JAMES VICK , , ROCHESTER , N. V 
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PLANTS FOR ORNAMENTAL BEDS. 
As plants of Scarlet Gera¬ 
niums, Verbenas and Orna¬ 
mental Leaved Plants are so 
popular, making handsome and 
enduring beds fh,m June until 
frost, we offer the most popular 
kinds for making these beds at 
a very low price. We can ship 
as soon as the weather be¬ 
comes mild in the spring, but | 
there should be no haste in set¬ 
ting such plants out, certainly 
not until the nights are warm. 
Some common forms of these 
beds we give on this page. It 
is a custom in some places to 
raise these beds, as shown in the 
accompanying engraving, but it is not a good plan in a 
warm, dry climate, unless water is abundant, so that the 
bed can be showered every evening, for they dry out 
much quicker than flat beds, and arc not desirable. Our 
people have copied this plan from moist, foggy countries. 
When beds are made of several varieties of plants, and 
one or more grow so rapidly as to make the bed uneven, 
the rapidly growing sorts can be kept pruned back. In 
circular beds it is always best, of course, to place the 
tallest growing plants in the center, as it is in all beds 
that arc viewed from all sides, but a bed that is only 
seen from the front, like a border, having a hedge, or 
something like it for a back ground, should have the 
back row of plants the tallest, and the front ones the 
shortest. 
The proper distance for setting Bedding Plants is 
twelve inches apart, except Verbenas, which should be 
eighteen inches, and Alternanthera which should be 
only six inches. It is easy, therefore, to ascertain how 
many plants are needed for a bed of any dimension. 
The bedding system of gardening has been popular 
for some years, and certainly has its advantages. Plants 
are selected for this purpose that will keep in blossom 
the whole season, and the flowers of which will bear the 
sun without injury. By this plan, therefore, the beds, if 
well made, always look neat and beautiful. 
POPULAR BEDDING PLANTS. 
Plants in quantities, for bedding, packed and 
shipped, by Express, the purchaser to pay 
the charges, 
at the following prices : 
per dozen. 
per 100 
Geraniums, 
.Si 50 
$10 00 
Coleus, .... 
. 1 00 
7 00 
Achyranthus, 
7 00 
Alternanthera, 
. 1 00 
7 00 
Ccntaureas, 
. 1 50 
10 00 
Glauciuih, . . 
.1 5 ° 
10 00 
Verbenas, . . 
. 75 
5 00 
PLANTS and BULBS in $1.00 COLLECTIONS 
BY MAIL, POSTAGE PA 1 I 3 BY US. 
We will send either of the following, the selec¬ 
tion of varieties to be left with us. In 
ordering please state that Dollar Collec¬ 
tions are wanted ; we do not send parts of 
Collections. 
8 Achyranthus,. £i oo 
8 Abutilons, . 1 oo 
8 Begonias, .... i oo 
8 Monthly Carnations, .i oo 
8 Coleus,. i oo 
8 Chrysanthemums,. i oo 
8 Fuchsias, .i oo 
8 Geraniums, .i oo 
8 Heliotropes, . i oo 
6 Hydrangeas, . i oo 
8 Lantanas,. i oo 
8 Pelargoniums,. i oo 
6 Monthly Roses, .i oo 
5 Hybrid Perpetual Roses,. i oo 
4 Climbing Roses, . i oo 
8 Salvias,. i oo 
8 Perennials, assorted, . i oo 
8 Basket Plants, . i oo 
8 Ageratums, . .. i oo 
8 Alternanthera,.. . i oo 
8 Perennial Phlox, . i oo 
8 Ivies, assorted,. i o<? 
12 Gladiolus, named,. i oo 
25 Gladioulus, fine mixed,. 1 00 
6 Pseonies,. 1 co 
6 Lilies,. 1 00 
6 Ferns,. 1 00 
6 Hardy Shrubs and Climbers,. 1 00 
If those ordering prefer to have them sent by Express 
and pay the charges, we will furnish any three of the 
above Collections for $2.00, and any five for £3.00, and 
any nine for $5.00. 
