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Jean Viaud.—Semi-double Bruant. Color, 
a beautiful shade of bright rose which 
does not fade in the hottest weather. 
Extra strong grower. : 
John Doyle.-A very free, semi-double 
bright scarlet. Dwarf, robust grower. AS 
a pot plant it ranks as one of the best. 
Mme. Buchner.—Double_ white. _ More 
yigorous constitution than La Favorite. 
Double Gen. Grant.—Semi-double, clear 
orange scarlet. An old, well-known vari- 
ety, probably more used for bedding than 
any other variety in commerce. _ 
Duc De Montemort.—Deep brilliant car- 
mine-purple, one of the most novel and 
striking shades yet seen, a profuse bloom- 
er. foliage deeply zoned. : : 
Double Dryden.—A fancy variety with 
most beautiful arrangement of colors. 
Delicate pink, shading out to glowing crim- 
son. : 
Nuit Poitevine.— Rosy purple, with 
maroon shading lower petals clear, the 
upper scarlet at the base. 25c. each. 
Berthe de Pressily. — Flowers large 
silvery rose color. Most beautiful shade. 
EKleber.— Deep violet of velvety texture; 
a free grower and very free in bloom. 25¢c. 
each. : 
Triumphe de Nancy.—Semi-double car 
mine red, with white markings. Large 
trusses of immense florets. 25c. each. 
Francis Perkins.—In our estimation this 
is one of the best double pink bedding Ger- 
aniums. For massing there is no pink 
variety that equals it. 
Bruanti.—Clear orange scarlet. 
good bedder. 
Prices: 15c. each; $1.50 per dozen; 25c. 
each; $2.50 per dozen; 5-inch pots, 35c. 
each; $3.50 per dozen, excepting where 
noted. 
Ivy Geraniums.—A good collection. 
Prices, 15c. each, $1.50 per dozen, and 25c. 
each; $2.50 per dozen. 
Geranium Pelargonium.— (Lady Wash- 
ington).—We have a good collection of 
these fine pot plants in large variety. 
25c. and 50c. 
Pelargonium. — (Easter Greeting).—A 
new everblooming variety; the florets are 
of a fiery amaranth red with five large 
regular-shaped spots: a grand novelty. 
40c., 75c. and $1.00 each. 
Scented Geraniums.—Rose; everybody 
likes it. 15¢c. and 25c. each. Nutmeg and 
Apple Scented, 15c. and 25c. each. 
GREVILLEA ROBUST A.—Australian 
Silk Oak.—A magnificent plant for decora- 
tive purposes, of rapid, easy growth; cut 
foliage rivaling a rare fern. 50c., 75c. and 
$1.00 each. 
HERES PLANTS.—Sage, Rosemary, Mar- 
joram, Mint, Sweet Basil. 10c. each, 75c. 
per dozen. 
HELIOTROPE.—tLight and Dark.—oOf 
these popular fragrant blooming plants we 
have selected those which are most adapt- 
able to our Southern climate, size of flow- 
er, color and fragrance our standpoint in 
selection. Price, 15c. and 25c. each. 
HYDBANGEAW Beautiful blooming 
plant, adapted rather to shady location. 
The large clusters of flowers resemble 
the snow ball, only being much larger. 
Otaksa Monstrosa.—A very beautiful 
variety from Japan, giving large clusters 
of bluish pink flowers in great abundance 
through the season; the flowers are very 
persistent, lasting two or three months. 
Thomas Hogg.—Is a more free and 
abundant bloomer than any other; for all 
decorative purposes it will be invaluable. 
The flowers are all the purest white, of 
very fine texture, and continue to flower 
for a great length of time; quite hardy 
in open ground. 
A very 
Snowball.—Hydrangea Paniculata. (Ar- 
borescens alba grandiflora.) This magnifi- 
cent hardy American shrub is the very 
finest addition to this class of plants found 
in many a year. The blossoms are of the 
very largest size, of pure snow white color. 
It comes into bloom just after the passing 
of the early Spring flowering shubs, and 
is perfectly hardy. 
Prices of all the above varieties, 50c., 
75c., $1.00 and $2.50 each. 
HIBISCUS SINENSIS.—This plant rivals 
the Geranium in popularity. A very good 
way to make them bloom freely and facili- 
tate the lifting in Fall is to transplant 
each year into a pot two or three sizes 
larger than the one it has grown in, then 
plunge the pot together into the ground, 
the soil to cover over the surface two 
inches. Then in the Fall the plant can 
be lifted without injury, and being trans- 
planted again, and kept in a shady, cool 
place until fully recovered, it will, in a 
warm, sunny window, in a warm room, 
bloom constantly. We can supply them in 
either colors of crimson, red, pink, yellow 
aoe Sere Price, 15c., 25c., 50c. and $1.00 
each. 
WATER HYACINTHS.—FEasily grown, 
floats on water by means of curious in- 
flated leaves; a mass of feathery blue 
roots growing downward into the water. 
The flowers are as large as a silver dollar, 
and are borne on spikes 6 to 8 inches long, 
resembling hyacinths, and are as hand- 
some as an orchid; of a heautiful spark- 
ling, rosy-liiac color. Prices, 25c. each; 
$2.50 per dozen. 
IXORA COCCINEA.—PBright red in very 
large corycombs very showy tender flow- 
ering plant. 25c¢ and 50c. each. 
Jasmines. 
Jasminum Grandifiornm or Gracilis.— 
This is an old favorite and the most satis- 
factory for general culture of the Jas- 
mines. It flowers nearly the whole sea- 
son, and is especially valuable as a house 
plant in Winter; flowers star-shaped, pure 
white and fragrant; 20c. and 50c. each. 
Maid of Orleans or Arabian. — Large 
double waxy-white fiowers of great sub- 
stance, produced freely through the Sum- 
mer. We know of no pot plant more desir- 
able than this; the fragrance of the fiower 
is delicious, sweet and elegant. Price, 15c., 
25c., 50c. and 75c each. 
Grand Duke of Tuscany.—A magnificent 
ever-blooming plant with large double 
waxy creamy white flowers, with the most 
delicious fragrance of any flower we know, 
sweeter than a Tube-rose; looks like a 
large, double white rose. Blooms through- 
out the season. A superb pot plant of 
dwarf, sturdy habit of growth. Prices, 
15c., 25c., 50c. and 75c. each. 
Gardenia Florida (Cape Jessamine.)— 
Nothing finer for conservatory or open 
ground wherever hardy. Its double pure 
white flowers are delightfully fragrant, 
while its deep green glossy foliage adds 
materially to its beauty. 25c., 50c. and 
75¢c. each. Extra strong, $2.00, $3.00 and 
$5.00 each. 
Cestrum WNocturnum. (Night Blooming 
Jasmine).—Free blooming shrub, very fra- 
grant at night. 15c, 25c. and 50c. each. 
Cestrum Elegans (Pink Jasmine).—A 
meritorious Fall and Winter Blooming 
plant, flowers rose-pink and carmine, very 
choice. 25c. and 50c. each. 
Jasminum Revolutum.—yYellow flowered 
hardy Jasmine. 25c. and 50 cents. 
