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FTER careful comparison and investigation we 

 can assure our friends and customers that the 

 Grandiflora Superbissima strain of New 

 Fancy-Flowering Petunias here offered is un- 

 , questionably the finest and most thorough se- 



'/^ 'ection of Petunias in existence; far surpassing many 

 i'J o( the best varieties now grown from cuttings, and which 

 cost as much per single plant as New Fancy- Flowering 

 does per packet. In nature the flowers are fully twice 

 as Jarge as they appear in our illustration above, 

 which shows four of the most distinct types. The colors 

 range irom pure white, through delicate shades of rose, to 

 deep pink; some flowers being marked and stained in 

 'he most beautiful manner, while the purple and dark 

 colors are particularly rich and striking. Our impar- 

 alleled mixture of seed embraces all the named va- 

 rieties of this famous strain heretofore offered, such, 

 as Intus Nigra, Intus Alba, Blue Veins, Prince and 

 Princess of Wurtemberg, etc., with many additional- 

 shades and markings ; also a good percentage of the 

 most perfect double and fringed varieties, making al- 

 together a selection that cannot fail to satisfy and de- 

 light all lovers of flowers. In order to fully introduce 

 this magnificent class of Petunias, we make the price 

 very low. 



Per pkt., 25 cts.; 3 pkts. for 60 cts.; 6pkts. for jji. 



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HTiusa Ensetc. 



Ttie Grand Atiyssinian Banana. 



Our sales of this magnifient variety last season were so 

 great that our New Crop Seed was speedily exhausted ; we, 

 however, hope to be able to supply all the present season. 



This grand plant is the Noblest Decorative Plant in 

 THE Would. It can be easily sown from seed, but it is of the 

 greatest importance to have absolutely fresh seed from native 

 sources. Sow the seed in hot-bed or boxes, repotting as fast 

 as the plants grow ; finally setting in open ground when all 

 danger of frost is past At the approach of Winter they can 

 be put in a box of suitable size filled with dirt, and stored in 

 the cellar, or a dry, cool place, secure from frost or exces- 

 sive dampness, or placed in a tub or box and brought into 

 the conservatory or greenhouse, where they can be carried 

 through the Winter in a semi-dormant condition by watering 

 sparingly. In either of the above ways the plants will be 

 ready to set out again the following season, when they will at- 

 tain gigantic size, often growing 18 to 20 leet high and propor- 

 tionately large. The leaves are magnificently long, broad and 

 massive; the color is beautiful bright green with crimson mid- 

 ribs in striking contrast. Per pkt. of 5 seeds, 25 cts.; 5 pkt=.. •' ^ 



MUSA ENsETE — AE\3SIMAN BANANA. 



