54 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD'S ANNUAL CATALOGUE. 



FICUS Repens. A trailing or creeping variety, with small foliage; use- 

 ful for baskets. Each 10c to 25c. 



FORGET-ME-NOTS. Choice varieties. Each 10c to 25c; doz. 75c. 



FREESIAS. From July to October. Dozen 10c to 20e. 



HEMEROCALLIS Kwanso, Fl. PL. Double variegated orange lily. A 

 perfectly hardy variety that blooms for months during the summer and fall. It 

 increases fast and makes very large clumps. Each 10c, 25c and 35c; dozen 75c, 

 $1.50 and $2.75. 



HYDRANGEA Grandiflora. A splendid variety from Japan, hav- 

 ing very thick, large leathery leaves, two or three times as large as any other 

 variety. It bears enormous heads of blossoms, often measuring 30 inches in diam- 

 eter. The individual flowers are very large and a beautiful shade of pink. It is 

 a mass of color and continues blooming for several months after other varieties are 

 resting. Each 15c, 25c, and 50c. 



Black Stemmed. A very beautiful variety that has black stems and a pro- 

 fusion of lovely flowers that come out pink at first and change to bright blue. 



Japonica "Variegata. A beautiful hydrangea, splendid and showy 

 for pots. The large leaves are handsomely variegated and margined creamy- 

 white; flowers pink. Each 15c, 25c and 50c. 



HOYA Carnosa. Climbing wax-plant. Has thick, fleshy leaves, grow- 

 ing moderately fast and bearing umbels of beautiful flesh-colored flowers, like 

 velvet. One of the best plants for house culture, as it stands the extremes of heat 

 and cold better than most plants, and is not easily injured by neglect. Each 10c 

 to 20c; splendid large plants, each 50e to $1.00 each. 



Silver Variegated Foliage. Very handsome, but not as vigorous a 

 grower as the above. Each 35c. 



HIBISCUS Sinensis, Sub violaceous. Enormous semi-double flow- 

 ers, rich carmine -tinted violet. Each 25c. 



Miniatns Semi-Plena. Large, semi-double, brilliant and attractive, 

 bright vermillion -scarlet; ought to be in every garden, showiest flowers, last well. 

 Each 25c. 



HYBERICLM. "St. John's Wort." A beautiful evergreen shrub, that bears 

 large golden-yellow, satiny flowers, with numerous thread-like stamens. Always 

 in bloom. Each 15c to 25c. 



HELIOTROPE, Midnight. A very beautiful new heliotrope, with black 

 stems, and foliage so dark as to be almost black; pretty flowers, that are charm- 

 ingly variegated, light and dark purple, and white. Each 15c to 25c. 



Albert Deleanx. One of the most beautiful varieties in cultivation. The 

 foliage is yellow, marked with green. Very large flowers of a rich, deep purple. 

 Each 10c to 25c. 



Other sorts, light and dark. Each 10c to 25c. 



IMPAT1ENS Sultana. A charming plant for pots or for a shaded loca- 

 tion. It belongs to the balsam family. The leaves are light green, the stems 

 transparent; flowers single, always in bloom, salmon-pink and bright pink. Each 

 10c to 25c. 



LOPESIA Rosea and L. Alba. "Mosquito Flower." Pretty plants 

 that are completely covered all the year with airy branches of pink and white 

 flowers, resembling mosquitoes. Very useful for bouquets and valuable for. bed- 

 ding. Each 10c to 25c. 



