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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BW.BS AND PLANTS FOR 1899. 
Window or Greenhouse rants- 
One may have a home grandly constructed, elegantly fitted and furnished in every particular, wanting 
t tot hi n g which money can purchase, yet if it does not contain a window of bright blooming plants it lacks some 
essential feature, and is, in fact, almost desolate, and its inmates must be regarded as lacking in some degree 
refinement and taste. On the other hand the humblest cottage is made a home indeed, by the brightness and 
fragrance of its well-filled windows of plants, and when we see it we know that good taste, refinement and a 
whole-souled people dwell within. 
Plants are our natural home companions: they are bright, ref resiling, cheery; winter may rage without, 
but inside they make spring perpetual. A refined and generous nature craves plants and flowers. Nothing 
else can take their place; especially to the care-worn woman, whose elevated taste and love for refinement goes 
largely unsatisfied, plants and flowers are one of God’s richest blessings. 
The plant department of our business is most extensive. We have acres of greenhouses and annually 
produce and send out over two million plants. Our system of packing is such that our plants carry success¬ 
fully through the mails to nearly all parts of the world. We are careful to send out only well-rooted, healthy 
stock, and to offer only such varieties as arc sure to give satisfaction —the very best of their kinds. The cnor- 
mous Quantities which we grow enable us to offer the finest plants of the choicest varieties at a price so low 
that they are within the reach of all. These facts have made ours the greatest plant distributing establishment 
in the world. 
Our System 
of Setting 
Plants. 
We send fine y healthy, well-rooted, vigorous Plants 
by mall, postpaid, at prices quoted. If ordered by 
express we can usually send larger ones In that way than by mall, at same 
price. 
As many people desire to get Plants 
as large as possible, and are willing 
to pay more for large specimens, such as cannot be sent by mall, we offer of 
most varieties extra large sizes by express, at advanced prices. All express 
packages go at buyer’s expense, but we add extras to offset express charges. 
Our customers can depend upon getting Extra Fine Plants from us either way— 
by mall or express. 
BY MAIL. POSTPAID. 
express we can usually 
price. 
LARGE SPECIMENS, BY EXPRESS. 
Asparagus SPrepgeri. 
A Magnificent Decorative Plant. 
A new variety of the finest ornamental qualities. For 
hanging pots, or bracket nets where the mass of rich foliage 
can droop in its natural grace, it is one of the loveliest 
objects it is possible to firm for window decoration. For 
cutting it lasts weeks in water. Plants also blossom freely 
and bear large red berries which add greatly to the beauty 
of the wavy foliage. Nothing finer for decorating, or for 
bouquet making. Fine plants 20c. each; 3 for 60c. 
Gerehs, Nigfyfc 
Crandiflora The most beautiful flower in the world. Its 
flowers are a foot across, of a pure satiny white, outside 
petals faintly tinged with reddish-brown. It is also 
deliciously fragrant. No description can do justice to 
Its wonderful beauty, or portray the magnificence of its 
pure cup, filled with thousands of silky stamens. Truly 
a flower of the gods, and one which seems not of earth, 
as its beauty is unfolded only in midnight’s darkness. 
McDonald I Like above, but tine straw color tint. 
Rostratus—Magnificent flowers rich wine-red outsido. 
Price , toe. each; the 3 for 00c, 
