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ing weakness of desiring to be thought well of, 
and to receive expressions of pleasure and admi¬ 
ration. To this \trait, which is evidently becom 
ing a dominant one in the family, we can attribute 
the great changes in some of its members within 
a few years past. 
Onl}^ a short time since, and all the varieties 
in cultivation were tall, from four to six feet in 
height, and the size of the flowers was near!}' the 
same in them all, but behold ! what a sight the 
family now presents—some tall, sOme dwarf, some 
of medium height, some large flowers, and somb 
the little pompons, so small that they can be 
worked into bouquets. The changes and im¬ 
provements in this bower have caused it to become 
very popular, and we are prepared to supply all 
the best varieties of every class. 
Pkick— 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 
DAHLIA. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS FLOWERING 
PLANTS, for the Border or Garden. 
Anemone Japonica A line plant, standing from a foot to a foot and a half high, 
but throwing up a flower stem from two to three feet in height. In the Fall 
it is covered with a quantity of large, single, purplish lilac flowers. 25c. 
Anemone Japonica Alba, or Honorine Joubert— This is similar to the precedino- 
except in color, and, as ‘ 
this one is white, it forms 
a fine companion plant to 
the other. ■ It is a valuable 
flower at the season it 
comes in,when white flow¬ 
ers are becoming scarce. 
35c. each. 
BLEEDING HEART,. {Di- 
I'c/itra Special)!iis.) ■— An 
- exiremely graceful and 
beautiful, hardy plant. The 
curiously formed, ros}-- 
]jink flowers are pendant 
in a long, curved or droop¬ 
ing raceme. 'I'liis is one 
of the finest of hard)- gar¬ 
den plants, and then it 
has the additional ad\'an- 
tage of being excellent for 
pot-culture in the house 
for Winter-blooming. 25c. 
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