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MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS. 



ni5ceiianeous_PLANTS and VINES* 



ON pages 80 to 98 inclusive are 

 offered the very choicest plants 

 and vines in cultivation. Many of 

 them are new and rare, while others 

 are tried and true favorites. We 

 offer none but those that will thrive 

 with ordinary cultivation and give 

 satisfaction to all who plant them. 



NEW POT 



Hydrangea Mariesi. 



Now offered by 

 THE DINGEE & CONARD CO. 



for the first time. 

 The most effective of all pot Hy- 

 drangeas. Awarded a certificate of 

 merit by the Royal Botanic Society 

 of England, one of the highest hon- 

 ors that could be given it. The dis- 

 tinct feature of this variety is the 

 immense size of the flowers, which 

 are considerably larger than Otnksa 

 —indeed they are nearly three times 

 as large. We have a photograph of 

 this great new variety, a plant cov- 

 ered with a solid mass of large, 

 showy heads of bloom, creating an 

 effect that cannot be had either with 

 Easter Lilies or Azaleas. The flow- 

 ers are also distinct in color, being 

 a lovely shade of light pink tinted 

 with mauve. When gi-own in pots 

 or tubs the plants can be set out in 

 the open ground dtiring the Sum- 

 mer and brought indoors when se- 

 vere freezing weather arrives. 

 Strong plants, 50 cts. each, postpaid. 





NEW POT HYDRANGEA MARrESI. 



STRAWBERRY GUAVA, 



A new pot plant of great value that bids fair to become as popular as 

 Otaheite Orange. The Guava has thick, shining, evergreen. Camellia-like 

 foliage with pure white flowers of an agreeable odor. The fruit is large, 

 about the size of an English walnut and of beautiful claret color; the flavor 

 is most delicious, sweet and aromatic, resembling that of the strawberry. 

 Used as a dessert fruit, also for preserving; makes jelly of delicious qual- 

 ity, which brings an enormous price. Blooms and fruits continuously; 

 once established is ever producing buds, flowers or fruit in some stage 

 every day in the year. A plant eighteen months old has borne over 500 

 fruits, and a plant which could be covered with a box four feet wide and 

 two and one-hall' feet deep had 1005 fruits, blooms and buds at onetime. 

 Quite hardy. A 

 magnificent plant 

 for pot or box. 

 15 cts. each; 2 

 for 25 cts. ; 9 for 

 $1. Strong four- 

 year-old plants, 

 by Express, 75 

 cts. each. 



THE GENUINE SMYRNA FIG. 



For many years we have had this plant in our collection, it 

 haying been imported from the Far East. We offer it now, in 

 limited quantities, strong plants that are ready to go right 

 ahead and make strong bearing trees. As a pot or tub plant it is 

 extremely valuable, either indoors or outside. It will Winter 

 safely in an ordinary cellar, or it can be allowed to harden off 

 with a few frosts in the early Fall and then brought indoors for 

 growing during the Winter. It will produce three crops in a 

 season. The fruit is delicious beyond description, being large 

 and sweet and almost seedless; especially delicious when eaten 

 fresh from the tree. This is one of the rare plants that you 

 should not miss getting. Orders filled in rotation as received. 



Strong plants, 60 cts. each, postpaid; larger plants, by Express 

 only, $1 each. 



Buffalo, N. Y. 

 The DrvoEE & Conard Co., West Grove, Pa. 



Gentlemen : — Helen Gould Rose is certainly a wonder, so 

 were the large Maman Cochet Roses gotten of you. My 

 Roses did very well this Summer. 



Verv trulv, Mrs. A. H. Dickinson 



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