OENOTHERA. (Evening Primrose.) A showy 
border plant with different colored flowers 
that bloom all summer. 
Var. Fraseri. Beautiful rich yellow. 20 cts. 
each, $2.00 doz. 
Var. fruticosa major. A wealth of bright 
flowers^ throughout the summer. 20 cts. 
each, $2.00 doz. 
PAPAVER nudicaule. (Iceland Poppy.) Cup¬ 
shaped flowers, on stems about a foot 
high, vary in color through different 
shades of white, yellow and red. June to 
October. 25 cts. each, $2.50 doz. 
Var. orientale, “Mammoth.'’ A gorgeous 
oriental poppy with large flowers of glow¬ 
ing scarlet borne in May on stems 3 to 4 
feet high. 35 cts. each, $3.50 doz. 
PENTSTEMON barbatus Torreyi. (Beard- 
Tongue.) Isa showy thing from June to 
August with spikes 3 to 6 feet high, of 
brilliant scarlet color. 
P. digitalis. A border 
and rockery 
plant, with spikes 
of long purple- 
white flowers in 
June and July. 
Grows 2 to 3 feet 
P. pubescens. Bright 
rosy purple. July 
and August. i l / 2 
feet high. 
Herbaceous 
Paeonies 
Chinensis, Chinese 
Paeony. 
These are abso¬ 
lutely hardy every¬ 
where, have no insect 
enemies, and always 
live and increase in 
beauty. The finer 
and newer varie¬ 
ties of this old garden 
favorite will delight 
every one, as the perfection of flower and 
variety of color have been carried to a very 
high degree. The flowers are well adapted 
for cutting for the ornamentation of the house, 
as they rival the rose in perfection of flower 
and brilliancy of coloring, possessing a strik¬ 
ing individuality that is in accord with the 
present taste and style in floral decorations. 
Our collection embraces the choicest sorts 
in the most striking colors—white, pink, crim¬ 
son, etc., in various shades. We can offer 150 
distinct named varieties. 
35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz., except where noted. 
Andre Lauris. Rose; late to flower. 
Auguste Lemmonier. Blood-red, darker shad¬ 
ings. 
August Miellez. Rose, center yellow-rose. 
Baron de Rothschild. Violet-rose. 
Candidissima. Creamy white, center sulphur- 
yellow. 
Decaisne. Claret. 
De Lachie. Purplish crimson. 
Duchess de Nemours. Sulphur-white; desira¬ 
ble sort. 75 cts. each, $7.50 doz. 
Duke of Wellington. White, with creamy cen¬ 
ter. 
Faust. Delicate light pink. 
Festiva alba. Creamy white, occasionally 
spotted with carmine. 35 cts. each, $3.00 
for 10. 
Festiva maxima. The largest and finest white 
variety, with small scarlet flecks in the 
center. 75 cts. each, $7.50 doz. 
General Bertrand. Rose, center salmon-rose. 
Grandiflora rosea. Carmine. 
Humei alba. Guards flesh, tipped white, blush 
center. 
Jeanne d’Arc. Rose, center sulphur-yellow. 
La Tulipe. Flesh pink, shaded to ivory-white. 
75 cts. each, $7.50 doz. 
Madam Breon. Rose-pink, changing to yellow. 
Madame Carlot. Light rose, abundant 
bloomer. 
Madame de Verneville. Creamy white with 
rose center. 
Madame Lemoine. Rose; a fine sort. 
Potsii. Deep rose; late flowering. 
Raphael. Large, garnet-red. 
Rubra Triumphans. Dark carmine, with con¬ 
spicuous yellow stamens. 
Van Dyck. Light rose. 
Paeonia Officinalis 
This type is the old-fashioned early variety, 
coming into bloom several weeks earlier than 
the herbaceous sorts. 
Paeonia officinalis fl. pi. alba. Large double 
white flowers and the earliest white Peony 
to bloom. 50 cts. each, $5.00 doz. 
P. officinalis atro-rubra fl. pi. The darkest va¬ 
riety ever introduced of this early-flower¬ 
ing type. It is a rich dark crimson. Strong, 
flowering roots. 50 cts. each, $5.00 doz. 
P. officinalis tenuifolia fl. pi. Double flowers 
of brilliant crimson; fine feathery foliage; 
very early; one of the handsomest of all 
hardy plants. 25 cts. each, $2.50 doz. 
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