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PUNICA GRANATUM— Pomegranate. 



Beautiful plants of symmetrical growth which can be advantageously used as bedding or pot plants, and as they 

 are deciduous, after blooming, they can be kept in a cellar or under the staging of a green-house until they start in 

 the spring. Quite hardy in the South. 



Alba Plena. Creamy white flowers ; very double. 50 cents. 

 Legrellei. Reddish y .How, bordered with white ; very double. 50 cents. 

 Nana. A dwarf variety, flowering profusely while only a foot high. A peculiar shade of brilliant orange scarlet, 



double flowers. 30 cents. 

 Rubra Plena. Double crimson flowers. 50 cents. 



PYRETHRUM AUREUM- Golden Feather. 



Used largely for massing or ribbon edging. The leaves are of a golden-yellow color, delicately cut ; the color is 

 retained all summer in the brightest sun. The flower shoots should be taken off when they appear to preserve the 

 shape of the plant. 15 cents ; $1 per dozen ; $5 per too. 



RHODODENDRON. 



The Rhododendron is one of the most valuable of our hardy decorative plants. The leaves are broad, green 

 and glossy, and when planted in groups, or belts, or alone, give a summer landscape in the midst of wiiuer. Did 

 it produce no flowers, it would be the most desirable hardy plant known for every style of lawn pianting. In June, 

 when the masses of rich and glossy green are surmounted by scarlet, purple and white clusters, each cluster large 

 enough for a bouquet, the display is worthy of any expression of admiration. They bear pruning well, and can be 

 kept down to two feet, or allowed to grow six or eight feet ; as standards, they are particularly fine. 



They require only a good garden soil, which should be dug at least two feet deep and mixed with some leaf 

 mould or peat ; it is also well to mulch the ground during the summer, and a protection of leaves and brush during 

 the first winter will be beneficial. The fines: varieties are the Hybrids or Catawbiensis, of which this list is 

 especially selected with reference to hardiness. Plants from 12 to 24 inches high, bushy, well established, of which 

 we offer the following choice-named collection, besides fifteen choice varieties. 



$1 each ; $10 per dozen. Plants set with buds, $1.50 ; gisperdozen. Extra large specimens in bud, 3 feet high, 

 $2.50 each ; $24 per cozen. Nearly all these varieties can be furnished in bud. 



Allium Elegans. Blush, changing to pure white ; very John Waterer. Brilliant carmine; immense truss; 



fine. late bloomer. 



Alexander Adie. Very bright rosy crimson. Lady Armstrong. Pale rose, very much spotted; 



Barclayana. Fine dark crimson. 



Blandyanum. Deep rosy crimson. 



Brayanum. Scarlet. 



Caractacus. Rich purplish crimson, splendid truss 



beautiful. 

 Lord Napier. Very dark pure bke ; late bloomer. 

 Michael Waterer. Late crimson, splendid truss. 

 Minnie. Blush white, with large chocolate spots; late 



and foliage. bloomer. 



Comte de Gomer. Beautiful white and crimson. Mrs. John Clutton. Beautiful clear white, exquisite 



Currieanum. Dark rosy lilac ; immense bloom. shape. 



Elfrida. Deep red, with large spots ; pretty. Mrs. Milner. Rich crimson, splendid habit and leaf; 



Everestianum. Rosy lilac; crimped petals ; fine. a first-rate kind. 



Fastuosum. Double lilac, with large trusses. Mrs. John Waterer. Bright rosy crimson. 



H. H. Hunnewell. Very dark rich crimson, splendid Nero. Fine dark rosy purple. 



truss. Perfection. Very beautiful blush white ; fine truss. 



Hendersoni. Purplish crimson ; a very free bloomer. Prince Albert. Dark chocolate carmine. 



H. W. Sargent. Crimson, enormous trusses; a mag- Princess Mary of Cambridge. White centre, with 



nificent Rhododendron. rosy purple edging, very beautiful. 



James Mason. Light centre, bright scarlet edgings. The Queen. Very fine blush white, immense truss and 



Jewess. Rosy purple with black spots. perfect form. 



1 Victoria. Fine claret ; free bloomer. 



'richardia. 



Alba Maculata. A dwarf variety of the " Calla Lily ;" flow.rs smaller, of same shape, leaves covered with pure 

 white spots. It flowers freely during the summer months, planted out in the open border. 30 cents; 

 $2 per dozen. 



Hastata. "The Yellow Calla," smaller than the well-known white one; a very charming flower, of a soft 

 yellow color, set off by a rich deep purple spot in the throat. 50 to 75 cents. 



RHYNCOSPERMUM JASMINOIDES. 



A beautiful green-house plant, with glossy evergreen foliage, producing masses of pure white Jasmine-like flowers, 

 delightfully fragrant ; in bloom about May and June. It is of a climbing habit, and presents a beautiful appear- 

 ance when properly trained. The flowers are very desirable for bouquets, etc. 30 cents. 

 Jasminoides Aurea Variegata. Foliage variegated green, white and carmine. 50 cents. 

 Jasminoides Argentea Variegata. Foliage edged with silvery white. 50 cents. 



SALVIA— Sage. 



These rich and abundant-flowering plants are indispensable in the autumnal garden ; either in masses or scat- 

 tered among shrubbery, their gorgeous effect is best displayed. 15 cents ; gi.50 per dozen. 



Splendens. Scarlet Sage. ( Marmorata. A new variety of Scarlet Sage, the 



Bruanti. A novelty of great value for groups in open j flowers and calyx pure white, beautifully mottled 



ground, dwarf and very bushy, long and large; and spotted with scarlet, dwarf habit, free blooming, 



flowers, early, splendid velvety red. 25 cents. Soucheti Flore Albo. Pure white. 



