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ELLIS BBOTHEBS* CATALOGUE. 
The above two new giant Heliotropes arc selections from the new mammoth type. Very large florets 
and immense trusses^ often ten or more inches across; grand novelties. * 
Mrs. Burf^ess. Color, fine dark violet; one of the best dark sorts, in fact one of the best of all 
Heliotropes. Good for pots; fine for bedding in open ground, and extra good for cutting; odor exquisite, 
aud it produces flowers in abundance. In last twenty years we have had on trial many varieties of Helio- 
trope, but we pronounce this the best, either for pots, bedding or cut flowers. Price io( 5 ts.; larger, 20 As. 
White Lady. The nearest approach to pure white yet in the Heliotrope; truss very large, growth 
compact; a decided acquisition. A slight improvement on “ Snow Wreath.” Price 10 As. ; larger, 20 As. 
TENDER VINES AND BASKET PLANTS. 
The following vines arc for house culture or summer planting — not hardy. 
Asparagus. See Page 23. 
Maderia 'Vine. Too well known to need description. Price 10 As. ; 4 for 25 As. 
Saxifraga Sarmentosa. The old-fashioned basket plant, better known as Strawberry Geranium. 
Ornamental foliage. Price 10 As. 
Vinca (Variegata). Rapid grower; leaves glossy green, margined with white. Price 10 As. 
Mesembryantbemum Wax Plant (or Rock Pink). Curious succulent plant, similar foliage 
and flower to above. Flowers pink ; an old variety, but fine for baskets. Price 10 As. 
Mesembryantbemum GrandiOora Alba. New, large flowering, pure white wax plant, of a 
trailing habit, and especially fine for hanging pots or baskets. The foliage is round and fleshy, and the 
blossoms very large, two to three inches across, and exceedingly beautiful. Price 10 As. 
Lophospermum Scandens. A handsome climbing plant of rapid growth, with heart-shaped 
leaves and rose-colored, Gloxinia-like flowers. Its rapid growth and fine foliage, with its beautiful flowers, 
combine to make it one of the best plants for covering any unsightly object or for large vase on the lawn. 
For a climber on the veranda it has no equal. Does not go well by mail. Price 10 As. 
Lotus PeJyorensfs (Coral Gem). This charming plant 
seems to be unknown in this country, yet it is so well thought 
of abroad that a prominent horticultural journal color-plated it. 
The Garden says of it: ” Its slender branching habit is most 
striking, and the silvery foliage even more so. Without its 
flowers it might almost be described as a Silvery Asparagus.” 
The bright coral-red flowers, measuring two inches in length, 
are really beautiful ; its drooping habit also makes it useful for 
hanging-baskets. Kasily grown. (See cut.) Price 10 As. 
Jioya Carnosa (Wax Plant). Has thick, fleshy leaves 
growing moderately fast and bearing umbels of beaulif “’sh- 
colored flowers. Price, fine plants, 15 to 30 As. 
Myrsipyllum Asparagoides (Smilax). A climbing 
plant unsurpassed in the graceful beauty of its foliage; valuable 
for bouquets and decorations. Price 10 As. 
Passion Vine, Constance Elliot. This beautiful variety 
is hardy with slight protection. A climbing plant rivalling 
some of the Clematis in size, color and profusion of bloom, and 
surpasses them in vigor of growth and delicious fragrance, and 
are pure ivory white. ,, Price 10 As. 
Ivy Silver Stripe (new). Fine foliage. Each leaf heavily bordered with pure white. The finest 
fancy Ivy. Price 10 As. 
Cupbea Platycentra (Cigar Plant). The tube of the flower is scarlet, wdth the end part white and 
crimson, having somewhat the appearance of a miniature lighted cigar; not a vine, but a trailing or basket 
plant. Price 10 As. 
Passion Vine, John Spalding. A beautiful variety, foliage prettily marked with bright golden 
yellow. F'lowcrs same as “ Constance Elliott.” Price 15 As. 
Bnglisb Ivy. Too well known to need description. Price 10 As.; large, 30 As. 
llotieysucklef Golden Leaved. Marvelously eflfective. It bears innumerable sprays of the most 
perfect little leaves that are covered with a net work of gold and green, often marked with pink also. The 
gold deepens at the tip of the sprays, and there is nothing finer to combine with bouquets; also quite hardy 
in open ground. Price 15 As. 
LuntanSf Mrs. McKinley (New Weeping). For vases, baskets or pots, forwhichitis particularly 
recommended. It is a neat, handsome grower, producing a great abundance of leafy vines and rosy pink 
flowers and always attracting a great deal of attention. The flowers are borne in pretty clusters, and it 
blooms quickly and abundantly in small pots. A charming plant for the window garden ; grows nicely in 
boxes, pots or baskets, and is scarcely ever without flowers. Price 15 As. 
