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pecially valuable as a house plant in 

 winter; flowers star-shaped, pure white and 

 very fragrant; 20 and 50 cents each. 



Maid of Orleans. (Xew Jessamixe) — 

 A magnificent new variety, with large, 

 double flowers ; blooms profusely all sum- 

 mer ; large double waxy-white flowers of 

 great substance, produced freely through- 

 out the summer. We know of no pot plant 

 more desirable than this, the fragrance of 

 the flower is delicious, sweet and elegant. 

 Prices, 15. 25. 50 and 75 cents each. 



Grand Duke of Tuscany. (Xew Tessa- 

 mine.) — A magnificent ever blooming plant 

 with large double, waxy, creamy white 

 flowers, with the most delicious fragrance 

 of any 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. 



Gardenia 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; 25, 50 and 75 cents 

 each. 



Sambac. (Arabian Jasmine.) — Flowers 

 white; very profuse bloomer; 15 and 25 

 cents, large plants 50 and 75 cents each. 



Cesturum Xocturnum. (Xight Bloom- 

 ing Jasmine.) — Free blooming shrub, very 

 fragrant 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. 



Jasmine. (Confederate or Mayalan) — 

 A strong climbing variety, dark green 

 waxy leaves with flowers very fragrant; 25 

 and 50 cents. 



LAXTAXAS. A good collection, in- 

 cluding yellow, pink, orange and white; 

 ioc. each, $1.00 per dozen. 



LANTANAS. (Weeping.) Very rapid 

 grower and very showy, being covered with 

 lavender blooms the year round; 15c. each, 

 $1.50 per dozen. 



MYENIA ERECTA. A shrubby grow- 

 ing plant of dark green leaves, and has a 

 fine blue flower with a long throat: 10 and 

 20 cents. 



OLEAXDERS. Nothing nicer for porch 

 or lawn decoration. Give good rich soil 

 and pleanty of moisture during growing 

 season. May be wintered over in any cellar 

 where it does not freeze. White, pink, 

 rose: 15c, 25c, -oc. and $1.00 each. 



PARTS DAISIES. French Marguerites. 



A beautiful plant of easy culture and one 

 that generally gives best satisfaction, 

 flowers white and yellow, i l / 2 to 2 inches in 

 diameter. Price, ioc. each; $1.00 per dozen. 



PHLOX. Perennial. A collection em- 

 bracing every color from purest white to 

 darkest crimson; 15 cents each. 



Steckler's blue perennial phlox. Used 

 very largely # for border plants ; 75c. per 

 doz., S4.00 per 100. 



Phrynium Variegatum. 



PHRYNIUM VARIEGATUM. _ An 



elegant pot plant. The leaves are bright, 

 pale green, beautifully variegated with 

 white and gold, the variegations being ex- 

 tremely diversified. In some leaves the 

 whole area is white, in others only one- 

 half, in others again it is confined to the 

 interspaces between two or three of the 

 nerves, while in others it is reduced to a 

 few stripes ; 25 and 50 cents each. 



PILEA. Areorea. (Artillery Plant.) A 

 pretty little plant of drooping habit, re- 

 sembling the fern, it is a fine basket nlant. 

 Price, 20C each. Large plants, 50 cents. 



PLUMBAGO. Capensis. A plant 

 worthy of more general cultivation ; pro- 

 ducing large trusses of delicate azure 

 flowers. Excellent for bedding out in sum- 

 mer or growing in pots for single specimen 

 plants : 15. 25 and 50 cents each. 



The Tarrytown Fern is unexcelled. 



