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GENERAL COLLECTION of TENDER PLANT ^-Concluded 



AMERICA (A Splendid New Dwarf Salvia)— The grandest ad- 

 dition to our list of bedding plants. It forms a compact bush, 

 completely covered with rich scarlet flowers. 10 cents each; 3 

 for 25 cents; 12 for 80 cents. 



SALVIA SCARLET SPLEN DENS— Another grand addjtion to 

 our list of bedding plants. It forms a compact bush, completely 

 covered with rich scarlet flowers. 10 cents each; 3 for 25 

 cents; 12 for 80 cents. 



SALVIA SPLENDENS ALBA— Identical with Splendens. only 

 white flower. 10 cents each; 3 for 25 cents; 12 for 80 cents. 



Sanseviera Zeylonica, Zebra Plant 



A beautiful plant, specially adapted for the decoration of drawing 

 rooms and halls, as it stands dust and drought with impunity and 

 requires scarcely any water. The leaves are beautifully striped 

 crosswise, with broad white variegations on a green ground. It is 

 a rare and beautiful plant, which should be abundantly grown for 

 positions out of the reach of sunshine, where other plants will not 

 thrive. It can be placed in any position in any room and do well. 

 It has singular beauty for decorative purposed which other plants 

 do not possess, and it is useful both in winter and summer. For 

 vases and baskets it is a fine center piece, and gro^vs splendidly out 

 of doors during summer. Fine plants, 25 cents each; 3 for 65 

 cents; 12 for $2.00. 



Saxifraga Sarmentosa 



(Also known as Beefsteak Plant and Strawberry Geranium) 



— Of low habit. Leaves nearly round, and striped freely with 

 silvery bands. Blooms white, and borne in spikes. Adapted for 

 hanging baskets and vases. 15 cents each; 3 for 40 cents; 12 

 for $1.40. 



Tritoma Pfitzeri 



(TORCH LILY) 



(Red Hot Poker) — An improved upstanding type of perfect 

 form; brilliant scarlet, the opened lower petals merely being rimmed 

 with orange. Rush-like foliage supports smooth, thick flower 

 stalks a yard long, with a single fiery cone at the top. July-Sep- 

 tember. Must be carefully protected or else carried dormant in 

 dry sand in the cool cellar during winter. 40 cents each; 3 for 

 $1.00; 12 for $3.65. 



Mammoth Flowering Verbenas 



FOR BEDDING 



The Verbena is one of the prettiest and most popular of all flower- 

 ing plants suitable for forming beds on the lawn. Commences to 

 flower and spread frdm the first day the plant is set until late in 

 autumn, every day becoming better and handsomer. Colors 

 range through all the different shade of scarlet purple, crimson- 

 pink, white, etc. 15 cents each; 3 for 40 cents; 12 for $1.40. 



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Primula Obconica 



Free-blooming plant. Fine for pot culture. We have wnite, 

 pink and red. 20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents; 12 for $1.80. 



Ruellia Mokoyana 



This is a charming indoor plant for culture in pots or may be 

 used in vases and baskets; of bushy spreading habit and finely 

 marked leaves, which are beautiful olive-green, delicately veined 

 with silver and rich purple underneath. A neat and handsome 

 plant, always bright and pretty. The flowers are exceedingly 

 beautiful, trumpet shaped, and of a rosy-lavender color, almost 

 covering the plant in their great profusion. 20 cents each ; '3 for 

 50 cents; 12 for $1.80. 



Brilliant Salvias 



The Most Attractive of All Bedding Plants. 



These are unsurpassed for brilliancy of color. A bed or border 

 of Salvia Splendens will attract more attention than any other 

 bedding plant. 



Violets 



20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents; 12 for $1.80; $12.00 per hundred 

 by Express, at Your Expense. 



PRINCESS OF WALES— This is the best of the Single Violets. 

 True violet-blue; fine for cutting. 



LADY HUME CAMPBELL-^One of the best of the double pur- 

 ple violets; better than Marie Louise. 



SWAN LEY WHITE — Double white flowers in great profusion. 



TENDER VINES AND CLIMBERS 



These make a rapid growth and bloom throughout the summer ; are very showy 

 The Wonderful Giant Moonflower, IPOMEA MAXIMA— A 

 Giant in Growth and Flower and Wonderfully Fragrant. 



This grand new Moonflower is a decided improvement over the 



old well-known variety Ipomea Grandiflora. The flowers are 



more than twice the size of the old variety, oftentimes measuring 



from six to seven and one-half inches across, and are produced 



in such wonderful profusion that they completely cover the vine 



with a veil of glistening white. Fine plants, 20 cents each; 3 



for 50 cents; 12 for $1.80. 

 New Moonflower, HEAVENLY BLUE— This makes a splendid 



companion plant to the White Moonflower. It is equally rapid 



in growth, and a much_ freer blooming variety than the white 



one. The blooms cotae in clusters of five to twelve; and at times 



almost hide the vines. The flowers are the most heavenly blue, 



with reddish-purple rays, and six inches across. Nothing is 



more beautiful. 20 cents each ; 3 for 50 cents; 12 for $1 .80. 

 ANTIGNON LEPTOPUS, or the "Queen's Wreath"— Pro- 



duces rose-colored flowers in racemes two feet long; beautiful. 



20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents; 12 for $1.80. 

 BOUGAINVILLEA SANDERIANA— The Chinese Paper Plant. 



Lovely clear lavender flowers. 35 cents each; 3 for 95 cents; 



12 for $3.50. 

 PARLOR IVY — A rapid-growing plant, well adapted for training 



in the parlor. Leaves glossy green and flowers yellow, in clus- 

 ters. 10 cents each; 3 for 25 cents; 12 for 80 cents. 

 MADEIRA VINE — White flowers, exquisitely fragrant. 10 cents 



each; 3 for 25 cents; 12 for 80 cents. 

 SMI LAX — A lovely house vine. 10 cents each; 3 for 25 cents; 



12 for 80 cents. 

 TRADESCANTIA, or WANDERING JEW— Fine for baskets. 



Two distinct kinds. 15 cents each; 3 for 40 cents; 12 for $1.40. 

 VINCA MAJOR VARIEGATA— Fine for baskets and vases; 



green and white fo.liage. 20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents; 12 for 



$1.80; large, strong plants, 50 cents each. 



