OF FRUIT ; ORNAMENTAL TREES, ETC. 
09 
MISCELLANEOUS BORDER AND HOUSE 
PLANTS. 
The following are the best varieties of these useful plants, which are exceedingly valuable on 
account of their hardiness, easy culture and showy appearance. They will mostly live all winter 
in the open ground, and bloom freely every year. We name some leading sorts. 
Bell Flower ( Campanula ). Large showy bell-shaped flowers of pure white, blue, and purple; July 
and August. 
Carnations. White, carmine, rosy pink, and striped; very beautiful and fragrant, continuing in 
flower a long time. Plant in pots in fall, and grow in conservatory or parlor window. One of 
the best house plants. 
Chrysanthemums. The prettiest of late autumn and early flowering winter plants. In November 
and December there is nothing that will make such a cheerful display. Plant in pots and 
place them in the house where they will have the sun. The prevailing colors are white, yellow 
and red, the red being the least interesting. 
Columbine {Aquilegia). Well known, flowers hanging from rather small stems, about two feet 
high; various colors. 
Dlrentra Spectabills or Dielytra Bleeding Heart). A beautiful hardy border plant, with brilliant 
rosy heart shaped flowers, hanging in great profusion from a gracefully curved stem; May 
and June. 
Hollyhock. There are very few plants so grand and yet so perfect and delicate as the Hollyhock. 
Its flowers are quite as double and almost as pure and perfect as those of the Camelia. Seeds 
sown in the spring produce plants that will bloom the second summer. Plants set out in the 
spring will flower about midsummer, and for several years, if not allowed to bloom too freely 
the first year. 
Perennial Phlox. The flowers of Perennial Phlox are immense masses of bloom, from the purest 
white to crimson. They grow to a height of two feet or more and are perfectly hardy. 
SUMMER AND AUTUMN FLOWERING BULBS, 
THAT REQUIRE TAKING UP IN THE FALL, AND TO BE KEPT FROM FREEZING. 
Bousslngaultia [Bassilloides). Maderia Vine. An old well known climber, a rapid grower, with 
thick fleshy leaves and white flowers; grand for trailing in a porch, over a window, or in any 
place where you desire a beautiful green. 
Dahlias .Double). Well known autumn flowering tna.xcs, growing from two to five feet high, and 
producing a profusion of flowers of the most periect and beautiful forms, varying in color from 
the purest white to the darkest maroon. 
Gladiolus. Of all our summer flowering bulbs the Gladiolus stands eminently at the head as the 
most varied and beautiful class. The flowers are produced in spikes two feet in height and 
upwards; the brilliant scarlet and crimson of some, form a striking contrast with the delicate 
shades and pencilings of the lighter colored varieties. By planting at intervals from May first 
to middle of June a succession of flowers can be had from July to October. 
Tuberose (Double and Single). Flowers very fragrant; flower stems from three to four feet; 
autumn. 
Pearl. — I ts value over the common variety consists in its flowers being nearly double in size; 
imbricated like a rose, and in its dwarf habit growing only eighteen inches to two feet. The 
fragrance and color same as common sort. 
Tlgridas (Shell Flower). One of our favorite summer flowering bulbs, of the easiest culture, 
displaying their georgeous tulip like flowers of orange and scarlet daily from July to October. 
FLOWERING BULBS 
TO BE PLANTED IN THE FALL. 
Crocus. In various colors. 
Frlttillaria Imperlalis i^Crown Imperial). Very showy plants, are quite hardy, and when the bulbs 
are once planted they need no farther culture. Plant five inches deep, one foot , apart. 
