SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1898. 
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Figs. 
A popular and easily kept tub plant that will beautify 
tin, lawn or veranda all summer and winter safely in the 
• ■’liar. Good grovvers, with a luxuriant growth of large, 
ile leaves, and bearing at a year old an abundance of 
• wnet, pulpy fruit, unsurpassed for eating fresh. They are 
• I to very fine for preserving or pickling, or to dry. South of 
the Middle States can begrown in the open ground. Here on 
Ling Island, they are hardy outdoors if protected during win- 
*»r. Nothing is more luscious than Figs fresh from the tree, 
••MM'cially when eaten with cream, like Strawberries. 
■ rownTurkey —Large, oblong, dark brown; rich and deli¬ 
cate flavor; very productive, often bearing three crops in 
a season. A two-year-old tree of this sort bore over two 
hundred fine figs this season. Best Fig for pots. 25c. 
each. Extra large , by express, BOc, each. 
NeW f)Warf M a gTR 0 li a * 
Next to the Otaheite Orange this new dwarf Magnolia 
for jpot culture is the most desirable plant of its class. It 
is of a shrubby nature like the Orange, its leaves being 
evergreen and very ornamental, much more so than the 
Orange, but when loaded with its large yellowish flowers of 
such superb fragrance, it is a plant which for novelty and 
genuine beauty is not surpassed. Its color is line, hav¬ 
ing a rich brownish tinge, and the powerful fragrance of 
the blossoms is like rich, ripe bananas. For church or par¬ 
lor decoration this plant has no superior. It is as easily 
grown in any window as a Geranium the year round, or it 
may be wintered in the cellar. South of Washington it 
is perfectly hardy in the garden. Fine plants 40c. each; 3 
for $1.00. 
The Strawberry GbaVa. 
A. beautiful pot plant,with shining evergreen foliage that 
rmrmbles Camellia leaves, and handsome fruit nearly the 
• i/xi of a walnut, and of a fine strawberry-like flavor. The 
Nit makes the finest and most nutritious jelly that there is 
<m»‘! blooms and fruits continuously the year around. It 
g out be considered as useful as ornamental. A very heavy 
*r©r, and the fruit is very handsome. 30c. each; 3 for 50c. 
\1 cl op Pear, or Pepipo. 
A rapid-growing, dark-leaved plant, blooming when 
quite small. The fruit is the size and shape of a goose egg, 
and very handsome ; in color a pale lemon mottled with 
waves of bright violet. Inside the fruit resembles a pear, 
and tastes somewhat like a banana, but is much sweeter 
and juicier. Very ornamental when in flower and fruit. 
An elegant pot plant; also fine for the garden. 30g. each; 
3 for 60c. 
