59 MISS MARY E. MARTIN, FLORAL PARK, NEW YORK 
Privet for Hedges 
Nothing makes so fine a hedge as the California Privet, 
which is perfectly hardy and almost evergreen, as its beau- 
tiful, bright shining dark-green leaves do not drop until 
nearly spring. Set plants nine to twelve inches apart and 
trim to any length desired. Hedge will be so dense that a 
chicken can hardly get through it. Beautiful and neat at all 
times. Will grow to any height desired from one to fifteen 
feet. Fine stalk, twelve to eighteen inches. $1.80 per doz- 
en; $12.09 per i109 
Buddleia Variabilis (Chinese Lilac) 
(Butterfly Shrub or Summer Lilac)—Clusters of large 
sweet scented flowers, measuring 12 to 18 inches in length; 
closely resembling a lilac in color and general appearance, 
but continues to bloom all summer in great profusion and 
until after the first frost. It is a vigorous growing, hardy 
shrub, and when better knewn is certain togbecome as popu- 
iar as the hardy Hydrangea for shrubberies. Without 
doubt the best new shrub of recent introduction. Price, 
strong i-year plants, 25c each. 
Double Excelsior Pearl Tuberose 
This is the best Double Tuberose in cultivation; grows about 18 inches high, blooms early, 
and bears immense spikes of large, pure white, perfectly double flowers; deliciously sweet. 
Price, large biooming bulbs, 6c. each; 60c. per dozen, postpaid. 
Mammoth Excelsior Pearl. 
for 45c.3; $1.09 per dozen. 
Especially selected for my retail trade. 
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By mati, at 12c. each; & 
Summer-Flowering Oxalis Border 
These littie bulbs are not much larger than Peas, but quickly throw up a mass of pretty foliage and flowers; fine for beds, 
borders, and edgings, also for pots, baskets and vases. 
.Lovely pik flowers. 12 for 10c.; 20 for 12c; 50 for 25c. 
Nymphcea Odorata. 
Pond Lily. 
flowers appear at an advantage beside the most costly 
Our Hardy Native Water or 
Its lovely white and deliciously fragrant 
exotics. It will produce flowers 6 inches across. Roots, 
23c. each: 3 for 70c. 
For edging, plant 2 or 3 inches apart. 
Foliage like a shamrock. 
Nymphcea Gdorata Gigantea. 
form of the white Water Lily. 
with a golden-yellow centre. 
for 85c. 
This is a gigantic 
Flowers fragrant, pure white, 
Fine roots, 30c. each; 3 
Nympheea Odoraia Rosea. Thisistherare Cape Cod 
Pink Pond Lily, and is, without exception, the most lovely 
of all hardy Nympheas. Fine flowering roots, $1.00 each; 
postpaid; 3 for $2.90. 
Hardy Shrabs 
FORSYTHIA (Golden Bell) 
Fortuneii. (Fortune’s Forsythia.) A tall shrub with 
slender arching branches, of garden origin. Leaves, simpie 
or three-parted, dark green and lustrous. Flowers golden 
yellow, borne in great profusion. Grows 8 to 10 feet high. 
Very floriferous. 2 to 3 ft., 30c. each. 
WViridissima. A very pretty shrub of medium height; 
perfectly hardy in this country. The plant is covered with 
drooping yellow flowers, blooming very early in spring. 2 
to 3 ft., 30c. each. 
