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SLLI8 BBOTHEBS' CATALOGUE. 
beautiful and delicate pure bright flesh color with no salmon shading, and is entirely 
distinct from any other variety now in cultivation. Finest as a winter bloomer ; also 
the best of all Carnations for bedding and summer bloom. Price lo < 5 ts. 
Eldorado. A strong vigorous plant, healthy foliage, and finely formed flowers. 
Light yellow, or perhaps, nearer a buff, and free from all white markings. Petals 
edged with narrow band of light pink, almost a picotee in marking. Price to dls. 
The rich spicy odor of the Carnation, combined with its varied colors, handsome 
form, leaves but little to be desired. They are very easily grown, and bloom freely as 
bedding plants in summer, or window garden in winter. Planted out in April they 
will commence flowering in early summer, and continue until checked by heavy frosts 
in autumn. If intended for winter flowers they should be gone over every three weeks, 
and the young growth cut back to within four or five inches of the main stem. After 
August ist, they should be allowed to grow and bud, as by September 15th they should 
be taken up and potted. Carnations are a specialty with us, and we very much doubt 
if our customers can find as select a list published in any florist’s catalogue in the 
United States. Only the very best are allowed in our collection. 
ACERATUM. 
Princess Pauline (new). A most distinct and novel variety of dwarf, compact 
habit, rarely exceeding five inches in height, its peculiarity being that both colors, 
blue and white, are combined in the 
same flower, the body of the flower 
being white while the stamens are 
of a light sky-blue, giving the 
flower a pretty variegated appear- 
ance; one of the most distinct new 
bedding plants that has come under 
our observation this season. Extra 
as specimens ; fine for bedding, 
vases, or as a winter plant. It will 
bloom every day in the year. (See 
cut.) Price to ifts. ; 3 for 25 dis. ; 
75 < 5 ls. per doz. 
White Cap. A fine compact 
bedding sort, with flowers of purest 
white; also fine for vases or as a 
pot plant; a very profuse bloomer ; 
the best of all whites. 
Price 10 < 5 ts. 
Le Geant (new). During-late 
years we have had so many of the 
charming dwarf Ageratum that are 
so well adapted for borders and car- 
pet bedding that it is with pleasure that we introduce to the trade this variety, re- 
markable for its tall growth, making it a valuable plant for the center of vases and 
large baskets. The branches are red, straight-growing, tipped with very numerous 
clusters of flowers of the most beautiful blue. Price 10 < 5 ls. 
Varigata. Foliage green and white ; flowers deep blue. A splended plant for 
borders, vases or pots. Price 10 ifts. 
