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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y, 
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„ . —(Perennial)* 
One of the finest of all perennials, and unsurpassed as a 
stately, imposing plant for backgrounds, sci'eens, center of 
wide borders, etc. Plants grow from four to six- feet high, 
and bear pyramidal spikes of large, rosette-like flowers of 
every shade and color, from pure white to almost black. 
The yellow, magenta, rose and black are intensely pure and 
deep, while the pure white, pale lemon, soft pink and laven¬ 
der shades are exquisitely soft and delicate. The pearly 
blooms of the pure white Hollyhock are as fine for all floral 
work as the most double Rose or Camellia. If seeds are 
started very early, plants often bloom the next September. 
Double White— Pure and true . 10 
“ Magenta— Fine. bright color . 10 
‘‘ Lemon— Pure, bright lemon color .. 10 
“ Pink— Very delicate and pretty . 10 
“ Black—Rich chocolate black . 10 
Double, Mixed Coiors —Very choice, embracing over 
twenty different shades . 10 
Mammoth Allegheny —Flowers 1 to 0 inches across, finely 
fringed and curled, and of such exquisite shading as 
to resemble crushed silk. Colors, pink, red, rose, 
shaded, tinted, bordered, etc., all mixed ... io 
Xxobelia. 
Charming little plants for small beds, edgings, baskets, 
etc. Graceful and pretty, and colors exceedingly clear. A 
most charming pot plant for window culture, blooming in 
four weeks and making the prettiest little pot flowers. 
Crystal Palace— Hark blue, best for bedding 5 
New Double Dwarf, Mixed Colors— A lovely,dwarf,com¬ 
pact sort, bearing hundreds of beautiful double’blos¬ 
soms of various colors .. 10 
Royal Purple— Extra lino, with dark stalks and large’ 
deep blue flowers, having distinct white eye ..’ 5 
Coldelss—A compact, low-growing varietv. the foliage 
of which is golden-yellow, and is most charmingly set 
off by the hundreds of blossoms which the plant car¬ 
ries of the brightest, deepest blue, with a pure white 
eye. We have never seen in one plant a more charm¬ 
ing contrast between flowers and foliage than is shown 
in this most superb novelty ... 5 
n> Pereppe.— (Perennial.) 
, , Not entirely new. yet little known and ra,rely seen, al¬ 
though it is one of those flowers of dainty beauty that is 
appreciated when seen ; but can never be justly described, 
We •will not attempt to_convey to our readers the impression 
9} rts great beauty ; this they can never know until they see 
it, but will say that it is a hardy perennial, sending up 
numerous sterns which send out. long, wiry branches, which 
are clothed with a growth of small, almost hair-like foliage. 
At the tips of the branches are poised large, salver-shaped 
blossoms, borne with such airy grace that they appear to be 
floating m the air. The effect is charming. Ho garden in 
the land should be without this exquisite flower. 
Mixed Colors — Blue, white and pink .. 10 
IfaFKSPOF. 
... Al* 0 ld“£ as hi° ne , ( l, but none the less valuable annual, 
compact spikes .of showy flowers, in shades of 
large 
white, pink, red, blue, etc. Sow early in open ground. 
Hyacinth-Flowered— Great Hyacinth-like spikes of 1 ; 
double flowers. Mixed colors 
Lobelia, ppipila SP le bdeps. 
A great novelty. This Lobelia stands our hot, dry cli¬ 
mate, and blooms perfectly all summer, when others fail. 
It is a perfectly exquisite plant, dwarf, compact, rich, deep 
blue, with white center. Fine also for pots...1° 
