NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



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Boursalt Elegans. Flowers double; purplish crimsoaln 



color; sweetly fragrant. 

 Gem of the Prairies. Bright violet crimson: large, very 



double anil fragrant. A beautiful rose, but rather 



a shy bloomer. 

 Se-ren Sisters. Blush and crimson; very hardy; free 



flowering and fragrant. 

 Prairie Qneen. Dark rosy red, changing to pink as the 



flower expands. 

 Bennetfs Seedling. An Ayrshire or Scotch Rose. Like 



all of its class its growth is very slender and rapid; 



flowers small, white and double. 

 Dundee Kamble. Same class and character as the pre- 

 ceding, but semi-double. 



1st size, oOc. each; $4.50 per dozen. 

 2d " 30c. " 3.00 



MOSS ROSES. 



Adelaide. A splendid old sort; color bright carmine; 

 beautifuUv mossed buds. 



Capt. Ingraham. Brilliant carmine red; large full 



flowsr; very double and mossy. 

 Countess de Jtlaranais. Large, pure white, beautifully 



mossed. A splendid out-door rose. 

 English. The old red English Moss Rose; very hardy, 



mossy and fragrant. 

 Hortense Veriiet. Fine rosy carmine; full, large and 



sweet; beautifully covered with moss. 

 Henry Martin. Fine bright pink; large, full and globu- 

 lar. 

 Laneii. A beautiful shade of pink; sweetly fragrant and 



mossy. 

 Laxembargh. Large, crimson scarlet; densely covered 



with moss; very sweet. 

 Cristata or "Crested Moss." Color of buds pink; 



thickly crested with moss: very beautiful. 

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

 2d " .500. " 4.50 " 



NEW MMB BABE FL1.MT! 



>EW ABUTILON— Mrs. Roenbeck. 



A very desirable and distinct novelty. Although it Is very 

 free flowering at all season-;, it is particularly so during the 

 winter months. Tlie flowers are small and bright reddish 

 carmine in color, but when in full bloom, a plant of it rivals 

 in beauty the Begonia Rubra. 



60c. each ; $6.00 per dozen. 



ABUTILONS. 



There has been a very great improvement in this class of 

 plants in a short time. Six years ago, two or three shades of 

 crimson and maroon were about the only colors to be found. 

 Now we have white, pink, crimson, maroon, and golden yel- 

 low in endless variety. Our set contains the best and most 

 distinct representatives of all these colors. 

 Arthur Belsnam. Large dark crimson flowers. 

 Aug. Rossold. Variegated foliage, yellow and green. 

 John Hopkins. Bright canarj' yellow. 

 Mrs. Roenbeck. See special description above. 

 Rosaeflora. Beautiful rose color. 

 Robt. George, salmon, veined crimson. 

 SnoYvstorm. Finest white. 



30c. each ; $3.0) per doz. 

 J Set of 7 for $2.00. 



ACALYPHA MUSAICA. 



The several varieties of Acalyphas are now being exten- 

 sively used for bedding purposes, their tropical richness of 

 color contrasting well with other ornamental-leaved plants, 

 or the dark green of the lawn. This sort is probably the best. 

 Its leaves are variegated rose, white, pink, bronze, and 

 green. 



30c. each ; $3.o0 per doz. 



ACALTPHA MARGINATA. 



Another new and striking variety. The leaves are green, 

 distinctly banded with a narrow margin of pink au<l white— 

 a freak of variegation which is .seldom seen. This and the 

 foregoing are also valuable house plants. 

 50c. each; $4.50 per doz. 



ACHIMENES. 



ACHIMENES. 



A beautiful class of plants that are largely grown In Europe 

 but not generally known here. Flowers 1^ inches in di- 

 ameter, embracing the ditferent shades of pink, carmine, 

 purple and rose. Use one-half moss in the soil in which they 

 are potted. (See cut.) 



30c. each ; $3.00 per dozen. ' 



Set 6 distinct varieties for $1.50. 



AGATHEA CELESTIS, (" Blue Daisy.") 



One of the most fashionable of winter flowers last season. 

 The flowers are daisy-shaped, of a delicate light blue with a 

 yellow disc; it flowers in great profusion from November t« 

 April, and makes a novel and pleasing feature in any collec« 

 tion of plants. It is of easy culture, and will be valuable aa a 

 parlor plant. 



30c. each ; $3.00 per doz. 



