with a distinct white stripe in the center of each petal ; very
fragrant. Price, 30 cents each.

CRINUM

This is a fine genus of bulbous plants, growing from a foot and a half to
three feet high. Plowers are large, produced freely in umbels, sweet-scented
and of pleasing colors. They should be potted in rich loam, and require a
warm temperature with an abundance of water every day, and an extra soak-
ing of liquid manure about once a week.

CRINUM POWELL I— Beautiful dark rose color.

CRINUM POWELLI ALBUM— Pure snow-white.

Tlgridia.

PRICE. 75 CENTS EACH; TWO FOR $1.25.

TIQRIDIAS

(TIGER, or SHELL FLOWER)

These gorgeous summer-flowering bulbs look w
associated with Gladioli, Lilies and kindred stoc;|
grow about one and one-half feet high, and flovn
freely throughout the summer. The require 1
same treatment as Gladioli, and should be lifUf
in autumn and dried off in the same way.

ALBA IMMACULATA — Pure snow white.

CONCH I FLORA — Golden-yellow, spotted crimso';
LILACEA — Light lilac-red; free flowering.
SPECIOSA — Large scarlet flower.

ROSEA — Rose-pink with yellow variegated cen^
PRICE, 5 CENTS EACH; 50 CENTS PER DOZ‘

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I SELECTED j
I DAHLIAS I

Millions of them are being planted in American gardens an-
nually. They are without peer as the great summer and fall
bloomers. We may safely say that perfection has been at-
tained with this splendid flower. The Dahlia succeeds best in
a strong loamy soil, and if the soil around the plants is
mulched with coarse manure it will assist them very much
during the heat of the summer. Plants should be set about
four feet apart.

NOTE — All Dahlias are supplied in strong, divided
field=grown roots.

Decorative Varieties

This class and type of Dahlias is fast coming to the front,
and will soon outrival the Cactus Dahlia. The flowers are
large and flat with long, broad, loosely formed petals. The
plants are very robust in growth and produce flowers freely,
and cannot be equalled for the garden, or for decoration and
exhibition purposes.

PRICE. 15 CENTS EACH; ANY FOUR FOR 50 CENTS

CLIFFORD W. BRUTON— A fine, bright yellow.

HENRY PATRICK— Large pure white.

SYLVIA — Flowers four to six inches in diameter; of fine form
and full to the center, which is white, shaded to soft pink
on the outer petals.

WILLIAM AG NEW — Best red ever introduced, of intense glis-
tening scarlet-crimson ; immense size, perfect form, and al-
ways a mass of color. Very effective for all purposes.

Cactus Varieties

Cactus Dahlias are at present the most popular group of all
the Dahlia family. They have long, twisted and narrow petals
of most beautiful colors, blended together in the most exquisite
manner possible.

PRICE, 15 CENTS EACH; ANY FOUR FOR 50 CENTS

BLANCHE KEITH — ^^Extra large flower, bright yellow.
COUNTESS OF LONSDALE — Extremely profuse bloomer; one
of the very best. A pleasing blending of amber and sal-
mon-pink.

FLORA — Large white; very showy.

RENE CAYEAUX — Rich Geranium-red, shading to crimson; as
free a bloomer as the well-known Countess of Lonsdale.
Height three feet. A Dahlia which should be in every
collection.

STANDARD BEARER — Brightest scarlet. Plant dwarf, of
branching habit; extremely profuse bloomer, bearing the
flowers well above the foliage.

Cameliaflora.

Show and Fancy Dahlias

PRICE. 15 CENTS EACH; FOUR FOR 50 CENTS

Show and Fancy Dahlias include all the globular-shaped flowers,
and are now classed under one head by our New England Dahlia
! Society as all Show Dahlias. Following are the best varieties in
j this class.

j ARABELLA ^ — Very fine form. Color pale primrose, tipped and
I shaded old rose and lavender.

I' CAMELIAFLORA — Snow-white; extra fine flower.

I ELSIE BURGESS — Deep lavender at tips on white ground, large
I flower. This Dahlia will bloom under all conditions; is one of
£ the few disease and insect-proof Dahlias.

FRANK SMITH — Dark maroon, tipped pinkish-white. Very striking.
MARY D. HALLOCK— Pure yellow; very showy,
if, RED HUSSAR — Intense scarlet; very large and fine, either for ex-
‘ hibition or as a cut flower.

SPECIAL OFFER strictly to our selection we will send

^ Six Dahlias In fine assortment for 50 cents.

Decorative Dahlia, Sylvia.

Mary D. Hallock.

We give as much as we can afford, not so little as we dare.

60 THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO„ FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

GRAND GIANT

DAHLIAS

The sorts here offered are. without
exception, the largest and most perfect
doubie-flowering Dahlias now grown,
flowers of all of them attaining a size
of between five and six inches across
under ordinary cultivation,

PRICE. 20 CENTS EACH; FOUR
FOR 75 CENTS

CUBAN GIANT — Flowers six to seven
inches in diameter ; dark, glowing
crimson shaded maroon ; tall, strong
grower with projecting flower stems.
MRS. ROOSEVELT — Of immense size
and remarkably free flowering ; color
a delicate silvery-rose, which is very
attractive when .cut.

QUEEN VICTORIA— Deep yellow, fine-
ly quilled. Flowers are of entirely
distinct shape, globular in form. Ex-
tremely profuse bloomer on long
stems, flowers being cut in sprays.
WHITE SWAN — Pure White, very free,
fine for cutting.

Pompon or
Bouquet Dahlias

PRICE, 15 CENTS EACH; FOUR
FOR 50 CENTS

Flowers small, of the most perfect
shape ; very useful for cut flowers.
ALLIE MOUREY — White ground, over-
laid deep cerise-pink, an early con-
tinuous bloomer.

CATHERINE — Purest yellow, large for

ltd pi O GQ

MARS — Bright scarlet.

SNOWCLAD— Pure w'hite, extra fine for
floral W’ork.

Queen Victoria,

HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS, ROOTS AND BULBS

FOR PERMANENT PLANTING IN BORDERS OR BEDS

New Achillea, The Pearl.

ACHILLEA— THE PEARL

It commences to bloom early in July, is a perfect
mass of beautiful flowers till frost, the same bloom
keeping perfect tw’o or three months. Its flowers are
pure white, perfectly double, and produced in large
sprays, making it. one of the finest cut flowers for
bouquets, vases, baskets, etc., or for any kind of
decorations. For cemetery planting it is the most
valuable of all flowers. Price, lOc each; three for 25c.

Under this class is included all hardy plants, the foliage of which dies
to the ground each winter. Every spring a new and stronger growth may
be expected. Until hardy plants come into general use we cannot hope
for artistic, interesting and beautiful gardens in this country. The charm
of a garden of hardy plants rests in the constant change and successional
variety, which, from spring until fall, develops new interest, and enables
the possessor each day to find some new feature of form and beauty. Let
the gardens be well and thoroughly stocked with all forms of hardy
plants, combined with the finer forms of flowering shrubs, and our gar-
dens will gratify our desires and charm the senses. The range of selection
among hardy plants has gradually broadened until now the purchaser
with judicious choice may stock the garden with plants which afford
flowers in succession from early spring until late fall, and in such pro-
fusion that one can “cut and come again” throughout the entire' season,

AQUILEQIA OR COLUMBINE

New, large-flowering hybrids. The flowers of this new strain are
greatly enlarged, and the range of colors and shades has been increased.
They, of course, are hardy perennials, luxuriating in the moister situa-
tions in the garden, where they form permanent clumps, growing from
one and one-half to two feet high. The large, unique, long spurred
flowers, gracefully hung on long stems, are not only brilliantly effective
on the piant, but equaily desirable when cut for vase and house decora-
tion. Price, 15 cents each; six distinct sorts for* 75 cents.

ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA

(Butterfly Flower.) A beautiful hardy native plant. Flowers brilliant
orange-red, on stems two feet high, each producing severai heads of
flowers. It is one of the showiest of our autumn flowers, and should be
planted largely. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.

ASTERS

(Michaelmas Daisies.) Bloom aM summer in great profusion.

NOVAE ANGLIAE — Its deep bluish-purple flowers make a charming
show after many fall plants have succumbed to the cold. Price, 10

pptitc psiph” 'I'hrPP fnr 9^ ppn^Q

TARTARICU^Blooms in the fall with the Golden Rod, and makes a
beautiful sight. The Tartarica is a very distinct species from Asia, has
large leaves and sends up a stem six to seven feet high and covered
with huge panicles of light purple flowers. lOc each, three for 25c.

BAPTISIA (False Indigo)

(Australis.) A strong -growing plant, about two feet high ; suitable either
for the border or wild-garden, with dark green, deeply cut foliage, and
spikes of dark blue flowers in June and July. Price, 15c each ; two for 25c.

All Orders Receive Careful Attention

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NEW DOUBLE WHITE ANEMONE WHIRLWIND

A beautiful semi-double form of the autumn-blooming White
Anemone. Strong growth and healthy foliage and free bloom-
er. The flowers are two and one-half to three inches across,
with several rows of large white petals ; very durable, last-
ing much longer than those of a single variety. One of the
finest hardy plants for cemetery planting, and excellent for
cut flowers. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE

A grand new variety of Anemones, with large semi-double,
delicate pink flowers two to three inches in diameter, on up-
right stalks two to two and one-half feet high ; perfectly hardy.
It blooms in September. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25c.

CAMPANULA

Canterbury Bells- '

Grand old class of
garden biennials so well
known as to scarcely
need description. Their
immense heads of bell-
shaped flowers during
early summer are
known to everybody.
Nothing is quite
so showy as these
la m 0 n g hardy
plants. Come in
several col-
ors, includ-
i n g blue,
white, pink,
Nice roots,''
for immedi-
ate flowering,
15c; 2 for 25c.

Coreopsis
Lanceolata
Qrandiflora

The perfect
strain of a long
r popular hardy
plant. Flowers
ig are richgolden-
gyellow, borne in

DELPHINIUM

(Hardy Larkspur.)

The Hardy Lark-
spur is one of the
most important and
most satisfactory
plants in the , her-
baceous garden.
Their long spikes
of flowers are pro-
duced continuously
from June until
late in the fall if
the precaution is
taken to remove
the flower stems
before they can
produce seed.

FORMOSUM

— Probably the
best known and
most popular of
the Larkspurs,
producing long
spikes of deep
blue flowers with white
eye ; one of the best. Price,
15c each; two for 25c.

ALBUM — A pure white form
of the above. Price, lOc;
three for 25c.

DIGITALIS

(Foxglove — Gloxiniaeflora)

These are among the most
satisfactory of our early sum-
mer-flowering hardy perennials,
succeeding under almost all
conditions, and with but trifling
attention will give a wealth of
flowers during July and August.
The Gloxiniaeflora varieties
have been used extensively, with
very good effect, in a number
of our larger public
parks for naturaliz-
ing in shrubberies
and other semi-
shady situations.
This strain embraces
a wide range of
color from pure
white to deep pink.
Price, 15 cents each;
two for 25 cents.

Bleeding Heart.

DIELYTRA SPECTABILIS (Bleeding Heart)

These pretty spring bloomers, with their graceful, drooping
sprays of heart-shaped pink and white flowers, are very orna-
mental and bloom freely early in the season. The plants, be-
ing hardy, increase in size and bloom from year to year - large
clumps. Price, 20 cents each; three for 50 cents.

Use Order Sheet in Ordering. We will Send More if You Want Them.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Dianthus.

EULALIA OR JAPANESE GRASS

These beautiful hardy grasses are de-
serving of the highest commendation.

For the lawn they are invaluable, be-
ing very showy and ornamental and of
easy cultivation. They form large
clumps five to seven feet high and are
perfectly hardy in all parts of the
country. Price, 15 cents each, or one
of each variety, 35 cents.
jAPONICA ZEBRINA— The most dis-
tinct and showy of all the Eulalias ;
the variegation of the foliage is en-
tirely different from that of any other
plant, being evenly striped crosswise
with broad bands of golden-yellow.

Perfectly hardy, a sturdy grower, in-
creasing in size and beauty from year
to year; a plant that has been es-
tablished two or three years often
producing fifty to one hundred of its
beautiful large plumes. Price, 15
cents each; three for 35 cents.

JAPONICA VARIEGATA — A favorite
ornamental plant, having long, nar-
row leaves, striped with white and
green. Price, 15c each; three for 35c.

CHELONE LYONI (Shell Flower)

Stately and handsome perennials,
growing about two feet high and bear-
ing numerous spikes of large flower
heads of showy deep red flowers during the summer and fall

Eulalia Japonica Zebrina.

Price, 20c each.

DIANTHUS BARBATUS (Sweet William)

The Sweet William is a fine old plant which produces great
masses of bloom of extremely rich and varied colors. The flow-
ers are very lasting and fine for cutting. The plants offered are
grown from the finest strain to be obtained in England, where
hardy plants are universally grown and where new and im-
proved varieties are constantly being produced. Good strong
P

Funkia Cordata Alba.

FUNKIAS (Day Lilies)

CORDATA — A handsome, showy plant with beautiful lar
broad leaves. Flowers large, pure waxy-white, borne in lar
trusses. Very fragrant. Price, 20 cents each; two for 35c.
UNDULATA VARIEGATA — Leaves eight to ten inches long, tit
to three inches wide, beautifully variegated yellow and gree
Flowers deep blue. Price, 20 cents each ; two for 35 cents.

DOUBLI
HOLLY=
HOCKS

The flowe
which are
elegant
shape a s |
Camellia, foj
perfect roset^
of the m'
lovely sha< j
of c r i m s o'
yellow, pin,
orange, whi'
etc. They
quire a de
rich soil f.
will repay
quantity a
beauty
bloom any
tra care,
offer a fine
sortment
separate col
of double pi
red, white t
yellow Pr
15c each, set?]

Hollyhocks. four for 50«

Gaillardia Grandiflora.

QAILLARDIA GRANDIFLORA (Blanket Flower)

Flowers large, brightly colored and of perfect form. Blooms
from June till October or November. Center of flower deep
maroon, with petals of orange, crimson and red, shaded into
rings of color. Grows two feet high ; one of the best for cut-
ting. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.

HEMEROCALLIS FLAVA (Lemon Lily)

Few plants present a more .striking appearance on the lawn
or border than a large clump of this clear lemon-colored Lily,
which is produced in the greatest profusion, lasting in flower
a long time. Price, 15 cents each; four for 50 cents.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES. SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

.63

Hibiscus Crimson Eye.

GIANT HARDY HIBISCUS

HARDY HIBISCUS “CRIMSON EYE”— (Dormant Roots.) Flow-

ers immense in size ; color of the purest white, with a large
spot of deep velvety crimson in the center of each flower.
Will succeed anywhere and is perfectly hardy. Price, 15
cents each ; two for 25 cents.

hardy pink hibiscus — Beautiful pink flowers; deep red
eye. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.

HARDY MALLOW MARVELS

A magnificent new strain of hardy Mallows, which for size
and profusion of bloom and richness of coloring are among the
most striking and beautiful perennials that grow. Flowers
eight to ten inches in diameter ranging in color through various
shades of red, .pink and white. . Price, 30 cents each.

LOBELIA CARDINALIS (Cardinal Flower)

One of the showiest things in the garden. Bronze foliage
with intense cardinal-red flowers arranged in stocky spikes fif-
teen to eighteen inches long keep the plant aflame throughout
j{li August and September. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.

Heiianthus
Soliel d’Or

(Or Sun of Gold)

Has quilled petals,
not unlike a Dahlia.
This is one of the
hardy perennial Sun-
flowers. Color, a
bright golden-yellow,
and is one of the
most effective border
plants you can get.
A valuable variety
that closely resem-
bles a Dahlia in
shape and finish. A
splendid sort, bloom-
ing in great profu-
sion the entire sea-
son. Price, lOc each;
three for 25 cents.

Heiianthus
Sparsifolia

A gigantic single
variety, growing
Heiianthus Soliel d’Or. from five to six feet

high, producing im-
mense single golden-yellow flowers from five to six inches
across from August to September; one of the finest. Price, 15
cents each; two for 25 cents.

Japanese Iris.

The Beautiful Japanese Iris Kaempferi

It is perfectly hardy; produces a dozen flower spikes three
feet in height, each spike bearing from two to four enormous
blossoms eight to ten inches across and of the most delicate
and beautiful colors, markings and combinations. Price, 20
cents each; any three varic^ties for 50 cents.

BOTTOMLESS CAVE — Blotched and veined violet-red, center
of purple and gold.

EXCITED BEAR— Large. deep violet-blue ; very fine,

FLOWER IN WINE — White, bordered reddish-amaranth, cen-
ter flushed gold,

GOWN OF FAIRY — Deep mahogany- red, base of petals lighter.
MOONLIGHT ON WAVES — Large double white, center gold
and yellow.

SHALLOW WAVES — Fine porcelain-blue, blotched deeper; cen-
ter rosy-lilac flushed with gold.

GERMAN IRIS— IRIS QERMANICA

The true “Fleur-de-Lis,” the national flower of France. They
are perfectly hardy, thrive anywhere, grow and bloom luxuriant-
ly, particularly if plentifully supplied with water or if planted
in moist situations, as on banks of ponds, etc. Plants well es-
tablished produce from 50 to 100 spikes of bloom, deliciously
fragrant and fine for cutting. In beauty the flowers rival the
finest Orchids. Price, 15 cents each; four for 50 cents.
FLORENTINA ALBA — Sweet-scented, free-flowering white,
HONORABILIS- — Fine yellow uppers, lower petals of maroon.
MME. CHEREAU — Very delicate and distinct; white, edged blue.

PALLIDA DALMATICA — One of the finest of the Germania
type, of strong, vigorous habit, growing in good soil four
feet high, with exceptionally large fragrant flowers, stand-
ards lavender, falls lavender shaded blue ; exquisite in every
way and fine for massing.

PURPLE PRINCE — Standard intense deep violet-blue; falls
velvety dark purple ; exceedingly rich and striking.

QUEEN OF MAY — A lovely shade of rosy-pink, tinted with
lilac ; beautiful.

HARDY GARDEN HELIOTROPE

A greatly improved form. The size of the 7oliage and its
quality are doubled ; the habit of the plant is made compact
and bushy ; the size of the lavender-blue flower is magnified
beyond belief, specimen heads measuring ten to fifteen inches
across. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.

We Send Plants and Seeds Free, by Mail, to Any Post Office.

64 THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

FIVE BEST

HARDY LILIES FOR SUMMER
BLOOMING

ONE EACH OF THESE FIVE GRAND LILIES
FOR 80 CENTS

AURATUM-^(The Golden Rayed Lily.) This

grand summer-flowering sort is now consid-
ered Queen of Lilies. It produces its hand-
some richly colored flowers in large clusters,
as shown in the illustration, and blooms pro-
fusely from June to October. When ex-
panded, flowers measure from eight to ten
inches in diameter ; are composed of six
pure white petals, each of which is distinct-
ly striped the whole length with a clear yel-
low-golden band and thickly studded with
crimson spots. Gracefully formed, deliciously
fragrant. Large, sound bulbs, imported direct
from Japan, price, 30c each; three for 75c.

SPECIOSUM ALBUM — Among the showiest of
all Lilies and perhaps the most robust and
the most radiantly beautiful. Very fragrant
and hardy, with broad, flat stems and im-
mense heads of flowers — often fifty flowers
in a cluster. No garden complete without
some. Price, 25 cents each; three for 65c.

LONGIFLORUM — Bermuda grown. Widely
used for forcing for Easter holidays. Its
flowers have more substance, and last longer
in bloom than the Bermuda Lily. Quite
hardy and beautiful in the open ground,
blooming in June and July. Flowers snow-
white and trumpet-shaped ; very fragrant.

Price, 20 cents each; three for 50 cents.

DOUBLE TIGER— (Tigrinum FI. PI.) This
magnificent Lily is borne in immense clus-
ters on tall stems ; the flowers are very large,
frequently six inches across, and very double ;
color deep fiery-red, spotted with black.

Price, 15 cents each; three for 40 cents.

SPECIOSUM RUBRUM — One of the most pop-
ular and satisfactory of all Lilies ; is con-
sidered by many as the flnest of all Lilies.

Flowers are bright crimson and white spotted.

Splendid large flowers, borne in clusters ;
stem two to three feet. Price, 25 cents
each; three for 65 cents.

LYCHNIS (Lamp Flower)

Lychnis Chalcedonica — Heart-lobed stars of brightest vermilion ar-i
ranged in large flat panicles, make this variety as showy as a Gera-
nium, and an excellent cutting sort. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25c (

Lilium Longiflorum

SALVIA PRAETENSIS (Meadow Sage)

A strong growing hardy plant of upright habit; valuable as a back ]
ground to more dwarf perennials in beds or for grouping in mixe(
borders. Flowers deep blue. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.

We Guarantee Safe Arrival, Good Stock, and True to Label.

Lily Speciosum Rubrum

Lily Auratum.

Platycodon Album.

PLATYCODON (Chinese Bell Flower)

GRANDIFLORUM — Blooms constantly from July until late in Sep-
tember ; flowers large, bell-shaped, of a deep shade of blue. An
extremely rapid-growing plant ; will do well in any ordinary gar-
den soil. Perfectly hardy, making a dense branching bush two
to three feet high. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents.

ALBUM — Pure white flowers. Price, 10 cents each; three for
25 cents.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 65

The plants we will send you are strong one-year field-grown
roots, and will bloom profusely the first season. Among hardy
perennial plants no class is of more importance than the
Phloxes, succeeding in almost any position and flowering from
early in summer until late in fall. They also improve from
year to year, require little care and contain a range of color
not found in any other hardy plant.

Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents;
seven for 50 cents.

ATHIS — Deep clear salmon. Some claim this to be the show-
iest variety in cultivation.

BEAUTY — Bright lavender-rose, with large, deep red eye; ex-
tra fine.

BERANGER — Ground color white, delicately suffused with rosy-
pink and distinct amaranth-red eye.

BRIDESMAID — ^Pure white, with large crimson eye.
COQUELICOT — Medium. A pure orange-scarlet, with crimson
eye. The finest and brightest standard red.

ECLAIREUR — Medium. Brilliant rosy-magenta, with large,

lighter halo ; enormous florets. An excellent variety.
INDEPENDENCE — An excellent large-flowering early white;

none better. An exceptional variety. Blooms all summer.
MISS LINGARD — Longest spikes of any Phlox, blooms from
the ground up. Waxy-white, with lavender eye.

MME. P. LANGIER — Most popular red. Vivid crimson, darker
eye. Makes a magnificent display when planted in rows or
masses.

NIOBE — The deepest, darkest, richest colored of all Phlox —
velvety violet-red with crimson hues ; grand trusses.
PANTHEON — Medium large, clear, bright pink.

RICHARD WALLACE — A beautiful, violet-eyed white; excep-
tionally florescent and fadeless.

R. P. STRUTHERS— Showy in the extreme ; a bright, clear
cherry-red, with distinct claret eye. Produces a mass of color.
SNOWFLAKE — Purest white, individual flowers very large.

Phlox.

RUDBECKIA

(Golden Glow)

The grandest Hardy Perennial in-
troduced in years. Grows five to seven
feet and flowers from early summer

until frost.
Flowers are
produced o n
long stems in
enormous
quantities and
resemble
golden - yellow
Cactus D a h-
lias. Price, 15
cents each;
two for 25c
cents.

LILY OF THE VALLEY

Forced in immense quantities for cut flower work by florists as they are
useful in so many different combinations, but their main hold upon the affec-
tions of plant lovers is their hardiness and humility. The Lily of the Valley
will thrive in any kind of soil and throw up its beautiful, modest, fragrant
white bells in the out-of-the-way nooks, the shady spots, the neglected cor-
ners, where bolder and more ambitious flowers would scorn to bloom. Will
also adapt itself to pot culture in winter, its delicate permeating fragrance
making it especially desirable. Price, 5 cents each; 40 cents per dozen;
$3.00 per hundred.

STOKESIA CYANEA or Cornflower Aster

Grows eighteen to twenty-four inches high, flowers lavender-blue, four to
five inches in diameter, borne from June to October. Price, 15 cents each;
two for 25 cents.

YUCCA FILAMENTOSA

Adam’s Needle^ — ^A tropical-looking plant; long, narrow leaves that remain
green the entire year. It throws up a long flower stem in the summer three
or four feet high, bearing large spikes of creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers
that retain their beauty for a long time. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents.

Yucca Filamentosa.

PRIZE COLLECTION OF

HARDY PHLOX

Every plant is plainly labeled

66 THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

TRITOMA
PFITZERII

A grand improvement
on Tritoma U v a r i a
Grandiflora. The flower
spikes, which are pro-
duced with considerable
‘more freedom than in the
old variety, are of gigan-
tic size, frequently four
and one-half feet high,
with heads of bloom over H
twelve inches long, of a
rich orange-scarlet, shad-'^
ing to salmon-rose on the
edge ; a flrst-class acquisi-
tion. Price, 15 cents
each; four for 50 cents.

Tritoma Pfitzerii.

SAGE, HOLT’S MAMMOTH

Shasta Daisy

In growth the plants are as strong as a common field Daisy, very tall
well branched, with fine cut foliage and huge white flowers borne in pro
fusion on long •stiff stems. The flowers are pure white with gold center
petals very long and center soft and velvety. It is a very pretty hard;
plant and one of the novelties that has come to stay. Price, 10 cents each
three for 25 cents.

SHASTA DAISY

A hardy perennial. One of the most extensively used herbs for season-
ing. Cut the leaves and tender shoots just as the plant is coming int(i
flower and dry quickly in the shade. A variety of unusual substance
strong flavor and superior quality. Price, 10 cents each;, three for 25 cents

HARDY ORNAMENTAL CLIMBING VINES

Kudzu Vine

PUERARIA THUNBERGIANA — A twining vine of remarkable
rapid growth, attaining a length forty to fifty feet in one
season from established roots which are hardy, though the
vine dies down every winter in the North. Foliage large and
lobed, purple pea-shaped flowers in clusters, borne late in
the season. A fine vine for arbors, verandas, etc. Price,
20 cents each; three for 50 cents.

Honeysuckles

The dear old Honeysuckle is never out of place, at the rich
man’s mansion or the poor man’s cottage. For a cheap, hardy,
robust yet lovely vine, it is the chief standby.

AUREA RETICULATA — A variety with beautiful variegated
foliage ; leaves are netted and veined with clear yellow ;
flowers yellow and fragrant. Price, 10 cents each.

CHINESE EVERGREEN — Blooms at intervals through the sum-
mer and retains its foliage late in winter; flowers nearly
white; quite distinct. Price, 10 cents each.

HALL’S JAPAN — This is the most constant bloomer of the
class, being literally covered all summer with beautiful
yellow and white flowers. Price, 10 cents each.

SCARLET TRUMPET — A strong, rapid grower; blossoms very
freely the entire season ; bright red trumpet-shaped flow-
ers. Price, 15 cents each.

ONE EACH OF THE FOUR HONEYSUCKLES FOR 40 CENTS

Chinese Wistarias

Flowers in clusters ; sometimes gives a second crop of flow-
ers in the fall. This is one of the most popular of our hardy
vines, growing very rapidly, climbing to a height of fifty feet^^
or more. It flowers in early spring in long, drooping racemes,
resembling in size and shape a bunch of grapes. We can
supply two varieties. Blue and White. Price, 20 cents each.

Honeysuckle — Chinese Evergreen

SEE OUR OFFER OF FROST=PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS ON PAGE 71.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO,

Hardy Ornamental
j Climbing Vines

Clematis Paniculata.

Clematis Paniculata

We cannot well say too much in praise of this vine. A clean, thrifty,
robust-growing vine of graceful habit, with attractive glossy foliage,
covered in August and September with a sheet of clustered snow-white
bloom of the most delicious fragrance. No other vine so completely
covers itself with flowers. An arbor or portico over which this Clematis
is trained is a wall of white for the time being and what makes it the
more striking is that nearly all other vines have ceased blooming at
that time. Perfectly hardy, grow rapidly. Price, 15 cents each; three
for 40 cents. Extra large field-grown plants, 30 cents each; three for
75 cents.

Chinese Cinnamon Vine.

# Clematis

and Henryi.

i Hardy Large Flowering Clematis

i The Clematis we offer this season are exceptionally fine. Many
I failures in the growing of Clematis are the result of too shallow
I planting ; the crown of the roots should be set at least three inches
I below the surface of the soil. They delight in a rich, cool soil in
i an open, sunny position. For covering walls, trellises, or verandas.
|i| old trees or ruins, or as specimens on the lawn or for massing in
'll large beds on the lawn, they have scarcely an equal, certainly no
■ superior.

K JACKMANI — The flowers, when fully expanded, are from four to
i! six inches in diameter; intense violet-purple, with a rich velvety
I !' appearance and distinctly veined. Flowers continuously from
I r July until cut off by frosts. Large two-year-old roots, 40 cents
each ; three for $1.00.

' Henryi — Fine, large, creamy-white flowers. A strong grower and
very hardy, one of the best of white varieties ; a perpetual
II bloomer. Price, large two-year-old roots, 40c each ; three for $1.00.
i MME. EDOUARD ANDRE — Large-flowering red Clematis. A very
I unique variety, color a beautiful wine-red, large flowers with
I heavy petals ; a fine contrast to the other sorts. Price, large
two-year-old roots, 40 cents each; three for $1.00.

Chinese Cinnamon Vines

I Pride of the Flowery Kingdom. Beautiful Leaves, Dainty Flowers.

, Exquisite Perfume. Most Desirable Easily Grown Rapid

; Climber in the World.

j This Oriental Gem of the Far East comes to us a marvel of
I I beauty and fragrance. Its rapid growth, abundant foliage and
5 modest, sweet-scented flowers give it supremacy over all foreign
I and domestic climbers. The handsome, glossy, heart-shaped leaves
' and clusters of fragrant white flowers make a window, arbor or
veranda a perfect bower of beauty. They stand the severest win-
ter, and burst forth in all their beauty and splendor very early in
;he spring. No one should miss plainting this charming vine. Once
planted, it will last a lifetime. These vines make a long slender
root, which should be planted with small end up. Price of Cinna-
I mon Vine Tubers, or Roots, extra quality, sure to grow, 8 cents
^ch; four for 25 cents.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Ampelopsis Veitchii.

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII (Boston Ivy)

The tendrils of this climbing vine at nearly every point cling firmly to the
smoothest surface of rock or vpood. The glossy leaves assume in the autumn i
the most beautiful tints of. scarlet and crimson. The handsomest vine pos-
sible for growth on house’ walls, especially the foundation and first story,
round the doors and windows. It is quite hardy, but*some protection of straw
may well be used immediately over the roots in winter. Price, strong roots, 20 ^
cents each; three for 50 cents. Extra heavy roots, 35 cents; two for 60 cents.;

AMPELOPSIS QUINQUIFOLIA

(Virginia Creeper, or American ivy.) This well-known climber is one of the
best for covering trees, trellises, arbors, etc. ; its large deep green foliage as-
sumes brilliant shades of yellow, crimson and scarlet in the fall. Field-grown
plants, 25 cents; extra large plants, 35 cents.

HARDY ORNAMENTAL

FLOWERINQ SHRUBS

Pink Flowering Almond

Dutchman’s Pipe (Aristolochia Sipho).

A branching shrub two to four
feet, with broad, lanceolate,
bright green leaves. Native of
China and Japan. Mowers double,
rose color and borne in great
profusion in early spring. One
of the. first shrubs to flower. One
of the best of flowering shrubs
and highly recommended. Price,
35 cents each.

Whiie Flowering AlmondL

Same as the pink variety in
growth and habit, but bearing
white flowers. They should be
planted together. Price, 35 cents
each.

Almonds are too large to send
by mail; must be sent by express.

Snowball,

CYDONIA JAPONICA (Japanese Quince)

VIBURNUM (The Snowball)

Masses of Snowballs give for spring the same
showy effect produced by Hydrangeas in fall. They
are all large, hardy, quick-growing shrubs valuable
for screens, groups and specimens. The more showy
species carry their flow^ers in balls. Price, 15 cents
each; extra large, by express, 35 cents each.

BERBERIS THUNBERQI

Tor a low, ornamental hedge that will take care
of itself so far as pruning is concerned, there is
nothing will take the place of Berberis Thunbergi.
Its graceful and compact habit, bright red leaves
and berries in the fall make it one of the most
ornamental hedge plants. Set plants in row 18 to
24 inches apart. Any ordinary garden soil will suit
it. Price, 15 cents; $1.50 per dozen. Extra large,
by express, 30 cents each; $20.00 per hundred.

Hardy anywhere. These rank among our choices
shrubs, growing to a height of five or six feet j
but they stand the knife well, and with propei I
pruning may be grown in any form. As a singh ;
shrub on the lawn they are very attractive, anc
for the edges of borders, or groups of trees the> t
are specially adapted. Their large, brilliant scar ;
let flowers are among the first to bloom in th<
spring, and they appear in great profusion be '
fore the leaves are fully developed. Price, 2(
cents each; three for 50 cents. Extra large<
by express, 35 cents each.

Calycanthus.

CALYCANTHUS

The well-known sweet-scented shrul*
It bears in May a profusion of doubl
purple blossoms which have a strong ]
delicious pineapple fragrance, ver
popular. Price, 15 cents each; extr
large, by express, 30 cents each.

DUTCHMAN’S

PIPE

(Aristolochia Sipho)

There is no better
hardy climbing vine for
shade or screen pur-
poses. The flowers are
brown color, long and
pipe-shaped, and the
large, heart-shaped,
deep green leaves, for
which it is most valued,
seem never to be troubled
with either insects or
disease ; splendid for
archways or verandas.
Extra strong, four to five
feet long, by express, 50
cents each.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

Double White Althea.

ALTHEA or ROSE OF SHARON

Flowers of large size, bell-shaped, double, full, and
of brilliant and striking colors, borne in great profu-
sion in August and September; make beautiful orna-
mental hedges. We offer them in two colors, double
rose and double white. Price, 15 cents each; four for
50 cents. Extra large, by express, 25 cents each.

HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS GRANDIFLORA ALBA

OR “HILLS OF SNOW’’

THE KING OF ALL SHRUBS

The Most Valuable Hardy Shrub Ever Introduced.

Rhododendron.

RHODODENDRON (Rose Bay)

: Through its blooming season in May and June,
ho shrub in Nature’s garden, the world over, can
compare with this. In winter the great leathery
leaves of the Rhododendrons form rich banks of
^?reen, quite different in character and color-tone
from the tints of the conifers. They will grow
in any good soil, but are finest in a somewhat
sheltered situation, where the soil is deep, well
drained and mulched with leaves. In hot dry
veather soak the ground about once a week. A
irotection of leaves and brush during the winter
vill be beneficial. The plants we offer are strong
ind bushy, well set with fiower buds, and will
dower nicely the first year. Of the best varie-
ties, hardy anywhere with slight protection. We
can supply good stock in colors as follows: Blush,
Deep Purple, Pink, Red, White and Rosy-Lilac.
Price, $1.00 each; must be sent by express.

Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora.

HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA

This is a grand plant, very showy and attractive, lasting in bloom for months.
Without question the finest hardy shrub. Grows three to four feet high and
is very bushy and compact. Blooms in July, at a time when no other shrub
is in fiower, and the fiowers remain beautiful until destroyed by frost. The
flowers are pure white, afterwards changing to pink, and are borne in immense
pyramidal clusters more than a foot long and nearly a foot in diameter. Will
bloom same season planted. Strong, one-year field-grown plants, 20 cents;
three for 50 cents. Extra large plants, by express, 35 cents.

This beautiful hardy American shrub is the finest addition to this
lass of plants found in many years. The blooms are very large, of
)ure snow-white color, resembling a little the hardy shrub so well
mown, the Snowball, in color and make-up, only they are much
arger in size and much more striking. One of its most valuable
features is its coming into bloom just after the passing of all the early
ipring shrubs, while its long season of bloom, from early June through
August, renders it a valuable plant not only to the florist, but to the
)wner of every garden. It is perfectly hardy, standing twenty degrees
jelow zero. The form of the panicle is much like the tender varieties
)f Hydrangeas. Its foliage is of a soft, velvety texture, not nearly as
•oarse as that of the Hardy Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora. This
Jydrangea is bo^und to be the most widely grown and most useful of

all in the Hydrangea family. It
will be a most valuable plant to
everyone buying from this cata-
logue. Price, nice young plants,
strong and healthy, 20c each, or
three for 50c. Strong, two-year
field-grown plants, 35c each.

DEUTZIAS

DEUT2IA CRENATA FLORA
PLENA ROSEA — Four feet in
height. Flowers double, of a
pure white, beautifully tinged
with rose. Price, 15c each. Extra
large, by express, 30c each.

DEUTZIA FLORA PLENA ALBA
— This elegant variety re-
sembles Deutzia Rosea, except
that the fiowers are pure
white in color. It excels all
others in size of fiower and
bloom. Price, 15c each. Extra
large, by express, 30c each.

DEUTZIA LEMOINEI — Without
doubt one of the very best
dwarf hardy shrubs; fiowers
very large and produced in
cone-shaped heads of purest
white, which open out very
full. Price, 15 cents
each. Extra large, by
express, 30 cents each.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

RED DOGWOOD (Cornus Sibirica)

A valuable shrub when planted singly or in groups or masses, dis-
tinguished by its bright colored bark, A strong growing variety, with
clusters of large, fine white fiowers. It ranks next to the Magnolia
among flowering trees. Very conspicuous and ornamental in winter,
when the bark is blood-red. Price, 20 cents each; three for 50 cents.
Extra large, by express, 30 cents each.

Lilac.

LILACS

doubtful if anything in the whole range or

It is

flowering shrubs surpasses this in grace and elegance,
or in hardiness and usefulness. As a decorative plant
on the lawn or in the border it is without a peer, and
its pure white, graceful plumes of sweetly fragrant
flowers add grace and beauty to bouquets, vases, etc.

As a cemetery plant it is without a rival. The varie-
ties we offer are unusually fine. Double, in colors
as follows: White and Reddish-Purple. Price, 30 cents each;
four for $1.00.

Philadelphus.

PHILADELPHUS

Mock Orange or Syringa

CORONARIUS — A medium-sized shrub bear-
ing an abundance of W'hite, sweet-scented
flowers last of May. Price, 15 cents each;
extra large, by express, 30 cents each.

WEIQELIAS

Spirea Van Houtte.

SPIREAS

VAN HOUTTE — The grandest of all the white Spireas; it is of
compact habit and a beautiful ornament for the lawn at any
season, but when in flower it is a complete fountain of white ■
bloom, the foliage hardly showing. Clusters of
20 to 30 white florets make up the raceme, and
are set close along the drooping stems. Price,;
15c each; extra large, by express, 30c each.

Weigelia.

Shrubs that bloom in July. Flowers produced in such great
profusion as to almost entirely hide the foliage.

CANDIDA — This is the very best of all the white-flowered
Weigelias; a strong, upright, erect grower; flowers pure
white and produced in great profusion. Price, 15 cents each;
extra large, by express, 30 cents each.

ROSEA — One of the most conspicuous shrubs that we culti-
vate, flowers pink. It is a dwarf grower and admirably
adapted to small lawns or gardens. Price. 15 cents each;
extra large, by express, 30 cents each.

EVA RATHKE — The finest Weigelia in cultivation. A variety
that is at once a remarkably free bloomer, flowering con-
tinuously throughout the summer and autumn ; of an entirely
distinct color, being a rich ruby-carmine, quite different from
anything heretofore offered. Price, 15 cents each; extra
large, by express, 30 cents each.

Blue Spirea.

BLUE SPIREA, CARYOPTERIS MASTACANTHUS — Blue

Spirea is a fitting name for this remarkable new hardy
plant. It is a sturdy, upright grower, and is extremely flor-
iferous. The dense flower heads are of a rich lavender-blue,
a rare color among flowers. Price, 15 cents each; extra
large, by express, 30 cents each.

BILLARDI — ^A narrow, dense shrubi five feet high, with dens©
panicles of rich pink flowers from July on. Price, 15 cents
each; extra large, by express, 30 cents each.

NEW CRIMSON SPIREA, ANTHONY WATERER— It outshines
all the Spireas in brilliancy of color — a bright crimson. It
makes a low, compact bush fifteen to eighteen inches high,
and is covered nearly the whole growing season with large
umbels of deep crimson flowers. Price, 15 cents each; extra
large, by express, 30 cents each.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

OUR FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS

Early

Dutch.

Early Jersey Wakefield.

Early Jersey Wakefield

This is the hardiest and hardest head-
ing of the extra early sorts, and most
Northern gardeners depend upon it for
their first crop.

Charleston Wakefield

This sort forms uniform solid heads,
considerably larger than the Early Wake-
field and matures only a few days later.
On clay ground it will mature just as
early. Largely planted by gardeners in
the South.

Succession.

Succession

A second early — about two weeks
later than Wakefield. The color is light
green; the heads are solid, have good
keeping quality and are of excellent
quality. A favorite with market gar-
deners.

Early Flat Dutch

A sure header, weighing from 10 to 12
pounds, of even size and solid. They
mature about as early as Succession, and
stand long without bursting. This is
one of the best of the second early kinds.

There are a number of sea islands along the South Carolina sea coast where the soil and climatic conditions are just suited
for growing tough, hardy cabbage plants during the winter and early spring. The plants make a slow but steady growth, until
at eight to ten weeks of age they are very tough and hardy, the buds are purple and the outer leaves a reddish-brown. When
in this condition they can be shipped to territory further north and be planted in the open ground a month to six weeks sooner
than the home-grown hotbed or cold frame plants could be planted. These Frost- Proof Cabbage Plants will stand a temperature
of 8 to 10 degrees above zero without injury, the land freezing, or the plants being covered with ice, sleet or snow after they are
planted will not injure them.

The top of the plant does not grow until your regular spring weather opens up, but the roots grow from the time they are
planted, and just as soon as spring weather starts, the established root growth assimilates the fertilizer in the soil, the plants
grow very fast, maturing headed cabbage ten days to three weeks sooner than you can mature them from hotbed and cold
frame plants. You know what the difference in profit will be if your' crop is matured and marketed before the general crop
from home-grown plants is matured.

To Get the Advantage of These Frost Proof Cabbage Plants They Must be Planted a Month or
Six Weeks Earlier Than You Would Plant Home=Grown Plants.

Our cabbage plants are grown from the best Long Island grown seed and are shipped direct from our growing station in
South Carolina, by parcel post or express. We can fill orders from January 1st to April 15th.

" The plants will be somewhat wilted and have a hard, stunted appearance, which will be disappointing to persons who have
never used these plants before. Regardless of appearance, they will produce the crop results. We guarantee good order de-
livery. You have all to gain; nothing to lose.

Varieties: Early Jersey Wakefield, Charleston Large Type Wakefield,

Succession and Early Flat Dutch

PRICE, BY MAIL, POSTPAID— 100 for 35 cents; 500 for $1.50; 1,000 for $2.75. Not less than
100 plants of one variety sent by mail.

BY EXPRESS, NOT PREPAID (No Plants Sent C. 0. D.). Price, 500 for $1.00; in lots of one
to four thousand $1.50 per thousand; 5,000 to 9,000 lots at $1.25 per thousand. For express
shipment not less than 500 plants of a variety sold. Packed 500, 1,000 and 2,000 to the
crate, one variety in each crate. Must not be included in Club Rales.

; They weigh about twenty-five pounds per thousand plants packed for shipment.

‘ TERMS CASH WITH ORDER — No plants shipped C. 0. D. We advise that you have all shipments of two thousand plants
or less sent by parcel post. They make quicker time, are delivered by the mail carrier, and save you the time of going to the
j express office for the shipment. On larger lots inquire of your express agent what the charges will be. To a great many
points the parcel post rates are as low or lower than the express rates. When rates are near the same always order by parcel
■ post, as time and service is better.

No extras allowed on orders from this page — Club rates do not apply.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

HYBRIDIZED POTATO SEED

PROM THE SEED-BALLS— HEADQUARTERS STOCK.

Millions never saw a Potato Seed Ball. Thousands
have tried in vain to get the seed. Now is your oppor-
tunity. This unrivaled seed will produce an endless
variety of new kinds. Your fortune may be in on© of
them. They are as easy to grow as tomatoes.

PHOTO OF POTATO SEED BALLS— ONE-HALF NATURAL SIZE.

It Is from these that ALL valuable new
varieties of Potatoes are produced.

Growing new and distinct Seedling Potatoes from
the Seed-Ball Seed is intensely interesting. They will
be the greatest curiosity of your garden. This seed
will positively produce innumerable new kinds, colors,
shapes, sizes, and q.ualities. The product will astonish
you. Some may be of immense value and bring you a
golden harvest. Every farmer, gardener, and bright
boy should plant a few packets. You may be one of
the lucky ones. Full directions on every packet.

READ THESE^XTRACTS FROM CUSTOMERS LETTERS.

‘*1 grew 101 Potatoes from one plant of your Potato Seed. Ev-
ery plant was a different variety.” Mrs. Ellen Keener.

“I raised 50 IIlHs from one Packet ; many kinds and colors ; some
early, some late. 94 Potatoes in one hill.” J. H. Skinner.

“Your remarkable Potato Seed produced white, pink, red, pur-
ple, blue, cream, russet, and black potatoes.” W. M. Johnson.

“Your Potato Seed is a wonder. I grew 115 different varieties
from one Packet— the finest I ever saw.” C. E. Flint.

“I grew 45 pounds of Seedling Potatoes from one Packet. 1 ex-
pect wonders from them next year.” Thomas Lucas.

Packet I5cts. 2for25c. SforSOc. lOforSl.

MAGIC “E Z” WEEDER

PATENTED

Three Tines. Best Quality No. Steel Wire.

Nicely Tinned. Length 9 inches. Weight

ounces. Black Enameled Handle.

The best garden tool on the market. It does the
ivork with half the labor, saving both time and
strength.

The tines are formed so as to enter the ground thc'
same as a garden plow lifting and pulverizing the
soil, loosening and rendering friable, thus subserv-
ing moisture so essential to the rapid growth of
young plants.

PRICE, 20 CENTS EACH, POSTPAID.

Qarden=Making

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE UTILIZING OF
HOME GROUNDS.

By L. H. Bailey.

(Third Edition — 417 Pages^ — 256 Illustrations.)

Here is a book literally “for the million” who in broad Amer-
ica have some love for growing things. “Every family can
have a garden. Wherever there is sunlight, plants may be
made to grow ; and one plant in a tin can may he a more help-
ful and inspiring garden to some mind than a whole acre of
lawn and flowers may he to another." The book is one to in-
struct, inspire and educate the reader. It tells of ornamental
gardening of any range, treats of fruits and of vegetables for
home use, and is useful alike to the owner of a suburban
garden plot and to the owner of a “little place" in th© country,
The illustrations are copious and beautiful.

PRICE, $1.25, POSTPAID.

Slug Shot Kills Bugs

A cheap powder destructive to insects that are injurious to house plants, trees, shrubs
vines, potatoes, melons, cabbage, currants, etc. Used in all latitudes since 1880 with safet:
to man, beast and fowl. Put up in perforated cartons and screw-top canisters, and is hand;
to use, merely dusting on the plant with the can. If you are troubled with insects on you:
Rose hushes, we recommend you to try this. It does the work quickly and thoroughly. Pri*fr
by mail: Canisters (I lb.), 40 cents each; Cartons (I lb. paper box), 30 cents each. Price
by express: Canisters, 25 cents each; Cartons, 15 cents each; 5-Ib packages, 40 cents each

Odorless Fertilizer for Plants
Makes Flowers Flourish

Flowers are like people — their health depends upon their food.
It must be nourishing, but not too rich, to force growth and

cause reaction. We offer a concen-
trated and odorless powder con-
taining all elements needed for
plant development. Especially
prepared for the health and beau-
ty of flowers, ornamental plants,
grass, vegetales, etc. It has no
odor whatever, and can be used
dry or dissolved in water for
sprinkling. Use it and your flow-
ers will flourish and their health
will last. Price, can containing enough food for forty plants
three months, 30 cents, postpaid.

Sulpho=Tobacco Soap:

A Wonderful Insect Pest
Exterminator

Unsurpassed for quickly extermi
nating all insect life on plants an
flowers in and out of doors, exceller
for Rose bushes, shrubs, etc. Thi
popular insecticide never fails to giv
satisfaction, and is cheap, effectivi
clean, harmless and non-injurious t
the tenderest growth. It also acts a
a valuable fertilizer, reviving plaiijB
life. For domestic purposes it ric
the house of cockroaches, and is a si
perior wash for dogs and all animalv
Prevents poultry lice. You cannc
afford to be without Sulpho-Tobacc
Soap if you desire to be successfi
in plant culture. A trial will gu
I highly gratifying results.

3-oz. Cake, sufficient for l^gallor
prepared solution, 10 cents; mailed, postpaid, 13 cents. 8-o
Cake, sufficient for four gallons prepared solution, 20 centf
mailed, postpaid, 28 cents.

Sulpho-

Tobacco

Soap
INSECTS

No extras allowed on orders from this page — Club rates do not apply.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

SELECT FLOWER SEEDS

ffv Many of our most beautiful garden flowers are raised from seeds. Considering their ease of culture, the quick results, gor-
Jigeous effect and low cost of flower seeds, they should be more extensively employed for garden decoration in this country. In the
Sifeardens of Europe immense quantities of flower seeds are utilized, with which an endless variety of happy effects are produced.

xk AM the seeds herein offered are grown for us by the most experienced seedsmen of this country and Europe, and are the
i|)est that money can buy. Every ounce of seed we send out is fresh.

GENERAL CULTURAL DIRECTIONS — Most flower seeds germinate well in a fine, sandy loam, partly protected from the sun.
Heat and moisture are the two essential points to start life in seeds. A general and fatal error is to start the seed too deep;
small seeds should be barely covered with fine earth ; large seeds by about half an inch. After sowing, the ground should be
watered with a very fine sprinkler, regularly. Many seeds are killed by drought.

Abutilon (Chinese Bell Flower)

(See illustration on page 45)

Elegant flowering perennial shrubs of strong growth and easy
cultivation ; free-flowering, with various colored, beautiftil,
drooping bell-shaped flowers. Considered indispensable for
flowering indoors during the winter and spring months, and
useful for bedding out in the sumnier. Sown indoors any time
before April, they will produce plants that will flower outdoors
the first season and indoors all winter. Mixed colors. Price,
8 cents per packet.

Alyssum

A favorite little annual, because
of its fragrance and abundance of
bloom. Sow seed early in the open
ground. Dainty little plants for
hanging baskets or small pots.

Good for cutting or buttonhole
bouquets.

SWEET — Racemes of small white
flowers, honey-scented, and never
out of bloom. Packet, 5 cents.

LITTLE GEM — An improved vari-
ety ; much larger flowers, of a
pure white, and, if possible, more
floriferous than the old Sweet.

Packet, 5 cents; half ounce, 20c.

Double Aquilegia.

Aquilegia or Columbine

New, Large-Flowering Hybrids

The large, unique, long-spurred flowers, gracefully hung on
long stems, are not only brilliantly effective on the plant, but
equally as desirable when cut for vase and house decoration.
ALBA — Double white, beautiful. Price, 8 cents per packet.
GLANDULOSA (Major) — Dark blue, fine; double. Price, 5
cents per packet.

SPLENDID MIXTURE — Of the best* and finest colors, double
sorts. Packet, 5 cents.

Abronia Umbellata

A Verbena-like plant, bearing rose-colored, fragrant flowers.
Splendidly adapted for rock work and hanging baskets. Price,
per packet, 5 cents.

Antirrhinum (Snapdragon)

Nothing has been more improved in the past few years than
the Antirrhinum and they are now very popular and fashion-
able. Sown in spring they bloom from midsummer until frost.
They succeed best in light soil in a sunny position. They are
hardy perennials, but can be treated as annuals.

QUEEN VICTORIA — New giant flowered, immense spikes of
purest white. Price, 10 cents per packet.

^ GIANT FLOWERED MIXED — A mixture of the newest varie-
i ties, having flower spikes nearly a foot long of most bril-
I liant colors. Price, 5 cents per packet.

^ DWARF MIXED — Finest Tom Thumb. Splendid for edging.
Price, packet, 5 cents.

Ageratum (Tom Thumb Varieties)

Dwarf, compact-growing plants six to eight inches high, flow-
i ering freely throughout the season from spring-sown seed ;
splendid for bedding, edgings or pot culture. Blue, 5 cents;
White, 5 cents; Mixed, per packet, 5 cents; one-fourth ounce,
1 5 cents. i

Achillea (Double White Yarrow)

j! One of the best hardy white perennials in the list. Grows
^ about two feet high, and from spring till frost is covered with
jl heads of purest white double flowers. A grand plant for ceme-
, tery decoration. Easily grown from seed, flowering the first
. season if sown early. Packet, 5 cents.

Agrostemma

(Rose of Heaven)

Agrostemma.

An attractive free-flowering hardy
perennial of easy culture, pro-
ducing bright colored flowers on long, slender stems like a
single pink ; blooms the first season ; fine for cutting ; one to
two feet; mixed varieties. Price, 5 cents per packet.

Anemone

Anemones bloom very quickly from seed and make splendid
garden or pot plants, and the bulbs are good for an annual
display of beauty for years after. Flowers large, some single,
and of all colors. It is certainly interesting to grow these
charming flowers from seed.

ST. BRIGID’S STRAIN, DOUBLE AND SINGLE— A beautiful
selection of the Coronaria, comprising semi-double and double
flowers in a wonderful array of colors ; seed sown by mid-
summer produce flowering plants the following spring. Mixed
colors. Height, one foot. Packet, 10 cents.

COMMON VARIETIES— Mixed. Packet, 5 cents. .

Anchusa (Cape Forget=me=not)

Italica — ^A rare and little known annual of great beauty
which will thrive in a shady, out-of-the-way place, where
scarcely anything else will grow. It resembles a large, beau-
tiful Forget-Me-Not. Color a shade of deep blue. Blooms all
summer. Packet, 5 cents.

Amaranthus (Joseph’s Coat)

These plants afford brilliant contrasts of color, being useful
for tall borders and groups, also where foliage effects are de-
sired. The leaves and stems are of different shades of red,
blended with green ; two to three feet high.

TRICOLOR — A hardy annual with leaves of red, yellow and
green ; well known as “Joseph’s Coat.’’ The colors are es-
pecially brilliant if grown in rather poor soil. Packet, 5c.

Aconitum (Monk’s Hood, or Wolfsbane)

A hardy perennial, growing in any good garden soil, produc-
ing long spikes of curiously-shaped flowers. Well adapted for
planting among shrubbery or in shady corners of the garden.
Three to five feet. Mixed species, packet, 5 cents.

Large-Flowering, Tuberous-Rooted

Begonias

DOUBLE, LARGE-FLOWERING, MIXED COLORS— From prize
varieties. Price, packet, 15 cents.

Browallia

A beautiful bedding plant wtih shining green foliage and
bearing charming sky-blue flowers. An excellent winter bloom-
er for pots and window boxes. Packet, 5 cents.

For seeds of Climbing Vines see page 84

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

SUPERB DOUBLE ASTERS

This beautiful flower is being constantly improved, and is now one of the most desirable and effective of our garden beau-
ties. As a bedder it is beyond description, and large beds of these lovely flowers greet you almost everywhere. Indispensable for
cut flowers, fine as pot plants and alike desirable to show at fairs and exhibitions. They are easily grown, very hardy, and offer
themselves for use at a time when other garden favorites are gone, and the select strains we offer cannot fail to give satisfac-
tion to the most critical flower lover.

Giant Comet Asters.

GIANT COMET ASTERS

The plants grow about eighteen inches high on long, stiff
stalks ; bear in abundance their beautiful flowers. These flow-
ers, with their long, twisted petals, strikingly resemble Japanese
Chrysanthemums of very large size, larger in fact than those
of any other Aster, so that, all in all, they are ideal Asters
for cut flowers.

Crimson, packet lOc

Dark Blue, packet lOc

Light Blue, packet lOc

Peach Colored, packet. ... I Oc

Rose, packet lOc

White, packet 10c

One packet each of the above six Giant Asters, 50 cents.
GIANT COMET ASTER THE BRIDE— At first pure white, then
changing to blush and pink, finally to rosy-red ; the plants
have all these shades at one time, making a splendid effect.
Price, 10 cents per packet.

GIANT COMET MIXED — Price, 8 cents per packet.

GIANT OSTRICH PLUME

This magnificent Aster produces flowers of immense size,
made up of long, loosely formed petals. Blooms in August.
When used for cutting, the flowers should be picked when
about half expanded and allowed to develop in water in a
cool room.

LIGHT YELLOW, WHITE AND PNIK— Each, lOc per packet.
ALL COLORS MIXED— Packet, 8 cents.

CREGO’S GIANT ASTERS

The plants are of branching growth, attaing a height of
from two to two and one-half feet. The grand large flowers
measure four inches in diameter, are quite thick through and
have a peculiar curling of the beautiful reflexed petals in the
center. The vigorous plants bear an abundance of bloom from
late in August until the end of September.

CREGO’S GIANT PINK — An attractive shade of shell-pink,
very soft and delicate. Per packet, 10 cents.

CREGO’S GIANT WHITE — -Magnificent large pure white flow-
ers. One of the finest white Asters. Per packet, 10 cents.
CREGO’S GIANT LAVENDER — A splendid lavender. Packet,
10 cents.

GERMAN QUILLED ASTERS

These are great favorites on account of their free-hlooming
qualities, and the low price of the seed commends them to many

who want a nice Aster for cutting. Price, 5 cents per packet.

WASHINGTON, OR GIANT VICTORIA

This splendid variety is the largest Aster grown, bearing
flowers five to six inches in diameter ; very double ; mixed
colors. Price, 10 cents per packet.

Giowing Crimson, packet.. lOc

Azure Biue, packet lOc

Pink, packet lOc

Purpie Vioiet, packet lOc

One packet each of the six coiors offered above for 50 cents.

QUEEN OF THE MARKET

EXCELSIOR MIXTURE OF TALL ASTERS

PERENNIAL MIXED

Branching Asters.

BRANCHING ASTERS (Late Flowering)

IMPROVED PEONY PERFECTION ASTERS

One of the handsomest sorts; flowers are borne on long wiry
stems, are very large, three to four inches in diameter, very
double, in shape like a Peony. The petals incurve and give
the flowers a ball-like appearance. This is especially true dur-
ing the early flowering season. Midseason to late flowering.

Pure White, packet lOc

Briliiant Rose, packet lOc

Finest Mixed, all colors,
packet I Oc

The earliest of all Asters. Grows about nine inches high and
very branching ; the fine double flowers are produced very freely
on long stems, making it valuable for cutting ; the colors are
deep blue, white, pink and deep rose. We offer seed in the
finest mixture of the above colorings. Price, 5 cents per packet.

This is a mixture of the most beautiful, striking and distinct
colors of all the above tall-growing Asters, selected from the
cream of Truffaut’s Victoria, Crown and other desirable sorts,
and includes many kinds especially purchased for this mixture.
This is the finest mixture of Tall Asters ever offered, and the
most critical lover of this flower will be astonished at the wide
range of colors and varieties given in this truly Excelsior
Strain. Price, 10 cents per packet.

(Starworts, or Michaelmas Daisies.) Single -flowering, hardy,
herbaceous plants, thriving in any garden soil. If sown early in
the spring they will flower the first season. Price, 5c per pkt.

The Branching Asters are quite different in several respects
from other Asters. They are of very strong, vigorous branch-
ing habit. The flowers are of very large size, each flower being
carried on a long, upright stem, making them very great favor-
ites for florists’ bouquets, etc. Bright Pink, Pure White and
Purple, each, 10 cents per packet; three for 25 cents. All
colors, mixed, packet, 10 centSo

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

DOUBLE BALSAM

(Lady’s Slipper)

An old favorit© garden flower, producing its gorgeous masses
of beautiful brilliant colored double flowers.

WHITE — ^Large, fine flower. Price, packet, 5c.

PURPLE — ^Beautiful shade. Price, packet,

5 cents.

PINK — A superb sort, a clear, deep color.

Price, packet, 5 cents.
scarlet — Almost dazzling in brilliancy.

Price, packet, 5 cents.

LAVENDER — Very flne. Price, packet, 5
cents.

One packet each of the above separate colors
and one packet of Double Mixed for 25c.

FANCY SPOTTED — Exceedingly showy. This
, strain shows rare and beautiful shades of
coloring, almost unknown in other flowers
and all spotted with pure white. Price,
packet, 5 cents.

CARNATION STRIPED — Many colors, finest
mixed. Price, packet, 5 cents.

EXTRA CHOICE DOUBLE MIXED— Price,
packet, 5 cents.

CLARKIA

This pretty and easily grown annual has been
■much improved in recent years, and the varie-
ties offered below are now seen as cut flowers in
most of the large cities of Europe ; they do well
either in sun or shade, growing two to two and
one-half feet high, with leafy racemes of double
flowers, which all open in water when cut.

ELECaANS ALBA, FL. PL. — Very double, pure
white. Packet, 8 cents.

SALMON QUEEN — Extra double, salmon-pink.

Packet, 8 cents.

DOUBLE MIXED — Including many sorts. Price,

5 cents per packet.

CELOSIA, or Coxcomb

OSTRICH FEATHER — A beautiful feather Ce-
losia, producing large bright crimson and
orange plumes. Our mixture includes some
varieties of the brightest colors both in flow-
ers and foliage. The plant grows about
three feet high, of handsome pyramidal
form, and makes one of the most effective
ornamental plants. Packet, 5 cents.

CRIMSON PLUMED — Packet, 5 cents.

DWARF COXCOMB EMPRESS — Immense

■ ^owy dark crimson combs. (See cut.)

Price, packet, 5 cents.

^'CAMPANULA (Bell Flower)

' xxri- (Canterbury Bells)

When planted in quantity for outdoor ef-
fects these are glorious.

CALYCANTHEMA (Cup and Saucer Canter-
bury Bells) — The finest type of this old-
fashioned and much prized garden plant.

Has an extra large calyx, which is of the
same color as the flow'er, giving the ap-
pearance of a cup and saucer. Effective
either in the garden or grown in pots.

Mixed, 10 cents per packet.

DOUBLE MIXED — Finest varieties. Packet,

5 cents.

MEDIUM (Single Canterbury Bells) — The
old-fashioned sort, with beautiful, large,
bell-shaped blossoms. Mixed, packet, 5c.

PERENNIAL SORTS, MIXED— Packet. 5c.

CENTAUREA (Cornflower)

The Blue Bottle or Bachelor’s Button is one o
attractive of all hardy annuals, the graceful beauty
old-fashioned flowers being universally admired.

CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS (Royal Sweet

• Sultan)— 'The plants grow three feet in,
height, with numerous large flowers borne
on long stems, in shades of color ranging
^ through white, lilac, rose-pink and purple.

. Individual flowers are also beautifully

■ shaded, while the petals are finely fringed,
giving a soft feathery effect ; they are pro-
duced in great profusion. Packet, 5 cents.

FINEST MIXED — ^Large, sweet-scented flow-
ers, excellent for cutting. Packet, 5 cents.

CENTAUREA GYMNOCARPA— (Dusty Mil-
ler.) Fine for bedding, vases, hanging
baskets and pots ; also extensively used for
margins ; flne cut. silvery-gray foliage.

Packet, 5 cents.

MONTANA (Perennial Cornflower) — Large
violet-blue flowers from July to Septem-
ber; two feet. Packet, 10 cents.

CALLIOPSIS

(Bright Eyes)

Very attractive free-flowering plants of the easiest culture,
thriving in any ordinary soil. The new hybrids are very
showy and flowers range in color from bright
yellow to deep old-gold shades and from
blood-red to deep brown. Quite commonly
two distinct colors are seen on one plant
and even in one blossom.

“TIGER STAR”— A new, novel and pretty
form of this popular free-growing annual,
forming compact bushes not over eight
inches high, covered throughout the entire
summer with its pretty flowers of rich,
reddish-brown, the tips of the petals
tigered with golden-yellow, not unlike some
of the Orchids. Packet, 8 cents.

CHOICE SORTS, MIXED — Semi-double,
pretty. Packet, 5 cents.

COMMELINA SELLOWINA

A lovely perpetual flowering “Wandering
Jew,” suitable for garden in summer or for
pots all the year. The flowers look like blue
butterflies ; blooms in short time from seed
and is a beautiful and showy flower which is
sure to prove satisfactory. Packet. 5 cents,

CROZ vs DWARF CANNAS

These new dwarf French Gannas bloom freely
the first year from seed. The mixed seed we
offer has been saved from the finest varieties of
all colors.

ALL VARIETIES AND COLORS MIXED— Price,
packet, 5 cents.

CASTOR BEANS (Ricinus)

NEW ZANZIBAR BEAN — ^A new form of Ricin-
us, of short-jointed, stout growth and extraor-
dinarily large leaves, produced in such an
abundance that the plant is a perfect pyramid
of beautiful foliage. Seeds are of extraor-
dinary size, beautifully mottled and speckled.
White, pink, black, crimson, etc. Price,
packet. 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents.
BORBONIENSIS — ^Very large and beautiful green
foliage ; grows fifteen feet high. Packet, 5
cents; ounce, 25 cents.

CINERARIA

Campanula.

most

Browallla.

A wonderfully beautiful greenhouse plant
and not at all hard to grow. Seeds germ-
inate quickly and easily and young plants
grow off without any trouble. Keep in a
shady place over summer, and remove to
house in fall. Use insecticides to keep free
from aphis, and as flower buds show, give
good light.

GRANDIFLORA, MIXED— Large flowering

prize varieties. Price, packet, 15 cents.

ANNUAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS

(Early Blooming Garden Sorts)

The annual Chrysanthemums bear no re-
semblance to the late autumn varieties, but
have a beauty distinctly their own. The
plants grow from twelve to fourteen inches
in height, have flne, delicate foliage, and
produce beautiful daisy-like flowers of vari-
ous bright rich colors.

FRUTESCENS GRANDIFLORA — (French
Marguerite or Paris Daisy.) Largely grown
for cut flowers. They make elegant bushy
pot plants for winter flow'ering, and bloom
all summer in the garden. White. Packet, 5c.
CARINATUM, Double-Flowering Varieties,
Mixed — Packet, 5 cents.

PERENNIAL MIXED— All colors. Packet, 5
cents.

CYPERUS, or Umbrella Plant

Grows finely in water with rich soil or
mud, throwing up long stalks with narrow
green leaves ; easily raised from seed. Packet,
5 cents.

DELPHINIUM

(Perennial Larkspur.) Showy and well-
known hardy perennials, producing splendid
spikes of flowers throughout the summer.

Packet, 5 cents.

Mrs. Miles, of Chariton County, Mo., grew Castor Bean (Borboniensis) from our seed, 20 feet high.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Qianc Rainbow Coleus

(Illustrated on page 46.)

This is one of the most magnificent novelties. It grows eas-
ily and rapidly from seed, making fine specimen plants in two
or three months, and if you raise a thousand of them no two
will be alike. The leaves arc large (often a foot long) and
wavy, spotted, mottled, striped, splashed, marbled, etc., with the
most rich and charming colors — white, purple, pink, crimson,
green, yellow, velvety red and black — in endless variety.

GIANT RAINBOW MIXTURE— Packet, 15 cents.

FINE HYBRIDS. MIXED— Per packet, 10 cents.

New African Daisy

Daisies (Beilis)

Daisies are easily raised from spring-sown seed. Indispen-
sable for cool, shady places. With protection they will stand
the winter.

NEW AFRICAN — This extremely showy annual has become a
great favorite everywhere on account of its very easy culture
and most beautiful flowers, which are quite unique in color
and immediately attract 'attention. The hardy plants, of neat
branching habit, grow only twelve to fifteen inches high and
are exceedingly profuse in flowering. Its Marguerite-like
blossoms vary in color from the purest white to reddish and
bluish-white, sulphur, lemon and golden-yellow, delicate rose
to deep salmon-orange, etc. It bears its showy flowers very
early after being planted out in the open ground in sunny
situations and continues to bloom abundantly during the en-
tire summer. A bed in full bloom is truly a magnificent
sight. Hybrids in splendid mixture. Packet, 10 cents.
LONGFELLOW — Remarkable for the unusual size and double-
ness of its dark rose flowers. Packet, 5 cents.

SNOWBALL — Large flowers, perfectly double, of purest white.
Packet, 5 cents.

SHASTA DAISY — Flowers are single, pure white, of monstrous
size, on stiff upright stems. Once planted it will take care
of itself, and increase in size and beauty from year to year.
Will bloom first of year from seed. Price, packet, 10 cents.
DOUBLE MIXED — Extra large. Price, packet, 5 cents.

Carnations

These lovely, fragrant Carnations produce fine double flow-
ers. May nearly all be flowered the first season by sowing
early. They are nearly everywhere hardy, but in very cold
situations should be protected by straw or a few boughs.
FINE DOUBLE MIXED — Sweet scented, large flowers.
CHABAUD’S PERPETUAL FLOWERED — Fine for winter
blooming. Seed saved from the choicest double flowers.
Mixed, 10 cents per packet.

NEW DWARF DOUBLE CARNATION, MARGUERITE — Its

rapid development, flowering as it does four months after
sowing the seed, its profusion of bloom, variety of beautiful
colors, and delicious perfume, will insure its popularity in
all gardens. Packet, 8 cents.

NEW GIANT MARGUERITE CARNATION — Will bloom in
about four months after sowing, and the plants will con-
tinue to flower all through the summer. The flowers are of
a very large size. The colors include all the shades of
White, pink, crimson and striped. Packet, 15 cents.

Candytuft

EMPRESS — The finest of all the white varieties, being a com-
plete mass of pure white flowers, in a pyramid of bloom.
Pnckct 5 c6nts

WHITE FRAGRANT — Flowers small, very sweetly scented.

Pdcic6t 5 cents.

ALL COLORS MIXED — Many fine shades. Packet, 5 cents.

Perennial Candytuft

SEMPERVIRENS — Extra fine for cemetery use, as the plants
are a solid mass of white at just the time when flowers are
most scarce. Price, packet, 5 cents.

Cyclamen

The heart-shaped foliage is beautifully shaded and marked,
and the charming flowers, borne on long footstalks above the
crown of foliage, show exquisite shades of white, crimson,
blush and pink, most flowers showing two colors.

PERSICUM — Extra fine strain, all colors mixed. Pkt., lOc.
GIGANTEUM — Grand, large-flowering, mixed. Packet, 5 cents.

California Poppy (EschschoUzia)

The Califor-
nia Poppy is a
showy, f r e e-
flowering plant
of low-spread-
ing growth,
with finely di-
vided foliage
blooming
throughout the
season ; is one
of the hardiest
and most easi-
ly grown of
our annuals.

ALBA — Pure
white. Pep

packet, 5c.

CALI FORNIA

— Bright yel-

1 0 w. Per
packet, 5c.

California Poppy (EschschoUzia).

CARMINE
KING— Car-
mine-rose on

both sides of the petals. Per paeket, 8 cents.

GOLDEN WEST — ^Very large, lovely yellow flowers, with
orange blotch at the base of petals. Packet, 5 cents.

ROSE CARDINAL — Large flowers, white inside, rose outside.

P6T pflckst 5 centSa

CALIFORNIA POPPY MIXED — Single cup-shaped flowers in
shades of bright yellow, deep orange and silvery-white. Per

packet, 5 cents.

Dahlias

(Illustrated on page 60.)

Dahlias can be raised from seed and will bloom the first
year. The seed we offer, if sown, early, will bloom profusely
all the autumn.

CHOICE DOUBLE MIXED — Many colors. Packet, 5 cents.
CACTUS DAHLIA, MIXED COLORS — Double flowers of dis-
tinct and remarkable appearance, the petals being quilled'
and curved, loosely and gracefully arranged in large double
oval heads of bloom ; the seed that we offer will produce
many beautiful varieties, including several colors. Packet, 5c, ^

Datura (Trumpet Flower)

CORNUCOPIA (“^‘Horn of Plenty.”) A grand variety; the flown
ers average eight inches long by five inches across ; French
white inside, purple outside ; delightfully fragrant ; started
early will flower from early summer until fall. Packet, 5c.

Giant Cosmos

One of our favorite fall flowers. The newer varieties hav«
added much to its beauty. Should be planted in broad masses
or along borders, against evergreens or fences. Start the seed
early in the house or frame, transplanting to the open ground
If topped or pinched back when half -grown, the plants will
bloom earlier and be a better shape.

GIGANTIC-FLOWERING '‘LADY LENOX”— Bears gigantu
flowers, with wide, overlapping petals of splendid substance ,
making a perfectly circular flower, borne on very long stems
color a beautiful shell-pink. Strong, vigorous growth, 6 t(
7 feet high. Packet, 10 cents.

WHITE PEARL — Snow-white. Price, per packet, 5 cents.
PINK — Price, per packet, 5 cents.

CRIMSON — Price, per packet, 5 cents.

YELLOW — Price, per packet, 5 cents.

MIXED COLORS — Large-flowering. Price, per packet, 5 centst]
NEW CALIFORNIA HYBRIDS — ^Wonderful diversity of colors
shades and markings; entirely unique Cosmos. Packet, lOc

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Foxglove (Digitalis)

The Foxgloves are quite stately and highly orna-
mental plants when well grown, with flower stems
at least three feet in height. They are flne for the
mixed border, or planted singly in half-shady
places near a walk or drive. The racemes of flow-
ers are often two feet in length, containing scores
of the prettily-spotted thimble-shaped flowers. Per-
fectly hardy. Sow the seed in spring in the garden
and transplant as desired. Perennial. Mixed varie-
ties. Packet, 5 cents.

Everlastings

These odd flowers never fade, but if cut in bud
and blossom and dried, they will last and retain
their rich and brilliant color for many years. They
should be cut when in full bloom and dried slowly
in the shade, with their heads hanging downward
to keep the stem straight. Mixed, per packet. 5c.

Feverfew

Fine border plants that are always in flower.

They bloom quickly from seed, and are extra
good for cutting. They also make flne plants
for winter blooming in pots. Flowers large
and double like Roses, and very profusely
borne at all times of the year. Habit dwarf
and compact, making them very desirable either
for garden or pots.

EXIMIA GRANDIFLORA — Flowers enormous
in size, as double as Roses, and pure snow-
white, A most superb pot plant, blooming
all the year round. Packet, 5 cents.

Fuchsias

Fuchsias are easily grown from seed as cut-
tings, and from seed many new varieties, ob-
tained. They will flower freely the first sea-
son in open ground, while the plants can be
taken in the house in the winter, where they
will flower still more freely. Finest single and
double varieties, mixed. Price, packet, 1 5c.

Four O’clocks

(Mirabilis, or Marvel of Peru)

Plants are crowded for months with in-
numerable silk-like flowers of the most
ravishing colors, and exhaling a delicious
perfume. These flowers owe their common
name of “Four O’clock” to the regularity
with which their beautiful flowers open at
that hour each afternoon.

NEW DWARF SORTS — These are flne
plants, growing about twelve inches high,
each forming a bush covered with flow-
ers. All colors mixed. Price, 5 cents.

FOUR O’CLOCK MIXED — Including va-
riegated leaved sorts. Packet, 5 cents.

Forget=Me=Nofs, or Myosotis

The beautiful Forget-Me-Not is a synonym for
faithfulness and undying affections. Beautiful for
shady nooks and quiet beds, and exquisite for cutting
and for wearing. It flourishes best in a moist, shady
situation and is in constant bloom nearly the whole
season. Fall-sown seed will flower in early spring.
If sown in boxes in the house early, will flower the
first season.

MYOSOTIS — Rose. Packet. 5 cents.

MYOSOTIS ALPESTRIS— Blue. Packet, 5 cents.
MYOSOTIS ALBA — Pure white. Packet, 5 cents.
MYOSOTIS MIXED— Packet, 5 cents.

Garden Pinks (Dianthus)

■ These beautiful free-flowering, half-hardy
plants furnish an abundance of bright and va-
ried-colored flowers all through the summer and
fall.

j FIREBALL — New extra double, brilliant dark
scarlet, very beautiful. Packet, 5 cents.

STRIPED BEAUTY — Striped in great variety of
colors. Very gay. Packet, 5 cents
FRINGED JAPANESE — Beautiful flowers three
to four inches across, with deeply cut and
jj fringed petals ; colors rich and varied from
white to pink and red — some are self -colors,
some zoned and others striped. The plants,
one foot high, flower freely and are very
showy. Packet, 10 cents.

PLUMARIUS, DOUBLE MIXED— (Double
Pheasant’s Eye Pink.) Double fringed flow-
ers ; fragrant, and of white, crimson or pur-
ple shades, spotted and variegated, nine to
twelve inches high. Price, 10 cents.

Garden Pinks (Dianthus)

CHINENSIS FL. PL.— (Double China Pink.)— This
species is a biennial of dwarf habit; flowers the
first year, but the bloom is stronger the second.
The colors are very rich, and in large beds you
can hardly find two alike. Price, packet, 5 cents.

DOUBLE CYCLOPS PINKS — This magnificent new
strain of Pinks produces an entirely new series of
colors of unapproachable be.auty, exquisite com-
binations of colors, the predominating shades be-
ing delicate rose, flesh-pink, copper color, salmon,
wine-red, white, crimson, etc., the beauty being
further enlivened by a large eye-like zone of vel-
vety blood-red dove-like perfume. Price, lOc.

Geraniums

ZONAL VARIETIES— Several from some of the fin-
est collections and many choice and even new va-
rieties may be expected. Price, packet, 10 cents.
APPLE-SCENTED — This fragrant variety can
only be grown from seed to form fine plants.
Sow in light soil and keep moist until they
germinate. Price, packet, 10 cents.

Gilia

Free-blooming annuals, fine for beds ; will
bloom in any situation ; look well on the lawn
in beds, are good for rockeries, and can be
planted at any season. Mixed colors. Packet,

5 cents.

Gaillardia

GRANDIFLORA SUPERBA — Splendid new
perennial varieties, with very large flowers,
dark crimson centers, marked with rings of
many brilliant colors. Price, packet, 5 cents.

HelianthUS (Qlobe or Dahlia Sun=fIower)

MANY-FLOWERED, DOUBLE

New types. These improved, branching sun-
flowers are exceedingly popular for the garden
and for cut flow’ers. Bushes three to four feet
high, bearing from base to summit a continu-
ous succession of flowers from June until frost.
Flowers four to five inches across, borne on,
long stems in a few weeks from seed. Mixed,
all colors, per packet, 5 cents.

Heliotrope

It is but little known that seed sown in
February and March will produce large
flowering plants the first summer. Our
mixture contains seed from many named
sorts and will produce flne plants with
proper treatment. Culture directions on
^ package. Mixed varieties, very choice.
Price, packet, 5 cents.

HELIOTROPE, LEMOINE’S GIANT HY-
BRID8 — Their fragrance is delicious.
The colors are from pure white through
all shades of violet and blue to deep in-
digo. Large and glossy leaves are borne
on strong, erect stems, growing about
two feet in height. Price, packet, lOc.

Double Hollyhocks

Seeds should be sown in June or July to
Gaillardia. ^ have flowering plants the next summer; or,

if sown in the house early in the spring, they
Will bloom the first year. Seed saved from one
of the finest collections and will produce very
large double flowers of striking beauty.
CHARTIERS IMPROVED DOUBLE WHITE —

ft nDni’C

CHARTIERS IMPROVED DOUBLE ROSE —

pOAlfAl* D AA.nf'C

CHARTIERS IMPROVED DOUBLE CARMINE—
Pdcicct 3 CBniis

CHARTIERS IMPROVED DOUBLE SULPHUR-
YELLOW— Packet. 8 cents.

One packet each of the four colors for 25 cents.
DOUBLE MIXED — All colors, from best named
collection in Europe. Packet, 10 cents.

Hunnemannia,
or Bush Eschscholtzia

This is a most beautiful pl^mt and we want
every one of our customers to plant at least
one packet of it.

The plants grow into a shrubby bush, two feet high, and pro-
duce large cup -shaped flowers three inches across on stems twelve
inches long. The color is of clear, bright yellow, the petals are
broad and crackled, like crushed satin. The flow^ers keep in water

Hardy Pink, for two weeks. Large packet, 8 cents.

If you have a garden, get some of our Frost Proof Cabbage Plants — page 71.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Impatiens Sultani

Larkspur

One of the prettiest plants for pot culture and out-
door planting in a half-shaded situation ; remarkable
for long duration of bloom. Charming for winter
blooming. When the plants are only a few inches in
height they commence blooming, sending out perfect
masses of rosy flowers. Packet, 10 cents.

Ice Plant

(Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum)

Curious plant for hanging baskets, rockwork, vases
and edgings. The leaves and stems are succulent and
fleshy, and appear as though covered with ice crys-
tals. The whole plant is peculiarly brilliant in the
sunshine. Succeeds best in dry sandy loam and in a
warm situation. Can be grown in pots or open bor-
der. Tender annual trailer. Six inches high. Packet,

5 cents.

Job’s Tears (Coix Lachryma)

An old-fashioned but valuable remedy for sore
throat, goitre and teething babies, when the seed is Kochia.

strung on linen thread and worn around the neck as (Summer Cypress.)
a chain. Also used to advantage in basket making
and raffia work. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents.

Kochia Tricophylla

(Summer Cypress)

A highly ornamental annual of rapid
growth which forms regular pyramids
about three feet high, leaving a cy-
press-like appearance. The leaves are
slender and of a light pea-green until
September, when they change to car-
mine and blood-red. Its bright autumn
coloring has given it two other names:

“Mexican Fire Plant” and “Burning
Bush.” !the flowers are minute but
countless. Sow indoors in April and
plant -out in May, or sow in open
ground about May 1st. -Plants do best
in a sunny exposure. Packet, 5 cents.

This is one of the best known of garden flowers. A
vast improvement has been effected, by careful selec-
tion and attentive cultivation, in size and color of
the blossoms, and the general habit of the plant.
Hardy annuals.

DOUBLE DWARF MIXED— Packet, 5 cents.

DOUBLE STOCK FLOWERED— A tall, branching va-
riety, with long spikes of flowers. Mixed. Packet,
5 cents.

Sensitive Plant

(Mimosa Pudica)

Chaste and elegant in foliage, the leaves being deli-
cately pinnated, while it bears small pink flowers in
globose heads. It affords much amusement by its sen-
sitive character — even when slightly touched the leaves
instantly close and droop. Packet, 5 cents.

Marigold

Lemon Verbena

(Aloysia Citriodora.) An old favorite with
delightfully scented foliage. It is a low-grow-
ing tender plant and may be grown in the
garden in summer and in pots in winter.
Packet, 5 cents.

Lobelia

Charming little plants for small beds, edging
baskets, etc. Graceful and pretty, and colors
exceedingly clear. A most charming pot plant
for window culture, blooming in four weeks
^and making the pretest little pot flowers.
‘CARDINALIS— Cardinal Flower. An extremely
brilliant scarlet bloomer, two feet high. Of
easy culture. Hardy. Packet, 8 cents.
GRACILLIS — The flowers are bright blue with
white center; fine for baskets, vases, etc.,
trailing gracefully and blooming profusely;
half hardy annual. Six inches high. Pack-
et, 5 cents.

FINE MIXEb — ^A number of the choicest and
best varieties are to be found in this
mixture. Packet, 5 cents.

Lantana

Fine mixed, rapid growing, constant
blooming perennial plant for pot cul-
ture in winter or garden decoration in
summer ; clusters of orange, white, pink,
etc. Packet, 5 cents.

Lychnis c

(Burning Star) -

A blaze of brilliancy for months, if .
plants are kept from seeding. Star-like
blossoms cover the dwarf, bushy plants
like a cloud. Perfectly hardy, and
blooms even better the second season
than the first. Intensely bright scarlet.
Packet, 5 cents.

Peony

(Double Chinese Herbaceous)

Grand, hardy, herbaceous plants, well-
known ornaments of our gardens, with
large double flowers in pink, crimson
and white.

MIXED COLORS— Packet, iO cents.

Lobelia.

Sensitive Plant (Mimosa Pudica)

A well-known free-flowering plant, of easy culture,
with rich and beautiful varied double colored flowers.
The African are best for large beds, while the French
are adapted for small beds or a fore-
ground for taller plants. Half-hardy
annuals.

AFRICAN ELDORADO — Immense flow-
ers ten to fourteen inches around,;
exceedingly double; quilled like a.
Dahlia ; primrose, lemon, orange and
golden shades; three feet. Price, 5
cents per packet.

PRIDE OF THE GARDEN — Immense i
flowers, densely double ; color gold- '
en-yellow ; a feature of this variety
is the compact, dwarf habit. Price,;
5 cents per packet.

DWARF DOUBLE FRENCH MIXED —

Yellow, brown and crimson, beauti-
fully striped; two feet. Packet, 5c.:

Mignonette

LARGE-FLOWERING — The common Sweet
Mignonette ; very fragrant. Packet, 5 cents.;
ALLEN’S DEFIANCE — Mammoth spikes, more
fragrant than any other. Florets of im-
mense size and the cut flower frequently
keeps three weeks. Packet, 5 cents.

PEARL WHITE — Large spikes of bloom; the
stamens are pure white and fragrant. Pack-,
0*t 5 cents

NEW MIXED SORTS — A fine mixture of a
lot of new large-flowering sorts ; a most
magnificent mixture, and will give a varied
and beautiful bed. Packet, 5 cents.

Nicotiana Sanderae

(Carmine Tuberose, Flowered Tobacco)

Bushy, much-branched plants two feet high,
the whole plant laden with flowers from base
to summit — fragrant blossoms, thousands of
which are produced on a single plant, having
a short, stout tube; they do not close up in the'
day time, but remain open all day; the fra-
grance is delicious. Mixed Hybrids, pkt., 8c.
NICOTIANA AFFINIS — Produces an
abundance of large, pure white flow-
ers of delicious fragrance. If taken
up in the fall and cut back and
potted, they will bloom all winter,
Packet, 5 cents.

Lavender (Lavcndula Spica)

Well known sweet-scented, hardy per-'
ennial ; should be extensively grown in
the mixed border. Three feet. Packet
5 cents.

Salvia Splendens

(Large Flowering Scarlet Sage)

Under our hot summer sun this
*‘flame-colored beauty” is the most gor-
geous of all plants. For months the
blaze of flaming scarlet is intenselj'jj
brilliant. A single plant will carry asi
many as two hundred spikes of flowers"
each ten inches long. Packet, 5 cents.

Sunflower

MAMMOTH RUSSIAN — Enormous flow- ;
ers. The well known old sunflower
with coarse, tall plants from four tel
eight feet in height, and bright yel-i

French Marigold.

low flowers.

15 cents.

Packet, 5 cents; ^-Ib.

Always remember club rate discounts when ordering seeds — see page 1.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

1 ji MARVELOUS range of new colors has been developed in this favorite flower, which for three or four months of the season
iif^^-kes a better display than almost any other plant. No other annual will produce such a lavish profusion of flowers for
so long a time with the same small outlay of time and labor. The maximum of bloom is produced in thin soils, and
;never flags through the hottest weather. In soils too rich leaves predominate. Plant the seeds an inch deep, and thin seed-
lings to ten or twelve inches apart. The varieties offered below were selected, after exhaustive trials, from a very large num-
ber of sorts as being the best and most distinct.

TALL or CLIMBING NASTURTIUMS

Beautiful and luxuriant climbers for trellises and arbors; of
easiest culture, bearing gorgeous flowers in profusion until
killed by frost. Price, 5 cents per packet; ounce, 15 cents;
set of six varieties, 25 cents.

EDWARD OTTO — Beautiful shade of brownish-lilac.
MOONLIGHT — Cream -white ; very large flowers.

SCARLET — Brilliant scarlet.

PRINCE HENRY — Cream, spotted and tipped scarlet,

TWILIGHT — Large flowers, chamois-yellow, shaded with
orange-rose and splashed scarlet.

BUTTERFLY — The color is a light lemon-yellow, marked on the
three broad lower petals with a blotch of rich terra-cotta
red, the two upper petals are marked in shades of bright red.
TALL NASTURTIUMS MIXED — Of many bright colors; very
effective when planted in long rows or masses. Packet, 5
cents; ounce, 10 cents; one-quarter pound, 25 cents.

Climbing
Nasturtiums

Mme.
Gunther’s
Hybrids

For rich-
ness and va-
riety of col-
ors these
new hybrids
have no equal
among Nastur-
tiums. It would
be impossible to
describe all the
different colors.
The foliage is
mostly dark, and
contrasts very ef-
fectively with the
rich colors. They are climb-
ers, and free and continuous
bloomers. Price, large packet,
10 cents, two packets for 15
cents; ounce, 20 cents; one-
quarter pound, 60 cents.

CHAMELEON
NASTURTIUMS

(\ When a plant of this novel

: flSr sort is in full bloom one can

. find upon it flowers of almost

{ ievery shade of color and form of marking known to Nastur-
j; -tiums. No matter what color a flower may be when it opens, it
) jis continually changing until it fades. Unlike many flowers
: ;Which are notable because curious, those of the Chameleon
iNasturtium are always beautiful and attractive.

' DWARF CHAMELEON — Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents
|TALL CHAMELEON — Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents.

FRINGED CHINESE PRIMROSES

I This charming and heautifui flowering piant is indispensahie
: for winter or spring decorations in the home or conservatory,
f It is one of our most important of winter-blooming pot plants.
^ ^CHISWICK RED — Large, brilliant scarlet. The brightest of

I all. Packet, 10 cents.

f-CHOICEST MIXED — This mixture contains nothing but the

> finest sorts, and cannot fail to give entire satisfaction.

> Packet, 8 cents.

PRIMULA OBCONICA

Primula Obconica is as near an ever-blooming plant as is
possible to obtain. It has been known to flower for over twelve
months without a break.

GRANDIFLORA ROSEA — ^Beautiful clear rose. Packet, 10 cents.
GRAN 01 FLORA MIXED — All colors. Packet, 10 cents.

HARDY PRIMROSES

VERIS — (English Cowslip.) Flowers of different colors, yel-
low, brown and yellow edged, etc.; very fragrant; six inches,

, Packet, 5 cents.

IjAURICULA — (Primula Auricula.) A well-known favorite of
great beauty ; half-hardy perennials ; six inches ; mixed.

Packet, 5 cents.

Our Superfine Mixture of
TALL NASTURTIUMS

This mixture is composed of seeds from flowers of distinct
colors in proportions that will produce the best results. The
mixture cannot be surpassed, A most beautiful strain, flow-
ering profusely and having a wide range of bright and dis-
tinct colorings, embracing rose, pink, salmon, purple, velvety
dark maroon, light yellow, and deep orange in self colors, as
well as most showy striped and blotched varieties. These are
all of strong, vigorous growth, throwing out running shoots
that can be trained upon strings or wires, or can be readily
made to climb the ordinary paling fences or wire netting.
They are also very showy planted at the top of a steep slope
and allowed to run down the bank. They are equally beautiful
simply trailing on level ground. Price, for large packet, 10
cents; ounce, 20 cents; one-quarter pound, 50 cents.

TOM THUMB NASTURTIUMS
Dwarf or Bedding Varieties

Their neat, compact growth, rich-colored flowers and free-
blooming and long-lasting qualities, together with their adapt-
ability to almost any soil or situation, make them unsurpassed
for garden decoration. Price, 5 cents per packet; ounce, 15
cents; set oi six varieties for 25 cents.

CRYSTAL PALACE GEM — Sulphur, maroon spots.

CLOTH OF GOLD — Compact plants, with bright golden-yellow
leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers.

KING THE(3DORE — Deep purplish-green leaves; flowers dark
rich crimson.

BRONZE-COLORED — A peculiar burnished bronze color.

DEEP SCARLET— A very bright and vivid scarlet.

LADYBIRD — Rich golden-yellow, each petal barred with two
broad veins of bright ruby-crimson.

MIXED TOM THUMB NASTURTIUMS — This includes many
showy colors, having both light and dark foliage in mixture.
Price, 5 cents per packet; ounce, 10 cents; one-quarter
pound, 25 cents.

“Special” Mixture of
DWARF NASTURTIUMS

This mixture contains eighteen different varieties of Dwarf,
or "Tom Thumb" Nasturtiums, and no better annual exists;
for filling beds or borders with a continuous supply of flow-
ers they are unexcelled. Their handsome foliage shows a va-
riety of green shades, including both light and very dark blue-
green leaves, with distinct veins, as well as the old well-
known tints, and the flowers are also greatly improved in col-
oring and in marking. Both this mixture and the “special
mixture” of Tall Nasturtiums include varieties having blooms
of a velvety texture new to the species, and some showing odd
colors heretofore unknown among flowers. Price, large packet,
10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; one-quarter pound, 50 cents.

CELESTIAL or CHRISTMAS PEPPER

Small conical fruits. This sort is used as an ornamental
plant during the Christmas season. A fine sharp-flavored Pep-
per of transcendent beauty, setting its fruit early and con-
tinuing until cut down by frost. A well-grown plant will
show peppers in every stage of growth, and in three or four
different colors, according to the stage of ripeness, creamy-
white, pink and vivid scarlet, all on the bush together, a most
novel and wonderful sight. Beautiful pot plants — in fact, few
pot plants make such an attractive show as does the Pepper
when in full bearing. Price, 5 cents per packet.

We do not substitute without your consent

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

We guarantee safe arrival, good seeds and true to name.

POPPIES

Giant Pansy.

Well-known hardy annuals and per-
ennials flowering in great profusion
throughout the summer. As early in
spring as ground can be worked sow
the seed where flowers are to bloom
and cover lightly, since if planted too
deep the seed will not germinate and
the annual varieties do not bear
transplanting. To insure a continu-
ous bloom during a long season the
flowers should be cut regularly and
no seed pods allowed to form.

TULIP POPPY — Vivid scarlet, tulip-
shaped flowers, blooming abundant-
ly ; beautiful. Packet, 5 cents.

ADMIRAL — A single peony-flowered
variety of surpassing beauty, hav-
ing large, smooth- edged flowers of
glistening white, with a broad band
of brilliant scarlet around the top.

These two colors form a very strik-
ing contrast, and when planted in
groups produce a magniflcent ef-
fect. (See cut.) Price, -8 cents.

“MIKADO” — (The Striped Japanese
Poppy.) This beautiful Poppy is
very distinct in character and
color. The flowers are brilliant scarlet and white, with elegantly curved petals,
like a Japanese Chrysanthemum. Packet, 5 cents.

SHIRLEY IMPROVED— This is a charming class of Poppies, all white centered,
and running through many beautiful shades of rose, salmon, apricot, pink, etc., to
glowing crimson. May be sown in autumn or spring. Elegant for cutting. Two
feet. Single mixed, packet, 5 cents.

Poppy Admiral.

01 ANT PANSIES

GIANT TRIMARDEAU — Largest of all. The blossoms are
simply enormous, perfect in form, and run through all the
various colors, from the lightest shade to the darkest purple.
Packet, 10 cents.

GIANT ODIER, GASSIER AND BUGNOT — A superb mixture
of these famous, large-flowered, spotted Pansies. The petals
are large, of various colors, in the center of three, or some-
times of all five, of which are dark velvety blotches, shad-
ing out toward the edges and ending in fine hairy lines.
Packet, 10 cents.

GIANT PEACOCK — A striking variety, the upper petals being
of a beautiful ultramarine-blue, while the lateral and lower
are of a deep claret, with white margin. Packet, 10 cents.

International Mixture of Pansy Seed

The result of our observation of the various strains pro-
duced, and of the favorites in our market, prompted us to
prepare our International Mixture. It consists besides all the
leading kinds of commerce, of seeds of the Giant, Bugnot, Gas-
sier and Trimardeau, with flowers measuring, when well grown,
three inches in diameter, and such beautiful colors as gold-
bronze, silver edged, marbled, mahogany spotted, claret-red,
and many others. Our International Mixture will produce for
you, as it has for others, a Pansy bed which will be the won-
der of the neighborhood and the joy of the owner. Price,
packet, 10 cents.

Mixture of Scarlet and Red Pansies

This is a mixture of special selections of Pansies with red
and scarlet flowers. It is partly made up of such varieties as
Meteor, Red Riding Hood, Cardinal, Fiery Faces and also from
some special selections we had made for this mixture by sev-
eral Pansy specialists. A bed of these Pansies presents a
striking and beautiful effect and will please every lover of this
favorite flower. Packet, 10 cents.

Any three packets of above named Pansies for 25 cents.

Bedding Pansies

A selection for bedding purposes, large flowers of good sub-
stance :

King of Blacks.

Emperor William (blue).
Red.

Striped.

White.

Yellow.

Gold Margined.

Prince Bismarck (bronze).

Purple.

Psyche (white with violet
blotches).

Rosy Lilac.

White Marbled.

Per packet, 5 cents; any four packets, 15 cents; or the whole
collection for 30 cents.

FINE MIXED BEDDING PANSIES— Per packet, 5 cents.

ENGLISH FACED CHOICE MIXED— From a splendid English
collection of the largest-flowering varieties. Packet, 5 cents.

Featherball Poppy.

FEATHERBALL POPPIES

Handsome annual Poppy; grows two feet tall, and is always
admired. It is a free bloomer. The flowers when fully ex
panded look like a ball of feathers, and are of marvelous pur
ity and beauty.

WHITE FEATHERBALL— Packet, 5 cents.

PINK FEATHERBALL — Packet, 5 cents.

MIXED COLORS — Packet, 5 cents.

HARDY ICELAND POPPIES

These Poppies produce flowers the first year from seed. Th
colors range from the purest white to the deepest orange am
scarlet and have a delicious fragrance. For vases or hous
decorations they rank among the loveliest.

SINGLE MIXED— Packet, 5c. DOUBLE MIXED— Packet, lOc

GIANT HARDY ORIENTAL POPPIES

BRILLIANT — Enormous flower of deep scarlet, entirely hard
anywhere. Packet, 10 cents.

GIANT ORIENTAL MIXED — ^A fine mixture of salmon-scari e'<
rose, lilac, purple-blotched, orange, etc. Packet, 10 cents.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

I Phlox Drummondi Grandiflora

I Or large-flowered section. These are decided improvements
I over the old class, with much larger flowers, a better range of
I colors and of more compact growth.

I ALBA — Pure white; very large. Packet, 5 cents.

I LARGE BLOOD-RED — The darkest-colored. Packet, 5 cents.

I STAR-EYED (STELLATAS) — Mixed colors, grand large flow-
I ers, each flower having a white star eye. Packet, 10 cents.
I GRANDIFLORA — Choice mixed; all colors. Packet, ,5 cents.

I SEMI -DOUBLE — Best mixed. Packet, 5 cents.

Phlox Drummondi Nana

' This new strain is of dwarf, compact habit, growing about
I six inches high ; splendid for pot culture or for ribbon lines
1 and for massing.

I DWARF — In choicest mixtures. Packet, 5 cents.

Star=shaped Phlox

Of dwarf habit, bearing pretty star-shaped flowers, varying
from violet-blue to deep rose and blood-red, margined with
white; choice mixed. Packet, 5 cents.

! Hardy Phlox

! (Phlox Decussata) — These rank among the finest herbaceous
1 perennials for beds or borders. Mixture of the finest colors.

j Packet, 10 cents.

Large Flowering Petunias

HOWARD’S NEW STAR — Each flower shows a large distinct
five-pointed white star on a bright crimson or purplish-
crimson ground. Late in the fall, when the weather becomes
cooler, the edges of the white star become feathered with
fine lines of rose and crimson, while in other flowers the en-
tire white portion is suffused with soft rose-pink. The plants
begin to bloom early and flower profusely. Packet, 10 cents.

GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA — Gigantic flowers often five inches
in diameter, of every conceivable shade of crimson, pink,
lavender, pure white, etc. One of the chief points of ex-
cellence is the deep throat and diversity of veinings in the
throat. Many of the flowers have a clear yellow throat,
while others have a pure black one, so deep that it seems
to show no veinings. Packet, 10 cer/.s.

BLOTCHED AND STRIPED — Flowers with star-shaped
blotches of symmetrical form ; fine for bedding and window
Price, packet, 5 cents.

strain, including many of the
large-flowering varieties. Packet,
5 cents.

Portulaca

There is scarcely any flower in
cultivation that makes such a
dazzling display of beauty as a
bed of many-hued brilliant-col-
ored Portulacas. They thrive
best in a rather rich, light loam
or sandy soil and an exposed,
sunny situation. Half-hardy an-
nual.

DOUBLE MIXED— All colors.
Packet, 5 cents.

Scabiosa

(Mourning Bride, Sweet Scabiosa, Pincushion Flower)

The Sweet Scabiosa has been in cultivation so long that its
native country is unknown. They grow about two and one-
half feet high, and come into bloom early in July, and con-
tinue without interruption until hard frost. The beautiful
flowers in exquisite shades are borne on long stems, and when
cut keep in perfect condition for the best part of a week.
They make effective borders or beds, and no garden is com-
plete without Scabiosas, especially where flowers are wanted
for cutting.

DOUBLE — All colors mixed. Packet, 5 cents.

Schizanthus (Butterfly or Fringe Flower)

The Schizanthus has been called the "Poor Man’s Orchid” on
account of their eas.y culture and resemblance in form and va-
riety of coloring to some of the floral aristocrats. May be sown
outdoors in spring, where they are to remain, or started inside
and transplanted when the weather is suitable. A sowing made
in autumn will give an abundance of bioom through the winter.
BRIDAL VEIL — A variety largely used as a pot plant for the
house or conservatory. It is remarkably free-flowering, and
presents a beautiful appearance with its myriads of blooms,
the ground color of which is white, dotted with delicate rose!
Packet, 10 cents.

We also offer a splendid mixture of this interesting ^ower at

5 cents per packet.

Salpiglossis (Painted Tongue)

The Salpiglossis is one of the greatest favorites among an-
nuals, partly because of its easy culture, but principally for
its beautiful, almost Orchid-like flowers, which it produces
from early summer until late fall. Seed should be sown early
in spring in a hotbed or window and transplanted when weath-
er is settled or directly out of doors after danger of frost.

New “Emperor” Salpiglossis

The new Emperor strain is a very great improvement on the
older type in its increased size of flowers, their improved shape
and larger variety of colors, and more than all else in their
singularly beautiful veinings of gold. These are the only
flowers, to our knowledge, that show a glint of gold in their

pnlnritio* ft

G RAN Di FLORA, MIXED— Large flowers, most vivid. Packet,
5 cents.

Ten Weeks Stock

One of the most popular plants, either for bedding, massing
or pot culture ; for brilliancy and diversity of color or profu-
sion and duration of bloom is unsurpassed. The Ten-Weeks
Stocks are generally cultivated, and bloom from ten to twelve
weeks after being sown ; they grow from six to eighteen inches
high, and when grown in light, rich soil they bear an immense
quantity of bloom, each plant forming a perfect bouquet of
delightful fragrance. Half-hardy annual.

EARLY TEN-WEEKS STOCKS — Pure white; very sweet.
Pdck6t! 5 C6ntSa

EARLY TEN-WEEKS STOCKS— Rich crimson. Packet, 5c.
EARLY TEN-WEEKS STOCKS— Clear blue. Packet, 5 cents.
EARLY TEN-WEEKiS STOCKS— Purple. Packet, 5 cents.
EARLY TEN-WEEKS STOCKS— Bright pink. Packet, 5 cents.
EARLY TEN-WEEKS STOCKS— Clear yellow. Packet. 5c.

ONE PACKET EACH OF THE SIX VARIETIES FOR 25c.
EARLY TEN-WEEKS STOCKS — Twelve of the finest colors
mixed. Packet, 8 cents.

If we jnake any error in filling your order, let us know at once,

82 THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Newest and Best Sweet Pea^

The crop of Sweet Peas was again practically a failure in the United States the
past season, and we are obliged to offer a smaller list of varieties than usual. The
ones here offered are of the very best and most dependable kinds. Sweet Peas should
be sown as early in spring as possible. The soil should be rich, the drills six inches
deep. Cover first about an inch, and as the plants grow fill in until the drill is full.

Six of the Most Recent Novelties in
Sweet Peas

New Varieties that have been Tested Thoroughly and Found
to be Distinct and Novel

Price, 10 cents per packet; 25 cents per ounce.

COUNTESS SPENCER — Bright, clear pink showing a little
deeper at the edges. The form is open, and the margins of
the petals are wavy. Both standard and wings are very large.

KING EDWARD SPENCER — Bright crimson-scarlet; wings
unusually large.

HELEN LEWIS— The orange-rose wings roll and fold ; the
standard is refiexed, showing the distinctly fluted effect, and
is of an intense rich crimson-orange. The blooms are truly
of a gigantic size — the ruffled standard measuring two inches
across.

PRINCESS ALICE SPENCER — A beautiful shade of light lav-
ender slightly tinted with white. Princess Alice is fully up
to the true Spencer standard.

PARADISE — Soft rose-pink shaded and edged deeper pink.

WHITE SPENCER— Flowers of enormous size that are abso-
lutely pure white. The standard is decidedly waved, crinkled
and fluted. The flowers are borne three and four to the
stem ; the stems measure from twelve to flfteen inches in
length. The vines are nearly covered with bloom. Unsur-
passed for cutting and for keeping after being cut.

SPECIAL OFFER — One packet each of the above Six Novelties
for 50 cents; one ounce of each for $1.25.

Countess of Spencer Hybrids (Mixed)

Composed exclusively of Giant Waved “Spencer” varieties,
including several new hybrids of exquisite colors and shades.
This mixture contains an equal proportion of colors of the
Countess of Spencer hybrids, and is one of the most superb
combinations ever offered in a catalogue. Packet, 8 cents;
ounce, 20 cents.

Sweet William

These make matchless border
plants, with heads of bloom of
great size and wonderful beauty ;
should be in every garden; height
one and a half feet.

PERFECTION. SINGLE MIXED—

A splendid strain ; flowers of
many bright colors, large size
and varied markings, includ-
ing auricula -eyed varieties.

Packet, 5 cents.

DOUBLE, MIXED — Fine double
flowers, which, however, to
our fancy, are not so beauti-
ful as the single. Packet, 5
cents. Sweet William.

Violet

A fine collection of many fine varieties and colors — blue,
lavender, white. Many of the finest scented varieties are in-
cluded; mixed sorts. Packet, 6 cents.

Vinca

(Madagascar Periwinkle, or Old Maid)

Ornamental free-blooming plants ; seed must be sown early
and then the plants will bloom the first summer. They can
be taken up in the fall like Chrysanthemums, potted and kept
in bloom through the winter.

Select List of the Best Standard
Large=Flowering Sweet Peas

Price, 5 cents per packet, any six for 25 cents. One ounce of
any one variety, 15 cents.

APPLE BLOSSOM — Bright rosy-pink, beautifully blended; .

white. I

BLANCHE FERRY — Earlier than any other sort. Wings are i ;
nearly white, while the standards are a deep rose-pink. I
Dwarf grower.

BLANCHE BURPEE — A fine large flower of beautiful form;
firm, lasting substance and snowy whiteness, having three of
the extra large flowers on each long stiff stem.

CAPTAIN OF THE BLUES — Fine large blue, lavender shaded. .
DOROTHY ECKFORD — The finest pure white; giant flower, also
robust in growth and stem. The plant is short-jointed, andi
grows an enormous mass of bloom.

HON. MRS. E. KENYON — A beautiful primrose color, a bold?

giant flower, and a most desirable variety.

KING EDWARD — Bright scarlet. A solid deep color and very
large sized flower.

KATHERINE TRACY — Bright pink; a large, bold, perfect
flower of great substance.

LADY GRISEL HAMILTON — Beautiful pale lavender; in form i I
it is of the most advanced giant-flowering type. j

LOVELY — The flowers are very large and of fine form. A .
delicate shell-pink tinged with yellow, producing a very -
warm, soft color of exceeding beauty. There are often four *l
flowers on a stem.

MIDNIGHT (“Jet”) — Standard a very deep purplish-maroon, ,
almost black ; wings darkest claret. The flowers are so dark :
as to merit the name.

MISS WILLMOTT — Standard orange-pink. Wings rose, tinted!
with orange. The best orange-pink. The large semi-hooded i
flowers are borne on long stems.

MRS. JOS. CHAMBERLAIN- — Ground color is a clear silvery-
white, brightly striped soft rosy-pink.

PRINCE OF WALES — Bright rose; large flower; the prettiest .

of the bright red varieties. i

PRIMA DONNA — Soft pink; fine shade; grand flower.

Our Grand Large=Flowering Mixed Ij
Sweet Peas j

The finest mixture possible, as only the large-flowered or :
“Grandiflora” type (Eckford’s) is used. More than one hun-
dred different colors. They are perfectly magnificent. Packet,

5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; one-quarter pound, 30 cents; one-half r

Viscaria.

Viscaria I

Very free-blooming annuals, closely allied to the Lychnis;!
they form compact plants about a foot high, and are covered ’
from early summer till fall with their bright flowers, shaped ij
somewhat like a single Pink, borne on long, slender stems ; it
is best to sow them where they are to bloom, thinning out toij
prevent overcrowding.

MIXED COLORS — Packet. 5 cents.

MIXED COLOBS — Packet, 5 cents.

If Possible Please Use Our Order Sheet in Ordering.

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MAMMOTH VERBENAS

t! j For garden beds or massing the Verbena is unrivaled; flow-
I ers of the most brilliant colors, blooming continually from
iiispring until late in the autumn. Although perennials, these
, (t|form luxuriant plants and bloom profusely the first season.

JfllVERBENA WHITE— (Sea Foam.) Large and sweet-scented,
■s'* Packet, 5 cents.

'itDEFIANCE— Scarlet. Packet, 5 cents.

I ash AD ES OF BLUE, MIXED— Packet, 5 cents.

:;iMAMMOTH PINK— Packet, 5 cents.

[!</MAIVIVI0TH verbenas, mixed — The individual florets on
fit properly grown plants over one inch across — or larger than
. a 25-ceiit silver piece. They bloom freely, are vigorous in
rttij growth, and contain all of the beautiful new colors and
shades. Mammoth mixed colors. Packet, 5 cents.

VALERIANA (Hardy Garden Heliotrope)

Showy plant; grows in any garden soil; does well in the
fthade; hardy perennial; grows two feet in height and blooms
ilthe first season from seed. Fine for bouquets. We offer a
"!rery choice mixture of bright rose, red and white varieties.

packet, 5 cents.

ZINNIAS

(Youth and

Old Age)

The Double Zin-
nia is one of the
easiest grown and
most showy of
a r d e n annuals,
e plants come
quickly from
seeds, are easily
transplanted, and
make a fine dis-
play in a bed or
border or among
shrubbery. Each
flower lasts for
several weeks, and
the plants bloom
abundantly until
destroyed by frost.

Zinnia.

WALLFLOWER

These old European favor-
ites are not as much grown
and appreciated in this coun-
try as they deserve, due, no
doubt, to the fact that they
are scarcely hardy in very cold
locations, but in sheltered lo-
cations with protection they
winter safely iff Northern
states, though, perhaps, it is
better to sow the seed an-
nually in spring, and winter
the young plants over in the
cold frame. They are worth
the trouble, making nice bushy
plants, one and one-half feet
high, bearing in the spring
long spikes of most delicious-
ly fragrant flowers of va-
rious colors, crimson, purple,
yellow, apricot, mahogany,
pink, etc.

IMPROVED DOUBLE STRIPED — good strain, representing
i all the leading colors, all striped. This is really the finest
I strain of Striped or Zebra Zinnias in cultivation. Pkt., 5c.
MPROVED TALL DOUBLE, MIXED COLORS — Saved only
i from select flowers, perfect in colors. Packet, 5 cents.
[MPROVED dwarf DOUBLE MIXED — Extra large, perfectly
01 formed, double flowers; very fine; mixed colors. Packet, 5c.

I ' '

FINE GERMAN DOUBLE, TALL, MIXED — Spikes of deli-
ciously fragrant double flowers, combining many shades of
color, chocolate-brown and orange-purple predominating. Per

packet, 8 cents.

DOUBLE, LARGE-FLOWERING, SUPERB, DWARF, MIXED

— Finest double dwarf branching, comprising rich yellow,
brown, violet, white. Packet, 8 cents.

_• 1

OTHER STANDARD FLOWER SEEDS

in this list we name, with prices, other Standard Flower Seeds, which, from lack of space, were omitted
I from the preceding descriptive list. It is needless to say that the seeds of each

are the best possible to procure — the best seeds grown.

SIRD OF PARADISE — (Poinciana.) This is a very interesting
i plant. The flowers are golden-yellow, red and purple, of
! beautiful shape. Packet, 5 cents.

Digitalis — (Foxglove.) Fine mixed; long racemes of beau-
r tifully spotted flowers. Packet, 5 cents.

EDELWEISS — (Gnaphalium Leontopodium.) Famous and true
j Edelweiss of the Alps; flowers of a downy texture, pure
['white, star-shaped. Packet, 5 cents.

EUPHORBIA MARGINATA — (Snow-on-the-Mountain.) Attrac-
tive foliage, veined and margined with white. Two feet.
Packet, 5 cents.

ERNS — Mixed; sports of many varieties. Packet, 15 cents.
SODETIA — Showy annuals of dwarf, compact growth, bearing
i freely large flowers three or four inches across, of exquisite
ji colors and shades that glisten in the sunlight like satin;
j! finest mixed. Packet, 5 cents.

GYPSOPHILA PAN ICU LATA— (Baby’s Breath.) This is one
of the most useful and graceful of hardy perennial plants ;

white. Packet, 5 cents.

IRIS KAEMPFERI — (Japan Iris.) Mixed colors. Packet, 5c.

LIN ARIA CYMBALARIA — (Kenilworth Ivy.) Lavender and
purple. A charming, neat, hardy perennial trailing plant,
suitable for baskets, vases, pots and rockwork. Packet, 5c,

MIMULUS TIGRINUS — (Monkey Flower.) Fine mixed spotted
varieties. Packet, 5 cents.

MIMULUS MOSCHATUS— (Musk Plant.) Fine for hanging
baskets, etc. ; small yellow flowers, fragrant foliage. Pkt., 5c,

SOLANUM CAPSICATRUM — (Jerusalem Cherry.) A minia-
ture tree-like plant, suitable for either garden or pot cul-
ture ; round orange-scarlet fruits. Packet, 5 cents.

! SPECIAL MIXTURES OF FLOWER SEEDS

These packets contain a great variety of pretty flowers of easy growth. The mixture will be found to be both interesting and
useful. Interesting because new flowers open daily that will be a source of endless delight.

MIXTURE OF CLIMBERS

ijbeautiful annual climbers, useful for covering outhouses, trel-
lises, etc. Packet, 10 cents. .

contains

FLOWERS FOR BOUQUETS

ers suitable for cutting for vases and bouquets, nearly all
having long stems and will furnish a constant supply of cut
flowers throughout the entire season. Packet, 10 cents.

Our liberal club rates largely reduce cost of seeds — see page 1.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

POPULAR CLIMBING VINES

ASPARAGUS VERTICILLATUS

A beautiful climber, having feathery foliage and scarlet ber-
ries which are quite ornamental ; hardy perennial ; about ten
to fifteen feet high. Packet. 5 cents.

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII (Japan or Boston Ivy)

(Illustrated on page 68.) A hardy perennial climber, with
glossy green leaves, which change to scarlet in the autumn.
Most valuable for covering walls. Price, per packet, 5 cents.

ALLEGHENY VINE

Mountain Fringe or Adlumia Cirrhosa — Hardy climbing plant,
native of the Allegheny Mountains; very attractive and pic
turesque; dainty, feathery, pale green foliage; fiowers delicate
rose-pink and white. Price, per packet, 5 cents.

BALLOON VINE (Love in a Puff)

Annual. A rapid growing climber; flowers white; seed ves-
sels look like miniature balloons. Price, packet, 5 cents.

BALSAM APPLE (Momordica Balsamea)

A quick-growing climber with ornamental foliage and curious
yellow fruits which, when open are brilliant scarlet. Fruits
are used for medical purposes. Plant seeds in light, rich soil
when trees are in leaf. Price, 5 cents per packet.

BRYONOPSIS

A beautiful annual climber of the gourd species, with ivy-
like pale green foliage and showy fruit, first green striped
white, turning when ripe to bright scarlet striped white; ten
to twenty feet. Packet, 5 cents.

CANARY BIRD VINE

A rapid-growing summer-climbing annual, growing ten to fif-
teen feet high. It will cover trellis work in the most graceful
manner, producing hundreds of its pretty fringed bright yellow

flowers, which resemble

Cypress Vine.

a canary bird with ex-
panded wings. Packet,
5 cents.

CYPRESS VINE

The most graceful
climbing plants, with
fern-like foliage, bear-
ing clusters of small,
star-shaped flowers.
SCARLET — Very
brilliant. Packet, 5c.
WHITE — Beautiful
and graceful. Pack-
et, 5 cents.
MIXED— Packet. 5c.

CLEMATIS

Large Flowering — (Illustrated on page 67.) Beautiful climber
with lovely flowers in blue, white, purple,
etc. Hardy, can remain in permanent
situation. Mixed, price, packet, 10 cents.

COBEA SCANDENS

Elegant, rapid-growing climbers, at-
taining a height of twenty to thirty feet.

Can be grown in the garden in summer,
or in the greenhouse or conservatory in
winter. Their luxuriance renders them
particularly desirable for covering ar-
bors, walls, etc. ; flowers large and bell-
shaped.

MIXED COLORS — Packet, 5 cents. Cobea Scan dens.

HYACINTH BEAN (Dolichos)

A rapid-growing annual climber, flowering freely in erect
racemes, followed by ornamental seed pods; for covering ar-
bors, trellises, etc. Sow the seed in the garden in May, where
they are to remain.

TALL HYACINTH BEAN, DARKNESS— Both stems and under-
side of foliage purplish-red. The numerous spikes of red-
dish-purple pea-like flowers are succeeded by showy seed
pods. Eight to ten feet. Packet, 5 cents.

TALL HYACINTH BEAN, DAYLIGHT — Flowers freely from
the ground up ; pure white flowers and ornamental v.'hite
pods. Eight to ten feet. Packet, 5 cents.

JAPANESE VARIEGATED HOP

It is a rapid summer climber, in three or four weeks* time
attaining a height of twenty to thirty feet; resembling the
common hop, but, being an annual, attains full perfection the
first season. The foliage is luxuriant, making a dense cover-
ing. One of the best plants for covering verandas, trellises,
etc. Heat, drought and insects do not trouble it. Packet, 5c.

LATHYRUS

(Everlasting or Hardy Sweet Pea)

Showy, free-flowering hardy perennial climbers for covering
OM stumps, fences, etc., continually in bloom; flne for cutting.
ALBUS — Pure white, very desirable. Packet, 5 cents.
(SPLENDENS — Brilliant rosy-red. Packet, 5 cents.

MIXED — Packet, 5 cents.

MAURANDYA

For greenhouse or outdoor planting; blooms the whole sea-
<&>n; flv\e, tubular, bell-shaped flowers; white, purple and rose
tiixeG. Packet, 5 cents.

ORNAMENTAL GOURDS

Well-known climbers with the
most fantastic and grotesque fruit
imaginable. Fine for covering sheds,
training over fences or brush piles,
and always sure to attract the at-
tention of the children, who love to
play with the pretty striped and
oddly crooked fruits. Keeps per-
fect for years.

MIXED SORTS — All sizes, shapes
and colors. Packet, 5 cents.

THE KUDZU VINE

The New Japanese Flowering Bean

This is the most rapid growing
vine known. It has a tuberous
root, which is perfectly hardy, and
in spring sends up vigorous shoots,
which will quickly shade an entire
piazza front. It will grow twenty
feet the flrst summer from seed
sown in the open ground in May.
Its foliage is very luxuriant, and its rose-colored fragrant flow-
ers are produced in large clusters. For covering porches, ar-
bors, fences, stumps, dead trees, etc., with a luxuriant curtain
of foliage, and in the shortest possible space of time, there is
no climber that can equal it. Packet, 8 cents.

MORNING GLORIES

Seed of the well-known Morning Glory is so cheap, the flow-
ers so bright, and the vines of such rapid growth, that it. should
be planted largely to cover trellises and unsightly outhouses.
FINE MIXED — A great variety of colors of the popular old-
fashioned Morning Glory, Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents.

Ornamental Gourds.

GIANT IMPERIAL JAPANESE MORNING
GLORIES

These grand new Morning Glories from Japan are remarkable
for the large size and exquisite new colors of the flower. The
vines grow quickly to a height of twelve to twenty feet. They
are of all shades of red, and innumerable shades of blue, from
pale lavender to richest indigo and royal -purple ; also White,
yellow, gray, slate, copper color, brown, bronze, almost black,
and many other odd shades. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents.

MOONFLOWER

GRANDIFLORA WHITE — Annual. Black seeded. Beginning
to flower early in August, the vines are nightly covered with
pure white flowers, emitting a rich Jasmine odor. Planted in
rich ground, in a sunny situation, the vines attain a height
of twenty-flve feet in a season. Packet, 5 cents.
HEAVENLY BLUE — Foliage very large, heart-shaped; flowers
four to five inches across, in large clusters and produced in
such abundance as to nearly hide the foliage. Color, most
magnifleent sky-blue. Price, 8 cents per packet.

«(

SMILAX

Perennial climber for greenhouse or window gardens; foliage
and stems light green, graceful ; excellent for decoration.
Packet, 5 cents.

THUNBERGIA (Black=Eyed Susan)

Beautiful, rapid-growing annual climbers, preferring a warm;
sunny situation ; used extensively in hanging baskets, vases, low
fences, etc. ; very pretty flowers in buff, white, orange, etc., with
dark eyes; mixed colors; four feet. Price, packet, 5 cents.

WILD CUCUMBER (Echinocystis Lobata)

A very rapid-growing climber which reaches a height of
thirty feet in one season. It is covered with beautiful clusters
of white sweet-scented flowers followe^by an abundance of or-
namental prickly seed pods. It will
quickly cover a trellis, pillar, an
old tree or an unsightly building
and will reproduce itself from
self-sown seed every year. Hardy
annual. Packet, 5 cents.

PASSION FLOWER

These are handsome rapid-
growing climbers which grow
easily from seed and are always
greatly admired on account of
their exquisite colors and curious
form of flowers. They begin to
bloom while quite small ; flowers
are white and blue ; are peren-
nials, and though they may die'
down in winter will come up in
the spring and bloom as well as
ever. A partly sheltered situa-
tion suits them best. Price, per
packet. 10 cents.

WE GIVE AS MUCH AS WE CAN AFFORD, NOT SO LITTLE AS WE DARE

Passion Flower

IMNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

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I Special Collections of Flower Seeds

t These collections are made up with our usual large-sized packets of choice, fresh seeds. They are put up ready for shipment
before the rush of the busy season, consequently no changes can be made in them.

FULL DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES MAY BE FOUND ON PRECEDING PAGES

COLLECTION “A”

ANNUAL FLOWER SEEDS

For Gardens, Beds, Borders, Etc.

,(li(Sown in the spring these rapidly attain perfection and flower

the same season.)

The following ten kinds mailed free for 25 cents.
VlALYSSUM — Little Gem. The best white.
jJjBALSAM — Superb double mixed.

'«!(}i|COSMOS — Giant-flowering mixed, fine and showy.
'fflFORGET-ME-NOT^An old favorite.

^IUMARI GOLDS — Pride of the garden, mixed colors.

Mignonette — Finest mixed, large fragrant flowers.

ANSIES — German, finest mixed, beautiful colors.

ETUNIAS — Large flowering, single, mixed.

ERBENAS — Mammoth mixed, scarlet, white, pink, etc.

IN NIAS — Mammoth double mixed, immense double flowers.

COLLECTION “B”

Ipecial 25=Cent Collection in Hardy
Perennial Flower Seeds

All hardy plants which live in the garden year after year,
dooming every spring or summer. Many varieties bloom early
n the spring, when the garden is almost destitute of flowers.
5’or 25 cents we will send one full-sized packet each of the
ollowing ten perennials, fully described on previous pages :

[IAN EM ONE — Fine for bouquets.

AQI

lQUILEGIA — Best double mixed.

IjPANDYTUFT — White, fine for cemetery.

[CAMPANULA — Canterbury Bells. Perennial sorts mixed.
nDELPHINIUM — Perennial Larkspur.

IIGAILLARDIA — Many brilliant colors.
liHOLLYHOCK — Mixed colors, stately garden plant.
[PERENNIAL ASTER — Single -flowering mixed.
iSWEET WILLIAM — Makes fine display; fine for border.
(VIOLETS— Many fine varieties.

COLLECTION “C”

Ten Varieties of Climbing Vines for

25 Cents

Just what you need for covering fences, arbors, verandas,
etc., and for hiding unsightly places. They are rapid climbers,
and at the same time produce a constant display of showy flow-
ers. For description see regular list of climbers, page 84.
Balloon Vine Cypress Vine Maurandya

Cobea Scandens Ornamental Gourds Morning Glory

Tall Nasturtiums Lathyrus Japanese Hop

Wild Cucumber

Summer Garden Collection of

POPULAR FLOWERS

Eleven Packets of Seeds of Beautiful Free Flower=
ing Easy Growing Annuals Sent Postpaid for 25c.

Many have asked us what flower seeds are most suitable for
producing a satisfactory and continuous display of flowers in
their summer garden and we have chosen this collection as
among the best suited for that purpose. We have also borne
in mind the fact that flowers suitable for cutting are pre-
ferred, and all are available for bouquets or vases.

ASTER, GIANT COMET — Snow-white, delicate lavender, dark
blue, clear pink and mixed.

ALYSSUM — (Little Gem.) New dwarf variety.

CLEOME PUNGENS— (Giant Spider Flower.) Singular-look-
ing, rose-colored flowers ; the stamens look like spiders' legs.
CARNATIONS — (Marguerite.) Mixed colors.

MIGNONETTE — (Giant Red.) Giant, fragrant flowers.
NASTURTIUMS— All colors, mixed.

PANSY — (Imperial German.) Best; all colors.

POPPY — (Golden -Gate.) Lovely variegated colors.

PHLOX GRANDIFLORA — Mixed large-flowered; all colors.
SWEET PEAS— Best mixture.

VERBENA — Fine mixed; all colors.

HREE VEGETABLES OF ESPECIAL MERIT

NEW SWISS CHARD
LUCULLUS

The plants grow to a height of two
to two and one-half feet. The stalks
are as thick and broad as those of
Rhubarb, being one and one-half
inches broad, heavily ribbed and from
ten to twelve inches long below the
leaf. These stalks are delicious when
cooked and served in the same manner
as Asparagus. The extra large leaves
are sharply pointed at the top, while
the texture is heavily crumpled or
“savoyed," more crisply tender and of
finer flavor. The leafy portion of the
foliage is cooked and served in the same manner
as Spinach. The leaves and stalks served as
separate vegetables afford two distinct dishes
from the same plant at one time. Per packet, 5
cents; ounce, 10 cents.

EARLY SWEET CORN
“GOLDEN BANTAM’^

Golden Bantam is becoming each year more
firmly fixed in popular favor because of its ex-
treme early character, vigorous growth and sur-
passingly delicious flavor. It is pronounced by thousands of planters the finest extra
early Sweet Corn ever grown. Although the dry grain is entirely free from any .flinty
glaze, it is exceptionally hard and firm, hence can be planted earlier than any other
true Sweet Corn. The stalks are dwarf and sturdy in habit, growing to a height of four
feet; they bear two and three good small ears, which have eight rows of broad yellow
grains, extending to the extreme rounded tip. Golden Bantam is as distinct in flavor
from that of white varieties as in color — being almost literally “sweet as honey." The
skin is exceptionally tender. Price, per packet, 10 cents; one-half pint, 20 cents; one
pint, 30 cents.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS, or MINIATURE CABBAGE

If more widely known, the Brussels Sprout would be as popular as it is valuable
few people appreciate its full worth as a winter vegetable. The small cabbages grow
on stalks in great profusion. It is not the least affected by frost, and equal to cauli-
flower in flavor. Per packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents.

Yes — ^We Offer Cabbage Plants — See Page 71

Golden Bantam.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

STANDARD VEGETABLE SEEDS

The seeds offered on this page include the leading varieties and those .worthy of special notice. They are in every sense
good, reliable and valuable. We guarantee our seeds to be strictly true to name, pure, of high excellence, and to grow, if prop-
erly treated, to the extent that should any prove otherwise we will refill the order without charge, or send any other seeds
that may be selected, to the amount paid for same. SENT POSTPAID AT PRICES NAMED.

Egyptian Beet.

Carrot.

Jersey Wakefield
Cabbage.

Flat Dutch Cabbage. I WhItei Plume Celery. Cauliflower.

Variety.

Asparagus, Palmetto — Earliest, best yielder, large
size, very productive, best quality

Beet, Improved Blood-Red Turnip — Very early.

Beet, Early Egyptian Dark Turnip — ^Fine stand
ard sort; dark red; very early, high flavored.

Beet, Long, Blood-Red — A standard late vari-
ety and keeps well through the winter.....

Cabbage, Early Jersey Wakefield — The earliest
and hardest heading of first early cabbage.

Cabbage, Late, Flat Dutch — Popular winter cab-
bage, large, oval, solid heads

size, round and very solid; matures late, and

Carrot, Imported Long Orange^ — Smooth, large,

good keeper, flesh sweet and tender

Cauliflower, Early Snowball — Best sort for late

Pkt.

Oz.

I-lb.

lOc

20c

’ 5c

lOc

20c

•lOc

20c

10c

20c

' 5e

20c

60c

20e

60c

[

25c

75c

lOc

30c

' 5c

10c

30c

15c $2.25

Variety. Pkt.

Lettuce, Black Seeded Simpson — Most desirable
all-around Lettuce ; large green leaf ; very ten-
der and crisp 5c

Lettuce, Iceberg— Large, curly leaves of bright,

light green ; very crisp 5c

Lettuce, Early Curled Silesia — A leading early

sort ; fine for cutting 5o

Lettuce, Early Prizehead — Leaves finely crumpled
and fringed, outer ones shaded brown ; very
crisp, sweet and tender, splendid for home

garden 5c

Muskmelon, Burrell’s Gem — Sweetest of all

melons ; deep salmon-yellow 5c

Montreal Green Nutmeg — An uncommonly large
melon and a great cropper; flesh green, very

firm and delicious 5c

Muskmelon, Thoroughbred Rocky Ford — Flesh
thick, very sweet, green color, popular vari-
ety, inviting, delicious flavor, beautiful in

appearance 5c

Muskmelon, Tip-Top — Yellow-fleshed, sweet,

juicy, flnest flavor 5c

Mustard — Black and white, each 5c

Okra, or Gumbo — Used in soups 5c

Oz. i-lb

15c 30i
15c 30i
15c 35i

15c 30
15c 25

15c 25

lOc 30i

15c 25
lOc 20
lOc 20

Pepper Golden Queen.

Watermelon Alabama Sweet. N

Burrell’s Gem Muskmelon.

Long Green
Cucumber.

Variety.

Celery, Giant Pascal — Best keeper for wint
use. Has a flne nutty flavor

Celery, White Plume — Earliest in cultivation..,

Celery, Golden Self-Branching — Clear waxen yel

low, very tender, crisp

Cucumber, New Klondike — For slicing and pick-
ling. Excellent. Early, prolific

Cucumber, Extra Early White Spine — Used al

Cucumber, Improved Long Green — Long
slim, medium early, fine for pickles

Cucumber, Chicago Pickle — Sixty days to make

Endive-

Pkt.

Oz.

4 -lb.

20c

50c

20c

50c

20c

50c

35c $1.00

10c

30c

15c

40c

tOc

30c

lOc

30c

lOc

30c

20c

60c

15c

50c

I5c

50c

Herb geeds, Sweet, Pot and Medicinal

Variety. Pkt. Oz. i-1

Basil, Sweet— Used for highly seasoned soups,
stews and sauces; sometimes placed in salads. 5c
Caraway — Used in confectionery, cakes and med-
icine 5c

Coriander— For garnishing; seeds are aromatic

and useful for flavoring 5c

Dill — The aromatic seeds are used in pickles,

preserves, soups and sauces 5c

Fennel — Beautiful for garnishing; the seeds are

employed , in confectionery 5c

Horehound — Used for curing coughs and colds.. . 5c
Marjoram, Sweet— The leaves and ends of the

shoots are popularly used for seasoning 5c

Rosemary — The aromatic leaves are used for
seasoning. The oil from the flowers is the

chief ingredient in “Eau de Cologne” 5c

Sage — ^Leaves used in dressings and in sauces ... 5c
Savory, Summer — Used for seasoning and flavor-
ing in soups and dressings 5c

Thyme, Broad- Leaved — The leaves are dried for

seasoning; also useful as a bee food 5c

ANY SIX PACKETS FOR 25 CENTS

Red Wethersfield
Onion.

Scarlet Globe Radish.

Cucumber
New Klondike.

Egg Plant

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

Crookneck

Squash.

Crimson Cushion
Tomato.

Rutabaga.

Long Scarlet
Radish.

Globe Onion.

Spinach.

Variety.

cellent keeper

■11

pnion, Silver King — Pearl-white, nu

ii grower; flesh white, mild, sweet flavor..".
Pepper, Ruby King — Enormous size, rul
symmetrical shape, mild and pleasant.

Pumpkin, King of the Mammoths — Fruits grov

to an enormous size

.Pumpkin, Japanese Pie — Deep green, meaty; ma-
tures early; flesh yellow and of rich flavor...

Pumpkin, Golden Oblong — Good winter keeper

Sugar, or New England Pie — For pies cannot be
excelled. Small, very sweet, fine-grained, best

Parsley, Extra Curled Dwarf — Leaves moss-like.

tadish. Lady Finger — ^Long, white, crisp, rapid

grower; early, most desirable

21 {{adish, French Breakfast — Olive shape, scarlet,

white tip, crisp

- Kadish, Early Long Scarlet — Long, slender, crisp,

1 fine for private garden

Shubarb, Linnaeus — Ready for use third year

Pkt.

Oz.

i-lb.

’ 5c

20c

60c

20c

60o

’ 5c

20c

60c

5c-

20c

60c

’ 5c
1

25c

80c

25c

80c

25c

80c

lOc

30c

lOc

30c

lOc

30c

lOc

30c

lOc

25c

iOc

20c

lOc

20c

IOc

20c

IOc

20c

IOc

20c

IOc

30c

15c

40c

Variety. Pkt. Oz. i-lb.

Spinach, Thick Leaved— Rapid grower 5c lOc 20c

Squash, Giant Summer Crookneck — Deep golden

color, heavily warted, fine flavor 5c 15c 30c

Squash, Delicious — Thin, smooth green shell, de-
sirable for fall and winter use 5c 15c 30c

Squash, Extra Early, Mammoth White Bush,

Scallop — Favorite early summer squash 5c lOc 25c

Squash, Hubbard — Standard winter squash 5c lOc 25c

Tomato, Crimson Cushion — Early, large, crimson-

scarlet, few seeds 5c 25c 75c

Tomato, Sparks’ Earliana — The earliest now in

cultivation, large, smooth, solid 5c 25c 75c

Tomato, Ponderosa — Large purple, solid flesh, fine

for slicing, sweet flavor 5c 25c 75c

Tomato, Dwarf Champion — Large, smooth, pur-
plish-pink, upright grower, fine flavor, solid

meat 5c 25c 75c

Tomato, Matchless — Large, smooth, symmetrical;
bright red; solid and meaty; excellent flavor,

and ripens early 5c 25c 75o

Tomato, Dwarf Stone — Stout, upright, compact

growth; bright red; early 5c 25c 75c

Turnip, Purple Top, Strap-Leaved 5c lOc 20c

Turnip, Extra Early, White Flat Dutch — The
earliest flat white, medium size, sweet and ten-
der 5c 10c 20c

Turnip, Rutabaga — Yellow flesh, purple top 5c lOc 20c

Watermelon, Citron — Best for citron preserves.. 5c lOc 20c

Watermelon, Alabama Sweet — Southern favorite,

good size, rosy-pink, crisp, delicious flavor 5c lOc 25c

Watermelon, Sweetheart — Deep rich red, melting,

sweet 5c lOc 25c

Watermelon, Cole’s Early — Rind thin, scarlet

flesh, best for Northern growing 5c lOc 25c

Bush Scallop
Squash.

Purple Top Turnip.

Flat Dutch Turnip.

Kidney Wax Beans.

Hubbard Squash.

SELECT LIST OF THE BEST BEANS, SWEET CORN AND PEAS

Variety. Pkt. Pint. Qt.

iwarf Beans, Stringless Green Pod — Absolutely
stringless, early, pale green, long, round, meaty 8c 25c 45c
Iwarf Beans, Davis Kidney Wax — Early, tender
\ .and fine; long, straight, oval, waxy-white color;

Phas excellent flavor. 8c 25c 40c

’|warf Beans, Bush Lima — Most popular of all
for shell beans; grows without the aid of poles,
in compact bush form, about eighteen inches

high, very productive 8c 25c 40c

warf Beans, Giant Green-Pod Stringiess Valen-
itine — As early and productive as the Valentine,

^with pods a third larger, round, full and fleshy. I Oc 30c 50c
ole Beans, Lazy Wife — The finest flavored of
"all. Pods medium dark green color, are pro-
duced in great abundance ; they are broad and

thick; very fleshy and entirely stringless 8c 25c 40c

le Beans, Kentucky Wonder — Very prolific;
pods hang in great clusters and can be gath-
ered by the handful; entirely stringless, plump,
round and almost “solid meat,” superb flavor.. 8c 20c 35c
ole Beans, Golden Cluster — Pods are large, gold-
en-yellow ; valuable either as a shell or “snap” 8c 20c 35c
ole Beans, King of the Garden Lima — ^Very vig-
orous, productive. Pods long, filled with four
or five im.mense white beans of the finest qual-
ity 8c 25c 40c

Variety. Pkt. Pint. Qt.

Sweet Corn, Extra Early Crosby Sugar — This va-
riety will produce edible ears in seventy days
from germination ; a great favorite ; productive

and of excellent quality 8c 20c 350

Sweet Corn, Premo — Ears large, kernels very

broad, sweet and tender; sixty days lOc 25c 40C

Sweet Corn, Stowell’s Evergreen — ^Best for late
use. This has long been the leading main crop
variety for home use, market and canning ;

grains long and slender 8c 20c 35c

Sweet Corn, Country Gentleman — Pine late vari-
ety, small grain, sweet; also known as “Shoe-

peg” Corn 8c 20c 35C

Peas, Extra Early Premium Gem — ^Forty-five days.

Of the best early dwarf wrinkled Peas grow-
ing twelve to fifteen inches high 8c 20c 35c

Peas, American Wonder — Dwarf ; earliest green

wrinkled sort; delicious flavor 8c 20c 40c

Peas, Champion of England — ^Wrinkled and very

sugary; tall grower 8c 20c 35c

Peas, Dwarf Telephone — Medium early; bears

great quantities of well filled pods lOc 30c 50c

Peas, Thomas Laxton — The finest early wrinkled
pea ; pods rich dark green, filled with seven or
eight very large white -seeded, wrinkled sugar
peas; flavor unsurpassed; three feet 8c 25c 40c

10MP VFfiFTARI F CDI I FCTION specially selected for

V CVJC 1 /\PL,E l town and city home gardens

i Most people residing in town and cities have not time or room sufficient to grow an extended garden. But vegetables fresh
“om the home garden are so far superior to those which can be purchased that we have made a special list for city people,
ne packet each of the following in full-sized packets, postpaid for 25 cents.

• ettuce — Early Silesia. Cucumber — Early White Spine. Beet — Early Egyptian. Beans — Stringless Green Pod.

[adish — Lady Finger. Spinach — Thick>Leaved. Turnip<— Purpie-Top. Parsley — Dwarf Curled.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

GREAT SPECIAL OFFERING OF I

BIQ THREE=YEAR^LD FIELD QROWN ROSES]

The persistent inquiries each year from customers for extra- heavjq own-root plants of the Hardy Hybrid Tea Roses, has!
made it necessary for us to meet this demand, and we are now able to offer six of the very best varieties of outdoor Roses in;
big, extra heavy field-grown plants, all on their own roots. They may be safely planted out anywhere in the United States]’
and they are hardy everywhere. A slight protection the first winter, though, will not be amiss.

These Roses have been trimmed into shapely size — in fact, each might be termed a specimen plant, for they have received
individual care. Growing in the open fields, they range in height according to their growth from 3 to 4 feet. They have been
cut back w'here it seemed necessary, until we can recommend them as being the sturdiest and best-rooted plants ever offered,
and will give immediate results. Plants are now in pots 6 and 7 inches in diameter, and, most important of ail, the plants are
ON THEIR OWN ROOTS. Plant for plant, they are worth five times as much as Holland-grown, budded and grafted stock.
FINALLY, the stock is limited. Order early. Orders booked and stock reserved for delivery when wanted.

PRICE— 60 cents each; any three for $1.50. Must be sent by express only— too large for mail.

Climbing Ameri-
can Beauty

Climbing H. P'. A seedling
from American Beauty
with Wichuraiana and Tea
blood in its veins. The
introducers say of it :
"Same color, size and
fragrance as American
Beauty, with the addition
of the climbing habit.
Good foliage, and better
blooming qualities. One
plant of this new Rose
will produce twenty times
as many fiowers in June
as the old American
Beauty, besides blooming
occasionally during the
summer. Blooms three to
four inches across ; has
proved perfectly hardy
and stands heat and
drought as well as any
Rose in our collection.”
We feel sure this Rose
has a great future.

Rhea Reid Considered
by many

experts to be the finest
red Rose in existence ;
has no rival. Rhea Reid
is an offspring of Amer-
ican Beauty, which fact
alone would place it
right in the front rank
along with its hitherto
unrivaled parent. Its su-
periority over American
Beauty is due to the fol-
lowing great essentials :
As fragrant as La France,
as continuous as The
Bride, and a much darker
and richer red than the
American Beauty.

W. R. Smith Al-
though

not new, this is a most
desirable ever-blooming
summer Rose and as a
bedder is without a peer

The flowers are creamy-white, shaded pink, and are produced
with the greatest freedom. It makes a beautiful cut flower.
This is one of the Roses that should be in all gardens, great
and small.

President Taft Without question the most remarkable
of all pink Roses. It has a shining, in-

tense, deep pink color, possessed by no other Rose. It is a fine
grower, free bloomer, good size and form, fragrant, and in a
class by itself as to color.

Pink Maman Cochet We have always regarded this

as the Queen of all Pink Gar-

den Roses, and, as our friends become acquainted with it,
they join us in similar admiration of its exquisite form and

delicate beauty. The buds are large, full and firm, elegant'pf
pointed, showing depth and richness as they expand. Tlj

superb flowers open perfectly double, are extra -large and
splendid substance. Hardy in every section of the country,
clear, rich pink, changing to silvery rose.

White Maman Cochet identical with its parei
■ I I Maman Cochet, except

III

color, which is snowy white, with sometimes a faint tin
slightly suggesting pale blush. It has the same freedom
bloom, the same magnificent form of buds and flowers, ai
the same hardiness — standing at the very head of all the Ros
as the best w'hite kind for open-ground culture. Vigorous
an oak and hardy everywhere.

Ill

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Velvet LaWii Grass Mixture

Nothing adds more to the attractiveness of a home than a well-kept, close, velvety lawn. Our lawn grass seed is 1
very best quality mixture of the finest varieties of natural grasses, embracing such as are of neat growth, hardy and b
adapted to produce a permanent and fine turf. The quantity of seed required per acre is from three to four bushels. 0
quart will sow a space of 15x20 feet, or 300 square feet. Our Velvet Lawn Mixture is a compound of grasses that riF
successively, thereby always presenting a green and cheerful appearance. Lawns sown with only one or two grasses tr
brown under our hot sun. and remain in that condition until the cool months of autumn revive them. Our mixture can
relied upon to produce the best results. Price, quart, 30 cents, postpaid; by express, five pounds, about one peck, $1.50; twet
pounds, $5.00. Must not be included in Club Rates.

Shady Place Lawn Grass

Usually it is quite difficult to obtain a satisfactory growth of grass under trees and in shady places ; for sowing in st
places we recommend the use of this special mixture. The grasses used in making this special mixture are only those t
are well adapted for growing in shade. Price. 45 cents per quart, postpaid. Must not be taken in Club Rates.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

JI^FRUIT ORDERS MUST NOT BE INCLUDED IN CLUB OR PREMIUM RATES.

CHOICE FRUITS AND ORNAMENTALS

4ot Allowed in Club Rates — Prices on Nursery Stock are Placed Very Low and We Cannot Allow
Them to be Included in Club Rates, Nor May They be Taken as Premiums,

The trees here offered are young and thrifty and will make a very rapid growth and
bear quickly. When fruit trees or shrubs are received before they can be planted, they may
be safely kept for any length of time by having the roots packed in boxes of moist soil and
stored in a cool cellar or shed. It is important to order fruit early, that they may be
planted out before the foliage starts.

All nursery stock must be sent by express, unless otherwise stated in the offer.

When offered by mail, postage is paid by us ; if by express or freight, charges are to be
paid by purchaser, but larger stock will be sent.

Nursery is a separate and distinct department from our Green-
OpvL/lcll houses, it is necessary that all nursery stock orders be shipped direct

from the Nursery, and we therefore ask customers to kindly keep such orders separate from
the Plant and Seed Orders.

Nursery Stock will not be shipped with other plants.

Apples and Other Large Trees or Plants Cannot be Shipped Until
Spring Opens, Usually About March 1st; After That Date Orders Will
be Filled Promptly. Crape Vines and Other Small Fruits Can be Sent
When Desired.

ItV have a choice lot of small one-year-old trees suitable for mailing

uy iTlctll tQ Qyj. customers in distant states, thus saving them heavy express
charges. We know many will avail themselves of this opportunity of getting trees who could
not otherwise do so.

DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTING SENT WITH EVERY ORDER.

LIST OF BEST STANDARD APPLES

LARGE TREES, 4 to 6 feet (by express) .Hach, $0.33 frozen, $3.50

MEDIUM TREES, 3 to 4 feet «(by express) Each, .30 Dozen, 3.00

MAILING SIZE (postpaid) Each, .35 Dozen, 3.50

Winter Banana Apple.

BEST WINTER VARIETIES

Winter Banana Apple This valuable new Apple

has a decided Banana flavor,
{•uit is large, perfect in form, golden-yellow, beautifully shaded
id marbled with bright crimson. Flesh lemon-yellow, creamy
^xture like a well ripened fall pippin, rich, of highest quality
id a good keeper — from November until May, Tree a re-
markably strong grower, of ironclad hardiness, with a large^
Miage that never blights or mildews and produces enormous
fops every year. A truly wonderful fruit. The entire crop
Hood River, Oregon, Banana Apples sold at $12.00 per box
less than one bushel, the highest price ever paid for Apples,
(^hy not have a few good trees? Ours are genuine.

Id n tosh Red Hardy Canadian Apple. Medium, nearly
■ covered with dark red ; flesh white, flne,

|nder, juicy. Good annual bearer. November to February.

^inter Maiden Blush (Or Greenville.) This variety

■ I.—-. „ . is identical with Fall Maiden

|lush, except in time of ripening and keeping qualities. It
ing a winter apple and a splendid keeper, the value of such
variety cannot be overestimated, This flne Apple was pro-
ced from seed of the Fall Maiden Blush by Jason Downing,
Darke county, Ohio, in the spring of 1874. It made a vig-
rous growth, and at the age of seven years it bore excellent
uit, from which time it has produced fruit annually. In 1888,
the age of fourteen years from seed, it yielded fifteen
shels of picked apples.

EN DAVIS — Large, handsome, striped, valuable.

ALDWIN — Large, bright red, crisp, juicy, rich.
ing — Large, striped, productive.

ORTHERN SPY — Striped, rich, delicious flavor.

HODE island greening— Juicy, rich acid.

[OME BEAUTY — Yellow, shaded red; tender, juicy.
lOLDEN RUSSET — Medium, dull russet; crisp, juicy.

[TARK — Striped light and red; juicy, early.
j^LMAN SWEET — Medium, yellow and red; rich.

JINESAP — Medium, deep red; crisp, rich sub-acid.

IfAGNER— Good size, deep red; flesh firm, sub-acid.

ORK IMPERIAL — Medium to large; yellow, shaded red; firm,
juicy, sub -acid ; excellent shipper.

BEST SUMMER VARIETIES

ARLY HARVEST — Pale yellow; excellent flavor.

ED ASTRACHAN — Large, crimson; somewhat acid; winters
well ; early.

WEET bough — Large, yellow, sweet; excellent quality;
profitable for market ; early.

ELLOW transparent — Earliest and best; white, tender,
juicy, sub-acid; hardy.

BEST FALL VARIETIES

duchess of QLENBURG — Yellow, streaked red; juicy,
rich, sub-acid; productive.

FALL PIPPIN — Large, yellow, rich, aromatic.

MAIDEN’S BLUSH — Large, beautiful, blush cheek.

RAM BO — Medium yellow^ streaked red.

WEALTHY— Large, red, sub-acid ; productive.

CRAB APPLES — Same price as other apples

HYSLOP— Deep crimson ; very popular.

TRANSCENDENT — Immensely productive; bright red.
WHITNEY — One of the largest ; green, splashed carmine ;
juicy, great beauty; excellent for cider.

THE BEST CHERRIES

LARGE TREES (by

express), 40c each;
$4.00 per dozen.
MEDIUM TREES (by
express), 35c each;
$3.50 per dozen.
MAILING SIZE, 30c
each ; $3.00 per doz.

Montmorency

A valuable market
sort, ten days later
than Early Richmond.
Splendid for canning.
Very large, dark red;
rich fiavor. Splendid
for home or commer-
cial planting.

Other Good
Varieties

Dye House
Eary Richmond
English Morello
May Duke
Yellow Spanish,
sweet.

Gov. Wood, sweet.
Black Tartarian,

Montmorency. sweet.

NURSERY DEPARTMENT

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

THE BEST PEACHES

THE BEST PEARS

MAYFLOWER PEACH.

Practically frost-proof ; it blooms very late and blossoms are
very large, thus quite safe from damage by ordinary frost. Safe
and sure for planters everywhere. This new peach originated
in North Carolina, and is the earliest peach in existence ; be-
sides, its color is perfectly red, which makes it one of the best
and most profitable market sorts in existence. It is perfectly
hardy, and abundant cropper, and should be in every home
collection of fruit whether for the home garden or for com-
mercial purposes. Our stock comes from the originator,, and
can be relied upon as being genuine and first-class in every
respect. Price, good trees, 30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen.
Mailing size, 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen.

Each. Dozen. 100.

Large Trees, 4 to 6 feet (by express) $0 25 $2 50 $17 50

Medium Trees, 2 to 4 feet (by express)... 15 ! 50 12 00

Mailing Size 15 I 50

CRAWFORD’S EARLY — magnificent large yellow Peach of
good quality. Early in September.

CRAWFORD’S LATE— A superb large yellow Peach. One of
the best. Late September.

CHAMPION — A large, handsome early variety; creamy-white
with red cheek ; sweet, rich and juicy. August.

ELBERTA — Large j’ellow with red cheek; flesh yellow; su^e
bearer ; firm and juicy ; follows Early Crawford.
FROST-PROOF CROSBY ^ — This valuable yellow Peach has
very hardy buds, and is seldom injured by late frosts; should
be in every garden,

HEATH CLING — Very large, flesh-white, juicy and melting;
good keeper. October.

KALAMAZOO — A leading market sort; large, yellow, fine
quality ; extra productive ; early. September.

MATHEW’S BEAUTY — Skin golden-yellov?, streaked with red;
flesh yellow. Arm, of excellent quality; equal to Elberta in
market qualities. Ripens later.

OLD MIXON FREE — Large, pale yellow, deep red cheek;

white flesh, tender, rich, good. September.

STUMP THE WORLD — Very large, white, with a bright red
cheek. End of September.

TRIUMPH — Ripens with Alexander; abundant bearer; strong,
vigorous grower; fruit good size, yellow with red and crim-
son cheek.

THE BEST PLUMS

Each. Dozen.

Large Trees, 5 to 7 feet (by express) $0 40 $4 00

Medium Trees, 4 to 5 feet (by express) 35 3 50

Mailing Size (postpaid) 40 4 00

ABUNDANCE — One of the oldest and best known Japanese va-
rieties. Fruit large, lemon-yellow, good quality. August.

BRADSHAW — Large dark red; flesh green, juicy; flne for
market. August.

BURBANK — The best and most productive and most profltable;
bears quite young; fruit large, excellent quality; cherry-red
with lilac bloom. August.

GREEN GAGE — Large pale green; juicy, rich and excellent.
August.

GERMAN PRINCE — Large, dark purple; good. September.

IMPERIAL GAGE — Large pale green; juicy, sweet, rich and
excellent. August.

LOMBARD — Medium violet-red; juicy, good, hardy and produc-
tive. August.

RED JUNE PLUM — This is one of the flnest of the Japanese
Plums. Bears at two years ; very early and prolific.

SHIPPER’S PRIDE — Large, dark purple, very showy; fine,
juicy and sweet. September.

SHROPSHIRE DAMSON — Medium, dark purple; very produc-
tive ; best for preserving. October.

Club Rates Do NOT Apply

VERMONT BEAUTY PEAR — The fruit approaches that mosi
delicious Pear, the Seckel. It is full-medium size, yellow
flesh melting, rich, juicy, aromatic. Price, first-class, 4f
cents each; $4.00 per dozen.

ROSSNEY — In size medium to large; very flne grained, flesl
melting, juicy, very sweet. Ripens two weeks after Bartlett

Price, first-class, 40 cents each; $4.00 per dozen.

GENERAL LIST OF PEARS

Each. Dozen

Large Trees, 5 to 7 feet (by express) $0 40 $4 0(

Medium Size, 4 to 5 feet (by express) 35 3 5ii

Mailing Size (postpaid) 40 4 0(

BARTLETT— Large, buttery, juicy, high flavored, great bearer
very popular, August and September.

CLAPP’S FAVORITE — Very large, yellow and dull red, wit]
russet specks ; melting, rich. August.

THE WILDER EARLY — Small to medium; yellow, fine grained
sub-acid ; vigorous grower, very productive. Ripens in earl;
August.

KOONCE — Medium yellow with carmine cheek. July.

SECKEL — Small, rich yellowish-bronze; flne grained, swee>
juicy; one of the richest and highest flavored Pears knowr
September and October.

OTHER VARIETIES — Lawson, Duchess, Idaho, Kieffer, Tysor
Flemish Beauty.

Dwarf Fruit Trees

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Btts,

For centuries the dwarf fruits have been grown in
and. for many years in Europe, but only in recent years
they attracted much attention in our own country. The
do not attain the size of standard stock, therefore are
suited for suburban plantings, where space is limited;
can be planted closely, enabling the grower to have more
them and get quick results as they begin bearing in two
three years if carefully planted and cared for.

DWARF PEARS

May be planted 6x6 feet and they will begin bearing in a ve
few years. The Dwarf Pears are grown by budding on Quin
stocks. The following varieties are particularly recommend
for cultivation. All are vigorous and handsome growers, har
and productive.

Bartlett

Clapp’s Favorite
Duchess
Early Harvest
Flemish Beauty
Koonce

Kieffer

Seckel

Howell

Louise Bonne

Rossney

Wilder

PRICE, DWARF PEARS, 35 CENTS EACH; $3.50 PER DOZt

DWARF APPLES

Plant 6x8 feet apart. They will begin to fruit the secc
and third year. The first is same size and flavor as the stai
ards. Very profitable, as they will have four to six bushels
each tree.

VARIETIES — Bismark, Baldwin, Rome Beauty, Duchci
Grimes’ Golden, Wealthy, Jonathan and Gano.

PRICE, 50 CENTS EACH; $5.00 PER DOZEN

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INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

SMALL FRUITS

FALL BEARING

Strawberry Plants

Much has been written in past years about Fall Bearing
Strawberries. To accommodate our customers we are growing
the most productive varieties and can supply good strong-
plants. These varieties are very productive and will bear
jluscious fruit until killed by
frost in October. For best
results keep all bloom picked
off in spring and do not al-
low them to bear regular
crop in June, Our varieties
are the best.

PRICES FALL BEARING
STRAWBERRIES
(Best Varieties)

Dozen Per 100
post-
paid.

Productive ... .$1.25
(mericus (Per.) 1.25
iuperb (Per.).. 1.00
'regressive .... 1.25

You can pick fine, luscious
Strawberries during Septem-
)er and October if you plant
he genuine Fall Bearing
orts.

Our Line of Small Fruits is the finest in the country.
This class of goods can all be sent by mail, postpaid,
if desired. Note carefully the amount of extra post=
age if wanted sent in that way. —

Luscious Blackberries

Our stock of Blackberries is as
fine as can be had, regular money-
making kinds. Yielding large,
luscious fruit.

by ex
press.

$6.00

6.00

5.00

6.00

■New Standard Varieties of Strawberries

Price, 50 cents per dozen by mail; one hundred for $1.50 by
express. If wantedi by mail add 20 cents per hundred.

jbhesapeake, Gibson, Corsicaia,, Marie, New York.

General List of Strawberries

fprice, by mail, 25 cents per dozen; by express, $1.00 per hun-
dred. If wanted by mail add 20 cents per hundred extra.

Dunlap, Bismarck, Greenville, Haverland, N, Ohmer, Brandy-
pvine, Gandy, Wm. Belt, Excelsior, Glenn Mary, Marshall, Sam-
ple, Warfield, Stevens’ Late Champion.

The Best Currants

;ecO

jcllf

Pomona Currant

No garden is complete
without them. Easy to
grow and sure to bear.
Our list comprises only
the very best in cultiva-
tion.

New Varieties

Red Cross, Pomona
and Wilder.

Price, 15c each; $1.50

per dozen, postpaid.

Other Valuable
Varieties

Price, 10 cents each;
$1.00 per dozen, post-
paid; $6.00 per hun-
dred, by express. If
wanted by mail, add 40c
per hundred for postage.

Cherry, Fay’s Pro-
lific, Red Dutch, Vic-
toria, White Grape,
North Star.

Gooseberries

Price, 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen, postpaid.

Varieties — Houghton, Downing, Smith’s Imp., Red Jacket,
pearl. Mountain Champion.

Each

Doz.

100

post-

paid.

exp.

Eldorado

...lOc

$0.50

$2.50

Ancient Briton..

...lOc

.50

1.50

Iceberg (White).

....20c

1.00

6.00

Kittatinny

.50

1.50

Mersereau

...20c

1.00

5.00

Ohmer

.75

3.00

Early King

1.00

3.00

Rathburn

1.00

6.00

Snyder

.50

1.50

Taylor’s Prolific.

.. .lOc

.50

1.50

Wilson, Jr

.50

1.50

Wilson’s Early...

.50

1.50

Wauchusetts ...

.75

3.00

Taylor’s Prolific
Blackberry.

NOTE — We can send Blackberries by mail in any qdantity if
40 cents per hundred extra is added for postage.

The Best Raspberries

If wanted by mail add 40 cents per hundred for postage.
EARHART EVERBEARING — One of the best of the everbear-
ing Raspberries, producing a moderate crop on last year’s
canes at the usual season, and a second crop in September
upon the new canes. The plants are vigorous and healthy.
The fruit is glossy black; quite firm. Price, 25 cents each;
$2.00 per dozen, postpaid.

KING RASPBERRY — The earliest Red Raspberry on record.
It is the early Red Raspberry that lakes the big money — •
often selling for 25 cents per quart. You want to add this
one to your collection. Round, medium size ; light crimson
color; moderately firm and of excellent quality. The King
Raspberry is fine indeed — large, firm, beautiful color, pro-
lific, and all that can he desired in the way of an early Red
Raspberry. Price, 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen by mail,
or $3.00 per hundred by express.

OTHER VALUABLE NEW RASPBERRIES

lOc each; $1.00 per dozen by mail, or $3.00 per 1 00. by express.

Cumberland, Cardinal, Gault, Munger, Golden Queen
(Yellow), Haymaker.

GENERAL LIST OF RASPBERRIES

Price, 50c per dozen; $1.50 per hundred. Add 40c per hundred
if wanted by mail. By the dozen, postage paid.

Eureka, Gregg, Palmer, Black Diamond, Conrath,

Kansas, Plum.

RED AND PURPLE VARIETIES

Brandywine, Miller, Ruby, Hansel, Cuthbert,
Marlborough, Brilliant, Columbian, Thompson.

‘‘St. Regis Ever=Bearing Raspberry’’

Actually bears the first season planted. Plants of

St. Regis
planted in
early April
gave ripe
berries on
the 20th of
June of
the same
year. For
four weeks
thereafter
the yield
was heavy
and the
canes con-
tinued to
produce
ripe fruit
freely
without
sion until the middle
of October. The ber-
ries were large and
. beautiful, firm and full

St. Regis. flavored, to the very

last. St. Regis is the only Raspberry, thus far known, that will
yield a crop of fruit the season planted. Awarded a certificate of
merit by the American Institute of New York. Price, 10 cents
each; $1.00 per doz., by mail, or $4.00 per hundred by express.

Club Rates do NOT Apply to Offers on This Page.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

SOME CHOICE FRUIT NOVELTIES

The Giant Himalaya Berry

This new fruit comes from Central Asia, an entirely
new berry. It grows a cane twenty to thirty feet in
length if left untrimmed. It is usually trained to a wire or over a trellis as a grape vine. The
berries are almost coreless and very rich; they need very little sugar in cooking. They have a
flavor all their own, and are surpassingly good for pies, jellies and jams. Perfectly hardy ;
makes enormous yield. Introducer claims that from two vines he picked $S1.00 worth of fruit
one year, and $54.00 worth the next. It is well worth giving a trial. Our plants are genuine.

Price, 25 cents each; $3.00 per dozen by mail postpaid.

The Logan Berry ^ hybrid between the Rasp-

' — - berry and Blackberry. The

fruit is as large as the largest Blackberry, and is pro-

duced in immense clusters. The color is a clear, dark
red. It partakes of the flavor of both the Blackberry
and the Raspberry — mild, pleasant, vinous flavor, de-
licious and peculiar to this berry alone. Seed small,
soft and few. Berries very Arm, and carry well. Strong
grower ; enormous bearer. Fruit ripens early, just after
Strawberries. Price, 20 cents each; $2.00 per dozen,
by mail, postpaid.

Crystal White Blackberry Berries of fine,
— ■ III ■ ■. translucent white,

of good size, sweet and pleasant. Canes prolific, but

not entirely hardy. Should be planted near other sorts
to fruit well. Price, 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen.

Japanese Wineberry This interesting plant
”■ — ■' — I II -I.— belongs to the Rasp-

berry family. The fruit is borne in large clusters and
each berry is at first tightly enveloped by the large
calyx, forming a sort of burr. For jelly making, can-
ning and preserving it is without an equal. Price, 10
cents each; $1.00 per dozen, by mail, postpaid.

New Dewberry Premo Much like Lucretia. but very distinct, and

■ early, being seven to ten days ahead and all cleaned off

when Lucretia is beginning. Quality and size uniform. Was found in a Lucretia patch.

Price, 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen.

Strawberry- Raspberry valuable
■ for the ex-

treme North, as the fruit is borne on the

Himalaya

Premo Dewberry.

young growth, and is of course hardy in any
climate. This is an entirely new fruit, both
in habit of growth and form of fruit. Bushes
grow one to three feet high and are covered
with Raspberries in the shape of Strawberries. Price, 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen.

Garden Elderberry 'Everjwe is fond of Elderberries. Ours are selected

I ■ for fruiting and producing the finest berries. Try a

few bushes. Price, 15 cents each; $1.00 per dozen, by express.

Paw Paw, or Northern Banana Grows everywhere and produces large
. — — — fruit resembling the Banana. Price. 25

cents each; $2.00 per dozen, by express.

Sassafras Valuable as an ornamental tree and the roots are fine for making tea,
■ which is highly prized as a beverage and spring medicine. Price. 20
cents each; $2.00 per dozen, by express.

Improved Dwarf Juneberry A good substitute for the large or Swamp
« Huckleberry. The fruit is borne in clusters,

and is reddish-purple in color and changing to a bluish-black. In fiavor it is a mild
rich sub-acid, excellent as a dessert fruit or canned. Price, 10 cents each; $1.00
per dozen, by mail, postpaid.

Rocky Mountain Cherry

This shrub originally grew wild in the Rocky
Mountains. The fruit has been greatly improved
by cultivation, and is claimed to be, when fully ripe, the best fruit of the season. It
is jet black and about as large as English Morello Cherry. Price, 25 cents each;
$2.50 per dozen, postpaid.

SPECIAL NOVELTY OFFER — We will send one nice plant of each of the above eleven
Choice Fruit Novelties, by mail, postpaid, for $1.75, or two nice plants of each by ex-
press (not prepaid) for $3. You will be well repaid if you get this valuable collection.

Japanese Wineberry.

Downing’s Everbearing Mulberry,

MULBERRY TREES Downing^s

A fine rapid growing tree with large foliage and attractive for the
and at the same time bears a delicious fruit for about three months,
cut.) Price, five to six feet, 50 cents; $5.00 per dozen. Small trees,
paid, 35 cents each.

RUSSIAN AND NEW AMERICAN — Same price as Downing.

BEST QUINCES

Price, mailing size, 40 cents; first-class, two years, 40 cents each, $4.00

dozen, by express.

MEECH’S PROLIFIC — Good grower, productive, hears young; fruit large,
low, showy ; good for cooking.

ORANGE — Large, roundish, bright golden-yellow; cooks tender, and is
excellent flavor ; very productive ; the most popular and extensively
vated variety. October.

HARRIS HARDY APRICOT

The fruit is fully as large as the best Apricot grown in California,^ and :
much better quality as to make and hold a place in the market against
very best from California. Price, 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen.

NECTARINE

A most delicious smooth-skinned fruit which thrives wherever Peaches w
grow, but is liable to be stung by the curculio, and requires the same trea
ment as Plums. Price, 35 cents each ; $3.50 per dozen.

Club rates do not apply to offers on this page.

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

Our Champion Grape Collection

ONE STRONG VINE OF EACH, POSTPAID, FOR $1.00.

If extra heavy two=year vines are wanted we can send largest size by express for only $1.25

for the collection, or by mail for $1.50.

This is the same collection we offered last spring. So great was the demand for it and it gave such universal satisfaction
that we have decided to hold the offer open another year. The collection consists of eight of the very finest grapes grown. Just
the thing for the home garden or for covering an arbor. The eight varieties are as follows, all strong one-year vines ;

BRIGHTON-RED.

MOORE'S EARLY-BLUE.

NIAGARA-WHITE.

WORDEN— BLUE.

rice of varieties (except where noted) 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen; two-year-old vines, 20 cents each, $2.50 per dozen.

CHAMPION— (Blue.) One of the earliest to ripen, practically
free from rot or other disease, strong grower, compact
bunches, quality fair, size medium. It succeeds anywhere,
and is good for covering arbor.

iVYOMING — (Red.) A popular market sort. Berry small;

quality good; very productive and hardy, resembling Dela-
ware somewhat; valuable for home use.

BRIGHTON — (Red.) One of the best red grapes in cultiva-

tion. Bunch large and compact; a strong grower and very
productive ; quality good.

IM 00 RE’S DIAMOND — (White.) The color is a delicate green-
ish-white, with a rich yellow tinge, when ripe. Very few
seeds, juicy, and almost entirely free from pulp, which makes
it almost transparent. Berry size of Concord and two weeks
earlier.

CONCORD — (Blue.) An old variety, does well everywhere
planted; good size, productive.

WORDEN — (Blue.) A valuable black grape ripening from
three days to a week before Concord. Berry large, of good
quality ; thin skin ; very productive ; vine a strong grower.
It comes in early enough to avoid the rush of Concords, thus
brings one to three cents per pound more.

MOORE’S EARLY — (Blue.) A large black grape, ripening a
week earlier than Concord ; good grower ; berries large, good
quality, and makes a moderate yield ; very valuable as an
early grape.

NIAGARA — (White.) The most popular white grape. Fruit
large and very productive; a good grower; ripening same
season as Concord; equaily good.

Ilemember you get this entire collection of eight one-year-old vines postpaid for $1.00, or two-year-old vines by express for $1.25.

CHOICE SEED CORN

MELLEN’S EARLIEST POTATO

This grand new potato is fully two weeks earlier than Early
Ohio. Round, good yielder and cooker. .lust the thing for the
early garden. Price, peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.00.

0|i(;i$OLDEN CASH CORN — A new deep grained yellow corn with

!the smallest cob of any variety known. The ear is large, well
filled at butt and tip ends, with beautiful golden deep grains.
This corn is beyond doubt the best feeding corn in existence.
Matures in ninety to one hundred days. Shells easily as
early as September. It certainly is the ideal corn. Everyone
will buy it for seed that sees it. Price, 50 cents per pint,
; postpaid, $1.25 per peck; $4.00 per bushel, freight or ex-
press.

lONNER’S PROLIFIC CORN— Will yield 150 to 200 bushels per
; acre. Stalks produce two to six ears to each stalk. Stalks very
large and tall. The most wonderful corn grown. Should be
I planted in every garden and on every farm. It opens a new
; era in corn growing. No better com for the silo. Price,
! large packet, 25 cents; quart, 75 cents, postpaid. By ex-
i press, not prepaid, peck, $2.00; bushel, $6.00.

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For several years we have been furnishing our customers good
sound Potato Eyes by mail. It saves high freight rate and al-
lows you to get a start of new varieties for a mere nothing.
These Potato Eyes give very best of satisfaction. Hundreds of
customers were delighted with the result last season. Remem-
ber they come by mail postpaid, and sure to grow. Try our
new kinds. At a very small expense you can grow an experi-
mental patch for exhibition. It is very interesting and profit-
able. Seventy-five eyes should produce a bushel of good sound
potatoes.

PRICE POTATO EYES

12 eyes postpaid $0.20

50 eyes postpaid 50

125 eyes postpaid 1. 00

250 eyes postpaid $1.75

500 eyes postpaid 3.25

1000 eyes postpaid 6.00

Varieties from which we can furnish eyes and send by mail :
Mellen’s Earliest, Early Ohio, Irish Cobbler, Seneca Beauty,
Rural New Yorker, Carmen, Green Mountain, Banner,

Tetofsky.

THE GEO. H. MELLEN CO., FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN.

Beautiful Shade and Ornamental Trees for Street, Roadside and Parl|

BEAUTIFY YOUR HOMES AND ADD COMFORT AND VALUE TO YOUR PROPERTY
BY PLANTING TREES. HE IS TRULY A BENEFACTOR WHO PLANTS AND REARS
A TREE WHERE ONLY WEEDS GREW BEFORE.

Carolina Popular

One of the most rapid growing trees; with large, deep green leaves that ar?
glossy and handsome. Excellent for street planting ; specially desirable in large
cities, where it resists smoke and gas. Eight to ten feet, 50 cents each; $5.00
per dozen; $35.00 per hundred.

Ornamental Trees

Ash, American White — 8 to 10 feet

Beech, Purple-Leaved — 3 to 4 feet

Birch, Cut- Leaved Weeping — 5 to 6 feet I

Catalpa Speciosa — 8 to 10 feet

Dogwood, White-Flowering — 8 to 10 feet

Elm, American — 8 to 10 feet

Linden, American — 6 to 8 feet I

Maple, Ash-Leaved — 8 to 10 feet I

Mulberry, Teas’ Weeping — 2-year heads I

Poplar, Lombard — 10 to 12 feet

Poplar, Volga — (New)

Willow, Kilmarnock — 6 to 7 feet, 2-year heads I

Bechtel’s Flowering Crab — 5 to 6 feet

Beech — 8 to 10 feet

Red Bud

Sugar Maple

Soft Maple

Horse Chestnut

A very beautiful well known tree, with round, dense head, dark green foliage,
and an abundance of showy flowers in early spring, and bears beautiful brown
nuts in autumn, the delight of children. Price, six to eight feet, $1.00 each;
$10.00 per dozen.

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Volga Poplar — For Quick Shade

The new shade tree for lawn and street planting. One does not want to wait a
lifetime for shade, and there is no other tree that will make the rapid grov^h of the
Volga Poplar. Tall, stately, symmetrical, forming a beautiful top and the leaves
are of a waxy-green, making it one of the very best of the quick-growing kinds.
Notice the cut and see how the leaves hold up to October 15th. Compare this with
the other tree by its side. We have beautiful trees ten feet high. Price, 50 cents
each; $5.00 per dozen; $35.00 per hundred.

CAROLINA AND LOMBARDY POPLAR SAME PRICE.

Catalpa Bungei (Umbrella Tree)

Graftd on stems six to eight feet high, it makes an umbrella-shaped top without
pruning. Perfectly hardy and flourishes in almost all soils and climates. Leaves
large, glossy, heart-shaped, deep green; lay like shingles on a roof ; always making
a symmetrical head. Desirable for lawn, park and cemetery planting. Price, six
to eight feet, each, $1.00.

Norway Maple

One of the finest for street planting or for single specimens on the lawn for per-
manent shade. It grows slow, but is a beauty when once well started. It makes a
beautiful dense shade. Top round and symmetrical. Thrives everywhere. Price,
eight to ten feet, $1.00 each.

American White Elm

A magnificent, stately tree, with wide spreading head and drooping branches.
Price, 75 cents.

Norway Maple.

California Privet for Hedges, Screens, Fences

Nothing adds so much to a home as a beautiful California Privet Hedge Fence]
Plant ten inches apart, costs only $1.00 per rod. It makes a |

fence the day it is planted and will last a lifetime.

A quick, strong growing shrub, yet easy to control by use of shears or knif |
to any desired shape. Pine for hedges between city lots, on large rural grounds j

parks, cemeteries, in single clumps or with othe
shrubs; also as screens to outbuildings, fences
etc. Very hardy, easy to grow on all soils, evei|i
in partial shade ; almost evergreen, its ric
leathery-green foliage changing to purple i
winter. Price, large, well-branched plants
twenty-four to thirty inches high, 15 cents eacl'
postpaid; by express, $5.00 per hundred; $40.0
per thousand. Sixteen to twenty-four inch<
high, 10 cents eaeh, postpaid; by express, $4.G|
per hundred; $30.00 per thousand.

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Barberry Thunbergi

Another very valuable hedge plant. Absolute
hardy. Dwarf. Inimitably neat and dense >
growth, yet graceful because of its drooping branches. Yellow flowers are followed by vivid scarlet fruits, the foliage changii
in fall to scarlet and gold. Price, 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. If by express, $10.00 per hundred.

No premiums or extras allowed on orders from this page. ' !

INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

Garden Roots

There is a growing tendency all over the country to have a
good garden, and it matters not whether you live in the city or
country, you can enjoy the fresh products of a good garden,
and there is nothing pays so well as a good bed of Rhubarb,
Horseradish and Asparagus. It is not necessary to reset each
year, but when once planted you can gather the products year
after year for a lifetime. You cannot realize the returns you
get from a small patch of ground. If you have more than you
can use, you can easily sell the surplus for cash to your grocer.
The profits are enormous, and it is an opening for a large
commercial business. Our stock is very fine.

Try 100 Rhubarb Roots

They Will Pay Your Coal Bill Next Winter

A basket of Rhubarb ready for market.

The forcing of Rhubarb is a great business that pays big
profits. Anyone can succeed at it — the method is very simple.
You plant in the open ground in spring as many roots as you
wish to force — say one hundred to one thousand, or, if just
for family use, a dozen will answer. These roots will make a
good growth until fall. When freezing weather comes on they
should be dug, and allowed to remain out until they are frozen
solid. Keep in this condition a few days, and then they are
ready for forcing. Take to the cellar, and pack on the cellar
floor or in barrels or boxes, as best suits you, then cover the
roots with about three inches of soil. Keep damp, but not
wet. In about three or four weeks you can begin cutting, and
get three or four cuttings from the same roots during thei win-
ter. This brings fancy prices, and a very small bed will re-
turn $25.00 to $50.00, Any ordinary cellar or cave will an-

swer. You can make big money out of it, and there is no end
to the business, as there is an unlimited market for the product.
You can easily pay your coal bill by planting a few hundred
roots. Our stock is grown especially for forcing and garden

use. Price, good roots, 15 cents each; ten for $1.00, postpaid.

By express, $4.00 per hundred; $30.00 per thousand.

Evergreens

Arbor Vitae, American, 12 to 18 inches 50c

Pine, Scotch, 2 feet 50c

Pine, White, 2 feet 50c

Spruce, Norway, 2 feet 50o

Irish Juniper, 2 feet 50c

Austrian Pine, fine trees 50c

Seedling Trees

For Windbreaks, Screens, Posts, Fuel, Railroad Ties, etc.

Per 100 Per 1,000

} Express or Freight.

. , Catalpa Speciosa, 2 to 3 feet $2.00 $15.00

*■1, Black Locust 1.50 10.00

Russian Mulberry 2.00 15.00

Black Walnut 8.00 75.00

jSoft Maple 5.00 40.00

“I Plant all waste places, road sides, creek banks, gravel hills,
; etc., to this quick-growing timber. It will be worth $100 to
I $200 per acre in ten to twelve years.

Nut Trees

Twelve to eighteen inches high, 50 cents each; $5.00 per
dozen, postpaid; larger trees, by express, not prepaid, same
price. One nice tree of each (seven in ail) for $3.00, postpaid.
^ Black Walnut Sweet Chestnut

Hazelnut Butternut

Beechnut Pecan Seedling

Hickory Nut

■ ' The people are just awakening to the great value of growing
nuts for pleasure and profit.

Asparagus Palmetto,
one* of the most profit-
able varieties grown.

Asparagus

Price, 50 cents per dozen, postpaid:
by express, $1.25 per hundred; $8.00
per thousand.

COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE —

Strong, vigorous growth, producing
very large, white shoots. Market
gardeners and those growing for
canners will find this a very profit-
able variety.

CONOVER’S COLOSSAL— A standard
variety of large size, tender and ex-
cellent quality.

PALMETTO — A very early variety;
even, regular size ; of excellent
quality.

Moneymaker

Horseradish

A new variety which is proving
to be a veritable gold mine to
market gardeners ; a rapid grower
of very large roots. It is much
eariier than the old variety of
Horseradish, and produces a much
larger crop. Growers are able
to get their crops into the market "
while prices are high, making it
the most profitable of all root
crops of this class. Easy to grow,
matures quickly and produces
abundantly. Should be in every
commercial and home garden.
Price of good strong roots. 25
cents per dozen postpaid. By ex-
press, $1.25 per one hundred;
$10.00 per thousand.

Moneymaker Horseradish.

VALUABLE COLLECTION OF

Garden Roots

Onl-y $2.00 by express (not prepaid), or $2.50 by mail, post-
paid. A complete garden of health-giving roots
sure to please you.

25 Donald’s Elmira Asparagus 25 Palmetto Asparagus
25 Barr’s Mammoth Asparagus 25 Con. Colossal Asparagus
25 Columbian White Asparagus 12 Rhubarb Roots
12 Horseradish Moneymaker 12 Horseradish Common
Think of such an offer for only $2.00 — fully worth double that
amount. Club Rates are not allowed on Nursery
Stock Orders.

Model $5.00 Fruit Garden

OR ONE-HALF THE NUMBER $3.00. BY EXPRESS,
PURCHASER PAYING CHARGES

Varieties so arranged as to have fresh fruit on your tabie
from May 10th to November 1st. If properly taken care of
you may reasonably expect a yield of twenty-five to forty
bushels annually from this model garden. Will plant about
one-eighth of an acre of ground. Why not interest your boys
and girls in profitable horticulture. It is worth five times its cost.

25 Marie Strawberries
25 Sample Strawberries
25 Lovette Strawberries
25 Excelsior Strawberries
2 Houghton Gooseberries
2 Downing Gooseberries-

2 Pearl Gooseberries

3 North Star Currants
3 Victoria Currants

3 London Market Currants
3 Pomona Currants
12 Munger Raspberries
12 Kansas Raspberries

12 Miller Raspberries
12 Haymaker Raspberries
12 Cuthbert Raspberries
12 Columbian Raspberries
12 Taylor Blackberries
12 Ancient Briton Black-
berries

12 Early King Blackberries
12 Eldorado Blackberries
3 Worden Grapes
3 Concord Grapes
3 Wyoming Red Grapes
3 Niagara White Grapes

250 CHOICEST PLANTS — There is no other offer in our
catalogue equal to it. Every plant first-class. It is a real
bargain. We expect to sell thousands of them. Can be sent
safely anywhere. It is a perfect garden, and may be yours
for only $5.00.

No premiums or Extras allowed on orders trom this page. Club rates do not apply.

UNAKA

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