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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



KBW MAMMOTH FI,OWKitiNG ALLEGHENY HOLLTHOCKS. 

 Pkt.. 20c.; 3 pkts., 50c. 



N^w ^ammoth Flowering 



**Alleghen\?" Holl\?hocl<s 



A /N e\A/ Type of ■Hollyhocks. 



The flowers of this new variety are so different from the old 

 conventional ones, that but for the similar habit of the plant, it 

 would not be taken for a Hollyhock ; in fact, an old florist who 

 saw a lady wearing one was quite puzzled and refused to believe 

 that it was a Hollyhock at all. 



They are from three and one-half to five and one-half inches 

 in diameter,' ranging from semi-double to double, and so finely 

 fringed and curled that, compared with the old ones, they have 

 the look of a flower from Fairyland. 



The colors are shell pink, rose and ruby red, a shade or two 

 deeper at the centre, and exquisitely tinted towards the edge. 

 Each color looked at separately seems to be the height of per- 

 fection, and in spite of the similar shape, each color has an in- 

 dividuality so marked, that, when once seen, you will not be 

 satisfied until all three varieties are in your collection. 



The plants are strong and robust, and h.ive to date shown 

 no sign of disease, the foliage large and spreading, and the 

 flowers do not sit as closely and clumsily together as on the old 

 varieties, but are arranged in a careless and yet perfect way, 

 which exactly suits the style of flower and make it look to the 

 best advantage. The flowers do not, as on the other double 

 Hollyhocks, rot on the stems, but drop as soon as they fade, 

 except during extreme long periods of rainy weather, and even 

 then not to any marked degree. 



Every bud to the top of the plant is developed into flowers, 

 making the flowering season considerably longer. 



It is altogether a radical depurture from the accepted idea 

 of Hollyhocks, and a grand acquisition to the list of hardy 

 plants, one which should be included iir every list, whether of a 

 large collection or only a few choice varieties. 



The cut gives an idea of these flowers, but does not by far do 

 them justice, as the fine graceful appearance and peerless shad- 

 ing cannot be reproduced ; such colors are found only in silks. 



Price, per pkt., 20c.; 3 pkts., 50c,; 7 pkts., Sl.OO. 



...New Climbing Nasturtiums... 



"Hybrids of Madame Gunter." 



A new section obtained by artificial hybridizing, and dis- 

 tinguished by dark-col- 

 ored foliage and flowers 

 of a richness and variety 

 of coloring not to be 

 found in any of the difi'er- 

 ent classes of Nasturtiums 

 heretofore grown. There 

 have already been pro- 

 duced twenty-two diff'er- 

 ent colors or combinations 

 of colors in these new hy- 

 brids, including various 

 shades of rose, salmon, 

 bright red, pale yellow, 

 etc., either self-colored or 

 spotted, mottled, striped 

 and margined. For cov- 

 ering trellises, fences, 

 arbors, piazzas, trailing 

 from vases, over rock- 

 work, etc., nothing can 

 equal the gorgeous effect 

 produced by their mar- 

 vellous quantities of bloom borne in uninterrupted splendor 

 from early summer until cut down by frost. Their ease of cul- 

 ture and the few weeks of time required to bring them into_ 

 bloom, the rapidity of growth, luxuriant and dense, to a height 

 of twelve to fifteen feet, and their freedom from insects, render 

 them worthy of great popularity. {See cut.) Per pkt., 10c. 



NEW CLIMBING NASTURTIITMS. 

 HYBKIDS OF MADAME GUNTEE. 



