SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1898. S3 
Superb ]\[eW Delias. 
These 12 new Dahlias, of recent introduction, are, in our 
•Btimation, the iinest in cultivation. 
M. BRUANT. 
Price , 25c. each; S for 60c.; the-12 for $2.00. 
Moral Park Jewel— The most beautiful Dahlia in cultiva¬ 
tion. Flowers of many colors, from deep maroon to blush 
white, including beautiful spotted and variegated forms, 
are borne in great profusion on the same plant at the 
same time. In fact a plant will hardly ever produce two 
flowers alike. Blush-white, crimson-maroon, white suf¬ 
fused with maroon, maroon suffused with white, crim- 
son-red, purple spotted, marked or marbled with white, 
spotted, marbled and striped with maroon, pink or crim¬ 
son, or several colors suffused in an odd and irregular 
• Often one-half of the flower will be white and the 
other half maroon, or the center white, while the outer 
half will be dt-ep crimson maroon. The exceeding 
beauty of a plant loaded with flowers and each one of 
m£ ll T^ ren t color can be better imagined than described. 
The blossoms are perfectly double, large and of perfect 
^shape and borne by the hundred. 
“H® of ®P fln St 1 ? ld ~ T l lis a real gem. It is exceedingly 
dwarf, branching freely and forming a very compact, 
bushy plant not over two feet in height, though it 
biooms from the time it is six inches high. Five hun¬ 
dred blossoms have been counted at one time on a fair- 
sized plant,. while one hundred blossoms is the usual 
number which a plant shows at all times. The flowers 
are VA inches across, bright scarlet in color, perfectly 
double, and imbricated to the very center. It is the 
most lovely flowering plant imaginable, and equally 
valuable for growing in the garden or in pots. It blooms 
profusely all summer and long into winter, if potted. 
P, danker—Exactly like Belle of Springfield, except 
color, which is buff yellow. Lovely, 
fblvonla Much like Camelliaflora, except the flower stems 
are not quite so long, and the color of the large, perfect 
blossoms is a soft, sweet, sea-shell pink, a color as rare 
as it is beautiful. 
B. Bruant—Flower of gigantic size, petals wide, shape 
perfect, double to the very center, and a great bloomer. 
Color, pure white, beautiful beyond description. 
rfWmalca—An enormous flower, like M. Bruant, of a bright 
roagenta-red color. One of the very largest and best, 
eioublo Floret—A grand Dahlia which may be said to be a 
oowote double, as it has two florets in place of one, one 
snngly rolled inside the other. The flower is therefore 
more perfectly double than any other, and is a great 
_ beauty. Color, rosy scarlet. 
■yrnpheea—Like a lovely pink Water Lily. Extremely 
beautiful and novel. 
Carnet- -Large beautiful flower of a rich plum or garnet. 
Souvenir—Lovely variegated blossoms. Scarlet and white. 
Argentia Varlegata— The leaves of this fine Dahlia ars 
beautifully variegated with white, making it a most 
conspicuous and attractive plant. 
Mixed Dahlias— We can supply large field-grown tubers of 
25 finest Dahlias known, (mixed) at $1.00 per dozen, by 
mall or express. Larger tubers can be sent by express. 
Choice Dahlia S ee( i. 
Good Dahlias can be grown from seed, and plants will 
bloom the first season. We only wish we could show fcU 
doubters some of the magnificent flowers grown from our 
seeds. Anyone who can xaise a Zinnia or a Morning Glory 
from seed, can grow Dahlias from seed. They are remark 
ably easy to germinate, and from the very seed-leaf the 
plants are stocky and sturdy. Seed sown in the house in 
March or April will produce flowering plants as soon as 
plants grown from tubers. / Per pkt. 
Double Large Flowering, Mixed —Will produce some 
magnificent varieties. .10 a 30 
Double Pompon, Mixed —Extra choice ptrain.10* 20 
New Single, Mixed Strain —Flowers very large and of 
rainbow colors. Exceedingly popular as cut flowers.5 at 10 
