16 1. JOHNSON. 2&3 S LOKES.>) PHILA DET PEITAY =. 
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DODECANTHEON, CLEVELANDI. PkEt., 25c. 
Tew Giant American Cowslip. 
1130. (Dodecantheon Clevelundi). A beautiful 
‘perennial, native of California. It throws up 
flower stalks surmounted by beautiful cyclamen- 
like flowers of the loveliest shade of violet blue, NEW JAPANESE HOLLYHOCK, 
with yellow and black centres. It is perfectly ““ TOKIO.” 
hardy, but does best in partial shade. Pkt., 25e. A most beautiful and characteristic 
Japanese variety, of healthy and Juxuri- 
ant growth; attaining a height of about 5 
feet, bearing an unusually large number 
of large double flowers of distinct and pic- 
turesque beauty; the petals are beautifully 
frilled, of rich wine maroon at the base, 
shading to cherry red and edged white. 
Its striking effect attracts the attention of 
the most uninterested. Pkt., 25c. 
New Bardy Sweet Pea Prom Galifornia. 
Lathyrus Splendens. 
This is one of the finest novelties offered this season. It bearsdense 
clusters of brilliant deep rose flowers. Dr. Pamy, who saw it growing 
wild in Lower California, describes it as the handsomest flower in all 
California. Pkt., 25c. 
THE 2 GORGEOUS 3% a a 
a t ANNUAL POINSETTIA. 
‘( Mexican Fire Plant,” or “‘ Fire on the Mountain.” 
(Euphorbia heterophylla.) 
This glorious novelty is an annual of the easiest culture, forming 
bushy plants three to four feet high, with glossy green fiddle-shaped 
leaves, which form at the ends of the branches into large whorls and 
bracts, among which small green flowers appear in summer, and imme- 
diately after the leaves commence to color up. The smaller bractsamong 
the flowers are of a brilliant orange-scarlet, and the large surrounding 
leaves soon become blazed with a darker fiery scarlet so that only a tip 
of green is left. As these colored bracts almostcover the plant, the effect 
is indescribably grand. The seeds grow easily if sown in the open 
ground as soon as it is warm enough, but if they can be started early in 
the house or hot bed the brilliant scarlet color will appear much earlier 
in the season, and is always retained until frost. Pkt., 20c. 
NIGOTIANA.AFFINIS. 
2170. It produces splendid, pure white Bouvardia flowers on long ter- 
minal tubes. When its large flowers are fully expanded in the evening 
and early morning, it has a most striking effect, and so fragrant that a 
NICOTIANA AFFINIS. Pkt., l5c. small bed will perfume the whole surrounding atmosphere. Pkt., 15c. 
