BULBS AND PLANTS. 



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SOME GRAND 



NEW CARNATIONS. 



The lovely Carnation is now only second to the Rose 

 in point of popularity, owing to its continuous bloom- 

 ing habit, refined yet glowing colors, and delicious 

 characteristic perfume. The varieties we offer are 

 among the latest and most successful novelties. Their 

 surpassing beauty of bloom and general excellence of 

 habit recommend them wherever grown. 



Helen Keller. New, and one of the most valuable Car- 

 nations ever inti-oduced, producing flowers of the very 

 largest size and of the most beautiful form. It is es- 

 pecially valuable for its free-flowering propensity and 

 great production of strong, long stems; and the plant is 

 a strong, vigorous and healthy grower. The flowers 

 are pm-e white, delicately and evenly pencilled with 

 bright crimson, producing a most beautiful effect, 

 and they furthermore possess the valuable merit of 

 seldom or never bursting their calyxes. 



William Scott. Of recent introduction and remark- 

 able for its excessive free-blooming habit; plant strong 

 and healthy. The flowers are large and exempt from 

 calyx-bursting, of a deep, bright pink of the Grace 

 Wilder shade; somewhat irregular in form but very 

 graceful and attractive; stems long and stout. A most 

 excellent variety and one that sells well in market. 



Anna Webb. Deep, rich growing crimson, beauti- 

 fully fringed flowers, clove-scented, very bright, and 

 one of the very best of its color. 



Daybreak. It is diflicult to overpraise this grand Car- 

 nation. The color is an exquisite shade of flesh-pink. 

 This delicate shade suggested the name from its great 

 similarity to the first faint glow of color seen in the 

 eastern sky at sunrise. A vigorous and healthy grower, 

 and possesses the Carnation fragrance in a marked de- 

 gree. 



Edna Craiff. A beautiful pink of the largest size. 

 Petals broad and heavily fringed. Long stiff stems; 

 does not burst its calyx; blooms constantly. 



Grace Wilder. Soft carmine pink. Very robust and 

 free. One of the most popular varieties. 



Golden Gate. The finest pure yellow Carnation yet 

 produced. Dwarf habit; blooms quickly and prof use- 

 ly all through the season; elegantly formed flowers, 

 very full and with petals beautifully fringed. 



Lizzie IMcGdwan. One of the very finest whites. Flow- 

 ers large and perfect; produced in great profusion and 

 carried on splendid long stems; rich fragrance; imsur- 

 passed for size, form, constitution and habit. 



Nellie Lewis. Very strong, vigorous grower; im- 

 mense flowers of elegant form and quality; color rich 

 dark pink; beautiful and distinct; strong clove scent. 



Portia. BrilUant scarlet. Not surpassed in richness 

 and intensity of color, profusion of bloom or vigor of 

 growth by any other. A magnificent Carnation. 



Puritan. Considered by many the best white. Large, 

 full and crisp, lasting a long time after being cut; an 

 early and continuous bloomer; quite fragrant. 



Silver Spray. Pure silvery white; fine substance; 

 well adapted for cutting and shipping; very fragrant. 



Tidal Wave. A very beautiful dwarf or low-grow- 

 ing variety ; soft pink. Productive and charming. 



£'a., 15c; 4 for 50c; doz.^ ^1.25. One each of the 

 thirteen varieties for ^1.25. 



IVIILLA BIFLORA. (Mexican Frost 

 Flower or Floating Star.) BESSERA 

 ELEGANS. (Coral Ear Drops.) 



CYCLOBOTHRA FLAVA. 



(Golden Shell.) 



These three 

 beautiful lit- 

 tle Mexican 

 bulbs are us- 

 ually classed 

 and grown 

 together as 

 ''The Thi-ee 

 Gems; " and 

 they well 

 merit the 

 name. All 

 three are 

 profuse 

 bio omers, 

 showing bud 

 soon after 

 p 1 a n t i ng, 

 and continu- 

 ing through- 

 out the sum- 

 mer. They 



may be ti-eated exactly like Gladiolus and look best 

 when planted in groups of a dozen or more. They are 

 excellent for pot culture ; three or more bulbs being 

 planted in a large pot. 



l^illa biflora. Blooms pure waxen white, star-shaped 

 and of great substance, lasting for weeks when cut and 

 placed in water. They are usually borne in pairs on 

 long slender stems. Very graceful and lovely. Ea., 

 10c; 4 for 25c; doz., 60c. 



Bessera ele^ans. Foliage narrow and rush-hke. 

 Flowers on stems eighteen inches high, borne in loose 

 drooping umbels; of a charming coral-red striped with 

 white lines. Ea., 10c; 4 for 25c; doz., 6('c. 



Cyclobothra flava. A most constant and profuse 

 bloomer; bright and delicate bell-shaped flowers; 

 golden yellow dotted with brown spots on the interior. 

 Foliage grass-like. Ea., 10c; 4 for 25c; doz., 60c. 



One bulb each of the three varieties for 20c; three 

 bulbs each for 50c. 



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