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lower flowers blooming first. To have a continuance of bloom the bulbs 
ought to be planted at intervals every two weeks, from March first until the 
end of May. My bulbs are extra large, well matured and taken only from the 
finest varieties. 
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Try a hundred of my extra large and extra fine 
bulbs, and have the grandest flower you ever saw of 
all colors. Yellow, Crimson, Buff, Salmon, Lemon, Pink, 
Rose, White, Maroon, Cherry, Scarlet, and in fact all oddly 
marked sorts that one can think of. 
Tuberoses. In tender beauty and delicious fra- 
grance this lovely flower has no equal. It is easy to grow, and quick and 
sure to bloom. I have the three best varieties. Dwarf Excelsior Pearl, 
Orange Flowered and New Variegated leaved. 10 cents each, .$1.00 per dozen, 
§7.50 per 100. 
Tritoma Ev erblooming, the greatest bedding plant ever introduced, sur- 
passing the finest eannas for attractiveness and brilliancy, equal to the 
gladiolus as a cut flower and blooms incessantly from June until December. 
Plants hardy in open ground. Strong roots, 15 cents each. 
flowering BMants. 
Cactus Dahlia, another beautiful perennial of great magnificence, raising 
its brilliantly colored flowers on lofty stems. We have only the very latest 
European varieties, and a mixture of all the different colors. 5 cents per 
bulb, 50 cents per dozen. 
Paeonies, magnificent hardy plants, almost rivahng the rose in brliliancy 
of color and perfection of bloom. They thrive in almost any soil or situa- 
tion. 25 cents per bulb. 
Hardy Garden Pinks, very hardy variety of pinks used for fringing flower 
beds. They are very sweet scented, and of various colors. 5 cents each, 50 
cents per dozen. 
CARNATIONS. 
The Carnation excels all other flowers, the rose alone excepted. If 
planted in the open ground it will bloom all summer, and if taken out and 
brought indoors at the approach of cold weather, it will bloom in winter. 
I have grown very strong plants in the open field, which were well 
hardened, and which have bloomed here. 
nixed Coiors (Seedlings), grown from the very' best Italian seeds. 5 
cents each, 40 cents per dozen. 
Carnations, in named varieties, crimson, red, white, pink and variegated 
of the most popular varieties. 15 cents each, .$1.60 per dozen. 
