NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE FOR 1904 



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OUR PALM SET 



w^r\r% AMC r\r\l I A O We will send, postpaid, to any address, one each of ^he twelve superb 

 ^OR ONh DOLLAR plants illustrated on preceding page This .8 the grandest and best 

 1 V/IX VMU u^^k^k^i *.v ^ er made The plantg |nc , uded in this collection are strong 



ous ani will give immediate and satisfactory results. The best offer ever made for the money. 

 ' i^PLEASE ORDER AS "PALM SET." 



and vigor- 



BOSTON FERN 



The best and most popular decorative plant now known. 

 Forms an immense number of graceful, drooping fronds, 

 varying in length from 2 to 5 feet which arch over like 

 plumes in every direction. Magnificent 15 cts. each ; 4 for 

 50 cts.: strong, handsome 4-inch pot plants, 40 cts. each, 

 postpaid ; large plants from 6-inch pots SI each, by Express. 



See page 75. ' 



LATANIA BORBONICA 



Immensely popular; no better palm than this Easily 

 grown, stands neglect well, and quickly attains a large size. 

 The leaves pre large, deeply divided and fan shaped. Strong 

 plant- 15 cts. each ; 4 for"50 cts. ; 9 for SI : larger plants, 

 from 6 inch pots, 15 to 13 inches high, Si each, by Express. 



GREVILLEA PORUSTA. The Australian Silk Tree 



A magnificent nlant for decorative purposes : quicker grow- 

 ing than a palm "and equally effective ; of easy growth; fineiy 

 cut foliage, rivaling a rare Fern : attains magnificent pro- 

 portions. The leaves are very fine for designs and do not 

 wiit. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. 



CAREX JAPOMCA 



\ remarkable new plant with fine, spray-like foliage 

 drooping gracefully from the center. The leaf-blades are 

 beautifully edged with a golden band. One of the grandest 

 new plant's: quickly makes large and attractive specimens, 



15 cts. each ; 4 for 5D cts. 



EMERALD FEATHER Asparagus Sprengeri 



This most magnificent decorative plant has fairly bounded 

 into popularity. For planting in pots, vases or hanging 

 baskets it is positively un equaled. As a hanging basket plant 

 it is unbeatable: it droops most naturally, sending out 

 numerous feathery fronds which in a very short time make 

 a growth of 4 to 8 feet, forming an exquisitely handsome ana 

 striking picture. With its bright emerald-green foliage it 

 presents a sight not soon forgotten. It resists all diseases that 

 attend house plants, and will withstand a dry atmosphere as 

 no other plant will. It produces small, white flowers which 

 are succeeded by red berries. A well established plant is 

 literally a mass of emerald green. Do not miss this treasure. 

 Strong voung plants. 15 cts. each : 4 for 50 cts ; 9 for SI. 

 Stronger plants, from 3-inch pots. 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts., 

 7 for SI? postpaid. 



RUSSELLIA LEMOINII 



A new and rare plant, particularly desirable for hanging 

 baskets, pots or vases. Profuse bloomer the entire year. 

 Easily grown and sure to bloom. It has the drooping habit, 

 with small, wiry branches, and small leaves completely hid- 

 den bv hundreds of vivid scarlet tubular flowers. Exceed- 

 ingly floriferous, small pot plants showing more flowers than 

 leaves. Strong p:ants, 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. 



Ha- a most graceful 

 15 < t>. each ; 4 for 50 



OTAHEITE ORANGE 



So well known that a description is hardly necea»ry. A 

 dwarf reproduction of the genuine fruit-bearing orang 

 the flowers being identical. It flowers and fruits in pots and 

 blooms continuously. The fragrance of the flowers is delic- 

 i )us and with one"or two plants one ran have a generous 

 supply of hi"hlv p lized a;d much coveted oral 

 Fruits immediately after flowering ; the fruit measures about 

 three inches in diameter and is quite edible. A writer in 

 SUCCESS WITH FLOWKR5 states that on a single 

 plant, twenty inch s high. 164 buds were c ranted, strong 

 young plants", 15 cts. each : 4 for 50 cts : 9 for Si . 



NEW WEEPING LANTANA 



Oneof the most beautiful plants ever introduced for baskets, 

 vases pots or for culture outdoors. Produces its clear lilac- 

 pink flowers in clusters by the hundreds from et 

 until severe frosts. Deliciously fragrant. 

 drooping habit of growth. Superb 



cts, 



WEEPING PALM Wash i ngton i a Filifera 



Conceded to be one of the best Palms for amateur culture. 

 Stands ill treatment with impunity and thrives where other 

 Palms die. Is exceedingly ornamental, wiin elegant fan- 

 shaped leaves of rici. dark, leathery green, from which hang 

 long, thread-like filament-: a compact grower, needs no pet- 

 ting or coaxing to succeed. 15 ctv each : 4 for oO cts. . a 

 for SI. 4-inch pot plants. 3j cts. each, postpaid. 



DRAC/ENA INDIVISA 



Of graceful habit, au exceedingly rapid grower and is not 



affected bv sunshine, storm or drought. Form- a Palm-like 

 tree, and does equally well indoors or in the open ground, 

 quickly attaining immense proportions. Strong plan I i 

 cts- each ; 4 for 50 cts. ; 9 for Si. 



OXALIS ORTGIESI 

 Few plants will give better satisfaction than this, as it is a 



profuse bloomer in every sense of the word. T, nder culture in 

 good soil it will bloom everv day in the year. It is a shrubby 

 plant like a Geranium or Fuchsia, in which respect it differs 

 from other Oxalis. From 10 to 15 inches in height. Grows 

 eastty and blooms profusely, until it is one enormous cluster 

 of large, golden, star-shaped fl .wers. which do not close at 

 night Strong plants, 15 cts. each : 2 for 83 cts. : 9 for Si. 



GIANT WHITE SCENTED SNAPDRAGON 



A choice plant for pot culture. A perpetuJ bloomer com- 

 sending up flower spikes by the dozen ; 

 height; 

 Color pure. wl.... 

 fragrance. 15 cts. each ; 4 for oO cts. , 9 . «l . 



met in habit, sending up flower spikes by the dozi 

 Eit in height ; almost as large and a^ beaut i Jul as a Gladiolus. 



3 throat, and of love.y 



For One Dollar »-e will send postpaid, to any address, the twelve 



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ashes This keeps the worms out of the pots and keeps the roots nice ^'V} f^'j ! nr fme " to W:llcr . # ate r and shower 

 and should never be allowed to brcome dry .Evening or e y ,n jormng i| the best time tow ^ ^ _ 



thoroughly, a- one good watering is wo;th half a dozen if only halt don e. ^1 1 1 { - » T , , t als0 bo mn ii-tnd with 



last in an 8-inch pot. Make the soil a little richer each time the ■plant* "e rep tti . i - r Q lant As 



manure, which answers the double PW^^SSTliSfe SSr^w^^^BiS I " d * lly 



soon as the buds lorm in the Fall it is better to add a little] ^ u ^ w ™ i__^ts such as black aphis, use tobacco dust 

 adding more, increasing the watering until itean beused ^«rgj* ^ ^JJ^fwa big sfnge flower is desired, pinch off 



If large flowers are desired, pinch off all budsand allow onl> afewto glwrn. u a _ ug ^ uke _ - u 



all the side branches, leaving only the crown bu£ to abloom t Agrgj tagnlgM com* i i . Aft £ Dloominfi , the 



the house and kept in a cool room, where the flowers v> ill ^ e'op : *™J*^£J_^£_ , L»_ Saw 85) of s une specimens 



plants can be stored in the cellar and kep .until next yew. ^ J 9 " 1 Ivor ThorSn M fn 



grown this vear. I succeed be<t with such varieties as Mrs. Robinson, I von, rnornoen, aei . ^ _ H ... ^ abina 



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