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Fred'k W. Kelsey, 145 Broadway, New York. 



Native Trees and Shrubs. 



I have excellent facilities for famishing all the most desirable Native Trees, Shrubs and hardy Her- 

 baeeons Plants. Many are nursery-grown, all carefully selected, and at very reasonable prices. $50 to 

 $100 and upwards per 1,000, according to size and variety. Prices and particulars on request. See 1896 

 Catalogue, No. 36, for varieties. 



A Few of the Best Herbaceous Plants. 



A very fine stock of the following at low prices 

 tumn or at proper time in spring. 



ANEMONE Japonica Alba and Rosea. Red and 



White Anemone. Among the best hardy 

 herbaceous plants. Bloom from August to 

 November. Beautiful white flowers in profu- 

 sion, with large golden yellow centers. §3 per 

 dozen. Low rates per 100. 



ARUNOO Donax and Variegata. ^t, to S5 per doz. 

 Low rates per 100 and i,oon. 



BEGONIAS, Tnberous-rooted. Choice mi.xtures ; 

 best single, I2.50 per doz.; double, $4 per doz. 



CONVALLARIA. Lily-of the A'alley. Strong 

 clumps, $4 per doz.; $20 to •?30 per 100. For 

 Forcing Pips, see "Decorative Plants," 

 page 13. 



DAHLIAS. Collections of the finest single and 

 double varieties. $3 and $4 per doz. Low 

 rates per 100. 



DICENTRA, or Bleeding Heart. $2 and $3 per doz. 

 Low rates in quantity. 



ERIANTHUS Ravenna. Grass. Hardy and fine. 

 S3 per doz. Very low rates per 100. 



ETTLALIA Japonica Variegata, Zebrina. Fine ; 

 ■?io 10*20 per 100. Low rates per 1,000. 



HOLLYHOCKS. Choice collections of the finest 

 double varieties. Strong-flowering roots, $3 

 to ?5 per doz. Low rates per 100. 



IRIS KffiMPFEill. Beautiful Japan Iris. 

 Perfectly hardy and easily grown. Flowers 

 e.xtra large, 6 to 8 inches in diameter, in va- 

 rious tints of purple, lavender, blue, shaded 

 with j ellow, and straw color. In beds or bor- 

 ders these plants give a mass of bloom for 

 several weeks during June and July. Choicest 

 new named varieties, $5 per doz. Best varie- 

 ties, fine-flowering roots. ?3 and $4 per doz.; 

 fine mi.ved, $10, $15 and •?2o per 100. Special 

 low prices per 1,000. 



in quantity. Orders entered for shipment this au- 



IRIS Oermanica. Showy broad - leaved Iris. 

 Hardy and fine. Strong flowering roots, $2 

 per doz,; extra, $2,50 doz., ?io to f 15 per 100. 

 NEW PALESTINE IRIS. A distinct and beau- 

 tiful species from the Holy Land. Flowers of 

 distinct colors and of exquisite tints. Free- 

 blooming and easily grown. $10 per doz., 

 %=50 and ^75 per 100. 



P.S:OMIES. Very fine roots of the best hardy 

 kinds. White, Red, Scarlet, Pink, etc. Fine 

 assortment. $3 to $5 per doz.,?i5 to $25 per 

 100. 



PHLOX. Beautiful free-blooming upright border 

 plants. Many varieties, 

 Subnlata, or Moss Pink. Forms a beautiful car" 

 pet of verdure ; white flowers. 



RUDBECKIA LACINIATA FL. PL. The 

 finest hardy RudbecKia, and one of the best 

 hardy herbaceous plants; rich foliage and 

 beautiful golden yellow flowers. Fine stock. 

 $10 per 100, $75 per 1,000. 



SOLIDAOO. Golden Rod. Eff'ertive in midsum- 

 mer. \'ery showy. 



SpiRa:A. Meadow Sweet. \'erv beautiful 

 spikes of small flowers. 



TRITOMA. Poker Plant. Immense spikes of 

 crimson flowers. $2 and jt? per doz. 



YUCCA FILAMENTOSA VARIEGATA. One of the 

 finest hardy plants of recent introduction. See 

 General Catalogue No. 34 for description. 

 $1.50 each, $15 per doz. 

 Filamentosa. Adam's Needle. Fine plants, 1^3 

 to .*4 per doz. Low rates per too. 



OTHER HERBACEOUS PLANTS AND NATIVE 

 PERENNIALS at lowest rates. Prices and 

 particulars on application. See full Catalogue, 

 No. 36, for varieties, etc. 



Decorative and Forcing Plants. 



AZALEA INDICA. These beautiful flowering 

 plants are indispensable in effective house or 

 conservatory decoration. I make direct im- 

 portations of trained specimens of difl^erent 

 sizes and the choicest named varieties of bril- 

 liant colors. These plants can be sent with 

 safety at any time during the autumn and early 

 winter for blooming the coming season. My 



plants are carefully selected, with cotnpaci, 

 trained heads, so that when they flower they 

 are a solid mass of bloom on an almost uni- 

 form even surface, and produce a very beauti- 

 ful effect. Specimen plants, 1 to 2 feet diam- 

 eter of head. Si to •*2.5o each, $10 to $25 per 

 doz. Larger specimens, $3 to Sio each- 

 Smaller plants, $50 to f 100 per 100. 



Plants arrived in good condition. Thanks for prompt attention. — W. K. Ann Arbor, Mich. 



