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Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue ok 
Chrysanthemums. 
The prettiest of the late Autumn and eanv Winter flowering plants. In November 
and December there is nothing that will make such a cheerful display. Plant in 
pots and place them in the house where they will have the sun. The prevailing 
colors are white, yellow and red, the red being the least interesting. 
Columbine (Aquilegia). 
Well-known flowers, hanging from rather tall stems, about two feet high ; various 
colors. 
Daisy (Beilis). 
Red, white and pink, double and quilled. 
Dahlias. 
The Dahlia is the grandest Autumn flower wo have. Nothing is its equal in any 
respect in September and October. It is in its glory when everything else is faded 
or fading, and surrenders only to the Frost King. Put Dahlia tubers in the ground 
when the season becomes warm, covering the neck some three inches. If many 
shoots start thin them out. After flowering, and before hard frosts, take up the 
plants, remove the tops, dry the bulbs a little, and put in the cellar until Spring, 
when they can be divided and replanted. Look at them occasionally to see that 
they are not shriveling from too dry an atmosphere, nor starting the eye too early in 
consequence of too much moisture and warmth. The Dahlia is divided into three 
distinct classes — the ordinary Show Dahlia; the Dwarf or Bedding Dahlia, making 
a thick, compact bush only eighteen inches in height, but with flowers of full size; 
and the Pompon or Bouquet, with small, very perfect flowers, only from one to two 
inches in diameter, while the plant is of nearly the common size. As the Dahlia is 
a Fall flower, there is no need of planting before the middle of May, or even later. 
Many varieties can be supplied. 
Dicentra Spectabilis, or Dielytra (Bleeding Heart). 
A beautful, hardy border plant, with brilliant, rosy, heart-shaped flowers, hanging 
in great profusion from a gracefully curved stem. May and June. 
Eulalia. 
JAPONICA — A hardy perennial irom Japan, with long narrow leaves striped with 
green and white, throwing up stalks four to six feet high, terminating with a 
cluster of flower spikes, on which the individual flowers are arranged ; the flowers 
are surrounded with long, silky threads, which, when fully ripe, or when placed 
in a warm room, expand, giving the whole head a most graceful and beautiful 
appearance, not unlike that of an ostrich feather curled. These dried flowers are 
valuable as parlor ornaments, as they retain their beauty a long time. 
JAPONICA ZEBRINA — This is one of the most striking and distinct plants in cul- 
tivation. Unlike most plants with variegated foliage, the striping or marking is 
across the leaves instead of longitudinally, the leaves being striped every two or 
three inches by a band of yellow one-half inch wide. Late in the fall it is covered 
with flower spikes that resemble ostrich plumes in shape, which, when cut and 
dried, make handsome ornaments for the house in winter. It is perfectly hardy, 
and when once planted will increase in beauty from year to year. Should be m 
every collection. 
Feverfew (Pyrethrum). 
Fine, double Aster-like flowers in profusion. Very desirable; white, blush, rose, 
scarlet and crimson. 
Forget-me-not (Myosotis). 
Beautiful and popular small plants ; white, blue and yellow. May to August. 
Fox Glove (Digitalis). 
Long bell-shaped flowers, on stems three to four feet high ; white and red ; very 
showy. July to September. 
Fraxinella (Dictamnus). 
A strongly perfumed plant, with pretty spikes of white and reddish purple flowers 
in June. 
