NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS AND PLANTS. 
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MUSA CAVENDISHII. 
This is the true dwarf-gTOwinf? banana. A fine plant for decorative 
lawn or house purposes; its massive foliage and elegant habit make it 
a great favorite. Try one for your lawn and you will be pleased with it. 
$1.00 each. 
MARGUERITE. 
Also known as Paris Daisy. We grow only the white variety with 
dark eye, this being the most pojjular for cut flower purposes. It 
blooms continuously all winter, and is a fine house plant. 10c. each ; 
$1.00 per doz. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 
Elegant low-trailing plants for design beds, baskets, vases, etc.; of 
very rapid growth. 
Q-lsbrum.— Green foliage, reddish, violet flowers; known as the Dew 
Plant. .. ., , ^ 
Cordifolium Variegata. — For design beds it is almost impossible to 
get along without this variety. Foliage green and white or light gold, 
changing during the season to almost an ivory white. 10c. each ; $1.00 
per doz. 
M Y O S O T I S Fo rget- m e - not. " 
A charming, constant-blooming plant, requiring plenty of water and 
a partially shaded situation; valuable for cut (lower purposes. 10c. 
each ; $1.00 per doz. 
NIEREMBERCIA GRACILIS. 
An elegant plant for vases, windows, bo.xes, etc.; of graceful habit of 
growth, and bearing at all times a great profusion of lavender flowers, 
resembling a petunia. 10c. each ; $1.00 per doz. 
OLEANDERS. 
.A well-known class of plants, flowering nearly all summer. They at- 
tain a great size, and make splendid specimens for tubs. 20c. each ; 3 for 
50c. 
Rosea. — Semi-double, pink flowers ; the oldest variety grown. 
Uadonl Grandiflora.— Beautiful semi-double, pure white flowers ; 
Ter\' free blooming. _ 
OTHONNA. 
.\ charming basket plant, with cylindrical leaves and pretty, star- 
shaoed, yellow flowers, blooming almost constantly. Habit drooping, 
and" should be always grown in a hanging pot, basket, or on a bracket. 
Its foUage is fleshy, but delicate and graceful, and makes a rapid growth, 
drooping several feet below the basket. 10c. each. 
Pet&nias. 
A highly ornamental add 
profuse flowering, easily 
cultivated garden favorite. 
The brilliancy and variety 
of its colors, combined with 
the duration of its bloom- 
ing period, render it invalu- 
able for planting out in 
beds or mixed borders. As 
a border plant, in our 
northern climate they at- 
tain a degree of perfection 
seldom equaled. The fol- 
lowing varieties are entirely^ 
new, selected from a bed of 
many thousands of seed- 
lings which were the admi- 
ration of every person who 
was so fortunate as to see 
them the past season. 15c. 
each; $1.50 per doz. 
Acquisition. — Very fine 
form, bright crimson lilac, 
edged white, fine robust 
habit, good bloomer. 
Belle of Minnesota. — 
Very large, white-veined 
crirnson, with delicate tint 
of lavender. 
Defiance. — White, with a 
delicate tint of carmine run- 
ning through the entire 
flower; finely fringed. 
Emma Stone. —Very 
dark velvety crimson; fine 
form, immense size. 
John May.— Bright car- 
mine lilac, finel.y fringed, 
immense size and well- 
formed flower. 
Itasca. — Base of petals 
velvety carmine, tipped 
\vhitc," beautifully fringed. 
Mrs. C. D. Coleman. — 
White, fine formed, elegant- 
ly fringed. 
Minnehaha.— Clear 
white, beautifully fringed; 
some of the petals have a 
delicate lilac base, very dis- 
tinct. 
North Star.— Verj- dark, velvety lilac 
I'a^e flower. 
Smmmlt Beauty. — Bright carmine, tinted and edged white, fine form 
PILEA. 
Beautiful plants with small leaves and neat growth ; fine for pots, bas- 
kets or bedding out. lOe. each ; $1.00 per doz. 
Serp8efo?.ia. — The well-knov>-n .\rtillery plant. 
Beptans. — Dwarf, bushy, creeping growth for edgings of beds. 
• PYRETHRUMS. 
It is indeed wonderful, the improvement that has been made in these 
flowers within the past few years. The varieties now include almost 
every shade and color imaginable, and resemble in form a large Aster. 
Thej' are very hardy, and do well in almost any soil or situation, being 
true perennials. Wlien once established they last for many years with- 
out replanting. Our collection is made up from only the choicest va- 
rieties. 
smaLE. 
Belventius. — Clear rose color. Very fine. 20c. each. 
Beatrice Kelway. — Bright cherry rose. A splendid variety. 25c. 
each. 
Lucrece. — A beautiful variety, bearing large, white flowers tinged 
with pink. 25c. each. 
Merry Hampton. — Deep, rich crimson; flowers very large; the most 
dazzling single variety'. 35c. each. 
Apollo. — Glowing purple; flowers of splendid size. 35c. each. 
Ochroljenca. — Flowers of good size, and the most delicate lemon color. 
25c. each. 
Ahrupolis. — Delicate pink ; very effective, large flowers. 25c. each. 
Cirrha.— The darkest variety known. Pull blood crimson or maroon. 
25c. each. 
Princess Irene. — A strong-growing variety bearing an abundance of 
pure white blossoms. 25c. each. 
Mary Anderson. — A grand vari«ty; flowers of a flesh tint, and borne 
in great profusion. 35c. each. 
DOUBLE. 
Melton.— This is acknowledged to be the finest double Pyrethrum ever 
introduced, and \vas awarded first-class certificate by the Royal Horti- 
cultural Society of England. Flowers of an intense bright crimson and 
very large. 35c. each. 
Aphrodite. — A pure white variety, and decidedly the best white 
Pyrethrum we have ever seen. 30c. each. 
Captain Nares. — A grand crimson varietj'; very fine flowering. 25c. 
each. 
Kins' Oscar. — Crimson scarlet, exceedingly fine; large flat flowers; 
a decided acquisition. 30c. each. 
Figaro. — A beautiful flower of a rosy lake hue and splendid form, 
25c. each. 
Mont Blanc— A grand white Pyrethrum, and, until the introduction 
of Aphrodite, was considered the best. 25c. each. 
Niveum Plenum. — A very pretty white variety ; flowers smaller than 
the average, but produced in great profusion. 25c, each. 
Virgo. — A beautiful sort, fine form, medium size ; color, white tinged 
with lemon. 25c. each. 
PYSIANTHUS ALBUS. 
A climbinjj plant of very rapid growth, and attains a great degree of 
perfection in this climate. Two or three plants in a box or bed will soon 
envelop their support with an intricate mass of foliage, studded with 
its star-shaped white flowers. It is sometimes called the cruel plant, 
from the habit of its flowers closing down upon an 3' insect that disturbs 
them. It is also elegant for baskctL. and vases. 10c. each; $1.00 per do». 
PETUNIAS. 
crimson, beautifully fringed, 
