PARTIAL VIEW OF ONE OF OTJR STORES AT OUR ANNUAL 
SUMMER EXHIBITION. 
Adenophora Potanini. 
Lovely new shrubby Campanulacea, producing elegant and slender 
flower-spikes, 2 to 8 feet In height, during the months of July and 
August, which ard garnished with numerous, large, hell-shaped flowers, 
IVt Inches in diameter and of a beautiful light bluo color. Splendid new 
hardy perennial. 
Agrostemma Hybrida Walkeri. 
. Exceedingly pretty,free-flowering, new dwarf, bushy, 
hardy perennial, about 1 foot high, growing freely 
In’common garden soil. Large, single, brilliant, pink 
- no were...... a... Pk t. 15 
Ajuga Metallica Crispa. 
' This novelty excited tin? admiration of all visitors 
r to our grounds. It is distinguished by most pe- 
iYuHurly curled foliage, distinctly observable in the 
illustration; The very dwarf, regular, compact habit 
in combination with the curious and beautiful struc¬ 
ture of the dark green leaves with a metallic gloss, 
and the short pyramidal-shaped flower-stalk closely 
set with small flowers of a beautiful ultramarine-blue, 
give a charming appearance to the plant. Wonderful 
effects are obtained with this novelty in forming 
carpet-beds, borders, etc., especially when in bloom. 
Height of plant and flower-stalk about 4 to 5 inches. 
The seed Is sown in pots or In the frame, the sellings 
transferred to small pots, and later on planted in the 
garden at a distance of from 8 to 4 inches apart. 
Comes quite true from seed. (See cut.) . Pkt. 25 
NEW ANEMONES. 
“St.Brigid.” These beautiful Irish Poppy-flowered 
varieties produce in abundance large, single, seinl- 
double and sometimes double flowers of an endless 
variety of colors, from maroon and brightest scar¬ 
let to flesh pink and from lilac to purple. Some are 
mottled, striped,ringed,etc'. Some of them measure 
from 8 to 5 Inches across. For cutting they are 
unsurpassed, and in the garden they flower until 
after frost. Sown early they will flower the same 
season, and being hardy will flower even more pro¬ 
fusely the swond year and afterward. Pkt. 15 
Honorine Jobert Gigantea. This new hardy 
Japonlca type Is exactly reproduced from seed, and 
surpasses in vigor as well as beauty the old sort by 
its large and beautiful foliage, which is heavy, reg¬ 
ular in form and of a rich, shiny green. The large 
stalkH, which are straight, produce numerous great 
flowers of a pure white about a beautiful yellow 
disk..;... Pkt. 20 
NEW BALLOON VINE. 
(CARDlOSPERHUn HIRSUTUM.) 
A very pretty and graceful annual climbing plant; 
from seed sown early in the house and transplanted 
to the open in the month of May, they reach a height 
of about 18 to 25 feet; the flowers are fragrant and 
hang in white bunclfes. llut it is most interesting on 
account of its triangular inflated seed pods, which 
resemble winged balloons..!........-.'...... Pkt. 15 
A JUGA META 
lJEGONIA HYBRIDA, 
BEGONIA VERNON, “ 
Asparagus Sprengerii. 
(EMERALD FEATHER.) 
A most lovely trailer; invaluable as a pot plant, for baskets or for 
decorations; the numerous fronds are frequently 4 feet long, well dressed 
with leaves of a rich shade of green, retaining their freshness for weeks 
after being cut; white flowers followed by red berries. A fine house 
plant, as it withstands dry atmosphere. (See cut on 
page 150.) . Pkt. 25 
NEW BALSAHS. 
“Prince Bismarck.” An improved Oamellia- 
flowered German Balsam; very double and large 
perfect blossoms of a brilliant salmon-rose color, 
a superb and beautiful new shade. Pkt. 20 
Alba Perfecta. An improved Camellia-flowered 
German Balsam, with extra large very double 
flowers; pure white. Pkt. 15 
Barbieria Glabella. 
A beautiful variety of the “Porto ltico Climber.” 
llica. Said to be hardy, but we think it safer to grow it in 
a greenhouse in winter. The graceful, many-leaved 
foliage is glossy and'evergreen, and the flowers of 
brilliant red are borne in profusion during the whole 
summer.... Pkt. 20 
NEW BEGONIAS. 
Double Vernon. The Single B. Vernon has been 
favorably known for several years as a showy 
bedding or pot plant, compact, leafy and a free 
bloomer, both foliage and flowers being of a rich 
metallic red when grown in the warm sunlight. 
This new variety with double flowers is a great 
acquisition. About 50 per cent, will come double. 
Pkt. 25 
Vernon, Crimson and Gold. A very striking 
variety of the above, with golden leaves, edged with 
a wide, deep red border. Flowers single,red.like the 
type. Very desirable. (See cut.) . Pkt. 25 
Hybrida Marmorata, “Butterfly.” A variety 
of large-flowering, tuberous-rooted Begonias, pro¬ 
ducing carmine and scarlet blossoms, strikingly 
mottled with white. (See cut.) . Pkt. 25 
Hybrida, “Yellow-centred.” Another of the 
large-flowering tuberous varieties, with flowers of 
a deep yellow, merging into rosy carmine at the 
edges of the petals. Pkt. 25 
Hybrida, “White-centred.” Very beautiful white 
flowers, shading to and bordered with some other 
,, color, such as oink, scarlet, orange, etc. Pkt: 25 
BUTTERFLY. 
Bidens Atrosanguinea Superba. 
A dwarf, bushy garden plant, only 8 to 1 2 Inches 
high, like a miniature Dahlia; vigorous and fre<* 
flowering from early summer until frost from spring- 
sown seed. The single daisy-like flowers, 4 to 5 
inches in circumference, are of the deepest velvety 
blood-red ; are borne on wiry stems about .12 inches 
long. ‘ Graceful and showy in the garden as well as 
foFbouquets. ....Pkt. 20 
Browallia Jamesoni. 
A charming plant for the cold greenhouse, well 
branched with numerous leaves, which are oval and 
of a deep shiny green, producing clusters of large 
and gold.” flowers of purplish orange of splendid effect. Pkt. 25 
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