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resrect but color, which is beautiful creamy 

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



FBIMUZ.A (Chinese Primrose). — Splen- 

 did winter blooming- plants, doing- well in 

 cool rooms. Colors include white, rose, 

 blue, crimson and other shades; flowers 

 variouslv cut and fringed. 30c. and np. 



FBIKUZiA OBCONICA. — A lovely per- 

 petual blooming primrose, and admirably 

 adapted to growing- in a cool room. The 

 flo-'.vers are not large, but are profusely 

 borne in loose trusses, and are of a deli- 

 cate rosy lilac, shading- to white, and 

 possess the true primrose fragrance. 30c. 

 and np. 



Poinsettia Pulcherrima. 



POINSETTIA PULCHEBBIMA.— A tropi- 

 cal plant of gorgeous beauty, the bracts 

 of leaves that surround the flower being 

 in well grov.-n specimens one foot in diame- 

 ter and of the most dazzling scarlet. 50c. 

 $1.00 and S2.00 each. 



POINSETTIA. — White flowering; distinct 

 from the old varietv. $1.00 and up. 



EUDBECKIA (Golden Glow). — Grows 6 

 feet high, branching freely and bearing by 

 the hundreds on long graceful stems ex- 

 quisite double flowers of the brighest 

 golden color and as large as a Cactus 

 Dahlia. As cut flowers the blooms last 

 v.-ell. Perfectly hardy and blooms con- 

 tinuou.sU- throughout the summer months. 

 30c. and up. 



BUSSEZiIA. — A most useful basket or 

 vase plant, producing numerous long, wiry 

 stems, which are virtually leafless. Upon 

 these stems and branches the flowers are 

 borne, which are about one inch long, 

 tubular and brilliant scarlet color, and are 

 produced in the greatest freedom.. 15c. and 

 25c. eech. 



SWAINSONIA OE SWANTLOWEB.— A 

 Superb Ever-Blooming Plant. Of vigorous, 

 healthy habit of growth, it blooms the 

 year round. 



Alba (White). — Magnificent, large satinj-- 

 white flowers just like Sweet Peas. When 

 you see them you will agree with us that 

 they are simply exquisite. 



Splendens <^Pink). — An exceedingly rare 

 and beautiful variety, identical with Alba, 

 except the flowers, which are a deep shiny 

 pink. The contrast between the two varie- 

 ties is strikinc-ly beautiful. Be sure to try 

 both. 25c. and 50c. each. 



STBOBILANTHUS DYEBIABTUS.— An 



excellent bedding plant as well as a beau- 

 tiful foliage plant for pot culture, it 

 forms a compact bush, 18 inches high, with 

 leaves 6 to 9 inches long; of a beautiful 

 metallic purple, shading into light rose, 

 with a light green margin, a combination 



unapproached by any other plant. The 

 flowers are violet blue, borne in immense 

 racemes.. 15c. to 25c. each. 



SANSEVIEBA ZEYIiANICA. — A decora- 

 tive plant of great beauty and value. A 

 beautiful plant, splendidly adapted for the 

 decoration of drawing rooms or halls, as 

 it stands drought and dust with impunity, 

 and requires scarcely any water. The 

 leaves grow to a length of three or four 

 feet, and are beautifully striped crosswise 

 with broad, white variegations on a dark 

 green ground. It is difficult to find a 

 more unique ornamental plant than this, 

 especiallv when it is in bloom. 50c and up. 



SAXIPEAGE SAEMENTOSA.— r Beef- 



steak Plant;. — Fine for hanging baskets 

 and partly shady locations. 15c. and 25c 

 each. 



SALVIA SPLENDENS. — Bon Fire and 

 Silver Spot. — This magnificent scarlet sage 

 or salvia has three times the flowering 

 capacity of ordinary scarlet sages. The 

 flowers are produced so abundantly as to 

 bend the branches and suggest the name. 

 Drooping Spikes, for this superb type. It 

 is altogether attractive and showy and one 

 of the best for decorative purposes, whether 

 used singly or in mixed groups. The plant 

 blazes out in dazzling scarlet and the color 

 lasts all summer and fall. Price, 10c. and 

 15c. each; Sl.OO to $1.50 per dozen. 



SALVIA PATENS. — A hardy free flower- 

 ing light blue variety, fine for cut flowers. 

 10c. and 15c. each; $1.00 and $1.50 per 

 dozen. 



TEITOMA PFITZEBII. — Red Hot Poker 

 Plant. — The greatest bedding plant ever in- 

 troduced, surpassing the finest Cannas for 

 attractiveness and brilliancy, showy as the 

 Gladolius as a cut flower, and blooms in- 

 cessantly from .June until November. 

 Plants perfectly hardy with protection. 

 Plants show from 6 to 20 grand flower 

 stalks all the time, each holding a great 

 cluster of flame-covered flowers of in- 

 describable beauty and brilliancy. Each 

 cluster keeps perfect several weeks, and 

 when it fades two or three more are ready 

 to take its place. For cutting it is un- 

 surpassed, as the beautiful long spikes 

 keep several weeks in water. Strong 

 plants that will bloom the first summer. 

 Each, 30c.; 4 for Sl.OO. 



Violets. 



Lar^e Plowering*. — For bordering flower 

 beds. 25c. per dozen, $1.50 per 100. 



Lady Hume Campbell. — A vigorous vari- 

 ety, blooming with extraordinary freedom. 

 Large double flowers, of azure blue; richly 

 perfumed 10c. each; 75c. per dozen. 



Giant. — Large dark purple violet of great 

 substance. 5c. each; 40c. a dozen, $2.50 a 

 hundred. 



Swanley's White. — Perfectly double, pure 

 white flowers of fine size and lich fra- 

 grance. By far the best of all white 

 Violets in freedom of bloom. 10c. each; 

 $1.00 per dozen. 



Princess of Wales. — Single, true violet 

 blue, grand. 10c. each; $1.00 per dozen. 



VEEBENAS. — We offer the most distinct 

 varieties of these useful bedding plants. 

 All are of the mammoth or large flowering 

 type. The colors range through all the 

 different shades of scarlet, purple, crim- 

 son, pink, blue, white, etc. Mixed seed- 

 lings. 50c. per dozen; pot g"rown to color, 

 10c. each, 75c. per dozen. 



Ferns. 



ASPLENIUM NIDUS AVIS.— (The Birds 

 Nest Fern). — An inteiesting siiecies. with 

 large daik green foliage. 50c. and $1.00 each, 



NEFSEOLEPIS SMITHII.— An improved 

 variety of the Baby Breath Fern. The 

 fronds are of much stronger substance. 



