Garden*'*' Pitms 



{^Novelties in Planis are offered on pages 14 io 20.) 



Our general collection of Garden and Greenhouse Plants is probably more extensive than that of any other house, and has 

 been most carefully selected. Sensational novelties which appear one season only to disappear the next have been excluded. 

 In the list will be found many old friends which will be valued in any collection, among them gems which found room in some 

 of our earliest catalogues sixty years ago, and which appeal as strongly to the flower lover of to-day as they did then. 



We are not, however, losing sight of new plants, and no expense is spared to keep abreast of the times. Our own representa- 

 tives annually visit the horticultural centres of both America and Europe in search of novelties, which are only offered after 

 careful trial or upon endorsements from the most reliable sources. 



Our list of such plants as Cannas, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Dahlias, Geraniums, etc., etc., is carefully revised each se.isnn, 

 it being our aim to present to our patrons a condensed list of twelve, twenty or twenty-five of the best varieties rather than a long, 

 confusing list containing many sorts which, while they may possess merit, are not distinct. These collections have been made up 

 after the most exhaustive trials and careful comparisons. 



ABUTILONS 



Boule tie Neige. Fine, pure white. 



Eclipse. A splendid variegated variety, especially suited for baskets and vases; 



foliage marbled green and yellow, flowers of fair size, sepals scarlet, petals 



orange buff. 

 Golden Fleece. Fine pure yellow, remarkably free-flowering. 

 Jollll Hopkins. A peculiar shade of golden yellow. 

 Mary Miller. Pretty shade of deep rose. 

 Mrs. John Lain^. Purplish-rose. 

 Kosseflora. Pretty pinkish-rose. 

 Santana. Deep carmine ; a fine flower. 

 Savitzi. Large deep green foliage with a broad white margin, not unlike the 



silver-leaved Geraniums. The plant is of dwarf, compact growth. (See cut.) 

 SOUV. <le Bonn. Similar to the above, but a stronger grower. The white 



variegation being confined to a narrower margin. 

 Splendens. Free-flowering, bright red. 

 Tliompsoni Plena. Perfectly double flowers that resemble in form a Double 



Hollyhock ; rich deep orange, streaked with crimson. 



Price: 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. Set of 12 varieties for $1.00. 



ACACIA ARMATA. 



A most desirable house plant, succeeding under the same conditions as an 

 Azalea or Camellia; the bright canary-yellow globular flowers are produced 

 in March and April; very effective; fine specimen plants. 50 cts. and §1.00 

 each. 



ACAI^YPHA. 



Sanderi {Comet Plant'). A distinct and novel flowering plant of strong, 

 free growth, with large dark green foliage, from the axils of which thick 

 rope-like spikes of velvety-crimson flowers are gracefully suspended, as shown 

 in the illustration. The plant is in flower the year round, growing as freely as 

 a Coleus and can be planted out of doors during the summer. 10 cts. each ; 

 $1.00 per doz. 



Macafeana. A handsome variegated foliage bedding plant, which may 

 be used in connection with Coleus, Crotons or other foliage plants for sub- 

 tropical bedding. 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $8 00 per 100. 



Marginata. Bronzy-green foliage, with a distinct margin of rosy carmine. 

 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



HARDY rEHENNIAL PLANTS. 



Our collection of these popular jtlants is very complete, 

 and will be found offered on pages 151 to 175. 



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AcALVPHA Sanderi. 



