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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEP S) BU LBS AND PLANTS fptt t898 
pussellia Jliqcea. 
This plant lias long, wiry, leafless stems which grow in 
graceful, drooping masses, flowing like hair. On these bare 
stems aro borne quantities of long, tubular flowers of the 
most vivid scarlet color, something like a Mauettia bloom, | 
but more numerous. It is a novel and beautiful plant, suit- 
able either for beds in summer or for pot culture. In pots it 
blooms the entire year, especially during the winter and 
early spring months. The great drooping masses of bloom 
are like a fountain of coraL, scarlet and green. In the South 
it is perfectly hardy and a superb garden flower. In any 
climate it is one of the very easiest of all plants to grow, and 
certainly one of the most brilliant and persistent bloomers. 
It is a valuable addition to our standard list of best plants. 
15c. each; 8 for 80c. Extra large, by express, SOc. each; 3 for COc. 
SOLAN U M. 
Solapbip. 
Elegant half climbing plants which are perpetually in 
bloom. Among the very best pot plants, particularly for 
winter blooming. 
Jasminoides Crandlflora- A beautiful half climber.easily 
kept in bush 6hape by a little pinching, or can be allowed 
to climb or trail at will, as it never grows too large for 
a window. Mostly grown as a house plant, for which its 
sizo and long profusion of star-like flowers well adapt it 
but it is even more pleasing grown as a summer vine at 
the foot of a pillar or window. The panicles of pure 
while bloom are very pretty and are profusely borne 
both summer and winter. It is never without flowers. 
15c. each; 3 for SOc. 
Rantonettl— The flower is of the very deepest and clearest 
blue, which is brought out more vividly by a yellow cen¬ 
ter. It is not a climber, but forms a neat littlo bush two 
feet high, which is covered with bloom during the entire 
summer, and almost until Christinas. Sure to become 
popular as soon as known, being as easy to grow and 
bloom as a Geranium. 15c. each; 8 for SOc. 
Azureum, or Biue Solanum- That splendid climbing plant 
Sol ami ni Jasminoides Grandiflora, which we introduced 
a few years ago, has become a universal favorite. In 
this new variety we have a splendid companion to it. In 
growtli it is robust and vigorous climbing to a consider¬ 
able height in a short time. Its flowers are a fine deep 
azure blue, and borne in largo dense panicles, and are 
extremely beautiful, and produced most of tlio time dur¬ 
ing the entire year. It is a splendid pot plant; also a splen¬ 
did plant for the garden during summer. 15c.; 8 for SOc. 
Wend lane! 1 —1 Exceedingly rare and beautiful, bearing enor¬ 
mous panicles of lavender blue flowers, each as large as 
a silver dollar. A truly grand plant. 80c. each; 8 for 75c. 
Extra large plants of any of above, by express, at double price. 
Passifloras. 
Fine foliage and graceful climbing habit. Very 
peculiar corona-liko flowers, but very beautiful and 
unlike any other flower. Easy to grow either in 
window or open ground. 
Pfordtl— The best for pot culture as it blooms when 
but a foot high. Large, handsome, fringed flow¬ 
ers, exhibiting a mingling of white, pink, brown 
and blue in its coloring, making a flower of the 
most fascinating beauty. 2Cc. each. 
Constance Elliott—One of the most graceful of 
all vines, worth a place in every homo for its 
exquisite foliage. The shining, leathery, five- 
fingered leaves airily fringing the slender stems, 
and festoon-supporting pillar or trellis until 
after the snows of winter begin to fall. Flowers 
pure white. SOc. each; the 2 for 80c. Extra large 
plants , by express , hoc. each; 2 for COc. 
parrot’s Feather. 
A lovely mossy plant, with long trailing stems covered with plumy, feathery 
foliage, of the freshest, loveliest green imaginable. Fine for aquariums, where 
few plants do well, and makes the water much more healthful for the fish. Grows 
nicely also in water tubs or ornamental pools, and is much admired when grown in 
hanging pots or baskets of soil. Itgrowsaswe.il in soil as in water, if it is kept 
well watered. It is one of the most charming trailing and drooping plants, and 
grows so rapidly that, it can be cut with the greatest freedom. 15c. each; 3 /or 80c. 
Hxtra large specimens , by express, double price. 
