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PILEA SERPYLLIFOLIA. (Artillery Plant.) 



This is a beautiful and interesting plant from the West Indies. It has fine moss-like foliage and small 

 pink flowers, which, when opening, produce a snapping sound and a little cloud of smoke. 10c to 25c each. 



NEW PLUMBAGO. 



€apensis Alba. A valuable new variety, exactly like Capensis except in color, being pure white. Do not 

 confound this variety with the old C. Alba; it is far superior in every respect. When bedded out in the 

 summer it produces its large trusses of pure white flowers in the greatest profusion. 15c to 25c each. 



P. Capensis. A most valuable old plant; can be kept in bush form or trained as a climber. Flowers 

 light sky-blue, produced continually. Stands drouth and water and the brightest sunshine ; should be 

 cut back now and then to produce more young shoots, on which the flowers are borne. 15c to 25c each. 



PETUNIAS. 



Double Fringed. Very choice and beautiful. Eeady in April. 15c and 25c each ; $2 to $3 a dozen. 

 44 Ruffled Giant." Magnificent. 25c each, $3 a dozen ; nice young seedlings, 10c each, $1.50 a dozen. 



PRIMROSE. 



Chinese. Few house plants afford better satisfaction than this. It requires to be kept cool, a north win- 

 dow suiting it best ; care should be taken in watering that no water gets on the buds, as it causes them 

 to decay ; in the summer they can be turned into a shady border. The plants we offer are fine, and 

 the colors will please. Large fringed flowers, white and pink. 25c to 50c each. 



ROMNEYA COULTERI. (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 succession 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 Primrose-like perfume is most acceptable in a 

 room. The texture of the petals are 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 single Pseonias. 

 Strong plants, 75c and $1 each. 



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, flowering 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 effective and showy plants. 15c and 25c each. 



SALVIA SPLENDENS. 



Brilliant scarlet. 15c each. 

 SYRINCAS. 



Two sorts. 15c and 25c each. 



TECOMA. 



T. Stans. A choice evergreen shrub, with beautiful golden flowers. 25c each. 



T. Yelutina. Resembling the above, but with larger flowers and larger foliage. Small plants in April. 

 15c to 25c. 



VIOLETS. 



" O faint, delicious, spring-time violet, 

 Thine odor, like a key, 

 Turns noiselessly in memory's wards to let 

 A thought of sorrow free." 



One of our most popular winter flowers. Everybody loves violets ; they touch all hearts ; their modesty, 

 fragrance and beauty charm old and young, rich and poor. In California they come to a state of great 

 perfection, and from the last of October until May they breathe forth perfume, and bloom profusely. The 

 Neapolitan violet makes the ground blue with its flowers, but the New York and Swanley white violets hide 

 their blossoms beneath the foliage. 



Give violets partial shade and divide them when they become crowded ; each year apply a liberal top 

 dressing of good rotten manure, which will add greatly to their size and luxuriance. 



Madam Milet. A most distinct and beautiful variety, which contains the first real shade of red to be found 

 in the Violet. The color is a beautiful violet purple, shaded with carmine. The flowers are double, 

 and are similar in form to the well-known blue variety, Marie Louise, and are produced in the great- 

 est profusion. 20c each. 

 Swanley White. A snowy white violet, very large and fragrant. Strong plants, 60c per dozen. 

 ^ueen Victoria. A very large single purple violet. Foliage large and handsome; very robust habit. 

 The flower has a small orange center and is very pleasing. 10c each, 3 for 25c. 75c per doz. 

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