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MISS MARY E. MARTIN. FLORAL PARK. NEW YORK. 



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JPersicaria Cuspidata* ^ ^ 



j (A Superb, Hardy Plant.) 



' This is an elegrant, hardy, herbaceous perennial. It 

 grows 8 feet high, forming graceiially curved branches 

 of handsome foliage, and in autumn' is white vriih the 

 lovely racemes of bloom. When you get it started it will 

 take care of itself, and become an 'attractive and beautiful 

 clump, eliciting the admiration of all who see it. 

 Price. 3 pkts.. 25c. ; 1 pkt.. 10c. 



Hibiscus cManihot* ^ ^ 



(Xe-w Japanese Pi-inirose Hibiscus.) 



One of the noost showy and beautiful of the garden Hi- 

 biscusistheXew Japane'se Primrose Hibiscus. The plants 

 are easily started trom seeds, and assume a pyramidal 

 form, growing 5 feet high, and bearing open' flowers, 

 : 5 or 6"inches in diameter, of a lovely Primrose-color, 

 ' with a large maroon eye. The leaves are deeply s^rated 

 and very gracefal and" ornamental, and the large flowers. 

 standing out from their leafy background, are exceed- 

 ineiv attractive. Blooms continuously through the season. 

 sum'mer and fall. I'kt.. Gc. 



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Pas si flora Gracilis* ^ ^ ^ ^ 



This •'Fairy Passion Vine '"isa charming annual: 

 it has pretty light green leaves and is a very dainty and 

 graceful thing for hanging baskets, pots 'or trellises ; 

 will grow to a height of lo to 15 feet out of doors; the 

 flowers are white, followed by seed fruits, at first light 

 green shaded white ; when ripe they turn bright shining 

 red and burst open, disclosing ner^' scarlet seeds; the 

 entire plant becoming covered with these fruits. The 

 eft'ect is very pretty indeed. Pkt., 10c. 



Y^i>ena. ^ 



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Hybrid Large riowering: "Commandant 3Iarcbaud.'" 



A well-fixed sport of the famous V. '■'Aurora Borealis."' 

 The flowers are remarkably large, of a daik, purplish 

 red color, and are produced in great abundance. Cer- 

 tainly one of the nn-_ 



est and most orna-' 

 mental of Verbenas, 

 Pkt., 6c. 







The new dwarf or t.ushy Trumpet 

 Creeper is one of the sensational novel- 

 ties of the season. It blooms nearly the 

 whole vear round. The flowers are 

 nearlv 2 inches in length, of a rich 

 lemon, shadins to dark orange yellow. 

 The nicelv cut foliage furnishes decor- 

 ative m a teria 1 for bouque ts , etc. High- 

 Iv ornamental. 

 ' Pkt.^ 25 Seeds, 8c.; 3 for 20c. 



GENISTA FRAGRANS. 



Shower of Gold. 



A most desirable spring-flowerins 

 plant, producing it* fragrant bright 

 golden-yeUow flowers in the greatest 

 profusion. As a winter plar.r of tht 

 easiest culture it is unsurpasst-a. 



Plants, 15c. each; 2 for 25c. 



Seeds, pkt., 25 seeds, 8c. 



swAmsomA white. 



This plant has been grown extensive- 

 ly the last four or five years by the flor- 

 ists as a ctit flower ; in" fact, nothing is 

 more beautiful than the graceful sprays 

 loaded from tip to base with large, piu^e, 

 white, waxy, sweet-pea-like flowers, en- 

 sconsed among the beautiful green 

 acacia-Uke foliage. The plant is easy 

 to grow, begins "to flower when very 

 small, and is^in flower nearly the year 

 around, for winterer siuumer. insid'e or 

 out. it is at home. Grows quick from 

 sted. 



Pkt. Seed, lOc. 



Plants, 15c. each; 2 for 25c. 



