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JAMES VICKI’S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Columbia!? ^olleetioi? of Dahlias. 
The varieties in this collection are all strong growers, great bloomers, with large double flowers of the finest form. 
When well grown the plants produce an immense number of flowers, and all in great perfection, and are among the 
finest and most striking specimens of the gardeners skill. They have been selected for their reliable character and fine 
points of all kinds, and as forming a group of the strongest contrasts in colors. 
Bird of Passage, large, very perfect in form; white, tipped with 
pink, a delicate combination. 
Client, an erect growing plant, bearing a profusion of largo flowers 
borne on strong long stems; color a rich crimson. 
"Dude, a very full, high centered flower; purplish-lilac. 
Fanny Purchase, a strong vigorous plant, branching freely and 
flowering abundantly; flowers bright yellow, very handsome in form. 
George *Ra wlings, a large full flower, very symmetrical; very dark 
maroon; a magnificent variety. 
Woman in White, a large, pure white flower, perfect in shape, 
borne plentifully. 
See colored, plate, painted from average blooms. Sold only in collections. One of each, set of six, $1.00; 
two sets, twelve bulbs, $1.75. 
EUPHORBIA. 
(Euphorbia Heteropliylla.) 
Known as " Fire on the Mountain,” " Mexican Fire Plant,” 
"Annual Poinsettia,” and "Painted Leaf.” 
“ The anemone in snowy hood , 
The meet arbutus in the wood. 
And to the smiling skies above 
Say, Bend brightly o'er my love” 
—Mary Clemmcr. 
An annual, forming bushy plants three to four feet 
high, with highly ornamental leaves, which become flared 
with dark fire-scarlet, leaving only a small tip of green. : 
Easy of cultivation, growing in places fully exposed to 
the sun, which brighten and hasten the coloring. It can 
also be grown in pots and moved about at pleasure, and 
interspersed with palm, etc., the effect is fine. 
Prece, per packet , 15 cents; 2 for 25 cents . 
CHRISTMAS ROSE, 
(HELLEBORUS NIGER.) 
“What a frosty-spirited rogue is this"— Shakespeare, Henry IV. 
Theso plants will bud and bloom in spite of frost and snow, in the open ground. 
They seem to enjoy a winter with plenty of snow, beginning to bloom before Christmas 
and continuing through the winter. 
Placing the flowers in cold water after cutting, will draw out the frost, and thej' 
will keep a long time in water. It is about one foot in height, with handsome, shining 
dark green foliage, and sends up numerous flower stems, each having one or two large 
white flowers that are compared to single white roses. The flowers are fine for cutting ; 
the buds, equal to white rose buds, are admired and much used for button-holes. Plants 
taken up from the garden in September and potted, can be bloomed in the window, 
coming into flower the latter part of December. A very desirable plant, and should 
have a place in every garden. Price, single plants, 25 cts.; three for 50 cts.; seven for SI. 00 
