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BLLI8 BR0THSR8’ CATALO&UB. 
FORCETMENOT. 
Gem* New blue sort, very compact and erect in growth, 
which makes it very useful, especially so, it being both a sum- 
mer and^winter bloomer, quite hardy; color, a fine blue, a grand 
novelty. (Sce*cut.) Price 15 < 5 ts. 
Palustris* I..ight blue flowers, and in bloom the whole 
summer; very hardy, especially valuable for its remarkable 
blooming qualities; not a winter variety. PiiceiO( 5 ts. 
Perfection. This is the great winter sort, being grown 
extensively for cut flowers in all parts of the country. If treated 
same as violets, it^will produce a profusion of its blue flowers 
nearly all winter. Pi ice 10 <fts. 
ALYSSUM. 
Mammoth, The finest of all large growing Alyssums. 
Small plants, planted in open ground will make immense clumps, 
for summer cut flowers. Also grand as a pot or vase plant; 
flowers white, semi-double, of twice the size in truss and floret 
of any sort we have ever seen. Its long, strong stem makes it 
very fine for cut flowers. First-class for summer or winter 
use. Price 10 < 5 ts.; 4 for 25 < 5 ks. 
Double Tom Thumb, This variety has the same dwarf 
habit as the single, but its trusses are much longer and the 
florets double. The double flowers hold on so long that the 
plant is always in bloom, never having that ragged and unattrac- 
tive appearance of old varieties when out of flower. Price 10 
< 5 ts. ; 4 for 35 <fls. Either sort, 60 dls. per doz. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Azalea, Elegant pot plants, much used for Easter decorations. Though attaining a good size, com • 
mence to bloom when very small. The flowers are large and very beautiful, always much admired, and 
range from white to deep crimson in color, with all intermediate shades and markings. Easily grown in 
any window. Our plants are fine ones; all in 5, 6 and 7-inch pots, well branched and full of buds; will 
bloom profusely through the spring months. . Price $1.00; extra sizes, $1.25 to $1.50. 
Ardisia, Crenulata. A very ornamental greenhouse plant, dark evergreen foliage producing bril- 
liant red berries ; a first-class house plant. Price 13 < 5 ls. ; strong plants, 40 As. 
Agave, Marginata. Beautifully variegated green, yellow and white. 
Price 35 As., 50 As., $1.50 to $3.50 each. 
Agave, Americana (Century Plant). Dark green; strong grower. 
Price, small, 35 As.; large specimens, $1.00 to $3.00. 
Agapanthns Dmbellatas, Lily of the Nile. This is a splendid ornamental plant, bearing large 
clusters of blue flowers on long flower stalks, and lasting a long time in bloom. There is no finer plant 
than this for out-door decoration, planted in large pots or tubs on the lawn, terrace or piazza. It does well 
in the house or greenhouse in winter, requiring but slight protection. Price 35 and 40 As. 
Amaryllis, Belladonna. A noble flower from the Cape of Good Hope; perfectly hardy south of 
Washington, and even further north if planted a foot deep and covered. The flowers appear in the fall, 
and are of the most beautiful satiny rose imaginable, and of exquisite fragrance. They are produced in 
umbels of six to twelve flowers in a cluster. Price, extra strong bulbs, 50 As.; small, 30 As. 
Aloysia Citriodora, Lemon Verbena. Indispensable for fragrance of its leaves. Price 10 As. 
Bouvardia, Davidsonsii. White; often delicately tinted pink, profuse bloomer. Price 15 As. 
Bonvardia, Alfred Neuner. The flowers are rather larger than those of the single flowering, and 
composed of three perfect rows of petals of the purest waxy white color, each floret resembling a miniature 
Tuberose. Price 15 As. 
Calla, Ethiopica. The well known house plant. This Calla is the true large flowering sort; the 
grandest of all. Price, small, 10 As.; larger, 25 As., 50 As. 
Coleus, We have a fine assortment of the most showy varieties. 
Price 10 As., 3 for 35, 6 for 40, 13 for 75 As. 
Cactus, Epipkyllum (or Lobster Cactus). A wonderfully free-bloomer, frequently blooming three 
or four times during the year. Of drooping habit. Flowers bright pink. Price, small plants, 15 As. 
Cactus, Cereus Grandifiora (Night-blooming CereusL Flowers enormously large, and of rarest 
beauty. Pure white, and opening only at night. Price 20 As. 
