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woody stems, see Hardy Climbing Vines. 
The busily forms are especially choice for 
the flower border. No class of plants better 
repays rich culture and care than these 
Davidiana. From China. Crows 3 feet 
high. Dense, bushy habit of growth. Hand- 
some, tubular, porcelain-blue flowers in com- 
pact clusters at the a.xils of the leaves. The 
flowers are slightly fragrant, and tlie foliage 
has a distinct odor of new-mown hay after 
the lirst frost. 
Craveolens. From China. (Irowsisfeet 
high. I^emon-yellow flowers about i M inches 
across. A unique color in the class 
Dicentra spectabilis. 
IDlELYTliA: Sk.\I, Fl.()\\ Klt.) 
From Siberia. Grows 3 feet high. Well- 
known, desirable species, with long racemes 
of showy, heart-shaped red and white flow- 
ers. An ornamental class of border plants ; 
of easiest culture, in moderately rich soil. 
The foliage alone is very ornamental, while 
the flowers are striking in form and color. 
A favorite in every garden. 
Dictamnus (Gas plant). 
F.legant, strong - growing, symmetrical, 
handsome - foliaged plants, surnioiuited by 
long spikes of peculiarly fragrant, showy 
flowers. Suited to any good, loam\' garden 
soil. The llowers give off a pungent gas, 
with an odor of lemon peel, which ignites 
with a flash when touched with a match on 
hot, sultry evenings ; hence its common 
name. Gas Plant. 
Fraxinella. From Germany. Grows 3 
feet high. June. Showy purple flowers, 
penciletl with deeper lines. 
Fraxinella alba. Same as above, but 
with pure white flowers. 
Eulalia Japonica, var. Zebrina. 
(ZuiiKA UUASS: (tRAMIN.H.) 
From Japan. Grows 4 feet high. A most 
remarkable and handsome variegated form, 
witli the golden variegation in horizontal 
bands across the leaf at regular intervals. 
Of easiest culture in ordinary garden soil. 
For the flower border, or tor grouping on the 
lawn, they are very valuable. Unique and 
very eflective. 
Gladiolus. 
The Gladiolus is one of the very hand- 
somest of all the outdoor flowering bulbous 
plants. The plants give wonderful returns 
for but little outlay in time and care, and are 
very satisfactory for cut flowers for the house, 
as all the small undeveloped buds will de- 
velop to the tip of the spike in water. They 
present the greatest variety of shades and 
coloring, from pure white with the slightest 
timch of pink through all the shades of yel- 
low and pink to the dei'pest scarlet. They 
require nothing more than ordinary garden 
soil to do their best. The bulbs must be dug 
up in the fall, and may be planted from the 
time the ground is in shape to be worked 
in the spring, till July, and will begin to blos- 
som in about si.\ weeks. 
Lemolne Hybrids. Rather early, very 
graceful and beautiful ; inclined to the more 
delicate shadings, with beautiful soft con- 
trasts. 
Crawford's Mixtures. Contain all kinds 
and all shades, from pure white to the deep- 
est scarlet. 
Hollyhocks. 
These handsome, showy plants are at pres- 
i ent great favorites. They are old inhabitants 
of oiu' gardens, but are now so improved in 
doubleiiess ami enlarged in size, as to be 
revelations of gorgeous beauty to those who 
have not seen these improved sorts. As a 
background there is nothing better, or for 
groups on the lawn or amon.g shrubbery, 
they are invaluable. Our stock consists of 
fine, field -grown plants, raised from the 
choicest seeds. Flowers large and double, 
as handsome in form as a camellia, and of 
beautiful shades of color. 
Japan Iris. 
Iris. 
German. Under this head are include<l 
the varieties of several species of Iris, but all 
are distinguished by their broad leaves, and 
resemble each other in the shape of their 
flowers, and for this reason are known under 
one head. All of easiest culture in ordinary 
garden soils, preferring a rich lo.im. No gar- 
den is complete without the German Iris. 
We sell them in assorted colors. 
Japan. The plants we ([note are recent 
importations from Japan, and are e.\tra 
choice and rare. Tliis is the latest and larg- 
est-flowering of all the Iris family. Some 
specimens in the nursery measured over 9 
inches across the petals." They are entirely 
hardy, and require no attention after being 
planted in good soil. They show the most 
charming confliinations of colors ; some are 
pure white, others crimson, rose, lavender, 
lilac, blue, and i)thers are mottled. 
