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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1896. 
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Mai^ettia Yirje. 
A poor vine is little but an 
eye-sore; but a thrifty Manet- 
tia is lovely beyond all 
question. It can be 
grown either in the 
house or garden, and is 
full of 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 hoth aunimei 
and winter. In the open ground 
during summer it will grow 
ten feet, branching freely anr. 
covering a large space of tret 
lis, arbor or wall, showing a* 
all times thousands of its 
bright blossoms. The flowers 
are to 2 inches long, and o; 
the most intense fiery scarlet 
shading oft into a bright yei 
low tip. They are also covered 
with a scarlet moss or hair' 
substance, which adds much t. 
their beauty, and each flowet 
keeps perfect for weeks befor* 
falling. No plant is easier t< 
B ow', and it ‘ commences l« 
oom at once from the small 
est cuttings, and continues u 
blooin most profusely at al 
times. There is not a day dur 
ing its life that it is without 
flowers if it has any sort o: 
decent care. It being quits 
unknown and of such striking 
beauty, either for screens, bas¬ 
kets. vases, windows, trellises 
stamps, etc., that it attracts 
the admiration of every eye 
20c. each : i for SOc.: 7 for $1 f« 
Miscellaneous Plants. 
The following well-known plants will be supplied at 15 cents each ! 
for 2ac., 5 for uOc., or more at 10c. each. 
Alyssum, Double White. Fine for pots or bedding—always profusely 
covered with clusters of double white atitl very fragrant flowers. 
Asparagus Tenuissima. A most, lovely foliage plant for window cui 
ture. Indispensable for cut flowers. 
Aga panthus. Well known as Lily of the Palace. Large umbels or 
lovely blue flowers. 
Epiphyllum Truncatum. (LonsTER CACTUS.) Almost the only winter 
blooming Cactus, and one of the few kinds suitable to grow in baskets 
Branches composed of drooping, joint-like segments, in themselves 
unlike any other plant, and from November to February covered with 
a cloud of curious and superbly beautiful flowers of the richest rose 
crimson. Even the smallest plants are full of bloom. Easy to grow, 
but must not. be overwatered. 
Lemon Verbena. A n old but always popular plant, prized for its fragrant 
foliage. Sprays Of its leaves are always fine to use with flowers in 
bouquets. Very easily grown, and can be wintered in cellar if need lie 
Rhlpsails Mesembryanthemoides. A rare Cactns, with numerous 
small, slender stems, which are dotted with tufts of white hair. Whet, 
in bloom it is covered with hundreds of pretty white flowers. 
Rhlpsalis Pachyptera. Dark flattened leaves and small Cereus shapec 
flowers, produced by the hundred all along the edges of the leaves or 
stems. These pretty flowers are pure white and last several days be¬ 
fore fading. A fine"and rare plant. 
Smilax. The dainty, yet luxuriant masses of the glossy Smilax are a.- 
handsome in the window as any flower, and as the plant is easy to 
grow, any one can possess it. A beautiful climber for the arch of a 
plant stand, wreathing 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-tike, and lasts for hours without wilting. Mowers small 
white and fleecy, and exceedingly profuse and fragrant. 
T radescantla Multicolor. This is a remarkable variety of Tradescantia 
in that its pretty striped leaves show every tint of silver, bronze-green, 
linkish crimson, rose, and grey, in their markings. An extra finc- 
jasket plant, as it stands dust, dryness, and extremes of temperature 
Indeed, the Wandering Jew will stand more abuse, and look cheerfn. 
under it. than any other plant we know of. 
