SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1899. 
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Window or Greenhouse Plants. 
One may have a home grandly constructed, elegantly fitted and furnished in every particular, wanting 
nothing which money can purchase, yet if it does not contain a window of bright blooming plants itlackssome 
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, refreshing, 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 are sure to give satisfaction the very best of their kinds. The enor¬ 
mous quantities vshich 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 Selling 
Ms. 
BY MAIL, POSTPAID. 
express we can usually 
We send fine ( healthy, well-rooted, vigorous Plants 
by mall, postpaid, at prices quoted. If ordered by 
send larger ones in that way than by mail, at same 
price. 
I inpr CDEfMMENC RY FYPRFQQ As many people desire to get Plants 
LA nut 0| LUilflLllUy Dl LAmLOO. as large as possible, and are willing 
to nav more for large specimens, such as cannot be sent by mail, 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 mail or express. 
Asparagus gprepgeri. 
A Magnificent Decorative Plant. 
A new variety of the finest ornamental qualities. For 
hanging pots, or bracket pots where the mass o f i ic h to Ii a „ e 
can droop in its natural grace, it is one of the loveliest 
objects it is possible to find for window decoration, h or 
cutting it lasts weeks in water. Plants also £ 
and bear large red berries which add greatly to ^be beauty 
of the wavy foliage. Nothing finer for decorating, oi for 
bouquet making. Fine plants 30c. each; 3 for 50c. 
GereUs, Nigfyt Blooipipg, 
Crandlflora— 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 Btamens. 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 fine straw color tint. 
| Rostratus —Magnificent flowers rich wine-red outside. 
Price , 20c. each, the 3 for 50c. 
