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Capensis Alba — Equally as desirable as 

 Plumbago Capensis and identical in every 

 respect but color, which in this variety is 

 beautiful creamy white; 15, 25 and 50 

 cents each. 



PRIMULA. Chinese Primrose. Splen- 

 did winter blooming plants, doing well in 

 cool rooms. Colors include white, rose, 

 blue, crimson and other shades ; flowers 

 variously cut and fringed. . Prices, 25 and 

 50 cents. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA. A lovely per- 

 petual blooming primrose and admirably 

 adapted to growing in a cool green house. 

 The flowers are not large, but are profuse- 

 ly borne in loose trusses and are of a deli- 

 cate rosy lilac, shading to white, and 

 possess the true primrose fragrance. It is 

 in bloom fully nine months of the year and 

 some plants have kept up a succession of 

 bloom during the entire season; 25 cents 

 each. 



PENTAS CARNIA. Short growing 

 plant of fine quality. Flowers of waxy pink 

 blooming in clusters ; 20 to 40 cents each. 



PENTAS ALBA. Same as above, the 

 difference being in the flower, which is a 

 pure white; 20 to 40 cents. 



PETUNIAS. (Double.) In all colors; 

 15 and 25 cents each. 



Poinsettia. 



POINSETTIA PULCHERRIMA. A 

 tropical pant of gorgeous beauty, the bracts 

 of leaves that surround the flower being 

 in well known specimens one foot in diam- 

 eter and. of the most dazzling scarlet ; 25c, 

 50c. and $1.00 each. 



RHODODENDRON. The most showy 

 and magnificent hardy evergreen shrub that 

 grows. Will thrive on any good soil in the 

 blaze of the sun. Prefers well prepared soil 

 of leaf mold, muck and peat mixed, and 

 partial shade. Grand foliage; in June the 



plants are a magnificent array of gorgeous 

 flowers in clusters, beautiful beyond de- 

 scription. During the winter protect with 

 leaves and brush. We offer strong, bushy, 

 imported plants, well set with flower buds, 

 sure to bloom this year, including the 

 finest collection of named varieties. Strong 

 plants, $2.00, $3.00 and $4.00. 



RUDBECKIA. Golden Glow. Grows 8 

 feet high, branching freely and bearing by 

 the hundreds, on long, graceful stems ; ex- 

 quisite double flowers of the brightest 

 golden color and as large as a Cactus 

 Dahlia. As cut flowers the blooms last 

 well. Perfectly hardy and blooms continu- 

 ously throughout the summer months. 

 Strong plants, 15c. each; larger plants 30c. 



RUS'SELIAS are our finest basket and 

 vase plants, and these two new varieties 

 are worthy of special attention. 



Elegantissima — Somewhat finer stem- 

 med than Multiflora, but fully as graceful 

 in growth. Flowers soft red completely 

 enveloping the plant; 15 and 25 cents each. 



Juncea — 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; 15 and 25 cents each. 



SANSEVIERA ZEYLANICA. A new 

 decorative plant of great beauty and value. 

 A beautiful plant, splendidly adapted for 

 the decoration of drawing-rooms or halls, 

 as it stands drouth and dust with impunity, 

 and requires scarcely any water. The 

 leaves grow to a length of three or four 

 feet and are beatifully striped cross-wise 

 with broad, white variegations on a dark 

 green ground. It is difficult to find a more 

 unique or ornamental plant than this, es- 

 pecially when it is in bloom ; 25 and 5° 

 cents each. 



SWAINSONIA OR SWANFLOWER. 

 | A Superb Ever-Blooming Plant. — Just 

 imagine a plant that is fully as pretty as a 

 Fern bearing the utmost profusion of 

 flowers in elegant sprays of 30 to 40 

 flowers each, which in form and fragrance 

 are equal to Sweet Peas, which it strongly 

 resembles. You can then form an idea of 

 the Swainsonia. Of vigorous, healthy habit 

 of growth, it blooms the year round. 



Alba. (White.) Magnificent large 

 satiny-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 



The Tarrytown Fern is unexcelled. 



