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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, 
Gloxinia 
This is far different from ordinary Gloxinias, being a 
plant of erect branching habit, which is propagated by cut¬ 
tings, but producing a strong bulb or tuber. Flower stems 
rise to the height of 2 feet, each bearing several large pure 
white blossoms 4 inches in length, and of a peculiar and 
fascinating fragrance. It is a hardy and easily grown pot 
plant, good for any situation, blooming freely, and always 
attracting great attention by its oddity, novelty and re- ! 
markable beauty. Strong tubers, 20c. each; 3 for 50c. 
Salvia 
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(HIL'DS. 
FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
New/ Gaqtapas. 
Weeping —This new trailing plant is a real beauty and 
highly desirable for bracket pots and hanging baskets. 
The slender trailing growth, and abundance of rich bios- . 
soms making it a plant of peculiar beauty. Color a fine 
lilac, and sweetly scented, Yery graceful, and a plant 
easilv grown in any situation. One of the best novelties. 
Scarlet Fiery— A new Lantana of unusual beauty, being of 
dwarf compact growth, and a profuse and perpetual, 
bloomer. Its flowers, which appear at all times of the 
year in great numbers, when they first open are golden 
yellow, changing the next day to deep, fiery scarlet. This 
unique habit causes each cluster of flowers to show to 
most beautiful advantage, as the center flowers, which 
recently opened, are yellow, and those which surround 
the center deep scarlet. Yaluable alike for pots for 
blooming at all times of the year, or for bedding out. 
Yellow Firefly— A seedling of the above, golden-yellow. 
Price 15c. each; the 8 for 80c 
Lantana Seed— Mixed coir 
ors. Seedlings make 
blooming plants in a few 
months. Pkt., 10c. 
Genista, 
SHOWER OF COLD. 
As a plant for late winter 
and early spring blooming 
(especially for Easter), it is 
almost without an equal. 
Flower golden yellow, very 
fragrant, and borne in large, 
drooping racemes and in 
such quantity as to almost 
hide leaf and branch—most 
truly a “ Shower of G-old.” 
It is one of the easiest plants 
to grow we ever saw, and is 
absolutely sure to bloom 
profusely in any window. 
As a plant for rare beauty, 
delightful fragrance, and 
ease of culture, it has no 
superior, and should adorn 
every home. 20c. each; 
3 for 50c. Seed, 10c. pkt. 
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Habit, compact, short-jointed and branching, with 
abundance of foliage, which is of a fine yellow shade, hardly 
a trace of green about it. The flowers are a light transparent 
scarlet of exceptional brilliancy. The color of the foliage us 
constant and does not change when bedded out in the hot 
sun. In fact, its color is perhaps intensified by heat. I he 
brilliancy of the flowers against the yellow foliage produces 
the most striking effect we have ever observed in any plant. 
Not only is the plant a line bedder but it is also a magnificent 
pot plant, blooming at any and all times of the year without 
intermission. For winter it is particularly fine, and the 
most brilliant plant that can be grown in one’s window or 
conservatory. Strong plants, 15c. each; 5 for 50c. Seed, (Wifi 
bloom in 3 months), 20c. per packet. 
