MR£. TilEODOSlft B. St1EPI1E>RD'S ANNUAL CATALOGUE. 



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flowers, white, pink and blue. 25c 

 and 50c each. 



ROMNEYA COTJLTERI. (The 

 Great White California Poppy.) 

 This fine perennial is of supreme 

 and stately beauty; as an outdoor 

 plant it may well be considered one 

 of the best for yielding a long suc- 

 cession of blooms, flowering, as it 

 does, from July until November. It 

 is of value as a cut flower, lasting- 

 well in water, and its delicate Prim- 

 rose-like perfume is most acceptable 

 in a room. The texture of the 

 petals is extremely delicate, indeed 

 half transparent; they never lose 

 the crumpled folds that in the case 

 of most poppies betoken a newly 

 opened state. The flowers are very 

 large, 4 to 5 inches across, pure 

 white, with a fine bunch of yellow 

 stamens resembling large white sin- 

 gle Peeonias. Strong plants 50c, 75c 

 and $1 each. 



RUSSELIA JUNCEA. This grace- 

 ful plant is sometimes called the 

 "Scarlet Fountain Plant," It is of 

 slender habit, with very numerous 

 long, grass-like branches without 

 leaves, which are completely covered 

 most of the year with elegant waxy 

 bright scarlet flowers in auxiliary cor- 

 }rnbs. The branches rise from the 

 center and droop outward in all di- 

 rections, and the flowers look like 

 scarlet drops of wax all over t he- 

 plant. It grows quite large; is very 

 effective for decoration; also pretty 

 for hanging baskets. 25c. 



STREPTOSOLEN JAMESONI. 

 A new plant from Central America, 

 similar in growth to the Browallias, 

 the leaves being deep green, of a 

 very compact, bushy habit, flower- 

 ing very profusely in numerous 

 trusses, the flowers of bright orange, 



changing to a deep cinnabar red; it 

 commences to flower early in March 

 and continues quite full through 

 June and July. One of our most ef- 

 fective and showy plants. 15c and 

 25c each. 



SOLANUM BETACEUM, OR 

 TOMATO TREE. A fine ornamen- 

 tal tree or shrub, a native of South 

 America. This most valuable addi- 

 tion to our list of fruits is as yet but 

 little known in this country, a few 

 people here and there having a spec- 

 imen for ornament. When its value 

 as a fruit is once fully appreciated, 

 acres will be planted to it. It bears 

 from seed the second season, and a 

 3 7 oung plant set out in the spring 

 grows six feet high and comes into 

 bearing by Christmas. The foliage 

 is large and handsome, the branches 

 spreading. The fruit, which hangs 

 pendant in clusters below the foli- 

 age, is the size of a large egg, of a 

 beautiful orange salmon color when 

 ripe. It has a delicious sub-acid 

 taste, slightly resembling a tomato. 

 Small plants, 15c; medium 25c; per 

 dozen, $1.50 and $2.50. 



SALVIA SPLENDENS. Brilliant 

 scarlet, 15c each. 



SYRINGAS. Two sorts. 15c 

 and 25c each. 



TRITOMA NOBILLS or "Torch 

 Lily." Truly a noble variety of this 

 showy plant. The foliage is long 

 and graceful; the strong flower stems 

 rise to a height of 6 or 8 feet and are 

 thickly set for 12 or 15 inches with 

 waxy coral-red flowers tipped with 

 yellow. A small plant forms a mag- 

 nificent clump in a year or two. 

 Plants, 15, 25, 50c to 75c each; seeds 

 15c a packet, 



TECOMA. Stans. A choice ev- 



