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lHEWA DREER-PHIlADELPHIA-m- m WRDEN^-OI!fEr1HOUSE PLAtlTJ ; 



Tuberous-rooted summer-flowering plants, with attractive vel- 

 vety foliage and showy pyramidal spikes of flowers, requiring 

 similar culture to the Achimene. We offer three distinct varieties. 

 30 cts. each; the set of three for 75 cts. 



GI.OXIXIA. 



This charming class of summer-flowering bulbs is now so well 

 known that a lengthy description of them does not seem necessary. 

 They delight in a loose, porous soil composed of equal parts of 

 fibrous loam and leaf mould, to which has been added a liberal 

 Sprinkling of thoroughly decayed, well-pulverized manure or bone 

 meal and .'sharp sand. They should be shaded from the direct rays 

 of the sun, but exposed tj as much light as possible. After they 

 begin to grow freely they should be gradually " hardened off'," so 

 that by the time they begin to flower they may be kept in a cool 

 house, which will greatly prolong the period of flowering. An ex- 

 cellent method of cultivation where large quantities are grown is to 

 plant out the bulbs in a spent hotbed, where they succeed admir- 

 ably, producing flowers of immense size and substance. When the 

 plants have finished flowering water should be gradually withheld, 

 and when fully ripened the bulbs should be stored in a moderately 

 warm place in dry sand or other material, or if pot-grown they 

 should be left in the pots in which they have been grown. Our 

 collection of Gloxinias embraces all the popular varieties, ranging 

 in color from the purest white through all the shades of crimson 

 and purple, spotted and mottled. Jo cis. each-; $1.50 per doz.; 

 SlO.OOper 100. 



HEI.IOTROPES. 



Heliotropes are great favorites, principally on account of their 

 delicious fragrance ; they grow freely under glass and may be 

 planted in the open border during the summer. 



Chieftain. Lilac, large truss. 

 La Torea. Fine light lilac. 

 Le Cld. Large pale lilac. 

 Mme. Bruant. Very dark, 



with immense truss. 

 rime, de Blonay. Large truss, 



nearly pure white. 

 Queen of the Violets. Finest 



dark variety in cultivation ; 



large white eye. 

 The Czar. Deep purple, large 



flower. 



Price, 10 cts. each ; $1.00 

 per doz. The set of seven for 

 60 cts. 



Hibiscus Grandiflorus. 



Gloxinias. 



HEI.ICONIA. 



Stove plants, with large or- 

 namental foliage; useful subjects 

 for exhibition purposes. 

 Aurea°striata. Large oblong 

 leaves of a deep, glossy green, 

 marked by curving parallel 

 veins of yellow. $1.00 each. 

 Illustris Rubricaulis. Deep 

 green foliage, with veins and 

 stems marked with bright 

 red. $1..50 each. 



HIBISCUS ROSA 



SINENSIS. 



(Chinese Hibiscas.) 



Well-known evergreen tender shrubs, which 

 may be grown either as a pot plant or planted 

 out during the summer. They flower freely 

 during the entire summer, and even in the 

 winter if kept in a light, sunny position. 

 Aurantiacus. Fine double pure salmon. 

 Grandiflorus. Very large single rose. (See cut.) 

 Miniatus 5eml-plenus. The finest and most brilliant 

 semi-double vermilion scarlet, with flowers 4 inches in 

 diameter. 

 Sub=-Violacea. Flowers very large, of a beautiful car- 

 mine tinted violet. 

 15 cts. each ; $1..50 per doz. The set of 4 for 50 cts. 



HOYA PAX.TONI. 



An interesting dwarf stove climber, with small, dark 

 green foliage and interesting white flowers with pink 

 centres. $1.50 each. 



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