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NEW HYBRID GLOXINIAS. 



The handsomest of our summer-blooming plants, the rich and 

 varied coloring of the flowers being beautiful in the extreme, many 

 of them beautifully speckled ; flowers three inches long by two 

 inches in diameter ; upright and pendulous ; colors crimson, 

 violet, rose, scarlet, white, etc. They attain the greatest 

 perfection if grown in light, rich soil in a shady, well-venti- 

 lated frame. After they are done growing, they may be kept 

 in a warm, dry cellar, or under the stage of a greenhouse. 

 (See cut.) Price, mixed colors only, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 



HOUSE FERNS. 



Our collection contains the choicest of the " Maiden-hair " 

 varieties and best basket and vase sorts. They are of the 

 easiest culture, and nothing adds more grace and beauty to 

 a home than a few handsome ferns. 20e. each ; set of 12 

 sorts for $2.00. 



FERN ASPARAGUS. 



A. Plumosus Nanus. The leaves are a bright green, are 

 gracefully arched, and are as finely woven as the finest 

 silken mesh, surpassing Maiden-hair Ferns in grace, fine- 

 ness of texture and richness of color. Price, strong 

 plants, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. 

 A. Tenuissimus. Very fine, filmy foliage. A handsome 

 climbing plant for the window, and a very useful pot plant. 

 Price, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz. 

 Davallia Bullata. We offer this grand Fern prepared in 

 globe shape ready for hanging up. In a short time they 

 develop leaves and make splendid ornaments through the 

 season, suspended on the piazza or in a window. Price, 

 $1.00 each. 



SWORD FERN. 

 In well-grown specimens the fronds attain a length of six 

 or seven feet, but only one to three inches wide, and like 

 plumes arching over in every direction, in a most graceful 

 manner. This beautiful Fern is excellent for outside plant- 

 ing in shady borders. It is a very fine plant for hanging 

 pots or baskets on the piazza in summer and conservatory 

 or window in winter. Price, 25c. each, $2.25 per doz. 



COBEA SCANDENS. 



A rapid-growing vine, bearing large bell-shaped flowers, 

 deep blue ; will grow twenty feet and over in one season. 

 Price, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 



CROTONS. (Assorted. ) 



Gorgeously colored foliage plants, suitable for sub-tropical 

 bedding, and splendid for warm conservatories and green- 

 houses. We offer a fine collection, containing such fine 

 varieties as Disraeli, Youngii, Lord Cairns, Maculatum, 

 Majesticum, Mooreanum, Williamsii, Spirale and Volu- 

 tum. Fine plants, 50c. each, $4.50 per doz. 



FANCY COLEUS. 



Our stock of Fancy Coleus is unsurpassed ; many of the finest 

 varieties in cultivation originated with us, and we aim to keep 

 only such varieties as will give satisfactory results. 12 distinct 

 varieties. Price, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz., $6.00 per 100. For 

 varieties specially adapted to bedding in larger quantities, see Bed- 

 ding Plants, page 129. 



HELIOTROPES.— In Variety. 



Indispensable for bouquets and vases of flowers ; their rich tints 

 of lavender, blue and purple, and exquisite vanilla perfume are 

 familiar to all. Price, 10c. each $1.00 per doz. 



HIBISCUS (CHINESE). 



These are largely used in the public grounds at Washington and 

 other places for bedding purposes, and of late years have attracted 

 a great deal of attention ; they are almost continually in bloom. 

 Price, 20c. each ; set of 12 sorts for $2.00. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERB DOUBLE HOLLYHOCKS. 



The grand strain of Hollyhocks, types of which are shown below, 

 we have secured only after years of careful selection. We grow 

 annually thousands of these, and have for years selected those that 

 show the most perfect form, largest size and purest color. It is 

 doubtful if any of our hardy plants are so well fitted by nature for 

 use in so many directions. They are equally at home in the most 

 modest garden or the most pretentious one ; their majestic grace, 

 the:r informal beauty, gives them a peculiar fitness for planting in 

 flower gardens and borders ; their massive beauty when planted in 

 groups, their striking appearance and gay colors, relieved by the 

 rich green of their leaves, form an admirable background for any 

 lawn picture. We offer two grades of plants, but even the smaller 

 size will give bloom the same season they are planted. We offer 

 the following colors : Lavender, Maroon, Blush, Light Apricot, 

 White with Violet centre; Purple, Crimson, Pink, White, Yel- 

 low, Rich Salmon, Deep Rose. Price, strong two-year-old plants, 

 40c. ; set of 12 for $4.00. Young plants, from pots, for this season's 

 blooming, 20c. each; set of 12 for $2.00. • 



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The above illustration was made from the Colored Plate which appeared in our catalogue 

 last year. Reduced to one-fourth actual size of flower. 



