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



BEGONIA J' ^ 

 GLOIRE J- J' ^ 

 DE LORRAINE, 



This is one of the most 

 striking plants that has 

 been introduced for many 

 years. The habit of the 

 plant is compact and 

 dwarf, making handsome 

 specimens 14 inches in 

 height and breadth. Its 

 chief attraction is its ex- 

 treme lioriferousness, the 

 entire tipper part of the 

 plant being literally cov- 

 ered with its brilliant 

 clear pink flowers, to such 

 an extent that the foliage 

 is usually hidden. It has 

 been grown extensively 

 around Boston, XewYork, 

 and Philadelphia, and 

 brought in in splendid 

 shape for Christmas 

 sales, and the entire 

 stock grown was sold at 

 prices ranging from $^.50 

 to §4 each, wholesale, the 

 same plants retailing at 

 from $5 to $10 each. It 

 promises to be more ex- 

 tensively grown than 

 ever for that purpose and 

 is undoubtedly one of the 

 most useful Christmas 

 plants now in existence. 

 Its chief requirements are 

 a soil composed of well- 

 rotted sod s and leaf mold, 

 a warm, moderately dry 

 atmosphere with an 

 abundance of ventilation. 

 When grown in an atmos- 

 phere at from 60 to 70 

 degrees, the foliage kept 

 dry, it seems to produce 

 the most useful and dura- 

 ble plants. 



Fine plants in bloom, 

 25c. each; 3 for 50c. 



Larger plants, from 3- 

 mch pots, 35c. each: 3 for 

 8sc. 



Begonia GLOIRE DE LORRAINE. 



Uegoni^ <Triomphe ie Lorraine. piiU' LTel^'iifa^gJod 



^■^ for bedding or plunging (in pots) outside, absolutely always 

 in flower. Flowers quite double, petals nicely imbricated ; color of 

 the buds and flowers when opening a brigh scarlet, the interior 

 of the flower changing to a cherry carmine ; stamens bright, 

 golden yellow. The flowers are miniature reproductions of the 

 double tuberous Begonia flowers. 

 Thrifty plants, 25c. each; 3 for 60c. 



Yhe ** Arbutus/' or Mayftomjer Verbena, ^ b>^Lu?her 

 Burbank (the Wizard of Horticulture). The shape of its 

 flowers and clusters of bloom, as well as its color, is identical 

 with the flowers of the Trailing Arbutus, or Mayflower, and hav- 

 ing the same superb fragrance. The size of the flowers is about 

 equal to a silver quarter, and in delicate coloring and rich per- 

 fume it has no rival. Strong plants, loc. each ; 3 for 25c. 

 Seed ; Pkt. 50 seeds, IOC. ; 3 for 250. 



VERBENA 



