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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
Pepper. 
. No trouble whatever to grow. Useful for culinary pur¬ 
poses, ornamental as pot plants and quite necessary to the 
health of all cage birds and poultry. Every garden ought to 
have a good bed. 
Childs’ Celestial, Improved A fine sharp-flavored Pepper 
of. transcendent beauty, setting its fruit early and con - 
tinumg until cut down by frost. A well-grown plant 
will show peppers in every stage of growth, and in three 
or four different colors, according to the stage or ripe¬ 
ness-creamy white, pink and vivid scarlet, all on the 
bush together, a most novel and wonderful sight. Beau¬ 
tiful pot plants; in fact, few pot plants make such an 
attractive show as does the Pepper when in full bearing. 
It is perfectly charming, showing such quantities of fruit 
of so many distinct colors. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 30e.; lb., $3.00. 
PEPPEK., RUBY KING. 
Kuby King The beautiful plants are crowded with large 
handsome fruits of a bright ruby-red color, which grow; 
four to six inches long by three to four inches through 
They are remarkably mild and pleasant to the taste. So m il< 
• is their flavor that they can even be sliced and eaten witl 
vinegar like tomatoes or cucumbers. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 25c 
Lar ^ 1 e J . Be — A fine old standard sort, large, bell-shaped 
Pkt., 5c.: oz., 25c. 
Red Cluster— A dwarf sort, loaded with beautiful gloss- 
scarlet fruit, which are particularly valued for pickling 
Pkt., 5C.; oz., 30.; lb., $3.50. 
Childs’ Kaleidoscope — Beautiful enough to be classed 
among pot plants, yet with a fine sharp flavor that makes 
it valuable in the garden also. From the time the pretty 
plum-like peppers form until they are fully grown they 
are of a light yellowish-cream color. As they commence 
to ripen they change, first to a clear canary color, then 
deepening to orange, then again turning to pink or rose, 
varying from shade to shade until they become a vivid, 
shining scarlet. One of these pepper plants, with their 
dark green leaves, and hanging full of cream, pink, 
yellow, rose and red fruits, is exceedingly beautiful. A 
very easily grown house plant and an attractive one. It 
is enormously prolific, plants branching freely and weep¬ 
ing with their load of jewel-like fruit. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 20c. 
Peaqlit, E ar *y S^ ect - 
Grow some Peanuts for the children. Not at all hara to, 
grow, and stands heat and drouth like a salamander. J-hi| 
sort is so early that it ripens in all the Northern States ana 
in Canada, while its quality is of the very best, the nuts being 
exceedingly sweet and rich when roasted. Any light, sanay, 
or loose soil suits them. Pkt., 10c.; pint, 20c.; quart, 30e. 
Peppergrass* 
Cor Cress). 
Extra Curled —An appetiz¬ 
ing relish, of fresh, piquant 
taste, often added to lettuce 
and other fresh salads for 
variety. Splendid for cana¬ 
ries, who are very partial 
to it, and keep healthier for 
its use. Yery easy to grow 
and can be sown in any lit¬ 
tle nook or vacant spot 
Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; lb., 50c. 
Water Cress — Grown in 
moist, wet places, or at the 
edge of running streams. 
Increases rapidly, is very 
hardy, and as it is of an 
evergreen nature can be 
used all winter. A salad 
bowl heaped full of this 
Cress, of dark green leaves, 
is a pretty sight in Janu¬ 
ary. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 35c. 
