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SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY's CATALOGUE OF 
Dnke of Edinburgh. Flowers large, rich violet-purple. 
Plaminula. The Virgin's Bower. White flowers. Zjcts. 
Premontii. Nodding terminal flowers, with thick purple 
sepals an inch long. 30 cents. 
Gipsy Queen. A showy variety ; rich velvety purple 
flowers. 
Integrifolia. An erect species, with very fragrant, soli- 
tary, nodding blue flowers. 25 cents. 
Jackinauni. Flowers of an intense jiurple ; one of the 
best. 
Jackmanni alba. A pure white variety of the well 
known type. 50 cents to Ji. 
liady Boville. Grayish blue, cup-shaped flower. 
Lady Caroline Neville. White, sufliused with red, 
mavue colored band. 
Ijanuginosa Nivea. Pure white and very large. 
LiOrd Liondesborough. Deep mauve ; fine large flowers. 
Liady Londesborougli. Silver gray, pale bar. .May 
and July. 
Miss Bateman. A pretty white variety, with chocolate 
anthers. 75 cents. 
Mrs. George Jacknian. Satiny white, witli creamy 
bar. 
Pallassii. An erect kind, producing immense panicles 
of white flowers in July and August. 30 cents. 
Paniculata. For description, see New and Rare Plants, 
page 16. $1. We supply strong plants, that will grow 
from 8 to 10 feet high and flower the next season, at 50 
cts. each, $5 per doz. ; small plants, 15 to 25 cts. each. 
Pierotti. A new species from Japan, very similar to C. 
moniana. 25 cents. 
Prince of AVale.s. Deep puce-purple ; a large and 
handsome flower. 
Price, except where noted, $1 eacli, $10 per dc 
Pitcherii. Pitcher's Leather Flower. A strong-growing 
sort from the southern states, with deep purplish brown 
or nearly black flowers in summer. 25 cents. 
Purpurea Elegaus. Flowers large, of a deep violet 
purple, with light-colored filaments. 
Recta. Upright Virgin's Bower. An erect species, with 
dense panicles of small white flowers in early summer. 
25 cents. 
Rubra Violacea. Maroon, shaded violet. 
Rubella. Rich claret-purple, in the way of Jackmanni. 
Sir Garnet Wolseley. Slaty blue ground color. May 
and June. 75 cents. 
Standishii. Light mauve purple. May and June. 75c. 
Stans. An erect species, with woody stems and an 
abundance of white flowers, similar in size to those of 
C. Davidiana. 25 cents. 
Stella. Light violet, with a distinct bar of a deep, reddish 
plum. May and June. 
Star of India. Reddish plum, with red bars. July and 
October. 
Tubulosa. A showy, erect species, similar to C. David- 
iana, but with dark purple flowers in summer. 25 cents. 
Tunbridgensis. Deep bluish purple, free-flowering. 
Velutiua purpurea. Blackish mulberry ; very fine and 
free. 
Viorua. A climbing species, with bell-shaped reddish 
purple flowers. July to September. 2,5 cents. 
Virginiana. Virgin's Bower. Climbs 5 to 15 feet. This 
fine native climber is rare in cultivation. 25 cents, 
Vitalba. Traveler's Joy. Similar to the preceding, but 
native of Europe. 
Vitioella. Bluish purple drooping flowers 2 to 3 inches 
across. July and August. 2,5 cents, 
in ; oar selection, 75 cents each, $8 per dozen. 
Hardy Ferns. 
S a general thing. Hardy Ferns need shade. Most of them, also, require a well-drained spot, with a soil 
composed largely of leaf-mold and some peat. We ofier only the rarer and more desirable hardy kinds. The 
outdoor fernery must not be allowed to suffer for lack of moisture, and provision must be made for watering 
when this is needed. The plants will furnish an abundance of fine bouquet-green all summer, 
Each Dozen 1 Kach Dozen 
ADIANTU3I pcdatum. The Maiden- Hail 
Fern. A pretty deciduous species for out- 
door culture in shady, moist places, i foot 
high : 
ASPIDIUM. Some of the prettiest species 
in this genus are entirely hardy ; the best 
ones are given below. 
A. acrostichoides. Prickly Shield Fern. 
A fine evergreen species, useful for cut- 
ting and for the hardy fernery 
A. marginale. One of the best species for a 
fernery, with deep green foliage i to 2 feet 
long. Evergreen 
A. Noveboracense. A splendid species, 
about a foot high, with fronds 3 to 4 inches 
wide 
A. Goldianum. One of the rarest and 
noblest of the eastern Ferns, with fronds 
2 to 3 feet long ; deciduous 
So 15 $1 50 
15 > 5" 
1 5" 
25 2 50 
ASPIDIUM spinulosuin. A pretty species, 
with bristly evergreen fronds i to 2 feet 
high $0 20 $2 tK> 
.\SPIiENIUM. The hardy evergreen Asple- 
niums thrive well in any well-drained, 
shaded border, and are handsome the year 
round. 
A. angustifolium. A S])ecies growing 2 or 
3 feet high. The divisions of the fronds 
are long and narrow ; distinct 20 2 00 
\. ebeneum. Ebony Fern. A pretty dwarf 
species ; fronds 10 to 12 inches long ; ever- 
green i,"; I 50 
A. Trichoinane.s. Maiden-Hair Spleenwort. 
A pretty species, forming dense tufts in 
crevices of rocks ; the thread-like stipe 
and rachis are purplish brown and shin- 
ing ; very ornamental ; 6 to 8 inches ; 
evergreen iS i 5° 
