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CYPRESS VINE. 
DICTAMNUS. 
(IMPOMCEA QUAMOCLIT.) 
Among the most beautiful climbing plants which adorn the 
flower garden. The dark green, very graceful, fern-like 
foliage, thickly studded with brilliant starry flowers, is very 
effective. Half-hardy annuals. 
Crimson. Very brilliant, 15 to 20 ft.Pkt. 5 
White. Beautiful and graceful, 15 ft. 5 
Ivy-Leaved. Ivy shaped leaves and scarlet flowers ... 10 
Mixed. Per o z. a 50 cts. 5 
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DATURA. 
(trumpet flower.) 
Very ornamental plants, with trumpet-shaped, double white, 
yellow and purple flowers, which produce a fine effect in 
large clumps or borders of shrubbery. Annuals. 
Mixed Varieties, 2 ft... Pkt. 5 
Cornucopia. The flowers average 8 inches long by 5 
inches across the mouth, the interior is a French 
white with purple exteriors. Delightfully fragrant. 
-Beeds sown early in the house will produce plants 
-that will bloom from early summer until frost ... 10 
DELPHINIUM. 
A class of hardy perennials, remarkable for their great beauty 
and highly decorative qualities. The principal color is Light 
blue, and the various shades to the darkest purple, also 
scarlet and white. 
Brunonianum. (Musk-scented Larkspur.) New species 
of a peculiar shade of a light blue, emitting a power¬ 
ful oder of musk.Pkt. 25 
Cashmerianum. Very fine, dark blue, Monk’s Hood-like 
flowers, 1% ft.10 
Nudicaule. Scarlet, 1% ft.10 
Formosum. Rich blue and white, a favorite variety, 
3 ft. 5 
Chinensis. Double mixed, 2 ft . 5 
(BURNING BUSH OR GAS PLANT.) 
Dense bushes with lemon-scented foliage. The flowers are 
borne in long spikes during June and July, and are also 
fragrant. Excellent for mixed borders. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5 
DRACAENA. 
(CORDYLINE.) 
Well-known ornamental greenhouse plants, with elegant 
foliage, invaluable for decorative purposes. 
Indivisa. Green and bronze, narrow leaves .... Pkt. 25 
Australis. Wide green foliage. 25 
DAHLIA. 
One of our best autumn flowering plants; blooms until killed 
by frost; half-hardy perennial, blooming the first year from 
seed if sown early. 
Double. Saved from the choicest varieties.Pkt. 10 
Lilliput. Dwarf, choicest mixed.10 
Cactus. Distinct and remarkable appearance, petals 
quilled and curved, loosely and gracefully arranged 
in large oval heads of bloom. Finest mixed.10 
Collection of 6 Varieties .50 
Single. The new varieties are exceedingly beautiful 
and are highly prized for cut flowers. The seed we 
offer was saved from splendid new varieties, which 
for brilliancy of color cannot be surpassed; if sown 
early in spring they will flower in August. Finest 
mixed.10 
Gracilis (new). Striped and spotted flowers, extra 
large, flaked and mottled in various brilliant colors . . 10 
Tom Thumb. Plants compact and bushy, about 12 
inches high by 24 inches across. Flowers produced 
in abundance and of the most exquisite colors .... 10 
DAHLIA. 
Comet. Dark scarlejt. 15 
White Queen. Pure white.15 
Yellow Gem. Pure yellow .. 15 
Collection of 6 Varieties.50 
