SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1891. 
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Figs. 
This delicious fruit cuu bo grown even at the extreme 
North with assured success. When grown in pots or t ubs 
they arc safely wintered in any cellar, and grow and fruit 
very freely during summer in the open air. As fur north as 
New York the Fig is hardy in the open ground, if planted in 
asheltered situation and protected over winter. Thev usually 
bear some fruit the tlrst summer after planting, and will 
give a good crop the second year, either in pots or the open 
ground. Nothing is moreluseioiisthan Figs used fresh from 
the trees, and when eaten with cream, like strawberries, form 
one of the most delicious dishes. For pickling, drying or 
preserving they are also very line. Their large, luxurious 
leaves make them very attractive when growing, and, in 
anyone's possession, a higtree is an interesting object. In 
pots they should be pruned to a bushy habit., and not allowed 
to get too large for convenience or loolfc. Give them a rich, 
sandy soil if possible. Wo have a very line variety particu¬ 
larly adapted to iSot culture. 
Mixed varieties , atl fine sorts , 40c. each: S for $ 1. 
Brown Turkey—Large, oblong, dark brown; rich and de¬ 
licious flavor; very prtxluctive, often bearing three 
crops in a season. A two-year old tree of this sort bore 
over two hundred line Figs this season. 75c. each. 
QUaVa, Qittleyi. 
This is the most desira¬ 
ble of the Guava family, 
being of a dwarf habit 
and bearing heavily when 
very small. It is sure to 
fruit well by the time the 
plant is a year old. The 
foliage is evergreen, thick 
glossy green, and when 
the plant is loaded with 
fruit it is a striking and 
beautiful object. Fruit 
the size of small crab ap¬ 
ples, and very delicious, 
and valuable for jellies. 
Plant a heavy bearer anil 
perfectly adapted to pot 
culture, sure to succeed 
with any one, and can be 
wintered in a cellar, but 
if kept growing it will 
ripen its fruit the year 
round. Tn Kngland this 
Guava is called hardy, and 
quava. it will probably stand the 
climate of New York, with good protection. There are two 
varieties of this sort, the Yellow Fruited and lied Fruited. 
30c. each; 4 for «i no. 
BANANA. CAVENDISH I. 
Baijapa, 
The rarest and llnost of all Bamtnas. It is a dwarf anil 
particularly adapted to pot culture, growing hut live to six 
feet, while its grand leaves are four to six feet long, and 
often two feet broad, of radiant green, mottled and spotted 
with red, looking us though they were spattered with blood. 
Fruit large, yellow, ripens very early ; of the most delicious 
quality and borne in immenso clusters, reaching In I he 
ground. It is the finest ornamental plant that can lie 
grown, Musa Ensete being very inferior beside It. It makes 
one of the grandest of specimen plants for licdding out dur¬ 
ing summer. Every lover of choice plants should pos-ass 
one. Strong plants 75c. each. 
PINE APPLE, 8UOAR LOAF. 
Pipe -APPle, S a £ai* Loaf. 
The Pine Apple succeeds well with pot culture and can be 
groxvn and fruited in a good window, conservatory or green¬ 
house, and is at all times a beautiful plant. This is the finest 
flavored of all Pine Apples and so dwarf that it grows and 
fruits in a five inch pot, when but a year old. We have them 
now, which have not. been potted a year and which are bear¬ 
ing line fruit. It is a most beautiful and interesting plant to 
grow and one with which every one can succeed. We have 
line plants, strong and well rooted. KOc. each; 3for$1.50. 
SPECIAL OFFER .—For only nc will send hi/ mail, post¬ 
paid, otic fine plant each of the e i/raml new Tropical fruits, 
viz: Guava, Fiy Melon Pear, Banana , Passiflora and Pine 
Apple. 
