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ALFRED F. CONARD, WEST GROVE, PA. 
The Most Delightful Flower Novelties of the Year. 
Red, White and Blue Water Lilies. 
WILL GROW IN ANY TUB, WATER BOX OR POND. 
Few plants are more beautiful than these grand new water lilies — floating in graceful beauty 
in the water and filling the air with their delicate perfume. The three elegant varieties de- 
scribed below are quite hardy and 
grow from seed as easily as other 
flowers. They commence to bloom in 
a little over three months from time 
of planting, after which they will 
bloom regularly and continuously every 
season and throw up more and larger 
flowers every year. 
BLUE ZANZIBAR WATER LILY. The 
flowers of this grand African variety vary 
in color from clear sky-blue to rich purple; 
the stamens are bright golden yellow 
tipped with blue. The flowers open reg- 
ularly about nine o'clock in the morning 
and close at four o'clock in the afternoon. 
Pkt., 12 cts. 
RED ZANZIBAR WATER LILY. Exactly 
similar to the above except in color, which 
varies from rich, rosy pink to deep crim- 
son. Pkt , 12 cts. 
WHITE NIGHT-BLOOMING WATER 
LILY. This splendid variety has the 
curious habit of opening its flowers about 
% eight o'clock at night and closing them 
| about noon the next day They are pure, 
f pearly white, perfectly flat and of circular 
\ form. Pkt., 12 cts. 
7 ACACIA FARNESIANA. A very beautiful 
easily grown plant that should be better 
known, delicate fern like foliage and 
charming tassel like golden yellow flowers 
deliciously fragrant, should be started 
early in-doors. Pkt. 6 cts. 
ANCHUSA CAPEN- 
SIS or Large Flow- 
ering Forget-me- 
not. A fine hardy 
annual, grows about 1 
two f e et high, 
branches freely and 
bears a profusion of 
lovely sky blue 
flowers, each with a 
clear white eye, 
blooms early and 
continously all sum- 
mer, fine for cutting 
and bouquets. Pkt 
4 cts. 
AM ARA NT H U S 
GIBBOSIS. Avery 
handsome ornamen- 
tal foliage plant 
with long drooping 
tassals of purpleish 
red fl o w e r s, fre- Anchusa Capensis. 
quently two and a half feet long. Pkt. 3 cts. 
AMARANTHUS RAINBOW. Very beautiful and 
the finest of all the Amaranths; two to three 
feet high; fine pyramid form, each leaf two 
colors, half black and half green, changing in Au- 
gust to bright scarlet rose, pink, yellow, etc. 
Making a blaze of colors, which few other plants 
can equal. Pkt. 4 cts. 
ANTIRRHIUM, TOM THUMB— Dwarf Snap 
Dragon. A great improvement on the old sorts, 
they grow bushy and compact, only about eight 
inches high and are thiqkly studded with be <u- 
tiful clusters of gay colored flowers, orange, 
white, scarlet, rose, maroon, striped etc. Pkt. 4 cts. 
ACROLINIUM, (Everlasting) or PINK DAISY. 
Considered one of the most beautiful Everlasting 
flowers we have; grows one foot high; color, 
elegant pale pink, shading to rose, fine for bedding 
Abutelon Chinese Bell Flower or Flowering and borders, and when dried makes lovely winter 
Maple. bouquets. New double mixed colors. Pkt. 6 cts. 
Nymphea Zanzibarensis 
ABUTELON— Chinese Bell Flower or Flowering 
Maple as it is sometimes called, is a beautiful plant 
for house or window; may be bedded out in Sum- 
mer and taken up in Winter; grows easily from 
seed, and blooms very quickly. Lovely bell-shape 
flowers, borne all the year. Colors, pinl?, yellow, 
orange red, white, etc. The leaves also are beau- 
tifully mottled and variegated with green, white, 
and yellow, and are almost as pretty as the flowers. 
It bears hard usage well and always looks bright 
and handsome. Fine mixed, pkt. 8 cts. 
