New Floral Guide — Spring, 1903. 



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Chrysanthemums 



CHRYSANTHEMUM (Perennial) 



CHRYSANTHEMUM (Perennial)— Many flower-lovers have 

 learned that the finest Chrysanthemums are easily raised from seed, 

 and h'.oom splendidly the first season. Our seed is saved from the 

 finest Hybrid Japanese, Chinese and ostrich plume varieties, and 

 may be expected to produce grand double flowers of exquisite forms 

 and color, and perhaps some valuable new varieties, as this is the 

 kind of seed that produces new varieties. It germinates easily and 

 will soon commence to bloom. Pkt. 6 ets., 3 pkts. 15 cts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM (Inodorum Plenissimum).— A perennial, 

 but blooms abundantly the first year from seed, each plant bearing 

 hundreds of perfectly double snow-white flowers; fine for cutting, 

 continues to bloom all through the season. Pkt. 5 cts. 



FRENCH MARGUERITES OR ANNUAL CHRYSANTHE- 

 MUMS are entirely different from the Japanese sorts ; twelve to 

 eighteen inches high; bright, showy flowers; very handsome. 

 Pkt. 3 cts. 



AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS (Blue Lily of the Palace)— 

 There is no finer plant than this for outdoor decoration— planted in 

 large pots or tubs on the lawn or piazza. It is also a splendid orna- 

 ment for house or conservatory in Winter. Pkt. 6 cts. 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHU (Japan or Boston Ivy)— This is the 

 best and most beautiful Hardy Climbing Vine for covering the walls 

 of houses, churches, schools, etc. It is entirely hardy, grows rapidly, 

 and clings firmly to the walls without other support. The foliage is 

 lovely green in Summer, but changes in Autumn to bright crimson, 

 making a grand display of rich and charming colors. Grows easily 

 from seed. Pkt. 6 cts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



HARDY ALPINE ASTER -These pretty perennial Asters 



grow very easily, are entirely hardy and bloom on from year to 



year; much admired for beds and borders. Pkt. 6 cts. 

 CROTALARIA RETUSA, GOLDEN BUSH PEA, or 



FLORIDA RATTLE-BOX— Looks very much like a Golden 



Yellow Sweet Pea ; often forty flowers on one spike ; blooms 



profusely early in Summer. The flowers are followed by pods in 



which the seeds sound like a child's rattle. Soak seeds in warm 



water and start in window or hot-bed. Pkt. 6 cts. 

 STEVIA SERRATA A well known, very pretty and desirable 



plant for pots and bedding ; pure white, star-shaped flowers and 



fragrant leaves ; fine for cutting. Pkt. 4 cts. 

 GREVILLEA ROBUSTA, SILK OAK OR FERN LEAF 



TREE — Resembles a lovely Fern or Palm with deeply cut 



leaves, but grows quickly and easily. The young leaves are 



bronze green, and are ornamented with soft feathery tassels like i \ - - [ 



fine raw silk ; very handsome for conservatory or window, .jj? 



Pkt. 6 cts. M 



CAMPANULA, CANTERBURY BELLS — Beautiful plants 



for beds and borders ; large bell-shaped flowers, very bright and 



attractive. Sow 

 the seeds early 



in the open ground, cover lightly and then transplant to stand twelve inches 

 apart. Fine mixed colors, double and single. Pki. 4 cts. 



NEW DOUBLE YELLOW DATURA— An elegant novelty tested last 

 year, and much admired ; makes a fine bushy plant about two feet high, cov- 

 ered all over with beautiful, large yellow double trumpet-shaped flowers, 

 very handsome and showy. Seed grows easily and plants soon begin to 

 bloom. Pkt. 6 cts. 



DATURA CORNUCOPIA (Horn of Plenty)— A large spreading plant, 

 three to four feet high and nearly as broad, bearing large thick leaves and 

 immense trumpet-shaped flowers, seven or eight inches long and four to six 

 inches across. Each flower is formed of three distinct trumpet flowers one 

 within the other. The color is waxy-white, richly marbled with purple. 

 Seed grows easily and plants bloom continuously all the season. Very fra- 

 grant. Pkt. 6 cts. 



DATURA (Angel's Trumpet or Sweet Nightingale )— Large branch- 

 ing p'ants, growing three to four feet high, producing handsome double and 

 single trumpet-shaped blossoms, white, blue, yellow and purple, of exquisite 

 fragrance. They bloom finely from seed sown in the open ground the first 

 season, and the roots can be kept over Winter when desired, the same as 

 Dahlias. Pkt. 3 cts. 



EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA (Mexican Fire Plant or Fire on 

 the Mountain)— Makes fine bushy plants, two to three feet high : leaves are 

 at first entirely green, but change about Midsummer to brilliant carmine, 

 orange and crimson, presenting a mass of gorgeous colors which are very 

 beautiful and always attract wonder and admiration. Pkt. 4 cts. 



MARVEL OF PERU (Mirabillis)— A well known handsome plant ; the 

 colors are very brilliant and of great variety ; the flowers open in the after- 

 noon, and are sometimes called " Four O'clock ;" grow very easily and are 

 among our most brilliant and showy Annuals. Pkt. 3 cts. 



NEW HIBISCUS (Crimson Eye) A splendid plant, grows three to four 



feet high, branching freely and bearing immense cup-shaped flowers, each 

 one six to eight inches across. Color pure satiny white, with deep rose cen- 

 tre; entirely hardy and sure to grow and bloom. Pkt. G cts. 



CROTALARIA RETUSA 



DATURA DOUBLE YELLOW 



