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Sherman Nursery Company, Charles City, Iowa 
LATANiA BORBONICA. 
Miscellaneous 
Aquilegia caerulea 
A fine Rocky Mountaiii species, with 
large flowers, often 4 inclies across. The 
sepals are deep blue; petals pure white; 
spurs recurved. Splendid for cutting, 
the flowers retaining their freshness a 
long time. 
Bleeding^Heart 
A hardy perennial with heart-shaped, 
rose-colored flowers in drooping spikes. 
One of the best border plants ; perfectly 
ULEEDIXO-HEAHT. 
hardy and easily cultivated; 2 feet high. 
Flowers in April or May. 
Dahlias 
This is the well-known plant so com- 
mon in all old gardens. Flowers borne 
on stems from 3 to 5 feet high, varying 
in color from white to deep red, and from 
single to very double. 
Palms 
In house culture of Palms, care should 
be taken to keep them free from red 
spiders. This can be done by placing 
the plant on its side and showering the 
underside of the foliage with clean, cold 
water. This should be done at least once 
a week. The water chills the spiders and 
causes tliem to drop from the plant. 
Palms are also a class of plants of which 
the scale insects are very fond, and if 
scales are found on the plant they should 
be brushed off with some small, stiff 
brush. Care should be taken to keep 
the plants free from scales and red spi- 
ders, as they soon ruin the appearance of 
the plant if it is not kept free from 
tliem. ' 
Latania Borbonica. This is the most 
desirable of the fan-leaved Palms for 
house culture. When plants are young 
they throw what are called seed-leaves 
which are not divided, simply lanceolate 
