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Vice's * Floral * Quide. ■**- 
As beds of Scarlet Geraniums, Verbenas and Ornamental-leaved plants are so popular, making handsome and 
enduring beds from 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 becomes mild in the spring, but there should be no haste in setting such 
plants out, certainly not until the nights arc warm. It is a custom in some places to raise flower beds in the 
center, 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 are 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 sort 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 are 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 Alternanthcra 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 
per 100 per dozen. 
$ 7 co Centaureas,. 50 
7 00 Coleus,. 1 00 
10 00 Geraniums, . 1 25 
10 00 1 Verbenas, . 60 
following prices : per dozen. 
Achyranthes,. $1 00 
.1 00 
. 1 5o 
. 1 50 
Alternanthera 
Caladium Esculentum 
Cannas. 
PLANTS AND BULBS IN $1.00 COLLECTIONS. 
per 100. 
$10 00 
7 00 
8 00 
4 00 
BY MAIL, POSTAGE PAID BY US. 
1 hese collections we offer for the benefit of our retail trade, and pride ourselves on our success in giving 
perfect satisfaction in the past. Each plant is well grown, carefully labeled, and in good, thrifty condition. 
NV e will send one-half of any two Collections at the same price as one. In all cases the selection of varie¬ 
ties must be left with us. If those ordering prefer to have them sent by Express and pay the charges, we will 
furnish any three of the above Collections for 52.00, and any five for 53.00. 
10 Abutilons,. $1 00 
10 Achyranthes,. 1 O o 
10 Ageratums,. 1 00 
10 Alternanthera,. 1 O o 
10 Basket Plants,.1 00 
10 Begonias, .1 00 
8 Bouvardias,. 1 C ;> 
10 Carnations, Monthly, 
10 Chrysanthemums, . . 
10 Coleus,. 
8 Ferns, . 
10 Fuchsias, . $1 00 
10 Geraniums,. 1 00 
12 Gladiolus, named, ... 1 00 
25 Gladiolus, fine mixed, . 1 00 
5 Grapes, 1 year, assorted, 1 00 
4 Grapes, 2 years, ass’rted, 1 00 
8 Hardy Shrubs & Clim’rs, 100 
8 Heliotropes,. 1 00 
8 Hibiscus,. 1 00 
6 Hydrangeas,. 1 00 
10 Ivies, assorted, .1 00 
8 Lantanas, . $1 00 
8 Perennials, assorted, . 1 00 
8 Perennial Phlox, .... 1 00 
8 Roses, Hybrid Perpet’al, 1 co 
10 Roses, Monthly, .... 1 00 
8 Roses, Climbing, .... 1 00 
10 Salvias,. j 00 
75 Strawberries, 3 vars., 1 00 
12 Tuberoses,.1 00 
16 Verbenas, assorted, . . 1 00 
12 Verbenas, best named, . 1 co 
