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A. Claveau— Very dwarf, and of bnshy, 

 spreading habit; covered with flowers of 

 silvery rose, with canter of soft yellow; a 

 beautiful contrast. 



Amiel — Semi-dwarf, very compact, very 

 free in blooming; ombel and floret of fine 

 size; color, reddish orange with yellow cen- 

 ter. 



Aurora — Light and dark shades of pink. 



FrancinE — Quite dwarf; flowers large, 

 ros} lilac. 



Harkett's Perfection— Golden, varie- 

 gated foliage; color, yellow and pink. 



Seraphine — Dwarf, red and yellow. 



DeucaTissima— The trailing or creeping 

 variety, with slender stems, fine leaves and 

 dainty flowers of pink or lavender; beauti- 

 ful for edging, for baskets and boxes, ioc, 

 each $1.00 per dozen. 



ARIGOLD. 



Old garden favorite of easy culture, with 

 rich and various colored beautiful double 

 flowers and fine foliage; very effective for 

 groups and masses. Hardy annuals. 5c. 

 each, and 50c. per dozen. 



MYOSOTIS. 



Forget Me Not. Alpestris. 



Blue, the standard variety, fine plants, 

 ioc each, $1.00 per dozen. 



OLEANDERS. , 



Nothing nicer for porch or lawn decora- 

 tion.' Give good rich soil and plenty of 

 moisture during growing season. May be 

 wintered over in any cellar where it does not 

 freeze. White, pink, rose, 25c to $1.00 each. 



PARIS DAISIES. 



French Marguerites. 



A beautiful plant of easy culture and one 

 that generally gives best satisfaction, flower 

 white with yellow center, \ l / z to 2 inches in 

 diameter. Price, ioc. each; $1.00 per dozen. 



NEW PHLOX. 



Perennial. 



Few plants give greater satisfaction to the 

 amateur than the phlox. The ease with 

 which they are cultivated, their entire hardi- 

 ness, their extended season of blooming, 

 and the varied and beautiful colors of the 

 flowers, make them very desirable. They 

 succeed well in any good, rich soil, not over 

 dry. Our collection embraces every color 

 from purest white to darkest crimson. 



The Pearl — Extra fine, pure white. 25c. 



Althis — Light salmon rose. 25c. 



AmoriTE — White overlaid with lilac. 

 Rosv crimson center. 25c 



Beranger — White flushed salmon rose, 

 center deep rose. 25c 

 • Charlotte Saisson — White suffused with 

 pink, deepening toward the center. 20c. 



PLUTO n— Deep crimson, very attractive* 

 Price, 25c. each. 



Sticklers blue perennial phlox, ioc. each; 

 75c. per dozen. 



Plants of annual phlox in all colors, 50c. 

 per dozen. 



Pinks Japan and Chinese, 50c. per dozen. 



Pansy plants, 25. 35 and 50 cents per doz. 



Petunia plants, 50c per doz. 



Pyrethrum, golden feather, 50c. per doz. 



Pinks, Marguerite seedlings, 50 and 75c 

 per doz. 



PENSTEMON. 



Azurea. 



One of the most attractive herbaceous 

 plants beginning to bloom when quite small 

 and continue until cut down by frost, more 

 beautiful in texture than violets; blooms in 

 clusters resembling the larkspur and is re- 

 markable for its long keeping quali- 

 ties when cut. Grows 2 feet high, adapt- 

 able to our warm climate. Price, nice 

 young plants, 15c. each. 



PILEA. 



ArBOREA— (Artillery plant.) A pretty 

 little plant of drooping habit, resembling 

 the fern, it is a fine basket plant. Price, 

 20C. each. 



PLUMBAGO. 



Capensis— A plant worthy of more gen- 

 eral cultivation; producing large trusses of 

 delicate azure blue flowers. Excellent for 

 bedding out in summer or growing in pots 

 for single specimen plants. 15 and 25 cents 

 each. 



Capensis Alba— Equally as desirable as 

 Plumbago Cap'ensis and identical in every 

 respect but color, which in this variety is 

 beautiful creamy white. 15 and 25 cents 

 each. 



PRIMULA 



CHINESE PRIMROSE. 



Splendid winter blooming plants, doing 

 well in cool rooms. Colors include white, 

 rose, blue, crimson and other shades; flow- 

 ers variously cut and fringed. Price, 15, 25 

 and 35 cents. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA. 



'A lovely perpetual blooming primrose and 

 admirably adapted to growing in a cool 

 greenhouse. The flowers are not large, but 

 are profusely bcrne in loose trusses and are 

 of a delicate rosy lilac, shading to white, 



