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TENDER BULBS AND PLANTS. 
This Department embraces a large number ol our most beautiful Bulbs and Plants, as 
will be observed when we mention that it includes the Gladiolus and Dahlia, the Calla and 
Canna, the Geranium, Coleus, and, indeed, all our Bedding Plants. 
If the plants cannot be planted on their arrival they should be put into small pots, using a 
good, light soil, and watered thoroughly, after which shade them and water sparingly until they 
show signs of growth. 
Plants that are sent by mail have but little soil left on them, and they should receive very 
careful treatment, especially the first few days after their arrival. If they look wilted, put them 
in luke-warm water for fifteen or twenty minutes; this will greatly revive them. Those sent by 
express are generally in such condition as to require larger pots than the ones from which they 
were removed at the time of shipment. Caladiums, Tuberoses, Callas, Gloxinias and similar 
plants should, as a rule, be started as soon as received, while Dahlias, Gladioli, &c., should be 
kept in a cool place until proper time for planting. 
ABUTILON. 
Hard-wooded, greenhouse shrubs, blooming almost 
the entire year; well-adapted for house culture; also 
fine for bedding out in the summer; flowers bell-shaped 
and drooping. They arc called Flowering Maples, be¬ 
cause the leaf bears a strong resemblance to the leaf of 
our Sugar Mapie ; indeed the whole plant looks some¬ 
what like a dwarfed Maple tree. The Abutilons are very 
popular on account of their healthfulness, their cleanly 
habit and their constant flowering. Plants, 25 cents each. 
$2.50 per dozen, except where noted. 
Abutilon Arthur Belsham, large, clear crimson. 
Boule de Neige, flowers white. 
Darwinii, orange-scarlet, pink veined ; covered with 
flowers. 
Ella Ambler, orange yellow, red veined. 
Fraseri, new; bright crimson; flowers very large; 
35 cents each. 
Mesopotamicum, habit drooping, flowers scarlet 
and yellow. 
Mesopotamicum var., variegated foliage. 
Monarch, peach tint, veined with light crimson; 
flowers large. 
Perle d’Or. dwarf habit; flowers orange yellow. 
Robt. George, orange, veined with crimson. 
Roseum, pink flowers ; very free bloomer. 
Royal Scarlet, new; bright crimson; dwarf; 35 
cents each. 
Seraph, new; pure white ; 35 cents each. 
Santana, brownish crimson. 
Snowstorm, white; very fine. 
Abutilon Thompsoni variegata, leaves mottled with 
yellow. 
New Double, Thompsoni plena. This splendid 
acquisition is a sport from Thompsoni var. ; the 
foliage has retained the same variegation, but the 
flowers are large, full, and perfectly double; color,, 
rich orange, shaded and streaked with crimson ; 
50 cents each. 
Yellow Boy, fine yellow. 
ACHYRANTHES. 
Bright-leaved plants, used largely for bedding, for 
which they are admirably adapted. They are of easy 
culture, standing the hottest summer weather perfectly, 
per dozen, $2.00; each 20 cents. 
Achyranthes aurea reticulata, leaves green and 
yellow. 
Verschaffeltii, leaves carmine and pink. 
Lindenii, leaves dark blood red, one of the best 
dark-foliaged plants we have. 
Caesii, leaves large, green and yellow. 
Hoveyi, leaves large, carmine, crimson and bronze. 
Emersonii, like Lindenii, but lighter shade. 
Collinsi, the finest variety yet introduced ; foliage 
golden yellow and green, beautifully variegated ; 
stems and midrib crimson. 
ACHANIA. 
Achania Malvaviscus, a greenhouse shrub, with 
scarlet flowers; blooms summer and winter ; 
not subject to insects of any kind. One of the 
most satisfactory house plants grown, .... 25 
ACALYPHA. 
Acalypha marginata, an elegant foliage-plant. 
The leaves are green, beautifully banded with a 
narrow margin of pink and white. Very desira¬ 
ble as a house plant for winter,. 30 
