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Chas. Lefebre — Rich crimson with dark 



shadings. 

 Coquet des Alps — White. 

 Gen. Jacqueminot — Bright shining crimson, 



very rich and velvety. 

 Giant of Battles — Crimson. 

 Jno. Hopper — Brilliant rose changing to 



bright glowing pink. 

 La Reine — Clear bright rose. 



Louis Van Houtte — Brilliant vinuous crim- 

 son. 

 Madame Chas. Wood — Bright fiery scarlet. 

 Magna Charta — Pink. 

 Paul Neyron — Dark pink, shaded carmine. 



Pierre Notting — Very dark, blackish red, 



shaded violet crimson. 

 Ulrich Brunner — Cherry Red. 



Mrs. R. B. Cant — Salmon rose. 



Prices, 25c. each, $2.50 per dozen ; 50c. 

 each; $5.00 per dozen. Extra strong field 

 grown, $1.00. 



We strongly advise shipping by Express 

 whenever practicable ; this will enable us to 

 send much stronger Plants and guarantee 

 safer delivery. If ordered by mail add 20 

 per cent of the value of plants to cover 

 postage. 



PLANT DEPARTMENT. 



Palms, Bedding Plants, and Ornamental Shrubs. 



This Department is no longer an experiment, as our long business of past sea- 

 sons will testify to, and we are now prepared to fill any order, no matter how large 

 the contract nor how small the purchase may be. 



We strongly advise shipping by Express whenever practicable; this will enable 

 us to send much stronger plants and guarantee safer delivery. 



ABUTILON.— Singularly beautiful flow- 

 ering Maples and worthy a place in any 

 garden, producing their flowers in great 

 abundance the entire year, beginning to 

 bloom when quite small. Ours include the 

 best varieties. Price, 15c. each, $1.50 per 

 dozen. Extra large plants, 25c. and 50c. 

 each. 



Ball of Snow — Pure white. 



Robert George — A free and continuous 

 bloomer. Flowers are broad, their large, 

 overlapping petals incurved, color orange, 

 veined with crimson. 



Abutilon. 

 Shower of Gold — A beautiful, dwarf- 

 growing variety, the whole plant being 

 covered with a profusion of beautiful 

 golden yellow blossoms. 



Thomsoni Plena — New. Has perfectly 

 double flowers that resemble in form a 

 double Hollyhock. Color a rich, deep 

 orange, shaded and streaked with crimson. 

 The foliage is delightfully variegated. 



Splendens — A beautiful velvety crimson. 



Scarlet Gem — A rich, bright scarlet. 



Eclipse — This is an elegant foliage plant, 

 and one of the prettiest we know. It is 

 new, and the flowers, which are prodcced in 

 profusion, set the plant off to good advan- 

 tage. 



Souvenir De Bonne — New. This is a 

 charming plant. The body of the leaf is_ a 

 deep rich green, bordered and edged with 

 purest white. It is a lovely plant to go 

 with Palms or other decorative plants. 



ACALYPHA SANDERII— The Most 

 Sensational Introduction of the Century. — 

 Under a variety of names this remarkable 

 plant has been praised by experts the world 

 over. It has been called the "Philippine 

 Medusa," "Dewey's Favorite Plant," "Che- 

 nille Plant," "Blazing Cat Tail" and many 

 other names of similar character. We know 

 of no plant so unique and sensational in ap- 

 pearance. It is an absolutely new departure 

 totally unlike any other plant now known. 

 At the great exhibition which is held at 

 Ghent, Belgium, every five years, to which 

 the plantsmen of Europe bring their finest 

 novelties, this great plant won the distinc- 

 tion of being the most striking novelty ex- 

 hibited. It is an extraordinary free grower 

 and bloomer, small plants blooming from 

 January to December. As an ornamental 



We Have a Varied Assortment of Shade Trees of Every Description. 



