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MONTERETIA. Fire Lily. 



Most graceful, showy plants of rich and striking colors, with small Gladioli-like flowers freely 

 produced on branched spikes about 2i feet high. Worthy of a prominent place in any garden. 

 Pottsii. Bright orange-red. Each, 10 cents; per dozen, $1.00. 



Crocosmiaflora. Intense orange-scarlet, splendid. Each. 10 cents; per dozen, $1.00. 

 Fine Seedlings. Mixed colors; carefully hybridized and of great promise. Each, 15 cts.; per doz ,$1.50. 



SPIREA, OR ASTILBE. 



The varieties of dwarf flowering Spirea are all exceedingly pretty and finely adapted for floral 

 work. All are perfectly hardy and some of them should be found in every garden. 

 Japonlca. Produces in abundance dense sprays of small white flowers on neat, erect stems. By florists 



and hardeners it is grown in vast quantities for cutting, etc. Fine flowering clumps. Each, 15 cents; 



per dozen, $1.50. 

 Japonlca Grandiflora. JVew Large Flowering. The most beautiful of all the set. The flowers are 



very large and of the purest white. Each, 20 cents; per dozen, $2.00. 

 Astllboldes. A distinct Japanese species, with handsome, slightly hairy, divided foliage and long, 



feathery spikes of pure white flowers. Each, 25 cents; per dozen, $3.00. 

 Aurea Reticulata. The dark green leaves are beautifully veined with golden yellow. Dwarf, hardy, 



and free-flowering. Each, 20 cents; per dozen, $2.25. 

 Palmata. A dwarf hardy sort with rosy-red flowers, with fine cut, jialm-like foliage and coral-like 



flowers. Each, 20 cents; per dozen, $2.25. 



If desired by mail, add 10 cents each. 



PEONIES. 



A splendid genus of plants, becoming more and more popular every year on account of their great 

 beauty and hardiness, doing well in almost any situation. 



Flowering Plants, in great variety of color. Each, 25 cents; per dozen, $2.50. 

 E3xtra Large Plants, in splendid variety. Each, 50 cents; per dozen, $5.00. 



Double "White, Fragrant. This grand P?eony should be in everj' garden. Each, 40 cts ; per doz., $4.50. 

 TenulfoUa Flore Pleno. Flowers very double, crimson — of a shade rivaling the Jacqueminot Hose. 



'J he foliage is remarkably pretty, being dense and finely cut. like a fern. Each, 50 cts.; per doz., $5.50. 

 Tree P8Bonles(Pseony Moutan.) Very stately and effective; tine varieties. $1.00 to $2.00 each. 

 Add 10 cents each for postage if sent by mail. 



CALL A. (Lily of the Nile.) 



The well-known and beautiful pare white Calla Lily is one of the most graceful and useful decorative 

 plants. Each, 20 cents; per dozen, $2.25. Too large to mail. 



TIGRIDIA. (Shell Flower. Tiger Flower) 



Curious and beautiful shell-like flowers about four inches in diameter, flowering from July to Oc- 

 tober. The bulbs can be planted about the middle of May, and taken up in October and kept over winter 

 in dry sand. 



Conchlflora. Orange, with crimson spots. Each, 5 cents; per dozen, 50 cents. 

 Grandiflora. Very large; deep crimson. Each, 5 cents; per dozen, 50 cents. 

 Grandiflora Alba. Large ivory-white flowers, spotted with maroon and rosy lake in centre. Each, 5 



cents; per dozen, 50 cents. 

 Pavonla. Ked, with crimson spots. Each, 5 cents; per dozen, 50 cents. 



Mailed free. 



AQUATIC PLANTS, 



These are all remarkably beautiful and may be successfully cultivated by anyone. They may be 

 grown in tubs two-thirds full of old turfy soil enriched with decomposed hot-bed stuff, and covered two 

 inches with sand, tilled with water and placed in a sunny position. The beauty, fragrance and color of 

 the flowers well repays the slight care necessary to success. 



WATER LILIES. [Nympha^a.) 

 Odorata Rosea. Hardy, Cape Cod Pink Water Lily. Very beautiful 



deep pink, highly fragrant flowers, strong roots. Each, 75 cents. 

 Odorata. White, fragrant; native pond lily. Each, 20 cents. 

 Odorata Superba. Superb large rose tipped petals. Each, 90 cents. 

 Coerulea. Fine ultramarine blue; large. Each, $1.50. 

 Dentata. Pure white, very large, often twelve inches in diameter. Each, 



$1.50. 

 ZanzlbarenslB Azurea. Beautiful large blue flowers. Each, $1.50. 



LOTUS. {Nelumhium.) 

 Nelumblum Speclosuxn. The Egyptian or Sacred Lotus. Very large 



white fragrant flowers, tipped with deep pink. Each, $1.75. 

 Nelumblum Luteum. American yellow Lotus, flowers sulphur yellow. 



Each, $1.20. 



These are both magnificent Aquatics, the leaves being large and very ornamental. Both foliage and 

 flower-stalks grow from three to five feet high, and the flowers from four to eight inches across. 



WATER HYACINTH, OR WATER ORCHID. 



The beautiful Pontideria floats on the water. Flowers lilac spotted, in clusters. Each, 20 cents. 



WATER POPPY. (Limnocharis.) 

 This pretty Aquatic has beautiful lemon-colored flowers with black stamens. Each, 26 cents. 



CYPERUS PAPYRUS. {Egyptian Paper Plant.) 

 Throws up a number of slender stems eacli surmounted by a dark green shining plume. Each, 25 cts. 



