SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1891. 
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noon the next day. L 
to 6 inches wide at the . 
evening air. It is a free 
Special Offer.-C:-- 
form our “Whippoorwill Collection, 
that enchanter of the night pour, 
of song. We will send the entii 
the 10 varieties {or only SO cents. 
Flowers, pure white, « inches long and 5 
he top. Its delicious fragrance nils the 
' loonier. Per pkt. 10 cents. 
The above 10 varieties of evening bloomers 
... .... bioonting as they do when 
ourth its saddest and sweetest 
collection, one paper each of 
rejoice that people are beginning to appreciate evening flowers. Charming as they aro they have long been neg- 
VCT looted, but in future wo shall And in nearly every garden a bed of evening flowers which will bo a center of attrae- 
yy tlon. I)o not understand that "Kvening” flowers arc ill. bloom only at night. Far from it. As a rule they open 
about four o’clock in the afternoon, uml remain in full glory until-ten or cloven o’clock the next day. They are 
all fragrant, and some of them are among the fairest and sweetest floral gems. Plant a bed of evening flowers and 
■when you walk in your garden during the pleasant hours of twilight and early morn, you will bless the charming CEnotheras, 
the sweet Nicotians, the great Silvery Daturas, and the brilliant Mirabllis, as they look up to you with so much charming 
beauty and sweetness. 
CENOTHCRA DRUMVONDI. 
(Enothera, ot* Evening Primrose. 
Few garden flowers arc more charming than the Evening 
Primroses, with their large saucer shaped blossoms, delight¬ 
ful perfume and soft pure colors of white and yellow shades. 
Sow seed early in the open ground and they will soon be up 
and blooming and continue all summer, delighting every one 
who sees them. Per pkt. 
Crandlflora Odorata, flower stems of this sort grow a 
foot or more in height, bearing brilliant yellow blos¬ 
soms two to three inches across. Exceedingly sweet 
and beantlful. 10 
Aoaulls, silvery white blossoms of enormous size, often 
as big as a Moonflower. Very fragrant and striking. 5 
Orummondl, a lovely variety, which trailson the ground 
like a Verbena, and bears very large blossoms, some 
bright yellow and others pale straw color. Very de¬ 
sirable for edging.. 10 
Lamarcklana, a tall growing sort with large brilliant 
yellow blossoms,.i. 5 
Mathiola. 
A variety of the Ten Weeks Stock, which is hardy and 
robust, so that seed can be sown in the open ground early. 
It will commence blooming in June, producing at evening a 
groat profusion of fragrant blossoms. 
Blcorrils, light lilac pink, very sweet and desirable. 10 
- MirablliS, (Four O’Cloek.) 
This is one of the most brilliant and showy plants that can 
be grown with little or no t rouble. Plant in clumps or masses 
and they will make a dazzling bed during the afternoon and 
morning. Though old, this brilliant flower has been greatly 
improved of late years and is now one of the most valuable 
annuals for a mass of color. 
Improved Mixed Colors, white,scurlet. crimson,yellow, 
violet, variegated, etc. No flower has clearer brighter 
colors than these improved Mimbilis.. 5 
Tom Thumb, (new dwarf) mixed colors. These new 
Mirabilis aro a charming addition to garden annuals. 
They grow about 15 inches high, forming a dense, 
bushy plant, covered with a massof yellowish foliage 
thickly studded with beautiful blossoms. The plants 
are such solid masses of bright foliage and flowers 
that they ure exceedingly attractive. 10 
Nicotiai^a. Pcrpkt . 
Affinals, three feet high with hundreds of blooms filling 
tho air with a delicious fragrance. 10 
Decurrens, This variety is a dwarfer form which branch¬ 
es freely from the ground giving a great number of 
flowering branches. It is therefore a prolific bloom¬ 
er, the flowers being in all respects like Aflinis, largo 
with long tubes, pure white, and exquisitely fragrant. 
Its great number of flowers open before sundown, 
and close about ten o’clock next day, re-opening again 
towards evening. Seed can be started in the house if 
desired, but when sown in the open ground they com¬ 
mence blooming as early as July. 15 
Datum “ S^eet Nightingale.” 
This was one 
of our very fin¬ 
est noveltieslast 
year, and it is a 
plant which will 
adorn any gar¬ 
den and add to 
its beauty. It is 
closely allied to 
tlieGrandllmg- 
mansia, and like 
that plant it pos¬ 
sesses a striking 
beauty not oft¬ 
en seen, Itsenor- 
mous flowers at¬ 
tract ing every 
eye. Itisagrand 
evening flower, 
opening about 
sunset and last¬ 
ing till near 
and 5 
the 
