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Rocket, Hesperis. \'ery pleasing early spring flowering, profuse blooming plants, with fragrant 
flowers, growing freely in any light rich soil. Flowers pure white and in full bloom on Decoration Day; 
fine for cutting, a very desirable plant. Price 15 < 5 ts. ; seed, 5 < 5 ts. 
Platycodon GraadiSorum, One of the very best perennial plants; in constant flower from 
early spring to late fall. It forms dense clumps, which arc covered with a mass of l>ell<shapcd flowers. 
Fine for cemeter)', for garden or for cutting. Roots are hardy as a Pa*ony. Price 15 <fts. 
Hemerocallis Kwanso Sore plena. Double Crown Day Lily. A perfectly double flowering 
sort; a profuse bloomer. The flowers are produced in clusters; they are of a bright orange-yellow, and 
each petal is marked with a large crimson blotch, forming a circle around the flower, having elegant 
grassy foliage and handsome, deliciously fragrant flowers. They are perfectly hardy, and thrive in almost 
any kind of soil, preferring one that is rich, moist and in an open situation. 
Lily of the Valley, The beautiful delicate white flowers and the 
peculiar shade of green foliage render this class of plants extremely attrac- 
tive and desirable, especially so grown out of doors. For house culture, 
place rather thickly in pots or boxes. Keep in cool place until mid-winter, 
then bring to window and give plenty of heat and some moisture, and the 
flowers will soon appear. Orders should not be sent later than May. Our 
pips (or roots) are of the new improved large flowering sort called the 
“ New Russian.” The best of all. (See cut.) Price 5 ( 5 ts.; 40 < 5 ks. per doz. 
Pyrethrum VliftinOSUW, Giani Daisy. A grand fall blooming 
plant, growing five feet high, and covered with large white flowers with 
yellow centers. Needs a moist, rich soil, and should be in every garden. 
No hardy plants in our grounds received so much praise as this fine Daisy, 
growing as it does, from five to seven feet high, and forming in short time 
a clump from two to five feet across; beautiful as an ornamental plant; 
also fine for cutting. Price 20 As. ; 3 for 50 As. 
Rudbeckia, Golden Glow. See Page 28. 
Pseonies. See Page 24. 
Iris. See Page 23. 
HARDY V/iVJEvS. 
The following are all hardy vines, for permanent planting out doors. 
Ampelopsis Veitebi, Boston Ivy. An “Ampelopsis” of Japanese 
the old ” Virginia Creeper,”, and attains a height of fifty feet. It clings firmly to any wall, tree, etc. The 
leaves are small on young plants, which at first are of an olive green.broi,vn color, changing to bright 
scarlet in the autumn. As the plant acquires age the leaves increase in size. This variety becomes more 
popular every season, and is without question one of the very best climbing pl.ants for covering brick or 
stone walls. Hardy except in extreme north. Price, small, 15 As. ; strong plants, 3-year, 4c As. 
Ampelopsis Quinq^uefolia. Virginia Creeper. A very rapid grower, with large dark green 
foliage, which changes in the fall to scarlet. A very desirable vine for covering arbors, verandas, etc. 
Extremely hardy. Price, small. 10 As.; large, 25 1050 As. 
Cinnamon Vine. A beautiful climber which possesses the rare quality of emitting from its 
flowers the odor of cinnamon, and very appropriately called the “Cinnamon Vine.” The stem dies down 
every autumn, but grows again so rapidly in the spring as to completely cover anytrellis or arbor very early 
in the season. It is as easily cultivated as the “ Madeira V'inc,” has no insect enemies, and is not affected 
by drouth; has beautiful heart-shaped leaves, bright green peculiar foliage, and clusters of delicate white 
flowers, sending forth a delicious cinnamon odor, rendering it one of the most desirable climbers in culti- 
vation. Price 10 As.; 3 for 25 As.; 7 for 50 As. 
Chinese Matrimony Vine. A vigorous, hardy climbing plant when trained to an arbor, fastened 
to a fence, attached to a tree, the pillers of a piazza or in any location where a hardy, vigorous climber is 
desired. It sends out numerous side branches, so that it covers a great amount of space in a short time, 
and every new growth is at once covered with small purple flowers which arc succeeded by brilliant scarlet 
berries nearly an inch long, every branch being loaded with them. Price 15 As. 
New Halliana Honeysuckle. A new variety introduced from Japan, and considered a great 
acquisition; it is evergreen, and a constant bloomer; flowers white, changing to yellow; very fragrant; 
good for trellis or pillar; one of the very best varieties for all purposes. Price 15 As. 
Monthly Fragrant Honeysuckle. A fine, rapid growing variety; flowers large and very fra- 
grant; color red and yellow; a constant bloomer. Price 15 As. 
Note. We can furniJih, by express, 3-year pot grown Honeysuckles, 50 As. each. 
Dutchman's Pipe, Aristolochia Sipho. A vigorous and rapid growing climber, bearing singular 
brownish colored flowers, resembling in shape a- Dutchman’s pipe. Its flowers, however, are of little 
value, beside its fine light green leaves, which arc of very large size, and retain their color from early 
spring to late fall ; perfectly hardy ; extra strong plants. Price 50 As. 
Price 20 As. 
origin. It grows rapidly as 
