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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS. FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO.. N. Y. 
ROT SHRUBBERY. 
Hard-wooded Shrubbery Plants, the showiest class of all, from tlidir Imposing size and greater profusion 
of bloom. They have an advantage over other pot plants, also, in that they can be wintered in the cellar with¬ 
out injury, if window room is scarce, as it often is. All the care they need is a little pinching now and then to 
keep them bushy and compact, an occasional top-dressing of rich compost or rotted manure and water given in 
abundance to soak the entire ball of their roots through. So treated each plant will he a solid boquet of bloom, 
- many sorts remaining in bloom the whole year. Grand for conservatory or window, hall or drawing room, or 
for piazza or yard decoration. We are doing our friends a kindness in urging them to grow plenty of Tub 
Plants, that will last a life-time and improve in beauty each year. 
UWiscus 
Briignjaijsia. 
One of the grandest hard-wooded plants we know'of.and 
easy to grow. It grows several feet high, and is quite 
bushy. The foliage is large and tropical, and its blooms 
—how shall we describe what words cannot picture? 
Imagine a little bush three feet high with twenty or 
thirty -pendulous blooms open at once; great creamy- 
white blooms, eleven, twelve or thirteen inches long and 
eight inches wide, of a texture resembling thick, fluted 
satin. Imagine these creamy trumpets pouring fragrance 
forth till the air is heavy with sweetness. Imagine all 
this, then remember the blossoms last for days in perfec¬ 
tion, and that new buds are constantly coming on, and 
you will see why we value it so highly. It can be win¬ 
tered unwatered, in a cellar or pit. Grand for Easter or 
Christmas decoration, or for yard decoration in summer. 
25c. each; 3.for 60c. 
Double Flowered. Very beautiful and fragrant. 30c. 
Sangulnea. Rare scarlet flowered variety. Extra fine. 75o. 
Gluijese JJibisclis. 
Where can we find a more striking plant tliah this, with 
its glossy leaves and huge flaming flowers of satin-like tex¬ 
ture? Summer or winter it is always budding and bloom¬ 
ing, and if it becomes too large for the window, can be win¬ 
tered in the cellar. Pots of Hibiscus are extra fine for piazza 
or balcony display, and for bedding out in summer. 
Clgantea. A graceful single flowered variety, with wide 
opened flowers eight and ten inches across, and of the 
most vivid crimson scarlet. Indescribably rich and 
striking as a flaming torch, sure to please those who like 
a bright flower and plenty of it. 
Oooperl. Crimson flowers and superb foliage marbled in 
three colors, white, rose and green. One of the best of all. 
Mlnneatus. As gorgeous and fine as the best Pasony. and 
fully as large. Bush blooms when hut a foot high. Blos¬ 
soms a burning crimson, very double, the silky petals 
beautifully waved and fluted. Extra. 
Chrysantha. This is said to be a cross between an Abutilon 
and a Hibiscus, certainly it seems to show characteristics 
of both. It blooms as perpetually as the Abutilon, but 
with large flowers like the Hibiscus, five and six inches 
in diameter. Flowers flat and saucer-like, of a clear, 
bright canary yellow, with black eye or center. 
Price, 20c. each; the U for COc. 
