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Giant Dog's-tooth Violets, Ery thronium HencJersonil. A charming i 
nearly black center, and one of the best two for genera 
ariety; purplish, with 
planting 
REVOLUTUM— DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLETS 
A bed of these superb flowers is shown very true to nature in the halftone on page 1 1 . 
The stems are long, the flowers large and exquisitely tinted, often single, never more 
than four to the stem; and the leaves are mottled in white and green. While the plants 
thrive in garden loam, they do well in heavy soils which are quite wet in winter. I have 
seen them where a stream flowed over them constantly in winter. 
Watsonii is also known as Giganteum. It has white flowers, beautifully toned with 
brown. My price for it, 5 cts. each, 50 els. ])er doz., $3.75 per 100. 
MIXED ERYTHRONIUMS. Send your order and I will make a selection of 
good plants in mixed varieties at 25 cts. per doz., $2 per 100, $15 per 1,000. 
If you wish EXTRA-STRONG PLANTS, 1 will make a personal selection of the 
finest varieties in my large collection of Krylhroniums in 4 species, 100 bulbs, for $ t,. 
5) in the open ground with- 
From Chicago a letter details results witli Calochoni (sc 
out protection, and very fine flowers were grown. 
"The expressman tells me that you send man\- things to Herkcle)-, to three others I believe 
the same day that mine arrived, and I do not wonder at it, if all liave had the same pleasure 
that I have had with the things that you have sent. 1 jilanted my Calochortus in a box, but 
without manure, November 5. The Globe Tulips flowered freely in May. The blossoms of 
Vesta were especially large, and were much admired for their beautiful coloring. I have 
never seen such s|)ccimens growing in the nioinitains." 
