W. R. Gray, Oakton, Fairfax County, Virginia 
BEDDING 
Salvia Splendens 
(Flowering Sage) 
One of the finest of blooming plants, 
being completely covered with long spikes of 
scarlet flowers, remaining in bloom until cut 
down by frost. Some of the finest beds in 
the White House grounds in Washington 
are of this plant. Kept sheared down to 
make it thick, it is a wonderful sight. 
Price, by mail, 10 cts. each, $1.00 per dozen; 
by express, $6.00 per 100. 
Coleus 
A foliage plant with richly colored leaves 
in various tints of gold, bronze, green and 
crimson ; richly veined, blotched or mar- 
PLANTS 
gined, producing a brilliant display of color. 
Desirable for both pot plants and for bed- 
ding out. I have ten of the finest varieties. 
Price, by mail, 10 cts. each, $1.00 per dozen ; 
by express, $6.00 per 100. 
Dusty Miller 
A well known, white foliage bedding 
plant. Price, $1.00 per dozen. 
Begonias 
Vernon Pink 
Luminosa Red 
These make fine beds, if given a little 
shade, an open loose soil and plenty of 
water. Price, $2.00 per dozen, $15.00 per 100. 
MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS 
Aloysia Citriodora (Lemon V e r b e n a). 
For bouquets, etc. Price, 10 cts. 
Asparagus Sprengeri. For ferneries and 
baskets. Price, IS cts. 
Asparagus Plumosus. Leaves b r i g ht 
green and silky. Nice plants. Price, IS cts. 
Calla (The White Calla). Large, pure 
white flowers. Price, 20 cts. each. 
Cereus, Night-Bloonung. Flowers large, 
satiny white; outside petals tinged reddish 
brown; fragrant. Price, IS cts. 
Heliotrope. For bedding in summer or 
pot plants in winter. Price, 10 cts. each. 
Heliotrope, Czar. Deep purple; free; 
fragrant. 
Heliotrope, Madame de Blonay. Pure 
white. 
Hibiscus, Peachblow. Flowers double, 4 
to S inches in diameter; rich clear pink, 
deep crimson center. Price, 20 cts. 
Hibiscus Rubra. Deep cherry red ; large 
and double. Price, 20 cts. 
Hollyhock. Septate colors, red, white, 
yellow, pink. Price, 2-year field-grown 
plants, ready to bloom, 40 cts. each, $4.00 
per dozen. 
Hydrangea Otaksa. Flowers large; 
bright pink, tinted blue. Price, SO cts. ; 
2-year, $1.00. 
Jasmine, Grand Duke. New. Double, 
creamy white flowers, deliciously perfumed. 
Price, 15 cts. 
Lantana, W eeping. Graceful, drooping ; 
grows rapidly; blooms continually; flowers 
lilac or rosy pink. Price, strong plants, 
IS cts. 
Lemon, American Wonder, or Ponde- 
rosa. Flowers as large as tuberoses and as 
fragrant as orange blossoms ; fruit useful. 
Good young plants. Price, 25 cts. 
Pansies, Royal Exhibition. Our own 
choicest strain, produced by a Pansy special- 
ist. Price, strong plants, S cts. each. SO cts. 
per dozen ; large plants in bloom, $1.00 per 
dozen. 
Pontederia Crassipes Major (The Water 
Hyacinth). Flowers delicate lilac rose, in 
trusses like the Hyacinth. Price, 10 cts. 
Vinca Major Variegata. Trailing plant; 
leaves glossy green, margined creamy white ; 
flowers blue. Price, 10 cts. 
Violets, Marie Louise. Bold, fine flow- 
ers; fragrant, prolific; dark blue; double. 
Price, 10 cts. each, $'1.()0 per dozen. 
Princess of Wales. New. Grand single 
flowers, violet blue; will not fade. Price, 
10 cts. each, $1.00 per dozen. 
Swanley White. Most free flowering, 
fragrant, purest white. Price, 10 cts. each. 
$1.()0 per dozen. 
Yucca Filamentosa (Spanish Bayonet). 
Creamy white bell-shaped flowers on a tall 
stalk. Price, 2-year plants, by express, 
so cts. 
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