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THE DINGEE & COMARD COMPANY. 



^The Choicest Plants** 



For House Culture and 

 Winter Blooming. 



Knowing how desirable are a few choice pot-plants for indoor culture, we have grown for the purpose such kinds as we 

 know will produce good results. The collection is better this year than ever before, and we trust will meet the approbation 

 of our many customers. Every one should possess some of these plants, as they are of the easiest culture and their gay 

 flowers and bright foliage will add most charmingly to the home circle. Prices reduced. 



ABUTILON SOUVENIR DE BONN. 



BEGONIA METALLICA. 



New Abutllon 



Souvenir de Bonn. 



Of late introduction and, without a doubt, the most beauti- 

 ful of all the Abutilons. It is singularly beautiful and strik- 

 ing in appearance, unequaled as a Winter-blooming pot 

 plant. It is a rapid grower, and quickly makes a large bush, 

 and produces great numbers of lovely flowers. The bright 

 green leaves are distinctly edged with a pure white band as 

 shown in illustration. Flowers are borne on long stems and 

 in color are golden yellow, beautifully veined with scarlet, 

 and stand out well beyond the foliage, producing a pleasing 

 contrast. It is exceedingly floriferous. Every one should 

 possess a plant of it, as the foliage alone gives it a high value 

 as a house plant if it never produced a flower. 20 cts. each ; 

 3 for 50 cts. 



Cissus Discolor. 



A beautiful trailing vine for hanging baskets, with mottled 

 and marbled foliage, the under side of which, together with 

 the stems, is a reddish purple. A truthful illustration of this 

 old favorite is shown in our window garden collection on 

 fourth cover page. Very fine. 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts. 



New Perpetual Blooming 

 Sweet Violets. 



These charming favorites are unsurpassed for Winter cul- 

 ture indoors, their modest beauty and delicate fragrance hav- 

 ing made for them hosts of friends and admirers. Easily 

 grown, free and constant bloomers are the features that com- 

 mend the following varieties: Lady Hume Campbell, 

 new, the finest and freest bloomer, color azure blue ; Swan- 

 ley White, snowy white, very fine; New Double Russian, 

 first-class, very double, deep blue ; Marie Louise, double 

 and sweet, deep bluish purple ; Miss Cleveland, clear blue, 

 highly scented. Fine for pot plants, 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 

 cts. postpaid. 



The Prices given include 



Begi 



lomas. 



We offer strong Plants growing in 3-inch Pots. 



White Dewdrop. — Since the introduction of this grand 

 Begonia we have given it a thorough test, and have found it 

 to be of a superior type, possessing many advantageous qual- 

 ities, notably a free continuous bloomer and easily grown. 

 It is an unusually fine Winter-blooming plant, producing 

 great numbers of delicate white flowers during the Winter 

 months; in the Spring it can be planted in the open ground, 

 and will be a mass of bloom the entire Summer. 15 cts. each ; 

 4 for 50 cts. 



Hybrida Multiflora. — A lovely variety, producing a 

 profusion of rosy pink flowers. Good vigorous grower and 

 a valuable acquisition. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. 



Metallica. — (See cut.) A distinct variety, of rare beauty, 

 a good grower and free bloomer ; leaves triangular ; under 

 side of leaf and stem hairy ; the surface of a lustrous metallic 

 or bronze color ; veined darker ; flowers white. 15 cts. 

 each ; 4 for 50 cts. 



j Begonias named above for 40 cts. 



Fuchsia Speciosa. 



This is really one of the most charming and desirable 

 Fuchsias in cultivation, and should be better known. It is 

 a genuine Whiter bloomer, and all who know it value it very 

 highly for this quality. The habit of the plant is erect and 

 compact, presenting a decidedly neat and attractive appear- 

 ance as a pot plant. The fine star-shaped flowers are pro- 

 duced in profusion, and begin when the plants are quite 

 young; indeed, the plants in our houses in all stages are 

 rarely seen without flowers from late Summer until Spring. 

 The flowers droop beautifully ; they are large, elegantly 

 shaped and of good substance ; the calyx is rosy carmine 

 and the corolla brilliant carmine, a lovely combination. 

 This variety is of strong constitution, and easily grown. 

 Fine plants, 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. 

 the Postage, which we pay. 



