PLANT DEPARTMENT. 



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Type of Verbenas. 



VERBENAS. 



With perhaps the exception of the Geranium, the Ver- 

 bena is the most useful and popular of our bedding plants. 

 Our collection has been selected from a bed of over 5,000 

 seedlings, and cannot be excelled either in point of color, 

 size of flower, or freedom of jjrowth. 

 Blue Bird. Blue, clear white eye. 

 Bijou. Dark scarlet, large white eye. 

 Candidissima. The finest white bedder. 

 Clio. Rosy purple. 



Eva. White, flaked with crimson and scarlet. 

 Incognito. Crimson, with white eye; fine. 

 Inimitable. Dazzling scarlet, fine white eye. 

 Intensity. Intense scarlet, dark eye. 

 Mrs. Woodruff. Very fine scarlet. 

 Magnus. White, striped lilue and purple. 

 Oracle. White, flaked with scarlet; beautiful. 

 Purple King. Rich deep purplish blue. 



10 cts. each ; SI .00 per doz. ; $6.00 per 100. 



VINCA. 



This old and popular plant sliould be in every garden. 

 Of compact, busliy growth, blooming from .June till frost. 

 A desirable plant for massing or pot culture. 

 Alba. Pure white. 

 Alba Ocuiata* White, crimson eye. 

 Rosea. Rose, dark eye. 



15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. ; $8.00 per 100. 



VIOLET. 



One of the leading florists' flowers for bouquets. All 

 the varieties should have a slight protection of leaves dur- 

 ing the winter. A better plan to insure early spring flow- 

 ering is to plant in cold frames in the fall. They thrive 

 best during the summer in a shady situation, in a rich, 

 deep soil. 

 Belle de Chatenay. Double white, border of petals 



lilac. 

 Marguerite de Savoy. A very large deep blue dou- 

 ble flower, fragrant. This variety is the best violet 

 sent out for years. 



Marie Louise. Deep violet blue ; very fragrant and 



free flowering. It should be grown by all, on account 



of its easy forcing qualities. 

 Queen Victoria. A large single flowering sort, deep 



blue, very fragrant and free; a good forcing variety. 

 Schoenbrun. Single, deep blue ; very fragrant. 

 Swanley White. A sport from the popular and well 



known Marie Louise, similar in habit and freedom of 



flowering, but of a pure white color. 

 White Czar. Single white flowers, sweetly scented, 



strong and free. 



15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



Swanley White Violet, 



Omega, Mad. Pa., La. 



- "Verbenas and Geraniums to hand, for which I thank you, especially for the extra ones." 



Mrs. Kate S. Gilfoil. 



