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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
ROT SHRUBBERY. 
Bard-Wooded Shrubbery Plants, the showiest class of all, from their imposing size and greater profusion 
" in the cellar wfth- 
of liloorn. They have an advantage over other pot plants, also, in that they can he wintered 
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out injury, if window room is scarce ■■ -• it often is. All the care they need is a little pinching now and then «o 
keep them bushy and compact, an occasional top-dressing of rich compost or rotted manure and water given in 
abundance to soak the entire ball of their roots through. So treated each plant will be a solid bouquet of bloom 
—many sorts remaining in bloom the whole year. Grand for conservatory or window, hall or drawing room, 
or for piazza or yard decoration. H <■ are doing our friends a kindness in urging them to grow plenty of Tab 
Plants, that will last a life-time and improve in beauty each year. 
Urtigipapsia. 
Arborea—Called also Angels’Trumpetsnnd Wedding Bells. 
Ono of the grandest hard-wooded plants we know of, 
and easy to grow. It grows several feet high, and is 
cinite bushy. The foliage is largo and tropical, and its 
l)looras—how shall we describe what words cannot pic¬ 
ture? Imagine a little hush three feet high with twenty 
©r thirty pendulous blooms open at once: great creamy- 
white blooms, cloven, twelve or thirteen Inches long and 
eight inches wide, of a texture resembling thick, fluted 
satin. Imagine these creamy trumpets pouring fragrance 
forth till the air is heavy with fragrance. Imagine all 
this, then remember the blossoms last for days in perfec¬ 
tion, and that new buds are constantly coming on, and 
you will see why we value it so highly. It can bo win¬ 
tered unwatered in a cellar oj pit. Grand for Easter or 
Christmas decorations or for yards. 23c. each; 3 for 60c. 
Double Flowered -Very beautiful and fragrant. 50c. 
Sangulnea Rare scarlet flowered variety. Extra fine. 50c 
Extra large specimens by express (too large to mail) double price** 
Gbip-se Hibischs. 
Where can we find a more striking plant than this, with 
its glossy leaves and Inigo flaming flowers of satin-like tex- 
turo? Summer or winter it is always budding and bloom¬ 
ing, and if it becomes too largo for the window, can bo win¬ 
tered in tlie cellar. Pots of Hibiscus are extra fine for pi¬ 
azza or balcony display, and for bedding out in summer. 
Clgantoa— A graceful single flowered variety, with wide 
opened flowers eight and ten inches across, and of the 
most vivid crimson scarlet. Indescribably rich and 
etriking as a flaming torch; sure to please those who 
like a bright flower and plenty of it. 
Cooperl— Crimson flowers and superb foliage marbled in 
throe colors, white, rosoand green. Ono of thobestof all. 
Mlnneatus —As gorgeous and fine as the best Preony, and 
fully as large. Bush blooms when but a foot high. 
Blossoms a burning crimson, very double. 
Ghrysantha— This is said to ho a cross between an Abutilon 
and a Hibiscus; certainly it seems to show characteristics 
of both. It blooms as perpetually ns the Abutilon, but 
with larger flowers like the Hibiscus, five and six inches 
Indiamotor. Flowers flat and saucer-like, of a clear, 
bright canary yellow, with black eyo or center. 
Price, 20c. each; the /. for COc. Extra larpc specimens by express, 
hoc. each; U for $120. 
