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DR££R'S SUPERB DOUBLE- 



FRIXGBD PETUNIAS. 



For many years we have made a specialty of Double Petunias, 

 and the strain which we h-ive developed is the standard for 

 excellence. We offer twelve of the very finest varieties selected 

 from thousands of plants which we grew the past season. 



Achille. Bright purplish- crimson, mottled white. 



ArtUS. White, mottled and blotched with rosy-purple. 



Clio. Beautifully frilled rich crimson- carmine. 



Diadem. Large, delicate soft lilac. 



Irene. Bright aniline-red. 



Jubilee. Reddish-purple, blotched and variegated white. 



Juliette. Rosy-purple mottled with white. 



Minerva. White, mottled and blotched deep purple. 



IVlurillo. Mauve-pink marked with white. 



Snowball. Finely fringed white. 



Striking. Reddish- violet, tipped and mottled white. 



Splendor. Delicate lilac with white variegation. 



Price, 1.5 cts. each; $1..50 perdoz. Set of 12 sorts, $1.50. 



Single Large -flowering Fringed Petunias. Mixed seed- 

 lings (ready end of April), 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; 

 $6 00 per 100. 



SEED OF 

 FRIXGED 

 PETUNIAS. 



We annually save a quan- 

 tity of both the Double and 

 Single- flowering sorts, see 

 offer on page 97. 



PIPER. 



Metallicum. A pretty 

 foliage plant for the warm 

 conservatory, with thick, 

 round leaves of deep me- 

 tallic green. 50 cts. each. 



Prpbromia Maculosa. 



Crimson Fountain Grass (Pennisetum). 



PEPEROmiA. 



Maculosa. A pretty, dwnrf, ornamental foliage 

 plant, the thick leaves being bright green, veined 

 silvery-white; exceedingly useful as a pot plant 

 for the window. 2.5 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



PENNISETUm (Fountain Gr«.). 



Tender ornamental grasses and valuable addi- 

 tions to the list of bedding plants, and as a border 

 to a bed of Cannas or Caladium esculenlum they 

 are in a class by themselves. 



Marcrophyllum Atrosanguineum {Crimson Fountain Grass). 



Foliage gracefully recurved, of a pleasing dark metallic, coppery-bronze, 



which far surpasses in richness the finest of the bronze-leaved Cannas; 



attains a height of about 4 feet, the ends of the shoots being terminated 



by tawny crimson plumes, 10 to 12 inches long. Ready April 15th. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 

 Cupreum. Similar in the dark coppery-bronze color of its foliage to the 



variety above, but with much narrower, gracefully recurving leaves; 



grows from .3 to 3i feet high. A valuable border plant that is rapidly 



becoming popular. Plants ready April 15th. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per 



doz.; $10.00 per 100. 

 Rueppelianum {Purple Fountain Grass). Grows about 3 feet high, 



producing long, graceful green foliage and cylindrical-purplish plumes. 



Young plants, ready in May, 10 cts. each; $1.00 perdoz.; $(;.(i0 per 



100. 



PHII.ODENDRON, OR MONSTERA. 



Spectabilis. .-\n interesting hothouse plant with large heart-shaped 

 dark green leaves, with light veins. $1.00 and $1.50 each. 



Pertusum. A hothouse plant of climbing habit, with large, perforated 

 leaves of grotesque appearance. $1.00 and $1.50 each. 



Giganteum. Of strong climbing habit, with large deep green foliage; 

 a splendid wall plant for a warm conservatory. $1.00 each. 



Our collection of Hardr Perennial Planti i« the most complete in this country. See page* 174 to 218. 



