/. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER AND RED BANK, N.J, 9 



RUELL5A MAKOYANA. 



This very valuable acquisition forms a graceful branching plant, 

 one of the principal attractions of which is its beautiful velvet;^ 

 foliage, the upper surface being of a rich olive green, shading to pur- 

 ple, relieved with proinineut silvery-white midribs and vems. The 

 under side, however, is a bright-purplish wine color It is also one 

 of the most brilliant flowering plants known, specimens having 

 been shown measuring 30 inches across, and carrying more than 

 three hundred open flowers at onetime. These are of large size and 

 of a bright carmine, appearing not only in spring; but also mo^t 

 abundantly in the autumn. It is an elegant plant for jardmieres, 



and one I can hi^,-h- 

 ly recommend — es- 

 pecially since it is of 

 the easiest manage- 

 ment. Ea., 20c; 3 for 

 50c. 



"The Baby 

 Primrose." 



Primula Forbesi, 



Decidedly one of the 

 most valuable plants, 

 introduced for many 

 years. It is so well 

 thought of that one 

 florist is growing more 

 than 10,000 for cut 

 flowers; having been 

 convinced, when it 

 was shown recently at 

 the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society 

 that it is one of the 

 most profitable plants 

 to grow for that pur- 

 pose. It begins to 

 bloom in thumb pots, 

 when the leaves are 

 scarcely one or two 

 inches high, and con- 

 tinues to bloom for 

 ten months in succes- 



sion, the plants then forming dense clumps of foliage, crowded with dozens 

 of flower spikes at one time. The blossoms are very dainty and graceful, 

 not quite half an inch across, of a most pleasing rose color with eye or centre 

 of pale gold. They are carried in tiers on erect, but delicate stems, 10 to 

 12 inches long, remaining fresh for f wo weeks after being cut— new buds 

 opening every day, while the first flowers remain fresh also. It is unequalled 

 in keeping qualities by any other cut-flower I have seen. The plant grows 

 vigorously and without petting, in shade or in sunshine — even in a cool 

 house— and many will carry more than a hundred flower-spikes during the 

 season. From seed it comes slowly and is variable in color. My plants are 

 propagated from long-stemmed stock, and only of the best color. It is not 

 at all poisonous like Primtila obconica, and I recommend it enthusiastically 

 to all who want flowers, either to sell or for their own use. Ea., Ivc; 3 

 for 40c. 



PETUNIA, 



SNOWBALL. 



Its wonderfully profuse 

 blooming propensity will 

 render this especially val- 

 uable for bedding, both in 

 massing and bordering, 

 but it also forms a fine 

 pot plant. The plant is 

 of dwarf habit, sturdy, 

 bushy and so floriferous as to cause the plant to resemble an 

 immense snowball. The flowers are of pure snowy white, 

 single, perfectly formed and very lovely. Ea., 10c; doz., $1.00; 

 100, $5.00. Seed, pkt., 10c; 3 for 25c. 



Providence Co., R. I.. May 18th, ^898. 

 The plants which I ordered of you arrived yesterday in uood condition, 

 and I am very much pleased with them. Albert J. Davis. 



PUTNAM Co., N. y., April 11th, 1898. 

 I am very much pleased with the shruDs and tn e<. 



Mrs Martha C. Fisher. 



Hamden Co., Mass., April I2'h M. 

 Plants aud bulbs received.ln good condition. Anna A. feck. 



