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CIANT MOONFLOWERS. Mixed colors, including all 
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White Hybrid. Heavenly lllue, Learii, Childsi, etc. Will 1 
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CHINESE PRIMROSES. Large-flowered, Fimbriated, 1 
mixed, all colors. One of the choicest European strains of 
the ever-lovely Primula, the favorite plant for window 1 
blooming during winter. Sells at 20c. per pkt. 
LARCE FANCY DOUBLE DAHILA. All colors, mixed. 
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plants grown from roots. This packet of seeds will give 
you a fine collection of most beautiful Dnhlias. Sells tor 20c. 
DOUBLE SWEET PEA. A novelty of great beauty. As 
shown on colored plate, the flowers are large and double. | 
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CIANT FANCY-STRIPED PANSIES. A splendid col¬ 
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club. It is as follows : 
1 LILIUM AURATUM. The great Golden Bunded Lily 
of Japan. Fine flowering bulb. 
1 LILIUM DOUBLE TICER. Like the old Tiger Lily, 
but with large flowers, as double as Dahlias. 
1 LILIUM WALLACEI. A lovely Japanese Lily of a 
charming Apricot color, and a great bloomer. 
1 CLADIOLUS CHILDSI. Named sort. The most beami- 
ful and charming of all flowering bulbs. 
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the charming hardy Orchid Gladiolus, exquisitely colored. 
1 HYACINTHUS CANDICANS. Blooms during August, 
with spikes of pure white flowers two feet in length. 
1 MONTBRETIA. A flue summer flowering bulb but 
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1 Rose,Climbing; Meteor, Cover. 1 Japan. Mayberry, p.lSB. 
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THE MAYFLOWER. 
John Lewis Childs. Editor. 
The Leading Horticultural Magazine-Illustrated 
-Beautiful Colored Plates-More than 100 
Correspondents the World Over. 
The MAYFLOWER is acknowledged to be the leading Hor¬ 
ticultural publication of the world. Its success has been 
B enomenal. having reached a subscription list of over 
.(XXI names; and it goes monthly to every civilized country 
of the globe. It contains 82 pages, bound in beautiful covers. 
And with Colored Plates of New Flowers. Plants or Fruits. 
contains about sixty interesting and instructive articles 
from our staff of contributors, representing every State in 
the Union and nearly every country In the world. 
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS FOR 1896. 
During the year thefnllowlngserialartlcleswill appear by 
special engagement: 
VEGETABLES; Variety in Cooking and Serving. By 
Eliza K. Parker, the best, known authority on the subject. 
Gives hundreds of ways for cooking and serving vegetables 
of all kinds, which will be published in book form after they 
appear in The Mayflower. Valuable to every family. 
FLOWERS OF THE SEA. With Colored ilate of the 
elegant and richly colored "Moss Flowers,” which grow be¬ 
neath fathoms of briny ocean. 
SAUNTERINCS IN SUMMERLAND. By J.Torry Connor. 
Exquisitely illustrated. An interesting subject each month. 
" Flowers of the Mesa." " Cactus." "An Acreof Violets.” etc. 
QUALITY FRUIT CULTURE, by Martin Benson, will ap¬ 
pear each month. Best, methods of growing various fruits 
to greatest advantage. Pruning. Trimming. Propagating, 
Insert Remedies, etc. An exceedingly valuable series. 
NATURE’S SERIES. By C. L. Allen. Pertaining to in¬ 
sects. birds, etc., and their influences on farm and garden 
crops, etc. Wonders Among Flowers and Vegetation. 
PROGRESSIVE FARMERS' COLUMN. Brief hints, 
notes and sketches on New Grains. Potatoes, Vegetables. 
Improved Modes of Cult ure, Humbugs Bogus Novelties, etc. 
Many series of 1895 will he continued in ltKXi. such as Mrs. 
Pnebe W. Humphrey's "Casual Comment." FI. S. Rand's 
Articles From Brazil. Ilenrv Nehrling's " Birds of the Gar¬ 
den." Martin Benson's “Semi-Tropical Fruits for the 
North.” etc. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher and Mrs. Childs will 
continue to make "Home Interests" interesting and useful. 
A PARTIAL LIST OF OUR CONTRIBUTORS. 
Michael Barker. New York. Mrs, H. B, Monty. Ind. 
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher. Rose Seelye-Miller, S. Dak. 
Martin Benson. III. 
Mrs. J. F\ Cahill. Texas, 
Walter N. Pike, Fla. 
Mrs. Annie Craft. Mo. 
Mrs. Zula B. Cook, Ala. 
Mrs. Jennie Deweese. III. 
Dorothy Lincoln. Maine. 
Bell, Day. Wis. 
Mrs. G. W. Flanders. Me. 
William Falconer, N. V. 
" Marigold.” Kentucky. 
Uhlma. W. v». 
Lennie Greenlee. X. C. 
Sarah A. Gibbs. Vt. 
Dora Read Goodaie. Mass. 
Phebe W. Humphreys. Pa. 
J. L. Harbour. Mass. 
Shariot M. Hall. Arizona. 
Florence Holmes, Canada. 
Mrs. Lora S. La Mance. Mo. 
Sister Gracious, Mich. 
Peter B. Mead, Mass. 
Prof. W. FI. Massey. N. C. 
Bessie L. Putnam, Pa. 
Mrs. Jennie S. Perkins, Ga. 
Carl Purdy. Cal. 
Mrs. S. II. Snider. Manitoba. 
Lillie Sheldon. Wash. 
Mrs. Fanny Woodworth, Ct. 
Mrs. M. C. Childs. N. Y. 
R. W. Adlam, South Africa. 
B. W. Banks, Venezuela S. A. 
Rev. A. Fuller. 1). I)., Turkey. 
I). H. Hitchcock, Hawaii. 
John B. Lee. New Zealand. 
I,. W. Meyer, Chill. 
Edward S. Rand. Brazil. 
Percy Lancaster. India, 
Fanny Stevenson. Samoa. 
Henry Gillman, Jerusalem. 
Maurice Wolff, Egypt. 
Thus. E, White. Australia. 
And a score of others, representing every State and country. 
As may lie supposed, the articles on Flowers and Garden¬ 
ing, which come from all parts of the world, are intensely 
interesting and useful. Every number is well worth a year’s 
subscription price. This is t he verdict of our readers. Each 
issue is a mine of information, interest and beauty. 
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