J. WILKINSON ELLIOTT, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
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HERBACEOUS PASONIES—Continued. 
_ , _ _ , Each. 
Duchess de Orleans, fluffy, intense rose.§ 0 25 
Festiva, pure white. 25 
Festiva Maxima, very large. pure white flower, with 
some blood-red stains in the center. Tall stalks, 
beautiful foliage, and very free flowering; one of the 
very best white l^eonies in cultivation. 75 
G-loire de Charles Gombault, large, globular flower, 
extra full, collar of large, deep pink flesh petals, those 
°I the center very narrow, of clear salmon-carnation, 
shaded apricot, very large tufted petals, pink shaded 
carmine, a coloring of great freshness and wholly 
new. Many-colored variety that distinguishes itself 
from all others. New variety from France. 
R. H. Boggs, crimson outer petals, with flesh-white 
center; distinct and tine. 
Eclatant, bright carmine.. . 
Duke of Wellington, white, with veliow center. 
Isabel Karlitzsky. large, delicate rose. 
Modeste Guerin, broad flower, outside rose, center 
pink. 
Golden Harvest, nearest approach t«» ii veliow . . 
Marie Lemoine, delicate flesh, changing to white. 
Rubra Triumphant rich brilliant glowing erimson... 
Officinalis Alba, “Old Double White,” blush white. 
early flowering. 
Louis Van Houtte, double crimson. 
Rubra Superba, semi-double, crimson-maroon. 
Chinensis Alba, pure white. 
Alexander Dumas, grand flowers in clusters, very 
full, beautiful rose, often mixed with white and 
salmon. 
Alexandrians, very large full flower, loveiy rose, 
Per doz. 
$ 2 50 
2 50 
8 00 
3 00 
50 
5 (X) 
30 
3 (XI 
30 
3 00 
25 
2 50 
30 
3 (X) 
30 
3 (XI 
50 
5 (Hi 
30 
3 00 
50 
ft (K) 
25 
2 ftO 
30 
3 (Hi 
30 
3 00 
1 00 
1 25 
Arthemise. large flower, lovely rase, soft rose and 
salmon, very beautiful.$ i 25 
Berlioz, large, full globular flower, lovely currant red 
and shaded amaranth, very beautiful. i 50 
Buyeku, large globular flower, loveiy toe», center 
salmon rose with silver reflex : extra fine. 1 00 
Comte de Paris, rose color, center salmon yellow, 
crested with large petals of lovely rose : very beautiful 
variety.*. i 25 
Faust, pretty anemone flower, color tender lilac, center 
petals very narrow, flesh shaded with clear salmon; 
very pretty variety. 75 
Mile. Rpne** Dessert, very large flowers in clusters, 
beautiful lilac with silvery violet reflex ; extra. 1 00 
M. Chevreul, large imbricated flower, very full, beauti¬ 
ful lilac shaded pink : very fresh coloring. 75 
Belle Dona»sienne, large imbricated flowers, very 
full, carnation and chamois, chance streak of carmine 1 25 
Mme. de Vernevill^, very pretty anemone flower, 
extra full, collar of large petals, those of the center 
very close: carnation white and sulphur, sometimes 
carmine; extra... 1 50 
Descartes, very large flower, very brilliant clear ama¬ 
ranth. 50 
Formosa, pretty convex flower, sulphur white, stig- 
mates lively red ; very beautiful variety.. 35 
Mme. Chaumy, large flowers in clusters, rose shaded, 
large silvery border ; late variety. 35 
Georges Cuvier pretty purple lilac flower, silver border 35 
Bayard, beautiful clear brilliant violet. 50 
Dr. Brettonneau (Verdier), large globular flower, 
large rose petals and clear white; beautiful. 35 
Edulls Alba, large white flower, with some stains of 
carmine in center; very pretty variety. 35 
Per doz. 
$ 8 00 
10 00 
5 00 
3 30 
3 50 
3 50 
5 00 
3 30 
3 30 
HOLLYHOCKS. 
Have you ever noticed that painters choose single Hollyhocks as subjects for floral painting oftener than any other 
flower. I suppose the reason for this is that artists have a keener appreciation of beauty than other people and recognize that 
the common, and I fear sometimes despised, Single Hollyhock is one of the most stately, picturesque and beautiful plants in 
the world. Nothing can be more effective than a large group or mass of single Hollyhocks, and once planted they will 
literally take care of themselves, even if planted in the grass. I know of patches that have not been cultivated or disturbed 
in any way for twenty years. Notwithstanding their great beauty and usefulness, single Hollyhocks are not offered for sale by 
any nurseryman in America, and the seed is not to be had from any seedsman. I am determined to have single Hollyhocks 
for my landscape gardening work, so I collected seed from old-fashioned (they will soon be new-fashioned) gardens and had 
thousands of plants grown for my customers. Some people think double Hollyhocks are more beautiful than single. They 
are mistaken, although the doubles are beautiful, but inclined to be top heavy, often need staking and liable to disease. 
Hollyhocks planted in the Fall will bloom well the following Summer. 
Hollyhocks, 
SPECIAL OFFER OF HOLLYHOCKS: 
Per doz. 
best lurgc flowered, single, all colors mixed. 5 1 23 
best large flowered, single, in separate colors. ] 50 
best double grown. Chater’s famous strain in separate colors, white, sulphur 
yellow, scarlet, rose. Isabel color, salmon rose, crimson, golden veliow. 
dark crimson, cherry red and peach.. 1 50 
New Allegheny, immense semi-double flowers with fringed edges, very beauti¬ 
ful ; 20 cents each..... 2 00 
New Single Japanese, dark red, white edge, said to be very fine ; each 20 cents... 2 (H) 
Ficifolia, the fig-leaved Hollyhock, with bright veliow flowers. 2 30 
Primrose Queen, a splendid addition, large, bright single primrose-yellow flowers 2 50 
Per 100. 
9 7 00 
9 00 
10 00 
POLYANTHUS, OR COWSLIP. 
This charming Spring blooming plant belongs to the Primrose family, the hardy varieties of which are so very popular 
in England, but are rarely seen in this country, owing partly to an impression that they cannot be grown in this climate. 
This is a mistake, as they do very well here. For the front of borders and shrubbery, for spring bedding, and for naturalizing 
in moist and partially shaded places, nothing can be finer. The coloring in the flowers is especially rich and fine. 
At this writing I have a long border of these planfs in bloom in my garden, and nothing gives me greater pleasure. 
They are so charming in habit, rich and varied in coloring, and so early to bloom, coming with the spring (lowering bulbs, 
that nothing can be more acceptable. 1 use them freely for decorating the dining table and library windows, taking plants up 
from the border and putting them in fern dishes and pots, where they go on blooming as if they had never been disturbed. 
There hardiness lias been pretty well settled by the severe winter of 1898-99. The minimum temperature at my country 
place was twenty-four degrees below zero. Not a single Polyanthus was injured, and they were planted in wet soil at that. 
Price, 15 cents each ; $1.00 per dozen ; $0.00 per hundred. 
CREEPING PHLOXES. 
The Creeping Phloxes are. among the most charming of hardy plants. They cover the ground with a mat of evergreen 
foliage at all times, and during the month of May make a most beautiful carpet of white or pink flowers. The bloom is so 
dense that the foliage is entirely hidden. This Phlox blooms again in the Fall, but not so freely. It is very useful for border 
edging, rock work or covering bare banks. 
,, , . , Per doz. Per 100. 
Phlox Subulata, pink.g 1 00 ? fi 00 
Alba, white... . l 00 6 00 
Model, finest of all creeping Phloxes, bright pink. 1 oo 6 (X) 
“ “ The Bride, white, red center . 1 25 8 (X) 
“ “ Atropurpura, deep rosy purple. 1 00 7 00 
