“ I know not which I love the most. 
Nor which the comeliest shows , 
The timid bashful violet , 
Or the royal-hearted rose. 
The pansy in her purple dress. 
The pink with cheek of red, 
Or the faint fair heliotrope, who hangs, 
Lilce a bashful maid, her head. 
For 1 love and prize you one and all, 
From the least low bloom of spring 
To the lily fair, whose clothes outshine 
The raiment of a King." 
—Phoebe Cary. 
THIS department is devoted entirely to Bulbs and Plants, that will beat' 
a Northern winter without injury, like the Lilies, Pueonies, Hardy 
Shrubs, etc. 
All Plants and Bulbs will be delivered at your Post Office at prices given 
(except as noted) unless specially ordered otherwise, or where in our judg¬ 
ment the Expressage would be too costly. As it is much more dim cult 
to pack a single plant, so that it will carry safely, than a larger number, 
we trust our customers will order accordingly. For economy and safety 
in packing it is best to order at least a dollar’s worth of plants. When 
Seeds and Bulbs or Tender Plants are ordered together, if not safe 
to send all, on account of cold weather, the Seeds will be sent at once* 
and the Bulbs and Plants as soon as safe. 
Should the weather be unfavorable, or the ground not prepared on 
their arrival, Hardy Plants, Roots, etc., had better be placed in the cel' 
lar, the Lily and Pmonv being covered with about two inches of moist 
(not wet) soil, while shrubs and grasses, like the Hydrangea, Deutzia* 
Eulalia, etc., require only their roots covered, with the soil made firm 
around them. 
ANEMONE JAPONICA. 
ANEMONE. 
One of the best hardy, au¬ 
tumn-flowering plants we 
have. It is plain looking 
during the summer, with 
dark green foliage; but in 
the latter part of summer 
flower-stems appear, grow¬ 
ing eighteen inches high, 
bearing from a score to a 
hundred flowers, continu¬ 
ing to improve until de¬ 
stroyed by frost. The flow¬ 
ers are about two inches in 
diameter. An excellent 
plant for cemeteries. 
Anemonejaponi* 
ca a I ba, pure white 20 
r u b r a , deep rose 
color. 20 
The above two sorts 
for SO cents 
corona ria is of low growth, and flowers in early summer. Dry 
roots, double or single, per doz. 25 
“They have been at a great feast of languages and stolen 
the scraps." —Shakespeare. 
AMPELOPSIS. 
There are few plants of more value to the gardener than the Hardy or' 
Perennial Climbers. Once planted they remain, and get larger and bet' 
ter every season. 
Ampelopsis Veitchil. This variety clings very firmly to the 
side of a house or wall, and will soon form a most perfect mass 
of foliage. It may be allowed to climb all over the surface, or it 
can be confined to the foundation wall only. It is a most beauti¬ 
ful climber, and has become a great favorite. During the sum¬ 
mer the leaves are a beautiful shade of green, overlapping each 
other with wonderful regularity, but it is nearly autumn when 
this unique plant assumes its greatest beauty, the foliage that 
was once a bright glossy green, gradually changes until the whole 
plant is a glowing mass of the brightest shades of crimson, scar¬ 
let and orange. This variety is also known as the Japan and 
Boston Ivy .. 20 
tricolor, foliage and habit of growth similar to A. Yeitchii, ex¬ 
cept that the leaves are somewhat smaller and are beautifully 
variegated with large blotches of pure white and pink; very rare 
and beautiful; each . 50 
“A. charm has bound me with witching power, 
For mine is the old belief. 
That, midst your sweets and midst your bloom, 
There's a soul in every leaf.— M. M. Ballou. 
quinquefolia, or Virginia Creeper, sometimes called 
American Ivy and Woodbine ; a very rapid grower, leaves turn¬ 
ing to a crimson in autumn. This is a native plant, and the hard¬ 
iest, and most rapid growing perennial climber. 20 
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