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EMRTADREER-PHllADEIiPIIIAM- W/ SARDEN^-OliEEriHOUSE PLW ! 



Gloxinias 



Heliotropes. 



Heliotropes are great favor- 

 ites, principally on account 

 of their delicious fra- 

 grance ; they grow freely P^Sli>' 

 under glass and may i^i^f^i 

 be planted in the open J^^jH-^ 

 border during the Vtw-^f' 

 summer. 

 Chieftain. Lilac 



larrje truss. [!^>. 





HELioTROPit Lizzie Cook. 



Couitesse Morte- 



Iliart. Dark velvety 



blue, with white eye. 

 Czarina. Rich deep blue, 



with white eye. 

 Mnie. Briiant. Very dark, 



with immense truss. 

 Mine, tie Bionay. Large 



truss, nearly pure while. 

 Miss Spriughorn. Large 



flowers ; lilac, with white eye. 

 Lizzie Cook. Of the deepest 



violet-purple, with large white 



eye, and very fragrant. 



(See cut.) 

 Queen of the Violets. Finest dark variety in cultivaticm ; 



large white eye. 



Price, 10 cts. each ; SI 00 per doz. The set of 8 for 60 cts. 



HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS. 



(Chinese Hibiscus.) 



Well-known evergreen tender shrubs, which may be grown 



either as a ))ot 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. 



Aurantiacns. Fine double pure salmon. 



Granrtiflorus. Very large single rose. 



Miniatns Senii-plenus. The finest and most brilliant 

 semi-double vermilion scarlet, with flowers 4 inches in diameter. 



Snb-Violacea. Flowers very large, of a beautiful carmine- 

 tinted violet. 



15 cts. eacli ; $1.50 per doz. The set of 4 for .50 cts. 



GLOXINIA. 



This charming class ol suminer-flowcnng buUis is now so well 

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

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

 hbrous 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 to as much light as possible. After they 

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

 that by the time ihey begin to flower they may be kept in a coo! 

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

 cellent method of cultivation where large quantities are grown is to 

 ] lant out the bulbs in a spent hot-bed. where they succeed admir- 

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

 ] lants have finished flowering water should be gradually withheld^ 

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

 \i arm place in dry snnd 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 

 rnd purple, spotted and mottled. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz.; 

 $•10. 00 per 100. 



HYDRANGEAS. 



Empress Eug'enie. A mo^t desirable old variety which is 

 perfectly hardy, forming large shrubby plants, producing large 

 heads of light pink flowers, which, on fully developing, change 

 to a purplish hue. 

 Otaksa, A Japanese variety, producing immense heads of pink 

 flowers. This is the variety so extensively used for Easter dec- 

 oration. 

 Otaksa MoilStrosa. An extremely large-flowered variety of 

 recent introduction ; produces much larger clusters of flowers 

 than Otaksa. In color it is intense rose shaded white, and is pro- 

 puced very freely. (See cut.) 

 PaniClllata Grandiflora. This will be found offered with 

 other hardy shrubs on page 180. 



Ketl Branched, 1 his is one of the finest varieties in 



cultivation, with dark-red branches that brighten as 



they near the flower trusses. The plant is of robust 



habit, and produces freely immense heads of deep 



rose-colored flowers. 



Thos, Hog^gf. Large, pure white flowers, 



which, on well-grown plants, measure 



more than 12 inches in diameter. 



Price : Any of the above extra 



large plants, 50 cts. each ; set of 



6 sorts, S2.50. Strong plants, 25 cts. 



each ; set of 6 sorts, S;1.25. Good 



young plants, 15 cts. each ; set of 6 



sorts, BO cts. 



HVDKANGEA OlAKSA MoNSTROSA. 



