MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD’S 
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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iia Figwers, Pianis, 
Palms, Orchids and Cacti, 
VENTURA-BY-THE-SEA, : : CALTP0. NIA 
SHEERS 
Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds 
SPLENDID NEW FANCY ABUTILONS. 
ABUTILON—Tennysonian and Other Varieties Mixed—The mixture offered 
below is saved from a very large yariety of charming flowers. They are of 
all colors—pure white, straw, yellow, rose, scarlet, crimson, and yellow 
and red shades beautifully veined. They are all sizes and forms. There 
are pretty drooping bells, gay little parachutes, dainty swinging flowers on 
thread-like stems, large flaring blossoms sometimes measuring 4 irches 
across, flowers crinkled like crepe, others shining like satin, and some so 
full as to be almost double. The foliage is as diversified as the flowers ; 
the leaves are of all sizes, shapes and textures. The leaves are so small some- 
times, and the blossoms so brilliant, that there seem to be more flowers than 
leaves. They bloom from seed when ten or twelve inches high. A rich 
soil and plenty of water is what they most delight in. 25 cts. per pkt. 
A BEAUTIFUL PLANT FROM AFRICA. 
ALGERIAN STRANGER—A stately plant of the mullein family, with 
large dark-green wrinkled foliage, growing to the height of 4 or 5 feet. 
It sends up long spikes with numerous fl»wer-buls, at first of a reddish 
yellow, and afterwards a pretty canary color, shining like satin and 
