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GIANT PERSIAN CYCL.AMEN.— The new giant-flowered Persian Cycla- 

 mens are considered hj experienced florists the most beautiful and decorative 

 of all pot plants when in bloom. The foliage is broad, massive and graceful, 

 of a dark olive green, beautifully variegated with silver and rose colors. The 

 immense, fairy-like flowers are carried on long stems and produced in bound- 

 less profusion for several successive months, and are delightfully perfumed. 

 We offer large plants grown from the best imported bulbs. 20 cts. each ; 3 for 

 50 cts. ; 7 for $1. Fine young plants, 15 cts. each ; 7 for 50 cts.; 9 for $1. 



RARE CRINUOIS.— Superb in their royal beauty ; conceded to be one of 

 the most magnificent decorative plants in existence. Grand in pots or in the 

 garden. Sure to grow and bloom. 



Ornatum.— The rarest of Crinums ; 

 usually sold at $1 -pev pound. Grows 

 one-and-a-half to five feet high, bear- 

 ing a crown of twelve to twenty 

 large, Lily-like blooms; color white, 

 with deep pink stripe down the cen- 

 tre of each petal. Exquisitely scent- 

 ed. Foliage evergreen and as hand- 

 some as a Palm. Grows larger and 

 better each successive year. We offer 

 four sizes, sure to grow and bloom. 

 We give an idea of the circumference: 

 8 to 9 inches, 25c. each ; 3 for 60c.; 

 5 for SI, postpaid. 



11 to 12 inches, 35c. each ; 3 for %l, 

 postpaid. 

 THE CHINESE SACRED J.TLY 



14 to 15 inches (enormous), 50 cts. 

 each ; 3 for $1.25, postpaid. 



Monster hulhs, weigldng over k pounds 

 each, 65 cts. each, podpaid. 

 Kirkii.— Magnificent large flowers of 

 great beauty and fragrance ; broad 

 petals, pure white with stripe of deep 

 reddish purple in the centre. First 

 size, 25 cts. each ; 5 for 81. Large 

 bulbs, weighing nearly a pound, 50c. 

 each, postpaid. 

 Americanuin. — Large spikes of love- 

 ly Lily-like flowers ; very fragrant. 

 30 cts. each ; 4 for U. 

 Set of three, large bulbs, postpaid, for $1; 

 by Express, 75 cts. 

 One of the most satisfactory Lilies. 



Millions of them are imported each year from Chhia, where they are held in 

 reverence by the natives. Blooms in water and gravel within twenty to thirty 

 days after planting. Place two or three bulbs in a vessel of sufiicient size, then 

 fill with coarse gravel or sand and cover with water. Produces masses of deli- 

 cately scented flowers. 15 cts. each ; 2 for 25 cts.; 4 for 50 cts.; 9 for $1. 



GliOXINIAS.— Popular everywhere. Quick, vigorous and healthy in 

 growth, with large, handsome, velvety green foliage, surmounted with clusters 

 of lovely, trumpet-shaped flowers, which combine gorgeous blending of colors 

 of exquisite beauty seen in no other flower. Splendid in open ground and for 

 pot culture. Special colors, 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts.; 7 for $l. 

 Scarlet.— Brilliant flowers of brightest Blue.— Large flowers of deepest blue ; 



scarlet; superb. ,-^*^^^^°I* , . ^ -, ^■ 



_,,.. nr -^ ^ 1,-^ n Mixed Colors.— A famous selection, 



White.— Magnificent white flowers ; embracing a wide range of colors. 



chaste and lovely. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. ; 10 for SI. 



Set of U Gloxinias for 60 cts. 



THE QUEEN L,IL,Y.— One of the greatest novelties of this book. A superb 

 Amaryllis, producing in wonderful profusion large, flaming, orange-scarlet 

 flowers, with centre of purest white. Magnificent ; bulbs large, sure to bloom. 

 Recently sold at 50 cts. each. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts.; 9 for SI. 



NEW SCARLET MEXICAN I.II.T.— Grows in water and pebbles like a 

 Hyacinth or Chinese Sacred Lily, but blooms quicker than either. Produces 

 immense numbers of magnificent, large, velvety, deep dark scarlet flowers, rich 

 beyond description. No flower is more brilliant than this. M. F. Dwyer, Dor- 

 chester, Mass., writes that he had it with flowers eight and a half inches across, 

 and that it was superb in size and form and magnificent in color. Be sure to 

 try a few bulbs. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. ; 9 for SI. 



ZEPHYRANTHES.— Beautiful Lily-like plants of rare beauty; splendid in 

 the garden or in pots. Should be planted by every one. Bloom very pretty 



Candida. — Fine white flowers. 3 for 

 10 cts.; 10 for 25 cts, ; 25 for 50 cts. 



Rosea.— Blooms all the time. Large 

 rose-colored flowers. Superb. 3 for 

 10 cts. ; 10 for 25 cts. ; 25 for 50 cts. 



"White,— At first pale pink, changing 

 to pure white. 3 for 10 cts.; 10 for 

 25 cts.; 25 for 50 cts. 



Sulphtirea.— Magnificent large flow- 

 ers ; color clear brilliant sulphur 

 yellow. A new color among these 

 flowers. Sold recently at 50 cts. each. 

 10 cts. each ; 3 for 25 cts. ; 7 for 50 cts.; 

 15 for SI. 

 Set of U Zephyranthes for 15 cts.; 

 U sets for 55 cts. 



PANCRATIUM CARIBB^U]>I {The Giant Spider Lily).— Grows over two 

 feet hi-gh ; large umbels of pure white blooms of extraordinary form. Always 

 excites astonishment. 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts. ; 7 for SI. 



THE CINNAMON VINE.— Grows wonderfully rapid. Entirely hardy; 

 splendid outdoors. Large, heart-shaped, glossy green foliage. The delicate 

 Avhite flowers are deliciously sweet, having a delightful cinnamon odor. Blooms 

 continuously, 3 for 10 cts.; 10 for 25 cts. 



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