128 
A FEW FLOWERS 
Hedge Plants. 
Osage Orange. 
One year old.$5 per thousand 
Two years old.6 per thousand 
Honey Locust. 
One year old.$5 per thousand 
Two years old.6 per thousand 
This and the preceding are the best for defensible hedges and 
for turning cattle. 
California Privet. 
Very ornamental and nearly evergreen. Two 
to two and a half feet.$12 per hundred 
Norway Spruce. 
18 to 24 inches.$15 per hundred 
Purple Berberry. 
Handsome violet-purple foliage. Twelve to 
fifteen inches .. 
Spiraea Van Houttei. 
Large white flowers ; a splendid variety . . 
Large plants. 
American Arbor Vitae. 
18 inches. 
to 3 feet. 
Hemlock Spruce. 
15 to 18 inches. 
18 to 24 inches. 
2feet. 
All of these evergreens for hedges have been frequently transplanted and have masses of fibrous roots, 
sheared, they are stocky and bushy, in the very best condition for transplanting. 
$12 per hundred 
$12 per hundred 
18 per hundred 
$10 per hundred 
20 per hundred 
$15 per hundred 
18 per hundred 
25 per hundred 
Having been 
I he New Gladiolus u Snow White.” 
The merits of this Gladiolus are too well known to need the use 
of any superfluous adjectives on our part. The following points of 
merit have established themselves as facts during the six years we 
have grown this variety on our place—no one year ever having de¬ 
veloped a single exception. We stake our reputation on the follow¬ 
ing : It is the best white Gladiolus ever grown. The flowers are 
well formed, and have a paper whiteness we have never seen in 
any other sort. The flowers are of exceptional substance, lasting a 
remarkable length of time when cut. Every flower on the spike 
can be used individually for cut flower work. The spikes are of 
good size, set solidly and perfectly with the florets from bottom to 
top. The petals are gracefully recurved, and, in many cases, beau¬ 
tifully crisped. Under" ordinary circumstances nearly the entire 
flower is a perfect paper white with a slight cream shade on lower 
half of the lower petal. A faint line of purple extends about half 
way through the lower petal. For withstanding dews, rains, and 
hot sunshine without changing color, we have never seen its equal. 
It is not good one week and stained with pink and purple the next, 
like all the other light-colored Gladioli we have ever seen. It comes 
just the same each year, and week after week. I have seen a field 
in August under the most trying blazing sun appear almost like a 
field of snow. When planted late, and the nights become very cool, 
I have seen it streaked with pink more than at any other time; 
even then, if the spikes arc cut and placed in water when the four 
lower flowers are open, no trace of pink will appear. If at any 
season of the year the spikes are cut when the first two or four 
lower flowers open, and arc allowed to develop in water, it is posi¬ 
tively snow white. It is a good grower; bulbs healthy and strong, 
and in very many cases produces three spikes and three bulbs from 
one. To get the largest flowers and spike, cut off all but one spike. 
30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 
Cacti. 
These curious plants have of late become so popular that we have 
concluded to offer a selection of the best varieties to our customers. 
They require very little care as to watering, and will grow in any 
place, whether garden or conservatory. They are especially suitable 
for the parlor, where, if planted in decorated pots or vases, they 
will prove an attractive ornament. Some of the varieties have large 
flowers often measuring half a yard in circumference, while others, 
though smaller, are of the most brilliant colors imaginable, white, 
pink, orange, yellow, carmine, scarlet, lilac, etc. 
From our extensive collection, which numbers over 200 varieties, 
we will send 5 rare Cacti , each one distinct and named, all of 
blooming size, for $1 ; much larger plants for $2. 
10 scarcer varieties for $2.50. 
20 fine Cacti, each distinct, a fine collection, $5. 
50 fine Cacti, a beautiful assortment, $15. 
Pilocereus Senilis. Very curious indeed ; covered with long 
white hair, $2. 
Anhalonium Fisturatum. Most distinct and interesting, as if 
carved in stone, $1. 
Other still rarer sorts, $1 to $5 each. 
