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room, bloom constantly. We can supply 

 them in either colors of crimson, red, yel- 

 low and salmon. Price ioc. each; large 

 plants 15c, 25c. and 50c. each. 

 p Hoya Carnosa ( Wax Plant )— Has thick, 

 fleshy leaves, growing moderately fast and 

 bearing umbels of beautiful flesh colored 

 Howers, from which are exuded large drops 

 of honey like liquid. One of the best plants 

 for house culture, as it stands the extremes 

 of heat and cold better than most plants, 

 and is not easily injured by neglect. 25, 

 35, 50c. to $1. 



JASMINS. 



Jasmindm Grandiflorum— This is an 

 old favorite and the most satisfactory for 

 general culture of all the Jasmines. Its 

 flowers nearly the whole season and is espe- 

 cially valuable as a house plant in winter; 

 flowers star-shaped, pure white and very 

 fragrant. 20 and 50 cents. 



Maid of Orleans (new Jessamine) — A 

 magnificent new variety, with large, double 

 flowers; blooms profusely all summer; large 

 double, waxy-white flowers of great sub- 

 stance, produced freely throughout the 

 summer. We know of no pot plant more 

 desirable than this, the fragrance of the 

 flower is delicious, sweet andelegant. Price 

 x 5» 2 5 5° an d 75 cents each. 



Grand Duke of Tuscany (new Jessa- 

 mine) — A magnificent ever blooming plant 

 with large double, waxy, creamy white 

 flowers, with the most delicious fragrance 

 of any flower we know; sweeter than a 

 Tuberose; looks like a large, double, white 

 Rose. Blooms throughout the season. A 

 superb pot plant of dwarf, sturdy habit of 

 growth. Price 15, 25 50 and 75 cents each. 



Cardenia Florida (Cape Jessamine)— 

 Nothing finer for conservatory or open 

 ground wherever hardy. Its double pure 

 white flowers are delightfully fragrant, 

 while its deep green glossy foliage adds 

 materially to its beauty. 20, 50 and 75c each. 



Sambac (Arabian Jasmine) — Flowers 

 white; very profuse bloomer. 15 and 25 

 cents, large plants 50 and 75 cents each. 



Cesturum Nocturnum (Night Blooming 

 Jasmine) — Free blooming shrub, very fra- 

 grant at night. 15, 25 and 50 cents each. 



Jasminum Revolutum— Yellow flowered 

 hardy Jasmine. 25 and 50 cents each. 



Jasminum Gracilis— Beautiful climbing 

 Jessamine bearing long racemes of pure 

 white sweetly scented flowers in the fall 

 months. 15, 25 and 50 cents. 



I/antanaa— A good collection, including 

 yellow, pink, orange and white. 10c. each; 

 $1 per dozen. 



Oleanders — Nothing nicer for porch or 

 lawn decoration. 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. 

 50c. and $1.00 each. 



Paris Daisies— French Marguerites. 

 A beautiful plant of easy culture and one 

 that generally gives best satisfaction, flower 

 white and yeliow, \\ to 2 inches in diameter. 

 Price, ioc. each; $1.00 per dozen. 



Phlox — Perennial. A collection embraces 

 every color from purest white to darkest 

 crimson, 25 cents each. 



Stecklers blue perennial phlox, 10c each; 

 75c. per dozen. Used very largely for 

 border plants. 



Phrynium Variegatum — An elegant 

 pot plant. The leaves are bright, pale 

 green, beautifully variegated with white and 

 gold, the variegations being extremely 

 diversified. In some leaves the whole area 

 is white, in others only one-half, in others 

 again it is confined to the interspace be- 

 tween two or three of the nerves, while in 

 others it is reduced to a few stripes. 25 and 

 50 cents each. 



Pilea — Arborea— (Artillery plant.) A 

 pretty little plant of drooping habit, resem- 

 bling the fern, it is a fine basket plant. 

 Price, 20C each. 



Plumbago— Capensis— A plant worthy 

 of more general cultivation; producing large 

 trusses of delicate azure flowers. Excellent 

 for bedding out in summer or growing in 

 pots for single specimen plants. 15, 25 and 

 50 cents each. 



Capensis Alba— Equally as desirable as 

 Plumbago Capensis and identical in every 

 respect but color, which in this variety is 

 beautiful creamy white. 15c 25c & 50c each. 



Rosea — Rose color, 25 cents each. 



Primula — Chinese Primrose. Splendid 

 winter blooming plants, doing well in cool 

 rooms. Colors include white, rose, blue, 

 crimson and other shades; flowers variously 

 cut and fringed. Price, 25 and 50 cents. 



Primula Obconica— A lovely perpetual 

 blooming primrose and admirably adapted 

 to growing in a cool greenhouse. The flow- 

 ers are not large, but are profusely borne 

 in loose trusses and are of a delicate rosy 

 lilac, shading to white, and possess the 

 true primrose fragrance. It is in bloom 

 fully nine months of the year and some 

 plants have kept up a succession of bloom 

 during the entire season. 25 cents each. 



Poiusettias — Double Flowering — 

 The bracts of this new kind are gathered 

 into clusters, which fill up the center. It is 

 strikingly gorgeous of a most brilliant and 

 vivid scarlet color. 25 to 50 cents each. 



Pulcherrima — A tropical plant of gor- 

 geous beauty, the bracts or leaves that sur- 



At the kast Flower Show we were awarded 23 First Prises for best 

 Chrysanthemums and Roses. 



