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Hibiscus Sinesis. 



Hibiscus Sinensis. This plant rivals 

 the geranium in popularity. A very good 

 way to make them bloom freely and 

 facilitate the lifting in fall is to trans- 

 plant each plant into a pot two or three 

 sizes larger than the one it has grown in, 

 then plunge the pot altogether into the 

 ground, the soil to cover over the surface 

 two inches. Then in the fall the plant 

 can be lifted without injury, and being 

 transplanted again, and kept in a shady, 

 cool place until fully recovered, it will, in 

 a warm sunny window, in a warm room, 

 bloom constantly. We can supply them 

 in either colors of crimson, red, yellow 

 and salmon. Price, 10c. each; large 

 plants, 15, 25, 50 and 75 cents each. 



Water Hyacinths — Easily grown; floats 

 on water by means of curious inflated 

 leaves; a mass of feathery blue roots 

 growing downward into the water. 



The flowers are as large as a silver dol- 

 lar, and are borne on spikes 6 to 8 inches 

 long resembling hyacinths, and are as 

 handsome as an orchid; of a beautiful 

 sparkling, rosy-lilac color. Prices, single 

 plant by mail, 20c.; by express, 4 for 50c.; 

 9 for $1.00, or $1.25 per dozen; $5.00 per 

 100. 



Water Hyacinth. 



JASMINS. 



Jasminum Grandiflorum — This is an old 

 favorite and the most satisfactory for 

 general culture of all the Jasmines. It 

 flowers nearly the whole season and is 

 especially valuable as a house plant in 

 winter; flowers star-shaped, pure white 

 and very fragrant; 20 and 50 cents each. 



Maid of Orleans. Large double waxy- 

 white flowers of great substance, pro- 

 duced freely throughout the summer. We 

 know of nc pot plant more desirable 

 than this, the fragrance of the flower is 

 delicious, sweet and elegant. Prices, 15, 

 25, 50 and 75 cents each. 



Grand , Duke of Tuscany. — A magnifi- 

 cent ever blooming plant with large 

 double, waxy, creamy white flowers, with 

 the most delicious fragrance of any 

 flower we know, sweeter than a Tube- 

 rose; looks like a large, double, white 

 Rose. Blooms throughout the season. A 

 superb pot plant of dwarf, sturdy habit 

 of growth. Price, 15, 25, 50 and 75 cents 

 each. 



Bardenla Florida. (Cape Jessamine) — 

 Nothing finer for conservatory or open 

 ground wherever hardy. Its double pure 

 white flowers are delightfully fragrant, 

 while its deep green glossy foliage adds 

 materially to its beauty; 25, 50 and 75 

 cents each. 



Sambac. ("Arabian Jasmine.) — Flowers 

 white; very profuse bloomer; 15 and 25 



Stowell's Evergreen a Standard Sugar Corn. 



