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Type of our Royal Exhibition P, 



ROYAL 



EXHIBITION 



PANSIES. 



The plants here offered are 

 grown from our own choicest 

 strain of seed, and for size of 

 bloom, richness of coloring and 

 texture will be found unsur- 

 passed by any other strain. 60 

 cts. per doz.; $4.00 per 100. 



PASSIFLORA. 



(Passion Flower Vine.) 



Attractive climbers, covering a large 

 space in a remarkably short time, an 

 bearing their exquisitely-formed flowers fre 

 throughout the summer and fall. The first two 

 sorts in the list below are sometimes included with Passiflora Pfokdti. 



hardy climbers, but do not stand out with us. 

 Constance Ellfott. Pure white, a slight coloring at base ( f petals. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 

 Incarnata. White tinted lilac; light purple coronna. 15 cts. each; SI. 50 



per doz. 

 Pfordti. This we consider the best of all. Its beautiful flowers are 



borne freely, even on quite small plants. They are of a rich shade of 



blue, suffused with rose. 15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz. 

 Princeps. This is one of the best greenhouse climbers, a rare and showy 



variety with bright red flowers. 50 cts. each. 



PELARGONIUMS (Lady Washington Geraniums). 



The six varieties offered below are a choice selection of distinct colors of 

 these most beautiful plants. 

 Crimson King. An intense rich crimson. 

 Marie Mallet. Silvery white with carmine spots on lower and red and 



maroon on upper petals. 

 Mme. Thibaut. White, richly blotched and marked with rose, the 



upper petals marked with crimson-maroon, with large white centre. 

 Mrs. Bradshaw Blush white blotched dark purple-maroon. 

 Mrs. R. Sandiford. Pure glistening snow-white 

 Princess May. China-pink, feathered maroon in the upper petals, 



crimped margins. 



20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. Set of 6 varieties, $1.00. 



PAUULINIA. 



Thalictrifolia. A very pretty climbing plant for the conservatory or 

 window, with finely divided fern-like foliage. 25 cts. each. 



PENNISETUM (Fountain Grass). 



Macrophyllum Atrosanguineum [Crimson Fountain Gras i. 

 This new plant from New Guinea is a most valuable addition not only to 

 our list of ornamental grasses, but to bedding plants. Its habit of growth 

 is strong and vigorous, yet most elegant and graceful; the foliage, which 

 is gracefully recurved, is of a pleasing dark metallic, coppery-bronze, 

 which far surpasses in richness the finest of the bronze-leaved Cannas — 

 a veritable Crimson Fountain. When grown as a specimen in the 

 border or on the lawn, it attains a height of about 4 feet, the ends of the 

 shoots being terminated by tawny crimson plumes, 10 to 12 inches long. 

 Interspersed with other ornamental grasses, this new Pennisetum adds 

 life and color hitherto unobtainable, while as a border to a bed of 

 Cannas or Caladium Esculentum it stands in a class by itself. The 

 plants, when sent out in early spring, do not 

 show their rich coloring, which, however, 

 uickly develops when planted in the 

 open bed or border. Ready April 

 15th. 15 cts. each; 81.50 per doz.; 

 $10.00 per 100. 



Rueppelianum {Purple Foun- 

 tain Grass). A beautiful an- 

 nual variety, growing about 3 

 feet high, producing long, 

 graceful green foliage and cylin- 

 drical-purplish plumes. Like 

 the Crimson Fountain Grass, this 

 variety is also excellent as a bor- 

 der to a bed of Cannas, Caladiiims, 

 etc., etc. Young plants, ready in 

 May, 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; 

 $6.00 per 100. 



Crimson Fountain Grass (Pennisetum). 



Seed of Royal Exhibition Pansies as well as other fine strains is offered on page 97. 



