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ALFRED F. CONARD, WEST GROVE, PA. 



NEW DEFIANCE BALSAMS. 



(The Old Lady Slipper Perfected.) 



These grand Defiance Balsams are among the 

 largest and most beautiful double-flo^vered Balsams 

 ever ofiered. The tiowers are of g]-and size, perfectlv 

 double. and borne in such immense profusion that 

 the whole plant appears a mass of bloom. The 

 spendid strain we offer includes eight magnificent 

 colors in nearly equal proportion, — rose, spotted 

 ■white; pink, scailet, white-tinted flesh, violet, white 

 spotted, scarlet spotted, and rich purjjle, all of which 

 are grown separately and mixed in proper proportion 

 for best efiect. Every one who sees them in bloom 

 pronounces them grand and magnificent. Pkts. 10 

 and 20 cts. each. 



CAMELLIA-FLOWERED BALSAMS. Large, 

 lierfect flowers, very double, like suudl roses, and 

 of most lovely colors, borne in solid wreaths and 

 spikes of bloom ; exceedingly beautiful. Pkts. 5 

 and 10 cts. each. 



NEW PLUMED CELOSIA {Triumph of the 

 Exposition). Of all the new plants we have seen, 

 this is by far the most brilliant and handsome ; 

 grows easily and quickly, two to two and one-half 

 feet high ; fine pyramidal form ; every branch 

 crowned with a magnificent feathery plume of the 

 most intense crimson ; exquisitely beautiful and 

 the finest novelty of the season." Pkts. 10 cts. 

 each. 



AMARANTHUS, RAINBOW. Very beautilul, and 

 the finest of all the Amaramhus ; two to three feet 

 high ; fine pyramidal habit ; each leaf two colors, half 

 black and half green, changing in August to bright 

 scarlet, rose, pink, yellow, orange, etc., making a 

 blaze of colors which few other plants can equal. An 

 extremely beautiful plant, sure to do well, and always 

 greatly admired. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts. each. 



DOUBLE FEVERFEW. Handsome, large, double 

 white flowers, excellent for bedding, also for house 

 culture; blooms abuudautly duriug the whole season ; 

 twelve to eighteen inches. " Pkt. 5 cts. 



BACHELOR'S BUTTON, DOUBLE. Seed is so 

 improved that nearly all the flowers are double or semi- 

 double ; flowers are larger, and raanv new and distinct 



. colors, dififerent from the old kinds. ' Pkts. 5 cts. 



EVERLASTING FLOWERS. These Everlasting 

 Flowers are of many brilliant shades and forms ; very 

 handsome while growing, and highly valued for mak- 

 ing lasting and durable bouquets for parlor and sitting- 

 room decoration. All the most desirable varieties and 

 colors : finest mixed. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts. each. 



FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis). A lovely old favorite, 

 fiue for garden and pots. Makes dense, round plants, 

 six to eight inches high, and same in width; covered 

 with delicate blue and white flowers, fine for hair and 

 button-hole ; one of the old-time favorites that never 

 go out of style ; fine mixed. Pkts. 5 cts. 



COCKSCOMB {Qiieen of JDtcarfs). This is the finest 

 Dwarf Cockscomb in cultivation ; grows only eight or 

 ten inches high and bears immense heads of bloom, 

 ten to twelve inches across, deep, rich, velvety-crimson, 

 exceedingly brilliant and handsome. Pkts. 10 cts, 



COCKSCOMB. Fine dwarf, mixed. Pkts. 5 cts. 



COCKSCOMB. Feathered varieties ; fine, rich, feath- 

 ery plumes, exceedingly ban dsome ; mixed. Pkts. 5 cts. 



NEW PANSY, ROSY MORN. This is a really beati- 

 tiful Dew Pansy ; lovely rosy-red. each petal edged 

 with white, and beautifully blotched with royal pur- 

 ple and golden-bronze. Liberal pkts. 10 cts. each; 

 three for 25 cts. 

 iSToTE. — For complete list of the iieicest and choicest Parv 



sies and Sweet Peas seepages 2, 3, U, and 5. 



