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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
Lovely Winter Blooming Plants at 10c. Each 
The following are all J^ovely Souse Plants for winter and. we have grown a fine lot Of them with 
view of offering them very cheaply to encourage their culture . 
ALYSSUM, Double White —Fine for pots or bedding— 
always profusely covered with clusters of double white 
and very fragrant flowers. 
ASPARAGUS Tersulsslma—A most lovely foliage plant 
_ _ for window culture. Indispensable for cut flowers. 
CARNATIONS, New Dwarf— These two sorts do not grow 
over one foot in height, and are therefore admirably 
adapted for pot culture in windows. They branch freely 
making thick, compact plants, which are continually 
loaded with most beautiful flowers, and bloom perpet¬ 
ually. Just the sorts for windows. 
Winter Cheer —Rich dark crimson; very profuse; often 
showing 20 to 50 flowers at a time. 
Little Gem —A fine and constant bloomer, each flower 
^.showing a beautiful blending of pink and white colors. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM —All the finest varieties, for list see 
spring Catalogue. 
COLEUS, New Dr. Ross —Enormous leaves, like a Rex 
Begonia but more exquisitely colored, being a blending 
of yellow, crimson, pink, green, chocolate, etc. A grand 
specimen plant. Finest sort yet seen. 
Mrs. Saunders —This splendid variety differs from all 
other Coleus in having a wedge of creamy white in the 
center of the leaf, with a clearly defined margin of oxide 
green, bronze, crimson and purple. This central wedge 
shaped creamy white blotch occupies the greater half of 
the leaf, and is sometimes splashed with magenta. 
ELETTERIA CARDAMOMUM — An enthusiastic corres¬ 
pondent always ends his letters by a reference to “that 
fragrant Cardamomum plant that I cannot help but 
like.” A very pretty plant with fragrant foliage, and 
spikes of charming white flowers that resemble an 
Orchid, and last for weeks without fading. It is an 
easily grown pot plant, and always admired. Its frag¬ 
rance is rich and refreshing like the sweet bay, and 
' unsurpassed for working into bouquets. 
GERANIUMS 20 different sorts, double and single. 
JASMINE, Grandiflora In a warm room bloom all fall, 
winter and spring steadily. Very beautiful and fragrant. 
White, star-like flowers. 
Grand Duke —Beautiful glossy foliage and large, double, 
creamy-white flowere. very fine. 
Gardenia Florida— (Cape Jasmine.) Large double flow¬ 
ers, pure white, wax-like and fragrant. Extra line. 
Night Scented— One of the sweetest of all perfumes. 
Graceful star-like blossoms of delicious fragrance. 
LOTUS, Pelyorensis— A charming plant with long wavy 
plants of Asparagus-like foliage, of a charming silvery 
color. Highly ornamental. 
LYCHNIS, Plenlsslma —A new perpetual blooming plant 
sui table either for the garden or for pots. It is partic¬ 
ularly fine for winter blooming. Flowers lovely pink, 
in great profusion. 
IPASSIFLORA, Pfordtl — The best for pot culture as it 
blooms when but a foot high. Large, handsome fringed 
flowers, exhibiting a mingling of white, pink, brown and 
blue in its coloring, making a flower of the most fascin¬ 
ating beauty. 
Constance Elliott— One of the most graceful of all vines, 
worth a place in every home for its exquisite foliage. 
The shining, leathery five-fingered leaves airily fainging 
the slender stems, and festoon-supporting pillar or trellis 
until after the snows of winter begin to fall. Flower* 
pure white. 
Purpurea —Flowers in large spikes and of a rich royad 
purple color. Fine. 
Pltcherl— Fine graceful spikes of blue flowers. 
SOLANUM, Jasmlnoldes Crandiflora—A beautiful hak‘ 
climber, easily kept in bush shape by a little pinching, 
or can be allowed to climb or trail at will, as it nevek 
grows too large for a window. Mostly grown as a hous* 
plant, for which its size and long profusion of star-lik** 
flowers well adapt it, but it is even more pleasing grown 
as a summer vine at the foot of a pillar or window. Tho 
panicles of pure white bloom are very pretty and ar« 
profusely borne both summer and winter. It is neve< 
without flowers. 
Rantonetti —The flower is of the very deepest and clearest 
blue, which is brought out more vividly by a yellow 
center. Is not a climber, but forms a neat little bush 
two feet high, which is covered with bloom. 
Azureum, or Blue Solarium— Its flowers are a fine deep 
azure blue, and borne in large, dense panicles, and are 
extremely beautiful, and are produced most of the time 
during the entire year. It is a splendid pot plant as Ss 
climber for the window or conservatory. 
SMI LAX —The < dainty, yet luxuriant masses of the glossy 
Smilax are as handsome in the window as any other flow 
er 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-like, and lasts for hours without 
wilting. Flowers small, white and fleecy, and exceed 
ingly profuse and fragrant. 
OSES —30 finest Everbloomers, of all colors. 
MANETTIA VINE —Most beautiful of all winter blooming 
climbers. 
OXALIS, Ortgesl —One of the few pot plants that will bloom 
every dav in the year. A robust but neat-habited 
grower with pretty three-lobed leaves of a dark olive 
green abovo and shining crimson-purple beneath. Th» 
flowers are freely borne in clusters on long stems abov© 
the foliage. They are star-like and of a clear golden 
yellow. 
SALVIA, Splondens Compactl —An improvement on th« 
old variety, it being of dwarf, compact growth with 
plentv of beautiful foliage and long showy spikes of tha 
most brilliant scarlet flowers, borne continually. 
Alba— Like the above, except in color, which is white. 
Striata —The bloom of this variety is freely striped and 
mottled white and scarlet. 
PLEROMA, Splendens— At present this is a rare flower. 
Not only is it a free grower and bloomer the year round, 
but it is another addition to the very small list of purple 
blue flowers, always an uncommon color, but a striking 
one, and one that imparts a look of richness to a general 
collection. Flowers very large three inches across, 
opening flat, the velvety petals showing to great ad van 
tage, and reminding one of the regal beauty of Clematia 
Jackmani. Plants commence to bloom when only a fsw¬ 
indles high, and continue all the time. 
This is a remarkable var- 
TRA DESCANT I A v Multicolor, 
iety of Tradescantia, ir 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 temp- 
VIOLET, Swan ley White—In pots it grows luxuriantly 
and is loaded with flowers. In the garden it is hardy 
with slight protection, and greets us in early spring with 
a profusion of its large, sweet-scented blossoms. The 
growth of the plant is vigorous and healthy, bearing in 
great numbers very large, perfectly double flowers of 
pure snowy whiteness and unexcelled fragrance. It is 
not uncommon for a plant to have as many as fifty large 
flowers open at once, and they present a beautiful sight. 
Lady Hume Campbell—The finest blue Violet. Flowers 
extra large and sweet, borne in great profusion on long 
stems. Plant rank and strong grower, producing flowers 
by the hundred. 
Alaska —A grand new sort,well adapted to garden culture 
being hardy and robust and producing in spring great 
masses of enormous double flowers of a deep blue-black 
color and powerful fragrance. A superb thing, especi¬ 
ally for tne garden. Probably the very best of all 
garden sorts and should be planted by all. 
California —A new single Violet of great size, beauty and 
fragrance. Flowers single, borne on long graceful stemsi 
and unsurpassed for richness of color and fragrance. 
WATER HYACINTH— The well known and popular water 
plant. 
PRICE: 15c . each; any two for 25c.; any 5 for 50c.; or more at roc. each 
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