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A FEW FLOWERS 
XEROPH Yl.LUM ASl'HOUELOIDES. 
Xerophyllum Asphodeloides 
(Turkey’s Beard). 
A tuberous-rooted native plant with the aspect of an 
Asphodel, very interesting and beautiful. It forms a 
spreading tuft of grassy leaves when well grown, and 
bears a flower-stem from one foot to three feet high, 
terminated by a compact raceme of numerous white 
blossoms. 
“Turkey’s Beard is one of those old-fashioned plants 
that are rare in gardens. Two splendid masses were 
exhibited by Lord Walsingham, of Merton Hall, at the 
recent Royal Botanic show, and were the prettiest things 
among hardy flowers.”— Garden. 
Given an award of merit by the Royal Horticultural 
Society on June io, 1890, and at a previous exhibition 
it was given a first-class certificate. Strong tubers, 
25 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
New and Choice Chrysanthemums. 
$1 each ; the set of eight varieties, $6. 
Harry E. Widener. Winner of the Blanc prize at the Phila¬ 
delphia show, November, for the best seedling plant. Bright lcmon- 
ycllow in color, without shadings. Flower large, on stiff, stout stems 
that hold the flowers erect, without support ; incurving, forming a 
large, rounded surface ; petals crisp and stiff ; very free in growth, 
but not coarse. This is the cut-flower variety, and all that could be 
desired in the way of good color, fine form, and lasting qualities. 
Harry May. Flower very large and deep, full double, forming, 
when well opened, a massive sphere ; color deep old-gold, with occa¬ 
sional veins of reddish ; petals very broad and thick, spoon-shaped. 
Foliage very luxuriant, thick and leathery, deep green, quite distinct 
among Chrysanthemums. One of the most vigorous-growing of all 
varieties in cultivation and unsurpassed for growing cither as a 
standard, as a bush plant, or for cut-bloorns for exhibition purposes. 
John Dyer. Good strong grower, broad petals of extra substance, 
perfectly double; color chrome-yellow, striped entire length of 
petals with fine red lines. 
Miss Ada McVicker. A plant of strong habit, producing im¬ 
mense creamy white flowers with broad, thick, reflexed petals. A 
grand variety and one of the best for either specimen blooms, bush 
plants, or standards. 
Mrs. DcWitt Smith. Large incurved Japanese, flowers large, 
very double, outer petals beautiful soft rose changing to white toward 
the center. Fine exhibition variety. 
Mrs. E. D. Adams. Flower very large ; petals of medium 
width, very long, twisted, the outer one swirled as if the flower had 
been turned swiftly on its stem ; color pure white. One of the best 
and most distinct white Chrysanthemums in cultivation. Makes a 
grand bush plant. 
Mrs. N. G. Thomas. Very large incurved flower, having broad, 
creamy-white petals. A free-growing variety. 
William H. Lincoln. A magnificent golden-yellow variety with 
straight, flat, spreading petals. An extra large flower, completely 
double, and of great substance. 
Rare Water-Lilies and Other Aquatics. 
Victoria Regia. 
This giant Water-Lily of the river Amazon is the grandest of all aquatics. That it may be successfully grown and 
flowered in the open air in this latitude, we have proved beyond a doubt, having done so for several seasons past. By 
this plan it is treated as a tender annual. In winter, or early spring, seeds are placed in water, kept uniformly at a tem¬ 
perature of from 80° to 90°. After germinating, they are potted and shifted on, as they require it. Early in June 
a plant is placed in a bed of very rich soil in a tank, fully exposed to the sun, and which can be artificially heated until 
hot weather sets in. It produces leaves six feet across, one plant covering a space thirty feet in diameter. The flowers 
are from twelve to sixteen inches across. The first night that they open they are a lovely white and emit a delicious 
perfume, resembling that of pineapples, which is often perceptible some rods distant. The second night the flowers 
have changed to pink and have lost their perfume. In the Southern States it may be grown with complete success in 
open ponds. Plants $10 each. Fresh and sound seeds, 50 cents each ; $5 per dozen. 
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