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ELLIVAI^GER & BARRY'S CATALOGUE OF 



SELECT HARDY PHLOX. 



One of the finest autumn flowers. It is of vigorous 

 habit, easy culture, and produces in great profusion 

 during a long season ; flowers of fine form and sub- 

 stance, and of bright and varied colors. As regards 

 their culture, it may be briefly stated that they succeed 

 in any good garden soil, but they are greatly improved 

 by being liberally manured, and an occasional supply 

 of liquid manure during the growing season will greatly 

 increase the size of their trusses. When in flower they 

 should be watered freely every evening. The Phlox 

 usually flowers in July and August, and in order to 

 render it autumnal flowering, it is necessary to pinch 

 the shoots about the first of June and again in July. 

 The plants will then flower in September. For early 

 flowers some of the plants may be left unpinched. 

 When two years old the finest trusses are produced. 

 The third year the plants flower tolerably well, but 

 they will not keep thrifty and healthy after that. The 

 old plants should then be lifted in the fall, di\'ided and 

 transplanted. But the better plan is to keep up a suc- 

 cession of young plants from cuttings by securing a 

 fresh collection every year. We annually introduce 

 all new and desirable varieties of home and foreign 

 production. The best time to plant them is in the 

 autumn. Our plants are large and fine. 



Price 15 cents each : Si. 30 per 10, except noted. 

 Choice distinct varieties selected from among 100 

 sorts. 



Adonis — China rose, carmine center, fine. 



Amazone — Large flower ; pure white, fine. 



Belvidere — Salmon pink; a choice sort. 

 Carao d' Ache — Bright carmine rose, distinct. 25 cents. 

 Flambeau — Large flower ; bright orange red, darker center, fine. 25 cents. 

 Henri Murger — Flowers very large ; pure white, large carmine center ; one of the very finest. 

 La Vague— Large flower; silvery rose. 



Le Siecle— Dwarf ; large flower, compact panicle ; salmon rose, fine. 

 Le Vengeur— Large flower ; bright carmine amaranth, fine. 



Lothair— Large flower; rich salmon color, crimson eye, large spreading spike, one of the finest varieties. 

 Matador — Large flower ; bright orange red, distinct and fine. 25 cents. 

 Oberon — Coppery red. 



Pantheon — Flowers large, beautiful ; pink or salmon rose ; one of the best and most distinct. 

 Queen— Pure white, fine. 



Richard Wallace — White with violet center ; a good sort. 

 Sesostris — Large flower ; bright carmine amaranth ; extra fine. 

 William Robinson — Flowers very large; pale salmon, with rose center, fine. 



RUDBECKIA, GOLDEN GLOW, OR SUMMER 

 CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



A large showy plant, attaining in good soil a height of six to eight feet the same season planted. 

 Flowers three and one-half inches in diameter, double, well formed, and of a deep golden yellow 

 color, resembling yellow chrysanthemums, and borne on long stems which render them suitable for 

 cutting. Plants bloom profusely from July till September. One of the best novelties in hardy flower- 

 ing plants. 15 cents. 



JAPAN CLEMATIS==PAN1CULATA. 



A great novelty from Japan. It has proved to be one of the most desirable, useful, and beautiful 

 of hardy garden vines, being a luxuriant grower, profuse bloomer, and possessing fine foliage. It is 

 particularly useful for covering verandas, pillars, fences, where a trellis or support can be provided for 

 it to climb on. The flowers are of medium size, very pretty and fragrant, and produced in the greatest 

 profusion in late summer. We can recommend this novelty in the strongest manner as one of the best 

 vines to grow near the house ; it makes a growth of from 25 to 30 feet in a single season, and should 

 be cut back to the ground each spring. 20 cents each. 



