GARDEN MANUAr. FOR THE SOUTHETUT STATES. 



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Gloxinias, 



Gloxinias. This class of gorgeous summer- 

 blooming bulbous rooted plants can be grown 

 successfully with ordinary care, flowering in 

 six or eight weeks after the bulbs are placed 

 in the soil. They should be started in a green 

 house, hot bed or sunny window. They will 

 bloom until late summer, when they should 

 be dried off, letting the leaves die. The pots 

 containing the bulbs or the bulbs themselves 

 must be kept out of reach of frost or severe 

 freezing. They are natives of tropical America, 

 and are among the most ornamental of our 

 tender flowering plants, having been wonder- 

 fully improved by culture. See illustration. 

 Mixed colors, including many handsome 

 shades of pink, blue and white, fine plants; 

 25 and 50 cents each. 



Heliotrope. Of these popular -fragrant 

 blossoms, we have selected those which are 

 most adaptable to our southern climate, size 

 of flower, color and fragrance, our standpoint 

 in selection. 



RsiN-E DES Violets— Color dark blue, very 

 free and of great substance, fragrance excep- 

 tionally sweet and rare. 



Jeax Poitevin'e — A most pleasant shade or 

 light blue with small white eye, very fragrant 

 and flov/ers in great abundance. 



S>'ov^^ QuEEX— A strong variety ; habit strong 

 and vigorous, and also very fragrant, color 

 clear v/hite. 



Sapphiue— Violet blue, one of the best. 



La Duse -Plant about 12 inches tall, with 

 the prettiest foliage or any heliotrope extant, 

 small, stiff and glossy; the habit, also, is 

 unique, as the stiff stems are quite uniform 

 in height and support enormous trusses ot 

 bloom that are semi-globular in form, making 

 a great spread of color, which is blue shading 

 to lavender; the odor is exquisite. In the 

 recent very dry summer this grand variety was 

 the one noticeable sort in the field, growing 

 and bioomiAg persistently. What it will be 

 ' like in a season of normal moisture, we can 

 hardly predict. Price, 26c. each. 



Prince Charmant — Another variety with 

 handsome foliage, extremely free in bloom, 

 color a lovely tint of bluish mauve. Like all 

 of the Bruaiit type, this variety has panicles 

 of bloom of enormous size. Is dwarf and 

 compact in growth, and a great advance on 

 older sorts. 



Price, iOc. each; $1.00 per dozen except 

 where noted. 



Hydrangeas. Beautiful blooming plant, 

 adapted rather to shady location. The large 

 clusters of flowers resemble the snow ball, 

 only being much larger. 



Otaksa— A very beautiful variety from 

 Japan, giving large clusters of bluish pink 

 flowers in great abundance through the 

 season; the flowers are very persistent, lasting 

 two or three months. 



Thomas Hogg— This is the finest of all 

 hydrangeas. It is a more free and abundant 

 bloomer than any other; for the florists and 

 all decorative purposes it will be invaluable. 

 The flowers are all the purest white, of very 

 fin'e texture, and continue in flower for a great 

 length of time; quite hardy in open ground. 



MoNSTROsA — Pinkish white, the largest 

 flower of all. Grand. 



Prices, 35c., 50c. and $1.00 each. 



Hibiscus Sinensis. This plant rivals the 

 geranium in popularity. A very good way to 

 make them bloom freely and facilitate the 

 lifting in fall is to transplant each plant into 

 a pot two or three sizes larger than the one it 

 has grown in, then plunge the pot altogether 

 into the ground, the soil to cover the surface 





Hibiscus Sinensis. 



Fern Pans, Fancy Glazed and Earthenware. 



