NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1888. 



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Verbena Gompacta, Snowball. 



No. 6711. This variety, as indicated in the cut, grows 

 into a compact bush instead of being of straggling habit. 

 For planting among Phlox and other bushy plants it will 

 be found invaluable. The umbels are large and bear 

 medium-sized pure white flowers. As it can be keptdown 

 to a height of 5 or 6 inches, it will doubtless prove of value 

 as an edging plant. 



Per pkt., 35 cts. ; 2 for 60 cts. 



Dreer's Giant Striped Pansies. 



No. 6214. A fine new class of striped Pansies which bear 

 large and beautiful flowers of perfect form and brilliant 

 shading. The blooms are exquisitely streaked with soft 

 clear shades of color and are a decided advance on the 

 Belgiau striped. 



Per pkt., 50 cts. ; 3 pkts. for $1.25. 



PANSY. 

 Little Red Riding Hood. 



No. 6229. A brilliant red flowering variety possessing 

 sterling merit. The flowers are of large size and perfect 

 in form. In color it surpasses all other red sorts, and is in 

 all respects the best of its class. 



Per pkt., 50 cts. ; 3 pkts. for $1.25. 



POMPONE ZINNIAS. 



No. 6783. Excellent Zinnias, differing from the older 

 ones in habit of growth and the immense size of their per- 

 fectly-formed very double flowers of various striking 

 colors. The plants are dwarf and bloom freely during a 

 long period. Being of great consistency, the flowers are 

 not injured by heat and remain in good condition for sev- 

 eral weeks. 



Per pkt., 10 cts. ; 3 for 25 cts. 



PEARL BUSH. 



Exochorda Grandiflora. 



The flowers are borne in slender racemes of 8 or 10 

 florets each, on light and wiry branches that bend beneath 

 their load of bloom just enough to be airy and graceful. 

 The petals are pure white, the calyx shows a small dot of 

 green in the centre of each flower, while the unexpanded 

 buds are like small round beads of pearly whiteness. It 

 bears some resemblance in size and appearance of flower to 

 Mock Orange, but the flower spikes are longer and borne 

 on slender branches, giving a graceful appearance to the 

 bush. It will become one of the most popular of our hardy 

 flowering shrubs as soon as its merits become known. 



First size, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per dozen. 



Second " 25 " " 2.50 " 



