NEW FLORAL GUIDE— SPRING, 189». 



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The CATLEYor STRAWBERRY GUAVA 



THE STRAWBERRY GUAVA. 



THE STRAWBERRY GUAVA 



THIS is a charming house plant, rivalling the 

 famous Otahiete Orange in beauty. Has 

 glossy green foliage, and pure white flowers and 

 bears both fruit and flowers at the same time. 

 The fruit is nearly the size of a walnut and of a 

 beautiful reddish color. The flavor is delicious, 

 sweet and spicy ; the plant ia easily grown, and 

 begins to bloom and bear fruit while quite 

 small. Nice mail plants, 20cts. each; 6 for $1.00. 



New Double Flowering 

 Climbing Nasturtiums 



The Newest and Finest Climbers for 

 Porches and Trellises. 



SUNBEAMS.— Bright, golden yellow, with car- 

 mine stripes ; large, perfectly double flowers, 

 deliciously fragrant; covered with flowers the 

 whole season. 15 cts. each ; 2 for 25 cts. 



SUNSET.— Color, rich orange crimson, splashed 

 with India red ; perfectly double flowers, very 

 fragrant and beautiful. 15 cts.; the two varie- 

 ties for 25 cts.; $1.50 per doz., postpaid. 



Acalypha Mosiaca 



A neat handsome growing foliage plant; valua- 

 ble for pot culture and bedding. The leaves 

 are large, thick and glossy, and beautifully col- 

 ored with bright Autumn tints, Indian red, old 

 gold and coppery bronze. Very distinct and 

 striking, and entirely different from anything 

 else. 15 cts. each; 2 for 25 cts.; $1.10 ',>er doz. 

 Might be called the Autumn-leaved plant. 



NEW PANSY, PELARGONIUM 



This Is a rare and very beautiful plant which blooms finely all 

 Summer in the open ground, and when lifted and taken 

 indoors, to alight, sunny window, before hard frost, will bloom 

 profusely nearly all winter, or until time to plant out again. Scarcely any plant we know of will give such good returns 

 Avith so little care. Flower" are nice pink and crimson, with dark blotches, sometimes feathered with white. An exceed- 

 ingly beautiful and attractive plant. Strong plants, 25 cts. each, postpaid. 



The BeautiM^~~£> 

 Dwarf Otahiete Orange 



THIS beautiful dwarf Orange tree is one of our very prettiest house 

 plants; thick glossy green leaves and deliciously sweet, pure 

 white flowers ; begins fruiting at once, and bears flowers and lovely 

 golden yellow oranges all the year round ; easily grown and 're- 

 quires very little care. Nice plants, 15 cts. each ; larger plants, 20 

 and 25 cts., according to size. 



New Dwarf Sweet Scented Calla Lily 



SMALL BULBS OR POTTED PLANTS, ACCORDING TO SEASON. 



RESEMBLES the Little Gem Calla Lily in dwarf growth and 

 abundance of bloom, but has the great advantage of being 

 Delightfnlly Sweet Scented. It is a new variety recently sent 

 out by a noted Hybridizer, who claims that it is so far superior to 

 others Callas, that it must be in great demand as soon as known. 

 Stock is scarce and high, but its rich fragrance makes it worth the 

 difference. Very handsome and desirable. 25 cts. each ; 3 for 65 

 cts., $2.50 per doz., postpaid. 



ROYAL PURPLE STROBILANTHES. 



THIS is a magnificent plant for beds and borders; grows about two 

 feet high and is of bushy, compact habit; the flowers are not 

 important and should be kept pinched off; its beauty consists in the 

 superb coloring of its leaves, which are large and of the most ex- 

 quisite deep, rich, royal purple, with velvety, lustrous bloom and 

 markings, impossible to describe. It is a rapid grower and shows 

 its beautiful colors at once. Should be planted out when ground is 

 warm ; not hardy. This is indeed a very beautiful plant. 15 cts. 

 each ; 2 for 25 cts.; $1.25 per doz., postpaid. 



3pCClcll OflCr. We will send one each of the above choice plants, five 



"— - — — — — — in all, for 85 cts., Postpaid. 



DWARF OTAHIETE ORANGE. 



