NEW FLORAL GUIDE— SPRING 1898. 



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Cineraria, Hybrida, liarge-Flowering. 



CINERARIA HYBRID A, (Large-Flowering)— The Cine- 

 raria is one of the brightest and best plants for house and 

 conservatory culture. Seeds sown from May to August 

 will bloom abundantly the following Winter and Spring. 

 Keep the plants in a cool, shady place during Summer. 

 They do not like too much heat, and must not be allowed 

 to get dry at the roots. Well-grown plants show a perfect 

 sheet of bloom — the colors range through crimson, ma- 

 genta, violet, purple, and variegated, and are marvel ously 

 beautiful. Large flowering, mixed, pkt. 10 cts. 



LANTANA— Very pretty shrubby plants, bearing clusters 

 of verbena-like flowers — pink, yellow and orange — in 

 great abundance. Pkt. 4 cts. 



LATHYRUS ( Perennial Peas )— These are perfectly hardy, 

 and live year after year, bearing a magnificent profusion 

 of sweet pea-like flowers: very beautiful, and ought to 

 be better known. Mixed colors, pkt. 4 cts. 



LATHYRUS SPLENDENS, (California Perennial Pea) 

 — A magnificent climber having finely cut dark green 

 foliage and splendid dark crimson flowers, much lar- 

 ger and more showy than the other varieties. Highly 

 valued in California and well worthy of trial here. 

 Pkt. 6 cts. 



CYPERUS AL- 

 TER NIFOLIA, 

 (Umbrella 

 Plant)— This 

 new and very 

 pretty house 

 plant resembles 

 a palm in habit 

 and form, but is 

 easily grown and 

 keeps green all 

 the year, grows 

 nicely in a bowl, 

 dish or vase, 

 half-filled with 

 rich soil, and 

 then filled with 

 ■water. In this 

 way it will grow 

 luxuriantly, 

 throwing up a 

 great number of 

 floweringshoots, 

 and requiring no 

 other attention 

 than occasional- 

 ly filling the ves- 

 sel with water. 

 Pkt. 6 cts. 

 Cyperus Altemifolia, Umbrella Plant. 



LINUM (Crimson Flax)— One of the best and most showy 

 hardy annuals for bedding. Sow in March or April where 

 plants are intended to remain, and they will soon make a 

 grand show. Pkt. 3 cts. 



LYCHNIS, or Burning Star— One of the most brilliant and 

 satisfactory garden flowers. Makes dwarf bushy plants, 

 completely covered with a blaze of beautiful star-like 

 blossoms, scarlet, crimson, white, rose, etc. Blooms the 

 first ■emson, is entirely hardy and will oontintv to bloom 

 fov montbs if kept f^«Bs (Madias. PktlotR, 



ENGLISH DOUBLE DAISY (Bellis Perennis)- 

 Daisies are sure to grow, and begin blooming very 

 quickly ; the flowers are white, pink, red, and varie- 

 gated ; the most of them come double, and the single 

 ones are nearly as pretty as the double. Finest 

 mixed, 6 cts. 



MOLUCCA BALM or Shell Flower— This grand flower 

 is easily grown, but is scarce and not much known ; 

 and always attracts great attention ; grows two to 

 three feet high, throwing up strong, slender stems, so 

 completely surrounded by flowers as to leave scarcely 

 any room for leaves; the flowers are very curious and 

 unlike anything else— creamy-white delicately veined 

 with purple ; rich, aromatic fragrance. Pkt. 4 cts. 



MIMULUS (Monkey Flower)— Curiously shaped, bril- 

 liantly colored flowers, blotched and spotted in every 

 conceivable manner; excellent for pots and baskets, 

 also for open ground. Pkt. 3 cts. 



OXALIS — Remarkable free-flowering little plants with 

 lovely green foliage, entirely covered with pink and 

 yellow flowers from June until September; excellent 

 for edging and borders. Pkt. 3 cts. 



NEW COMPACT BLUE DELPHINIUM (Larkspur) 

 — A new variety of rare beauty, and certain to become 

 very popular as soon as known. Grows easily and 

 blooms finely in sixty or eighty days after sowing the 

 seed in open ground. The plants grow low and com- 

 pact and are literally covered with large spikes of the 

 richest sky-blue flowers, showing a mass of deep, rich 

 blue color that no other flower can equal. One of the 

 most charmingly beautiful new flowers that everyone 

 can have. Pkt. 6 cts. 



DELPHINIUM, or Larks- 

 pur—Fine, handsome an- 

 nuals of great beauty, 

 noted for their light, 

 graceful foliage and rich, 

 handsome colors. Fine 

 mixed, pkt. 3 cts. 



DELPHINIUM FORMO- 

 SUM— A very pretty and 

 desirable hardy Perennial 

 Larkspur. Flowers clear 

 blue, with white center; 

 very fine. Pkt. 3 cts. 



DIGITALIS (Fox Glove)— 

 An old-time favorite for 

 the haidy border. Bears 

 long, graceful racemes of 

 richly spotted flowers. 

 Pkt. 3 cts. 



LIN ARIA (Kenilworth Ivy) Blue Delphinium. 



— A well-known hardy per- 

 ennial trailing plant ; very useful for vases and baskets, 

 also for rockeries, etc. Pkt. 3 cts. 



MIXTURE OF FRAGRANT ANNUALS. Carefully made 

 up from seeds of fragrant flowers only. A bed of these 

 will give rich perfume throughout the day and evening, 

 and many kinds are suitable for cutting and vases. Pkt. 

 6 cts. 



FLOWERS FOR CUTTING AND BOUQUETS. This 

 mixture is carefully made up and includes the best annuals 

 for cutting and making bouquets. They are of all colors, 

 and most of them have long stems and produce a profu- 

 sion of flowers all the season. Pkt. 6 cts. 



EVENING PRIMROSE, (CEnothera). Very large saucer- 

 shaped, silvery-white flowers, opening in evening, and 

 exceedingly fragrant; plant is almost stemless, leaves and 

 flowers lying close to the ground, Pkt. 3 cts. 



Hucharidinm Bre-vreri. 



EUC^ARIDIUM BREWERI— A very pretty and showy 

 dwarf summer-flowering annual; flowers pnrplish-rose, 

 shading to white; grows easily, begins to flower quickly, 

 and continues to bloom profusely all through the season : 

 a Yery elegant and distinct plant Pkt. 6 cts. 



