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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO. N. Y. 
. pusscllia Jupcea. 
This plant has long, wiry, graceful stems which grow In 
graceful, drooping masses, flowing like hair. On these bare 
stems are borne quantities of long, tubular flowers of the 
most vivid scarlet color, something like a Manettia bloom, 
but more numerous. It is a novel and beautiful plant, suit¬ 
able either for beds in summer or pot culture. In pots it 
blooms the entire year, especially during the winter and 
early spring months. The great drooping masses of bloom 
are like a fountain of coral, scarlet and green. In the South 
It is perfectly hardy and a superb garden flower. In any 
climate it is one of the very easiest of all plants to grow, and 
certainly one of the most brilliant and persistent bloomers. 
It is a valuable addition to our standard list of best plants. 
15c. each; 3 for 30c. Extra large , bj/ express. 25c. each: 3 for 50c. 
Oxalis O r t0 es h 
One of the few pot plants that will bloom every day in 
the year. A robust but neat-habited grower with pretty 
three-lobed leaves of a dark olive green above and shining 
crimson purple beneath. The flowers are freely borne in 
clusters on long stems above the foliage. They are star-like 
and of a clear golden yellow. A most unique and beautiful 
pot plant. 20c. each: 3 for 50c. 
I^otus Pelyorepsis. 
Called the silvery Asparagus on account of its beautiful 
Asparagus-like foliage, drooping like A. Sprengeri, but of a 
lovely silvery white color. Blossoms intense scarlet. 20c. 
each; 3 for 50c. 
Passifloras. 
Fine foliage and graceful climbing habit, 
peculiar corona-like flowers, but very beautiful and 
unlike any other flower. Easy to grow either in 
window or open ground. 
Pfordtl—The best for pot culture as it blooms when 
but a foot high, large, handsome, fringed flowers, 
exhibiting a mingling of white, pink. Drown and 
blue in its coloring, making a flower of the most 
fascinating beauty. 20c. each. 
Constance Elliott—One of the most graceful of 
all vines, worth a place in every home for its 
exquisite foliage. The shining, leathery, five- 
fingerod leaves airily fringing the slender stems, 
after the snows of winter begin to fall. Flowers 
pure white. 20c. each; the 2 for 30c. Extra, large 
plants , by express , 30c. each. 
parrot’s Feather. 
A lovely mossy plant, with long trailing stems covered with plumy, feathery 
foliage, of the freshest, loveliest green imaginable. Fine for aquariums, where 
few plants do well, and makes the water much more healthful for the lish. Grows 
nicely also in water tubs or ornamental pools, and is much admired when grown in 
hanging pots or baskets of 8©il. It grows as well in soil as in water, if it is kept 
well watered. Tt is one of the most charming trailing and drooping plants, and 
jfrows so rapidly that it can be cut with the greatest freedom. 15 c. each; 3 for 30c. 
Extra large specimens , by express , 25c. eacl.; 3 for 60c. 
