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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
Begoqia. 
One of the most beautiful of all window plants, hand¬ 
some in foliage, and bearing great quantities of lovely 
flowers of wax-like texture and exquisitely soft, delicate 
shades. Seeds are very fine and need care in sowing, but 
the flowers repay all care given. Seedlings bloom in from 
five to eight months’ time. Per pkt. 
Rex, Mixed Sorts — Justly celebrated as the finest of orna¬ 
mental pot plants. Superb large leaves, of exquisite 
and rich coloring. Our seed is saved from our finest 
collection of about fifty newest and best named sorts; 
cannot be excelled. It will give grand results .. .15 
Tuberous-Rooted Rex— Our new strain of fine Tuberous- 
Rooted Rex Begonias, introduced last year. A large 
ner cent of this hybridized seed will come true. 20 
Tuoerous-Rooted Hybrids— Pine single mixed. 15 
Tuberous-Rooted Hybrids— Pine double mixed. 20 
Vernon, Mixed Colors— Plowers perpetually the year 
round, the plants being completely covered with bloom 
at all times, especially during winter. They make 
lovely bedding plants in summer, the leaves, when 
exposed to the sun, turning to a rich bronze color, 
adding much to the beauty of the flowers. Grow from 
seed as readily as a weed. Grand perpetual boomers, 
including many colors, white, pink, red, etc. 10 
Vernon, New Crimson— Pine dark crimson. lo 
Vernon, Golden Leaved — 
Elegant golden colored foli¬ 
age and lovely pink blos¬ 
soms in endless profusion. 
Highly ornamental. lo 
New Hybrids, Mixed— Large 
flowering and perpetual 
blooming. This is a mix¬ 
ture of the newest and 
rarest named flowering Be¬ 
gonias. It includes many 
fine hybrids, and seed is 
saved from our noted collec¬ 
tion of rare sorts. We have 
taken the greatest pains in 
hybridizing this seed, and 
it will produce many dis¬ 
tinct new forms. 15 
New Sweet Scented, Mixed 
—Pine mixed seed of our 
grand new sweet scented 
varieties..20 
NEW HYBRIDS MIXED. 
As indispensable for the window or greenhouse as the 
Petunia is for the flower garden. Will stand more abuse 
and neglect than almost any other house plant. Grows rapid¬ 
ly from seed, and is soon in bloom. Leaves are very orna¬ 
mental and are often beautifully variegated. Lovely bell- 
shaped flowers, borne the year around, in all colors—white, 
pink, yellow, orange, red, etc. Per pkt. 
Choice Hybrids, Mixed— All colors mixed. 10 
Infanta Eulalia Hybrids, Mixed— Large blossoms of vari¬ 
ous colors. The finest of all Abutilons, blooming freely 
all the year, and making a short-jointed, bushy growth 
that is much more desirable than the tall growing 
kinds. See green paper pages....,,20 
Garpatioi). 
A favorite with everyone. Fragrant double flowers of 
elegantly form and exquisite markings. Seeds and plant* 
grow as freely as the old garden. Pink. Spring-sown seek 
make fine winter blooming plants. p er 
Monthly, or Perpetual— Mixed greenhouse sorts.. in 
Hardy Hybrids— Hardy free bloomers. Extra fine for the 
garden or for pots. Many fine colors mixed. 1S 
Margaret— Pine, early bloomers . . 
Chebaud Early French— A fine strain, combining 'tlie 
earliness of Margaret with the large and perfect blos¬ 
soms of the Perpetuals . 2 q 
Maimaison- Largest and finest of all . "is 
Ghrysapthetpeip. 
Chrysanthemum seed sown in the winter will produce 
are likely to be very valuable. All colors, shapes, sizes and 
varieties will be produced. The great beauty of a collection 
of seedling Chrysanthemums cannot be appreciated until it 
is seen. They are grand, and are very easily raised. Seeds 
germinate freely and quickly, and the plants, being of a 
hardy and robust nature, make a rapid growth. 
Extra Choice Mixed— All colors and varieties; Japanese, 
Ostrich Plume, Anemone-flowered, etc . . .. .20 
Cyclamen G rar >diflora. 
There are few handsomer plants than the Cyclamen, 
The heart-shaped foliage is beautifully shaped and marked, 
and the charming flowers, borne on long footstalks above the 
crown of foliage, show exquisite shades of white, crimson, 
blush and pink, most flowers showing two colors .15 
GaEQelia Japoi>1ca. 
We have received from Japan a quantity or seed of the 
well known and beautiful Camelia. It germinates readily, 
and the plant makes a rapid growth. The seed was saved 
from plants of different colors, and is said to be a mixture of 
the finest sorts ... .. 15 
CAMELIA JAPONICA. 
Focl^sia* 
Lovely pot plants which bloom profusely at all times. 
Grows rapidly from seed, producing many fine new sorts. 
Mixed Hybrids— Best double and single named sorts . 15 
peri}s. 
Ferns are exquisite for table or drawing room decora¬ 
tions. wardian cases, hanging baskets, or rockeries. Spores 
are very fine, and should be surface sown on sifted soil, and 
covered with glass. If sown in ordinarv pot saucers, neces¬ 
sary moisture can be supplied by placing a saucer of soil 
inside of a larger saucer that has been filled with water. 
Mixed — Many fine sorts. .. 10 
Boston Fern — Finest of all.. ... 10 
Qerar}iiiii} 
Very easily grown from seeds, and if started early will 
bloom the first summer and fall. Seedling plants are always 
healthy and make a strong luxuriant growth, blooming 
more freely than old plants. Anyone can produce magnifi¬ 
cent results growing Geraniums from seed, and we advise 
all our customers to try it. Per pkt. 
Zonale, Extra Choice— Mixed, from finest new large- 
flowered varieties..10 
New Hybrid Large-Flowering— Grand strain, from which 
we grew the magnificent new sorts offered among 
Specialties and Novelties. All colors, mixed.20 
Bronze and Cold— Very fine foliage.. . 15 
Souvenir de Mirande— Saved from fine marbled varieties 
of the Mirande type. Distinct and very beautiful. 10 
Apple Scented— Very delightfully scented leaves.. 10 
Double Mixed — Prom finest new sorts, and will produce 
some of the best double varieties in existence .20 
Pelargonium, or Lady Washington— Fine mixed. These 
are perfectly magnificent, but seed is scarce .. .20 
Ivy Leaved — Double and single mixed; extra fine, with 
magnificent trusses of bright colored flowers, and a 
beautiful trailing habit, with rich, ivy-like foliage. 20 
