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Bedding Plants and Florists' Flowers, 



BEDDING PLANTS are such as are suitable for planting in the 

 open border or flower garden in early summer, to bloom till frost ; 

 they are then taken up and housed, or cuttings obtained from them 

 for next season's planting. 



FLORISTS' FLOWERS are those of which there are many Hybrid 

 Tarieties, annually increased or improved. Of these, the Dahlia is 

 one of the most popular. 



THE DAHLIA. 



Of this attractive flower we have several hundred varieties, and are 

 constantly adding all the newest and best as they are offered, and 

 rejecting older and inferior kinds. Our collection has received 

 numerous prizes at the exhibitions of the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society. 



Dahlias delight in a rich sandy loam, highly manured with decom- 

 posed cow-manure. To insure perfect flowers, mulch during the 

 summer with short manure. Thin out superfluous branches, and 

 keep them well tied up to strong stakes, firmly driven in the ground 

 at the time of planting. The best time for planting is about the first 

 of May for the roots, and the plants can be set out as late as the lOih 

 of June. The roots can be preserved during the winter in dry sand, 

 free from frost, damp, or fire heat. 



^ew and Eare Bahlias for 1868. 



Strong Plants ready by the 15th of April. 



Price 50 cts. each, $5 00 per doz. 



AMOURETTE, light rose, edged with lilac. 



ANDRE THOUIN, fine crimson scarlet, colossal flower. 



ANTIOPE, buff, shaded with carmine. 



BIRD OF PASSAGE, white, tipped with carmine. 



BOB RIDLEY, large ruby crimson. 



DONALD BEATON, fine purple. 



GERMAN GLORIE, sulphur, tipped with white, extra. 



HEBE, white, edged with yellow, red tip, novel. 



HARLEQUIN, bright yellow, striped with scarlet. 



HORACE VERNET, blackish maroon. 



BIPERIALIS, maroon purple. 



MADAM HEROLD, blood-red, shaded with golden yellow 



MANTES-LA-VILLE, rosy lilac, extra fine, dwarf. 



LEAH, beautiful orange yellow. 



MEDORA, rose, shaded with violet. 



Mrs. bond, crimson, scarlet shade, very free bloomer. 



Mrs. crisp, purple, edged with white, splendid. 



PAINTED LADY, dark lilac, striped maroon. 



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