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Heliotrope 
Grevillea • Silk Oak 
Robusta. Decorative pot-plants with ferny 
foliage. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Heliotrope 
Popular greenhouse and bedding plants 
with flat heads of deliciously fragrant flowers 
in shades of purple. 
Chieftain. 2 ft. Dark violet. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Giant Hybrids, Mixed. 2 ft. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Maurandia 
Choice Mixed. Desirable vines for winter 
flowering, with irregular, trumpet-like 
flowers of white, rose, purple, and blue. 
Pkt. 25 cts. 
Mimulus 
Moschatus. Musk. 6 in. Well-known, 
fragrant flowers for hanging-baskets. Yel¬ 
low. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Primula • Primrose 
Chinensis, Supreme Strain. Popular pot- 
plants for indoor use, with sprays of most 
beautiful and perfect blooms, handsomely 
and heavily fringed. Giant Mixed. Pkt. 
75 cts. 
Malacoides. Charming plants with tiers of 
relatively small, graceful flowers. Rose, 
Lilac, or W T hite. Each, pkt. 25 cts. 
Obconica gigantea, Supreme Mixture. 
A hybrid type with giant flowers, large 
foliage, and sturdy flowering spikes. Pkt. 
25 cts. 
Stellata, Choice Mixture. Unsurpassed 
strain of this new type; fine for cutting 
and pot-culture. Pkt. 75 cts. 
Saintpaulia • Cape Violet 
Ionantha. Compact pot-plants of the 
gloxinia family, with attractive blue flow¬ 
ers of violet shape. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Solanum 
Pot-plants valued for numerous, brightly 
colored fruits. 
Capsicastrum. Jerusalem Cherry. Scarlet. 
Pkt. 15 cts. 
Clevelandi. Cleveland Cherry. Brilliant 
red. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Primula obconica 
Stevia 
Serrata. Useful sprays of small, fragrant, 
white flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Streptocarpus 
WOODGRO SELECTED, GIANT 
MIXED. Gorgeous pot-plants with 
sprays of trumpet-shaped flowers of the 
gloxinia type, velvety in texture, in 
beautiful colors. Pkt. 50 cts. 
PRACTICAL GARDEN BOOKS 
Written by well-known authorities in a concise and lucid manner, well printed on good paper, profusely 
illustrated and attractively bound in durable covers. 
Books mailed free of 
THE BOOK OF ANNUALS. By Alfred C. Hottes. Over 100 
separate species described, with full directions for their culture 
and uses. 182 pages, 155 illustrations. Cloth, $1.50. 
BOOK OF PERENNIALS. By Alfred C. Hottes. How to 
successfully grow and enjoy over 140 genera of our most 
popular and durable of border plants. Pronunciation is given 
under each genus. 280 pages, 103 illustrations. Cloth, $1.50. 
1001 GARDEN QUESTIONS ANSWERED. By Alfred C. 
Hottes. Covers all phases of gardening on the medium-sized 
place—flowers, fruits, vegetables, trees, shrubs, walks, etc. 
A veritable encyclopedia. 320 pages. Cloth, $2. 
GARDEN GUIDE. Each subject by different experts. In¬ 
formation on every phase of gardening pertaining to the 
average-sized home. 388 pages, 275 teaching illustrations. 
Cloth, $1.50. 
BOOK OF SHRUBS. By Alfred C. Hottes. A complete, non¬ 
technical description of the common species with their char¬ 
acteristics, uses, soil, pruning, and propagation. Lists of differ¬ 
ent shrubs for different purposes. 446 pages, 187 illustrations. 
Cloth, $3. 
ROCK GARDEN PRIMER. By Archie Thornton. Unusually com¬ 
plete on construction. Also gives care and culture of plants. 152 
pages, 70 illustrations and 4 color plates. Imitation leather, $2. 
MODERN DAHLIA CULTURE. By Wm. H. Waite, the origi¬ 
nator of “Jersey’s Beauty” and other highly popular Dahlias. 
132 pages with 24 illustrations and 6 color plates. Cloth, $1.50. 
MILADY’S HOUSE PLANTS. By F. E. Palmer. How to care 
for and raise all house plants that succeed in the home. 176 
pages, 96 illustrations. Cloth, $1.25. 
LANDSCAPING THE SMALL HOME. By E. W. Olver. 
Written especially for the amateur with a small place. 160 
pages, 52 illustrations and planting plans. Cloth, $1. 
charge at prices given 
PRACTICAL PLANT PROPAGATION. By A. C. Hottes. 
How to increase plants as practiced by professionals. 224 
pages, 106 illustrations. Cloth, $2. 
PRACTICAL VEGETABLE CULTURE. By A. E. Wilkinson. 
The growing of vegetables for home consumption and on the 
farm for profit. 308 pages, 177 illustrations. Cloth, $2. 
WATER GARDENS AND GOLDFISH. By Sawyer and 
Perkins. Two closely related subjects treated under one cover. 
Small and medium pools. 112 pages, 59 illustrations. Cloth, $2. 
WOMAN’S FLOWER GARDEN. By Jane Leslie Kift. The care 
and treatment of plants in the home and their cultivation out¬ 
doors. 160 pages, 15 illustrations. Cloth, $1,25. 
GARDEN FLOWERS IN COLOR. By G. A. Stevens. Prob¬ 
ably the most useful flower book ever published. For the 
beginner in gardening it not only describes specimens of about 
every family of plants the average gardener would grow, but 
shows them in color. Anyone can plant a garden with this 
book as a guide. With more than 450 flowers in color, the 
advanced gardener will find the book a valuable assistant in 
planning color schemes and a standard work of reference. 
This new edition is printed from the original plates. 319 
pages. $1.98. 
ROSES OF THE WORLD IN COLOR. By Dr. J. Horace 
McFarland. This, the most beautiful rose-book ever published, 
contains 266 illustrations in full color and 58 other pictures in 
black and white. There are descriptions of 557 roses, together 
with careful cultural instructions. The author of this great 
book, Dr. J. Horace McFarland, is editor of the American Rose 
Annual and has gathered the material for the book from plants 
actually growing in his famous Breeze Hill Gardens and from 
correspondence with the rosarians of the world. 296 pages. 
$3.75. 
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