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The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks , 
Held out in the smoke , like stars by day. —E. B. Browning. 
WISTARIA. 
The Wistarias are strong and rapid growers, desirable for trellises, 
porches, etc. When well established they grow twenty feet or more in 
one season. The llowers are in long racemes, and are produced very 
freely. A iarge plant in bloom is a most gorgeous sight. 
Wist a ria Sinensis, Chinese Wistaria, flowers light purple; each 30 
SPIRAEA. 
Spirma prunifolia, a beauti¬ 
ful hardy' shrub that blooms 
in May. The llowers are about 
half an inch in diameter, 
double, and pure white, often 
covering the entire branch. 
When in bloom, a single 
branch may be bent so as to 
form a very perfect, natural 
wreath of pure white. 
Spiraea prunifolia 
("Bridal Wreath), 
each. 20 
SPIRAEA. 
YUCCA. 
The Yuccas are erect and noble jfiants, with long, narrow, strong 
sharp-pointed leaves, with a peculiar tropical aspect. Filamentosa is 
the hardiest, and will endure the winter in most parts of the country. 
It sends up a strong flower stem in the middle of the summer, bearing 
a large spike of whitish flowers. 
yucca filamentosa, strong 1 year old roots, 30 cents; strong 
2 year old roots. 00 
“ The flowers are teachers that I love; 
Their petals I have often read. 
Their blossoms look to Heaven above , 
Their roots point to the sleeping dead” 
—George W. Bungay. 
WATER LILY. 
“ Those idrgin lilies, all the 7iight 
Bathing their beauties in the lake , 
That they may rise more fresh and bright. 
When their beloved sun's awake." 
—Moore, Lai la Iiookh. 
Nymptuea o do rata 
can be grown in any 
swampy piece of 
ground, and even in 
tubs of water sunk in 
the ground, or oil the 
surface, and in aquari¬ 
ums in the house. For 
ponds, if a’ soft, muddy 
bottom, tie the root 
close to a stone large 
enough to sink it, and 
drop it in near the shore 
in two or three feet of 
water, as the bloom is 
much better in shallow 
water. If a hard bot¬ 
tom, dig a small hole 
and cover it lightly. water lily. 
For tubs, take any strong barrel, free from oil, tar or salt (molasses bar¬ 
rels are best), saw in two, put in six or eight inches of fine loam, or pom 
mud, if handy, lay in the routs, being careful to straighten out the smaii 
fibers, and cover two inches deep, fill the tub gently with water and keep 
full. These tubs should be put in a cellar in the winter, to keep from 
freezing; fill with water when put away, and they will come out all right 
in the spring. 
/Nymphaea odorata, per dozen, $2.50; each.. 25 
“The berries of the brier rose 
Have lost their rounded pride; 
The bitter-sweet chrysanthemums 
Are heavy drooping eyed ."—Alice Carey. 
- Aromatic plants bestow 
No spicy fragrance while they grow , 
Lack of space prevents our giving a full description of the following 
well-known plants and bulbs: 
Althaea, beautiful shrubs, blooming early in the fall; double red, 
and double variegated; each . 25 
Akebia quinata, a single Japanese climber, brown flowers . 20 
Dicentra spcctabilis (Bleeding Heart) . 25 
Day !_i ly, Wh ite (Fu n kia alba), . 30 
yellow (■Hemerocallis flava), flowers clear canary yellow; 
very fragrant . 25 
coerulea, dark blue, with broad, glossy foliage . 20 
Japonica, light blue, with narrow foliage . . 20 
u nduiata media picta, flowers lavender, foliage light green, 
beautifully variegated with white. One of the most beautiful 
hardy plants in cultivation, without an equal for cemetery 
planting . 30 
’Delphinium, Chinese, flowers light blue... . 25 
Da Isy, white or red . 20 
Snowflake, flowers very large. 20 
BACK TO HIS FIRST LOVE. 
•* I was led off by cheap, advertising, but I will now return to 
my first love and once more get reliable seeds and plants.” 
C. P. CHAPMAN, 
Pittsfield, III. 
But crush'd or trodden to the ground , 
Diffuse their balmy sweets around. 
— Goldsmith. 
1 vy, English, the old popular variety’. Plants, each . 20 
Lilac, Purple .. . . 25 
White.- 25 
Perennial Pea, blooms in clusters, perfectly hardy, very desir¬ 
able. Color beautiful, clear and pink .—.... 20 
Snowball (Viburnum Opulus), a well-known shrub, pro¬ 
duces large clusters of snow-white flowers in May .. 25 
Spiraaa Van •Houttei, one of the most beautiful shrilly 
grown; flowers pure white, single . 20 
Syringa grandiflora, flowers pure white, fragrant, a very 
popular shrub ..... 25 
microphylla, now. A very pretty dwarf variety, handsome 
and symmetrical in form ; flowers pure white.. 25 
Th rift (Sea Pi n kj, a low-growing evergreen plant, with narrow 
foliage, flowers light pink, in clusters . ... 15 
Violet,Marie Louise, light blue . .. 20 
Swan ley White, new double white... 20 
For $1.00 purchaser may select plants from this list to amount of $1J25. 
CLEAR ACROSS THE CONTINENT. 
“ Plants received to day in first-class erder. Must congratu¬ 
late you on your packing, as others have repeatedly failed in sending 
plants so far. Yours are fine, both in specimens and condition. 
A. J. LADJ Portland, Oregon. 
MISCELLANEOUS LIST. 
