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Geo. H. Mellen Co., Florists and Nurserymen, 
■Pusaion flutter 
Peperomia—Watermelon Begonia 
PASSION FLOWER 
PASSIFLORA PFORDI —A beautiful sort; blue flowers; sepals greenish white; 
petals pink; the needle-like filaments black-purple at base, then blue-purple, with 
pointed white tips; stamens branched like a cross. 20c each; $2.00 per dozen. 
PEPEROMIA 
Silver Striped—A Fine Table Plant 
So thick and waxy-like are the leaves of this parlor gem that nearly everyone 
takes it to be an artificial plant. The leaves are distinctly variegated white and 
green, and have the appearance of being powdered with frosted silver. 20c each; 
3 for 50c. 
PEPEROMIA 0BTUSIF0LIA 
This very ornamental house plant produces large, round leathery foliage, rich 
green in color and very glossy in appearance. It is a compact grower of distinc¬ 
tive form. 20c each; 3 for 50c. 
PERIWINKLE 
(Summer-Flowering, Shrubby Vinca.) 
Blooms all summer and is very showy; one of the most useful and attractive 
plants for summer flowering beds. They grow about 18 inches high, making 
handsome, bushy plants which cover themselves with showy round flowers iy 2 
inch across on long stems. The foliage is a dark, glossy green. (The plants are 
very healthy, immune from insects and disease. 
ROSEA —Color rose with dark eye. 
ABBA —White with crimson eye. 10c each; $1.00 per dozen. 
SHOWY PETUNIAS 
The Petunia is one of the finest bedding plants for massing, 
mixed borders or for vases. The brilliancy and variety of its colors, 
combined with the duration of its blooming period, renders it in¬ 
valuable for garden decoration. Our collection is unsurpassed for 
brilliancy of color and size of bloom. 
DOUBLE PETUNIAS 
15c each; per dozen, $1.50; $10.00 per 100 
VESUVIUS —Rich, deep purple, shaded crimson. 
. STRIKING —Rich purple, mottled and edged white. 
SNOWBALL —The finest Petunia grown; color a sea-foam white; 
flower of the largest size and beautifully frilled. 
HELEN —Warm rose pink. 
SINGLE PETUNIAS 
10c each; 12 for $1.00; 100 for $8.00 
ROSE OF HEAVEN —Of compact, bushy growth, 15 inches in 
height, covered through the entire season with large open-throated 
flowers. Throat silery-white, outer edge heavily shaded soft rose- 
pink. 
SINGLE PETUNIA —Blue Bird. 
PHILODENDRON 
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Peperomia Obtusifolia 
(Window Vine) 
Belongs to the tropical plant family with scrambling stems, large 
irregular pear-shaped leaves, solid green in color. One of the most 
popular plants of the present time. 40c each; 3 for $1.00. 
PILEAS 
SERPAEFOLIA —(Artillery Plant.) It is very (lesirable for fill¬ 
ing in hanging baskets, window boxes, vases, etc' It also makes 
a graceful plant as a single specimen. It has graceful frond-like 
leaves; flowers small and produce a snapping sound when water Is 
thrown on the foliage. 15c each; 3 for 40c; 12 for $1.50. 
MUSCOSA — Beautiful, 
graceful copper colored fol¬ 
iage plant covered with 
small flowers which burst 
when watered, giving effect 
of a smoky vapor coming 
from bursting of flowers. 
15c each; 3 for 40c. 
PLANTS FOR PORCH BOXES 
OR HANGING BASKETS 
FIFTEEN BEAUTIFUL PLANTS BY MAIL FOR $1.75 
2 COLLECTIONS FOR $3.25 
The plants and vines contained in this collection are suit¬ 
able for filling hanging baskets^ porch and window boxes. 
They will fill a hanging basket sixteen inches in diameter or 
a window or porch box three feet long and six inches wide. 
This collection will make a beautiful display all summer and 
fall, and the Ferns will make handsome plants for the house 
next winter. Collection will consist of the following: 
One Strong Boston Fern, One Strong Ostrich Plume Fern, 
Three A incas. Two Asparagus Sprengeri, Two Bright Achy- 
ranthes. Two Petunias, Two Lantanas, Two Geraniums. 
FIFTEEN BEAUTIFUL PLANTS SENT BY MAIL, POST¬ 
PAID, ONLY $1.75 
Single Petunias 
