THE CHOICEST PLANTS FOR JiOUSE CULTURE. 



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The Champion Pot Plant. 



Otaheite Orange can be planted in Pots op Boxes at any time. 

 Will give perfect satisfaction. 



The more we see of this unique Orange the better we like 

 it. It is one of the real good things that we feel safe in 

 recommending. We know it will please all. It is a dwarf 

 reproduction of the genuine fruit-bearing Orange tree, the 

 flower being identical. It flowers and fruits in pots, is 

 exceedingly floriferous, blooming almost continuously. The 

 fragrance of the flowers is simply delicious, and with one or 

 two plants one can have a generous supply of highly prized 

 and much coveted orange blossoms. It fruits immediately 

 after flowering; the fruit measures about three inches in 

 diameter, and, while not so strongly flavored as an ordinary 

 orange, it is quite edible, the diff"erence being but slight. E. 

 J. Saul, in a very instructive article published in Success with 

 Flowers, says that on a single plant, twenty inches high, one 

 hundred and sixty-four buds were counted. It is, beyond 

 question, one of the most satisfactory plants for pot culture 

 in our collection. A large stock of fine plants enables us to 

 sell them at special low prices. Prices — Strong, repotted 

 plants, a year and a half old, 20 cts, each; 3 for 50 cts.; 7 

 for $1. 



Strobilanthes Dyerianus. 



A new house plant sent 

 out by Messrs. F. Sander 

 & Co., of England, at $2 

 each, and to which was 

 awarded the Gold Medal 

 offered by the King of 

 Belgium at the Ghent Ex- 

 hibition. It forms a com- 

 pact bush 18 inches high, 

 with leaves 6 to 9 inches 

 long, 3 or 4 inches wide, 

 and of the most intense 

 metallic ptirple color, 

 shading into light rose with 

 a light green margin, a com- 

 bination unapproached by 

 any other plant; it easily 

 surpasses a Coleus or Be- 

 - gonia for a novel effect. 

 The flowers are a lovely vio- 

 let-blue. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 

 50 cts.; 9 for ,^1. 



NEW VIOLET "CALIFORNIA," 



Sweet Violets. 



Rich in modest beauty, famous for its enchanting fragrance, 

 and truly " the sweetest flower that grows," the Violet keeps 

 steadfastly in the front rank of popularity. With the last 

 snows of Winter still about it, this gentle flower shyly 

 appears from out its icy bed, heralding the coming of Spring. 

 Sturdily it grows and sweetly it blooms, and all the world 

 loves it, Violets are perfectly hardy, and when planted out- 

 doors a shady situation should be selected ; a light covering 

 of leaves or litter will prove beneficial. For Winter blooming 

 indoors, keep in cool situation and water freely. By observ- 

 ing these simple instructions, one can have a bountiful pro- 

 fusion of these dainty little flowers. New Violet " Cali- 

 fornia " is the sensational flower of the period. Don t miss it. 



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California 



STROBILANTHES DYERIANUS 



The peer in size and productiveness of any Violet in culti- 

 vation ; rich in color and of enchanting fragrance, it is away 

 ahead of all other single blue varieties. The flowers are 

 enormous, so large in fact that when full blown one of them 

 will cover the disc of a silver dollar. In color it is a deep 

 rich violet blue, that remains pure to the end. A single plant 

 will bear hundreds of flowers during the blooming season. 

 The flowers, as shown in the illustration, are borne aloft on 

 long stems 10 to 14 inches in length. It is in every way a 

 wonderful variety. 



Price, strong pot plants, 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts.; gfor^i. 



**Lady Hume Campbell." 



Excels all other double varieties in strength, health, growth, 

 and in the flowers which are exceedingly pretty, and of the 

 daintiest and most refined form ; perfectly double, with the 

 most delightful Violet fragrance imaginable. 



Argentiaflora. — A fine Russian variety; hardy and very 

 satisfactory ; very pretty and fragrant light-blue single flowers. 



Miss (Cleveland. — This is a very free-blooming variety 

 of unusual merit; beautiful, large, clear blue flowers, distinct 

 and finely formed ; highly fragrant, moderately hardy. 



Marie Louise. — Fine deep bluish purple ; very double and 

 sweet; plants quite hardy, and bloom as freely as Swanley 

 White; equally desirable for pot culture and open ground. 



New Double Russian. ^ — A beautiful new double Violet; 

 strong and healthy grower; perfectly hardy and free flower- 

 ing, producing in the greatest abundance lovely deep and 

 double flowers of delicious fragrance, borne on long stems. 



Oleander Roseum Splendens. 



The Old-fashioned, Sweet-scented Oleander. 



In the South, this, the old-fashioned, sweet-scented Olean- 

 der, is well known and highly prized. It is with much pleas- 

 ure that we offer it, because we know it will dslight all with 

 its profusion of double, pink flowers, which are borne in large 

 heads and whose fragrance is deliciously sweet. As a house 

 plant grown in pots, boxes, or tubs, it cannot be excelled. 

 We offer strong plants, 25 cts. each ; 5 for ^i. 



Tlie prices given include the Postage, whicli -we pay. 



