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CHINESE AZALEAS. 



No plant has increased in popularity 



during recent years with such amazing 



rapidity. At Easter they are seen in 



every church and in the windows of our 



finest residences throughout the country 



We offer the best sorts extant, white, 



rose, carmine and variegated. 



Fine plants, 14 to 16 inches across, SI. 25 each, 



2.00 per doz.; 12 to 14 inches, $1.00 each, $9.00 



per doz.; 10 to 12 inches, 60c. each, $6.00 per doz. 



HARDY AZALEAS. 



Azalea Mollis. Fine plants, full of buds. 

 Azalea, Hardy Ghent. Fine plants, full of buds. 

 Hardy Double Azaleas. Strong plants, full of buds. 

 Price 75c. each; $7.50 per doz. Can supply 8 

 sorts of each class $5.00 per set of eight, or 24 

 plants for $12.00. 



elJaMi ABUT1LONS. 



Ambigu. Very light fawn, with veins of light rose. 



Dalou. Deep crimson-maroon; large bells. 



Eureka. Soft French white, overlaid with rosy- 

 pink. Very profuse bloomer and very pretty. 



Explorateur Foreau. A unique shade of glossy 

 rosy-pink, deep rose and rich carmine-rose in 

 the throat. A pretty and useful variety. 



Fleur d'Ete. Delicate rosy-blush, light claret veins. 



Fra Diavolo. Intense carmine, toned with violet. 



Gen. Gallieni. Rosy-red, carmine shadings. 



Grenadier. Rich orange-scarlet; yellow in center. 



Gulliver. A unique shade of soft purplish-carmine. 



Menelik. Deep purplish-crimson, with red shad- 

 ings. The best of the dark colored sorts. 



Mercie. A brilliant shade of glossy rosy-carmine. 



Sanglant. Dark crimson, with vivid red shadings. 

 Price, 10c. each, set of 12 new sorts for $1.00. 



TALL ABUTILONS. 



Eclipse. Golden spotted leaves, semi-drooping. 

 Golden Bells. Deep, rich yellow, very free. 

 Megapotamicum, var. Leaves spotted yellow. 

 Savitzii. Variegated foliage, very ornamental. 

 Souvenir de Bonn. Beautifully variegated leaves. 

 Thompsonii. Orange flowers, variegated foliage. 

 Thompsonii plena. Spotted leaves, double flowers. 

 Price, 10c. each, $1.00 doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA, Norfolk Island Pine. 



Sometimes called the " Christmas 

 Tree Palm," and " Star Palm." It 

 has deep green, feathery foliage ar- 

 ranged in whorls, rising one above the 

 other at regular distances. There is 

 no ornamental foliage plant 

 which equals this is sym- 

 metry. It is interesting bo- 

 tanically as one of the oldest 

 of the pine tree family. In 

 a large pot it is a fine lawn 

 ornament in summer. It is 

 easily grown in the house 

 and is highly ornamental. 



Price, 24 to 28 in. high, 

 5 tiers, $1.25 each; 15 to 18 

 in. high, 4 tiers, $1.00 each. 



Al New h "Jewell." 



Alternanthera, v 



Very brilliantly colored, 

 Shades of orange-red, cerise 

 and red bronze; the most 

 ornamental of the species. 

 Growth medium between 

 Paronychoides major and 

 versicolor. Fine for every 

 purpose. Price, 15c. each, 

 $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 

 100. 



