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A. B. DAVIS <&■» SOU, PURCELL VI LIE, VIRGINIA. 
Brugmausia arborea. 
GIANT DOUBLE ALYSSUM. 
Par superior to the ordinary double sort, being 
nearly twice the size. Large double white flowers; 
valuable for cut flowers, and for borders of beds. 
8 ets. each, (10 cts. per dozen. 
AGERATUM. 
Useful border plants, flowering continually the 
whole summer. On the approach of frost they can 
be taken up and potted, and make excellent winter- 
flowering plants. 10 cts. 
Lady Jane. Bright blue; a fine, distinct variety. 
White Cap. New, and, without doubt, the best 
white variety ever introduced ; a beauty. 
Rosea. A new variety, bearing a profusion of 
rose-colored flowers. 
ABUTILON. 
(Chinese Bell-Flower.) 
Assorted Colors. Yellow, salmon, pink, crimson 
and white. 10 cts. 
Thompson! plena. Beautiful mottled green and 
yellow foliage, and perfectly double flowers, that re- 
semble in form a double hollyhock ; rich, deep orange, 
streaked with crimson. 10 cts. 
ACHANIA MALVAVISCUS. 
A shrub with scarlet flowers, always in bloom, sum- 
mer and winter; not subject to insects of any kind 
One of the most satisfactory house-plants grown. 10c- 
ALOYSIA CITRIODORA. 
(Lemon Verbena.) 
A well-known shrub; indispensable in the construe" 
tion of bouquets, etc., on account of the delightfu 1 
fragrance of its leaves. 10 cts. 
ALTERNANTHERA. 
Beautiful dwarf plants of compact habit, growing 
about 6 inches high, and admirably adapted for edg- 
ings to flower beds or ribbon lines, their beautifully 
variegated foliage of crimson, purple, yellow, pink 
and green forming rich masses of color; always at- 
tractive and highly ornamental. These are the four 
best sorts. 5 cts. each, 50 cts. per doz., $3.50 per 100. 
Aurea nana. Bright golden yellow, holding its 
color well the entire season. 
Paronychoides major. Crimson, scarlet and 
pink; its gorgeous coloring gives it the name of Rain- 
bow Plant. This and Aurea nana are the most used 
for ribbon lines and massing. 
Spathnlata. Leaves tinted carmine and green. 
Versicolor. Foliage ovate, olive, crimson and 
chocolate; when used for edgings it must be fre- 
quently sheared; the young tips will then assume 
most brilliant hues. 
AMARYLLIS JOHNSONII. 
One of the most gorgeous bulbous plants grown. 
We have seen specimens of a few years’ growth that 
completely filled a window. Nothing is more showy 
than this grand plant during late winter or early 
spring. It bears large flowers of intense crimson, 
with delicate white feathering down the center of 
each petal. 50 cts. 
ACHILLEA ALBA FL. PL. 
No flower is more worthy of a place in every gar- 
den than this. It is a hardy perennial, and the top 
dies down to the ground every winter. Its many 
branches grow to the length of 2 or 3 feet, but droop, 
holding their great masses of flowers about a foot 
above the soil. A plant will produce hundreds and 
even thousands of beautiful white flowers the first 
summer. Owing to its great vigor and hardiness, it 
can be planted in large quantities in any waste place, 
where it will produce a great abundance of beautiful 
I flowers for cutting. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
ANTHEMIS CORONARIA FL. PL. 
Mew Double Yellow Daisy. 
Nothing can be more showy, either for pots or bed- 
ding out, than a well-grown specimen of this plant, 
which, as has been said by admirers, might well be 
called the “ Shower-of Gold,” as it is a perfect mass 
of rich, golden yellow flowers the whole year round. 
10 cts. • 
BOUVARDIAS. 
A beautiful class of shrubby plants with corymbs of 
white, rose, crimson and scarlet flowers, that appear 
during the fall and winter. They should be in every 
collection of winter-flowering plants, as they well 
repay cultivation. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
Alfred Xeimer. Double white. 
President Garfield. Double pink. 
Davidson!. Single white. 
l)az.7.Ier. Rich scarlet; single. 
Elegans. Light scarlet-carmine. 
President Cleveland. A grand, single-flowered 
variety, with intense dazzling scarlet flowers of large 
size. 
Hogarth i 11. pi. This is a beautiful new double 
variety, with light scarlet-carmine flowers of extra- 
large size. It is a very valuable sort for cut-flower 
purposes, and is fully equal to the old Hogarth in all 
its admirable blooming qualities and size of flowers. 
Humboldtii. Long, graceful tubes, expanding 
into florets of pure white. By far the largest single 
Bouvardia, and carries a distinct odor of jasmine. 
BRUGMANSIA ARBOREA. 
(GiantIGhost-Flower.) 
Angel’s Trumpet and Wedding Bells are names 
given to this very valuable plant. It is really one of 
the best plants known, and is sure, .when in bloom, to 
delight the owner far beyond his expectations. The 
flowers are drooping, bell-shaped, over a foot long 
and 8 or 9 inches wide, creamy white and very sweet- 
scented. Toappreciate the charming qualities of this 
flower you must see it in full bloom. Strong young 
plants, 10 cts. each; large plants, by express, 25 cts. 
Seventy- Qve cents will bring you 18 of our beautiful rosebuds by mail, postpaid, 
