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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 





JAPANESE FERN BALLS 



These are dormant balls of fern roots. 

 Directions for Starting. 



Submerge the ball in water for fifteen minutes, then hang 

 up where the temperature is about 70='. On the second day 

 soak the ball for five minutes, after which water may be 

 applied daily in sufficient quantity to prevent the roots from 

 becoming dry. Large size balls, 7 to 9 inches in diameter, 

 •40c. each (by mail, postpaid, 50c.); per doz., $4.00. Small 

 size, 5 to 7 inches in diameter, 25c. each (by mail, postjiaid. 

 30c.); per doz.. 82.26. 



TBITOMA PFITZEEII. 



TRITOMA PFITZERII 



This new variety ig a marvelous improvement over the 

 old well-known "Red Hot Poker" plant. It is a very free 

 blooming sort, flowering continuously 

 throughout the season. The flowers are 

 large spikes of brilliant flame color, with 

 long stalks gracefully poised above the 

 rich green foliage. A l)ed of this in bloom 

 is a grand sight; a border of it around 

 Cannas is admirable; scattered through 

 the flower garden it adds grace and bright- 

 ness and is in its glorj* when nearlv all other 

 flowers are seared with earlv frosts. The 

 roots should be dug up before hard frost and 

 iept in sand in the cellar during the winter. 

 iSeecut.) Price, 20c. each; 82.00 per dozen. 



NEW GLADIOLUS HYBRIDUS 



•'PRINCEPS" 



Hybrid between the rare African Glad- 

 iolus Cruentus and a selected Childsii seed- 

 ling. Grows 4 feet high, with broad, healthy 

 foliage. Spike erect and often 18 inches 

 long, bearing 16 to 22 immense broad-petaled 

 circular flowers, opening flat and perfect 5 

 to 7 inches across. Color true Salvia scar- 

 let with cream-white feathering on lower 

 petals. Endures the sun and mnd well, 

 and opens perfectly to the last bud in water 

 Has received Award of Merit, Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, London. England 1901 

 Price per bulb, 25c. ea«h; 82.50 per dozen 



STAR PETUKIAS. 



NEW STAR PETUNIAS 



No. 2344. In form, intensity of color and markings, this 

 new strain of Petunias is something wonderful. From the 

 centre of each flower start the points of a five-rayed star, 

 which broadens half-way up, narrowing to a point at the 

 margin of the flower. 



Their ground color is a dark crimson maroon, with a rich 

 velvety texture, justly pronounced equal to that of the pansy. 

 Showing through the ground color are violet veinings. 



This star is a verj- light bluish pink, some almost white, 

 which deepens in color as it reaches the margin and finally 

 blends with the maroon ground color. Over 80 per cent, of 

 the plants from seed will produce the star markings. Others 

 with veined and feathery markings on dark or light ground 

 are not less surprisingly "beautiful. 



The plants are free growers, branching freelj; and attain- 

 ing an average height of 18 inches by 24 inches in diameter. 



They are remarkably prolific "bloomers, single planta 

 often having one hundred or more fully expanded flowers at 

 a time. Per pkt., 15c.; 2 pkts., 25c. 



THE WILD=FLOWER GARDEN 



No. 2960. Our Wild Flower Mixtiu-e consists of many 

 varieties of beautiful, easy-growing flowers, producing a con- 

 stant and varied bloom the whole season, for sowing in 

 shrubbery, under trees and in beds on which no care will 

 be bestowed, or even for sowing in exposed situations, where 

 wildness is preferred to order and precision. The mixture 

 comprises mignonette, candytuft, larkspurs, marigolds, pop- 

 pies, foxgloves, and many other garden favorites, which 

 will flower successively and yield an abundance of bloom. 

 Large pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; %, lb., 30c.; lb., 81.00. 



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