ROSES, SEEDS, AND BULBS FOR 1894. 



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THE BEAUTIFUL MEXICAN PRIMROSE. 



MEXICAN PRIMROSE. 



AGERATUM. The Ageratums are very nice for bed- 

 ding, and also for house culture; bloom constantly; 

 fine for edging and borders ; two colors, white and deep 

 blue. Each 10 cts.; three for 25cts.; seven for 50 cts.; 

 fifteen for $1.00. 



HELIOTROPE. Lovely for pots, but splendid in the 

 garden also ; large clusters of lovely, sweet-scented 

 flowers are exceedingly beautiful; blooms all the time; 

 two colors, white and royal purple. 12 cts. each ; two 

 for 20 cts. 



DOUBLE RED CHINESE HIBISCUS. A grand 

 plant for tub or box ; will bloom all the time, summer 

 and winter, or can be kept over winter in cellar. Flow- 

 ers very large, trumpet shaped, and of the most intense, 

 glowing crimson color imaginable ; grows handsome 

 and regular, like a small tree; leaves bright, glossy- 

 green ; makes a beautiful specimen plant, suitable for 

 house and conservatory. 25 cts. each. 



IMPATIENS SULTANA. Grand for bedding and 

 pots ; lovely cherry-red flowers over an inch aci'oss ; 

 blooms all the time ; very handsome. 10 cts. each. 



LANTANAS, Well known and highly vahied for bed- 

 ding ; flowers borne in clusters ; two colors, white and 

 yellow, shaded. 10 cts. each ; three for 25 cts. 



LEMON VERBENA. Much prized for its spicy and 

 delicious fragrance, entirely different from anything 

 else; nice for pots. 10 cts. each ; three for 25 cts. 



PARLOR IVY. A pretty climbing vine, with rich, 

 deep-green leaves; recommended for house culture; 

 grows easily and is very handsome. 10 cts. each. 



DOUBLE-FRINGED PETUNIAS. The finest strain 

 of double-fringed Petunias ; magnificent large, deep- 

 throated flowers, elegantly fringed and laced; richest 

 and most beautiful shades of carmine-fose, crims(jn, 

 royal purple, and pure white, also variegated, splashed, 

 and mottled flowers of rare and extraordinary beauty. 

 15 cts. each ; two for 25 cts.; four for 50 cts.; $1.25 per 

 dozen. 



This is a fine plant of trailing growth, 

 bearing hundreds of bright-colored flow- 

 ers, very desirable for baskets, vases, or 

 pots, either for summer or winter bloom- 

 ing; the flowers are bright, clear pink, 

 beautifully veined with scarlet and some- 

 times streaked with white. The lovely 

 colors, combined with the airy grace and 

 beautiful form of the flowers, make it a 

 plant of rare beauty and elegance. It 

 grows eight to ten inches high, and in- 

 clines to a spreading habit, spreading its 

 branches loaded with flowers and buds 

 over the ground or drooping over the sides 

 of the pot. 20 cts. each ; three for 50 cts. 



ABUTILON, ECLIPSE. Fine for pot and 

 garden ; pretty, bell-shaped flowers, orange-red 

 and yellow ; leaves spotted all over with bright 

 yellow ; beautiful for pots, baskets, and bedding. 

 10 cts. each ; three for 25 cts. 



DOUBLE SWEET ALYSSUM, TOM 

 THUMB. Large, pure-white, very double 

 flowers ; very sweet, and good for bedding and 

 window culture. 10 cts. each ; three for 25 cts. 



SUPERB HOLLYHOCKS. 



The New Hollyhocks are among our most handsome 

 and showy plants for lawn and garden. We grow Chater^s 

 svperb strains, the finest iji cultivation, and our plants, 

 having been wintered over, are sure to bloom this season. 

 Six distinct colors^white, pink, crimson, orange, yel- 

 low, variegated, etc. Bear great wreaths and masses of 

 beautiful flowers. 15 cts. each; four for 50 cts.; set of 

 six for 75 cts.; $1.25 per dozen. 



