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PARTIAL VIEW OF ONE OF OUR STORES AT OUR ANNUAL 
SUMMER EXHIBITION. 
Asparagus Sprengerii. 
(EMERALD FEATHER.) 
A most lovely trailer; invaluable as a pot plant, for baskets or fer 
decorations; the numerous fronds are frequently 4 feet long, well dressed 
with leaves of a rich shade of green, retaining their freshness for weeks 
Adenophora Potanini. 
Lovely new shrubby Campanulacea, producing elegant and slender 
flower-spikes, 2 to 3 feet in height, during the months of July and 
August, which are garnished with numerous, large, bell-shaped flowers, 
1%4 inches in diameter and of a beautiful light blue color. Splendid new 
ATAY PCTeDDIAl.........ceccceceecccceeenccoscccsonsccecesscccecsecenessscacenccavecsenes ees Pkt. 25 after being cut; white flowers followed by red berries. A fine house 
= plant, as it withstands dry atmosphere. (See cut on 
[DLZC LTO’) ceecerscetenscncenenccusmenneeneeeeee Bosuenteanorocodso: Pkt. ®% 
Agrostemma Hybrida Walkeri. 
Exceedingly pretty, free-flowering, new dwarf, bushy, 
hardy perennial, about 1 foot high, growing freely 
incommon garden soil. Large, single, brilliant, pink  *2 
PLOWEUB se setentercsscaencee soot nes rccneer sett acer nina cst eaannenss Pkt. 15 
NEW BALSATIS. 
*‘ Prince Bismarck.’’ An improved Cameltia- 
flowered German Balsam; very double and large 
perfect blossoms of a brilliant salmon-rose color, 
a superb and beautiful new shade. -..Pkt. 20 
Alba Perfecta. An improved Camellia-flowered 
German Balsam, with extra large very double 
flowers’; pure WHIte> si. 0: -c..2-ceccccsssnsectensatentboren Pkt. 18 
Barbieria Glabella. 
A beautiful variety of the ‘‘ Porto Rico Climber.” 
Ajuga Metallica Crispa. 
This novelty excited the admiration of all visitors 
to our grounds. It is distinguished by most pe- 
-euliarly curled foliage, distinctly observable in the 
illustration. The very dwarf, regular, compact habit JUGA METALLICA. Said to be hardy, but we think it safer to grow it in 
in combination with the curious and beautiful struc- —_— a greenhouse in winter. The graceful, many-leaved 
ture of the dark green leaves with a metallic gloss, i 6 5 4 foliage is glossy and evergreen, and the flowers of 
and the short pyramidal-shaped flower-stalk closely brilliant red are borne in profusion during the whole 
set with small flowers of a beautiful ultramarine-blue, BUI MEL. j, scecocraccsccscsccccussessovse snencccerkectcacemmaemenes Pkt, 20 
give a charming appearance to the plant. Wonderful 
effects are obtained with this novelty in forming 
carpet-beds, borders, ete., especially when in bloom. 
Height of plant and flower-stalk about 4 to 5 inches. 
The seed is sowa in pots orin the frame, the seedlings 
transferred to small pots, and later on planted in the 
garden at a distance of from 3 to 4 inches apart. 
Comes quite true from seed. (See cut.).......... Pkt. 25 
NEW ANEMONES. 
“St. Brigid.’’ These beautiful Irish Poppy-flowered 
varieties produce in abundance large, single, semi- 
double and sometimes double flowers of an endless 
variety of colors, from maroon and brightest scar- 
Jet to flesh pink and from lilac to purple. Some are 
mottled, striped,ringed,etc. Some of them measure 
from 3 to 5 inches across. For eutting they are 
unsurpassed, and in the garden they flower until 
after frost. Sown early they will flower the same 
season, and being hardy will flower even more pro- 
fusely the second year and afterward.......... Pkt. 15 
Honorine Jobert Gigantea. This new hardy 
Japonica type is exactly reproduced from seed, and 
surpasses in vigor as well as beauty the old sort by 
its large and beautiful foliage, which is heavy, reg- 
ularinform and of a rich, shiny green. The large 
stalks, which are straight, produce numerous great 
flowers of a pure white about a beautiful yellow 
GBC Pree cr ccscanetaretccctotsecnanccsetees cpa er naeeies Pkt. 20 
NEW BALLOON VINE. 
(CARDIOSPERIMUM HIRSUTUM.) 
A very pretty and graceful annual climbing plant; 
NEW BEGONIAS. 
Double Vernon. The Single B. Vernon has beer 
favorably known for several years as a showy 
bedding or pot plant, compact, leafy and a free 
bloomer, both foliage and flowers being of a riek 
metallic red when grown in the warm sunlight. 
This new variety with double flowers is a gremt 
acquisition. About 50 per cent. will come double. 
Pkt. 2% 
Vernon, Crimson and Gold. A very striking 
variety of the above, with golden leaves, edged with 
a wide, deep red border. Flowers single,red,like the 
Hybrida Marmorata, ‘‘Butterfly.’’ A variety 
of large-flowering, tuberous-rooted Begonias, pro- 
ducing carmine and scarlet blossoms, strikingly 
mottled with white. (Seé@ cut.)........c.cccseceeeee Pkt. 25 
Hybrida, ‘‘Yellow-centred.’’ Another of the 
large-flowering tuberous varieties, with flowers of 
a deep yellow, merging into rosy carmine at the 
edges Of the petalsiiccticce-n---cavendacbosceceeseatee Pkt. 25 
Hybrida, ‘‘ White-centred.’’ Very beautiful white 
flowers, shading to and bordered with some other 
color, such as pink, scarlet, orange, etc...... Pkt. 25 
Bidens Atrosanguinea Superba. 
A dwarf, bushy garden plant, only 8 to 12 inches 
high, like a miniature Dahlia; vigorous and free 
flowering from early summer until frost from spring- 
sown seed. The single daisy-like flowers, 4 to 5 
inches in circumference, are of the deepest velvety 
blood-red; are borne on wiry stems about 12 inches 
long. Graceful and showy in the garden as well as 
for DOUQUEEBE teiit coseceeeconccueescvadvcchsdele sash eeenenenae Pkt. 20 
from seed sown early in the house and transplanted , 
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to the open in the month of May, they reach a height * Browallia Jamesoni. 
of about 18 to 25 feet; ®he flowers are fragrant and & Ni. Zr ER EN KS = A charming plant for the cold greenhouse, well 
hang in white bunches. -Butitis most interesting on branched with numerous leaves, which are oval and 
account of its triangular inflated seed pods, which . Laat : s of a deep shiny green, producing clusters of large 
resemble winged balloons .....................c0e0:c00e0e Pkt. 15 BEGONIA VERNON, ‘‘CRIMSON AND GOLD. flowers of purplish orange of splendid effect.....Pkt. 25 
We Deliver Free 0 ANY. fpsr oF OR in the U. S. all Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Bulbs and Books, “oye =** 
type. Very desirable. (See cut.).......-.-..00+-- Pkt. 25 
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