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Grand New Japanese 

 Fern %?Ah^^ 



JAPANESE FERN BALL. 



These pretty Japanese Fern Balls are an 

 elegant novelty sent us by the skilled Gar- 

 deners of Japan. The illustration gives 

 some idea of their exquisite beauty when 

 growing. The young Fern roots are twisted 

 and worked together with moss and peat 

 into round balls which only need water 

 and moderate warmth to start them into 

 growth and beauty; may be hung in a win- 

 dow and kept moist by occasionally dipping 

 in water, or placed in a dish or vase, where 

 they make lovely table ornaments. They 

 have proved very popular with ftower lov- 

 ers everywhere, and we sell a great many 

 of them. We offer them in z sizes. 



Japanese Fern Balls, 7 to 9 inches Diame- 

 ter, 75 cts. each, 8 for SI. 25, postpaid. 



Japanese Fern Balls, 5 inches and over, 60 

 cts. each, 2 for SI. 10, postpaid. 



By express at purchaser's expense, 60 cts. 

 and 60 cts. respectively. S5 and S6 per doz. 



New Russelia Eiegantissima 



^ SCARLET FOUNTAIN PLANT 



This is a new and most charming plant for pot-culture and 

 Winter bloom. It has long slender wiry stems which grow 

 in graceful drooping masses, flowing like hair, and bearing 

 great quantities of long tubular flowers, of the brightest 

 scarlet color. It is a novel and beautiful plant, particularly 

 suitable for pots, baskets and vases ; it blooms the whole 

 year, but most profusely during the Winter and Spring 

 months, when the well-filled pots look almost like fountains 

 of bright scarlet and deep green. It is one of the easiest 

 plants to grow and one of the brightest and best bloomers 

 you can have. A valuable addition to any collection. 15 cts. 

 each, |].50 per dozen, postpaid. 



Solanum Jasmonoides Grandiflora 



This is a very beautiful house plant, which may be either 

 grown as a climbing vine, or kept in bush form by pinching 

 back. A most abundant bloomer, covering itself all over with 

 large clusters of pure-white star-shaped flowers, begins 

 blooming while quite small, is always full of flowers whether 

 kept as a pot-plant or bedded out. 15 cts. each, postpaid. 



RUSSELIA ELEGANTISSIMA. 



AZALEA AMOENA. 



Hardy Dwarf Azalcas= 



THE two Hardy Azaleas offered below, Amoena and 

 Mollis, are among the choicest and most valuable 

 hardy flowering shrubs ever offered. They are dwarf 

 bushy growers, making neat, compact plants ; entirely hardy 

 and suitable for planting in a nice bed or border in the open 

 ground. Rare and beautiful. 



AZALiEA AMOENA — A beautiful Hardy Evergreen 

 Shrub, of low bushy growth ; has bright shining glossy 

 green leaves, and in the Spring is entirely covered with 

 lovely clusters of beautiful rosy-red double flowers, very 

 choice and beautiful. Good mailing plants, 20 cts. each, 

 postpaid. Larger plants, with buds to bloom this season, 

 35 cts. and 50 cts each, according to size by express. 



AZALEA MOL.L.IS (Japan Azalea)— Similar to the 

 above in low bushy growth, but with larger flowers of 

 various shades of brilliant colors, yellow-orange, carmine, 

 etc. Entirely hardy and suitable for beds and borders in 

 open ground. Good mailing plants, 20 cts. each, postpaid; 

 larger plants, with buds to bloom this season, 35 cts. and 

 50 cts. each, according to size, by express. 



