SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1899. 
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_ BV J.L.CHILDSian 
^EQliaX. 
The dainty, yet luxuriant masses of the glossy Sxnilax 
are as handsome in the window as any other flower and as 
the plant is easy to grow anyone can possess it. A beauti¬ 
ful climber for the arch of a plant stand, weathing it in a 
bower of the loveliest green. The finest foliage we have for 
bouquets, cut-flower work, etc., as it is so beautiful and 
spray-like, and lasts for hours without wilting. Flowers 
white , fleecy, profuse and fragrant. 15c. each; 3 for 30c. 
Tradescaxjtia Multicolor. 
This is a remarkable variety of Tradescantia, in that its 
pretty striped leaves show every tint of silver, bronze- 
green, pinkish crimson, rose and grey in their markings. 
An extra fine basket plant, as it stands dust, dryness and 
extremes of temperature. Indeed, the Wandering Jew will 
stand more abuse, and look cheerful under it, than any 
other plant we know of. 15c. each; 3 for 30c. 
A poor vine is little but an eyesore; but a thrifty Manet- 
tia is lovely beyond all question. It can be grown either in 
the house or garden, and is in full bloom every day in the 
year. In the house it can be trained all around a window, 
and it will be a solid wreath of bloom, both summer and 
winter; in the open ground during summer it will grow ten 
feet, branching freely and covering a large space of trellis, 
arbor or wail, showing at all times thousands of its bright 
blossoms. The flowers are 1J4 to 2 inches long, and of the 
most intense fiery scarlet, shading off to a bright yellow tip. 
They are also covered with a scarlet moss or hairy substance 
which adds much to their beauty, and each flower keeps 
perfect for weeks before falling. No plant is easier to grow, 
and it commences to bloom at once from the smallest cut¬ 
tings, and continues to bloom most profusely at all times. 
There is not a day during its life that it is without flowers, 
if it has any sort of decent care. It being quite unknown 
and of such striking beauty, either for screens, baskets, 
vases, windows, trellises, stumps, etc., that it attracts the 
admiration of every eye. 
Price , 15c. each; 3 for 30c.; extra large plants by express , 30c. 
each; 3 for 60c. 
Cape Fuchsia- 
CAPE FUCHSIA. 
Plants barely a few 
inches high bear from 
10 to 20 bold, long spikes 
completely crowded 
with showy scarlet, 
drooping flowers, per¬ 
sistently produced from 
May until late autumn, 
when they can be 
brought in for winter 
blooming. It is also a 
good bedding plant, 
grown singly or in 
masses; does well in 
poor soil, moist or dry, 
and will probably prove 
hardy. 15c. each. 
WATER HYACINTH. 
Water $Jyacir*tl}. 
Each plant is a rosette-like cluster of smooth, round 
green leaves, to each of which is attached a singular puffed 
bladder-like leaf-stalk that enables the plant to float. Each 
flower in the spike is the size of a silver dollar. A blending 
of lilac-rose and azure blue tints, with the upper and slightly 
hooded petal blotched a deep metallic blue, with golden 
spot in the center, and sparkling in the sun as though 
sprinkled with diamond dust. Grows well in open vessels 
in the window, or in tubs or pools out of doors. Blooms best 
1 in full sun. 20c. each; 3 for 50c.; 7 for $1.00. 
