SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1901. 
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Gbipese Hibiscus. 
Where can we find a more striking plant than this, with 
its glossy leaves and huge flaming flowers of satin-like tex¬ 
ture ? Summer or winter, it is always budding and blooming, 
and, if it becomes too large for the window, can be wintered 
in the cellar. Pots of Hibiscus are extia line for piazza or 
balcony, and for bedding out in summer. 
Qigantea— A graceful single-flowered variety, with wide- 
opened flowers eight and ten inches across, and of the 
most vivid crimson-scarlet. Indescribably rich and 
striking as a flaming torch; sure to please those who 
like a bright flower and plenty of it. . 
Coo peri— Crimson flowers, and superb foliage marbled in 
three colors, white, rose and green. One of the best of all. 
Wiinneatus— As gorgeous and fine as the best Pasony, and 
fully as large. Bush blooms when but a foot high. 
Blossoms a burning crimson, very double. 
Chrysantha— This is said to be a cross between an Abutilon 
and a Hibiscus; certainly it seems to show characteristics 
of both. It blooms as perpetually as the Abutilion, but 
with large flowers, like the Hibiscus, five and six inches 
in diameter. Flowers flat and saucer-like, of a clear, 
bright canary yellow, with black eye or center. 
Price. 20c. each; the U for 60. 
J I r !>e f)\Varf Justseia. 
This new Dwarf Justicia is really a much finer plant 
than our engraving suggests. Everyone knows the tall, 
lanky, straggling habit of the old Justicia Rosea. This new 
sort, which is now grown so extensively by Parisian florists, 
begins to bloom when the plant has only three or four 
leaves, and is never out of flower afterward. If pinched 
back occasionally, it makes a very dwarf, stocky plant, fre¬ 
quently covered with 20 to 30 large pink flower-heads, lasting 
a long time. The foliage is also more persistent and highly 
ornamental being heavy in texture and very velvety. It’s 
the plant for everybody to grow in quantity. It was lately 
shown at the National Horticultural Society’s exhibition at 
. Paris, and, at Ghent, a plant with 20 flowers spikes received 
well-merited awards. 20c. each; 3 for 50c. 
NevC YelloW Jnsticia. 
A taller grower than the above, but with equally hand¬ 
some clusters of bloom which are of an orange-yellow color. 
In all respects a plant of merit which is sure to-become pop¬ 
ular. There is no finer, flowering plant for bedding than the 
Justicia, especially the new dwarf variety. 25c. each. 
New J)\Varf Magnolia* 
Next to the Otaheite Orange, this new dwarf Magnolia, 
for pot culture, is the most desirable plant of its class. It is 
of a shrubby nature, like the Orange, its leaves being ever¬ 
green and very ornamental, much, more so.than the Orange, 
but when loaded with large, yellowish flowers, of such 
superb fragrance, it is a plant which, for novelty and genuine 
beauty is not surpassed. Its color is fine, having a rich 
brownish tinge, and the powerful fragrance of the blossoms 
is like rich, ripe bananas. For church or . parlor decoration 
this plant has no superior. It is as easily grown in any win¬ 
dow as a Geranium the year round, or it may be wintered in 
the cellar. South of Washington it is hardy. 60c. each. 
new dwaef justicia. 
