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CROTONS—Continued. 
CARNATIONS—Continued. 
fountain fashion; others, broad and short, oak-leaved. 
Some recurved very much; others twisted, cork¬ 
screw like. Crotons love heat, sunshine and mois¬ 
ture. We have a number of the best sorts. 
Price, 15 cents each ; 6i(?ht fine sorts of our selec¬ 
tion for $1.00, 
Anrea Macnlatus.—Small leaves, neat habit, deep, 
bright green, profusely spotted with bright yel¬ 
low. 
Cascarilla. — Narrow leaved, light green, yellow 
blotched. 
Oornntnm.—Green, with a profusion of yellow spots. 
Croton Acubifolium.—Mottled with red and yellow. 
Disraeli.—A lobed variety with golden-yellow ribs 
and spots. 
Elegans.— Bright green, striped with golden-yellow. 
Hilliannm.—Ribs and veins crimson, dark purple be¬ 
neath. 
Interraptnni.—Long, narrow leaves, spotted with 
yellow. 
Irregulare.—Leaves irregular in shape, often chang¬ 
ing in form, has different shades of yellow, or¬ 
ange and crimson. 
Longifolium.—Deep green, mid-rib bordered with 
orange. 
Multicolor.—Dark green foliage, marked yellow and crimson. 
Majesticum.—Mottled and margined with crimson and yellow. 
Maximum.—Green leaves, ovate-acuminate, mid-rib and cross-base to margin yel¬ 
low. 
Nobillis.—Pendulous leaves, richly colored with crimson and yellow. 
Pictum.—Foliage dark green, spotted with red and yellow. 
Variegatum.—Veins broadly margined with golden-yellow. 
CUPHEAS. 
Low-growing, spreading plants, 
which produce an almost incredi¬ 
ble quantity of little blossoms 
throughout the entire Summer. 
Very bright and pleasing. Excel¬ 
lent pot plants. 
Price, 10 cents each. 
Cuphea Platycentra.—Commonly 
called “Cigar Plant,” on ac¬ 
count of the shape of its flow¬ 
ers and from the fact that the 
scarlet .tubes have a touch of 
brighter color at the tip. Very 
pretty and a most reliable and 
useful bedding plant. 
HiUfleldiana. — Tube of flowers 
purple, lip and throat darker. 
CARNATIONS. 
plants in Summer or In the green-house or window- 
garden In Winter. Planted out In April, they will 
commence flowering in early Summer, and continue 
until checked by cold weather in the Fall. II intend¬ 
ed lor Winter flowering, they should be gone over ev¬ 
ery three or four weeks and all the young growth 
pinched or cut hack to within lour or five inches ol 
the main stem. This should be discontinued by the 
first of September, by which time they wili have 
made strong, bushy plants. They shonld be taken up 
and potted before the first of October, and kept shaded 
and close for a few days, when they will be ready for 
! removal to the conservatory or window where they 
are to bloom. My assortment of Carnations will be 
found to embrace all the best varieties. (See list o 
new Carnations on page 15.) 
Price, except where noted, 10 cents each; 
when selection is left to me, 1 will send four¬ 
teen fine sorts for $1.00, inclnding some of the 
new ones. For those who wish larger plants, 1 
can furnish, of my selection, large plants at 26 
cents each. 
I Carnation, Beatrice.—A pure white variety. The 
I flowers are large and fringed. 
Beauty.—Very large flowers, rose, mottled with carmine and red. 
Chester Pride.—A most charming variety. White, striped and penciled with car¬ 
mine, flowers large and very handsome. Price. 15 cents. 
Charles Sumner.—Large, full flowers, very double and fragrant, color bright rosy- 
pink. A superb flower. 
Duke of Orange.—A splendid sort, of a beautiful light orange 'color, striped and 
edged with carmine; of strong, luxuriant growth. Price.15 cents. 
Defiance.—One ol the best. Very dark maroon-colored flowers. 
Fascination.—Pure white flowers, beautifully tinged with rosy-blush. 
Fairy Princess.—Large flowers of 
pure white, penciled with fine 
lines of rich, purplish crimson, 
borne on long stems, highly 
perfumed. A magnificent va¬ 
riety.15 cents. 
F. Mangold.— Color, brilliant dark 
crimson, shaded with richest 
maroon, fringed petals. This 
variety surpasses the General 
Jacqueminot Rose in richness 
of color.25 cents. 
Grace Wilder.—One ol the most 
beautiful colors among Carna¬ 
tions. The flowers of a soft 
shade of carmine pink, deli¬ 
cate and exquisite. 
Hinzie’s White.—An exceedingly 
beautiful flower. White, with 
just a tinge of cream, very 
large and full, (probably the 
largest white Carnation), the 
edges finely cut, the stems al¬ 
ways long, a continuous bloom¬ 
er, and withal strongly fra¬ 
grant. In every collection 
where elegance is appreciated, 
this variety will have a place. 
Imniogen.—A lovely variety. Pale 
straw, flaked, margined and 
dotted with bright carmine. 
Price,.15 cents. 
King of tho Crimsons.—A splen¬ 
did variety, rich velvety crim¬ 
son, elegantly shaded, extra 
large flowers, very full, perfect 
form, exceedingly sweet. 
La Excellent.—A charming Car¬ 
nation, flowers large, color 
pure white, striped and mar¬ 
gined with crimson, very pro¬ 
lific In flowering. 
La Pnrete.—An old variety, but 
still one of the best. A beau¬ 
tiful bright rosy carmine color. 
One of the freest bloomers. 
For the beauty, fragrance and 
abundance of flowers, lor its hardi¬ 
ness, easy culture and adaptability 
to out-door or in-door cultivation, 
no plant excels the Ever-bloom¬ 
ing Carnation, or, as so frequently 
called, the Pink; rivaling the Rose 
in beautiful colors and shades, 
equaling it in lasting perfume, 
even excelling it in profusion of 
flowers. It has been so greatly im¬ 
proved within comparatively a few 
years that it is now pre-eminently 
one of the popular flowers. Aside 
from its fine colors and spicy fra¬ 
grance, a distinguishing merit is 
Its superb quality of retaining, for 
a long time alter it has been picked, 
its brightness and freshness, thus 
making it, of all beautiful flowers, 
the most desirable for table deco¬ 
ration and for personal adorn¬ 
ment. They are very easily grown 
and bloom freely, either as bedding 
POT OF CARNATIONS. 
