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THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY, WEST GROVE, PA. 
Apios 
THE BEAUTIFUL SPANISH IRIS 
This is one of the easiest grown 
and most beautiful of hardy 
Summer-flowering bulbs. It is 
absolutely sure to bloom; grows 
twelve to fifteen inches high, 
and bears lovely, large orchid¬ 
like flowers of many brilliant 
and striking colors, including 
elegant combinations of fine 
porcelain blue, deep violet, 
royal purple, golden yellow, 
rich orange, pearly white, and 
coal black, beautifully varie¬ 
gated, striped, spotted and ruffled in a manner impossible to 
describe. Perfectly hardy, needs no protection, and will bloom 
every Spring without attention. Price, good blooming bulbs, 
3 for 6 cts., 15 cts. per dozen; $1.00 per hundred, postpaid. 
Spanish 
Tubcrosa or Tuberous-Rooted Wistaria 
T HIS elegant climber is not as well known as it should be. Most plants 
of equal value are much higher in price. A lovely, slender climbing 
vine, resembling the Chinese Wistaria in foliage and flower; it grows 
fifteen to twenty feet high and is easily trained on strings or trellis, over 
porch or doorway; blooms quickly the first season, and bears large clusters 
of rich purple flowers; delightfully fragrant and very beautiful. It dies 
down in Winter, but is entirely hardy and needs no protection; plant 
three or four inches apart. Price, strong, blooming bulbs, 3 for 10 cts. 
6 for 20 cts.; 40 cts. per dozen, postpaid. 
NEPETA GLECHOMA, (Variegated Ground Ivy.) 
A N elegant, new hardy creeping plant, with pretty fragrant flowers, and small, round leaves, finely 
marked with white. Always looks bright and cheerful and one of the finest things in the world 
with which to carpet graves, as it is perfectly hardy, and will thrive anywhere in sunshine or shade 
and soon covers the ground with a mass of vines and leafage so thick that neither weeds nor grass can 
get through. It is also unsurpassed for pots, vases, baskets, boxes, etc., as it will stand all kinds of hard 
usage and always looks bright. 15 cts., 2 for 25 cts.; $1.25 per doz., postpaid. 
THE MANETTIA VINE —A lovely climbing 
vine, much esteemed for house and conservatory ; 
begins to bloom while very small, and continues 
covered with flowers as long as kept growing; pretty 
cigar shaped flowers, bright orange-red, tipped with 
golden-yellow; very handsome and attractive; unlike 
anything else. 10 cts. each, 
postpaid. 
PARLOR IVY— A lovely 
climber for the house or 
window; grows very quickly 
and makes an abundance of 
pretty green foliage. 10 cts. 
each, postpaid. 
SANSEVERIA ZEAL- 
ANICA —A very beautiful 
house plant. The leaves 
grow erect, one to two feet 
high, are beautifully barred, 
Mexican Primrose. white and green ; always 
showy and attractive, and require very little care. 15 cts. each; or with Nepeta 
Gleclioma, the two for 25 cts., postpaid. 
EANTANA —Three varieties ; all first-class flowers ; pure white, orange and 
crimson. Price, each color, 10 cts.; the three for 25 cts. 
MEXICAN PRIMROSE— A very pretty trailing plant, bearing hundreds 
of bright colored flowers ; nice for pots, vases and baskets ; a very handsome 
and desirable plant. Price, 10 cts. each. 
