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STRAWBERRY QUAVA 



ANEW pot plant of great value that bids fair to become as 

 popular as Otaheite Orange. The Guava has thick, shuilug, 

 evergreen, Camellia-like foliage "with pure wliite flowers 

 of an agreeable orlor. The fruit is large, about the size of an 

 English walnut and of .beautiful claret color; the flavor is 

 most delicious, sweet and aromatic, resembling that of the straw- 

 berry. Used as a dessert fruit, also for preserving; makes jelly 

 of delicious quality, which brings an enormous price. Blooms 

 and fruits continuously ; once established is ever producing buds, 

 flowers or fruit in some stage every day in the year. A plant 

 eighteen months old has borne over 500 fruits, and a plant which 

 could be covered with a box four feet wide and two and one-hair' 

 feet deep had 1,005 fruits, blooms and buds at one time. Quite 

 hardy. A magnificent plant for pot or box. 15 cts. each ; 2 for 

 25 cts.; 9 for $1. 



CHOICE PLANTS FOR BEDDING 



10 cts. each ; 3 for 25 cts.; 6 for 50 cts.; 15 for $1, postpaid. 



pOR designs, borders and bedding purposes the following plants, 

 * owing to their attractiveness and small cost, should find a 

 place in every flower garden. But limited descriptions are needed , 

 as these plants are all well known and popular. Plant liberal'y. 

 the results will please you. $6 per 100 by Express, at pur- 

 chaser's expense. 



ALTERNANTHERAS.- 



Very compact. Splendid 

 for borders. Separate col- 

 ors, red or yellow, varie- 

 gated. 



ACH YRANTHES.— 



Smooth red foliage, similar 

 to Coleus, and used for the 

 same purpose. 



COLEUS.— We ofier a grand collection of Coleus m the best named and mixed varie- 

 ties, solid colors, striped, variegated aiid mottled. When ordering, state yoiir 

 preference as to color, and we will select accordingly. 



VERBENAS. — We have a fine collection of this well-known plant in assorted colors. 



THREE SWEET SCENTED JESSAMINE 



MAID OF ORLEANS 



A magnificent new variety, with large, double flowers ; blooms profusely all Summer ; 

 large, double, waxy-wliite flowers of great substance, produced freely throughout tlie 

 Summer. We know of no pot plant more desirable than this: the fragrance of the 

 flower is delicious, sweet and elegant. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts ; 9 for $1. 



GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY 



A magnificent ever-blooming plant with large, 

 double, waxy, creamy-wliite flowers, with the 

 most delicious fragrauce of any flower we know : 

 sweeter than a Tubcro^'e; looks like a large, doulile 

 ■vvliite Rose. Blooms throuahout the season. A 

 superb pot plant; of dwarf, sturdy habit of growth , 

 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. ; 9 for $1 . 





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CONFEDERATE JESSAMINE 



(Rhyncospernum Jasminoides) 



A beautiful pot plant with glossy, evergreen 



foliage, producing masses of pure wliite Jessamine like flowers; of most exquisite 

 fragrance; climbing habit; exceedingly fine for trellis and window garden. 15 cts. 

 each ; 4 for 50 cts. ; 9 for $1. 



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THE WATER 

 HYACINTH 



A curious plant of 

 great beauty. Has 

 smooth, round green 

 leaves, to which are at- 

 tached a puft'ed. blad- 

 der-like stalk, by which 

 means the plant is enabled to float on the surface of the 

 water until the roots secure themselves firmly in the soil 

 below. The flowers come in beautiful long spikes and each 

 flower is the size of a silver dollar ; color a lovely shade 

 of lilac-rose tinted azure tolne, with the center rich, 

 golden yellow. Beautiful. Plant in tubs or bowls and give 

 plencv of sun. Strong plants, 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. ; 

 9 for'$i. 



THE PITCHER PLANT— Saracen ia Purpurea 



The wonderful Pitcher Plant, the leaves of which \sill hold 

 a good-sized teacupful of water. A never ending source of 

 amusement and pleasure. The pitchers or leaves have a weli- 

 detined and handsome spout and are from eight to twelve 

 inches loug ; color deep red and green variegated and 

 veined. The flowers are large, color deep purple. Does 

 well in pots or in open ground. Likes shade and plenty of 

 moisture. Evergreen and hardy. 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts.; 

 7 for $1 



i^ SPECIAL OFFER -®fl 



I e^ch Pitcher Plant, Water Hyacinth, Watei 

 Lily, 50 cts., postpaid. 



WATER LILY— Nymphaea Odorata 



The well-known Water Lily, famous for the fragrance of its 

 beautiful white flowers, which attain a size of five or six 

 inches across. A free bloomer ; a strong, sure grower of the 

 easiest cultivation. A tub or half-barrel may be utilized to 

 grow it in if you do not have a pond or pool of water. Plant 

 the roots in muck or loam, covering the latter with about two 

 inches of sand or fine gravel to hold them in position. The 

 roots should be barely covered. Give plenty of sunshine. 

 Strong roots, 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts. ; jforSi. 



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