JAMES VICKI’S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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LITTLK GRM CALL A. 
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11 Is not this lily pure? 
What fuller can procure 
A white so perfect, spotless , clear , 
As in this flower doth appear .”—Quarles. 
This charming Calla is of dwarf, compact habit, and 
is far better adapted to put culture than the old tall 
growing variety. It is a true evkr-bloomer, produc¬ 
ing flowers almost without intermission. It may be 
planted in the garden through the summer if prefer¬ 
able, where the same freedom of bloom will manifest 
itself. Like the old Calla it should be potted before 
frost and moved to the conservatory or window garden 
where it will bloom continually all winter. The dwarf, 
compact habit of the plant, and its lustrous dark green 
foliage and large snowy-white flowers, make this one 
of the most beautiful and desirable pot plants 
EVER INTRODUCED. 
Strong blooming plants, each, 25 cents . 
QeQtros<?ma Qrai^diflora. 
l,an^ plou/eriQ<§ pibiseus. 
Many old and neglected plants are really valuable, 
and prove eminently satisfactory. 
Just such a plant is Centrosema grandiflora. It is 
a perfectly hardy, perennial vine of rare and exqui¬ 
site beauty, which blooms early in. June from seed 
sown in April, and bears in the greatest profusion in¬ 
verted, pea shaped flowers from 1}£ to inches in 
diameter, ranging in color from a rosy violet to a 
reddish purple, with abroad feathered white marking 
through the center. The large buds and back of the 
flowers arc pure white, making it appear as if one 
plant bore many different colored flowers at one 
time. Occasionally plants bear pure white flowers, 
while others are white feathered. The flowers are 
produced in the greatest abundance, sometimes G to 
8 in a single cluster. 
The sum and foliage are very graceful, and of a 
delightful odor. .Blooming stems placed in water re¬ 
main fresh for many days. 
It is well adapted for every garden purpose and 
especially as a climber, running G to 8 feet in a sea¬ 
son. Even in the poorest soil it will bloom freelv 
until cut down by frost. Price, 25 cents per packet 
STAR PHLOX. 
Phlox Drummondii fimbriata and cuspidata. 
These Phloxes must be regarded as highly original 
novelties. While the petals of all other Phloxes are 
entire, of these varieties they are partly fringed and 
partly three-toothed in P. fimbriata, and in P. cuspi¬ 
dal a the central teet h of the petals are five or six times 
as long as the lateral ones, projecting like little spines, 
giving the flowers a regular star-like form. The 
beauty of the flowers is enhanced by a white margin 
which borders the edges of the petals. There are al¬ 
ready many distinct colors. Owing to their disposi¬ 
tion to cross spontaneously, we offer these two classes 
in mixture only. Price , per packet, 15 cents. 
This elegant shrub is perfectly hardy in any place and is one of 
the most beautiful hardy flowering plants we have. Each spring 
they send up numerous branches, which from well established 
roots grow to a height of five to six feet. 
The flowers are as large as a saucer, very attractive and pro¬ 
duced in great profusion from July to September. The colors 
range from pure white to blush and deep pink. This is one of 
the most beautiful and showy lawn plants of recent production. 
Each, 25 cents. 
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