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PUNICA GRANATUM— Pomegranate. 



Beautiful plants of symmetrical growth which can be advantageously used as bedding or pot plants, and as they 

 are deciduous, after blooming, they can be kept in a cellar or under the staging of a groen-house until they start .n 

 the spring. Quite hardy in the South. 



Alba Plena. Creamy white flowers ; very double. 50 cents. 

 Legrellei. Reddish ydlow, bordered with white ; very double. 50 cents. 

 Nana. A dwarf variety, flowering profusely while only a foot high. A peculiar shade of brilliant orange scarlet, 



double flowers. 30 cents. 

 Rubra Plena. Double crimson flowers. 50 cents. 



PYRETHRUM AUREUM— Golden Feather. 



Used largely for massing or ribbon edging. The leaves are of a golden-yellow color, delicately cut; the color is 

 retained all summer in the brightest sun. The flower shoots should be taken off when they appear to preserve the 

 shape of the plant. 15 cents ; %\ per dozen ; $5 per 100. 



RHODODENDRON. 



The Rhododendron is one of the most valuable of our hardy decorative plants. The leaves are broad, green 

 and glossy, and when planted in groups, or b;lts, or alone, give a summer landscape in the midst of winter. Did 

 it produce no flowers, it would be the most desirable hardy plant known for every style of lawn planting. In June, 

 when the masses of rich and glossy green are surmounted by scarlet, purple and white clusters, each cluster large 

 enough for a bouquet, the display is worthy of any expression of admiration. They bear pruning well, and can be 

 kept down to two feet, or allowed to grow si.\ or eight feet ; as standards, they are particularly fine. 



They require only a good garden soil, which should be dug at least two feet deep and mixed with some leaf 

 mould or peat ; it is also well to mulch the ground during the summer, and a protection of leaves and brush during 

 the first winter will be beneficial. The finest varieties are the Hybrids or Catawbiensis, of which this list i:; 

 especially selected with reference to hardiness. Plants from 12 to 24 inches high, bushy, well established, of which 

 we oflfer the following choice-named collection, besides fifteen choice varieties. 



%x each ; $10 per dozen. Plants set with buds, $1.50; $15 per dozen. Extra large specimens in bud, 3 feet high, 

 $2.50 each ; $24 per dozen. Nearly all these varieties can be furnished in bud. 



Album Elegans. Blush, changing to pure white ; fine. Kettledrum. Rich purple crimson ; free bloomer. 



Album Grandiflorum. Blush; fine truss. Lady Armstrong. Pale rose, spotted ; beautiful. 



Atrosanguineum. Intense blood red ; hardy. Lord Napier. Very dark, pure lake ; late bloom »r. 



Alexander Adie. Very bright rosy crimson. j Michael Waterer. Late crimson ; splendid truss. 



Barclayana. Fine dark crimson. i Mrs. John Glutton. Clear white ; exquisite shape. 



Blandyanum. Deep rosy crimson. Mrs. Milner. Rich crimson, splendid habit and le;.f. 



Brayanum. Scarlet. Nero. Fine dark rosy purple. 



Caractacus. Rich purplish crimson ; splendid truss. Old Port. Rich plum color; distinct. 



Charles Dickens. Dark scarlet ; fine foliage. Perfection. Beautiful blush white ; fine truss. 



Charles Bagley. Cherry red ; fine truss. Prince Albert. Dark chocolate carmine. 



Comte de Gomer. Beautiful white and crimson. Princess Mary of Cambridge. Light blush, deeper 



Delicatissimum. White, edged with pink. 

 Everestinum. Rosy lilac, crimped petals ; fine. 

 Fastuosum. Double lilac, with large trusses. 



edging. 

 Purpureum Elegans. Ver>' fine purple. 

 Purpureum Grandiflorum. Very fine purple. 



Hendersonii. Purplish crimson ; a free bloomer. I R. S. Field. Scarlet. 



H. H. Hunnewell. Dark rich crimson ; fine truss. | Roseum Elegaris. An old and general favorite. 



H. W. Sargent. Crimson, enormous trusses ; fine. \ Sir Robert Peel. Spotted rosy crimson. 



James Mason. Light centre, bright scarlet edgings. ' Stella. Pale rose, chocolate blotch ; free bloomer. 



Jewess. Rosy purple, with black spots. The Queen. Fine blush white, finely shaped. 



John Waterer. Dark crimson, fine ; late. I Victoria. Fine claret ; free blooming. 



RICHARDIA. 



Alba Maculata. A dwarf variety of the " Calla Lily;" flowers smaller, of same shape, leaves covered with pure 

 white spots. It flowers freely during the summer months, planted out in the open border. 30 cents; 

 $3 per dozen. 



Hastata. ''The Yellow Calla;" smaller than the well-known white one; a very charming flower, of a soft 

 yellow color, set off by a rich deep purple spot in the throat. 50 to 75 cents. 



RHYNCOSPERMUM JASMINOIDES. 



A beautiful green-house plant, with glossy evergreen foliage, producing masses of pure white Jasmine-like flowers, 

 delightfully fragrant ; in bloom about May and June. It is of a climbing habit, and presents a beautiful appear- 

 ance when properly trained. The flowers are very desirable for bouquets, etc. 30 cents. 

 Jasminoides Aurea Variegata. Foliage variegated green, white and carmine. 50 cents. 

 Jasminoides Argentea Variegata. Foliage edged with silvery white. 50 cents. 



SALVIA— Sage. 



These rich and abundant-flowering plants are indispensable in the autumnal garden ; either in masses or scat- 

 tered among shrubbery, their gorgeous effect is best displayed. 15 cents ; $1.50 per dozen. 



Splendens. Scariet Sage. | Marmorata. A new variety of Scariet Sage, the 



Bruanti. A novelty of great value for groups in open flowers and calyx pure white, beautifully mottled 



ground, dwarf and very bushy, long and large and spotted with scarlet, dwarf habit, free blooming, 



flowers, e£<4-ly, splendid velvety red. 25 cents. Soucheti Flore Albo, Pure white. 



