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Rose Mallow {tllbiscus grandiflora). Rank-growing, har<ly, licrba 
ceous plants, throwing up stems fiom 4 to 5 feet lii.iili, producing 
large j)inli flowers. 35 cents ciicli. 
Spiraea Herbaceous, filipendula. A pretty flowering plant, in 
corymbs soniewliat ilattcned ; color bright rose. 50 cents each, 
filipendula fl. pi. A double-flowered variety of the above, 
with pure white, more showy flowers. 50 cents each. 
Astilbe, or Japonica. Beautiful deep rich green foliage ; flow- 
ers pure white, on stem:* aliout G inches high. This is one of the 
1 finest of the class, and an excellent plant for winter-blooming. 
35 cents each. 
ulmaria. A pretty, free-blooming plant, with white flowers, 
with the scent of the Hawthorn. 50 cents each, 
ulmaria picta, A remarkable variety of the above, with foli- 
age deeply variegated with gold ; throwing up a stem 2 feet high, 
with fine white flowers ; a very striking kind. 50 cents each. 
Tigridia, or Tiger-Flower. A native of Mexico ; a showy and 
profuse SHiumer flovvcring bulb ; the flower singularly spotted, 
as its name indicates ; in bloom from July to October. It 
should be planted in the spring, and taken up in October, and 
kept from frost during winter. 
Conchillora. Orange and golden yellow, spotted with dark 
crimson. 12 cents each. $1 per dozen, 
pavonia. Rich scarlet, tinged and spotted with yellow. 12 cents 
each. $1 per dozen. 
Tritoma. A beautiful class of bulbous plants, flowering in the sum- 
mer and through the late autumn months; throwing up a tall 
flower-scape 3 to 5 feet high, crowned with beautiful racemes of 
orange flower-tubes. One of the very best of the recently-intro- 
duced bedding-plants. Protect from frost in winter in cellar, or 
with a covering of litter in the ground. 
Uvaria. Is the most free-flowering. 25 cents each. Large 
plants 50 cents each. 
Tuberose, double. One of the most delightfully-fragrant of sum- 
mer-flowering bulbs, throwing up a spike of double white flowers 
2 to 3 feet high. For early flowering, start the bulbs in Febru- 
ary or March, in a greenhouse or hotbed; and, for a succession 
of bloom, they can be started at intervals till June. For flower- 
ing in the open border, they can bo planted about the first of May. 
Before planting, bo sure to remove all the small oflsets at the basa 
of the main bulb. Fine bulbs, 12 cents each. $1.25 per dozen. 
Started iu pots, $2.50 per dozen. 
