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MARTIN BENSON, SWANWICK, ILLINOIS. 



[j^EEpeagE Pl^nt?. 



The following list is very select ; none but the very choicest varieties are offered, and I 

 can assure my customers that the plants are unsurpassed in size, vigor and quality. 



MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS. 



Unless noted, 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen ; lOO, assorted, $15. 



Abutilons. 12 sorts. 



Ageratums. 3 best varieties. 15 cts. each. 



Acalphas. 3 best sorts. 



Althemantheras. 4 varieties. 10 cts. 

 each, jti per doz. 



Antigfonon Leptopus. Rose-colored flow- 

 ers in racemes two feet long. 50 cts. each. 



Azalea ludica. Grand flowers ; many extra 

 fine sorts, hardy in the south. 50 cts. each ; 

 with flower buds, I1.25. 



Begonias. Blooming. 12 sorts. 

 " Rex. Many sorts. 



Bouvardia. 4 sorts. 



Bletia (Veiled Nun). A grand flower. Strong 

 plants, 50 cts. each. 



Caladiums. Fancy. 25 sorts. 30 cts. each. 



Camellias. Fine greenhouse shrub ; 100 

 extra fine varieties ; fine plants, 75 cts. 

 each ; with buds, $1.50. 



Clematis. The most beautiful and desira- 

 ble of all climbing plants ; over 80 fine 

 varieties, all colors, double and single ; 

 hardy. 50 cts. to jSi each ; 80 varieties for 



155- 

 Cuphea. 

 Cpotons. 

 Coleus. 



3 varieties. 15 cts. each. 

 12 fine sorts. 40 cts. each. 

 Best new sorts. 10 cts. each, $1 

 per dozen, $6 per 100. 

 Cissus Discolor. Fine climber. 30 cts. each. 

 Cyclamen. 2 years old. 

 Cypripedium Insigne. 50 cts. each. 

 Carnations. Best varieties. 



Datura Suavoleus. Grand flowers. 

 Ferns. 12 best varieties. 

 Fucbsias. Many sorts. 

 Ficus Australia. Fine plants, sorts, each. 

 Geranium. 100 sorts. 

 Hibiscus Sinensis. 8 varieties. 

 Heliotrope. Iti variety. 

 Ipomeas ( Virgin's Cloak). Enormous blue 

 flowers ; magnificent, f i each. 

 " Evening Glory. Large, white ; 

 very beautiful. 35 cts. each. 

 Lantana. 18 varieties. 15 cts. each. 

 Maranta Discolor and Zebrina. 50c. each. 

 Palms. Many fine sorts ; fine plants, 50 



cts. to $3 each. 

 Passiflora. Passion vines ; very beautiful ; 



8 varieties. 50 cts. to |i each. 

 Phlox. 28 varieties. 20 cts. each. 

 Pomegr&nates. Flowering ; five fine sorts. 



50 to 75 cts. each. 

 Penstemon. 6 sorts. 15 cts. each. 

 Oleanders. Fine varieties. 50t0 75cts. each. 

 Salvia. 6 sorts. 20 cts. each. 

 Solanum Jasminoides. Fine vine. • 

 Smilax. 15 cts. each. 

 Tritoma. Poker plant ; 2 sorts. 

 Vallota Purpurea. Grand; 2 years. 30 



cts. each. 

 Verbenas. 30 named varieties ; fine plants.' 



IS cts. each, fi 50 per dozen. 

 Vines. All the best hardy varieties. 35 to 



SO cts. each. 



ROSES. 



I offer a large and very fine collection of roses, comprising all the best varieties. The 

 plants are extra fine and large — not the small cheap plants frequently sold. They are too 

 large to go by mail ; for mailing I will have to send smaller sizes. 

 Chinas, Teas, and Bourbons. All the finest and best varieties. Extra fine and strong 



plants, 2S cts. each, |2.so per dozen. 

 Hybrid Perpetuals and Climbers. All the best sorts, extra fine and strong. 35 cts. 



each, ISs.so per dozen. 

 Moss. Best varieties, so cts. each. 

 Tree Roses, $1.50 each. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Of this grand plant! have over 100 varieties, comprising all the best, newest and finest 

 sorts. Every one should have a collection of these. My plants are extra fine. 20 cts. each, 

 $■2 per dozen, I15 per 100. 



CACTUSES. 



Of this most gorgeous greenhouse plant I have a fine collection of upwards of 100 sorts, 

 both night and day bloomers. 

 Cereus Grandiflora McDonaldii, and many others, 50 cents to I1.50 each. 



" Hameless. From St. Petersburg ; a night bloomer, with flowers often 22 inches 

 in diameter ; blooms young ; grand. $2 each. 

 Eplphyllum. Many sorts, all colors ; grafted, |i ; on own roots, 50 cents each. 

 Opuntia. Many sorts. 7s cents to I1.25 each. 

 Ephyllocactus. Fifteen grand varieties, of many colors. 7s cents to I1.50 each. 



J^r- Many other beautiful and singular Cactus, Echinocactus, etc., from Mexico. 75 

 cents to $2 each. 

 Cactus Seed. Fifty species mixed. Per packet, 50 cents. 



