NOVELTIES IN PLANTS. 



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Double Geranium, New Life. 



New Double Geraniums. 



Conitesse Cle Harcourt. Pure snow white, a grand bed- 

 der; the best double white on our grounds last year; having 

 stood the three months' drought without injury. Florets large 

 and beautifully formed ; extremely free in bloom, forming a 

 bank of white. 



Conitesse Cle Beam. Of the most perfect form ; full, 

 pure white with bright rose aureole and white centre; edges 

 slightly serrated. Stands the sun well. Color exquisite ; 

 quite dwarf. 



Due. de Mortemarte. Deep rosy wine color marked 

 white en the upper petals ; flower and truss both large ; a 

 beautiful free dwarf grower and extremely free in bloom. 



Rose-Marie. Soft rosy salmon; flower and truss both of 

 good size. A nice dwarf grower and of the greatest freedom 

 in bloom. A splended bedder. 



Mrs. Gladstone. Ground color pure white and shaded 

 flesh pink toward the centre, a beautiful combination. Fine 

 bold truss and splendid habit. 30 cts. each, the set of 5 for 

 SI. 25. 



Double Qeranium, New Life. 



A novel and distinct new variety different from all others ; the 

 outer florets which are large are of a brilliant red. In the 

 centre of these appears another semi-double pure white floret, 

 effecting a charming contrast difficult to realize unless seen, and 

 having the appearance of being produced artificially. 

 35 cts. each; 3 for $1.00. 



New Single Geraniums. 



Concle. Rosy scarlet shaded plum color, very velvety ; 

 flowers quite circular and of large size. A grand fancy pot 

 variety. Trusses of more than medium size, florets not 

 crowded ; color charming, each petal shaded crimson at the 

 centre. A fine grower. 



Deuil de Miribel. The grandest single scarlet that we 

 have yet seen. Footstalks 15 inches long and very rigid, 

 and bearing enormous trusses composed of immense circular 

 florets of velvety crimson scarlet. This variety has the 

 largest floret, the finest truss, the longest stem and the best 

 color among single reds, and it is a fine free grower. 50 

 cts. each. 



John Forbes. This grand variety attracts attention in any 

 group ; color velvety crimson scarlet ; flower quite circular, 

 2£ inches in diameter ; plant dwarf and very free both in 

 growth and bloom. 30 cts. each, the set of 3 for 75 cts. 



HYPERICUH MOSERIANUfl. 

 The New St. John's Wort. 



We take pleasure in calling attention to this beautiful plant, 

 which has been universally admired and is acknowledged to 

 be one of the very best herbaceous plants of recent introduc- 

 tion. The habit of the plant is free and graceful ; it pro- 

 duces long, slender, much-branched stems, leafy to the base 

 and all dropping toward the ends, apparently from the weignt 

 of the flowers and buds, although the flowers face so that 

 none of their beauty is lost. It is marvelously free flower- 

 ing, of large size, measuring from 2 to 2\ inches in diameter, 

 in color a rich golden yellow, which is rendered still more 

 effective by the numerous yellow stamens and crimson anthers, 

 and blooms continuously the entire season. It is perfectly 

 hardy, forming a bush about 3 feet high. Strong plants, 25 

 cts. each, $2 50 per doz. 



Hypericum Tricolor. 



A similar variety to the above as far as the flowers are con- 

 cerned, but with handsomely variegated foliage, which makes it 

 a most desirable ornamental shrub even when not in flower. 

 Good young plants 50 cts. each, ready April 1st. 



JUSTICIA VELUTINA. 



New Dwarf Justicia " Velutina." 



This New Dwarf JllSticia, so highly praised by Mr. 

 Louis de Vilmorin in the Revue Horticole, is really a much 

 finer and dwarfer plant than our engraving, made from an im- 

 ported specimen, suggests. Everyone knows the tall, lanky, 

 straggling habit of the old Justicia Rosea. This ?icw sort, 

 which is now grown so extensively by Parisian florists, begins 

 to bloom when the plant has only three or four leaves, and is 

 never out of flower afterward. If pinched back occasionally 

 it makes a very dwarf, stocky plant, frequently covered with 20 

 to 50 large pink flower-heads, lasting a long time. The foli- 

 age is also more persistent and highly ornamental, being heavy 

 in texture and very velvety. 30 cts. each, $3-00 per doz. 



Cyperus Alternifolius Gracilis. 



This is a new variety of the popular Umbrella Plant, with 

 very narrow foliage, which makes it a much more desirable, 

 graceful plant. It is most useful, either as an aquarium plant 

 or as an ordinary house plant, succeeding under almost any 

 condition. 20 cts. each, 6 for §1.00. 



