BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 



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SELECT LIST OF CARNATIONS. 



The following list embraces the cream of the standard and well-tried varieties, together with the best of the new introductions 

 of 1895. 



Alaska. Very fine large pure white. 

 Anna Webb. A fine crimson, deeply fringed, of medium size, and 



branching habit ; florets very full ; a free, continuous bloomer. 

 Buttercup. Rich golden yellow, with a few streaks of clear 

 carmine ; of vigorous habit and very floriferous. The florets are 

 full and very double, from 2} to 3 inches in diameter. 

 Chester Pride. White, pencilled rosy carmine ; large, strong, 



good habit. 

 Daybreak. A genuine novelty in color, being a very delicate 



shade of pink, admired by every one. 

 Helen Keller. One of the finest fancy varieties yet introduced, 



pure white heavily pencilled with scarlet ; a fine large flower. 

 Lizzie McGowan. An elegant new white variety that is des- 

 tined to become very popular, being of the purest white color, 

 large, full and very attractive. Very prolific and fragrant. 

 Lois C. Haettel. A pure white variety of California origin, and 

 one of the most prolific and continuous flowering variet ; es ever in- 

 troduced. The cut gives a good idea of the actual size and shape 

 of the flower. The petals, as will be noticed, are very heavily 

 fringed, giving it a peculiar lace-like appearance. The habit of 

 the plant is all that could be desired, while in fragrance it rival 

 hardy garden Pinks. 

 Mrs. Henry M. Stanley. A sport from Buttercup, of a rich terra-cotta, shad 



ing into yellow and red. 

 Mine. Diaz Albertilli. A persisting free blooming variety of exceptional size 

 and build. Flowers very large, round and full. Color, light flesh pink, with a 

 strong clove fragrance. 

 Ophelia. A large perfect shaped flower of a rich pink color. 

 Portia. Finest rich scarlet. 



Princess Bonnie. Light pink ground prettily marked with a darker shade. 

 Sweet Briar. Pink, between Daybreak and Grace Wilder in shade, a strong healthy 

 grower, an early free and continuous bloomer, flowers fragrant, of good size and form, 

 and borne on long stiff stems. 

 Thomas Cartledge. A beautiful carmine, closely resembling La Purite in color. It 



is a vigorous grower, early to come in flower and extremely prolific ; a decided acquisition. 

 "William Scott. Growth vigorous, very free blooming, flowers large and never bursting, of a 

 rich Grace Wilder color ; stems very long, holding the flowers erect. 



William F. Dreer. This fine variety 

 is a seedling from Buttercup crossed 

 with Century. It is of exceedingly 

 strong, healthy growth, upright and 

 robust, with a majority of long stems, 

 and often four full-bloom flowers on a 

 single spike at one time. Its color is a 

 beautiful rose pink, deeply fringed 

 petals, very large, often 

 three inches in diameter, 

 and does not burst its 

 calyx. 



The Stuart. A most 

 brilliant scarlet variety, 

 flowers very large, a free 

 prolific bloomer. 

 Strong young plants, 15 

 cts. each, §1.50 per doz., 

 $8.00 per 100 ; the set 

 of 18 varieties, one of 

 each, for $2.00. 



Caryopteris 

 Mastacanthus. 



A handsome, half-hardy 

 perennial plant recently intro- 

 duced from China. It is of 

 a vigorous growth, producing 

 flowers in great profusion the 

 whole length of its branches, 

 even young plants in small 

 pots flowering freely. The 

 color is a rich lavender, or sky 

 blue. A valuable plant either 

 for bedding or pot cullure, 

 blooming continuously from 

 mid-summer until cut by frost 

 -Telen Keller. i" the fall. 20 cts. each. 



Lois C. Haettel. 



Caryopteris Mastacanthus. (Blue Spir.'EA.) 



