Clarksville, 
Pontederia Crassipes. A very interest- 
ing tropical aquatic. The leaf-stalk is 
very much swollen, or inflated, enabling 
the plant to float on the surface of the 
water. The flowers are large, of a pur- 
plish-lilac shade, and borne on spikes 
six to eight inches high. It flowers very 
freely, and is a rapid, spreading grower, 
ft is very ornamental grown in a tub of 
water on the lawn. It is a native of 
Guinea, and not hardy, buf' it cam be 
easily kept in the house in Winter, in a 
jar of water, or grown in a pot, the same 
as a Geranium, if the soil is kept very 
wet. 50 cents each. 
Pontederia Cordata. Another interest- 
ing plant for shallow water, withdieart 
shaped leaves and spikes of blue flowers, 
produced all Summer. 25 cents each ; 
$2.00 jier dozen. 

CLEMATIS. 
QV'’ all the hardy running vines in cultivation, none is more beau- 
'"■* tiful than the Clematis, being entirely hardy and growing as 
they do more beautiful each year after being planted. They should 
be grown extensively. To anybody that has a position where a 
vine can grow, by all means, we say, plant a Clematis, for they are 
truly not only “things of beauty, but a joy forever.” Large strong 
plants, 75 cents each. 
Azure. Light blue. 
Aurora. Double red, shaded mauve. 
Albertina. Double flowering white. 
Duchess of Edinburg. Double white. 
Duke of Teck. White and mauve. 
Qipsy Queen. Rich velvety purple. 
Fair Rosamond. Blush white, red bar. 
Gem. Deep lavender blue. 
Hybrida Splendida. Reddish violet. 
Helena. Pure white, colored anthers. 
Jackmannl. Intense violet purple. 
Jackmannl Superba. Extra large very dar 
purple. 
Lady Caroline Neville. French white. 
Lady Londesborough. Gray, with pale bar. 
Lanuginosa. Pale lavender. 
Lord Londesborough. Mauve, red bar. 
Lucie Lemoine. White, yellow anthers. 
Madame Granger. Purplish red. 
Madame Torreana. Bright rose. 
Otto Froebel. Grayish white. 
Rubella. Rich scarlet purple. 
Rubra Violacea. Maroon purple. 
Standishi. Light mauve, 
k Sophia Flora Plena. A double flowering, 
lilac purple. 
Jeanne de Arc. Grayish white. The Queen. Fine mauve. Linuginosa-like. 
John Gould Veitch. Rosette: lavender. 
GERANIUMS. 
«HERE is hardly a plant which is more popular among all classes 
-A on .the globe than what is generally known as the Horse- 
Shoe, Zonale, or Pish ({cranium. The Geranium is found under 
many different circumstances; it helps to embellish the conserva- 
tories of millionaires as well as the homes of the humble and indus- 
trious, but it loses nothing of its inherent beautv on that account. 
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