32 
E. Sheppard & Sous' Catalogue of Plants. 
Koenig Albert. Violet-rose color. 
Mme. E. Galle. Pure white, very double and large ; the best. 
M. Dilbus. 
Viscountess Cranbrook. White, shaded satin-rose. Very pretty ; quite 
double. 
Price, 15 cts. to 20 cts. each; $1.50 to $2.00 per doz. 
GRAPTOPHYLLUM NORTONII. 
A foliage-plant of neat habit. The leaves are of ovate-oblong form, about six 
inches long and two and a half broad ; deep glossy green. The mid-ribs are at 
first light rose, and have on one or both sides a central blotch of light yellow. As 
the leaves approach maturity, the mid-ribs deepen to crimson, and the blotches 
become suffuse with rose. Price, 50 cts. each. 
HELIOTROPES. 
A well-known and much-admired fragrant plant. Our collection contains the 
best of the light and dark varieties. Price, 10 cts. to 30 cts. each ; $1.00 to $3.00 
per doz. 
HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
Herbaceous plants are the most valuable of all garden flowers. They are not 
only hardy, but easy of culture, increasing rapidly, and give a succession of bloom 
from May to November. 
We have added a large number of choice new and old varieties of this valuable 
class of plants to our stock this year, that are not enumerated in the following 
list : — 
Anemone. In variety. 
Aquilegia (Columbine). Well-known flower, throwing up stems of flowers of 
various colors, two feet high. 
Baptesia. Handsome spikes of blue, lupine-shaped flowers, in June and July. 
Daisy (Beilis). See special description. 
Dielytra (Bleeding Heart). A beautiful border-plant, with brilliant rosy, heart- 
shaped flowers. 
Delphinium. Four sorts. 
Canterbury Bell. Large, showy, bell-shaped flowers of pure white, rose, and 
purple ; June. 
Fox Glove (Digitalis). Showy, bell-shaped flowers, on stems three or four feet 
high. 
Flaxinella. Small spikes of white and reddish purple flowers, in June. 
Funkia Japonica Alba. White. 
" “ Foliage variegated, light blue. 
Gladiolus Col villi (The Bride). The finest white gladiolus among the early- 
flowering section; invaluable for market purposes, excellent for cut-flowers. 
It is quite hardy, and will grow in any light soil. 
Helleborus Niger (the common Christmas rose). Greenish white. 
“ “ In variety. 
