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VERBENAS. 
Verbenas being a leading specialty, we have selected from a large collection the 
following varieties, which combine the best bedding qualities and embrace the great- 
est variety of color, which cannot fail to give satisfaction to all. The list includes 
many of the best so-called mammoth sets ; but where older sorts are still the best, 
we retain them on our list. We also have in stock many kinds not on the list. 
Dolores, dark purple; Mrs. McKinley, large white; Leola, magenta, white eye; 
Candidissima, pure white, extra; Bernice, pink, dark center; Beauty of Oxford, 
mammoth pink; Climaxer, extra large, scarlet; Negro, nearly black, very fine; 
Crimson Bedder, bright crimson; Invincible, purple, large white eye; Svianger’s 
Beauty, Rneit striped sort; Antonio, deep blue, very fine; Gen. Custer, crimson, 
white eye ; Mrs.J. C. Vaughan, light pink; Turquoise, fine blue, white eye; Load- 
star, large, dark lavender. 
Price, customer’s selection, 8 efts, each, 75 dts. per doz. ; our selection of best 
sorts, only 6 <fts. each, 60 < 5 ls. per doz. ; fine seedlings, mixed, 50 dls. per doz. Ver- 
benas cannot be sent by mail after May 15. While we shall fill all orders for V'erbenas 
in full as far as possible, we reserve the right to substitute good kinds in place of any 
of which we may be out. 
FERNS. 
The popularity and demand for fine Ferns has increased wonderfully in past few 
years, and they are now indispensable; their diversity and gracefulness of foliage 
make them peculiarly fitted to combine with other plants and flowers; also extra nice 
in ferneries and for table decoration. They delight in light sandy loam, mixed with 
leaf mould, and with good drainage, for while they thrive in a moist soil, stagnant or 
sour earth is fatal to success. We have endeavored to grow in the greatest variety of 
foliage the best sorts for tbe amateur, also, unequalled for the florist. The small 
plants can go by mail, but larger sizes should be ordered sent by express. 
Pteris Tremula Smithiana. Similar to “Pteris Tremula,” with the tips of mature 
fronds beautifully crested, quite rare. Price 25 dls. 
Boston Sword Fern (Nephrolepis Exaltata Boston iensis). In the vicinity of 
Boston no other plant is used so extensively as this graceful Nephrolepis, which 
differs from the ordinary Fern in having much 
longer fronds, which frequently attain a length of 
four feet. These arch and droop over very grace- 
fully, on account of which it is frequently called 
the Fountain Fern. This drooping habit makes it 
an excellent fern to grow as a single specimen on 
a table or pedestal. (See cut.) 
Price 20, 35 and 50 dls. 
Nephrolepis Cordata Compacta (Sword Fern). 
Of free, strong-growing compact habit, attaining 
when fuliy grown a height of about two feet. 
The fronds, which are of a very rich dark green 
color, of upright growth, with just sufficient arch 
to make them graceful. 
Price 15, 30 and 50 dls. 
Platycerium Grande. Better known as Stag- 
horn Fern, owing to the striking resemblance of the 
fronds to the horns of a stag. 
Price 50 dls. to $3.00 each. 
