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THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY, WEST GROVE, PA. 



Nssu&r""^"" Chenille Plant 



Acalypha Sanderi, or Comet Plant 



Acalypha Sanderi, or Comet Plant. 



WB published an elegant colored plate of 

 this wonderful new flowering plant in. 

 our last Fall Catalogue, which attracted a great 

 deal of attention and made large sales. This 

 cut is an equally good representation of the 

 plant as it really appears (except in colors\ and 

 is not at all over drawn. It grows 12 to 

 18 inches liigfli, blooms quickly and 

 abundantly, and the flower tassels grow 

 as long as the plant is high. They are 

 covered all over with fine crimson flow= 

 ers, looking almost exactly as if made 

 of crimson chenille or silken plush. 

 The plant likes heat and moisture, and good 

 rich soil, but grows easily and blooms so quick- 

 ly, that many are beginning to flower when 

 sent out. WTien warm weather comes set out 

 in the flower bed and it will bloom the whole 

 season, and if taken in before cold weather, 

 will be larger and finer for the house than 

 before. It is a most surprising novelty and a 

 great curiosity wherever seen. 



Nice mailing plants, 20, 25 and 35 

 cts. each, according to size, postpaid ; 

 extra size blooming plants, from FIV^ 

 AND SIX INCH POTS, 50 cts., 75 cts. 

 and $1.00 each, by express. 



New Passion Flower, Southern BeautyiMimcA) 



UNLIKE most other Passion Vines, 

 this splendid new variety, besides 

 being exquisitely beautiful, is a strong, 

 %igorous grower and entirely hardy ; will 

 climb up a trellis 10 to 20 feet high 

 in a season, and cover it all over with 

 splendid wreaths and clusters of large 

 handsome flowers and foliage. The flow- 

 ers are four to five inches across, and 

 the color is an elegant combination of 

 red, white and blue shades, so 

 entirely unique and striking, that 

 they attract attention at once. The 

 form of the flowers, though much re- 

 duced in size is well shown in the en- 

 graving, and as the foliage is handsome 

 also, it can be recommended as one of 

 the choicest and most beautiful hardy 

 flowering ^-ines now offered. In very ex- 

 posed situations, the roots should have a 

 covering of leaves or garden litter before 

 severe freezing ; they can then remain in 

 the ground over -vsinter and will bloom 

 every season, for years. Good strong 

 roots, 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts.; 

 $1.50 per doz., poet»*«id. 



