FALL CATALOGUE OF BULBS THAT BLOOM FOR 1897. 
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wears a crown of Floral Beauties, and among the brightest, richest and sweetest are the 
ials. They £11 a place in our gardens, and in our hearts, which nothing else can supply, 
g Shrubs, when once planted they are good for a life-time, and we come to regard them as 
v of our home but our very existence. What would induce us to part with the grand old 
clumps of Paeonies, lilies, Iris, etc., which have stood along the path in our front yard so long, and 
greeted us year\after year with such cheery brightness and beauty ? They have cheered us through many 
vicissitudes and dark hours of life. They were loved by dear ones whose voices we hear no more; their 
blooming calls to our minds dear associations, happy days and happy faces which Time, the great 
Destroyer, has stolen from us. Yes, let us enrich our little yard, or little lawn, our borders and walks 
With these dear dowers, which will be our friends and companions for evermore. 
The list of Hardy Perennials here presented we have collected together with great care, having in 
view one special object, viz,: to supply the best varieties and best plants at a smaller cost than they can be 
bad elsewhere in the world. We feel sure that we have succeeded, and that our customers will not let this 
season pass without adding many of these treasures to their homes. They are all perfectly hardy anywhere, 
and thrive and bloom year after yea.r with little or no care after once well planted. 
Offered last year for the first. A hardy perennial plant 
growing eight feet high, branching freely, and bearing by 
the hundreds, on long, graceful stems, exquisite double 
blossoms of the brightest golden color and as large as Cac¬ 
tus Dahlias. The cut represents a plant in bloom, as photo¬ 
graphed. Mr. William Falconer, the best authority on plants 
in this country, says of it: ‘When I saw the double-flower¬ 
ing form of Rudbeckia Laciniata in bloom in your grounds 
at Floral Park, in summer last year, I was amazed, for not¬ 
withstanding my long and intimate acquaintance with 
plants I had n^ver before seen a double-flowering Rudbeckia; 
and I was ct ighted with the fulness and gorgeousness of 
the blossoms and their clear, bright yellow color. You gave 
me a plant last spring and it was set out in good garden 
ground. It grew vigorously and threw up strong branching 
flower stems six feet high laden with sheaves of golden blos¬ 
soms as large as fair Chrysanthemums, and all having an 
elegant graceful appearance, without any of the stiffness in 
habit or blossom peculiar to sunflowers. Many eminent 
florists and amateurs have seen it here, and all admired it. 
As cut flowers the blossoms last well. In fine, I unhesitat¬ 
ingly regard it as the most desirable introduction among 
hardy perennials since we got Clematis Paniculata.” It is 
'the most effective flowering plant for August and September 
In cultivation. 20c. each; 3 for 50c.; 7 for $1.00. 
Pseoqies. 
The favorite of to-day, as it was fifty years ago. Lux¬ 
urious foliaged plants with magnificent double, incurved 
flowers of enormous size and rich colorings. Nothing can 
surpass the intensity of the dark varieties, that fairly glow 
with a radiant fire of richness, while the white and pale 
varieties are very soft and delicate in their coloring and all 
deliciously fragrant. 
Fragrans— Fine rich pink with an exquisite perfume. 
Large and double. 25c. each. 
Double Blush— Beautiful light blush-white. Exquisite 
fragrance and great beauty. 25c. 
Double Scarlet —Large dou¬ 
ble scarlet. A grand flower. 
30c. 
TenulfoMum— Fine-cut, fern¬ 
like foliage of exquisite 
beauty, and blooms in May. 
Rich, fiery scarlet. 20c. 
TenuifolIum Double — Like 
the above, with large double 
blossoms. 35c. 
Humulls Single— Large pur¬ 
ple rose, blossoms very early 
m spring. Extra. 20c. 
Mixed Poeonies Ten sorts. 
$1.25 per dozen. 
Japanese Tree Paeepies. 
The most magnificent flower 
one can have in May. The new 
sorts which we imported a few 
years ago bear flowers more 
than a foot across, very double 
and of the brightest color, 
from white to intense scarlet, 
pink, mottled, variegated, etc. 
We have over 30 named kinds. 
$1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen, bv 
express. They are too large to 
mail, and will bloom next 
spring. 
