FALL CATALOGUE OF BULBS THAT BLOOM FOR 1897. 
Iiqperial G eri b a O Paqsies. 
Introduced by us several years ago, and now a household 
word in the land. Many inferior stocks have been placed 
on the market under the same name, but, as the introducers, 
we may be depended upon to furnish the true variety. 
Large flowers of the finest coloring; stout, robust and bushy 
growth, withstanding heat and producing fine large flowers 
luring the entire summer. Flowers of great substance and 
beauty. 
GlorSosa Perfecta— An indescribably lovely flower; 
reddish steel-blue, with distinct red and white rim. 10 
Snow Fairy— Grand snow white blooms, profusely 
borne. Fine for cemeteries. 10 
Black Knight— A large Pansy of inky blackness. 10 
Thunder Cloud— Another grand Pansy of most unusual 
markings; large coal-black flowers, each with red 
and white rim. Extra fine.• J9 
Azure Blue—A clear, lovely shade, very fine for bedding 10 
Emperor Wiiiiam—Elegant deep blue, very useful for 
bouquet making.. 10 
Little Red Hiding Hood— A good advance toward the 
bright red Pansy of the future. A rich reddish color 
some of them very brilliant and showy. Only a por¬ 
tion of the seeds come true to character... 10 
Deep YeiJow —A fine color for bedding. 10 
Odier, or Five Spotted, Mixed— Beautiful spotted 
flowers. A peculiar variety.. 10 
Large Spotted, Mixed—On white, yellow and reddish 
grounds very fine.- .. 1® 
Lord Beaconefleld —True. Flowers of great substance 
and size, shading from deep indigo at the center to 
the palest azure blue at the edge of the upper peuals. 10 
Marbled —Beautiful marbled, various shades.• •• 10 
Striped— Very showy and- striking flowers, distinctly 
striped and shaded.. ; 10 
Bronze Perfecta A unique color, hard to describe. 
Exquisite to combine with the deep blue and purple 
Pansies in cut-flower work.....• 10 
Mixed Seed -Of more than fifty distinct shades of 
Imperial German, including those described above.. 10 
One Packet each of the above 15 sorts for 75c. 
Giaqt Excelsior paqsies. 
It is impossible to do justice to these lovely flowers 
in a printed description. Cold type cannot convey an 
idea of the indescribable richness, the varied 
/fH and exquisite coloring, the large size, perfect- 
form, and great substance of the blossoms. 
I Plants are compact and bushy, and produce 
I great quantities of flowers, borne well above the 
JSSSlf foliage on strong stems. Owing to their vigor, 
this strain withstands the hot and dry weather better 
than any other variety, and produces its great, beautiful _ 
blossoms in profusion all summer. Over a hundred d if- 
-—i-.-a colors have been 
ferent shades and combinations ot 
connted in one bed of this strain. 
pkt. 20c. 
Pkt. lOe. Extra larg9 
Seed of Choice Gccepboiise 
aqd \Vipdo\V plaqts. 
We offer at special low prices the folio wing list of uhoiee 
Seed of Greenhouse or Window Plants. Per pkt. 
ALOES and AGAVES—Fine mixed. 10 
AZALEA INDICA—Mixed. 10 
ABUTILON, Choicest Hybrids, Mixed—All colors. 
Blooms soon after planting.-... 10 
ACACIA, Choicest Sorts, Mixed. I 
BEGONIA, Tuberous-Rooted Hybrids—Largely grown 
for bedding purposes, or for summer conservatory 
decoration. Blossoms very large and showy. 10 
Tuberous-Rooted Hybrids, Double—Very fine. If 
Mixed Seed—Many kinds. Grand for window culture 10 
Vernon—A grand new perpetual blooming sort.... 10 
CALCEOLARIA, Dwarf Hybrids—Large flowering, * 
mixed colors. 10 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Extra Choice—All colors and 
varieties, mixed. 10 
CYCLAMEN, Persicum—Choicest mixed colors. M> 
CINERARIA, Dwarf Hybrids—Large flowering, mixed 
colors. h> 
Double Extra Choice Mixed. 20 
CARNATION, 
Fancy Extra Choice Mixed—Variegated colors. 10 
Monthly, or Perpetual Tree—Mixed greenhouse vari¬ 
eties. 10 
Hardy Hybrids—Hardy free bloomers. Extra fine for 
th6 garden or for pots. Many fine colors mixed. 10 
Margaret—Fine early bloomers. 5 
CACTI—Mixed sorts; very choice collection. 5 
COLEUS—Extra choice mixed Hybrids. 10 
FERN—Mixed ; many sorts... 10 
FUCHSIA—Fine mixed, all sorts. 30 
GLOXINIA—Choicest mixed Hybrids; magnificent. 10 
GERANIUM, 
Zonal© Extra Choice—Mixed, from finest new vari¬ 
eties.•. 
Apple Scented—Very delightfully scented leaves. 10 
Double Mixed—Saved especially for us from the finest 
new sorts and will produce some of the best double 
varieties in existence. 20 
Bronze and Silver Tri-Coior—Fine foliage sorts. 20 
Pelargonium, or Lady Washington—Fine mixed... 20 
Ivy—Fine doubled flowered; ivy leaved; grand. 20 
LANTANA—Fine mixed colors. 10 
LEMON VERBEN A—Everybody knows the Lemon Ver¬ 
bena, and everyone ought to have a few. specimens 
of it; its fragrant foliage is so fine to use in bouquets 
and other floral work... 10 
MUSA ENSETTE—Giant Banana. 10 
PALM, Mixed Sorts—Many varieties. 10 
Fiiifera or Weeping—Very fine and easily grown. 10 
PASSIFLORA—Fine mixed. 5 
PRIMULA, Chlnensis, Mixed—Very good; from a fine 
collection. 5 
Fimbriata—Extra fine; large flowering: mixed. 10 
Fimbriata Fillcifolia—Mixed; (fern-leaved) beautiful 
cut-leaved foliage. 10 
Fimbriata Globosa—Mixed colors. This is a new strain 
of Fimbriata, with many unusually large flowers of 
great substance and colors; very clear and pleasing. 
Colors, pure white with large lemon eye; deep red;' 
carmine, white and pink, striped, flaked with other 
colors, etc. This strain is an extra fine one for pot 
culture, to many more pleasing than even the double 
varieties. h 
Fimbriata Cristata Hybrids-Fine new hybrid strain 
with crisped foliage and producing a great diversity 
of colors from white to deep crimson. We believe 
that this new strain of Chinese Primrose will become 
very popular on account of its distinct appearanco 
and large blossoms of distjnct.and bright colors. 10 
Fimbriata, fl- p!», Alba—Fine double white. 20 
Fi m briata, fl. pi., Rosea—Beautiful double rose...... 20 
Fimbriata, fl. pi.. Double, Mixed Colors—The double 
Primulas are among the choicest of allwinter plants; 
are the admiration of all who see them. All colors. 
mixed, an extra choice strain... 20 
Obconica Strong plants of this are everbloomers, 
flowering for ten or twelve months at a time, without 
a day’s intermisson. Flowers in umbels well above 
the foliage, white, tinted with pale lilac. Quite un¬ 
like other Primulas, being a distinct species. 10 
DMBLAX... Z 
VSOLEV—Mixed sorts. id 
