0ur is (^over is Iracjes 



ILLUSTRATE FROM NATURE TWO OF THE MOST POPULAR AND INTERESTING CLASSES OF 

 PLANTS WHICH ARE SUPPLIED IN BOTH SEEDS AND PLANTS. 



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flftatcjuerite Carnations (sew^m. 



e^TIONS divide with the Rose and Violet the honor of first place as fashion's favorite flower. That their popularity 

 is deserved is undoubted when we consider their graceful form, beautiful colors and exquisite perfume. Heretofore 

 their cultivation from seed has been limited, owing to the length of time it has taken the plant to bloom. The advent 

 of the Marguerite class overcame this objection, as they begin flowering in a few weeks from time of sowing. The strain 

 which we here offer is a decided improvement on the original type, being of semi-dwarf, robust habit, requiring no artificial 

 support and producing on strong stems an abundance of beautifully fringed, highly scented flowers, equaling and in many 

 cases excelling the finest of the florists' type. 



Sown before the middle of March they come into flower in early summer and continue uninterruptedly until frost, 

 when they can be lifted and removed to the greenhouse or window where they continue flowering throughout the winter. 

 When wanted for winter flowering only, it is best to delay sowing till April. 



We can supply any of the following beautiful and distinct colors, viz.: 



No. Per Pkt. No. Per Pkt. 



5431 Pure White 15 cts. 5434 Purple Violet 15 cts. 



5432 Fiery Scarlet 15 " 5435 Deep Crimson 15 " 



5433 Bright Rose 15 " 5436 Striped 15 " 



No. 5428 Finest mixed colors, per % oz., $1.00 10 cents per packet. 



No. 5439 Collection of the above six separate colors . . 75 cents per packet. 



IN ORDERING IT IS ONLY NECESSARY TO GIVE NUMBERS. 



PLANTS, assorted colors 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen ; $10.00 per hundred. 



TOater-Xilies. 



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ATER-LILIES are now the most popular of all our decorative garden plants and rank among them as Orchids do 

 among greenhouse exotics. They are exceedingly attractive and intensely fascinating, possessing as they do 

 a large variety in color, form, size and time of blooming, combined with the rich fragrance and general adaptability for 

 many modes of culture, and should be one of the features in every garden. Our cover page gives a graphic illustration of 

 three of the most beautiful of Water-lilies, the colors are most striking and unique. The plants are of the easiest culture, 

 requiring no special skill or experience ; plant on the approach of warm weather in tubs tilled two-thirds full with rich soil, such 

 as you would give arose, covering the surface with an inch of sand and fill up with water. All the future care and attention 

 they need is to keep the tub filled up as evaporation takes place. No hoeing or weeding or the many other cares, as is com- 

 mon in the flower garden. Select a warm position with full exposure to the sun. Where the tubs can be submerged in a tank 

 or basin, thus giving more surface room for the leaves, so much better the results. The blue Zanzibar variety is highly 

 fragrant. The red and white varieties are both night bloomers and are among the fashionable floral gems for decoration 

 as cut flowers, and have been largely in demand during the past season. They last several days when cut, and their 

 duration as open flowers on the plants is much longer than the day bloomers, opening in the evening at sunset and 

 remaining open all night and closing after ten o'clock next morning, the day bloomers opening at sunrise and closing at 

 noon or soon after. We offer these three popular Water-lilies, not seedling plants, but propagated from tubers, which 

 under ordinary conditions will give the most satisfactory results. 



Nymphsa Dentata (white) $1.00 each. 



Devoniensis (rosy crimson) 1.00 " 



Zanzibarensis Azurea (blue) 75 " 



Or the set of three for $2.00. 



SEED of Nympha?a Dentata and Zanzibarensis, each 15 cents per packet. 

 zA full list of Water-lilies ami other Aquatics will be found in the body of this catalogue. 



