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HYDRANGEA. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
^ The Lily of the Val¬ 
ley is as hardy as any 
plant can possibly be, 
and when planted in 
the open ground will 
increase pretty rapid¬ 
ly. For the house we 
have what are called 
“pips,” young roots 
with flowering stems, 
that will bloom in a 
few weeks after plant¬ 
ing, and will flower 
well in baskets of 
damp moss, or potted. 
Pips for winter flow¬ 
ering in the house, we 
can send out in Decem¬ 
ber, as they will not 
suffer injiiy from frost. For the garden we can ship 
either in t^ spring or autumn. 
Lily of th Valley, very sweet and graceful; deli¬ 
cately ling; pips per dozen, . 60 
MYOSOTIS. 
w The Myosotis have always 
been favorities, especially the 
little Forget-me-not, M. palus- 
tris, though nearly all the 
varieties are called by this 
name. The plants like a 
moist, cool situation, but 
succeed in any fair garden 
soil. 
Myosotis, (Forg.me.not,) blue,. 30 
White, . 30 
Rose color, .. 30 
Everybody knows the Hydrangea, an old Pot Plant,, 
with a globular mass of flowers, and when well grown a 
very good thing; but everybody don’t know that the 
finest addition made to our flowering shrubs in twenty 
years is a hardy Hydrangea, called Hydrangea J>a nicu- 
lata grandijlora. It is as hardy as a Lilac bush, a 
medium-sized, hard-wooded shrub, bearing on the tops 
of the branches immense clusters of white flowers, 
these clusters sometimes almost a foot in height and 
about the same in width, the form and general appear¬ 
ance of which we have endeavored to show in the en¬ 
graving. 
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora. Plants 50 cts. 
to $1.00 each. 
IVY PLANTS. 
For a climbing plant 
in the garden to do duty 
as a screen for an old 
wall or building, or to 
adorn either when new, 
we know of nothing to 
equal the Ivy. For in¬ 
door winter decoration 
the Ivy is unequaled, 
as it can be trained in 
any desired form, and 
will bear any amount 
of hardship and bad 
usage. The Ivy is not 
quite hardy far North, 
but plants that have 
. done service in the gar¬ 
den all summer can be 
taken up in the autumn, 
potted, and will do good service in the house all winter 
In the spring, at house-cleaning time, the plants can be 
transferred to the garden, by just sinking thepots in the 
earth. In the autumn they are ready for service in the 
house again, and better than ever. 
Ivy, plants, according to size, each, 25 cents, 50 cents,, 
and $1.00. 
