SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1898. 
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Lovely Pond Lilies of which everyone is so fond. Many 
of the new foreign varieties grow and bloom from seed the 
first year, and among them there are a great variety of 
colors, white, yellow, blue, purple, etc. Seed should be sown 
in a pan or saucer of mud, just covered with water. In a 
warm temnerature they will germinate quickly and grow 
rapidly. These Lilies have a fragrance rich and peculiar; 
considered by many to be superior to any other flower. 
Zanziba rensis, Blue- -The grand day-blooming Afri¬ 
can Water Lily, with enormous incurved flowers of 
most exquisite coloring, and so profuse blooming that 
a tub of them is never without flowers from early 
summer until frost. They grow so rapidly that they 
will bloom in ten weeks from seed, and are so little 
trouble anyone can succeed with them. Give them a 
very rich soil, full sun, and shallow water to start in. 
The larger the vessel that contains them the ranker 
they grow, and the larger their flowers, but they will 
bloom in a common bucket, even. Seed should be 
sown in cups of soil and tepid water.10 & 20 
•fcanzl ba rensis, Red -Like the above, except in color, 
which is a fine purplish red.i0 St 20 
Oentata— (Night-Blooming Star Lily). There is 
nothing among water plants finer than this. Opens 
about eight o'clock in the evening, and closes at noon 
the next day. Star-like blossoms, pearly white, and 
blooms freely from seed the first season.10 & 20 
Coerulea A lovely 
Pond Lily four in¬ 
ches across, and of a 
beautiful lavender 
blue color. It has a 
remarkabl e fra- 
g ranee, differing 
from all others. ...10 & 20 
Alba— A lovely pure 
white Water Lily of 
great beauty and fra- 
granee.5 & 10 
Nelumbium, or Egyp¬ 
tian Lotus— White, 
pink and yellow. 
Mixed.10 & 20 
Nigel la, 
1) \Varf. 
Often called Love-in- 
a-mist, from the curious 
way in which the pretty 
blue blossoms are veiled 
by the feathery, close- 
enveloping foliage. 15 
inches. An easy and 
rapid grower of much 
beauty. Dwarf, mixed 
colors. 5 St 10 
Nicotiapa. 
Fine for separate clumps or masses, or for the oenter ot 
beds of evening bloomers. One of the easiest of all plants to 
grow% and equally fine for outdoor culture or ^ r winter 
blooming in pots. Its long, tubular, star-pointeu pow ers are 
pure white, exceedingly fragrant and very profusely borne. 
It is one of the few* plants that will flower well without a 
single ray of direct sunshine, and, for shaded grounds and 
north windows, is invaluable. Per pkt. 
Afflnis Three feet high, with hundreds of fragrant blos¬ 
soms borne for months without intermission. 5 & 10 
Decurrens A dwarfer and more branching variety than 
Affinis. equally beautiful and even more profuse.. 10 & 20 
Oeqotfiera, 
(EveningPrim rose.) 
Large, saucer-shaped 
blooms of the purest white, 
or softest, richest shades of 
yellow, and deliciously fra¬ 
grant. The swollen buds ex¬ 
pand at dusk with a sudden 
“snap” that always delights 
the children and interests 
t he adults. Seed can be sown 
in the open ground, and 
plants will soon be In bloom. 
Mixed Sorts.5 & 10 
Paqsy. 
For our superb collection of high grade Pansies see col¬ 
ored plate which appears in this catalogue. 
Extra Choice Large Flowering Mixed; very good... .5 a 10 
Extra Select Large Belgian —Large, showy flowers...5 & 10 
Snow Queen Very large and of snowy wdiiteness.5 & 10 
Yellow Bird— A selection of the Giant Trimardeau type 
with very large, flowers of a clear deep glossy yellow 5 & 10 
Ne PIu8 Ultra— A strain of peculiarly rich coloring.. .5 & 10 
Trimardeau Giant— A distinct strain, with very large 
flowers and wide range of coloring .5 & 10 
Sliver Edged— Dark, rich velvety purple, with distinct 
white edge. Lovely for cutting and for funeral work .5 & 10 
Black Giant Flowered A new black Pansy of the larg¬ 
est size; a rich coal-black: very fine and striking...10 & 20 
Cardinal— Deep scarlet; the brightest color in Pansies.5 & 10 
