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EVERT WOMAN HER OWN FLOWER GARDENER. 



Black Diamond, maroon. 



Guiding Star, pure white, fimbriated. 



Exquisite, rich golden yellow, tipped with scarlet. 



Kind and True, straw-color, tipped with purple. 



Little Nymph, white, shaded with rose. 



Little Kate, dark crimson. 



Little Willie, richest deep pink. 



Little Agnes, brightest of scarlets. 



Little Dear, blush, marbled with white. 



Little Herman, the finest Liliput Dahlia in cultivation ; cherry-pink, 

 tipped with white. 



Otto Weilbacher, yellow, striped with scarlet. 

 Eachel, salmon, tipped with crimson. 

 Eose of Gold, finest vermillion. 

 Tansenblitz, deep maroon, shaded with rose. 

 Utz, dark maroon*. 



Tuleroses. 



One of the most beautiful of all the summer-flowering bulbs, and 

 unequaled in fragrance by any flower that gi'ows. The flowers are in 

 much request upon all festive occasions, and are also in use for funeral 

 wreaths, crosses, etc. It is said that a million of roots are grown about 

 the environs of New York, and they can be purchased from a single 

 flower, with a scented leaf of geranium, to immense dishes or baskets of 

 them, arranged with other flowers. Fifty flowers have been raised on a 

 single stem, but from sixteen to twenty is the average number. The 

 bulbs never bloom but once, but numerous small ofi'sets form round 

 the parent root, which, if kept over winter in a dry place, not less than 

 fifty degrees in temperature, will bloom in two years. In latitudes north 

 of Xew York city, the bulbs must be started early in March, to bloom 

 before the frost touches them. There are few plants grown in the gar- 

 den which give more perfect satisfaction. 



The Double Tuberose is considered the most desirable flower, but the 

 single possesses the same delicious perfume, and blooms earlier than the 

 double. A new variety, with variegated leaves striped with light yellow, 

 is admired for its novelty. They bloom best in a sandy soil, well en- 

 riched with concentrated manures; Guano water, prepared as before 

 described, will hasten their flowering, and increase the number of buds. 



