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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
T^o Grai^d Narcissljs. 
For winter blooming, few bulbs are so popular and so 
largely grown as the Paper White Grandiflora and Double 
Homan Narcissus. Beallzing their Importance, we have, by 
special contract, secured from France a quantity of bulbs of 
each, which aro of KXTitA srsos and strength, especially for 
pot culture, and the amount and beauty of bloom from 
these fine bulbs will be far greater than from ordinary ones. 
Paper White Crandiflora— An Improvement on the com- 
mon Paper White, the flower being about twice the size, 
of beautiful star-like form, pearly whiteness and deli- 
clous fragrance. It is a very early and profuse bloomer 
and can be had in full beauty at Christmas and New 
Year’s. One of the very finest of -ninter blooming bulbs. 
Large, select bulbs, 16 ots. each; 4 for 50 cts.; 9 lor $1.00. 
Double Roman— A superb Narcissus, bearing great clusters 
of large double blossoms of the most delicious orange 
blossom fragrance. Color pure white with small inner 
petals of golden yellow. It is an early bloomer and 
a great lieauty, almost as good as a Double Chinese Sacred 
Lily. Extra fine bulbs 15 cts. each; 4 for 60 ots.; 9 for $1.00. 
SPECIAL OFFER— For S.5 cts. we viHll send one buJb each of 
these two tfrand Narcissus. 
Qiai^t G^oeds. 
Our growers In Holland have made up a mixture of 
named Crocus from such sorts as produce flowers of extraor- 
dinary size and beauty, and such as will be particularly line 
for winter blooming. It is supposed to be the finest Crocus 
mixture ever made up, and either for pot or garden culture 
we can strongly recommend it, and those who wish an extra 
fine show of Crocus will certainly find this grade to be better 
than anything they ever before saw. The bulbs are strong 
and vigorous and the flowers will be enormous. Itlce, aU 
colors mixed, 35 cts. per dozen ; $L75 per 100. 
Brodiaea Qrai^diflora. 
A rare new sort of great beauty as it produces an umbel 
of lovely blue flowers as large and as line as the Agapanthus 
Lily. It is perfectly hardy, and either as a garden or pot 
flower it Is superfine. 15 ots. each. 
Rose, Mary Waslnpgtor^. 
This Rose was raised and named by George W ashi ngton over 
100 years ago, and is described in the Mount Vernon Guido 
Book. It IS the only hardy perpetual blooming climber 
known, and a plant of it will produce more than twice as 
many flowers as any other rose. It wiU commence blooming 
almost as soon as planted, and produce hundreds, and even 
thousands of elegant flowers the flrstsummer. Either In the 
garden or in pots it is full of bloom at all times, the flowers 
growing in great clusters— often 60 to 100 in a bunch. Color 
pure white, perfectly double to the center, and of unsur- 
passed fragrance. Buds beautiful, long and pointed Uke the 
finest Tea Roses, Perfectly hardy, and will grow up over a 
door, gate or window, and always full oi bloom from early 
Spring untU late Autumn. It is the must wonderful rose in 
cultivation, and W'as first introduced by us last year, and we 
are headquarters for genuine stock. Fine plants for imme- 
diate blooming, 30 ots. each ; 4 for $1.00. 
ROSE, MARY WASHINGTON. 
