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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
paeoqies. 
The favorite of today, 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. 
Fragrans -Fine rich pink with an exquisite perfume. Large 
and double. 
Double Blush— Beautiful light blush-white. Exquisite 
fragrance and great beauty. 
Double Scariet -Large double scarlet. A grand flower. 
Tenulfolium -Fine-cut, fern-like foliage of exquisite 
beauty, and blooms in May. Rich fiery scarlet. 
Humulis Single -Large purple rose, very early. Extra. 
Price , 25c. each; the 5 for $1.00. 
Mixed Pseonies -Ten sorts. $1.25 per dozen. 
Ripe. Hardy Pereppials. 
Achillea Crandiflora It commences to bloom by the first 
of July and is a perfect mass of bloom until frost as 
many as5,000 flowers having been counted upon the plant 
at one time. Flowers pure white, perfectly double, in 
large sprays, and are unsurpassed for all sorts of cut- 
flower work, bouquets, etc. 
Anemone, Whirlwind -A variety of the beautiful old A. 
Japonica, but with large, semi-double blossoms of a 
snow-white color. It possesses a beauty and airy grace 
which is seen in but few flowers, and its great profusion 
of bloom at the end of summer and during fall, when 
pure white flowers are scarce, makes it very valuable. 
Candytuft, Hardy -A plant of exquisite beauty, being of 
low, compact, spreading growth, and producing its pro¬ 
fusion of bloom in Mayor June, when pure white flowers 
are particularly scarce. Its profusion of bloom is so 
great that a bed of it looks at a little distance like a mass 
of fleecy snow just fallen. 
Calliopsis Lanceolata Each plant is a sheet of golden 
ye Wow blossoms borne high above the foliage on long, 
wiry stems This is tluy-g-ue Lanceolata, a far inferior 
variety sometimes bf*»lP®lid for it; 
Day Lily, Variegated Leaved -Leaves as handsome as a 
flower, a rosette cluster of almost white leaves, lightly 
striped, with green and yellow. Flowers, pretty, pale 
lilac-blue on tall spikes. Fine also for pots. 
Caiystegia Pubescens A fine double perennial Morning 
Glory, a vine coming from the roots each spring and 
bearing quantities of pale, satiny pink flowers. 
Hemerocallis, Lemon Lily— The clear yellow, lily-like 
flowers are borne on long, stiff stalks, mo king them 
superior flowers for large vases or for pulpit bouquets. 
Spirea Fliipendula —Grows two feet nigh, with large, 
feathery plumes of the most charming white blossoms 
Mosquito Catcher Plant It grows one to two feet high 
and all summer, bearing a profusion of pretty, white, 
star-like blossoms that secrete a viscid fluid that attracts 
mosquitoes, and sometimes other insects as well. Alas 
for the poor mosquito! No struggling on his part can 
ever free him after he has once dipped his beak in the 
forbidden sweets. 
Lychnis Chal. fL pi.— This is one of the most showy of 
hardy plants. It bears large heads of brilliant scarlet 
blossoms which are as double as roses. It is a very rare 
plant, and few of our customers have ever seen it, but all 
would surely want it if they knew its great beauty. 
Perennial Phloxes Fourteen finest named sorts. All colors. 
Rudbeckia,Golden Clow -The finesthardy perennial plant; 
8 feet, with thousands of large double yellow blossoms. 
Pii.ce of these fine Hardy Perennial Plants . 15c. each; any 5 for 
50c.i or the 12 for $1.00. Any sort at $1.00 per dozen. 
Hardy Ornamental Shrubs, 
Althea A fine, tall-growing shrub, that once planted is 
' good for a lifetime. Blooms when but a slip of a plant, 
but eventually reaches the size of a small tree. Always 
a symmetrical, upright grower, well clothed with a dark 
green foliage, and bears every year, without fail, a pro¬ 
fusion of large, showy, double flowers. 
Berberis Thunbergi Flowers followed by bright red ber¬ 
ries, which remain on the bushes all winter and are 
exceedingly ornamental. 
Calycanthus Florida- The “Sweet Shrub” so long a favor¬ 
ite in gardens. The purplish flowers have an exquisite 
pineapple fragrance of which one never tires, and a 
spray of which will perfume a whole room. 
Caliicorpa Purpurea A lovely shrub, loaded all winter 
with clusters of pretty blue berries, and therefore very 
ornamental, and makes a fine contrast with the red ber¬ 
ries of the Berberis. 
Fern Leaf Tree A beautiful tree of a low, shrubby growth, 
making a superb large foliage shrub. Its leaves are like 
beautiful fern fronds, so finely laciniated and graceful, 
often two feet in length by ten inches in width. Color, 
very dark green, while the stems are dark ebony red. It 
also bears large hunches of red berries, and in autumn 
the leaves color very brightly at the touch of frost. It is 
one of the very finest shrubs in cultivation. 
Deutzia Gracilis Grows only two feet high, but is weight¬ 
ed to the ground with its load of white Lily-of-the-Valley- 
like blossoms. Fine for forcing in winter. 
Exochordia -A new Japanese shrub of great beauty; a com- 
nlete mass of snowv white blossoms in May. 
Hyd rangea Panlculata —Generally considered the most 
valuable and ornamental shrub in existence. Bushy and 
robust, every branch tipped in midsummer with an im¬ 
mense close panicle of flat, snow-white flowers of gigantic 
size. The trusses of bloom are ten to twelve inches long 
and nearly as thick through, and last for two or three 
months, turning pinkish toward the last. No other shrub 
makes such a show on the lawn or is so universally ad¬ 
mired. Grand for cemetery use, and always blooms 
finely the first summer 
Hydrangea Impreterice Eugenia A fine, hardy sort, pro¬ 
ducing great flat cymes of sky-blue, among which are 
scattered great star-shaped white or pink blooms. Ex¬ 
ceeding showy and a rival to the famous Paniculata. 
Sweet Pea Shrub— The shrub of shrubs fen* bouquet makers. 
When it is in bloom it is really but a big bouquet itself, 
so full is it of dainty sprays of large, lovely, rose-pink 
blooms, to which the graceful pinnate foliage is an ad¬ 
mirable background. Very hardy and robust, and com¬ 
mences to bloom when but a foot high. Its glorious flow¬ 
ers are borne in clusters and are the size and shape of the 
most lovelv Sweet Peas, but its color is more beautiful. 
Spl rea, Bumalda— So dwarf and compact it can be grown 
where large shrubs would be out of place. A cloud of 
lovely rose-pink flowers for months. \ ery fine. 
Spirea, Fortunel Rosea A medium-sized shrub and a 
great bloomer. Panicles of delicate pink flowers. 
Spirea, Fortune! Alba Like the above, but pure white. 
Sp! rea, Anthony Waterer A perpetual bloomer and suit¬ 
able either for garden or pots. It is of a dwarf habit, 
flowering prolusely when only a few inches in height, 
and at all times and seasons. The flowers are of a lovely 
pink color, borne in dense clusters, and have a peculiar 
feathery appearance which is extremely beautiful. 
Syrlnga, Mock Orange— This much resembles the orange 
blossoms. When in bloom their delicious orange odor is 
wafted by the breeze a long wav. 
Weigella We have seen canes of this three and four feet 
long, one solid wreath of flowers from tip to end, and 
fifty more such canes could have been cut from the bush. 
Hardy Vines. 
Wisteria, Sinensis Magnlfica Fine large clusters of 
lovely blue flowers, produced in great masses. 
Ampeiopsis Veichti— The fashionable wall climber of the 
day. Clings tightly by suckers thrown out along the 
stem to brick, etc., and is a wall of living green tlve sum¬ 
mer through, turning in autumn to a flaming crimson, 
when it is fairly gorgeous. Ir stands the dust and dry 
air of cities admirably. Nothing else can take its place. 
Honeysuckle, Colden Leaved Marvelously effective. It 
bears innumerable sprays of the most perfect little 
leaves that are covered with a net-work of gold and 
green, often marked with pink also. The gold deepens 
at the tip of the sprays, and there is nothing finer to 
combine with corsage bouquets, while for trimming 
floral baskets they are the finest things we know of. 
Blossoms pure white. 
Honeysuckle, Halliana -The best white monthly Honey¬ 
suckle, with dark green foliage, which keeps fresh and 
green nearly all winter; and beautiful clusters of the 
sweetest.-seented flowers that open a snowy-white and 
turn a pale yellow. These flowers are produced in pro¬ 
fusion from early spring to late fall. A fine vine for a 
trellis or veranda. 
PRICE of above Fine Shrubs and Vines, 15c. each; 
5 for 50c., or more at 10c. each. 
