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diameter and of the most dazzling: scarlet. 

 25c., 50c., $1.00 and $2.00 each. 



FOINSETTIA. — White flowering; distinct 

 from the old variety. 50c. and $1.00 each. 



BUDBECKIA (Golden Glow).— Grows 6 

 feet high, branching- freely and bearing- by 

 the hundreds on long- graceful stems ex- 

 quisite double flowers of the brightest 

 golden color and ^s large as a Cactus 

 Dahlia. As cut flowers the blooms last 

 well. Perfectly hardy and blooms con- 

 tinuously throughout the summer months. 

 Strong plants 15c. each larger plants, 30c. 



STTSSEIiIA. — A most useful basket or 

 vase plant, producing numerous long, wiry 

 stems, which are virtually leafless. Upon 

 these stems and branches the flowers are 

 borne, -v^'hich are about one inch long, 

 tubular and brilliant scarlet color, and are 

 produced in the greatest freedom. 15c. and 

 25c. each. 



SWAINSONIA OR SWANTLOWER.— A 



Superb Ever-Blooinin.g" Plant. — Just 

 imagine a plant that is fully as pretty as 

 a Fern bearing the utmost profusion of 

 flowers in elegant sprays of 30 or 40 

 flowers each, which in form and fragrance 

 are equal to Sweet Peas, which it strongly 

 resembles. You can then form an idea of 

 the Swainsonia. Of vigorous, healthy 

 habit of growth it blooms the year round. 



Alba (White) .—Magnificent large satiny- 

 white flowers just like Sweet Peas. "When 

 you see them j'ou will agree with us that 

 they are simply exquisite. 



Splendens (Pink). — An exceedingly rare 

 and beautiful variety, identical with Alba, 

 except the flowers, which are a deep shiny 

 pink. The contrast between the two vari- 

 eties is strikingly beautiful. Be sure to 

 try both. Strong plants, prices, 15c., 25c. 

 and 50c. each. 



Strobilantlius Dyerianus. 



STROBILANTHUS DYERIANUS. — An 



excellent bedding plant as well as a beau- 

 tiful foliage plant for pot culture, it 

 forms a compact bush, 18 inches high, with 

 leaves 6 to 9 inches long; of a beautiful 

 metallic purple, shading into light rose, 

 with a light green margin, a combination 

 unapproached by any other plant. The 

 flowers are violet blue, borne in immense 

 racemes. 15c. to 25c. each. 



SANSEVIERA ZEYLANICA.— ^ A deco- 

 rative plant of great beauty and value. A 

 beautiful plant, splendidly adapted for the 

 decoration of drawing rooms dr halls, as 

 it stands drought and dust with impunity, 

 and requires scarcely any water. The 

 leaves grow to a length of three or four 

 feet, and are beautifully striped crosswise 

 with broad, white variegations on a dark 

 green ground. It is diflficult to find a more 

 unique or ornamental plant than this, es- 

 pecially when it is in bloom. 25c. and 50c. 

 each. 



SAXIFRAGE SARMENTOSA. — (B e e f- 

 steak Plant). — Fine for hanging baskets 

 and partly shady locations. 15c. and 25c. 

 each. 



SAIiVTA SPIiENDENS. — Bon Tire 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, whether 

 used singly or in mixed groups. The plant 

 blazes out in dazzling scarlet and the color 

 lasts all summer and fall. Price, 10c. and 

 15c. each; $1.00 to $1.50 per dozen. 



SAI.VIA PATENS. — A hardy free flower- 

 ing light blue variety, fine for cut flowers. 

 Inc. and 15c. each, $1.00 and $1.50 per 

 dozen. 



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Tritoma Pfitzerii. 



TRITOMA PPITZERII.— 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. 



DO NOT FORGET TO ADD TO YOUR REMITTANCE 20 PER CENT. TO COVER 



THE POSTAGE ON PLANTS. 



