GENERAL COLLECTION. 



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AGERATUM. 



Old garden favorites, blooming continually through the sum- 

 mer months, and making excellent winter-blooming plants; 

 for this reason they are peculiarly adapted for bouquets, bas- 

 kets of cut flowers, etc.; of the easiest culture. 

 Blanche. Pure white. {See Novelties.) Price, 30 cents. 

 White Tom Thumb. Six inches in height, profusely 



covered with bluish-white flowers. 

 Blue Tom Thumb. Habit the same as the preceding, with 



flowers of a beautiful porcelain blue. 

 Imperial Dwarf. A variety of " A. Mexicanum," which it 



resembles; flowers blue. 

 John Douglas. Best blue. {See Novelties.) 30 cents each. 

 Mexicanum. Flowers light blue. 

 Mexicanum Var. Leaves variegated with creamy white; 



flowers blue; very desirable. 

 Prince Alfred. A newer variety; habit medium, with 



flowers of a delicate lilac shade. 

 25 cents each; $2.25 per dozen, except where noted. Set of 

 eight sorts for $1.50. 



ABELIA RTJPESTRIS. 



A neat little shrub from China. It is evergreen, and the rosy- 

 white flowers come in clusters at the ends of the branches; 

 flowers in fall and winter; delicately perfumed. 

 25 cents each; $2.25 per dozen. 



AJTJGA REPTANS. 



An old herbaceous plant that the modern style of massing in 

 colored foliage has brought into notice. Its leaves are a dark 

 chocolate color — almost black. 



25 cents each ; $2.25 per dozen . 



AKEBIA QUTNATA. 



A beautiful, hardy, evergreen climber, attaining a height of 

 twenty feet ; flowers dark brown, and deliciously fragrant. 

 One of the most valuable climbing plants. 



30 cents each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



ALTERNANTHERA. 



Plants with beautiful variegated foliage, growing about twelve 

 inches in diameter, and six inches in height, used principally 

 for ribbon lines, borders, etc. ; the leaves are tinted, bordered, 

 Motched, margined, and variegated in almost every conceivable 

 form, with the brightest colors — bright carmine and crimson 

 tints prevailing. 



Amoena Spectabilis. {See Novelties.) 30 cents. 

 Amcena. Leaves yellow, brown and rose. 

 Lint ifolia . Broad, smooth, autumn-tinted leaves. 

 Magnifica. Leaves yellow, scarlet and green. 

 Parychoides. Leaves green, crimson and straw-color. 

 JParychoides Major. Leaves carmine, yellow and green. 

 Spathulata. Leaves tinted carmine and green. 

 "Versicolor. Leaves tinted rose and crimson. 

 25 cents each ; $2.25 per dozen, except where noted. Set of 

 8 sorts for $1.50. 



ALLAMANDA HENDERSONII. 



A valuable greenhouse plant, having large, deep, yellow 

 flowers, four inches in diameter. It can be trained to climb, or 

 can be grown in bush form, as desired. It blooms nearly the 

 entire season. 



30 cents each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



ALTHEA FRTJTEX VAR. 



Variegated-leaved " Rose of Sharon.") 

 A variegated-leaved variety of this popular shrub, with the 

 leaves distinctly margined with pure white. 



1st size, $1.00 each. 2d size, 30 cents each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



ALOYSIA CITRIODORA, (Lemon Verbena. ) 



A well-known shrub, indispensable for the delightful fra- 

 grance of its leaves in the construction of bouquets, etc. 

 15 to 25 cents each. 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII, (A. Tricuspidata. ) 



A miniature variety of the Virginia Creeper; the young 

 growth during summer is a dark purple, changing in fall to the 

 brightest tints of scarlet, crimson and orange. It clings to 

 stonework, trees, etc., and is a splendid plant for covering un- 

 81 A i y °°J ects ; u attains a height of fifty feet. Every year 

 -adds to the popularity of this plant as a climber. 

 30 cents each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



AMPELOPSIS TRICOLOR. 



A variety, the young growth of which is elegantly variegated 

 with white, pink and green ; a perfectly hardy variety, growing 

 to the tops of the highest trees. 



30 cents each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



AMPELOPSIS auINdUEFOLIA. 



This is the well-known Virginia Creeper, found in many parts 

 of the country. It is a fast grower, of strong habit ; leaves 

 splendidly variegated in the fall. 



25 cents each ; $2.25 per dozen. 



AMPELOPSIS BIPINNATA. 



{See special description in Novelties. ) 

 Price 50 cents each. Set of i sorts, $1.00. 



ANTIRRHINUM, (Snap Dragon.) 



We offer this year an unusually fine lot of Antirrhinums, 

 seedlings from seeds saved from the finest and most beautiful 

 flaked, mottled, and striped varieties in cultivation. 

 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 



ARDISIA CRENULATA. 



A greenhouse shrub r with dark, evergreen leaves, bearing 

 clusters of bright red berries, which remain on the plant a long 

 time ; very ornamental. 



1st size, 75 cents each ; $7.50 per dozen. 



2d " 30 " " 3.00 



ARISTOLOCHIA SIPHO, (Dutchman's Pipe.) 



More commonly known as "Dutchman's Pipe," the name 

 being derived from the curious formation of the flowers, which 

 are not unlike the bowl of an old-fashioned pipe ; a climber ; 

 perfectly hardy ; growing thirty feet in height. 

 50 cents each ; $4.50 per dozen. 



Aqtjilegia. 



AQUILEGIA. 



Very showy, hardy, perennial plants, blooming in early sum- 

 mer. 



Arctica. Beddish yellow. 

 Cardinalis. Scarlet. 



Cihrysantha. {See Novelties.) 75 cents each. 

 Formosa. Bed and oraage. 

 G-landulosa. White and blue ; large. 

 Rubra, fl. pi. Double red. 

 Skinneri. Bed and green. 



30 cents each ; $3.00 per dozen, except where noted. $2.00 

 for set of seven. 



