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I/antanas — A good collection, including 

 Tellow. pink, orange and wr.ite. loc. each; 

 $: per dozen. 



I^antatias ( Weeping/ — Very rapid grow- 

 er and very showy, being covered with lav- 

 ender blooms the year round. 15c. each, 

 $:.5o dozen. 



Myenia Ki"ecta^A shrubby growing 

 plant of dark green leaves, and has a fine 

 blue flower with a long throat. 10 and 20c. 



Oleanders — Nothing nicer for porch or 

 lawn decoration. Give good rich soil and 

 u'entv of moisture during growing season. 

 2>Iay be win ered over in any cellar where 

 :: does not freeze. White, pink, rose. 15c., 

 25c.. 50c. and Ir.oo each. 



Paris Daisies — French IMargueriiei;. — 

 A beautiful plant of easy culture and one 

 tiiat generally gives best satisfaction, flowers 

 v/hite and yellow, ij^ to 2 inches in diame- 

 :er. Price. loc. each; Si. 00 per dozen. 



Phlox — Pereymial. A collection enl- 

 acing every color from purest white to 

 '/M-kest crimson. 15 cents each. 



Steckler'sblue perennial phlox, loc. each; 

 75c. per dozen. Used very largely for bor- 

 aer plants. 



Phrynium Variegatum -An elegant 

 pot plant. The leaves are bright, pale 

 green, beautifully variegated with white 

 '-.::d gold, the variegations being exiremely 

 i-.versified. In some leaves the whole area 

 5 white, in others only one-half, in others 

 again it is confined to the interspaces be- 

 tween two or three of the nerves, while in 

 olhers It is reduced to a few stripes. 25 and 

 53 cents each. 



Pilea—ARBOREA—( Artillery Plant.) A 

 .retty little plsnt of drooping habit, resem- 

 :Iing the fern, it is a line basket plant. 

 Price, 20c. each. Large plants. 50 cents. 



Plumbago— Capensis— A plant worthy 

 0* more general cultivation; producing large 

 trusses of delicate azure flowers. Excellent 

 for bedding out in summer or growing 

 m pots for single specimen plants. 15. 25 

 and 50 cents each. 



Capensis Alba — Equally as desirable as 

 Plumbago Capensis and identical in every 

 respect but color, which in this variety is 

 beautiful creamy white. 15, 25 and 50c. each. 



Plumbago -^ Sanguinia (New)— This 

 Plumbago is very distinct from the other 

 two, having large leaves, making a dwarf, 

 bushy plant, and the trusses of bloom are 

 larger, often measuring 10 inches in length. 

 15, 25 and 50 cents each. 



Primula— Chinese Primrose. Splen- 

 did winter blooming plants, doing well in 

 •cool rooms. Colors include white, rose, 

 blue, crimson and other shades; flowers 

 variously cut and fringed. Price, 25 and 

 50 cents. 



Primula Obconica— A lovely perpetual 

 blooming primrose and admirably adapted 

 to growing in a cool greenhouse. The 



flowers are not large, but are profusely 

 borne in loose trusses and are of a delicate 

 rosy lilac, shading to white, and possess the 

 true primrose fragrance. It is '\\\ bloom 

 fully nine months of the- year and some 

 plants have kept up a succession of bloom 

 during the entire season. 25 cents each. 



Pentas Carnia (,New)— Short growing 

 plant of fine quality. Flowers of waxy pink 

 blooming in clusters. 20 to 40 c?nts each. 



Pentas Alba--Same as above, the dif- 

 ference being in the flower, which is a pure 

 white. 20 to 40 cents each. 



Petunias (Double) — In all colors. 15 

 and 25 cents each. 



Poinsettias— Double Flowering. The 

 brajts of this new kind are gathered into 

 clusters, which fill up the center. It is 

 strikingly gorgeous of a most brilliant and 

 vivid scarlet color. 25 to 50 cents each. 



I'oinsettias. 



PULCHERRIMA — A tropical plant of gor- 

 geous beauty, the bracts of leaves that sur- 

 round the flower being in well known spec- 

 imens one foot in diameter and of the most 

 dazzling scarlet. 25c., 50c. and $1 each. 



Rhododendron — The most showy and 

 magnificent hardy evergreen shrub that 

 grows. Will thrive on any good soil in the 

 blaze of the sun. Prefers well prepared soil 

 of leaf-mold, muck and peat mixed, and 

 partial shade. Grand foliage: in June the 

 plants are a magnificent arra}- of gorgeous 

 flowers in clusters, beautiful beyond de- 

 scription. During the winter protect with 

 leaves and brush. We offer strong, bushy, 

 imported plants, well set with flower buds. 

 sure to bloom this year, including the finest 

 collection of named varieties. Strong plants 

 j^i.50, $2.00, $3.00 and I4.00. 



Rudbeckia— 6~'o/(/e'// Clow — Grows 8 

 feet high, branching freely and bearing by 

 the hundreds, on long, graceful stems, ex- 

 quisite double flowers of the brightest gold- 

 en color and as large as a Cactus Dahlia. 

 As cut floj\'ers the blooms last well. Per- 



We Carry a Selected Stock of all Garden Implements. 



