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A. B. DAVIS &* SON, PURCELLVILLE , VIRGINIA. 
Heliotrope. 
Ivy- Leaved Geraniums. 
These are fine plants for hanging baskets and gen- 
eral pot-culture. Single and double kinds, bearing 
white, pink, salmon and scarlet blooms. 10 cts. each. 
Fragrant-Leaved Geraniums. 
Apple-scented, Peppermint, Rose, Oak- 
leaved, Pennyroyal. Shrubland, Pet, Syca- 
more and Scarlet Rose (Mrs. Taylor). 10 cts. ea. 
GNAPHALIUM LANATFM. 
A downy, white-foliaged plant of creeping habit, 
admirably adapted for the front lines of ribbon bor- 
ders; also, a fine basket plant. 8 cts. 
HELIOTROPE. 
These plants are universal favorites on account of 
their delightful fragrance. They flower equally well 
as bedding plants in summer or as pot plants in the 
house during winter. 
Price, except where noted, 10 cts. each, 90 cts. per doz. 
Albert Delaux. Flowers bright lavender-blue; 
foliage a golden yellow, blotched with green. A gem. 
Douglas. Deep purple flowers. 
Queen of the Violets. Deep violet-purple, with 
large, almost pure white center; very fragrant. 15c. 
Mrs. David Wood. The new semi-double (al- 
though we cannot see any double to it) ; however, it 
is a fine, distinct Heliotrope, with large trusses of 
violet flowers with light center. 
Mad. Bruaut. Plant dwarf and exceedingly free- 
blooming. Immense panicles of very large flowers; 
rich purple, with large white eye. 
Juliette. Large flower heads of rich lilac. 
White Lady. A stronggrowing, free-branching 
plant, very profuse in bloom. The flower is large 
and of the purest white. 
S wanley Giant. The largest of Heliotropes ; rich 
lilac. 
HOVA. 
(Wax-Plant.) 
Carnosa. A climbing plant, with thick fleshy 
leaves and umbels of beautiful flesh-colored, star- 
shaped flowers. One of 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 cts. 
Carnosa variegata. Like the above, except 
that the leaves are beautifully variegated with olive 
and creamy white. 85 cts. 
CHINESE HIBISCUS. 
Large-growing tropical shrubs, with very glossy 
foliage. The plants under the hottest sun produce 
enormous flowers in great numbers, and make noble 
specimens. They can be grown in tubs, and kept for 
years. The blossoms average 5 or 6 inches in diam- 
eter, and are gorgeously colored. 
Price, fexcept where noted, 10 cents each. 
Aurantiaca. Large and double, orange-colored 
flowers. 
Carminatus perfectus. A full round flower of 
perfect shape; rich, soft carmine rose, with deep 
crimson eye. 15 cts. 
Callerii. Flowers buff-yellow, with a crimson 
scarlet base. Peculiarly handsome. 15 cts. 
Decorus. New. A very large and brilliant flower 
of clear scarlet. 
Miniatus semi-plenus. Semi-double flowers of 
brilliant vermilion-scarlet; petals waved and re- 
curved ; very handsome. 
Sub-violaceus. Flowers of enormous size; beau- 
tiful carmine, tinted with violet; probably the largest 
flower of the Hibiscus family; the plant is an unu- 
sually free-bloomer. 
Versicolor. A variety combining in its flower all 
colors found in the whole family; they are hand- 
somely striped with crimson, buff, rose and white. 
Zebrina. Double; outer petals scarlet, edged with 
yellow; inner petals irregular and curiously varie- 
gated with creamy white. 
HYDRANGEAS. 
These are elegant pot or border plants, much in 
demand for Easter decorations. The flower-heads 
are very large and handsome. 
Stellata fimbriata. Flower-heads 8 to 9 inches 
in diameter; florets pure white and fringed, having a 
crimson spot in the center. A beautiful addition to 
this popular class of plants. 15 cts. 
Otaksa. Heads large; flowers bright rosy pink, 
contrasting beautifully with other sorts. Of low 
bushy growth. 15 cts. 
Tbos. Hogg. Immense trusses of flowers, at first 
tinged with green, then turning pure white, and re- 
maining so a long time. 15 cts. 
Ramosus pictis. (Red Branched.) This is one 
of the finest varieties in cultivation. It has dark red 
branches that brighten as they near the flower 
trusses. The plant is of robust habit, and produces 
freely immense heads of deep rose-colored flowers. 
20 cts. 
Hydrangea , T/ios. Ilogg. 
