GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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the leaves die. The pots containing the 

 bulbs or the bulbs themselves must be kept 

 out of reach of frost or severe freezing. 

 The}' are natives of tropical America, and 

 are among the most ornamental of our ten- 



Gloxinia, 

 der flowering plants, having been wonder- 

 fully improved by culture. See illustration. 

 Mixed colors, including many handsome 

 shades of pink, blue and white, fine plants. 

 25c. and 50c. each. 



Heliotrope — Of these popular fragrant 

 blossoms, we have selected those which are 

 most adaptable to our southern climate, 

 size of flower, color and fragrance, our 

 standpoint in selection. 



REINE des ViODETS — Color dark blue, 

 very free and of great substance, fragrance 

 exceptional!}' sweet and rare. 



JEAN PoiTEVINE — A most pleasant shade 

 of light blue with small white eye, very 

 fragrant and flowers in great abundance. 



Snow Queen — A strong variety; habit 

 strong and vigorous and also very fragrant, 

 color clear white. 



Sapphire — Violet blue, one of the best. 



La DuSE — Plant about I2inches tall, with 

 the prettiest foliage of any heliotrope ex- 

 tant, small, stiff and glossy; the habit, also, 

 is unique, as the stiff stems are quite uni- 

 form in height and support enormous trusses 

 of bloom that are semi globular in form, 

 making a great spread of color, which is 

 blue shading to lavender; the odor is ex- 

 quisite. In the recent very dry summer 

 this grand variety was the one noticeable 

 sort in the field, growing and blooming 

 persistently. What it will be like in a sea- 

 son of normal moisture, we can hardly 

 predict. Price, 25c. each. 



PRINCE CharmanT — Another variety 

 with handsome foliage, extremely free in 

 bloom, color a lovely tiut of bluish mauve. 

 Like all of the Bruant type, this variety has 

 panicles of bloom of enormous size- Is 

 dwarf and compact in growth, and a great 

 advance on older sorts. Price 10c. each; $1 

 dozen. 



Hydrangeas — Beautiful blooming plant 

 adapted to rather shady location. The large 

 clusters of flowers resemble the snowball, 

 only being much larger. 



Otaksa — A very beautiful variety from 

 Japan, giving large clusters of bluish pink 

 flowers in great abundance through the 

 season; the flowers are very persistent, last- 

 ing two or three months. 



Thomas Hogg— This the finest of all 

 hydrangeas. It is a more free and abund- 

 ant bloomer than any other; for the florists 

 and all decorative purposes it will be in- 

 valuable. The flowers are all the purest 

 white, of very fine texture, and continue ih 

 flower for a great length of time; quite 

 hardy in open ground. 



New White Fringed— The flowers are 

 formed in immense trusses, sometimes nine 

 inches in diameter; the bracts are of the 

 purest white, fringed having a crimson spot 

 in the center. This variety we find to be 

 uot only finer but hardier than the old 

 white hydrangea, Thomas Hogg. Price 

 2 5 c » 35c, 50c and $1 each. 



Hibiscus Sinensis— This plant rivals 

 the geranium in popularity. A very good 

 way to make them bloom freely and facili" 



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Hibiscus Sinensis. 



tate the lifting in fall is to transplant each 

 plant into a pot two or three sizes larger 

 than the one it has grown in, then plunge 

 the pot altogether into the ground, the soil 

 to cover the surface two inches. Then in the 

 fall the plant can be lifted without injury, 

 and being transplanted again, and kept in 

 a shady, cool place until fully recovered, 

 it will, in a warm sunny window, in a warm 



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