A. B. DAVIS & SON, PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA. 
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Afiios Tuberosa. 
ACHILLEA ALBA FL. PL. 
No flower is more worthy of a place in every garden 
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 thou- 
sands 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 flowers for 
cutting. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
APiOS TUBEROSA. 
Also called Tuberous-Rooted Wistaria, as it greatly 
resembles that well-known vine. It blooms most pro- 
fusely, bearing lovely clusters of rich, deep purple 
flowers, possessing a delicious violet fragrance. Is per- 
fectly hardy. 2 for 10 cts. , 5 for 20 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, io cts. each, $i per doz. 
Alfred Neuner. Double white. 
President Garfield. Double pink. 
Davidsoni. Single white. 
Dazzler. Rich scarlet ; single. 
Elegans. Light scarlet-carmine. 
President Cleveland. A grand, single-flowered 
variety, with handsome, intense dazzling scarlet 
flowers of large size. 
Hogartlii fl. 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. 
(Giant Ghost-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. To appreciate 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. 
FLOWERING BEGONIAS. 
We know of no class of plants better adapted to 
amateur cultivation than these. Most of the varie- 
ties are free-growing, and in a very short time make 
fine specimen plants. The beauty of their foliage, 
combined with their graceful flowers 'and free-bloom- 
1 ing qualities, tend to make them one of the most desir- 
able classes of plants grown. They require about 
the same temperature as bouvardias, an average of 
70 degrees, to bring them to perfection. As pot plants 
for summer or winter decoration they have few equals. 
To induce all to grow our beautiful Begonias, we offer 
them very cheap. They are all well -grown plants, 
I ready to bloom. 
B. argentea guttata. A cross between B. Olbia 
and B. alba picta. Purple-bronze leaves, oblong in 
shape, with silvery markings, and white flowers on 
the tips of the stems. Fine for house culture. 10 cts. 
B. alba picta. A perfectly distinct variety. The 
j leaves are glossy green, thickly spotted with silvery 
j white. The branches are upright and gracefully 
I curving. Flowers white. 10 cts. 
B. Berthe Chateaurocher. Flowers a bright cur- 
rant red ; very floriferous ; resembles B. hybrida 
multiflora . 8 cts. 
B. compta. From Brazil. Satiny green, with 
silver tinge along the mid-rib. An improvement on 
the old B. zebrina. 10 cts. 
B. Bruanti. Glossy bright green foliage ; white 
flowers, shaded to a delicate pink ; a profuse-flowering 
and in every way desirable variety. 8 cts. 
B. decora. A shrubby variety, with dark green 
obliquely lanceolate leaves, profusely marked 
with spots of silver gray ; after the style of B. argy - 
r os tig via. Sets. 
B. diadema. An elegant new Begonia, particularly 
adapted for house-culture. It has large, deeply cut 
foliage, with silvery dots and veins, and a fine habit 
of growth. 10 cts. 
B. Fuchsioides coccinea. An elegant, fine bloom- 
ing variety, similar to B. hybrida multiflora ingrowth. 
The flowers are a bright scarlet. 8 cts. 
B. glaucophylla scandens. A drooping species, 
with large panicles of orange-salmon flowers. A 
beautiful plant fonJianging baskets. 10 cts. 
Begonia melallica. (For description, seepage 19.) 
We give larger inducements to club raisers than any other florists in the country. 
