GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN 
flowers are violet blue, borne in immense 
racemes. 15c. to 25c. each. 
SALVIA SPLENDENS.—E5Bon Fire and 
Silver Spot.—This magnificent scarlet sage 
or salvia has three times the flowering 
capacity of ordinary scarlet sages. The 
flowers are produced so abundantly as to 
bend the branches and suggest the name, 
Drooping Spikes, for this superb type. It 
is altogether attractive and showy and one 
of the best for decorative purposes, wheth- 
er used singly or in mixed groups. The 
plant blazes out in dazzling scarlet and the 
color lasts all summer and fall. Price, 
10e. and 15c., each. 
SALVIA PATENS.—A hardy free flower- 
ing light blue variety, fine for cut flowers. 
10c. and 15ec. each. 
Tritoma Pfitzerii. 
TRITCOMA PFITZERII.—Red Hot Poker 
Plant.—The greatest bedding plant ever in- 
troduced, surpassing the finest Cannas for 
attractiveness and brilliancy, showy as the 
Gladiolus as a cut flower, and blooms in- 
cessantly from June until November. 
Plants perfectly hardy with protection. 
Plants show from 6 to 20 grand flower 
stalks all the time, each holding a great 
cluster of flame-covered flowers of  in- 
describable beauty and brilliancy. Each 
cluster keeps perfect several weeks, and 
when it fades two or three more are ready 
to take its place. For cutting it is un- 
surpassed, as the beautiful long’ spikes 
keep several weeks in water. Strong 
plants that will bloom the first summer. 
Each, 30c.; 4 for $1.00. 
VIOLETS. 
_The California.—This splendid single 
violet has a flower much larger than any 
other in cultivation. Violet-purple in 
color; delightful fragrance. 10c. each; 75c. 
per dozen. 
Lady Hume Campbell.—A vigorous vari- 
ety, blooming. with extraordinary freedom. 
Large double flowers, of azure blue; richly 
perfumed. 10c. each; 75c. per dozen. 
Giant.—Large dark purple violet of great 
Substance. 5c. each, 30c. a dozen, $1.50 a 
hundred; large clumps, 25c. each. 
| the Piersonii, in which, the 
STATES. 
Swanley’s White Violet. 
Swanley’s White.—Perfectly double, pure 
white flowers of fine size and rich fra- 
grance. By far the best of all _ white 
Violets in freedom of bloom. 10c. each; 
75c. per dozen. 
VEREBENAS.—We offer the most distinct 
varieties of these useful bedding plants. 
All are of the mammoth or large-flowering 
type. The colors range through all the 
different shades of scarlet, purple, crim- 
son, pink, blue, white, etc. Mixed seed- 
lings, 5c. each, 50c. per dozen; pot grown 
to color, 10c. each, 75c. per dozen. 
FINE NEW FERNS OF 
SPECIAL MERIT. 
Choice varieties of special merit, par- 
ticular attention is given these little plant 
pets, and we take great pride in growing 
them to the best treatment possible. We 
offer them to you in first-class condition. , 
We have one green-house devoted 
specially to the growing of Ferns, and 
have the most popular varieties by the 
hundred, especially Maiden Hair and 
Boston Ferns. 
NEPHROLEPIS SMITHII.—An improved 
variety of the Baby Breath Fern. The 
fronds are of much stronger substance, 
upright growing habit; quite an improve- 
ment on the old variety. 50c. and $1.00 
each. 
NEPHROLEPIS TUBEROSA PLUMOSA. 
The fronds are long and narrow; the pin- 
nules beautiful plumose, which are of 
light color, giving the fronds a beautiful 
effect on account of the two _ distinct 
shades, as well as its graceful waviness. 
50c. and $1.00 each. 
NEPHROLEPIS ROBUSTA.—As the 
name indicates, a robust growing variety 
of the Pierson type. The introducer claims 
that it never reverts to the Boston type, 
producing only character leaves. A nov- 
elty of merit. 50c. and $1.00 each. 
NEPHR@OLEPIS ELEGANTISSIMA., — 
Tarrytown Fern.—This is a “sport” from 
plumy pecu- 
We strongly advise shipping by Express whenever practicable; this will enable us to 
send much stronger plants and guarantee safer delivery. If ordered by mail 
add 25 per cent. of the value of plants to cover postage, as plants, 
shrubbery and seeds take a flat rate of 8c. per pound. 
