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MME. VAN DER 
CBUY88EN. 
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(AZALEA IND1GA). 
The plant shown 
above measured 18 
Inches across. 
CHINESE AZALEAS 
No plant has Increased in popularity during recent years with such amazing 
rapidity as the Chinese Azalea. A fow years ago the annual importation of these 
from Belgium and Holland into the United States would hardly exceed twenty-five 
thousand, to-day it probably reaches two hundred and fifty thousand. At Easter 
they are seen in every church and in the windows of our finest residences through¬ 
out the country. Keep outdoors in a shady place in summer. 
— DOUBLE-FLOWERED AZALEAS. 
A. Borsig. A pure white, fine flower and form. One of the best. 
Apollo. Large semi-double flower; blood-red. Very showy. 
Bernard Andrea Alba. Very fine double white. 
Concorde d’Orange. A grand double red, the best extant. 
Dame Matson. Clear white, red markings. Very showy. 
Deutsche Perle. Pure white ; fine for forcing. Very early. 
Docteur de Moor. Intense rose and violet. 
Empereur de Bresil. Double pink, edged white. 
Illustration. Pink, marked white. A very pretty sort. 
Imperatrice deslndes. Bose, edged white. 
Mme. Camille. White, striped and stained red. 
Mme. Van der Cruysseu. Bright rose. (See cut above.) 
Niobe. Pine double white of extra substance. 
Raphael. Pure white,double flower of fine form; late bloomer. 
Simon Madner. Large flower, intense rose. 
Vervaeniana. Exquisite form, splendid habit, very free- 
blooming, and one of the very best for forcing. A beautiful 
rose, deeply edged with white and spotted slightly with 
rosy red on the lower part of the upper petals, the white 
delicately feathered with rose where the two colors join. 
SINCLE'FLOilZERED KZHLEHS. 
Apollon. Large, single white, sparingly lined red. 
Eugene Mazel. Salmon rose, upper lobes. 
Mme. de Grevy. Flesh color, spotted crimson. 
Queen of Whites. Very fine, pure white. 
Roi d’Hollande. Blood-red, spotted black. 
Sigismond Rucker. Lilac rose, striped white. 
Versicolor. Pure white, heavily striped and stained deep red. 
Fine plants, 14 to 16 inches across, $1.00 each, $10.00 per 
doz.; 12 to 14 inches, 75c. each, $7.50 per doz.; 10 to 12 inches, 
50c. each, $5.00 per doz. 
Special. — Specimen plants, 18 to 24 inches wide, $2.00, $3.00 
and $4.00 each, according to size. 
This unique variety is well shown in the illustra¬ 
tion below, which represents a plant growing in a 
6-inch pot, demonstrating its fitness as a pot plant 
for window or conservatory. The contrast between 
the green and white is sharp, and the habit of the 
plant is dwarf. It will be of exceptional value for 
edging subtropical beds, as the general style of the 
plant is such that it harmonizes splendidly with 
Palms, Dracenas, and especially with Crotons, for it 
bears full exposure to the sun with splendid results; 
it also grows in shade. Price, 20c. each, $2.00 per 
doz., $12.00 per 100. 
flBUTI bONS 
GENERAL COLLECTION OF STANDARD SORTS. 
Boule deNeige. Pure white, the best in its color. 
Eclipse. Golden spotted leaves, semi-drooping. 
Erecta. Bright pink, orange veins, flowers erect. 
Golden Bells. Deep rich yellow, very free. 
John Hopkins. Deep yellow flowers, very pretty. 
Mary Miller. Deep rose, pretty pendulous flowers. 
Megapotamicum. (Syn. Vexillarium). A running 
variety ; bright red, yellow and brown centre. 
Megapotamicum, var. Leaves spotted yellow. 
Prince of Heilbron. Large variegated leaves, yel¬ 
low and green, flowers orange, veined red. 
Snow Storm. Pure white, semi-dwarf in growth. 
Santana. Deep red, fine flowers. 
Thompsonii plena. Golden spotted leaves, double 
orange flowers. One of the most distinct. 
Souvenir de Bonn. Beautifully variegated leaves 
of good size, regularly and evenly marked with 
white and green ; orange-colored flowers. 
Price, 10c. each, set of 12 for $1.00. 
DWHRF HBUTILONS. 
Distinct from the others, growing only about 18 
inches high and covered with flowers the entire 
season. Calypso, white; L’Africain, dark crim¬ 
son; Infanta Eulalie, beautiful light blush pink. 
Price for the above, 15c. each, 3 for 40c. Special 
Offer .—Set of 17 Abutilons, including the new 
Japanese maple-leaved variety, for $1.50. 
NEW JAPANESE MAPLE-LEAVED AHUTILON, BAVITZI!. 
NEW JAPANESE 
MAPLE-LEAVED 
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