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A. B. DAVIS & SON, PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA. 
GERANIUMS. 
We jhave in stock a magnificent assort- 
ment of single and double geraniums, in- 
cluding White Swan, W. C. Bryant, and the 
iron-clad Bruant family. We grow thou- 
sands of single and double red and scarlet 
varieties for bedding purposes. We offer 
strong, well-grown plants from three-inch 
pots, purchaser’s selection, for rocentseach, 
or per 100. These plants will give 
satisfaction. 
NEW GERANIUM. 
Souv. de Miraiule. A fancy sort which 
has proved a splendid bedder. A nice 
grower, with brilliant green foliage of 
fine texture ; just the right shade of green 
to show the flower to the very best ad- 
vantage. The body of each petal is pure 
satiny white, with a distinct, sharply de- 
fined band of brilliant carmine running 
about each, and narrowing to the center. 
15 cents. 
VARIEGATED-LEAVED 
GERANIUMS. 
Pride of Romona. Golden-yellow, with 
| broad red zone; scarlet flowers; good 
bedder. 10 cents. 
Happy Thought. Creamy-yellow, edged 
with green ; scarlet flower, a profuse 
bloomer 10 cents. 
Crystal Palace Gem. Central disk of 
leaf-green, with yellow margin ; scarlet 
blossom. 10 cents. 
Golden Gem. Leaves a rich golden-yel- 
low. 10 cents. 
Mad. Salleroi. A very compact variety 
of Silver Geranium, very fine for massing. 
10 cents. 
IVY GERANIUMS. 
These are fine plants for hanging baskets 
and general pot-culture. Single and double 
kinds, bearing white, pink, salmon and 
scarlet blossoms. 15 cents. 
fragrant geraniums. 
Balmrscented, Peppermint, Rose Ger- 
anium, Variegated Rose, Oak-leaved, Pen- 
nyroyal, Shrubland Pet, Lemon-scented. 
10 cents. 
GUAVA, CATTLEY. 
This is the most desirable of the Guava 
family, being of a dwarf habit and bearing 
heavily when very small. It is sure to fruit 
well by the time the plant is a year old. 
The foliage is evergreen, of a thick glossy 
green, and when the plant is loaded with 
fruit it is a striking and beautiful object. 
Fruit the size of small crab-apples, of a 
golden-yellow color, and very delicious ; 
valuable for jellies. Plant a heavy bearer 
and perfectly adapted to pot-culture, sure 
to succeed with any one, and can be win- 
tered in a cellar. 25 cents. 
CATTLEV GUAVA. 
HIBISCUS. 
Sub-Violaceous. This is the largest-flow- 
ering of the Hibiscus family ; of a beau- 
tiful shade of bright crimson, tinted with 
violet ; very double. 10 cents each. 
HOYA CARNOSA. 
(Wax-plant.) 
A climbing plant with thick fleshy leaves, 
bearing umbels of beautiful flesh-colored 
star-shaped flowers , one the best plants 
for house culture, as it stands extreme heat 
and cold better than most plants, and is 
not easily injured by neglect. 20 cents. 
HELIOTROPES. 
These plants are universal favorites on 
account of their delightful fragrance, flow- 
ering equally well as bedding-plants in 
summer, or as pot-plants in the house dur- 
ing winter. 10 cents each. 
Albert Delaux. Bright lavender-blue ; 
foliage a bright golden-yellow, splotched 
with green. A gem. 
Douglass. Deep purple. 
Queen of t he Violets. Its color is of the 
deepest violet-purple, with large, almost 
pure white center, and very fragrant. 
Mrs. David Wood. The new semi-double 
(although we cannot see any double to 
it) ; however, it is a very nice distinct 
heliotrope, with large trusses of violet 
flowers with light center. 
Mad. Bruant. One of the finest we have 
ever seen. Plant dwarf and exceedingly 
free blooming. Immense panicles of 
very large flowers, rich purple, with large 
white eye. 
Juliette. Large heads of rich lilac. 
White-Lady. A strong-growing, free- 
branching plant and very profuse in 
bloom. The flower is large, of the purest 
white. 
Swanley Giant. The largest of helio- 
tropes ; rich lilac. 
A wonderful Rose— “The Rainbow.” See page 4 . 
