J. WILKINSON ELLIOTT, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
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WALLED GARDEN OF HARDY PLANTS.— From Country Life. 
5ome Notable Hardy Plants. 
Elsewhere will be found a very complete list of hardy plants, but the following varieties are especially desirable, and 
I am in position to furnish them in quantity at specially low prices. 
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 20 years. Notwithstanding their great beauty and usefulness, single Holly¬ 
hocks 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 Holly¬ 
hocks 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. 
SPECIAL OFFER OF HOLLYHOCKS. 
Per doz. 
Hollyhocks, best large flowered, single, all colors mixed. $ i oo 
best large flowered, single, in separate colors. i 25 
best double grown, Chater's famous strain in separate colors, white, sulphur 
yellow, scarlet, rose, Isabel color, salmon rose, crimson, golden yellow, 
dark crimson, cherry red and peach. 1 50 
" New Allegheny, immense semi-double flowers with fringed edges, very 
beautiful; 20 cents each. 2 00 
New Single Japanese, dark red white edge, said to be very fine, each 20 cts.... 2 00 
“ Ficifolia, the fig-leaved Hollyhock, with bright yellow flowers. 35 
“ Primro*e Queen, a splendid addition ,1 arge, bright single primrose—yellow 
flowers..... 35 
Per 100. 
$ 6 00 
7 00 
10 00 
3 50 
3 50 
