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growth as tlie common Zon:iIe varieties. The flowers, also, 

 add aditional beauty. Tliey are. like all other variegated 

 Geraniums, e.xcellent for parlor or p:reen-iioiise culture. 

 25c. each; S-J.2.5 per set of 13 sorts. 



GERANIUMS, DTLE.UTID. 



Altliough the foliage of this class is of sufflcient interest to 

 warrant its cultivation, yet the value is greatly enhanced by 

 tlie beauty and profusion of its nowers during tiie spring and 

 summer months, running through the various shades of 

 white, pink and crimson. The list below is selected a.i giving 

 the widest range of color. They are well adapted for rock- 

 work or vases, and for drooping over baskets, or trained on 

 trellises, are unsurpassed; few plants give more satisfaction 

 for house culture, as they may be trained on trellises in any 

 shape desired. 



Full set of 22 sorts, J3.00. 

 (For liouble DariVfie.v, seeparje 95.) 



OLOXIMAS. 



These are among the handsomest of our summer-blooming 

 green-house plants, the rich and varied coloring of the flow- 

 ers being beautiful in the extreme; llowers2 inches long by 

 1': inches diameter; upright and pendulous kind; colors, 

 crimson, violet, rose, scarlet, white, etc. The bulbs should 

 be started in spring, and after blooming all summer, require 

 a season of rest. This can bo done by gradually withholding 

 water from them. After they are dried off. they may be kept 

 in a warm, dry cellar, or under the stage of a green-house. 

 50c. each; $4.50 perdoz. 



OLADIOLUS, FRENCH HYBRID. 



See Flower Seed List under heading of filadlolus. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



We offer 22 varieties not named elsewhere in this Cata- 

 logue. They comprise some old, well-known plants, but of 

 considerable merit. They are grown in poti, and can be 

 tran.splanted at any time. 



*)c. each ; J3.00 per doz.; set of 22 sorts of hards herbaceous 

 plants, $4.50. 



HARDY SHRUBS 



Xthe following named varieties; large plants: 

 Calycaiilhas Florldas. Spirea Prnnifolla. 



PorHylliia Vt'iifliHsinia. Spii ea Salicif.tlia. 



Spirea R<-evael. !$pir»a Thanbereia. 



Styrax Japonica. 



50c. each; set of 7 for !?3.00. 



HELIOmOPES. 



Caroline cles Antoines. Lilac blue. 



Carilinul Kirltelieu. Lavender lilne. 



Due du L-iivendury, Rich blue, dark eye. 



Garibalfli. Very light. 



Le Geant. Very ligl'T; large. 



Replans Major. Lavender and white. 



Migiiione. Lilac. 



Beauty of Bordeaux. Lavender. 



B, Pfiizer. Lavender rose, shaded. 



Incomparable. Light; very fragrant. 



Florence !Vi<;litingale. Light Lavender. 



Beauty of Oulton. Lilac-blue. 



General Vanhanibert. Light lavender. 



Aladam Faeilon. Bluish violet. 



lie Necre. Very dark. 



JHd. nilchel. Bluish violet, light centre. 



Mrs. Burgess. Dark violet. 



Maculata. Turple, white .spot. 



Snow Wreath. Pure white. 25c. 



15c. each; $1.50 per doz.; set of 19 sorts for $2.25. 



HETEROCENTRON ALBUM. 



A pretty, free-dowering, shruhbv plant, covered along the 

 stems with small, white flowers; the reverse of the petals 

 tinged pink during summer and fall; is an excellent winter- 

 blooming plant. 



20c. each; $2.00 per dozen. 



HIBISCUS, (Chinese.) 



These plants are becoming very popular as bedding plants. 

 They are largely used in the ISotanic Garden at Washington 

 far this purpose, and of late years have attracted a great deal 

 of attention; they are almost continually In bloom. 

 Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis. Single red. 



" " " Anrantiaca fl. pi. Double 



orange. 

 " Ro8a Sinensis Cooperii. Foliage variegated, 



wlut«, green and pink. 

 " Rosa. Sinensis Rubra fl. pi. Double red. 



Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis Versicolor. Striped crimson, 

 rose and white. 

 " Rosa Siiien-i.s Grandiflorus. Rosy crimson, 



darker towanls the centre. Very large. 

 30c. each; set of O for $1.50. For newn- sorts, seepage 9.5. 



NEW AVHITE HYDRANGEA, 

 "Thos. Hogg." 



This plant has now been very generally distributed over 

 the entire country. To those who have not yet obtained it, 

 we would say, that the flowers are pure white, often meas- 

 uring tlfteen inches in diameter; the plant, when fully gr«wn. 

 covering a space of six feet in diameter— making it a valuable 

 plant for cemetery decorations or other purposes. It is hardy 

 everywhere, if a slight protection of leaves is given around 

 the roots in winter. We have a lurge stock, and otTer it at 

 the following low rates— aW plants that will bloom this sea- 

 son: 



1st size, $1.00 each; $9.00 per doz. 



2d " .50 " 4.50 



S'i " .25 ■• 2.25 



HYDRANGEA. 



Imperatrice Eugenie. Large heads of White flowers, 

 tinted blue and pale ro.se. Hardy. A fine variety. 



laindleyii. A new species, introduced from Japan, with 

 small beads of bright pink flowers. 



Roaeii. Pink. 



Otaksa. Similar in color to the common "H. Hortensis;" 

 but much larger, flowering when the plants are quite 

 small, the stems terminated with large panicles of 

 rosy-carmine flower.s. 



Hortensis. The old, hardy variety, of great merit; grow- 

 ing about two feet in height; flowers pink, changing 

 to bluish-purple. 



.Taponica Var. White and green leaves. 50c. each. 



Panicnlata Grandiflora. (See Special Description.) 

 50 cts. each. 



Stellata Prolifcra. Deep pink; mottled with white. 

 5<ic. each. 



*'Thos. Hoj»g." (See Special Description.) 50c. each. 



New (limbing. (.See page 0^.) $1.00 each. 

 30c. each, except where noted. Set of 10 varieties for $4. on. 



HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDI- 

 FLORA, (Syn. H. Deutzaefolia.) 



One of the finest hardy shrubs in cultivation; the flowers 

 are formed in large, white panicles, or trusses, six niches in 

 length. The shrub grows to a height and breadth of four or 

 Ave feet, and as the flower.t slightly droop, few plants have 

 the grace and beauty presented by this magniflcent shrub; 

 fur cemetery decorations it has no equal. Coutinues in flower 

 from August to November. 



For extra large stock plants, $2.00 each. 



2d size, $1.00 each. 



3d ■' .50c. 



4th " 25c. " 



lYIES, ENGLISH, (Hedera Helix.) 



Well-known hardy creeping or climbing plants. 

 25c. each; $2.25 per doz. 



NEW GERMAN BY, 



(Senecio Macroglossis.) 



A variety of this popular plant, which has become much 

 more valued than the old sort. It resembles the English Ivy 

 to such a ilegree that It is often mistaken for it; liie leaves 

 have a metallic lustre, the veins and ribs being of a lighter 

 color. It has the same strong, vigorous growth as the com- 

 mon German Ivy, and, for baskets, etc., It is unsurpassed. 

 30c. each; $3.00 per doz. 



lYY, GERMAN, or Parlor, (Seoecio 

 Scandens.) 



A rapid-growing, climbing plant, with yellow flomers; weH 

 adapted for covering trellis-work quickly, or ae a hoose plant 

 in winter; leaves glos.sy green. 



15c. e.ich; $1.50 perdoz. 



JASMINUM GRANDIFLORUM, (Cata- 

 lonian Jessamine.) 



A valuable winter-flowering plant, either Ibr p«rlor or 

 green-house; blooming without interruption from OqMier to 

 May. The flowers are pure white; most dellclousty tt^raot. 

 24€. each; $2.26 per doz. 



