NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1890. 



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LOBELIA LITTORALIS. 



A very pretty variety for growing iu tiie liouse or green- 

 house in hanging pots or baslcets. The plants are oftrail- 

 \i\% habit, often attaining a length of 2 feet. The pnre 

 white (lowers are borne on upright stems in large numbers. 

 The seeJ pods when ripe are a puri)lish red, making the 

 plant as attractive as when in bloom. 



\o. mx?,. Per pkt. 25 cts. 



DOUBLE AFRICAN MARIGOLD 

 ■ PRINCESS. 



Dwarf, lemon' eolored. A seleelion from early dwarf 

 double .\tVieau M. and like it about a fortnight earlier 

 than the tall double African M. The flowers are very 

 double and of a light yellow color, very bright and 

 uniform. Flowers n;ost abundantly. 



No. (306;?. Pkt. 15 cts. 



MiNA LOBATA. 



MINA LOBATA. 



Half-hardy Mexican climb- 

 ing annual. The buds are, at 

 first, of a vivid red, but turn 

 to orange yellow immediately 

 before they open, and when 

 fully expanded the flowers 

 are of a creamy white shade. 

 They are freelj^ produced 

 from the base to the summit 

 of the plant, which attains a 

 height of from 18 to 20 feet, 

 and constitutes a strikingly 

 beautiful object. 



No. 6115.' Per pkt. 25 cts. 



OSTROWSKIA MAGNIFICA. 

 (Campanula Magnifica.) 



A beautiful new Campanula from Bokhara. It forms a 

 bush 4 to 5 feet high, covered with large bell-shaped 

 flowers of a rich dark blue shading to lilac. To our list 

 of perennials it will be a useful addition. 

 No. 6210. Per jikt. 20 cts. 



NASTURTIUMS. 



Tall Black Brown. Ofa very dark, somewhat smoky 

 browu color, very vigorous and a remarkably profuse 

 flowerer with a dark bronzed foliage. 



No. 6166. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Dwarf Brown Red. This color is an intermediate 

 one somewhat in the way of those mongrel shades so much 

 in fashion at present ; it has the great advantage of setting 

 off other colors remarkably well. 



No. 6167. Pkt. 15 cts. 



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ECKFORD'S NE\Ar 

 SWEET PEAS. 



These charming additions to the list of Sweet Peas will 

 please all who give them a trial. Mr. Eckford is one of 

 the leading specialists in Sweet Peas in England, and we 

 have no hesitancy in saying that the varieties offered are in 

 every way desirable and true to name, as we have pur- 

 chased them direct from Mr. Eckford. 



Apple Blossom. The standards bright pinkish-rose, 

 the wings blush, a beatitiful shade of Apple Blossom ; 

 very pretty and distinct. 



No. 6812. Pkt. 15 cts. 

 Captain of the Blues. The standards bright purple 

 blue, with pale blue wings; a very striking and fine 

 variety. 



No. 6804. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Empress of India. Clear rosy-pink standards and 

 white wings; large and very pleasing. 

 No. 6802. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Primrose. A near approach to a Yellow Sweet Pea, 

 quite novel and distinct in color; the standards and 

 wings pale primrose yellow. Awarded First- Class 

 Cerl/ijicate by the Floral Committee of the R. H. S. in 

 1887. 



No. 6801. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Mrs. Saiikey. Pure white, a large bold flower; a fine 

 improvement on all other Whites ; very grand. 

 No. 6803. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Splendor. Awarded a First-Class Certificate by the 

 Royal Horticultural Society. Color rich bright pink- 

 ish-rose, shaded with crimson ; 'flowers large, and of 

 the finest form ; a superbly distinct variety. 

 No. 6805. Pkt. 15 cts. 



ECKFORD'S SWEET PEAS 



Varieties sent out in former years. 

 Boreatton. Fine deep maroon color. 



No. 6808. Per pkt. 20 cts. 

 Cardinal. Bright shining crimson-scarlet; superb. 

 No. 6813. Per pkt. 20. 



SNOW WHITE GLADIOLUS, 30 cts. each, 4 for $1.00, $2.50 per doz. 



