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Pa-onias, herbaceous. Tlic effect pioduceJ by the brilliant color 
and strong contrast of these large and showy flowers, in all 
shades, from dark to pure white, is unequalled. $2 per dozen. 
amabilis. Pink, shaded with white and cream-color. 
Chinensis alba. Fringed white. 
festiva. Pale lilac; vi ry full and showy. 
formosa. White; centre beautifully frin;,'<d cream-color. 
plenissima rosea superba. Rose, eream, and white. 
Potsii. Deep crimson ; fine. 
rosea striata pulchra. Light rose and white, 
rubicunda alba marginata. Pink ; prettily shaded, 
speeiosa striata. Shaded rose-color; very fine, 
tricolor grandiflora. Lnrge, white flowers ; prettily shaded. 
Pseonia-Tree (P. Montan). A genus of a shrubby or tree-like 
growili; natives of China and Japan, producing flowers of ex 
traordinary size ; blooming in the early spring; strong plants, 
75 cents each. Choice named kinds, $1.50 each. 
Spiraea Herbaceous, fllipendula. A pretty flo^^cring plant, 
in corymbs somewhat flattened ; color, bright rose, 
fllipendula fl. pi. A double flowered variety of iho above, 
with pure white, more showy flowers. 
Astilbe, or Japonica. Beautiful deep rich-green foliage; 
flowers pure while, on stems about 6 inches high. This is one of 
the finebt of the class, and an excellent plant for winter-blooming, 
ulmaria. A pretty, free-blooming plant, with white flowers, 
with the scent of the Hawthorn, 
ulmaria picta. A remarkable variety of the above, with foliage 
deeply variegated with gold ; throwing U]) a stem 2 feet higli, 
with fine white flowers ; a very striking kind. 
Tigridia, or Tiger-Flower. A native of Mexico ; a showy and 
profuse summer-flowering bulb ; the flower singularly spotted ; in 
bloom from July to October. It should be planted in the spring, 
taken up in October, and kept from frost during winter. 
COnchiflora. Orange and golden yellow, spotted with dark 
crimson. 12 cents each. SI per dozen, 
pavonia. Rich scarlet, tinged and spotted with yellow. 12 cents 
tach. §1 per dozen. 
HYBRID FRENCH GLADIOLUS. 
Price: best named kinds, $3 per dozen; older varieties, $1. AO uei 
dozen ; mixed colors, $1 per dozen, $5 per hundred. 
