DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



lOT 



Oxa'is 

 rom South America; ten 



Nymphaea. 



cence. Half-hardv perennial 



feet hi.yh Start in heat. 



Gynenum, argenteum lo 



PANSY. 

 These lovely floorers are favorites with all, not only 

 for the brilliancy and variety of their colors, but for the 

 durability of their bloom Seed may be sown m open 

 ground m spring oi summer, or m hot- bed early in 

 sprinjr. Young plants produce the largest and best flow- 

 ers. Th-- plants should always occupy a cool, partially 

 shaded situation, and the ground cannot be too rich ; 

 coolness and moisture are necessary. Transplant when 

 an inch high. Seed sown in July will blossom late in 

 autumn . if sown m Octf>ber. will bloom the following 

 spring. Hardy biennial . four inches high 



The /oiloTving -uarteties 'Me have imported J'rofit the 

 best English German and French Jlorists, and can 

 recommend them "with confidence. They are sa^ed 

 /rom the choicest and finest fiowers. and coviprise 

 all shades of color ^ fro7n pure white to King of the 

 Blacks 



Pansy, Baron de Rothschild, very striking 15 



" copper colored. ...15 



" Emperor William, indigo, dark center. 15 



" King- of the Blacks, coal black. . . , 15 



" l^rge stained, large, and extra fine . 15 



'• O-ier carh petal blotched . . 15 



*' pure yellow. 15 



** variegat d and striped, fine i^ 



*' white, p 



Chamaerops. Humiiis. 



Pansy, bronze, auricula flowered 15 



" purple, white edged. 15 



'* sky blue 15 



"' fawn colored 15 



'■ gold margined. .15 



marbled 13 



" mahogany colored 15 



*' Beauty of St. Osyth, very black 15 



•• violet, v/hite edged 15 



purple and yellow 15 



'' Imperalis, the new, five blotched, prize pafisy, 

 of greatest perfection in size, form and variety 



of color , .25 



'■ Prince Bismarck, new . golden bronze, mar- ^ 



bled ; remarkably beautiful .50 



extra ::hoice mixed, from choicest oamed 



flov/ers 15 



" fine mixed, good quality 10 



S.^E Colored Pl.'vte in this Catalogue. 



PASSION FLOWER. 



A most interesting and well known order of climbers, 

 bearing singularly beautiful flowers. They are the pride 

 of South America and West Indies, where the woods are 

 filled with the species, which climb about from tree to 

 tree, bearing flowers of striking beauty. We have se- 

 lected two varieties which seem best adapted to our cli- 

 mate, being more hardy than many other sorts. 

 Passifiora, caerulea, hardy, deciduous climber, with 



blue and white flowers of remarkable beauty. 



It is hardy enough to withstand our wmters, if 



Passion Fiower 



Pampas Grass 



