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THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY, WEST GROVE, PA. 
New Crimson Chenille Plant 
Acalypha Sanderi, or Comet Plant. 
Acalypha Sanderi, or Comet Plant 
W E published an elegant colored plate of 
this wonderful new flowering plant in 
our last Fall Catalogue, which attracted a great 
deal of attention and made large sales. This 
cut is an equally good representation of the 
plant as it really appears (except in colors), and 
is not at all over drawn. It grows 12 to 
18 inches high, blooms quickly and 
abundantly, and the flower tassels grow 
as long as the plant is high. They are 
covered all over with fine crimson flow¬ 
ers, looking almost exactly as if made 
of crimson chenille or silken plush. 
The plant likes heat and moisture, and good 
rich soil, but grows easily and blooms so quick¬ 
ly, that many are beginning to flower when 
sent out. When warm weather comes set out 
in the flower bed and it will bloom the whole 
season, and if taken in before cold weather, 
will be larger and finer for the house than 
before. It is a most surprising novelty and a 
great curiosity wherever seen. 
Nice mailing plants, 20, 25 and 35 
cts. each, according to size, postpaid; 
extra size blooming plants, from FIVE 
AND SIX INCH POTS, 50 cts-, 75 cts. 
and $1.00 each, by express. 
New Passion Flower, Southern Beauty^^ 
U NLIKE most other Passion Vines, 
this splendid new variety, besides 
being exquisitely beautiful, is a strong, 
vigorous grower and entirely hardy ; will 
climb up a trellis 10 to 20 feet high 
in a season, and cover it all over with 
splendid wreaths and clusters of large 
handsome flowers and foliage. The flow¬ 
ers are four to five inches across, and 
the color is an elegant combination of 
red, white and blue shades, so 
entirely unique and striking, that 
they attract attention at once. The 
form of the flowers, though much re¬ 
duced in size is well shown in the en¬ 
graving, and as the foliage is handsome 
also, it can be recommended as one of 
the choicest and most beautiful hardy 
flowering vines now offered. In very ex¬ 
posed situations, the roots should have a 
covering of leaves or garden litter before 
severe freezing ; they can then remain in 
the ground over winter and will bloom 
every season, for years. Good strong 
roots, 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts.; 
$1.50 per doz., po«t»<ud. 
