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CALADIUM ESCULENTUM. 
One of the most beautiful and striking of the ornamental foliaged plants in cultivation, either 
for culture in large pots or tubs, or for planting out on the lawn. It will grow in any garden 
soil, and is of the easiest culture. When of full size it stands about five feet high, with immense 
leaves, often measuring four feet in length by two and half in breadth, very smooth, of a light 
green color, beautifully veined and variegated with dark green. The roots should be preserved 
in dry sand in the cellar during winter out of danger from frost. A plant should be in every 
collection, however small. Price, 25 to 50 cents each; $2.00 per dozen. 
CANNA. (India Shot Plant.) 
A class of plants for grand effects ; their rich and varied colored leaves, combined with large 
and beautiful flowers of brilliant colors, make them one of the most desirable plants for sub¬ 
tropical gardening. The roots are successfully wintered in a cellar. Price, 25 cents each. 
CLEMATIS COCCINEA. 
This is one of the most beautiful climbers, with rich coral scarlet flowers, growing and 
flowering very freely. Our illustration, on page 59, gives a truthful picture (much reduced) of its 
growth and flowering. Price, 50 cents each; three plants for $1.00. 
DAHLIAS. 
A flower known by almost every one. Some of the lately introduced varieties, with some of 
the fine old ones, are really beautiful. The varieties named below are selected as the finest in cul¬ 
tivation. Price, 20 cents each; $2.00 per dozen. 
Dahlia, Admiration, scarlet and blush. 
“ Alice, white; tipped lilac. 
Anne Boleyn, white rose edge. 
“ Amazement, dark crimson. 
Amazon, yellow; scarlet edge. 
Andrew Dodd, crimson maroon. 
Autumn Glow, orange yellow. 
“ Ball of Fire, scarlet. 
Black Knight, very dark crimson. 
“ Bob Ridley, dark scarlet. 
“ Chang, striped yellow and crimson. 
Charles Perry, dark maroon. 
“ Copperhead, orange. 
“ Defiance, light canary. 
Dahlia, Ellen, blush ; tipped lilac. 
Flirt, striped yellow, scarlet and white. 
“ Fulgens Picta, scarlet; tipped white. 
“ Grand Duke, large lilac. 
“ Hendersoniana, deep scarlet. 
“ Minete, maroon. 
“ Mrs. Trotter, blush ; crimson edge. 
“ Mrs. Burgess, bluish purple. 
“ Oracle, golden yellow. 
“ Pre-eminent, purple. 
“ Snow Storm, white. 
“ Sultana, yellow; edged crimson; fine. 
“ Sensation, yellow; tipped lilac. 
“ Union, yellow, edged lilac. 
DAHLIAS.—Bouquet or Pompone. 
Dahlia, Advance, maroon. 
“ Alba Floribunda Nana, white. 
Bertha Van Boven, amber; shaded 
lilac. 
Bessie, buff; shaded red. 
“ Bride of Roses, light pink. 
“ Colonel Sherman, light scarlet. 
“ Dr. Stein, dark maroon. 
“ Exquisite, orange; scarlet edge. 
Dahlia, Goldlight, straw color and white. 
“ Gros von Tricken, crimson and scar* 
let. 
“ Jewel of Austerlitz, fine scarlet. 
“ Kind and True, straw color; purple 
tip. 
“ Little Beauty, crimson and white. 
“ Little Kate, dark crimson. 
NEW SINGLE DAHLIA, “ Scarlet Dwarf.” 
The best of the new section; of very dwarf habit, 2^ feet, free flowering, and well adapted 
for bedding, the flower-heads thrown well up, of a clear orange scarlet, extra fine. Price, $2.00 
per dozen. 
NEW SINGLE DAHLIA, “ White Queen." 
This contrasts finely with the above-named scarlet yellow. Its lily-like flowers are pure 
white with yellow disc. It was largely used in England the past season for cut flowers, some 
claiming that it is equally as effective as the Amazon Lily (Euc/iaris). Price, $7.00 per dozen. 
NEW SINGLE DAHLIA, “Yellow Dwarf." 
Of very dwarf habit, feet, and a most abundant bloomer, the flowers of a bright pure 
yellow, extra fine, and a fit companion as to habit and flowering, for Scarlet Dwarf. Price, 
$1.00 each. 
