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Mabel. Lovely, large, velvety pink with 
black blothches. 
Magnificent. Flowers of extremely fine 
form; upper petals veined and marked with 
white; lower petals pure white. 
Mme. Thiebaud. Large flower; rosy scarlet 
elegantly fluted and ruffled. 
Mrs. O. W. Childs. Distinct new flower of 
remarkable freedom of bloom; dwarf, com- 
pact growth. Very large trusses of extra large 
beautifully rounded and at the same time 
fluted flowers, of a most exquisite shade of 
rose pink, with the remarkable absence 
of hardly any marking on the petals. 
Miss Leda Conard. A handsome, frilled 
variety; ground color, carmine, rose; two 
upper petals blotched black, center white, 
all petals lined and feathered, rose and mar- 
oon at base, edges lighter. 
Mrs. Robert Sandiford. This is a grand 
double white variety; one of the finest novel- 
ties, and always very scarce; the flowers are 
extra large, perfectly double, and beautifully 
laced and ruffled; color glistening snow- 
white. 
Nelita Kruger. One of the daintiest class; 
lower petals suffused with pale pink, upper 
petals veined with rosy-maroon; fluted 
edges. 
Purity. White; large flower and truss; fine 
constitution. 
Mrs. Shepherd’s New 
Heliotropes 
Mrs . Shepherd’s New Heliotrope ‘‘Gloria’’ 
Glcria. A variety of medium height, 
seedling from the Lemoine stock. The 
foliage is very rich and handsome; the 
flowers are in immense compact heads, and 
in color are a most lovely, shaded, 
purple violet, deliciously fragrant. 15c. 
Albert Deleaux. One of the most beau- 
tiful varieties in cultivation—not Mrs. Shep- 
herd’s. The foliage is yellow, marked with 
green. Very large flowers of a rich deep 
purple. 15c. 
Egypt. A very beautiful heliotrope with 
black stems and handsome crinkled foli- 
age so dark as to be almost black. Hand- 
some dark purple flowers. 15c. 
Pink Beauty. A charming variety, 
great masses of mauve-pink flowers, 
color of Mme. Millet violet. 15c. 
Purple Giant. One of the new giant 
hybria types, and a most vigorous grower 
of climbing habit. It has large, hand- 
some foliage, and bears immense trusses of 
rich, purple flowers. It grows so fast and 
blooms so profusely, that it is invaluable in 
the garden. 15c. 
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the 
Royal Highness. A magnificent new 
climbing heliotrope of wonderfully rapid 
growth, forming immense _ plants’ that 
spread and climb to the height of 10 or 
12 feet. It has splendid large trusses of 
rich purple flowers and is a most profuse 
bloomer. AS a covering for walls or bay 
windows, or hedges, or as a pot plant it 
is invaluable. 15c. 
The Prize. A splendid variety with im- 
mense heads of grand, purple flowers. 25c. 
The seven for $1. 
HIBISCUS Sinesis, Sub-violaceus. Splendid 
half hardy shrub with enormous semi-dou- 
ble flowers, rich carmine tinted violet. 25c 
each. 
HYDRANGEA Magnifica. It bears enormous 
heads of -Flossoms, often measuring 25 
inches in circumference. The individual 
flowers are very large and beautiful shade 
of pink. 15c. 
Black Stemmed. Black stems and a pro 
fusion of lovely flowers, pink at first and 
changing to bright blue. 25c. 
Japonica Variegata. A handsome vari- 
ety with white and green leaves, makes a 
fine house plant, grows large outside in par- 
tial shade, 25c. 
HYPERICUM St. John’s Wort. A beautiful 
ever-green shrub with large golden-yellow 
satiny flowers and numerous long thread- 
like stamens. Always in bloom. 25c. 
IMPATIENS Sultani. A charming plant for 
pots or for shaded location. It belongs to 
the balsam family. The leaves are a light 
green, stems transparent; flowers single, 
always in bloom, salmon pink and mauve. 
and scarlet. 15¢c each. 
IRIS Stylosa Superba. A most beautiful ever- 
green Iris from Greece. The leaves are 
long and narrow, grass like, growing in 
dense tufts and forming large bunches in 
a short time; blooms in the greatest pro- 
fusion from October all through the wint- 
er. The color is exquisite violet blue, the 
large petals feathered black and white, 
lined with a veivety orange stripe through 
the center. The lovely flowers are fine for 
cutting. 15c each; $1.00 doz. 
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