GENERAL CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 
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HEUANTHUS M U LTI FLORUS. 
(Hardy Doable Golden Sunflower.) 
A beautiful hardy plant, growing to the height of 3 
or 4 feet ; (lowers a rich golden-yellow, very double, 
and as large as a medium-sized dahlia. Much prized 
as a corsage flower, and one of the best hardy per- 
ennials. It begins to bloom in July, and continues 
until frost. 10 cts. 
1 M PATIENS. 
Sultani. Of compact, neat habit, and a perpetual 
bloomer ; the flowers are a peculiar brilliant rosy 
scarlet color, 1 % inches in diameter, and produced 
very freely. 10 cts. 
Sultani variegata. Like the above, but with 
fine variegated foliage. 15 cts. 
The Queen. Like Sultani, with large salmon-pink 
flowers. 15 cts. 
IVIES. 
English, Parlor and Kenilworth. All valuable 
for vases, baskets and house decorations. 10 cts. each. 
IPOMCEA, or MOON-FLOWER. 
Noct.iflora. The well-known and much sought 
.Moon flower. A very rapid grower, with large white 
tjanern. r lowers oun-yeuow, witn a crimson 
scarlet base. Peculiar] y handsome. 15 cts. 
Deoorus. 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 flmbriata. 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. 
Thos. 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 im- 
mense heads of deep rose-colored flowers. 20 cts. 
a HOYA. 
(Wax-Plant.) 
CCai-nosa. A climbing plant, wttn tmcK 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. 10 
to 25 cts., according to size. 
. Carnosa variegata. Like the above, except that 
the leaves are beautifully variegated with olive and 
creamy white. 25 cts. 
Our Verbenas are free from rust and mildew, and will bloom freely. 
flowers, that expand only at night and on cloudy days. 
Very attractive and handsome, and unequaled as a 
summer climber. In one season it will cover a great 
amount of surface with its handsome foliage. 10 cts. 
Noctifiora variegata. This is one of the greatest 
acquisitions to our list of summer climbing plants. 
The foliage is beautifully marked with clear white and 
vivid green ; the flowers are identical with those of the 
famous Moon-flower. Trained to wires, strings or 
wooden trellis in the open ground, it is attractive even 
when out of bloom. 15 cts.; the two varieties for 25c. 
Learii. (The Blue Moon-flower.) From Ceylon. 
A handsome, quick growing, perennial climber. Often 
flowers in bunches of half a dozen. The individual 
blooms are trumpet-shaped, about 4 inches across, of 
a rich velvet hue, with fine purple rays. The vine 
grows about 25 feet in one season, and is a most attrac- 
tive climber, is cts. 
Mextcana. (The Pink Moon-flower.) This is unlike 
all the others, as it blooms during the daytime, and 
has a strong tuberous root, like a dahlia, which can be 
wintered in a cellar. Its leaves are also beautifully 
divided. The flowers are violet-crimson, and look like 
a piece of rich satin. The vine is very rapid in growth, 
the tubers giving it an early and strong start, which 
makes its season of usefulness the longest of any 
climber of its class. 15 cts. 
Impatiens Sultani. 
Hibiscus Sub-violaceus. 
CHINESE HIBISCUS, continued. 
