ELLIS BROTHERS’ CATALOGUE. 
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Pseudo Acorus Variegata. A fine hardy plant with deep green foliage, broadly 
striped creamy white. Flowers large; bright yellow, slightly veined brown. A valu- 
able plant for the edges of ponds and streams as it delights in plenty of moisture, 
but will thrive in any soil. Price 20 dls. 
Ksempferii (Japanese Iris). These are among the most beautiful of hardy plants 
and cannot fail to please the most fastidious. Their peculiar and quaint markings 
can be better imagined than described. They are exceedingly showy and last a long 
time in bloom. Some are self-colored, while others are marbled and tinted wdth 
different shades. The race is perfectly hardy and very easily grown. They require 
a good rich soil, and if it be possible to plant them near a pond or in a damp position 
they will thrive the better, though this is not absolutely necessary, as they will make 
a splendid growth and bloom abundantly under the same conditions as most other 
hardy plants. Several finest sorts. Price, each, 20 dls. 
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 ap- 
pearance ; one of the most distinct new bedding plants that has come under our 
observation this season. Price 10 ( 5 ls. 
White Cap. A fine com- 
pact 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 lodfs. 
Tapis Blue. Growth very 
compact and dwarf, blooming 
in greatest profusion, in fact, a 
solid bouquet of blue. 
Price 10 (fts. 
Le Geant (new). During 
late years we have had so many 
of the charming dwarf Agera- 
tum that are so well adapted for 
borders and carpet bedding that 
it is with pleasure that we in- 
troduce to the trade this variety, 
remarkable 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 25 < 5 ls. 
PAEONIES. 
The growing demand for these very hardy and showy perennials has led us to 
increase our stock and also to make up an assortment of the best of each color. 
They should be planted in deep, rich soil, after which they require less attention than 
any other class of flowering plant. 
