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Pansy. 
PANSY, continued. 
covered with a litter of leaves, it will stand the win- 
ter and be prettier than ever the second spring. 
Pansies, if successfully grown, should be bedded out 
in March or early April, in rich, loamy soil, so that 
they may have time to grow and bloom before hot I 
weather. We grow tjiree strains famous for size and 
color: German Show, French Giant, and Royal ! 
Exhibition, and these comprise about 50 distinct va- 1 
rieties, running through the various shades of white, 
yellow, purple, and gold; many of the flowers are 
variegated, striped and mottled. 5 cts. each, 6 for 
35 cts., 13 for 50 cts., 36 for $1, 100 for $3.50. 
TUBEROSE. 
The Tuberose is one of the most fragrant and beau- 
tifulof summer-blooming bulbs. It sends up stems of 
double, wax-like white flowers from 2 to 3 feet high, 
and continues in bloom for a long time. To insure 
blooming, and thereby give better satisfaction, we 
started in pots a number of bulbs that will flower in 
July, and take pleasure in offering the plants to our 
cur customers, that they may be gratified with the 
lovely flowers in midsummer. 
New Double Pearl. Flowers nearly twice as 
large as those of the old variety, and flower-stems 
only 18 inches to 2 feet high. Large bulbs, started in 
pots. 10 cts. each, $1 perdoz. 
Dry bulbs, 4 inches and upward in circumference, 
with perfectly sound centers, 5 c. each, 50c. per doz. 
TRADESCANTIA MULTICOLOR. 
Beautifully variegated with purple, scarlet and 
white; a fine basket plant, and useful for vases or 
moist shaded places. 10 cts. 
'VERBENA. 
Our stock of Verbenas is superb, and the plants 
are thrifty and free from mildew. We grow 25 of the 
very best kinds, embracing every color and variega- 
tion. Price, purchaser’s selection of colors, 5 cts. 
each ; 13 for 50 cts. ; 6 for 25 cts. ; 30 for $1. 
VIOLETS. 
Of all delightful perfumes, that of Violets is most 
delicate and pleasing. Violets grow and bloom dur- 
ing the dead of winter without any trouble whatever, 
if given a cool situation, but will not succeed in a 
warm place. A coldframe, from which frost is barely 
excluded, is the best place to grow them. The follow- 
ing sorts are the best of all the Violets, and are all 
distinct in color : 
10 cts. each, 6 for 50 cts., 13 for SI. 
Double Perpetual Violet, Swauley White. Of 
all white Violets this is the best either tor pot-culture 
in the house, or bedded out. In pots it grows luxu- 
riantly, and is laden with flowers. It is not an un- 
common sight to see as many as 50 large flowers open 
at once, their delicious perfume filling a room. 
Marie Louise. Flowers deep violet-blue; plant 
very fragrant and free flowering. It should be grown 
by all interested in the culture of cut-flowers, on ac- 
count of its easy forcing qualities. 
Robert Garrett. A sport from Swanley White. 
A perpetual bloomer; very large flowers of a light, 
lovely shade of blue. 
Hardy White Garden Violet North Carolina. 
Bears single white, very fragrant flowers, is a pro- 
fuse bloomer and perfectly hardy without protection ; 
a rampant grower, that will take care of itself. 
Double Russian. A perfectly hardy double blue 
variety ; very fragrant, and a prolific bloomer. 
WATER HYACINTH. 
(Excellent for Winter Blooming.) 
This is undoubtedly the plant of all water plants 
for theinasses. because of its uniqueness, great beauty, 
the limited amount of space it occupies, and the ease 
with which it is grown. It floats on the water by 
moans of its curiously inflated leaf-stalks, resembling 
bladders or balloons filled with air, and its beautiful 
feathery blue roots grow downward in the water. 
It forms a lovely rosette of curious shining green lea- 
ves, and sends up spikes of the most exquisite flowers 
imaginable, resembling in form a spike of Hyacinth 
bloom, but as beautiful as many of tbe choicest and 
costly Orchids. Each flower is as large, or larger than 
a silver dollar, and in color a beautiful, soft lilac- 
rose, sparkling, as if covered with diamond-dust. The 
upper petal, which is the largest, has a metallic blue 
blotch in the center, and in the center of that 
a small, deep golden yellow spot. The plant can 
be grown in the open air in summer, and in the 
window in winder, in anything which will hold 
water. When grown in the window, the most beauti- 
ful effect is produced by using a glass vessel of some 
sort, with shells and white sand so arranged in the 
bottom as to conceal a small amount of soil. In sum- 
mer the plant can be grown in the yard in a pool or 
tub, and will bloom profusely. Fine plants, 20 cents, 
SANSEVIERA ZEYLANICA. * 
Splendidly adapted for the decoration of drawing- 
rooms and halls, as it stands drouth and dust with 
impunity, and needs scarcely any water. The leaves 
grow to a length of 3 or 4 feet, striped crosswise, 
with broad white variegations on a dark green ground. 
It is a beautiful plant, which should be abundantly 
grown for positions out of the reach of sunlight, where 
other plants will not thrive. For vases and baskets 
it forms a fine centerpiece, and grows well outdoors 
during summer, Fine plants, 20 cts. SSg 
Violets. 
Try growing our late Chrysanthemums to bloom in the house. 
