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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO. N. Y. 
SPECIALTIES AND NOVELTIES. 
The choicest and best Bulbs and Plants of recent Introduction are offered here. They arc worthy 
aad °" r friends will do well to add many of them to their collection of floral treasures. Dur 
inn the last ten years wc have led the world in the introduction of valuable Plant and Bulb Novelties 
K1 ”* f'^J'-sia, Champion of the World and' Vary Washington 'Roses' Muncttia Vine,''(Bahei'te^Orang'e. 
Pillfera,Palm, Solatium. Pleromn, etc., are all well-known plants of superior beauty Amont! our latest an, 
best Novelties are the New Hoses, Gladiolus Childsi, Kudbeckia Golden Glow. ',n,1 others too numcrou s to 
offereil under this heading. When one sees these beautiful new plants one can appreciate the progress 
that is being made in floriculture. 
Filifera Pain). 
* One of the best window Palms, needing no petting 
to succeed. Stands dust and dry air, and lack 
sunshine, and is very ornamental with its elegant 
fan-shaped leaves of a rich, dark, leathery green. 
Picturesquely fringed with long thread-like filaments 
along the segments of the lea ves. The plant is a com¬ 
pact grower well adapted to pot culture, succeeding in any 
situation, and with any treatment that will keep a Geranium 
alive. It will make a grand ornament during winter, and in 
summer it can adorn a veranda, or be placed in any shady 
( >lace about the garden or yard, or used tor a center in a vase, 
nisket or flower bed-always ornamental anywhere. All 
Palms of the fan-leaved sorts have, when young, leaves of a 
long, narrow shape, developing the rounYl, fan-shaped ones as 
they grow older. Strong plants, 20c. each;8 for 50c.: 7 for SI. 
Seed. The seed of this magnificent Palm is sure to germi-. 
nate and make rapid growing plants. Per paper, 10c. 
Mosqhito Catcher piaqt. 
This pretty plant, Vincetoxicura, comes from 
Japan. It grows one to two feet high, and blooms 
all summer, bearing a profusion of pretty white star- 
like blossoms that secrete a viscid fluid that attracts 
mosquitoes and sometimes other insects as well. Alas 
for the poor mosquito ! No struggling on his part can 
ever free him after he has once nipped his beak in the 
forbidden sweets, though be may tug and plunge and 
buzz for a day or two after. A single spray of bloom 
will capture a dozen mosquitoes. 80c. each ; 2 for fiOc. 
c&qerpoqe, WhivlN’v’iD*!. 
A variety of the beautiful old A. Japonica. but with 
large, semi-double blossoms of a snow-white color. It pos¬ 
sesses a beauty and airy (trace which is seen in but few Hew¬ 
ers, and its (Treat profusion of bloom at the end of summer 
and during fall, when pure white flowers arc scarce, makes 
it very valuable—in fact one of the finest novelties of the 
year. We regret that we arc unable to give it more space, 
as all should possess it. -die. each: 3 for 50c. 
Three pare Geraqihiqs. 
The following three Geraniumsure of special value: 
Scarlet Flowering Rose (Mrs. Taylor). A distinct variety 
of the scented Geranium with a rtrong rose fragrance 
and large, deep scarlet flowers of the Hybrid Perpet ual 
class. Combines free flowering qualities with fragrant 
foliage. Very useful for summer cut flowers, and as a 
pot plant for winter, cannot be surpassed. 
Mrs. Parker. A beautiful double-flowering ivy-leaved, in 
which we have the only double-flowering variety in the 
silver-leaved section. While the foliage is deep green, 
with a broad border and margin of pure snow-white, the 
flower is perfectly double, and of a clear bright pink, a 
combination at once novel and beautiful in the extreme. 
Colden Leaved. A Geranium with bright yellowish foli¬ 
age and large scarlet, flowers. A unique plant and highly 
ornamental at all times. 
Price, soc. each; the 3 for 76c. 
