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MADEIRA VINE. 



The Madeira Vine is a popular and favorite tuberous-rooted climbing plant with dense and beautiful shining foliage, 

 and of very rapid growth, twining on strings to a great height, or forming garlands in any fanciful form. In the au- 

 tumn it is covered with racemes of feathery-white flowers, sweet and fragrant as mignonette. It will grow anywhere, but 

 does best in a warm, sheltered, sunny.location. It is also a very pretty plant for training around the windows in the 

 house. 5 cents each ; 50 cents per dozen. 



WHITE WATER LILY (Nymphaea Odorata). 



■^^^^^^^^^^^M^ r If lovers of flowers only knew how easily the fragrant White Water Lily can be 



-^^^^^^W^J^^^^^- grown, we are quite sure these lilies would be cultivated far more than many other 

 .■^^^^m\jJ/\M^^^% less fragrant and beautiful flowers that take more time and trouble to cultivate. 

 ^^^V«wlwTOlBW^ These lilies, once planted in a pond or small_ stream (they bloom more profusely in 



1 l entirely dry up in summer), will need no further care, 

 -«im§M wKKB&lEw and will increase from year to year. People who have not the facilities for growing 

 , ■ ,/ , 1 i 11 1 1 tean 1 hi ii tlj 11 lily gardens in tubs and aquariums, 



where they can admire and gather the most fragrant and beautiful flower thatgrows 

 on land or water. Roots 25 cents each. {By mail postage paid) $2.50 per dozen. 



P/EONIES. 



These have become indispensable to_ every garden. They are all hardy, and 

 admirably adapted to our northern climate; growing in almost all situations. 

 Good roots, 25 cents each; $2:75 per dozen. 

 White Water Lily. Tenuifolia Flore Pleno, Flowers very double, crimson — of a shade rivalling 



the Jacqueminot Rose. The foliage is remarkably pretty, being dense and 

 finely cut, like a fern. 50 cents each ; $5.00 per dozen. By mail, 10 c. each, extra. 



RANUNCULUS. 



For form and brightness of color the Ranunculus vies with the Rose, and is a great favorite with those who have 

 ■seen the perfection to which it can be grown. They are well adapted for pot or border culture, and among early- 

 flowering plants are unsurpassed for variety and richness of color ; plant as soon as the ground can be worked in the 



spring- r> . i 



Persian, double mixed . 25 Cents per dozen. 



Turban, double, mixed 2 5 \, \ t ,< 



Double French seedlings 2 5 



TIGRIDIAS (Tiger Flower). 



A genus of Mexican bulbs; grow one and a half feet high, pro- 

 ducingflowers of the most exquisite beauty. The flowers are about 

 four inches across, of singularly curious shape, and the color of each 

 variety gorgeous, and purely contrasted. No flower can exceed it 

 in beauty. In bloom from July to the 1st of October. In autumn 

 take up the bulbs, and keep them in a dry place, away from frost, 

 until the time of planting in the spring. 



Conchiflora, orange and golden yellow, spotted black. 5 cents 



each ; 50 cents per dozen. 

 (Jrandiflora, richest scarlet, tinged and spotted with pure yellow. 



5 cents each; 60 cents per dozen. 

 Crrandiflora Alba, large flowers of a pearly white color, marked 



at the base of each division with large spots of a reddish-brown 



color on a yellowish ground, forming a fine contrast with the 



white of the petals. 8 cents each; 80 cents per doz. 



DOUBLE 

 TUBEROSES. 



The Tuberose is one of the 

 most delightfully fragrant and 



beautiful of summer-flowering Double Tuberose, 



bulbs ; throwing up tall spikes 



of double white flowers, two or thjee feet high, which remain in bloom a long 

 period. The bulbs may be planted from February to May. When they are 

 needed very early, they may be planted in the greenhouse or hotbed in Febru- 

 ary or March, and, for a succession of flowers, in April and May. In plant- 

 ing, remove useless small offsets_ around the main root, and place a single tuber 

 in a pot four or five inches wide. Use good loam and leaf-mould, with good 

 drainage. 



Large Flowering Bulbs. Per dozen, 60 cents. By mail, 8 cents each; 85 

 cents per dozen. 



Extra Large Flowering Bulbs. Per dozen, 75 cents. By mail, 10 cents 



each; $1. 00 per dozen. 

 Double Pearl. Per dozen, 60 cents. By mail, 8 cents each; 85 cents per 



dozen. 



Extra Large Pearl. Per dozen, 75 cents. By mail, 10 cents each; $1.00 per 

 dozen. 



Jris Kaempferii. 



