JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
CLIANTIIUS DAMPIEHI. 
GliaptfiUs l')aippieri. 
Ganpelia 
<Japopica. 
Wo have received from 
Japan a quantity of seed of 
the well known and ever 
beautiful Camelia. It germ¬ 
inates readily, and the plants 
make a rapid growth. The 
seed was saved from plants 
f / \ <“* n . n fin « i] 
of different colors and is said 
to l>e a mixture of the finest 
•orts.10 & 20 
peeps. 
CAMELIA. 
puchsia. 
Lovely pot plants, which bloom profusely at all times. 
Grows readily from seed, and many fine new sorts will ap¬ 
pear. 
Mixed, Double —Finest seed from best named sorts...10 & 20 
Mixed, Single —From new varieties.10 & 20 
Coccinea Lovely scarlet; blooms in great profusion..5 & 10 
Procum bens— Lovely drooping vine: fine for baskets.10 & 20 
This ranks as one of the very choicest of all flowers. In 
brilliancy of color there is nothing which can surpass it. 
The blossoms are borne in large clusters, and are of the most 
Intense scarlet color with a jet black center. The plant is of 
a trailing habit, with very handsome foliage, and blooms 
profusely either as a pot plant or when planted in the open 
ground. Seed may be. started under glass, or planted direct¬ 
ly in the garden in hills as one would plant melons. After 
blooming in the garden they may be carefully lifted and 
taken inside, where they will bloom well for a while. Give 
them a warm, sunny situation...10 & 20 
Ferns are exquisite for table or drawing-room decora¬ 
tions, wardian cases, hanging baskets or rockeries. Spores 
are very fine, and should be surface sown on sifted soil, and 
od wit* 
covered with glass. If sown in ordinary pol saucers, neces¬ 
sary moisture can be supplied by placing a saucer of soil 
inside of a larger saucer that has been filled with tepid 
water. The water will filter through, and will not wash the 
soil over the spores as surface watering is apt to do. 
Mixed Sorts— All the finest varieties. 
.10 & 20 
Qloxiqia. 
The moot beautiful of all pot bulbs. Large, erect, ope: 
throated flowers of thick satiny texture and most profuse! 
borne. Seeds are very fine and must be sown with car. 
Seedlings grow well, and if given good care will bloom 
five months from the time of sowing see d, giving larger a., 
better flowers than can be had from old bulbs. Try thei 
by all means. There is no flower more charming. Per pfc 
French Hybrids— Splendid mixed; the finest varieties of 
various colors . 10 & 
Tigred and Spotted —Mixed colors; all beautifully 
spotted.10 & j 
Crassifolla Erecta -Mixed colors; all erect bloomers.10 
Pure White —The most heavenly of all flowers for true 
loveliness and purity.10 & 
Lenjoq 
Yerbepa, 
Everyone khowns tb* 
Lemon Verbena, and every 
one ought to have a few sped 
ot folia® 
mens of it; its fragrant folia® 
is so fine to use in bouquet? 
and other floral work... 10 
Eucalyptus 
^itroides. 
G 
A beautiful tropical shrol 
that can be grown as a po- 
plant. Its leaves are frot 
the first deliciously fragrant 
with a penetrating lemon-lik¬ 
ed or, surpassing the Lemot 
Verbena. Very fine indeed 
valuable for bouquets-5 &l 
Heliotrope. 
Mixed Hybrids— Extra fine. All colors mixed.10&2 
White Lady—Large pure white.10 
King of Blacks— Almost coal black.10 JrfJ 
Hew Blue -Large blue with white center .10&3 
EV 
L.CHILDS 
GerapiUip. 
Very easily grown from seeds, and if started early will 
bloom the next summer and fall. Seedling plants are 
always healthy. 
Zonaie, Extra Choice -Mixed, from finest new vari¬ 
eties. 
.10 & 3) 
Pure White .10&30 
Deep Pink .l n &3) 
Brilliant Scarlet.5& 10 
Bronze and Cold —Very fine .. 10&36 
Apple Scented Very delightfully scented leaves-10 
Double Mixed - Saved especially for us from the finest 
new sorts and will produce some of the best double 
varieties in existence.10 &20 
Pelargonium or Lady Washington— Fine mixed 10&20 
Double Ivy - Fine double flowered; ivy leaved; grand 10 & 31 
Single Ivy—Fine ivy leaved.10 &3 
Laptapa. 
A little slow to germinate, but seedlings grow rapidly 
and soon make thrifty plants. An extra fine bedding plant, 
with very brilliant verbena-like flowers. We offer a very 
fine strain. Flowers in all shades of vermilion, orange, 
lemon, white and pink. 
Mixed Colors—A fine collection...10& 
