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CENTROSEMA QRANDIFLORA 



Something Absolutely New. 



"Many old and neglected plants are re- 

 ally valuable, and prove eminently satis- 

 factory, but, after all, it cannot be denied 

 that one which is absolutely new to culti- 

 vation, and at the same time is one of the 

 very hest in actual merit, is decidedly 

 most desirable. 



Just such a plant is Centrosema Grandi- 

 fiora. I have had the pleasure of watch- 

 ing the growth and development of it 

 during the last few seasons. It is a hardy, 

 pei ennial vine of exquisite beauty, which 

 blooms early in June from seed sown in 

 April, and bears in the greatest profusion 

 inverted, pea-shaped flowers, from 1% to 

 2)4 inches in diameter, and ranging in 

 color from a rosy violet to a reddish pur- 

 ple, with a broad feathered marking 

 through the centre, while the large buds 

 and back of the flowers are pure white, 

 making it appear as if one plant bore 

 many different colored flowers at one 

 time. Occasionally plants produce pure 

 white flowers, while others are broadly 

 margined with a white feathering. The 

 flowers are produced in the greatest 

 abundance, sometimes six to eight in a 

 cluster. The stem and foliage are very 

 graceful, and of a delightful odor. 



It is well adapted for every garden pur- 

 pose, and especially as a climber, running 

 six to eight feet in a season, and for cover- 

 ^hxeaat'EQ vas'a ing the lower part of porches, or trailing 



over low objects, has no superior. It will bloom until frost, and if potted and taken inside in the fall, will, no 



doubt, flower freely the entire winter. 



One of its most attractive features is the way in which the flowers look up at you. Every imaginative 



person sees faces in the pansy, and this is even more suggestive in Centrosema. Therefore, ' Look at Me ' I think, 



is quite an appropiate name for it." 



I had the pleasure of seeing a fancy straw basket, the past summer, filled and trimmed with the beautiful 



foliage of Centrosema Grandiflora, which makes a grand substitute for smilax ; entwined with foliage were 



large numbers of its beautiful flowers, which made a handsome and tasty floral design. I certainly 



predict for it great praise and immense popularity. 



,-, Packet, 15 cents ; 2 packets, 25 cents. 



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BEGONIA VERNON. 



This beautiful New Begonia, coming absolutely true from seed, has been universally 

 accepted as one of the most useful and really meritorious introductions for years, being 

 of unusual value for bedding, and will stand our hot summer sun admirably. From 

 seed sown in February, it comes into flower in June, and continues to produce a most 

 striking effect throughout the entire summer. In habit and freedom of bloom, it quite 

 resembles the well known Begonia Semperflorens ; its numerous flowers are of a bril- 

 liant orange carmine, with bright yellow centre, admirably set off with its handsome 

 foliage, which is stiff and glossy and in color a rich metallic green, spotted and margined 

 with bronzy purple, changing to a rich dark red as the age of the foliage advances. 

 But above all, as I have stated before, blooms with the greatest profusion the entire 

 summer, from seed sown in the early spring, and is destined to become one of the 

 grandest and most popular flowers for bedding as well as pot culture. 

 Packet, 15 cents ; 2 packets, 25 cents. 



$50.00 



•wins the prize or not 



October 15th, 1893, will he paid to the customer sending 

 me the hest plant of BEGONIA VERNON (by mail or 

 express, prepaid), raised from seeds purchased from me 

 this season the plant to become my property whether it 



NEW TRIMARDEAU PANSY— Golden Giant. 



Imagine large golden yellow Pansies measuring 3 inches across ! This alone is suffi- 

 cient to stamp the Golden Giant as one of the handsomest introductions in Pansies, being 

 remarkable not only for enormous size of flowers, but its robust growth, eclipsing any 

 other strain of this well-known and popular flower in this respect. The large and per- 

 fect pure golden yellow flowers stand well above the foliage, and are uniquejy blotched 

 with a large and dense black eye, accurately illustrated on one of my colored plates last 

 year. One great advantage the Trimardeau Pansies have over all other sorts is their 

 most vigorous habit, securing a start in the spring on which the hot summer days seem 

 to have no effect, while other sorts invariably succumb and dwindle away. 

 Packet, 20 cents; 3 packets, 50 cents. 



NEW SCARLET SAGE— Ingenieur Clavenad. 



A marked improvement over the old Salvia Splendens, flowering earlier and con- 

 tinuing to bloom profusely until cut down by frost. The flowers are of a most brilliant 

 scarlet, the spikes being longer andmore perfectly filled than the old Scarlet Sage, many 

 measuring from 8 to 10 inches in length. It is one of the handsomest Summer and Fall 

 flowering plants, being in full glory in the Fall after most other flowers are gone. It is 

 very effective for ribboning or enlivening shrubberies, and particularly desirable for 

 massing on the lawn, where an oval bed of this bright flower alone is quite attractive. 

 Easy to germinate and grows well in almost any situation, although delighting in a light 

 rich soil. Accurately illustrated on one of my colored plates last year. 

 Packet, 15 cents ; 2 packets, 35 cents. 



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