6 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD'S CATALOGUE. 



Beautiful Fancy Caladiums. 



Heretofoi'e these beautiful tuberous plants have been so difficult to culti- 

 vate, that people generally failed with them. These are more hardy stock that 

 has been grown out of doors. The plants have a habit similiar to the calla 

 lily, but the slender and graceful foliag-e is arrow-shaped. The coloi-ing- of the 

 leaves is exquisite; some are white, veined or bordered with pink; green vein- 

 ed, bloched, feathered, bordered or flecked with shades of red, white and pink 

 in many lovely combinations. Good bulbs 30c each; mixed varieties $2 per doz. 



Beautiful New Carnations. 



strawberry Ice. The coloring- of this lovely variety is perfectly ex- 

 quisite. The petals are a beautiful pink from the base to the center, blending 

 softljMnto a cream white margin. Flowers large and prettily fringed, resem- 

 bling the soft shades of melting strawberry ice. A fine bloomer. 25c each. 



Olyttlpia. This is said to be the largest and most beautiful variegated 

 variety ever introduced. Well grown flowers measure 3y inches across. The 

 colorings are a clear gleaming white with pencilings of clear scarlet, running- 

 through the petals. It has a very vigorous habit; is a fine bloomer and very 

 fragrant. 30c each; ready May 1st. 



Four of Siever's Splendid Varieties. 



Lavender. -^^ entirely new color, very distinct. A smoky lavender 

 shading to cerise pink in the center. Very large, having a satiny lustre. 

 15c each. 



Louis Bradbury- intense, brilliant, carmine red with smooth, silky 

 petals. A lovely variety. 15c each. 



J. M. HOWland. ^ grand scarlet, striped and flaked with dark maroon. 

 Flowers very large and strikingly beautiful. 20c each. 



Siever'S Scarlet- Very large, splendid, scarlet flowers on long stems, 

 delicately fringed petals. 15c each. 



Eschscholtzia Hunnemannia. 



A beautiful perennial shrubbery variety, with large cap-shaped, single 

 primrose colored floweru with bright oi-ange sLam^ns. Tney are borne on long 

 stems and bloom nearly all the year; the flowers keep two weeks in water. 15c 

 and 25c each. Seeds 10c per pkt. 



White Drooping Genista. 



'Bridal Veil." 



Ooe of the most beautiful shrubs in cultivation. It forms a large plant 

 with long pendulous, silvery green branches without foliage. They are finely 

 divided, round and rush-like. The flowers are small, white pea-shaped, with 

 a little flush on the petals and are borne on two liLilo spikes, from 1 to 2 inches 

 in length, alternating on opposite sides of the stems; they are very close to- 

 gether, sometimes fifteen flowers to a spike; are exquisitely fragrant. A plant 

 throe or four years from seed will cover a space of 12 to 15 square feet, or more. 

 The plant has a cloud-like, misty efiect that makes It very attractive. Nothing 

 could be more boauiiful for contrast in shiubbery on large places. It has been 

 likened to a bridal veil. Seeds 10c per pkt; small plants in April, 25c each. 



