New Floral Guide — Spring, 1901. 



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New Ageratum Stella Gurney. 



SOLANUM RANTONETTI,(The BluevSolanum.) 

 A lovely plant for bedding and house culture; bears 

 beautiful clusters of deepest sky blue flowers ; blooms 

 all the time and is very easy to grow. 10 cts. 

 each; larger, 15 cts. each, postpaid. 



LEMON VERBENA. Highly prized for the spicy 

 and delicious fragrance of its leaves; entirely different 

 from anything else; nice for pots and bedding. 10 

 cts. each, postpaid. 



Ne25L Ageratum 



STELLA GURNEY 



THIS is the finest Ageratum yet introduced, makes 

 neat compact plants, covered all the time with 

 lovely fluffy sky blue flowers, a splendid plant foi 

 beds and borders, in Summer and for the window garden 

 and conservatory in Winter. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 

 cts., $1.25 per doz., postpaid. 



NEW SNOW WHITE AGERATUM — 



BLANCHE — A lovely plant for pots, borders and 

 edging, grows low and compact, pure snow white 

 fluffy flowers, blooms all the time. 15c. each ; $1.25 

 per dozen, makes a fine contrast with the New 

 Blue Stella Gurney above, will send both for25 c, 

 or with Dr. Ross Coleus, the 3 for 40c., postpaid. 



NEW COLEUS, DOCTOR ROSS. This is a 

 truly magnificent Coleus, One of the brightest and 

 richest colored varieties ever seen; enormous leaves, 

 rich, dark velvety crimson, shaded and marbled 

 with black, and showing a broad w^edge of creamy- 

 white and green in centre ; elegantly fringed and bor- 

 dered with green and gold, exceedingly beautiful. 15 ctS. 

 each, 4 for 50 cts., $1.50 per doz., postpaid. 



TUBEROUS 

 ROOTED... 



NEW- 



Be^onia^ 



Solanum Rantonetti. 



The New Tuberous Rooted Begonias are among the most 

 beautiful of all Summer flowering bulbs. They grow 12 to 

 15 inches high, branchmg freely and blooming abundantly 

 all Summer and Fall. The flowers are exceedingly rich and 



handsome; from four to six inches across; many brilliant colors including 

 red, pink, crimson, scarlet, salm^on, yellow and pure white. The 

 Bulbs should be started early in the house and set out when ground 

 is warm, they like rich moist ground when convenient, but will do 

 well in all usual places, if mulched with old well-rotted ma- 

 nure or some similar material to shade the ground and prevent 

 it from getting too hot and dry. Keep roots in cellar over 

 Winter and they will produce larger and finer flowers year 

 after year. They are very grand and beautiful and exten- 

 sively used In the finest'places. 



SINGI,:^. Scarlet, Orange, Crimson, Pink, White 



and Yellow, 10 cts. each; 6 for 50 cts.; 75 cts. per 



doz.; $6.00 per 100, postpaid. 

 SINGI/B. All colors mixed, 7 cts. each; 65 cts. per 



doz.; $4.00 per 100, postpaid. 

 DOUBI^E. Scarlet, Pink, White and Yellow, 20 cts. 



each; set of 4 colors for 75 cts.; $2.00 per doz.; 



postpaid, 

 D0UBI<:i5. All colors mixed, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per 



doz., postpaid. 



GHEVILLEA KOBUSTA. (Silk Oak, or Fern I,eaf Tree.) Resembles a 



lovely fern or palm with deeply cut leaves, but grows quickly and easily; 



the young leaves are bronze green, with soft feathery tassels like fine 



raw silk, very handsome for conservatory or window. Strong thrifty 



K«W Tuberous Begonia, plants, io and 15 cts. each, j.ostpaiJ; larger size, 35 cts., expresis 



