Ornamental and Fruit Trees, Shrubs and Vines. 
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HARDY HERBACEOUS FLOWERING PLANTS. 
Showy and beautiful plants of the easiest culture ; suitable for beds or borders in the garden or lawn. 
ORNAMENTAL 
GRASSES. 
CACTUS. (Prickly Pear.) Rich, yellow flow'er, 
translucent and satiny. 15 cts. 
DAY-LIIjY. Yellow; large clusters of lily-like 
yellow flowers. 15 cts. 
Double. Showy clusters, 4 feet high, of tawny 
yellow, double flowers. 
Blue. Small blue flowers. 
White. Clusters of pure white flowers in midsum¬ 
mer. Fragrant and beautiful as an Easter Lily. 
DKSMODIUM. Shrub-like plants of graceful form 
from Japan. 
Pendulitlorum. A mass of beautiful, bright pur¬ 
ple flowers in August and September. Excellent 
to brighten up the shrubbery. 50 cts. 
Japonicuiii. Drooping spikes of w’hite flowers. 
50 cts. 
FOXGLOVE. Spikes of purple or white flowers. 
A stately old-fashioned plant. 10 cts. 
LYCHNIS plenissima. {L. flos cuculi. Lamp- 
flower.) Showy pink flowers all summer. New. 
PEONY, Herbaceous. Great blooms. 25 cts. 
Tree. $i to $1.50. 
PHLOX. Showy plants in late summer. Great im¬ 
provement has been effected in the Phloxes dur¬ 
ing the past few years. They come now in clear, 
bright, decided colors, as well as in the most deli¬ 
cate shades, blen¬ 
ded in beautiful 
combinations, sOy^b^ 
that they are nowt^1j| 
among the mosty^^y^ 
popular late sum¬ 
mer bloomers. 
Pink, White. 
June. 10 cts. 
Y U C C .V . (Spanish 
Bayonet.) Vigor¬ 
ous evergreen 
plants with cream- 
white, waxy flow¬ 
ers in showy pani¬ 
cles 4 feet high. 
They will grow in 
dry and exposed 
situations. yucca. (Spanish Bayonet.) 
KUI..VLI.A ZKHRINA. 
IKIS. {Fleur-dC'lis.) A class of indispensable garden flowers 
Being hardy, and of the easiest possible cultivation, they are 
admirably adapted for amateurs’ use. They like rich, good soil^ 
moist if possible, and an open but sheltered situation. They 
should not be planted about trees or shrubs, where the roots of 
the latter might impoverish the ground, and render it unduly 
dry in summer. 
German. Flowers blue, yellow, white, brown and intermediate 
shades. 10 cts. 
Japanese. Unequaled for size, delicacy and rich colors. 15 cts 
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY. Well-known spring favorite. 10 cts. 
JAPANKSE IKIS. 
The Ornamental Grasses form beautiful groups or ad¬ 
ditions to beds of flowering shrubs. 
EI’IjAUA. Graceful and showy throughout the season ; 
will grow in wet ground, and form pretty plumes for 
winter decoration. 15 cts. 
Japonica. Green foliage. 
V'ai’ie^ata. Leaves striped. 
Zcbrina. Leaves variegated in cross bands. 
Gracillima. The most graceful sort; leaves slender. 
PAMPAS GRASS, {Erianlhus ravennce.) Plumes of 
dark pearly color ; height 8 feet. 
BAMliOO. {Arundo donax.) Height 8 to to 12 feet. 
Hardy. 50 cts. 
