OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 



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GARDENIAS. -Cape Jasamine. 



The Cape Jasamine is well known for its delicious fragrance, as well as the beauty of the 

 flowers, which are large, white and double 



Hach. 



Gardenia, Citriodora, single white,' very frag- 

 rant 25 cts to 50 



Camelliflora, large double white 25 cts. to 50 



Florida, large double white 25 ets. to 50 



Major, very large double 25 cts. to 50 



Majestica, very large double white...2o cts. to 50 



Each. 

 Gardenia, Radicans, profuse bloomer, double 



white 20 cts. to 



Variegata. variegated leaves, double 



white flowers 20 cts. to 



Fortunii, fortune's largedouble white.. .25 cts. to 



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SWEET SCENTED VIOLETS. 



Violet, Argentaeflora (Lees), the largest and 

 finest of all the single Violets. Flowers half 

 an inch in diameter; bluish veined and suf- 

 fused with lilac 



Belle de Chatenay, new double white violet. 

 The flowers are pure white, most delicately 

 perfumed, of immense size and very double.... 



Belle de Chatenay, violet colored "(new), dis- 

 tinct and beautiful, very large and double 



*Count Brazza's White Neapolitan, pure 

 white, delicious fragrance, said to be a better 

 grower than Swanley White.... 



Czar, (single), very large purple, hardy and fra- 

 grant 



White (single), a pure white variety of the 

 last, very d' sirable 



Double Blue Neapolitan, light blue 



Oderatissima (Lees), this is a beautiful new 

 single violet, very large, color purplish azure... 



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Violet, Marie Louise, very fine double flowf-rs, 

 purple, with white centre, forces well 



Marie de Savoy (new 1 , the largest of Violets, 

 color deep blue with a white centie, very fra- 

 grant. This violet will be largely grown by 

 florists; a grand flower 



Princess Louise, double white, fine 



Rubra plena (new), double red violet, very 

 distinct 



Swanley White (new), a magnificent variety, 

 flowers large double, pure white, deliciously 

 scented 



Schcenbrun, ever blooming, single dark blue, 

 very hardy 



Victoria Regina (Lees), this is a most beauti- 

 ful single violet, pale blue 



Price 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen (save where 

 priced.) Large plants in autumn, 25 cents each, 

 $2.00 per dozen. 



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Lagerstramea, Indica Alba, white Crap 



tie, a very beautiful shrub. 



Indica Rosea, rose or pink, the va>iety gener- 

 ally grown 



Purpurea, a bright purple, a vigorous grower 



and free bloomer 



Magenta, color a bright magenta 



LAGERSTRAMEA.-Crape Myrtle. 



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Lagerstramea, Indica New Crimson, bright 

 deep crimson, no variety hitherto introduced 

 approaching it in color; a profuse bloomer, 



giving immense heads of its rich flowers 



The Crape .Myrtle is well known in this latitude 

 and South as our most beautiful summer flowering 

 hardy shrub. North, it will need protection. 



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NEW AND RARE HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS. 



Abelia Rupestris, a dwarf compact shrub, 

 flowers pure white in long racemes during 

 summer and fall; a beautiful shrub, quite 



hardy 20 



Althea Coelestis (Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus 

 Syriacus), a distinct and beautiful variety 



with single blue flowers 50 



Andromeda Arborea (or Oxydendrum), Sorrel 

 Tree, a rare American small tree, known in 

 Europe as Lily-ot-th -Valley Tree, from the 

 resemblance of its blooms to that lovely 



flower 50 



♦Azalea Ghent, in varieties, finest from seed, 50 to 1 00 

 Mollis (Japanese , in varietv, very beautiful 



and baidy .". 50 cts. to 1 00 



Acer Polymorphum, dwarf Japanese Maple 50 



*Atropurpureum, foliage deep purple shaded 



with claret; a beautiful vaiiety 1 50 



*Dissectum, foliage similar to the above, but 



deply cut 1 50 



Rosea Pictis, foliage deeply and finely cut.... 1 50 



*Palmatifidum Atropurpurea 1 50 



*Reticulatum, deeply lob^d leaves, reticulated 



with white aii'.l yellow 1 50 



Rosea Marginatus, leaves tipped and edged 



with ros' 1 50 



*Rufa Nerva 1 50 



*Sanguineum, blood leaved, deeply lobed, 

 leaves a rich, colored and very beautiful 



Maple 1 50 



*Japonicum, of slow compact growth, with 

 large leaves; a very distinct and handsome 



species 1 50 



*Castoenifolia, a very distinct and handsome 



Maple 2 00 



Aralia Seiboldi, a very handsome evergreen 

 with large, shining, green leaves, nearly or 

 quite hardy; a fine decorative plant. ..25 cts. to 50 

 Chestnut Japanese, large, fruited 50 



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| Callicarpa Purpurea, it blooms in August ; these 

 are succeeded by a crop of small berries, which 

 aie of a bright lilac-purple, and which con- 

 tinues up to winter 



Carpenteria Californica, this is an extremely » 

 rare shrub, even in its native habitat. It is a 

 handsome shrub, the flowers being large, pure 

 white, with yellow tipped stamens. Not quite 

 hardy 1 00 



Cedrela Sinensis, a very beautiful hardy tree 

 of rapid growth, from north of China, with 

 large foliage similar to Ailanfhus, and yellow- 

 ish bark. This is a very handsome new tree, 

 very desirable for gardens, lawns, cemeteries, 

 &c, its fine large, shining foliage being most 

 distinct, and the tree, withal, perfectly hardy, 



Clerodendron Viscossissima (Bungeana\ this 

 is a handsome hardy shrub from Northern 

 China; the flowers emit a delicious perfume; 

 flowers lilac-rose, in dense terminal corymbs, 

 a very desirable new shrub 



Climbing Hydrangea (Schizophragma, Hy- 

 drangeoides), this is described as clinging to 

 trees to the height of 50 feet, producing co- 

 rymbs of white flowers of the size of ordinary 

 Hydiangeas. It clings exactly like ivy 



Coculus Carolinianus, a rapid growing climber, 

 perfectly hardy. It produces racemes of vivid 

 scarlet berries, which hang on the vines all 

 winter 



Crataegus Lalaendi, a variety of Pyracantha, 

 much superior to the type, has deep'er colored 

 berries and a more compact and better habit... 



Daphne Genkwa (Japan Daphne), an exceed- 

 ingly beautiful small shrub, with long downy 

 twigs, which in spring before the leaves appear, 

 bear violet colored fragrant flowers about an 

 inch long; one of the most beautiful of early 

 flowering shrubs 50 



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