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In the Land of Flowers.
A Booklet by Walter N Pike.
(With Portrait of the Author).
URING 1894 Mr Pike contributed a series of twelve articles, under the above title, to The Mayflower, which elicited so
many favorable comments, coupled with suggestions that the articles be issued in the form of a booklet, for general
circulation, that it was done.Mr. Pike revised the original chapter's and added another, containing many valuable
suggestions to those who contemplate making their future homes in Florida, or investing in the State in any way.
The various chapters cover a wide range of highly interesting and very fascinating subjects. There are descriptions of
trips on the St. John's, Ocklawaha and Indian River's, containing vivid pen portilyals of the luxuriant vegetation lining their
banks; descriptions of the rich tropical gardens of the Ponce de Leon and Tampa Bay Hotels, two of the largest and most
famous hostelries in the world; an account of the marvellous and world-famed Silver Spring, and the beautiful Indian
legend connected with it; a very interesting and instructive account of Orange and Lemon growing, with descriptions of
several varieties of the Citrus family not familiar to the inhabitants of the North ; and many more equally as interesting
subjects are fully treated in an instructive and interesting manner. Not the least interestiny is a chapter describing the
mammoth proportions attained in this clime by many of the common pot plants of the North.
The booklet will prove of exceptional value to the prospective tourist or homeseeker', while to the great majority for
whom there is no release from the rigor's oi a Northern winter, it will furnish an enchanting picture of a land "where it is
Summer in the Winter-time.” Many who have long been familiar with Mr. Pike's Floricultural writings have expressed a desire
for his picture, and he consented to allow it to appear as a frontispice in the booklet. It is a fine half-tone likeness from a photo-
graph taken especially for the purpose. Price of booklet, 10 cents per copy.
“ Your booklet called 'In the Land of Flower's' is received and gives us much pleasure. I have read a dozen or more books about
Florida. In comparison, I find one distinguishing excellence about yours which makes it unique; that is it is peculiarly Floridian
in its literary genius. Its easy, graceful style and its buoyant spirit seem the creation of sunshine and flowers. I have, for several
years, known the parts of Florida you describe, and I find the information you give to be very comprehensive and accurate. Its
masterful combination of the Esthetic and the Practical makes it a classical guide-book to the State. It is, for popular use, the best
book about Florida that has yet appeared.”_ CHARLES F. RUSSELL, N. Y.
Florida Souvenirs and Gurios.
Shell Napkin Ring.
E offer here a list of some of the most useful, interesting and curious Florida Souvenirs and Curios for the benefit
of our patrons. The articles composing this list we have carefully selected, after personal inspection, as the most
desirable among the long list of Souvenirs and Curios for which Florida is justly famous, and which are so eagerly
purchased by the thousands of tourists who, every winter, flock to "The Land of Flowers.” Many of the articles
here offered are especially appropriate for birthday gifts, party favors, holiday presents, etc., and their value to the recipi-
ents will be vastly enhanced on account of their associations with the land where it is always summer,
Alligator Tooth Jewelry.
This very unique and popular jewelry is made from
This is cut out of a curiously-formed and beautifully-
highly polished alligator teeth set in rolled gold, and pro-
tinted sea-shell, making a most unique ring. The shell is of
duces a very pleasing effect.
a beautiful pearl color', clouded or marbled with deep green.
Double Tooth Breast or Lace Pin...
Very nice for souvenirs, birthdays, favors, etc. Price.
Gent's Scarf Pin, very pleasing.........
30c.
either plain or painted ("Souvenir of Florida,'') each.
Fish Scale Jewelry.
This must be seen to be appreciated, as no pen can con-
Jessamine Perfume.
vey any adequate idea of its fairy-like beauty, its frosty The fragrance of the Jessamine is famous the world over,
whiteness and silvery sheen rivalling the famous Mexican and as it is the flower after which our nurseries are named,
filigree silver work. Particularly fine for evening wear.
it is but fitting that we offer its distilled sweetness to our
Breast or Lace Pin...
.30c.
patrons. It is prepared especially for us and are consider it
Orange Blossom Scarf Pin. ..25c. the most exquisite and lasting perfume maue. 20c, per
Pansy Scarf Pin.....
! quarter oz.; 30c, per half oz.; or 50c. per oz. bottle.
Beautiful Shells from the Gulf of Mexico.
There probably are no curios so popular with the majority as these "gems of the ocean's bed.''
Everybody admires sea-shells, and no cabinet collection of curios or "specimens” is complete
without at least a few. Shells from the Gulf of Mexico are justly noted for their great beauty and
variety of forms, and we offer them in collections at prices so low that everyone can possess a nice
assortment. We have collected them from the Egmont Key, an island on the Gulf coast of South
Florida, beneath the shadow of the great Egmont Lighthouse. It is not generally known that there
lie buried on Egmont Key about one hundred Union soldiers of the civil war', yet this is a fact, and
an almost impenetrable thicket has grown up over the spot. This historic fact adds to the interest
and value of the shells as souvenirs. A very wide variation is embraced in the forms, sizes, color-
ing, etc., of these shells, including all those shown in the cut and many others. Some appear as if
highly polished or enameled, while others look as though chiseled out of purest marble. The col-
lections we offer are of assorted shapes, sizes and colors, and specially selected for cabinets, brack-
ets, mantels etc. We send them postpaid at the following very low prices: 6 for 20c.; 15 for 40c.
TIDIW
Pen Holder and Paper Cutter.
This is an ivory pen holder and paper cutter combined, nine inches
in length, with six microscopic views of St. Augustine in the handle.
Very neat and pleasing, and a nice keepsake. 20c, each.
NOTE-- Everything will be sent postpaid at the prices quoted,
but cannot be sent in the same package with Seeds, Bulbs or Plants,
as the postage rate is one cent per oz.;
while on the latter the rate is one-half
cent per oz, We guarantee the safe de-
livery of everything which is pur.
chased from us.
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1889 NOTICE - 1900
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SHE beginning of the last year of the most wonderful century in the world's
history finds us better prepared than ever to serve the best interests of our
patrons. Classified, described and illustrated in this our Twelfth Annual
Catalogue, is the finest, rarest and most varied stock of Seeds, Plants and
Bulbs we have ever offered. Our life object is, to put the finest and rarest plants within
the reach of the most humble lover and cultivator of flowers, and our business motto:
The best quality of stock at the lowest prices which will admit of a fair profit.
Please Read the Following Special Instructions.
DO NOT order anything not offered in this Catalogue.
BE SURE and write your Name, Post-Office, County and State plainly, and state whether your order is to be forwarded
by Mail or Express.
ALWAYS KEEP a copy of the order, so you will know what you ordered. Patrons sometimes forget what they
ordered, and complain unjustly.
WE CANNOT fill any plant order amounting to less than 25 cents, or seed order amounting to less than 10 cents. It .
takes as much time and material to fill a 10-cent order as it does a 25-cent order.
ANY ONE adding 10 cents to their order can have it packed in a liberal quantity of Spanish Moss, which is so beautiful
for decorative purposes. Everybody is delighted with it. Besides, plants or bulbs packed in it are doubly safe, and
evaporation is reduced to a minimum. (See description on page 4).
BY MAIL we send everything postage paid, at the prices quoted, to any part of the United States and Canada, and
GUARANTEE their SAFE arrival. Once in a great while a letter fails to reach us, or the package we send gets lost in the
mail. When this occurs, the sender, after waiting a reasonable length of time, should notify us of the fact, enclosing of
duplicate order and stating how money was sent, and the matter will receive our immediate attention.
DY EXPRESS.-Goods ordered by express are sent at buyers' expense, but in many cases rather larger plants can be
sup, ied in this way at mail prices, and extras are included to help defray the transportation charges.
BY FREICHT we do not prepay charges, and do not consider it advisable to forward perishable plants by that means
td any distance. Freight service is to some extent uncertain, and there are often delays which would ruin a shipment of
plants. We do not guarantee safe arrival of Freight shipments.
WE GUARANTEE the safe arrival of everything ordered sent by mail or express, but immediate notice must be given
us of arrival of anything in bad order.
MONEY MAY BE SENT at our risk only by Money Order, Registered Letter, Draft on New York, and Express Money
Order. Do not send private checks in payment of bills. Banks now charge 10c. to 250, for collecting same. A3 Money
Orders are now sold at almost all Post-Offices, there are very few people not within reach of this convenient and secure
method of sending money. Be sure to have all Money Orders drawn payable at Jessamine, Florida,
DO NOT SEND STAMPS in payment for goods, if it can possibly be avoided, as we cannot dispose of them except at
a considerable discount. Where money cannot be sent by any of the above methods, use paper money, or silver sewed or
pasted up in strong paper or cloth, register the letter, and if your order amounts to 75 cents or more, deduct the registry
fee (8 cents) from it.
SPECIAL NOTICE.-On arrival of a parcel of plants, unpack carefully, taking care to see that nothing is overlooked,
and at once check with your copy of the order. If any of the plants appear wilted set the parcelin luke-warm water for a
short time, which will revive the foliage. After potting, do not at once set the plants in the sun; keep in mind the fact
that they have been in the dark and must again become used to the light. Remember that most plants grown in the dry
air of living-rooms will be benefitted by frequent spraying of the foliage.
Those sending us $1.00 may select to the amount of
Those sending us 2.00 may select to the amount of
Those sending us 3.00 may select to the amount of
$1.10 | Those sending us $4.00 may select to the amount of
2,20 Those sending us 5.00 may select to the amount of
3.30 ! Those sending us 6.00 may select to the amount of
$4.50
5.75
7.50
Rare Premium Offers. This year we offer two fine Premiums
absolutely FREE. See Descriptions,
Conditions and return Checks on pages 17 and 18.
pe HAVE MONEY ORDERS DRAWN PAYABLE AT JESSAMINE, FLA.
(International Money Orders at Jacksonville, Fla.)
Address all orders and communications to
Address all orders and communications to
THE JESSAMINE GARDENS.
Jessamine, Pasco Co., Fla.
W. J. ELLSWORTH, Manager.

JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.
Choice Specialties in Plants and Bulbs.
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M HE Plants and Bulbs offered under this head are those only of the most decided merit, possessing qualities which rjen-
der them worthy of special mention. We assure our patrons that everything included under this head possesses the
most desirable qualities calculated to recommend them to lovers of the beautiful, rare and unique; and a trial of any-
thing here offered will not result in the disappointments attendant upon the culture of many so-called Novelties
which are placed before the public without having been sufficiently tested. Our prices for these Specialties are lower in
many cases than is charged by many florists for the most common stock,
Japanese Cedar, or Sugi.
(Cryptomeria Japonica),
· In this rarely beautiful and unique Japanese evergreen we have a most
dainty and handsome jardiniere plant for general cultivation,-a plant as
beautiful as and more graceful than the rare and expensive Araucaria Ex-
celsa (for which indeed it is often mistaken), but which has the happy
faculty of successfully withstanding the trying atmosphere of living rooms,
a quality in which the tender Araucaria is woefully lacking. It is the only
plant at present known that is a perfect substitute for the Araucaria in ap-
pearance, and which can be grown with perfect success in any living room.
Of a beautiful dark green color and decidedly novel appearance it is as
decorative as a Palm in any situation, and sure to attract instant attention,
It is also grand for planting out on the lawn, being hardy in the open ground
as far north as Philadelphia at least, where in the awful cold of February,
1899, the ends of the Araucaria-like branches were killed back about 6
inches but no further harm was done it. Beautiful and novel as a house
plant, on the lawn where it has chance for full development it is imposing
and magnificent. It is the most generally planted timber tree of Japan, and
one of the most common trees of temple gardens, eventually attaining a
height of 100 to 125 feet. Of course as a pot plant it remains small and
bushy. It is a difficult plant to illustrate and our cut does small justice to
its unique beauty. Nice plants, 250. each ; larger, from 4-inch pots, for im-
mediate effect, 50c, each, postpaid..
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(Browullia Speciosa: Major).
This is one of the very best new flowering plants in a long time, a plant
which everybody can grow to perfection, which requires no fussing with or
coddling, and which is never out of flower, summer or winter. Those who
are familiar with the old summer garden form of Browallia would hardly
recognize this grand new sort as one of the family, so distinct is it. If the
young plants are frequently pinched they will grow in nice bushy form-
much prettier than in the cut-or if let alone the branches will trail over
the sides of the pot, forming a very pleasing effect. Tiny cuttings begin to
bud and bloom as soon as rooted and potted up, and from then on are never
out of flower. A plant under our observation has not been without flow-
ers in two year's, The flower's
measure from 14 to 2 inches in
diameter, and vary in color from
a light blue to a deep violet-blue,
with an almost white eye. It is
just as easy to grow as a
Geranium, and its color-blue--
rare among house plants. Does
equally well as a winter-bloomer
in the house, or a summer-
bloomer in the garden, All
who buy it are certain to be
delighted with it. Nice little
plants ready for immediate flow-
ering, only 150. each.
Chinese
Lantern Plant.
We do not recommend this
as a winter pot plant, nor the
edible qualities of its fruit, but
as a perfectly hardy herbaceous
perennial for the garden or bor-
der it is of the greatest value.
It is perfectly hardy everywhere,
and gets larger and stronger
with age, sending up every
spring a clump of stems, each 2
to 3 or more feet tall, which in
fall will hang full of large and
intensely brilliant scarlet "lan-
terns which last perfect for
weeks. Fine in winter bouquets
of dried grasses, etc. Showy
in the fall long after all other
plants are killed. Seeds, per
pkt., 5c.; plants, 10c, each.
CHINESE LANTERN PLANT.
Strobilanthes
Dyerianus.
A very beautiful foliage plant
which surpasses the finest Coleus
in the exquisite coloring of the
leaves. Forms a compact plant,
18 inches high with smooth leaves
6 to 9 inches long and 3 to 4 inches
wide. The undulation on the
surface of the foliage is furnished
with a bluish metallic hue,
shading into bright rosy purple
in the center, with light green
or grayish-green edges. Pro-
duces terminalerect flower spikes
6 inches long, and at a time-in
mid-winter--when they will be
most appreciated. It is just as
easy to grow as Coleus and bedded
out in the hottest sunshine
thrives to perfection and colors
up grandly. Pleases everybody.
Nice plants, only 150. each.
NEW GIANT BROWALLIA.
STROBILANTHES DYERIANUS.

CHOICE SPECIALTIES IN PLANTS AND BULBS.
The Chenille Plant.
(Acalypha Sanderi, or Hispida.)
This is the most remarkable and sensational plant novelty which
has been discovered and introduced for a generation, The Acalyphas.
hitherto known to plant lovers are remarkable for their highly-colored
and beautifully marked foliage (see page 43), in which they rival the
Coleus , but Acalypha Sanderi, to which we have given the very fitting
name of Chenille Plant, is one of the most gorgeous and peculiar flower-
ing plants thus far discovered. It grows up a straight, stout stem,
clothed with large, green leaves of good substance, and out of the axil
of every leaf grows a spike of blossom, glowing crimson-scarlet in color,
20 to 30 inches long, as large around as a person's finger, and looks exactly
like a long piece of crimson-scarlet chenille cord. They grow on the
plant exactly as our cut shows, and on plants a foot high the lower
flower spikes will hang below the bottom of the pot, and they continue
to lengthen as the plant grows larger. They last for weeks before fad-
ing, and before they fall off from one to two or three other spikes have
started out in the same leaf axil, and it is thus always in bloom-January
to December, Even tiny plants in thumb-pots bloom, though of course
the spikes are proportionately smaller, It proved the past summer to
be splendidly suited for planting out-of-doors in the climate of the
United States. Will stand a good deal of feeding. This plant was
discovered in New Guinea by the botanist Monsieur Micholitz, spring-
ing not simply from the ground, but also from the tops of the mud huts
of the savages. He at once collected specimens of the plant, and traveled
with them three thousand five hundred miles to Singapore, to ensure safe
shipment, so certain was he that their great beauty would excite.
admiration among plant lovers. We are among the very few who
offered this rare plant last year. This year it will be generally cata-
logued as a leading Novelty, and under all sorts of fanciful names,
We gave it the name of Chenille Plant, and no other name fits it so well.
Price of fine plants, ready for immediate blooming, 250, each..
New Hybrid Moonflower.
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CHENILLE PLANT (ACALYPIA SANDERI.)
he tropics. It begins to bloom from 30 to
45 days earlier, has much larger flowers
les
across, which are produced in even greater profusion, have a
charming fragrance, open earlier in the evening and remain ex-
panded until the next forenooli, Both foliage and flowers vary
in form on different plants, some flowers being scalloped, other's
perfectly round, while others are five-pointed or star-shaped :
the foliage varies from the original shape of Oak-leaved and
heart-shaped forms, which is an added charm and interest. In
a warni, sunny position the plants will grow with the greatest
luxuriance and rapidity to a height of 50 feet, and in the soft.
moonlight the hundreds of immense saucer-like fiowers of pearly
whiteness produce an effect as indescribable as it is grand. Fine
plants 15c, each. -
Des For other varieties of Ipomoeas, see page 59.
The “Boston Fern.”
(Nephrolepis Exaltata var. Bostoniensis.)
This glorious Fern received its name
on account of the immense quantities of it.
grown by the florists of Boston and vicin-
ity. No other Fern ever attained such
wide-spread popularity, and the demand
for it seems unending. It is in reality sim-
ply a weeping and very much improved
form of the Nephrolepis Exaltatu or Sword
Fern, which we offer on page 39. Like the
Sword Fern, the Boston Fern" is as easy
to grow as a Geranium, flourishing alike in
full sun or deep shade. Our cut of it is
absolutely true to life, having been made
from a photograph of a plant belonging to
a lady acquaintance in New York State.
The photograph was taken when the
plant was less than two years old. It is
now much larger and constantly grow-
ing. We saw the plant a year ago the past
fall and measured and counted its fronds.
There were between 90 and 100 of them, and
the longest ones measured 5 feet and 6
inches in length and 4 to 5 inches broad,
“BOSTON FERN.”
arching over in the most graceful man-
ner on all sides and their tips just
escaping the floor. Only 3 years ago this (1899) Christmas it was presented to her, a tiny -
plant, in a silver Fern-dish for the table. It has been grown ever since in a furnace-
heated sitting room, and has received no other attention than an occasional repotting and
regular watering. Price of nice mailing plants, 15c. each.
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This is in reality the old but rare Lantana Delicatissima,
being reintroduced at the North as a new weeping variety.
However, it is one of the very best, and should be grown by
everybody, Fine for baskets, vases, pots or win-
dow boxes. Produces a greai abundance of deli-
cate, drooping, leafy vines, covered nearly all the
time with large clusters of lovely lilac flowers with
white eye. The color is an exquisite shade which
never fails to win the admiration of the ladies.
Tiny plants in thumb pots bloom beautifully and
constantly. Only 10c, each ; 6 for only 50e.
COPYRIGHT BY ABLANC
JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.

Phrynium Variegatum.
It is impossible to convey by description or cut anything like a correct idea of the
great beauty of this new ornamental foliage plant. Its habit of growth is almost pre-
cisely like the Canna, and it grows from a tuber, and may be wintered dry-like a
Gladiolus--if desired, or it may be kept growing the year around as a pot plant. The
Canna-like shoots grow from a foot or 18 inches to 3 feet high, and the leaves, which
are spreading blades of oblong-lanceolate form, are from 6 to 10 inches long and 2 to 5
inches broad. They are bright pale green, beautifully variegated with pure white and
rich cream, the variegations being extremely diversified: indeed in our beds of thou-
sands of the plants it is almost impossible to find two leaves exactly alike. In some
leaves the whole area is pure white or rich cream color, in others only one-third or
one-half, in other's again it is reduced to a few stripes or faint lines-and all these
variegations in one plant. It is very free growing and one of the most ornamental
plants imaginable, either for pot culture or for bed-
ding out. It is a grand plant to border Canna-beds
with. The variegations grow constantly better and
more varied as the plants grow older and larger.
Price, 15c. each; 3 for 40c.; 6 for 750., 12 for $1,30,-
Pernambuco Pineapple.
OINEAPPIE
A l'emarkable and very rare Pineapple from Brazil
which is especially adapted for pot culture on account
of its bearing while young and very small. The fruit
of this sort is never seen in the markets, as it will not
stand shipping, being so tender and juicy that it must
be eaten from the rind with a spoon. A tumbler full
of juice can be squeezed from half an apple as easily
as from a lemon, It is almost as tender and juicy as a
watermelon, and its aroma and flavor are superb-
truly “ fruit fit for the gods." The fruit is without
question the finest for table use in the world. The
distinguishing tint of the foliage is bronze and is
highly effective and ornamental. Price, 30c. each.
poo For other Pineapples and culture see page 42.
COPYRIGHTED
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PHRYNIUM VARIEGATUM,
Butterfly (rchid.
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Spanish Moss.
(Epidendrum Venosum).
This exceedingly beautiful
Florida Orchid is in reality im.
mensely superior in beauty to
many a $5.00 species. It is very
hardy, standing quite severe frosts,
and will thrive anywhere that a
Geranium will, All it requires is to
be fastened onto a rough block of
wood or bark and be dipped into
water frequently, The plant is
composed of a mass of green bulbs
and stiff, thick, waxy leaves. In
summer it produces long spikes of
showy flowers, an inch or more in
diameter, of beautiful shades of
pink and greenish-chocolate color,
changing with age to rich yellow
and chocolate, May be grown in
pots of peat, moss and charcoal
mixed, as well as on wood. Nice
plants, 150, each; or nicely blocked
and ready to hang up, . as shown in
the illustration, 350. each. Very fine
large clumps (unblocked), 30c. each'
p The blocking is very easily
done with a piece of wire and tacks.
The long, graceful, silver-gray
festoons of this beautiful Air Plant
-Tillandsia Usneoides, erroneously
called a moss-hang like long
streamers from the limbs of
the trees, producing an indescrib-
ably beautiful effect as it waves
back and forth in every passing
breeze. In the North it can be used
with the most charming effect for
draping over picture frames and
rustic work, in living rooms, and
for decorating Christmas trees and
booths at church fairs, etc. It re-
mains fresh and beautiful for
months, and if occasionally taken
down and thoroughly wet will re-
main fresh and growing for an in-
definite period. The longest and
most perfect strands, 20c, per pound.
(To Canada, price 30c. per pound).
BUTTERFLY
ORCHID
Marantas.
Anyone adding 10 cents to their
order for plants or bulbs can have it
packed in a liberal quantity of Span-
ish Moss. Everybody is delighted with
it. See offer on first page.
Arundinacea-This is the
Aru or true Arrow Root plant
from which the arrow root of
commerce is obtained. It is not
only a very interesting plant,
but a very beautiful foliage
plant, and produces pretty,
small white flowers. It soon
fills a pot, making a fine speci-
men, quite distinctive and trop-
ical in appearance, and is very
effective among other pot
plants. It may also be bedded
out, if desired, and will flourish
in any position, no matter how
poor the soil. Fine tubers, 10c.
Massangeana-A beauti-
ful and most useful dwarf
growing variety, especially
adapted for use in connection
with Ferns for filling Fern pots,
jardinieres, etc. Its leaves have an ex-
quisite, silky appearance and are beauti-
fully covered with rich markings; the
outer portion is olive-green, the middle
a silvery gray color, ornamented with
ARROW ROOT.
large blotches of dark velvety purplish maroon. It is of a much neata
er habit of growth than the cut indicates. Fine plants, 250. each.
MARANTA MASSANGEANA.

CHOICE SPECIALTIES IN PLANTS AND BULBS.
“Lily of the Palace.”
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The above name is a very appropriate one for the Agapanthus
(or African Lily, as it is sometimes called), for it is a loyal plant
and flower in every sense. Each crown produces an abundance of
dark green, waxy, Amaryllis-like leaves which last for years, and
throws up flower stalks 2 or 3 feet tall, crowned with immense um-
bels of from 80 to 100 exquisite long-tubed Lily-like flower's which
remain unfaded for weeks. It may be confined to a good-sized pot,
pail or keg, but if not divided will finally fill a tub, as shown in the
cut, and produce 30 to 40 stalks cf fiowers at one time. One of the
grandest pot plants in cultivation, Should be given an abundance
of water in summer, while growing and flowering, but allowed to
rest over winter in cellar or pit.
Blue Agapanthus-Flower's a lovely sky-blue color. One of
the grandest pot plants in cultivation. Fine plants, 20c, each,
White Agapanthus-Just like the Blue in every respect except
the color of the flowers, which is pure white. A very lare sort,
hardly known outside of the very choicest collections of plants.
Fine plants, 250, each,
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Eranthemum Pulchellum.
A fine pot plant for winter blooming, producing lovely, deep
blue flowers very freely from Christmas until spring. It grows in
nice, bushy shape, with many side branches, terminated with a
spike of numerous blossoms; leaves dark green and wrinkled. It
is of the easiest culture, requiring but
little care, and this, combined with
its rare color, will make it very popu-
lar. 10c, each,
PWN
LILY OF THE PALACE, OR AGAPANTHUS.
Baby Primrose.
Blue Vaisy.
(Agathea Cælestis).
Daisy-shaped flowers of intense
blue, with yellow disc for center. A
fine companion to the Paris Daisies or
Marguerites on page 49. Price, 15c.
Panax Victoriæ.
An elegant variegated pot-shrub
from the South Sea Islands. The cut
falls very far short of doing it any-
thing like justice, and no adequate
idea of its beauty can be conveyed by
the pen. The leaves form a dense,
plumy, gracefully recurving mass of
foliage, and the whole appearance of
the plant is graceful and distinct in
the extreme. The lateral leaflets are
forked or trifid, and the upper and
terminal one larger, the edge lobed
and spinosely toothed, and having
the border prettily margined with
white. Elegant is the word which best
describes it, and on seeing the plant
one instinctively classes it with the
Palms, Ferns, and other floral aristo-
crats. But it is not a bit difficult to
grow; if care is taken not to allow it
to become chilled it will succeed per-
fectly in any living-room window. It
makes an elegant table plant. Cata-
logued only a short time since at
$1.50 each. Our price of nice plants,
only 25c. each.
This remarkably floriferous and
exquisitely beautiful perpetual bloom.
ing little Primrose has become ex-
tremely popular among the city for-
ists, and we seriously doubt if there
is a flower lover in the land who could
resist buying the plant if he or she
could but see it. Baby Primrose is a
happily appropriate name for it, and
"the little darling!" is the exclama-
tion which almost invariably springs
to the lips of those who see it. It
forms a dense rosette of somewhat
fleshy leaves, from which spring the
numerous flowering stems, 6, 12, 15
and even 20 inches tall, each support-
ing three tiers or whorls of dainty
flower's of a delicate rosy lilac with
eye of pale gold. The individual flow.
ers are not more than half an inch in
diameter, but they are produced in
such great abundance that they pre-
sent quite a dense mass of bloom.
Tiny plants in thumb-pots will carry
several flower-spikes at one time, a
6-inch pot will often carry 50 spikes,
while large pans or' saucer's give 200 or
more, and it continues blooming
without interruption and with in.
creasing vigor from September until
June, when it is benefitted by a rest.
Prefer's a good open soil, not too rich,
and a cool place. Does finely in win-
dows too cool for most house plants. It
is not poisonous, as is Primula Obconica
to some persons, Price, 20c, each.
PANAX VICTORIÆ.
Screw Pine.
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(Pandanus Utilis.)
One of the most noble, beau-
tiful and useful decorative
plants that can be grown, while
its vigorous constitution en-
ables it to stand more neglect.
without serious injury, than al-
most any other plant we know
of, Whether in the window
garden, the center of a vase, or
hanging basket. or among the
piazza plants in summer, it
fills a place for which it seems
especially adapted. The sharp-
ly serrated edges of the leaves
are bright red and the body of
the leaf green, Fine plants,
20c. each; much larger, elegant
specimens, 750, each.
Golden-leaved
Honeysuckle.
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A beauty which becomes a
great favorite with everybody.
Leaves small and so netted and
veined with yellow as to give
this hue the predominance
flowers yellow and sweet. 150.
PANDANUS UTILIS, OR SCREW PINE.
BABY PRIMROSE,

JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA
Palm Grass,
Hibiscus South-
ern Beauty.
old
This is the plant which we
formerly catalogued under the
fanciful but meaningless name of
• World's Fair Beauty " (the name
under which it came to us. It
has so impressed us with its great
beauty and desirability that we
decided to rechristen it with a
name worthy of it, and to present
a cut showing it both as a garden
and pot plant. In the open
ground it will grow to the height
of 8 or 10 feet, if allowed to do so,
but it is better to keep it pinched
back to a height of 4 or 5 feet.
Every limb and twig is clothed
with deeply 5-cleft leaves, the
segments toothed and crimson-
margined, In late summer and
fall (until checked by frosts) it
covers itself with extremely
handsome and very striking flow-
ers, in color deep crimson, shading
deeper in the throat, which is
almost black, and velvety. As a
pot plant it commences to bloom
while very small, and we have
had them in thumb-pots carrying
flowers larger than the plants
themselves, May be wintered in
a pit or cellar, Nice plants, 150,
(Panicum Excurrens.)
A very elegant grass from
Natal, which makes an exceed-
ingly fine decorative pot plant.
Few would think it a grass, for it
much more closely resembles the
seed leaves of some Palms, partic-
ularly the Cocos. It also striking-
ly resembles Curculigo recurvata,
which is so much used for decora-
tive purposes, but is much hand-
somer and more easily and quick-
ly grown. Each leaf is a foot or"
more in length, two to three or
four inches wide in the center,
tapering each way and ribbed
lengthwise. A plant quickly forms
a clump of stems fifteen inches to
two feet high, each bearing sev-
eral of these leaves, which arch
gracefully outward, and forms a
very beautiful object. The blades
work up excellently in church
decorations, etc. as they do not
wilt rapidly, and have a very dis-
tinctive appearance, The cut
does not do it justice, as the plant
is much more attractive and orna-
mental than the cut indicates.
May be wintered in the window.
pit or cellar. Does splendidly in
the open gronnd in Florida. Price
of find plants, 10c, each.
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SOUTHERN BEAUTY HIBISCUS.
Crotons.
The Crotons are among the finest decorative
foliage plants known. They combine the gayest
and brightest colors with the most wonderfully
diverse forms, their varied hues far surpassing
autumnal effects, which artists are so fond of
painting. The leaves of all are more or less mar-
gined, sometimes entirely variegated with shades
of yellow, orange and crimson. Some have long,
narrow leaves, arching gracefully, fountain-
fashion ; others broad and short, oak-leaved, etc.;
some recurve very much, while others are fan-
tastically twisted, corkscrew-like, and all are
lovely. They make elegant jardiniere plants,
and are ideal plants for table decoration. They
love heat, sunshine and moisture, and should be
given as warm a position as possible in winter,
In summer they may be bedded out in full sun,
plunging them pots and all, Their great value as
summer bedding plants has only recently been
discovered, and they are fast becoming formidable
rivals of the Coleus, as they revel in the hottest
sunshine and are far more beautiful and gorgeous
in their coloring. But do not bed out until settled
warm weather, By plunging the plants in the pots
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CROTON,
PALM GRASS.
Tecoma
Capensis.
falls
there is much less danger of them
dropping their leaves when lifted
in the fall, which must be done
before the first frost. The follow-
ing varieties are recommended as
being very distinct in form, col-
oring and markings.
Aurea Maculatus - Small
leaves, neat habit, deep, bright
green, profusely spotted with
bright yellow. 150, each,
Disræli-A lobed-leaved vari..
ety with golden yellow ribs and
spots, 150, each.
Irregulare-Leaves irregular
in shape, often changing in form.
Has different shades of yellow,
orange and crimson. 150. each.
Multicolor-Dark green foli-
age, marked with yellow and
crimson, 150, each.
Nestor - The finest of all
Crotons. Olive ground, pink mid-
rib and cream spots. 20c. each.
Spiralis - Leaves twisted.
making a perfect spiral. 20c.
each,
SPECIAL OFFER-We will
send the four 150, varieties postpaid
for only 50c. or at 6 varieties,
amounting to $1., for only 850.
As its specific name indicates,
this is a native of the Cape of
Good Hope, South Africa, from
where so many choice floral gems
have come. It is a close relative
of the Trumpet Creeper, but small-
er and more delicate in stems.
leaves and flowers. The latter are
tubular, orange and scarlet, and
borne in dense racemes on the
ends of the branches. The leaves
are pinnate and of a dark, shining
green, contrasting finely with the
glowing heads of flowers, and
seeming to intensify their bril.
liancy. The plant may be trained
as a climber by furnishing it with
support, or as a shrub by cutting
it back occasionally, when it will
assume the form shown in the
accompanying cut. Treated in
this way it makes an elegant pot
shrub, beginning to flower while
in 212-inch pots and the plant very
small, and its period of blooming
is very prolonged. In fact, it is
almost a perpetual bloomer. It is
very fine for training in front of
piazzas in Florida. Price, 20c.
each ; larger, very fine, 30c, each.
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CHOICE SPECIALTIES IN PLANTS AND BULBS.
Solanum Rantonetti.
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The True Blue Solanum. This is a shrubby
sort which bears flowers of the very deepest and
clearest blue, which is brought out more vividly
by a yellow center, It forms a neat little bush
about 2 feet high, which is covered with bloom
during the entire summer and almost until
Christmas. As easy to grow and flower as a
Geranium, either in pots or in the garden. Price,
150. each.
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Asparagus.
Mirela
Sprengeri-This is one of the most distinct of
all the indoor species of Asparagus; the cut con-
veys almost no idea of its exquisite beauty and it
is simply impossible to over praise it. It is not at
all like the other two species offered. Its plume-
like growths, of a fresh, light or apple-green hue,
are thrown up in a free manner to a length of 3,
4 or even 8 or 10 feet, drooping gracefully and
naturally from pot or hanging basket. It re-
mains fresh and fair all the year round and in
winter adds the charm of numerous red berries.
For all indoor decorative purposes, it is in valu-
able. In water it will remain fresh for six weeks
after cutting, and we have had it remain fresh
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SOLANUM RANTONETTI.
on the walls perfectly dry for two
weeks. It has practically super-
seded the Smilax among: floral
1 decorators, and in the short time
since its introduction has attain-
ed a greater degree of popularity
than was enjoyed by that old
favorite in its palmiest days. It
succeeds perfectly as a house
plant and everybody should grow
it. Nice plants, only 150. each;
larger and very fine, 30c, each,
ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI.
Dracænas.
Elegant and highly decorative
foliage plants, their richly color-
ed leaves giving a striking tropi.
cal effect. Splendid companion
plants for Palms, etc.
Amabilis-A strong growing
variety with long, rather broad
leaves of bright glossy green,
prettily variegated with creamy
white and pink or pale violet
turning to rose. Nice plants, 20c.
each : larger, 35c. each.
Braziliensis -A very robust
grower, with broad, rich green
foliage. Very bold and striking-
a really tropical appearing plant.
Fine mailing plants, 20c. each,
Cooperi- A beautiful form of
D. Terminalis, with gracefully re
curved leaves which are of a deep
vinous red. A splendid decora-
tive plant. Fine plants, 20c, each.
Metallica -- Erect, arching
leaves which are coppery purple
when young, changing to dark
purplish bronze. Nice plants, 25C.
each; larger, 40c. each.
Terminalis Rosea-A mag-
nificent decorative plant, with
gorgeous shades of bright car-
mine, bronzy green and pink on
the foliage. It ranks among the
most beautiful foliage plants, and
in either large or small state it is
alike elegant and attractive, its
richly colored leaves giving a
splendid tropical effect. Makes a
beautiful piazza plant in summer
and window plant in winter,
growing freely in any good sandy
potting soil. Price, 25c. each;
larger and very fine, 35c. each.
VOlar
Plumosus Nanus-An ele-
gant dwarf Asparagus with stems
tufted. The leaves or plumes are
very dark green, as finely woven
as the finest silken mesh, and fiat
in form like a Fern-frond. It is
one of the handsomest and most
delicate appearing of all foliage
plants, sulpassing Maiden Hair
Herns in grace, fineness of texture
and richness of color, Yet in spite
of its filmy, delicate appearance
it is a sturdy, dust and gas-proof
plant which will flourish in any
apartment. Cut sprays retain
their freshness in water for three
or four weeks and for bouquet
green” its mazy fronds are sim-
ply exquisite. If kept in a
starved state it will assume a
dwarf form 6inches to a foot high
and well furnished with feathery
growth. But give it rich soil and
root room and it assumes a climb-
ing habit, clinging to strings
or other support like Smilax,
Trained on a globe-shaped trellis,
as shown in the cut, it will form
an object of exquisite beauty
which must be seen to be appreci-
ated. Nice plants, 15c, each: larger
and very fine, 30c, each,
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS.
Variegated Passiflora.
(Passiflora Quadrangularis Variegata).
This is a magnificent climber, a beautifully
variegated form of the Large Granadilla of South
America which is one of the most esteemed of
the edible fruited Passifloras in the tropics. Its
stems are four-sided (quadrangular) and its large
leaves, the size of one's hand, are bright green
covered with exquisite white and gold variega-
tions, rendering it so striking an object as to com-
pel instant attention and admiration. It pro-
duces beautiful white and purple flowers which
are highly odorous, followed by large and de-
licious greenish yellow edible fruits 6 inches in
diameter and 14 to 16 inches long. A rare and
highly desirable climber for the open air in
summer, and the window in winter, 15c, each.
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Cissus Viscolor, or
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This is not a species of Begonia but is called Thailing
Begonia from the coloring and marking of its leaves. It is
undoubtedly the most beautiful leaved climbing plant in
cultivation; in fact no known plant can exceed its rare
beauty in the matter of foliage. The leaves are long,
heart-shaped and as richly colored as the finest Begonia
Rex. The mid-rib and slightly toothed edges are red, while
the rest of the upper surface is silver and bronze-green-the
latter very dark along the crimson
mid-rib, and looks like bronze-green
velvet. The under sides of the leaves,
the leaf-stems, and the young vine.
stems are transparent wine-red.
For trailing over the sides of a win-
dow box or hanging-basket, to train
up around a window, or to grow on a
trellis, as shown in the illustration,
it is one of the most odd, useful and
beautiful plants. It will cover a
trellis completely all over, the elegant
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leaves overlapping each other like
shingles. It is
a very easy
plant to man-
age, but the
warmer it is
kept and the
more sun it gets
the richer the
coloring will be.
Where suffici-
ent heat cannot
be given it dur-
ing winter its
leaves will rip-
en and
CISSUS DISCOLOR OR TRAILING BEGONIA.
gradual-
ly fall off and the vine remain in a dormant condition until spring
when it will start into growth at every joint and make a magnificent
display all the summer and fall. During its dormant or resting period
only enough water should be given to keep its roots from drying
out, and it may be set back in some corner where there is only
partial light,-such a corner as most living rooms afford. We
know & lady in New York state who grows this plant in this
manner with the grandest success. Price, 15c. each.
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This Japanese climber is the most rapid growing vine
known, sometimes 13 inches in one day. It has a tuberous
root, which is perfectly hardy everywhere, and in spring
sends up vigorous shoots which will quickly shade an
entire piazza front, and clam ber to the top of the house
if allowed to. It was first brought to Philadelphia at
the time of the Centennial, by the Japanese who planted
it in their department of the exposition to produce the
quickest possible effect. Its foliage is very luxuriant-
much like immense Bean leaves--and its rose-colored or
purple and fragrant flowers are produced in large clus.
ters. For covering porches, arbors, fences, stumps, dead
trees, etc., with a luxuriant curtain of foliage and in the
sbortest possible space of
time there is no climber that
can equal it. In Japan it is
valued as an economic plant
of the greatest importance.
The leaves are used as
fodder for the cattle, an ex-
cellent starch is made from
the tuberous roots, and the
stems are prepared in various
manners and a kind of cloth
is made of them. In the
village of Taka-Mura alone,
it is said, over $50,000 worth
of this cloth is made annually.
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Sanseviera or Zebra Plant.
If a plantis wanted to grow anywhere, in or out of the sun, to stand drought, dust and heat,
and always look fresh and healthy, order one of these Sansevieras. They are beautiful plants,
splendidly adapted for the decoration of rooms and halls, for the centres of vases, baskets, etc.,
as they stand all manner of abuse (except freezing) with impunity eyen preserving their cheer-
ful look when you have forgotten to water them for a month.
S. Zealanica-Zebru Plant-This is also known by some as Alligator Lily. Leaves grow to a
length of 3 to 4 feet, and are beautifully striped and variegated crosswise with white on a
very dark green ground. Native of India, where it is known as Murva.* 15c, each
S. Cuineensis-African Bow-String Hemp-Very ornamental, and a fine companion plant for
the above. Its long, straight, sword-shaped leaves, growing from 3 to 6 feet long, and from
2 to 3 inches broad, are beautifully mottled gray and edged with brown, Native of Africa,
From the leaves a very superior quality of fibre is obtained. Price, 15c. each.
SANSEVIERA.

CHOICE SPECIALTIES IN PLANTS AND BULBS.
Butterfly Lily or Garland Flower.
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(Hedychium Coronarium.!
This magnificent East Indian plant is one of the most desirable acquisi-
tions to a collection of flowers imaginable. While the cut gives an excellent
idea of the general appearance of the plant, it conveys but a slight idea of
the chaste beauty of the large, snow-white and exquisitely fragrant flowers
looking almost like a bevy of large, white butterflies hovering over the plant.
Both plant and root are Canna-like, the shoots attaining a height of from two
to five feet and surmounted by large terminal clusters of the beautiful
flowers, more than one crop of which are produced from the same flower
stalk. Like the Canna it cannot be given too rich a soil or too much heat and
moisture when growing. Asa pot or tub plant it is truly magnificent, and if
given a large pot or tub as it becomes older, it will form a dense clump of
stems and be covered almost continually with a mass of its beautiful and frag-
rant flowers, Frequent applications of liquid manure are beneficial, and also
keeping the pot standing in water two or three inches deep. The roots may
be wintered in a dormant condition (in the soil) if stored in a warm, dry
situation, or if kept moist and warm enough the plant will flower the whole
year around. Fine roots, only 10c. each.
"I put the Butterfly Lily into a big tub, out-of-doors in a hot, sheltered location,
and made the soil very rich. I gave it lots of very warm water-in fact, kept the
soil soaked.-and to repay me I have had 8 flower stalks in bloom continually since Sept.
1st. On quiet evenings the odor is noticeable for 30 feet away. Heat, rich soil and warm
water are the secret of blooming."-S. S. ROPER, N. J.
Three Splendid Thunbergias.
Thunbergia Erecta- A beautiful shrubby species introduced from West Africa.
and one of the most handsome of all the Thunbergias. When cultivated in pots it
assumes a dwarf compact habit, and is covered almost thoughout the year with large
tubular flowers which are a very rich bright purple in color, with an orange.
yellow throat. It is especially fine for
winter forcing as its exquisite flowers
can be obtained then in great abun-
dance. Catalogued at the North at 75C.
each. Our price of nice plants only
BUTTERFLY LILY.
150. each; larger, 30c, each.
Thunbergla Fragrans-The annual climbing Thunbergias are well known
to most flower lovers, but this magnificent perennial species is known to but
very few, though it was first discovered in India a full century ago. It is of a
slender, graceful, climbing habit-much like the annual sorts--with deep green
waxy leaves which are cordate or hastate at the base, giving them a very dis-
tinct appearance. But its crowning feature is its flowers which are produced
in the great profusion. Each one is as large as a silver dollar, of the
purest waxy whiteness, with a delicate lemon yellow spot in the center or
throat. The plants begin to flower while quite small and continue almost
incessantly. It is equally valuable for open ground or pot culture, and after
growing all summer it may be cut back and potted for the window in winter.
No one should fail to grow this lovely vine. Fine plants 15c, each.
Thunbergia Laurifolla (Har.
risii) — An East Indian winter-
blooming climber of easiest culture
and most lavish in the production
of its flowers, wbich are borne in
good-sized clusters, are tubular in
form, two inches in length, of a
bright porcelain blue, with a yellow
throat. They are large and exceed-
ingly showy in conjunction with
the deep green, waxy, Lauret-like
leaves of the vine and are produced
in the greatest profusion from No-
veinber to May, The vine is a rapid
grower and is excellen* for cover-
(UNBERGIA ing trellises.
In a green.
house or con-
ser'vatory, or
in the open'ground in this State, where it can have plenty of
room to spread itself, it will quickly cover a good deal of
space and make a wonderful display. After through bloom.
ing the vine should be well cut back, and later the shoots
thinned and regulated. An extremely choice and rare
plant. Price, 200, each.
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West India Rattle-Box.
(Crotalaria Retusa.)
A low-growing, profusely branching plant, every branch
and branchlet ending in racemes six to ten inches long, of
beautiful large Sweet Pea-like flowers. These flowers are of
thick substance, fragrant, and in color golden-yellow. ex-
cept the keel in the centre, which looks
like brown velvet, and are as large as the
finest Sweet Peas. The flowers are fol-
lowed by clusters of short, smooth pods,
in which, when shaken, the seeds sound
like a child's rattle, hence its common
name. In the latitude of New York City
it will be best to start the seed in the
window or hot-bed, first soaking them in
warm water. It is an annual for the gar-
den, and few other plants will furnish
such a display of rich color. (See illustra-
tion on page 18.) Seeds, 50. per packet.
Nice plants, 15c. each; 3 for 30c.; 6 for 50c,
THUNBERGIA
LAURIFOLIA

JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.
The “Queen Lily.
Through a misunderstanding, this plant was described in our
1898 Catalogue as Strelitzia Regince, together with a cut of the latter.
Instead, the “Queen Lily” is a species of Curcuma, which belongs to
the same great family which includes the Bunand, Canna, Shell
Lily, Butterfly Lily, ete, We herewith present a true cut, which
gives some idea of the beauty of the foliage and flower's of this
plant. It grows from a small tuber, which sends up numerous
broad-bladed, rich green leaves, which are broadly veined and
beautifully arched. If it never bloomed it would still be as decora-
tive as a Palm, but in August or September a remarkable flower-
head is sent up; this is torch-shaped and consists of numerous large
bracts, which are pure white in color, beautifully tipped and tinted
with pink. Just under these bracts the true flowers appear, a single
one of which is shown in the lower left-hand corner of the cut.
These are yellow (sometimes white or pink), and look something
like little birds with raised wings. As they fade, others come out in
their places, forming successive crops of flowers. But the beautiful
bracts remain perfect and unfaded throughout the blooming season,
lasting in perfection a full month and often much longer. It is utterly
unlike any other plant in cultivation and sure to attract every-
body's attention. It grows to perfection in a pot of any good soil,
or in summer may be planted in a partially shaded location in the
garden. In winter withhold water and store pot of dry soil and tubers in a
warm closet or cellar, In the latitude of New Orleans the tubers are hardy in
the garden over winter. Price of fine tubers, only 10c. each,
Gloriosa Superba, or Climbing Lily.
A very rare and extremely showy plant of the Lily family, sub-climbing in habit
and requiring a light trellis for support. Under favorable circumstances it will at-
tain a height of 6 to 8 feet and bloom profusely the entire summer. Flowers axillary
in racemes at the ends of the stems,
which bear leaves remarkable in hav-
ing tendril-like apices. The flowers
bear as close a l'esemblance to Lilium
“QUEEN LILY.”
Philadelphicum as to almost any other
form, are curiously shaped, the petals narrow, turned back and up, erect,
deeply undulate, and of a rich orange and red color. It is its brilliant flowers
which gives it its name - from gloriosus, full of glory. Should be grown in a
pot of light sandy soil, with good drainage, giving plenty of heat and moisture
in summer. As the growth ripens in fall water should be gradually withheld,
and during winter the soil must be kept quite dry and the pots in a warm
place (a closet for instance), Exposure to cold when at rest is a point specially to
be avoided. Separate the bulbs only when repotting in the spring to start into
growth, as the roots are very brittle and break easily. The seasons of growth
and complete rest in a warm place, are most important considerations in its
culture. When the flowers first open they are apt to be disappointing because
of the predominance of green, but the green soon changes to bright orange,
and the plant then is indeed "full of glory.” Price of tubers, 256, each.
New Dwarf Justicia Velutina.
This new dwarf Justicia is a very great improvement on the old Justicia
Carnea in that it is much more dwarf in habit and a remarkably profuse
bloomer, Plants will begin to flower when they have but three or four leaves
and continue to bloom almost constantly. If pinched back occasionally it
will make a very dwarf, stocky, and shapely plant, frequently covered with 20
to 50 large flower heads, lasting a long time. The flowers are a beautiful soft
pink and the foliage is highly ornamental, being heavy in texture and very
velvety. It makes a lovely pot plant, for which purpose the Parisian florists
grow it in great quantities. And one summer we saw it used in New York as
a bedding plant with great success and charming effect, Beds were filled
solidly with it alone and bordered with Strohilanthes Dyerianus. The Justicias
were a mass of flowers, looking at a little distance remarkably like spikes of
exquisite pink Hyacinths, while the purple tones of the Strobilanthes height-
ened the effect wonderfully. It possesses all the merits necessary to make it
one of the most popular of all window and bedding plants. Price, 20c, each.
GLORIOSA SUPERBA.
pesso For description and prices of other varieties of Justicias see page 47
Everblooming Climbing Roses.
This class is of vigorous growth, nearly hardy, and produces freely and
constantly large clusters of lovely Roses. Magnificent climbers for the
South and fine for bedding or pots at the North. See special description and
illustration of, Marechal Niel Rose on 4th page of cover.
Caroline Coodrich (or Climbing Gen'l Jacqueminot)-Finely formed.
very double, deliciously fragrant; color same as that of General Jack.
Chromatella--(or Cloth of Gold) ---Clear, golden-yellow, large, very full
and double ; highly fragrant. Much prized in the South.
Empress of China-This Rose was brought to America from China by
a gentleman who says of it, that it commences to bloom in May and is
loaded with its elegant flowers until December. There is no other hardy
outdoors climbing Rose that will bloom continuously for so long a time-
over seven months of the year. Flowers of good size,from pointed buds.
soft red, turning to shell-pink as they open. Perfectly hardy and a strong.
rampant grower,
Marechal Niel-See cut and description on 4th page of cover,
Climbing Meteor-New; hardy and vigorous; color a rich maroon
velvety crimson. Finer than its parent Meteor.
Climbing Perle des Jardins-Possesses all the good qualities which
makes its parent so famous, and in addition is a rampant climber
Solfaterre-Fine clear sulphur yellow ; large, full, double, and very
fragrant; a valuable climber.
Climbing Wooton-New: flowers large, velvety-red and elegantly
perfumed; borne on long shoots. Both buds and open flowers elegant,
PRICES-150. each (except Marechal Niel); 3 for 40c, ; 7 for 70c,
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JUSTICIA VELUTINA.

CHOICE SPECIALTIES IN PLANTS AND BULBS.
Soine Rare Roses.
COPYRIGHTED 1889 B*
Beaute Inconstante-A wonderful sort which bears
at the same time coppery-yellow, deep rose, blush pink,
mottled yellow and apricot, light and dark crimson l'oses;
and these beautiful colors will sometimes be mottled in
a single flower. Should not be confounded with Childs'
Jewel, as it is entirely distinct, A free grower.
Gen. Robt. E. Lee-Color an orange-yellow, after
the style of Ma Capucine, only richer and better. Elegant
long buds, borne on long stems and in the greatest pro-
fusion. Sure to please.
Madame Caroline Testout-Color more brilliant
and flower larger than La France, the petals of the same
elegant form, but exquisitely edged and bordered with
clear silver-l'ose. Of excellent substance and a grand
sort in every way.
Madame Eli Lambert-Rich, creamy white, faintly
tinted with pale golden yellow, exquisitely bordered and
shaded with rosy flesh. Exceedingly beautiful and very
sweet.
Mdlle. Cecile Berthod-Most beautiful, both in bud
and flower; a deep golden yellow,-in fact, the deepest
yellow of any Rose. A grand sort which is always in
bloom.
Maman Cochet - A glorious Rose with Mermet-shaped
buds borne on long, stiff stems; the flower very double.
Color deep rose-pink, the inner side of the petals a silver-
rose, shaded and touched with golden yellow, The parent
of White Maman Cochet, offered below.
Princess Beatrice-Of strong habit, heavy foliage
coloring deeply, after the style of Perle; flower stems
stiff and upright and bright red, carrying large buds of
exquisite coloring, outer petals varying from canary to
golden yellow, edged lightly with bright rose color.
Princess Sagan -A strong groving Rose, with
small, closely-set, dark foliage, and medium-sized flow-
ers of the brightest scarlet and velvety tcxture.
Rainbow- A beautiful pink Rose, streakcd with
crimson, A very distinct sort, and cne of the leading
cut-flower roses in San Jo'ranciscc.
Souvenir de President Car
b oauty of form simply unsurpassed and
in color the loveliest combination of pink and white tints imaginable. One of
the finest Roses introduced in many years, and admireu by all who see it.
White Bougere-As pure white as Niphetos, of great substance, borne on
good stiff stems, and 50 per cent. more floriferous than Bride; a healthy grower.
w White Maman Cochet (or Priscilla)-The largest white Tea Rose and the
finest bedding sort in existence. An exact counterpart of its beautiful parent,
Maman Cochet, except in color, which is a pure, clear sn wy white throughout,
tho flowers remarkably round and full and delightfully tea-sce ted. Don't fail
to securo at least one plant of this beautiful Rose.
*** PRICES of the above Roses, 15c. each 3 for 40c.; 6 for 70c., 12 for $1.20.
WHITE MAMAN COCHET ROSE.
. For other varieties of Roses, including the Polyantha or Fairy Roses, the Ramblers, the Cherokee,
and Marochal Niel, see pages 56 and 61 and 4th page of Cover.
AUREL
WOWE
· Saint Joseph.
THE NEW PERPETUAL OR EVER-
BEARING STRAWBERRY.
YON
This is really the first truo perpetual large-
fruited Strawberry yet introduced, anl is entirely
distinct from the various improved forms of the
Alpine Strawberry, which have been offered at
various times. The Saint Joseph Strawberry was
ally obtained from seed after 13 years incessant
sor to that end, and was introduced and recom- -
mended by Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co., of
Paris, than whom there exists no more eminent
or reliable authority in the horticultural world,
he say of it, “ After several years of vial, all
the claims made for this berry were realized in a
striking manner,” and go on to say 'hat the plants
keen on producing fruit-bearing runners during
the entire growing season and until freezing
weather, and in such profusion that from about 30
plants a dish of well-ripened and delicious berries
could be had very day during the entire season.
ruits are frequently produced on the runners
even before they are rooted, and every flower,
even those borne latest, bears a fruit. Quite natur-
ally a plant bearing so enormously needs liberal feed-
ing. Tie fliage is dwa:f, lose, abundant, dark
reen, extremely vigorous, Tho berries are well
colored, of medium size with red flesh which is
very sweet, melting and perfumed and of a quality
equal to t finest in the Parisia i market.
While this rema kabl nev fr it has not yet
been fully tested the climate cf the United
..tates it is such a perfect success in Europe that
we stringly rec mmend plant in it fo: home table
use, But beware of spurious stock which is being sent
ou! urs w guaranted to be gonuine, true to name,
grown from imported stock. - rice of strong
plants to fruit this season, 1c, each; 2 for 250.; 5
for 50c.; 12 for $1.00; 25 for $1.60: $6 per 100.
NEW EVERBEARING STRAWBERRY SAINT JOSEPH,

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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.
Velvet Plant.
AO
SINN
Ooh
PITAN
WIN
(Gynura Aurantiacu.)
his is a plant of the greatest beauty and
just as easy to grow as a Coleus, yet it is very
scarce and but little known. No other name
could be so appropriate as Velvet Plant, for so
close is the resemblance that on first sight the
plant is almost invariably taken to be artificial.
Its stems and leaves are entirely covered with
glistening purple hairs and to the touch are as
soft and downy as a piece of rich velvet. They
shine and glisten and reflect many shades of col-
or, every time the plant is moved the color of the
foliage seeming to change. The leaves are about
the shape and size of those of the Coleus, but sey-
eral times thicker and long lasting; while the
plant itself is a strong, free grower. The beauty
of the plant is further enhanced by clusters of
brilliant orange flowers which are produced
when it has attained good size, It thrives under
xactly the same culture as does the Coleus, but
the more sun it receives the darker the color of
its foliage will be. A grand plant and one of the
easiest growth. Price of plants, 15c. each.
COPYR
ABLANC
COPYRIGATED
18953
A.BLANC & CO
SWAINSONA ALBA.
112
NOS
GYNURA, OR VELVET PLANT.
Melon Papaw.
(Carica Papaya.)
The economic qualities of this
remarkable tropical fruit plant
will be found described on page
41. It is introduced here as a mag-
nificent bedding plant for all
parts of the country-North and
South-and as easy to grow as a
Castor Bean. It forms a branch.
less, Palm-like trunk clothed with
the grandest leaves, each 2 to 3
feet in diameter, deeply cut and
divided, of a rich dark green col-
or, with white midribs and veins,
forming a beautiful contrast. If
set out in good soil after all dan-
ger of frost is past, it will grow
with amazing rapidity, attaining
a height of 10 feet or more and
standing the longest droughts
with impunity, always looking
fresh and vigorous. The male
and female flowers are produced
on different plants; those on the
male plants are produced in long
racemes, are pale yellow and
wax-like and exquisitely fra-
grant. As a pot plant the Melon
Papaw is highly decorative and
very unique. It grows from seed
with perfect ease; they should be
bown early in the window and
grown on in pots until time to
bed out. In transplanting be care-
ful not to bruise either the roots or
stems. We send out the plants
with the ball of earth about the
roots intact. Several plants can
be grown from a single packet of
the seed, and with them a won-
derful tropical effect obtained in
the garden or on the lawn. Price
of fresh seeds, 10c. per pkt. Price
of plants, 20c, each; 3 for 50c.
Swainsonas,
The Swainsona or Swanflower
is a beautiful everblooming plant
of recent introduction and equal-
ly adapted for house culture or
bedding out. The individual
flowers strongly resemble Sweet
Peas and are produced in elegant
sprays. The foliage, too, is ex-
ceedingly beautiful, being Fern-
like and very deep green, form-
ing a lovely setting for the ex-
quisite blossoms. It is of the
easiest culture as a pot plant,
flowering beautifully throughout
the winter months, and bedded
out in fully exposed situations it
will bloom allsummer long.
S. Alba-Flowers pure ivory
white and exquisitely beautiful.
150. each.
S. Rosea-Exactly like Alba
except the color of the flowers,
which is a deep shiny pink. Very
beautiful. The two colors make a
lovely combination, 15c. each.
AGERATUM PRINCESS PAULINE.
Ageratum Princess Pauline.
businesse s the
A new and most distinct and novel variety of dwarf compact habit, rarely ez.
ceeding 5 inches in height. A peculiarity of this sort is that both colors, blue and
white, are combined in the same flower; the body of the flower being white, while
the stamens are of a light sky-blue, giving the flower a very pretty variegated an
pearance. A very profuse bloomer. Price, 10c, each.
Dwarf Umbrella Plant.
Luig
(Cyperus Gracilis.)
This is a remarkably dwarf form of the regular
Umbrella Plant (described and illustrated on page 64.)
It grows only about a foot or less high, with slender
stems like knitting needles, crowned with tiny fairy-
like "umbrellas.” It makes a fine aquarium plant
and for table decoration is especially valuable. It
succeeds under almost any conditions and will please
all who give it a trial. Price, 15c. each,
Giant Umbrella.
(Cyperus Strictus.)
A truly magnificent and gigan-
MELON PAPAW.
tic species fine for growing in con-
junction with WaterLilies and
other aquatics. In rich soil and shallow water, or a very moist spot,
it will grow 6 or 7 feet high, with magnificent "umbrellas" 2 feet or
more across and of the darkest, richest green. Two or three of
these umbrellas” cut and placed in a jar or vase of water are as
decorative as the finest Palm Price, 15c. each.
DWARF UMBRELLA PLANT.
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Dwarf Geranium “Mars.”
This new dwarf everblooming Geranium is one of the most
remarkable of all plant novelties ever offered, and it will appeal
to a greater number of people, for who is too humble or too great
to love the Geranium ? and this variety is so well suited to the
needs of the great mass of plant lovers, Mars is the dwarfest
Geranium thus far introduced. Plants two years old are but 10
inches high; and it never makes a tall unsightly growth as other
Geraniums do, therefore it makes an ideal house Geranium and a
most valuable border for beds of plants of any kind, It is also
the freest blooming Geranium ever introduced. Our illustration
was made from a photograph taken March 3rd, of a plant grow-
ing in a 5-inch pot and bearing 22 flower-stems; but larger plants
have produced as high as 50 flower-stems at one time. This
wonderful freedom of bloom is kept up the year around, and one
plant of Mars will produce as many flowers as 25 ordinary Gera-
ntume. It is simply the case of a Geranium which devotes the
maximum of its energies to blooming and the minimum to
growth of stems and leaves. Its flowers are single, borne in large
clusters well above the dark green, brown-zoned foliage, and are
of a charming color, a deep salmon-rose which deepens at the
center but changes to pure white on the edges. In winter this
color is always distinct, but in summer sometimes it will throw
up spikes of flowers of a solid deep salmon-rose color. Very
small plants are just as floriferous as when older and larger, and the
freedom with which plants of all ages and sizes produce their
flowers is simply astonishing. Its dwarf, compact habit and its
remarkable freedom of blooming make it the peer of all pot
Geraniums. Price, only 150. each ; 3 for 40c.
New Dwarf Geranium - America"-Now comes a seedling
of Mars, just as dwarf, floriferous and wonderful in every way,
NEW DWARF GERANIUM "MARS."
Color brilliant and striking, being snow-white on the edge and changing
through all the salmon shades into deepest rose in the center, Flowers large
and not self-colored,-they are striped, mottled, blotched, and no two flowers
on a plant in bloom seem to be alike. The effect is something wonderful and
beautiful beyond description. A plant in a 2 inch pot carries a cluster of
flowers from 4 to 6 inches across, twice the size of the plant itself. Price. 40c.
The “Shell Lily.”
(Alpinia Nutans)
This is not a true Lily, but belongs to the same family as the Banand, and,
when fully developed, is one of the grandest tropical foliage plants imagin-
able. In a low, marshy corner of the Jardin d' Acclimatacion, in Havana,
Cuba, may be seen a great mass of it, 10 or 12 feet in height, with large, deep
green leaves, and terminal racemes 2 feet long of brilliant yellow, orange and
white flowers; it is also seen in equal beauty in parts of Florida, where there
is not much frost. Each individual flower is much like an exquisite crinkled
shell-hence its popular name " Shell Lily,'—and the colors, yellow, orange
and white, are as delicately combined and as strikingly contrasted as the
flowers of some of the finest Orchids. The foliage has a delightful aromatic
odor, for which alone the plantis vell worth growing. The Arabians call the
leaves "angels' wings; " they retain their fragrance long after being dried,
and the ladies prize them for sachets, and to put in drawers, desks, etc. In
SSHELL II
VIENE
ALPINIA
NUTANS)
pots it assumes a dwarf form of from 1 to 2 or 4 feet
bigh (according to size of pot), the numerous stems
arching gracefully and clothed from bottom to top
with the rich green fragrant leaves. A pot full of it
is almost as ornamental as the finest Palm, and it
may be set in a dark corner of the room for several
days in succession; while if the hand is brushed over
its leaves they will give forth their delightfully
spicy fragrance. And if given good soil and plenty of
water it will grow to perfection for anybody. Price,
15c, each.
Rhododendron Maximum
(Rose Bay or Great Laurel).
A superb hardy shrub or low tree, growing from
10 to 30 feet in height, having dark green, thick, glos.
sy evergreen leaves from 4 to 10 inches long, the fin-
est of all the species. Its large white blossoms, with
a shade of pink and a spot of yellow or light red, ap-
pear profusely in large trusses in July, the latest of
all the Rhododendrons-a quality which adds greatly
to its value as an ornamental. If it never flowered it
would still be well worth planting on account of its
lovely waxy foliage, which is beautiful the year
round, but in winter is particularly cheerful, With-
out doubt the noblest of all our native shrubs, and
absolutely hardy in Maine and Vermont. 20c, each.
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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.
Venus' Fly-Trap.
(Dionæa Muscipula,).
Our cut gives a good idea of this most
strange of all strange and curious plants, AS
shown, its/leaves are furnished at the ends
with a curious trap-like arrangement, the
inner suyface of which is covered with hair.
like sensitive organs, so that the moment an
insect lights upon them they instantly close
up, and he is held a prisoner until dead. It is
one of the so-called "carnivorous plants,"
which are believed to feed upon the insects
they capture. It is a highly interesting plant,
and produces a spike of beautiful white flow-
ers. It is easily cultivated as a window plant,
if given an abundance of water, which should
always stand in the saucer; it also likes plenty
of sun and muck or peaty soil, and does better
if a glass tumbler is turned over it, which
should be lifted occasionally and the moisture
wiped from the inside. It is extremely rare,
being found in but one place in the world.
Price, 15c. each; 3 for 40c.
ww
WN
NA
ROSE GERANIUM, MRS, TAYLOR.
VENUS FLY-TRAP.
Scented-Leaved
Geraniums.
Thalia Vivaricata.
Balm-Scented - Leaves have a
delicious balm fragrance. 10c, each.
Lemon-Scented-Small/leaves of
a delicious lemon fragrance! 10c. each.
as Oak-Leaved-Leaves marked with
black, and shaped like an oak leaf.
A lare sort, 10c, each.
Rose-Scented–The popular vari.
ety grown for the delicious scent of its
leaves, 10c. each,
Scarlet-Flowered Rose Cera-
nium, Mrs. Taylor-A distinct vari-
ety with a strong rose fragrance and
large, deep scarlet flowers of the Hybrid
Perpetual class, combining free-flower-
ing qualities with fragrant foliage.
For a winter pot plant cannot be sur-
passed, and fine for bedding. 10c. each.
Shrubland Pet - Small, light
green, very fragrant leaves; pretty
rose-colored flowers. 10c, each.
SPECIAL OFFER-A1 6 for 50c.
We are not aware that the Thalias
have ever been offered by Northern
florists. They are appreciated in Eu-
l'ope, where they are used in sub-trop-
ical bedding with grand effect, but in
America they are practically unknown,
This species is a native of Florida, and
is a magnificent ornamental leaved
plant deserving of extensive cultiva-
tion. It forms large clumps, some-
times reaching a height of 10 feet, sur-
mounted by panicled spikes of small
purple flowersIn general appearance
it resembles the Canna, to which it is
closely related, but is much more trop-
ical looking. It will grow in ordinary
soil or in shallow water (like the Cat-
tail) and may be treated in every re-
spect like the Cannd. The richer the
soil and the more water it has the more
luxuriant it will grow. It is a very
desirable plant to grow with aquatics,
and for the centers of beds of Cannas
and foliage plants, or as a tub plant
MUSA ENSETTE, OR ABYSSINIAN BANANA. Tol the Ta
ANANA for the lawn. Strong roots, 150, each.
Begonia Argentea Guttata.
This beautiful sort has the silvery blotches of the Alba Picta and the
grace and beauty of growth of Olbia, and is a cross between the two.
Teaves purple bronze, oblong in shape, with silver markings; flowers
white, in bunches on ends of growth stems. A most beautiful Begonia
and an exceptionally tough and rugged one. 150. each.
Abyssinian Banana.
(Musa Ensette.)
This should not be in any way confounded with the fruiting Bananas
offered on pages 40 and 41. It is entirely distinct in appearance and a
purely ornamental sort, its fruit not being edible. Also it never produces
any off-sets, but seeds instead, from which young plants are raised. In
mild climates it attains a height of 30 feet, with leaves 20 feet in length
and 3 feet broad. It is one of the most rapid growing, as well as the most
magnificent appearing, of plants, and small seedlings set out in the spring
in rich soil and kept well watered, anywhere in the North, will grow
luxuriantly to a height of at least 8 to 12 feet by fall, and the second year
they will grow much lar'ger. The long, broad and massive leaves are a
beautiful rich green, with a broad, rich mahogany mid-rib, producing a
fine contrasting effect. It is a splendid plant for bedding out, especially
for the center of Canna beds, etc., and as a tub plant for lawn or porch
decoration it is superb. May be wintered exactly as recommended for
fruiting Bananas; in fact, some florists simply dig up the plants, cut off
the leaves, wrap the stump in a piece of burlap and lay it under the
greenhouse benches until spring. Fine seedlings, 250, each.
Tradescantia Discolor.
No one would ever guess this to be a species of Wandering Jew, so
distinct is it in appearance. It is upright growing, like the Agaves, reach-
ing a height of from 12 to 18 inches; the leaves are sword-shaped, stiff and
fleshy, rich green above and bright purple beneath, the two colors forming
a beautiful contrast. It is a most effective vase plant, while as a pot plant
for room decoration it is both unique and beautiful. Owing to the fleshy
nature of the leaves it stands heat, dust and gas with impunity. Nice
plants, 15c, each; larger, 250, each; much larger and very fine, 35c, each,
COPYRIGHTED
1894 BY
W.A.B.& 9o.
OTA HEITE ORANGE, (SEE OPPOSITE PAGE.)

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15
Edible Oranges and Leinons Budded and
Dwarfed on Trifoliata Stock.
WUUMID
The large-fruited and large-growing Oranges and Lemons, budded on the Trifoliata
Orange, dwarts them into lovely little bushes for pots or tubs; but they will be just as
fruitful and floriferous, and bear just as large and fine flavored fruit as the big trees
here in Florida. These miniature trees loaded with full-sized fruits are exceedingly
ornamental. They also begin blooming at a very early age. In fact, these dwarf trees
begin to bloom when no larger than a Geranium; and plants only 15 inches high have pro-
duced at one time 150 buds and blossoms, But care must be taken or these little plants
will kill themselves bearing. All the fruits except 2 or 3 should be picked off until
the trees are 3 years old. They will thrive and fruit indefinitely--nobody knows how
long, for there are pot-grown specimens in Europe 300 years old. May be wintered in
the cellar iť desired, or kept up for flowering in February and March. The best soil
for Oranges and Lemons, when grown in pots or tubs, is a moderately heavy loam, to
which a liberal portion of well-decayed manure and sand has been added. During the
growing season a rather weak solution of liquid manure may be given regularly,
but as soon as growth declines this should be gradually stopped. All who want flowers
and fruit should grow only budded stock, as seedling
trees will not flower before they are several years old.
Kumquat, or Kin-Kan Orange-This unique
and wonderfully beautiful Orange is a native of
Japan, where it is known as Kin-Kan, which
means Gold Orange; its other name Kumquat-- is
Chinese for the same meaning. It bears in the
most marvelous profusion little miniature
oranges, no larger than a damson plum, of a rich
golden color and glittering amid the dark foliage
like burnished gold. The whole fruit, rind and
all, is eaten, and people become extremely fond of
them. The rind is sweet and the pulp agreeably ORANGE ON TRIFOLIATA STOCK,
acid, making a piquant combination. They are
also delicious preserved and crystalized. The plants begin to bear just as soon as they
have wood enough to hold fruit; and are loaded with fruit and flowers every year. We
have had little bushes only 20 inches high carrying upward of 100 oranges. We have put
in dormant buds in the fall that started growth the following March, bloomed and set
fruit in June, which ripened in the fall-only one year from the time the buds were inserted!
A small tree, not more than six feet high and five feet through, bore over 2,000 fruits, and
this is by no means an extraordinary yield for this sort. The branches are slender,
without thorns, the leaves narrow and oval, and the plant assumes a fine shape. As a
pot plant it will create a sensation everywhere grown, Price, 40c, each,
Buttercourt Orange--Of the large-fruited Oranges, this is the most wonderful as
regards productiveness, and is of the finest quality, tender, fine-grained, piquant, and
almost seedless. Loads itself with masses of fruit, which must be thinned out, or they
will bear themselves to death. Blooms several times a year, Price, 40c, each.
Mandarin Orange-(Willow-Leaved)-One of the dainty and elegant “ Kid Glove'
Oranges, so-called because the skin and sections part so readily that they may be eaten
without removing one's gloves. Fruit small and flattened, yellow, spicy and very
LEMON ON TRIFOLIATA STOCK. deliciou
TA STOCK. delicious. Elegant for pots. Price, 40c. each.
Satsuma Orange-One of the hardiest-budded on
Trifoliata stock 20° above zero does not injure it-and the
earliest ripening Orange. Fruit matures from September to
November. Belongs to the "Kid Glove" class, but is entirely
distinct from the Mandarin ; is very productive and of the
very highest quality and desirability, Price, 40c. each.
Trifoliata Orange-For an illustration and description of
this hardy Japanese Orange, see page 48.
Lemons-These dwarfed Lemons make the finest of
house plants, begin to bear almost at once and produce fruit
and flowers in great profusion, Flowers white, tinged with
pink; very fragrant, Everybody should have a Lemon tree.
We have the finest varieties, Price, 40c, each.
Note-We will send full printed cultural directions with
every order for Oranges or Lemons.
** The budded Orange I ordered from you two years ago has 7
large and very juicy oranges on it. In March the tree was just
covered with white and sweet blossoms. I never did eat an orange
equal to these-So sweet and good."- ANTON KANZ, Texas,
.
The Otaheite Orange.
(See cut on the opposite page. )
This wonderful Orange is a regular natural little dwarf,
growing no larger than a good specimen Geranium, and
equally easy to manage. Incredible as it may seem, it has
produced flowers and ripened its fruits perfectly in a 2-inch
pot. Its beautiful blossoms are produced in the greatest
abundance, are as fine and large as other Orange flowers,
and possess the same delicious fragrance. The fruits are
about half the size of ordinary oraliges, but of an insipid
flavor. It is not unusual for the plant to produce a full crop
of its exquisite flowers while yet full of its pretty fruits. It
is a plant of remarkable beauty, and has received unstinted
praise from every quarter. Fine mailing plants, large
enough to bloom, 15c, each; 3 for 40c.
"I am so well pleased with the 3 Otaheite Oranges I ordered
from you two years ago, I thought I would tell you that last March
and April they were all white with bloom, and now they are all
covered with golden fruit. Last week we had them at our church
to a Christmas entertainment, and they were admired by all.”—
IDA V. BURKHART, Pa.
DWARFED KUMQUAT ON KIN-KAN ORANGE
JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA,

The “Blue Spiræa.”
(Caryopteris Mastacanthus.)
Not a Spiræa at all, but belongs to the Verbena family, though it is a
hardy Spiræa-like shrub. It is a Chinese plant, and unmistakably one
of the finest shrubs introduced in recent years. The flowers are a rich
lavender-blue, a color so rare among flowers, and are closely clustered
around the stems, as shown in the cut. The leaves are strongly aro-
matic, and the flowers are also slightly fragrant, and bees are exceed.
ingly fond of it. It is perfectly hardy in the latitude of Philadelphia,
and in dry and favorable positions it has survived ordinary winters as
far north as Boston. But wherever the top will not survive, it may be
treated as a hardy herbaceous perennial. While it will succeed as a pot
plant, flowering profusely in 24 inch pots, it is as a hardy shrub that it will
give the greatest satisfaction. It finally attains a height of 6 feet or
more, and is one of the last shrubs to come into flower, opening out
about the first half of September, and lasting several weeks. Heat and
BLUE SPIRÆA.
drought have no effect upon it, and, blooming at the
time of year it does, it is a decided acquisition to any
garden. Price, 15c. each.
Allamanda Williamsii,
This magnificent variety is entirely distinct from all
others and it should have a place in every collection of
flowering plants. It is naturally quite dwarf and as a
pot plant forms a compact little bush with trusses of
bloom at every point. There will be from two to four
expanded blooms on each extremity at the same time
and buds innumerable. The flowers are thick and waxy,
of a very rich yet delicate tint of golden yellow, and are
deliciously scented. The flowers are from 3% to 454
inches across and contrast magnificently with the deep
green waxy foliage, Begins blooming while very small,
in 21-inch pots, con-
tinues flowering all
summer, and, with
proper management, in winter also. Nice
plants, 15c, each.
O For illustrations and descriptions of other
varieties of Allamanda see pages 43 and 57.
Pineapple Air
Plant.
(Tillandsia Utriculata.)
Bears a striking resemblance to
a Pineapple plant, minus the fruit.
In full-grown specimens the leaves
ALLAMANDA WILLIAMSII.
are two inches or more wide,
2 or 3 feet long, and beauti-
fully recurved. Grows on a block or limb the same as an Orchid. Pour
water in it frequently. Makes a most unique hanging plant. 15c, each;
extra large and fine, 25c, each.
Bougainvillea Glabra Sanderiana.
Bougainvillea glabra and B. spectabilis are the glory of tropical and
semi-tropical gardens, where they are not restricted in either root or top
growth In roomy conservatories they also make a grand display, but
are useless for window culture on account of the great size they must
attain before flowering. But this difficulty is entirely overcome in the
variety B. glabra Sanderiand, the difficulty being to get the plants to
grow to any size before they burst into bloom. When it was first intro-
duced and exhibited before the Royal Horticultural Society (London) it
was awarded a first class certificate, on account of its extraordinary
thoriferousness. Plants grown in 4-inch pots had stems a yard or so long,
wreathed from top to bottom in bright rosy-crimson flower-bracts and
yellow blossoms, It begins flowering in even smaller pots, and continues
in the greatest profusion from May to December. Fine plants, 200. each.
BOUGAINVILLEA GLABRA SANDERIANA.

CHOICE SPECIALTIES IN PLANTS AND BULBS.
Fancy-Leaved Caladiums.
Among ornamental foliage plants there are none more beautiful
in design or gorgeous in coloring than the Fancy-Leaved Caladiums.
They are simply wonderful in the colorings and markings of the
leaves, embracing every degree and shade that can be formed of
pure white, deep green and intense crimson. Some idea of the
manner of these variegations may be formed from our cut, but an
artist's brush could not portray the exquisite colors and marvelous
combinations. One variety may be regularly dotted with round
raised spots of white on a ground of emerald green; another be
ribbed with pink or scarlet and sprinkled with silver spangles,
while a third may be splashed and marbled with white or shaded
almost black. As the tubers become old enormous specimens may
be produced. They are of special value for pot culture and for win-
dow and piazza boxes. When the foliage dies down in the fall, let
the soil go dry, then set them away in a warm, dry, frost-proof
closet, without disturbing the tubers. In the spring turn them out
and repot in fresh, sandy soil. Or first, they may be quickly and
easily sprouted in damp moss set in a warm situation, Most of the
varieties planted about June 1st in partially shaded borders, succeed
admirably as bedding plants.
Annibal-Stems ebony; leaves, light green ground shaded dark
green; brilliant crimson ribs and nerves; ribs bordered crimson. 200,
Beethoven--Uniform green ground thickly speckled and spotted
with white; mid-rib white or with faint pink line. 150, each.
Boildeau-Body of leaf medium green with delicate veining of
scarlet; center of leaf and ribs deep rich scarlet150. each.
Christiana Ottonii -Leaves white suffused with green and
splashed crimson, Lovely. 200. each.
Duc de Rativor-Dark green ground more or less mottled and
suffused white; ribs and veins dull crimson. A fine sort. (See cut
and free offer below). 20c, each.
Duchartrii-Body of leaf rose-pink profusely veined and traced
with sea-green veinings and more or less splashed crimson ; very
effective; ribs lustrous green and leaf margined with a narrow
UND
band of green. 150. each,
Ed. Moreau-Ribs rich glossy crimson; center of leaf darker
crimson ; body of leaf rich deep green profusely spotted with ir-
regularly-shaped white blotches chang-
ing to rose-pink in the later growth. 150.
E. C. Henderson -- Green ground
thickly splashed and spotted crimson:
ribs pink bordered gray and scarlet. 20c
Emile Verdier-Gray-green ground;
ribs pale green; center dull red bordered
gray; deep crimson spots. 20c, each.
Enkei - Deep, lustrous green ground
FANCY-LEAVED CALADIUMS.
speckled white and profusely mottled white suffused with pink ;
a few large crimson splashes, 350, each.
Houletti --Deep green ground; white ribs and center, border-
ed gray; thickly spotted white. 20c, each.
Jupiter-Deep green ground, mottled and spotted white, with
deep crimson splashes; stems ebony, 15c. each.
Mrs. J. Linden - Deep green ground, mottled and splashed
white, suffused pink; ribs dull crimson, 150. each,
Rossinii-Ribs and center of leaf rich crimson; body of leaf
rich deep green with a few large, irregular, bright, blood-red
DUC DE RATIVOR.
blotches which look as though varnished. Very beautiful. 150.
Wightli-Entire leaf uniform green with silvery
white blotches and a lesser number of larger crimson
blotches of very irregular shapes. 20c, each.
SPECIAL OFFER.-Anij 3 of the 15c, varieties for 350;
or any 3 of the 200, varieties for 500.
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Alocasias.
Rare and very choice foliage plants belonging to the
Caladium family, and very striking and
beautiful either as pot plants or bedded out
in summer. Elegant for vases and piazzas.
Bataviensis-Has the same general
habit of growth as the Caladium Esculcn-
ALOCASIA ILLUSTRIS.
tum; the leaves are a peculiar shade of very
dark green, while the leaf stems are purplish black, covered with a whitish
bloom. A very handsome and desirable plant, Tuber's, 250. each.
Illustris-Leaves bright green but so heavily blotched with black-purple that the
green appears in the form of broad veins and borders, One of the most beautiful and
striking sorts of all. Attains a height of 3 or 4 feet, and will grow in shallow water or a
very wet place. Also does finely as a pot or lawn plant. Tubers, 15c. each.
Javanicum- Another equally rare and beautiful Alocasia and a fine companion to
the above. Its leaves and stems are of a bluish color: entirely different from the
above, and, with its big shield-shaped leaves, it presents a strikingly tropical ap-
pearance. Tubers, 15c. each.
Macrohiza Variegata-A very beautiful variety; large bright green leaves with slight-
ly waved margins, blotched and marbled white; footstalks also streaked white. Plants, 350.
CUT ON THIS LINE.
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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.
Seed Novelties and Specialties.
N this and the following page we offer a limited selection of Novelties and Specialties in seeds--but all particularly
meritorious and worthy of special mention. Our Tuberous Rooted Begonia and Hybrid Gloxinia mixtures are especially
fine, and from a packet of seed of each several dollars' worth of bulbs may be easily raised; the genuine Southern
Cotton, grown either as a pot or garden plant, will excite much curiosity; the new orange-yellow Cosmos, Klondyke,
and the Crotalaria Retusa are both extremely showy and beautiful; the Purple Feather Grass is something new, unique and
ornamental, as is also the remarkable Tomato Wonder of Italy, now offered for the first time in this country; while the
Christmas Orchid Flower, the gigantic
Nicotiana Sylvestris, and the Mayflower
Verbena possess most distinctive merits
to recommend them for cultivation.
Tuberous Begonia.
The rare beauty of the Tuberous-
Rooted Begonia, with its beautiful foli-
age and superb flowers of such brilliant
colors, and many of them of gigantic
size, is acknowledged by everyone who
has seen or grown them. We offer a
superb mixture of seeds from the very
choicest French, English and German
strains, whose superiority of form, size
and color is unsurpassed. They will
produce both double and single vari-
eties, running through a vast range of
colors and shades--many of the single
varieties producing flowers from 3 to 5
inches across. The seeds may be sown
any time from February to May, but
the earlier the sooner the plants will
begi! flowering. Several dollars' worth
of tnbers can be grown from a single
packet of our seeds. Per pkt. 10c.
COPYTO
BLANC
TUBEKOUS-ROOTED BEGONIA.
COTTON FLOWER AND COTTON BOLLS.
Cosmos Klondyke.
Cotton.
This new Cosmos is entirely
distinct in every way, having
rich, brilliant orange-yellow
flowers and beautifully cut
Chrysanthemum -like foliage,
with many petioles and midribs
of a rhubarb-red hue to the
front. The plants grow very
large and bushy and are com-
pletely covered from top to base
with innumerable rich, orange-
yellow flowers 24 to 314 inches
across, producing the most bril-
liant effect imaginable. Some-
times it begins flowering early
in the summer, and this habit
will undoubtedly soon become
permanently “fixed.” But if it
never flowered it would still be
well worth growing as a back-
ground to lower-growing flow-
ering plants, centers of beds,
etc. Seeds per pkt. 10c. (See
free offer below.)
One of the loveliest features
of the South is the Cotton fields.
first gorgeous with large, four-
petaled Hollyhock or Hibiscus-
like flowers of a crepe-like tex-
ture, and later white as snow-
banks, with fleecy cotton-bolls.
Cotton may be successfully
grown and fruited anywhere at
the North, either in pots or the
garden. Grown in pots dwarfs
it, but otherwise it is perfect-
a miniature Cotton plant bloom-
ing and fruiting. Feed with
liquid manure, give full sun
and plenty of water. Seeds
started early in pots and planted
out after danger of frost is past
make a fine show in the garden,
The flowers are followed by pods
which burst, Tevealing the
snowy fleece, Fine for winter
bouquets of dried grasses, etc.
Per pkt. 100,
1993
AA
CROTALARIA RETUSA.
Crotalaria Retusa.
Moreo For description and price of Crotalaria, see page 9.
Hybrid Gloxinias.
The Gloxinia is one of the most lovely pot plants
imaginable, and can and should be grown by every-
body. Through hybridization a race has been ob-
tained which bears flowers of a gigantic size and held
nearly erect, so that the border and throat, where the
great beauty of the flower lies, are plainly visible.
These hybrids are vastly improved in color as well as
form, and the flowers are produced in much greater
abundance than with the parents, The leaves of all
are of a velvety texture and a deep, dark green, so
that the plants are very ornamental at all stages of
growth. The flowers are tubular and tinted, mottled
and marked with the most delicate and rich colors
imaginable. Crimson, scarlet, violet, rose, white, etc.,
form the ground colors, and these are tigered, spotted,
veined and bordered with other colors and shades in
a most fantastic and charming manner. We offer a
superb mixture of all the newest and choicest hybrid
NEW ORANGE-YELLOW COSMOS, strains, and from a single packet of it anyone can
KLONDYKE.
raise several dollars' worth of bulbs. Per pkt. 10c,
CUT ON THIS LINE.
HYBRID GLOXINIA,
A Packet of Seed of the new Cos-
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mos Klondyke will be sent FREE
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The Christmas Orchid Flower.
This is the beautiful annual which has hitherto been catalogued
as the Butterfly Flower or Schizanthus. Its new llame has been given
it on account of its perfect adaptability for blooming in pots in the
winter and the striking resemblance of its flowers to some species of
Orchids. The richly-colored flowers look like gorgeous butterflies and
are borne in such profusion that each branch is an immense panicle of
lovely bloom. The cut shows the beautiful and curious markings of
but one of the many different forms, and conveys no idea of the soft
and beautiful colors and shadings. No annual is more pleasing for
the summer garden, or easier to grow, while for winter blooming in
pots it is simply exquisite. Sow the seeds in September and the plants
will come into bloom for Christmas and continue to flower beautifully
until April or May, Sown as late as October or November, they com-
mence blooming in January or February, Pot-grown, the plants are
much more dwarf than
n the garden, but the
flowers are just as pro-
fuse and lovely, while
the colors are even more
refined and delicate.
They do not require any
extra attention, and will
thrive in a window too
cool for many less showy.
plants. We offer a mix-
ture of a great variety of
colors and combinations
of shades and markings.
Part of the seed may be
sown in the garden in
spring and the balance
saved for fall sowing in
pots. Don't fail to give
it a trial, Per pkt. 50,
.
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New Tomato, The CTMAS
DAWORCHID
Purple
Feather Grass.
6 WONDER OF ITALY."
A new Tomato of surprising
productiveness and a great noy-
elty. The fruits, which are bril-
liant scarlet, plum-shaped, and
weigh but 34 of an ounce each, are
borne in giant clusters of from 50
to 70, and even more, all united to
one fruit-stalk, as shown in the
cut, Single, well-developed clus-
ters reach the enormous weight
of 3 lbs. and more. The fruits
are very solid and of superb flavor,
equally excellent for salad and
preserving. The plants are very
strong, thrifty growers, and pro-
duce an infinity of fruits, which
are always borne in the enormous
clusters. The fruits may be kept
for a long time by gathering
the entire clusters and hanging
them up in a dry and airy room,
and the green fruits harvested in
autumn will ripen perfectly later.
It is a first-class exhibition vari-
ety, and sure to attract no end of
attention and curiosity, Pkt. 10c.
Botanically this is Pennisetum
Rupellianum, and it is undoubt-
edly one of the most ornamental
decorative grasses ever intro-
duced. It will be found as useful
for room, hall or table decoration
as many a Palm, with the added
advantage of being most novel
and unique, Its graceful, narrow,
recurving leaves, produced by
hundreds in succession, are over-
topped by most elegant purple,
feathery plumes a foot long,
which by themselves are quite
ornamental as vase decorations,
and can also be used for dry grass
bouquets, etc. It is perfectly easy
to manage, and is of rapid and
vigorous growth. Seeds sown in
March make bold plants in the
garden, distinct in appearance
and always a feature of attrac-
tion. If grown in pots, no one
could wist: for anything more
graceful. It has been greatly ad-
mired wherever shown. Pkt. 10c,
Nicotiana
Sylvestris.
CAM MANIS
Too large and rank a grower
for pot culture, but an extreme-
ly striking and very ornamental
plant for the garden. Leaves
numerous, large, broad, and of
a pleasing shade of green.
Stems rise to a height of 4 to 6
feet and are topped with very
large clusters of bloom, consist-
ing of a branching head com-
posed of hundreds of pure white
tubular flowers, with fifty or
more in full perfection at the
same time. It makes a highly
ornamental bedding plant,
either for the centers of beds
or for surrounding taller-grow-
ing plants; it is also grand for.
massing by itself. Per pkt, 10c, 1
SWEJLOCENTED
MAYFLOWER
VERBENA
Sweet - Scented Mayflower Verbena.
Named after the Trailing Arbutus (or Mayflower, as it is called in New
England), on account of its remarkable resemblance to that wide-famed
flower. It has the same trailing habit, an almost identical exquisite perfume,
flowers in clusters, and each flower shaped and colored like the Arbutus some
almost pure white, having only a delicate flushing or bordering of pink, while
others are deeper tinted. A creation of Luther Burbank's, and the loveliest
Verbena in existence. It will surely delight all who try it. Per pkt, 10c.
NICOTIANA SYLVESTRIS.
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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA,

Some Vegetables of Special Value.
MTTHE seeds offered in the following five pages are just what the above heading indicates,-they are vegetables of special
value for every home vegetable garden large or small. Most farmers' wives know the value of “greens" for the
table, and all would be healthier for a more liberal diet of them during the spring, summer and fall. If grown in
variety they may be had in constant succession and without tiring of them. For the purpose see Beets, Swiss Chard,
Endive, New Zealand Spinach and Seven-Top Turnip. We would also call especial attention to our Mixtures of nearly all the
vegetables offered. A variety of each vegetable is desirable in every garden both for table use and to exhibit at Fairs, etc.,
but to buy the seeds in separate varieties would cost a considerable sum, and would give a far greater quantity of seed than
is wanted. Except where certain special varieties are wanted it is just as well to plant mixed varieties of Beets, Cabbage,
Lettuce. Melons. Onions, Peppers, Pumpkins, Squashes, Tomatoes, Turnips, etc., and do the separating at picking or harvesting
time. It is thus possible to have vegetables in the greatest variety at the least cost,
Do We can supply separate at 50. per packet any of the varieties contained in the Mixtures.
Burpee's Bush Lima Bean.
This is the only bush form of the true large Lima Bean, and is universally pronounced the
most valuable vegetable novelty ever introduced. There is absolutely nothing in the Bean line to
compare with it and it should not be confounded with any other so-called Bush Lima. The
bushes grow 18 to 20 inches high, of stout growth and always erect, yet branching so vigorously
that each plant develops into a magnificent circular bush from 2 to 3 feet in diameter. It is an
immense yielder, each bearing from 50 to 200 of the handsome large pods, well filled with very
large beans identical in size and luscious flavor with the well known large Pole Limas. Think
of doing away entirely with the labor and expense attached to the use of poles. Try this Bush
Lima Bean once and you will never grow any other. Pkt. 10c.; per y pint, 20c.
Velvet Bean.
The new and wonderful
forage plant and soil renova-
tor which is creating a great
sensation throughout the
South. The rankest grower
of any of the legumes and its
nitrogen-gathering proper-
ties far surpass those of the
Cow Ped. Planted 3 or 4 feet
apart in lows 4 or 5 feet
apart will literally cover the
ground 2 or 3 feet thick with
a mass of foliage and vines
20 to 25 feet long. The Fla.
Experimental Station re-
ports 16,680 lbs. of green for-
age per acre from it. Large
pkt, 100, postpaid; by express,
per qt. 20c, (if by mail add 150.
per qt.;) per pk. $1,00; per
bu. $1.75. Special prices to
BURPEE BUSH LIMA BEAN, large buyers.
3 SIZE
Beet Mixture.
IDWWW
COPYRIGHTED
Composed of Dewing's Improved Blood Turnip (Fig. 1),
very popular, Edmand's Early Turnip (Fig. 2),quick grow-
ing and fine, Eclipse (Fig. 3), extremely early and fine,
Extra Early Egyptian (Fig.5), flat, extra early and high-
flavored, and Lane's Improved Imperial Sugar (Fig. 4),
a heavy yielder, rich in sugar. Large pkt. 10c,; 3 for 25c.
Any above variety separate at 50. per pkt.
ALLHEAD EARLY CABBAGE.
Cabbage.
Allhead Early-This is the
earliest of all the large Cabbage,
and fully 13 larger than any other
early Sunumer Cabbage. It is won.
derfully adaptable-really an all-
the-year-round Cabbage-and may
be planted for first, early, inter-
mediate, and late. The deep, flat
heads are remarkably solid, and
the most uniform in color, shape,
and size of any variety. The
heads grow so compactly and
free from spreading leaves that
fully 1,000 more heads can be ob.
tained to the acre; and as tender-
ness is the result of rapid growth,
it surpasses all others in this re.
spect. It is also the best Cabbage
for all parts of the country, as it
stands cold, heat and drought
much better than other sorts,
and from the far North and
lower South alike come highest
praises in its favor, Pkt. 5c.;
3 for 10c.
Cabbage Mixture-Designed
especially for home gardens and
consisting of the best varieties of
the Earliest Oblong-Headed, Early
and Second Early Flat-Headed,
Savoy, Fiat Dutch, Drumhead, and
Red types, but does not include
the Allhead Early offered above.
Large pkt. 10c. 3 for 25c.
COPYRIGHTED
1895
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BEETS IN VARIETY.

SOME VEGETABLES OF SPECIAL VALUE.
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Choice Cucumbers.
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African Horned--remarkable, curious,
beautiful, and delicious Cucumber,
from West Central Africa. May be
allowed to trail over the ground, or,
if yiven a trellis, will make an im-
mense amount of Ornamental vine
and dense shade. The fruit is one of all
the most curious and orna-
mental objects imaginable.
It is oblong in form, somewhat three-sided,
and covered with strong, protruding points or
horns. For eating green it is tender and de-
licious, of a distinct, sparkling flavor, and
relished by those who cannot bear ordinary
cucumber's. When the fruits l'ipen they turn
a brilliant orange and yellow, in speckled and
clouded effects, and keep sound and perfect for
weeks. Here in South Floridi the vines grow
luxuriantly and fruit profusely all summer
long, after other Cucumbers have died out, and
nothing seems to trouble it, either bug, worm,
or blight. Of special value to the entire South,
The green fruits are fine for pickling, and fowls
eat the ripe fruits greedily, The Africans eat only
the pulp of the
ripe fruit,which
is sub-acid and
very refreshing
JAPANESE CLIMBING,
in hot weather. It cannot be too highly com-
mended, and everybody should grow it. Per
pkt. 50.; 3 for 10c.
Japanese Climbing-This remarkable Jap-
anese Cucumber has proved perfectly adapted to
open air culture throughout Europe and America,
and as it climbs on a trellis, wire netting, brush,
fence, or any support provided, it is especially
valuable for small gardens where space is
AFRICAN HORNED CUCUMBER.
precious. The vines are of strong, vigorous
gl'owth, and cling so tight that wind or' lain does
not prostrate them, Comes into bearing quickly
and continues to set fruit abundantly throughout
the season. The fruits are of large size, from 12
Early Snowball-The finest Cauli-
to 16 inches in length, thick, tender, and of deli-
flower in existence. Heads perfect, snow-
cate flavor, fine for slicing and pickling: the
white, averaging 9 inches in diameter,
flesh is pure white and the skin dark green.
Our supply of seed is from the most
From 40 to 60 cucumbers have been counted on a
noted Long Island, N. Y., Cauliflower
single plant. This is also of special value for the
seed grower. There is none. superior
South, as it stands the full heat of the summers
in the market. Pkt. 10c.; 3 for 250.
uninjured. Grows all summer here in South
Florida, along with the African Horned variety.
PEARL EGG PLANT.
Pkt. 50., 3 for 10c.
Cauliflower.
Carrots,
Danvers Half-Long Orange-(Fig 3)-
Roots smooth and of a rich dark orange color;
of fine table quality, and also profitable to grow
for stock-feeding. Pkt. 5c.; 3 for 10c.
Earliest Short Horn, or Golden Ball
(Fig 4)--The earliest of all Carrots, and often
used for forcing. Roots round and small.
Pkt. 5c.; 3 for 10c.
Model, or Chantenay-(Fig 5)-For table
use probably the best in shape and finest in
quality of all, Flesh fine in texture, tender,
and of a deep golden yellow. Pkt. 50.; 3 for 10c.it
Oxheart, or Guerande -(Fig 6) – Shape
nearly oval, 3 to 4 inches in diameter at the
top. A French variety of recent introduction,
of very fine quality for the table. Pkt. 50.; 3, 100,
Carrot Mixture--Consisting of all the vari-
eties shown in the cut. Large pkt. 10c.; 3 for 250.
COPYRIGHTED 1894
ABLANC
CARROTS IN VARIETY.
Swiss Chard, or Silver Beet.
Large-Ribbed White Silver-A distinct vegetable and much superior
to the common beet for “greens," though its roots are of no value as beets.
Sown early in the spring, it makes a rapid growth of leaves, and is fit for
use as greens sooner than any other variety. Later the leaves grow very
large, with broad, flat, beautifully white, wax-like stems and mid-ribs,
which may be cooked like asparagus, or made into most attractive pickles.
Swiss Chard and Sorrel are often used together for greens, the chard modify-
ing the acidity of the sorrel. Pkt. 50.; 3 for 10c.
White Pearl Egg Plant.
A new and very novel sort which originated in Georgia. Produces
magnificent "eggs," as large and fine as any of the purple sorts, but having
a beautiful ivory-white skin. The plants are remarkably productive, and
the fruits are of the finest quality, either baked or fried, Fine to contrast
with the purple sorts at Fairs, etc. Egg Plants are just as easy to grow as
Tomatoes, and should be found in every garden. Pkt. 50.; 3 for 100,
SWISS CHARD, OR SILVER BEET.

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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.
Endive.
COPYRIGHTED 1894
AY A.BLANC.PHICK
White Velvet Okra.
Green Curled Fine for autumn and win-
ter salads, and makes the most delicious of
"greens” throughout the summer and fall
season which can hardly be distinguished from
Dandelion greens. Pkt. 50.; 3 for 10c.
Tettuce Mixture.
Consisting of Earliest and Forcing Head
varieties, Cutting varieties, Butter-Head vari-
eties, Crisp-Head varieties, and Cos or "Celery"
varieties. A bed sown to this Mixture will
yield a bountiful supply of lettuce throughout
the summer and fall months, and in such a
variety as to be much relished by the family.
Try this Mixture, if no other. Large pkt.
10c.; 3 for 25c.
Muskmelons.
Of these we offer separate, and in mixture,
the finest sorts for home use.
Bay View-(Fig) Remarkably product-
MUSKMELONS IN VARIETY.
ive; with ordinary cultivation
will weigh 10 to 15 lbs each,
while with extra manuring
they will reach 17 to 20 lbs
Heavily ribbed and well net-
In the South there is hardly any other vegetable so
ted; flesh light green and
esteemed as Okra or Gombo, The long seed-pods, while young
sweet; the best in quality of
and tender, are used in soups and stews, also boiled, fried,
the large oblong-fruited type.
made into fritters, etc., and are very wholesome and nutri-
tious. Any cook-book will furnish directions for cooking
Pkt. 50.; 3 for 10c.
them, and everybody will speedily become extremely fond of
Emerald Gem-(Fig 1) -
this delicious and healthful
Flesh crystalline in appear-
vegetable, Sow at the usual
ance, very thick, of a rich
time for all tender vegeta-
salmon color, ripening well
bles, or start early in hot-
down to the rind; in flavor,
bed, and transplant in
sweet and luscious beyond
bills 24 feet apart, 3 plants
description, and so juicy it
in a hill, White Velvet is the
needs to be eaten with a spoon,
finest sort, pods very large,
Every garden should include
PRIZETAKER ONION.
round, white and velvety.
it. Pkt. 50.; 3 for 10c.
Pkt, 5c.; 3 for 10c.
Montreal Green Nutmeg (Fig 3)-Deeply and very
regularly ribbed, skin green, densely netted; very large and
the handsomest sort for exhibition and market. Flesh re-
markably thick, light green, melting, and of a delicious
flavor. Does especially well in cool Northern climates.
Prizetaker - A very large
Pkt. 50.; 3 for 10c.
yellow globe Onion, and one
Netted Cem-(Fig 5) – Also known as Rocky Ford, Golden
of the if not the best of the
Jenny, and Golden Gem. The best extra early, small-fruited.
huge foreign varieties. Skin
green-fleshed melon in cultivation. The sort which has
yellow, flesh white, very
made Colorado famous as a melon-growing State, Pkt. 50.:
handsome, and of mild, fine
3 for 10c.
tia vor. It yields immensely
and under special culture
Perfection, or Princess (Fig 4)—Quite large (some-
single specimens have grown
times 8 to 10 lbs.), dark-green skin, heavily netted; flesh
to weigh 5 lbs. Everyone
thick, of a rich orange color, very sweet, juicy, and of a most
who has a garden should
delicious flavor--in short, about perfection. Pkt.50.; 3 for 100.
grow it, A sure prize-taker
Muskmelon Mixture-Consisting of all the above and
at Fairs, Pkt. 50.; 3 for 10c. WHITE VELVET OKRA. several other choice varieties. Large pkt. 10c.; 3 for 250.
Onion Mixture-Consisting of a large variety
of the best American and Italian red, yellow and
white gorts, but not including Prizetaker, offered
above. Large pkt. 10c.; 3 for 25c.
Onion.
Watermelons.
Blue Cem- (Fig 3) -A long-looked-for blue
Kolb Gem, possessing the same shipping and keep-
ing qualities, while it is infinitely better in qual-
ity, and will keep longer than any known melon.
Very heavy and solid, specimens which would not
impress one as being more than ordinary will
weigh 40 pounds each. Pkt. 5c.; 3 for 10c.
Florida Favorite-(Fig 1) --Generally acknowl-
edged the finest table melon extant; flesh, light
crimson, crisp and deliciously sweet. Enormously
productive and very early. Pkt. 50:; 3 for 100.
Mammoth Ironclad-(Fig 4-A magnificent
melon, averaging 60 to 70 lbs. each, while speci-
mens have been grown to weigh 110 lbs. Flesh a.
dainty red color, of rich, sugary flavor; the heart
very large and remarkably solid. Pkt. 50.; 3 for 10c.
Seminole -(Fig 2)-Extra early, extra large,
enormously productive, and of most delicious
flavor. Sports from gray to light green, often on
the same vine, Flesh vivid crimson, crisp and
sugary. Pkt. 50.; 3 for 10c.
Watermelon Mixture-Consisting of a wide
range of the finest sorts. Large pkt. 10c.; 3 for 250,
Colorado Preserving Melon-(Fig 5)-The
best "citron” for preserving. Pkt. 50., 3 for 10c,
U NOTE.-For earliest use, plant Florida Favorite
Watermelon; for intermediate, the Seminole and
Mammoth Ironclad, and for later and keeping, the
Blue Gem,
COPYRIGATED.
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WATERMELONS IN VARIETY.

SOME VEGETABLES OF SPECIAL VALUE.
23
Peanuts.
Peanuts and early-ripening Sweet Potatoes will
be found offered and illustrated on page 42.
Pepper Mixture.
harus
The uses of Peppers are not half understood and
appreciated by Americans. Fine for using to flavor
salads, soups, meat, oysters, pickles, etc., also for
stuffing (mangoes), pepper-hash, and the mild sorts
may be sliced and eaten with pepper and vinegar,
like cucumbers or tomatoes. Strange to say the
smaller sorts are the hottest and the largest the
mildest. Our Mixture includes a wide range of
varieties, from the smallest to the largest,-in col-
ors purple, runy, orange, yellow, creamy, and vari.
ous shades of red to fiery scarlet. Fine for Fair
exhibits, etc., and the small-fruited sorts make
beautiful and brilliant winter pot plants. Pkt. 50.,
3 for 10c,
Japanese Pie Pumpkin.
BY
A Pumpkin with seeds covered with what look like
COPYRIGHTED;1894
Japanese letters. A very small seed cavity, all the
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balance being solid meat throughout. Very productive,
the pumpkins ripen early,
weigh from 15 to 20 lbs.
PFPPERS IN VARIETY.
each, and are good keepers.
The flesh is a rich salmon color, unusually fine-grained, and when cooked is almost as dry and
mealy as a sweet potato. The flavor is exceedingly fine, and for making pies, custards, etc., is un-
equalled. Containing but little water they can easily be cut and dried, like dried apples, and used
for pies and sauce during winter. Its flavor is more refined than that of any other Pumpkin, in
fact it is considered superior in quality to the old Hubbard Squash; and one enthusiastic grower of
it says: "We will venture to say that pies made from the
Japanese Pumpkin, without eggsare fully as good as pies
made from any other variety when eggs are used,” Pkt. 50.;
3 for 10c.
Pumpkin Mixture-It is just as easy to raise a variety of
pumpkins as all one kind, Our Mixture contains such fine
sorts as Small Sugar, Cushaw or Crookneck, Large Cheese, Gold-
en Oblong, Quaker Pie, Mammoth or Potiron, etc., but does not
include Japanese Pie Pumpkin offered above, Large pkt. 10c.;
3 for 250.
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al
Radishes.
Earliest or Scarlet Button-(Fig. 2)—Ready for the table
a week ahead of French Breakfast; of very mild flavor and un-
surpassed for crispness and tenderness, Pkt, 50.; 3 for 10c,
Long Cardinai-(Fig. 1) --The finest of the early long
varieties, and in color most fiery scarlet, Extremely early, and
crisp, tender and refreshing. Pkt. 50.; 3 for 10c.
White Strasburg-(Fig. 3) --A summer radish, retaining its
crispness even when the roots are old and large. Both skin
and flesh pure white; firm, brittle and tender. Highly de-
sirable for summer gardens. Pkt. 50.; 3 for 10c.
Radish MixtureConsisting of all kinds of Radishes,
early, medium, summer, fall, winter, etc. A row of this Mix-
ture will supply you with radishes throughout the season.
Simply pull out and use the early and medium ones as they
mature, making room for the later and larger varieties.
Large pkt. 10c.; 3 for 250.
OPYRIGHTED :1695
NV ABLANCO
till
THREE EXTRA FINE RADISHES.
Squashes.
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Summer Squash Mixture-
The Summer Squashes are very
desirable and wholesome vege-
tables which may be served up
in a variety of ways and make a
welcome addition to the bill of
fare. Our Mixture consists of
such varieties as Mammoth White
Bush (Fig. 1), scalloped, Giant
Summer Crookneck (Fig. 2). 18
inches long, Mammoth Long
White Bush Marrow (Fig. 4), 2
feet in length and several others:
in fact, all of the most desirable.
Large pkt. 10c.; 3 for 250.
Winter Squash Mixture-
Consisting of such varieties as
Perfect Gem (Fig. 3), small,
round, creamy white, fine grain-
ed and deliciously flavored-for
both fall and winter, Brazil
Sugar (Fig. 5), for autumn use,-
the richest flavored and sweetest
of all squashes, Delicata, as early
as the summer squashes and
most delicious, Boston Marrow,
bright orange, Hubbard, the
standard winter squash, Faxon,
splendid flavor, Mammoth Chili,
grows to enormous size under
favorable conditions, producing
the very large exhibition fruits.
etc. Large pkt. 10c.; 3 for 250,
W
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SUMMER, TALL AND WINTER SQUASHES IN VARIETY,
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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.

Spinach.
New Zealand - This plant (Tetragonia et-
pansa) is but little known to vegetable grow-
ers, yet it grows as easily and rankly as a
weed, and supplies the place of the ordinary
Spinach during the hottest months of the year.
Is excellent cooked in the same manner,
Grows tall and branching, and the plants may
be cut back every few days, Pkt.50.; 3 for 10c.
romatoes.
Golden Queen, or Sunrise -- (Fig 3) --
* Queen of all the Yellows" and of first-class
quality. Large in size, ripens early, none
better for eating raw or slicing, and makes a
beautiful contrast in a dish with red sorts.
Makes handsome, rich preserves. Pkt. 5c.;
3 for 10c.
Ponderosa, or Monster-(Fig 5)-The
largest sort known--grows to weigh over 1 lb.
each. All solid meat, "nearly as firm as an
apple," with very few seeds, and flavor de-
licious, wheth-
er used law or
cooked, Color
a rich crimson ;
TOMATOES IN VARIETY.
great premium winner at Fairs, etc. Per pkt. 10c.; 3 for 250.
Statlon Tree-Very distinct-stout, erect grower, Very early and
fruit of very fine quality, handsome, solid, and with the fewest seeds of
any known variety. Extra fine for pots as well as for the garden. More
plants can be grown in a small space, owing to its tree habit. Pkt.50.; 3, 10c.
"Wonder of Italy"-See illustration and description on page 19.
Large-Fruited Tomato Mixture-Consisting of a number of varieties
of the best large bright-red and purple-fruited varieties, but does not
include any of the varieties offered above. Large pkt. 10c.; 3 for 250.
Preserving-Tomato Mixture-This consists of such varieties as the
little Red and Yellow Pear and Plum (Fig 1), Small Round Yellow (Fig 2),
Red Currant (Fig 4), Red and Yellow Cherry, Burbank's Preserving, eto,
Make beautiful and delicious preserves and pickles. Pkt. 5c.; 3 for 10c.
Recipe for Tomato Preserves-Use 34-lb. of sugar to 1 lb. tomatoes. Put
sugar and enough water to melt it in kettle, and 1 lemon (sliced) to 9 lbs. of fruit;
when the liquor boils clear put in the fruit and cook till well done, then remove
the fruit and boil the liquor down thick, almost to consistency of jelly, and pour
WINTER CHERRY, OR ENVELOPE TOMATO, over fruit. Will keep in an ordinary stone jar without sealing.
Winter Cherry, or Envelope Tomato-This is not a true Tomato, but
a species of Physalis, and is variously known as Husk Tomato, Ground Cherry,
Winter Cherry, etc. Fruit like a yellow plum, enclosed in a husk, in which
it will keep nearly all winter if stored in a cool place. Easier to grow than
a Tomato, enormously productive, and of luscious flavor. They make fine
sauce and pies, and when dried in sugar they are said to be much better
than raisins for cakes and puddings, while preserved they are simply
delicious. A few plants will produce a bushel of the fruit, and some should
be grown in every garden. The improved sort we offer should not be con-
founded with the old wild Ground Cherry, as it is much larger and better in
every way. Pkt. 50.; 3 for 10c.
One of the delights of my childhood was to get (by fair means or foul) a
spoonful of grandmother's Envelope Tomato preserves. It makes the most
delicious preserve I ever tasted."-DR. C. H. STOKES."
Ba
GUN
SEVEN-TOP TURNIP.
Turnips.
ITUDIN
MUROS
Dumne
White-Fleshed Mixture-Consisting of such
varieties as Extra Early White Milan (Fig 1) and
Extra Early Purple-Top Milan (Fig 5), which are
the earliest of all Turnips, and Red-Top White
Globe (Fig 2), large and rather late, and White
Globe Strap-Leaved (Fig 3), large, pure white:
all fine table varieties. Large pkt. 10c.; 3 for 250.
Ruta Baga Mixture-Consisting of Burpee's
Breadstone (Fig 1), of fine table quality; Im-
proved Purple-Top (Fig 6), best large yellow-
fleshed, and Large White (Fig), nutritious and
sweet. Large pkt. 10c.; 3 for 25c.
Any of the above sorts at 5c. per pkt.
Seven-Top Turnip-A rare variety grown.
only for its leaves to boil for greens, Seldom
makes a turnip of any size, but l'uns deep in the
ground and is exceedingly hardy; no zero
weather ever kills it. Much grown about Rich-
mond, Va., as a salad turnip for cutting in early
spring, and if the weather is mild it is cut all
winter. If cut carefully it puts out other shoots,
and hence yields a large amount of greens.
Turnip greens are very popular in the South,
and are truly delicious. Pkt, 5c.; 3 for 10c.
TURNIPS IN VARIETY,

GENERAL COLLECTION OF FLOWER SEEDS.
25
General Collection of Flower Seeds.
I YNDER this heading we offer a selection of Choice Seeds of the most decided merit. Some of them are novelties-but
thoroughly tested and their desirability fully proven and established-while the others are standard sorts but so
desirable and meritorious that no garden is complete without them. A very special and valuable feature, and one
to which we wish to call particular attention, is our Mixtures. Of such flowers as Asters, Balsams, Mignonette, Pansies.
Sweet Peas, etc., there are a great many distinct strains, varieties and color's existing, all of which it is desirable to have in
one's garden. But to buy them in separate packets, as they are offered, wouid cost a considerable sum and give a much
greater quantity of seed than one has need of or room for, while as a general rule the “mixed colors” offered yield only a
limited variety of the commonest sorts. To form our Mixtures we procure all the distinct colors, strains, etc., in separate
quantities and then mix them ourselves. Generally there is much more pleasure to be derived from a bed of mixed flowers
than from one of a single color, and where our Mixtures are used a double pleasure will result.
DE
Antirrhinum (Snapdragon) Mixture--Embraces all the colors andsome ele.
pant blotched and striped sorts of the Nanum and Tom Thumb varieties, which
are in every way preferable to the old tall-growing kinds. The Snapdragons
form clumps bearing spikes of beautiful, gay-colored flowers. Blooms the
first summer from seeds, but lives over winter and flowers even better the
second summer, Pkt. 50.
Aster Mixture-Nothing in the flower garden will give so much pleasure
during late summer and fall as a bed of Asters of all kinds and colors. We
have prepared a grand Aster Mixture including Quilled German, Large Globe
Flowered, Pæony Flowered Globe, Truffaut's Peony Flowered Perfection, Comet,
New Rose, etc., etc., in all their various forms and colors-which will make a
A superb bed that would cost at least 75 cents
or $1.00 to buy the seeds in separate varieties.
Large pkt. 10c.; 3 for 250,
Balsam Mixture-What we have said of the
Aster applies equally to the Balsam. We have
made up a mixture of all the Rose or Camellid-
Flowered sorts in their entire range of coloring-
selfs, spotted, flaked, striped, etc., as shown in the
cut. The flowers are quite as double and beauti-
ful as Roses or Camellias. Pkt. 50,; large pkt. 10c.
Begonia (Tuberous) Mixture-See Page 18.
Cleome Alba-A pure white form of the pink
Spider Flower, and of superior merit for the garden,
Blooms profusely from the first of July until frost,
bearing its snowy white flowers in very large Hy-
drangea-like panicles, with long spider's leg-like sta-
mens standing out in all directions, suggesting its
common name, Flourishes alike in wet or very dry
weather and is very desirable as a tall-growing annu-
al. Pkt, 5C.
Cleome Pungens-Identical with Alba in every
way except color, which varies from light pink to deep
crimson, Pkt. 50.
BALSAMS.
Cleome Mixture-Consisting of both Alba and
Pungens. Pkt. 50.
Chinese Lantern Plant-See page 2.
Christmas Orchid Flower-See page 19.
Cosmos Extra Early-The only drawback to the Cosmos has been its
Lateness of flowering, the frost almost always cutting it down, just as it gets
ready to bloom. Cosmos Extra Early is a strain recently developed which
begins flowering in July and continues uninterrupted until frost. The past
season the first flowers on the originator's plants opened July 1, and we our-
selves saw his plants in full bloom during the months of July and August. The
flowers are exactly the same in size and coloring, ranging from pure white to
deep crimson, as in the old type, but the plants are more dwarf and compact,
ASTERS IN MIXTURE.
growing only about 4%, instead of 6 to my feet tall,-a most decided advan-
tage. Don't fail to give them a trial. Pkt., mixed color's, 5C.
Cosmos Klondyke-See page 18.
Coreopsis, or Calliopsis-Free flowering annuals of quick growth,
fine for showy beds and useful for cutting, as the flowers are borne on
long stems. No other flower can be easier to grow or will make a more
brilliant display than this much neglected plant. We offer all
kinds and colors mixed, Pkt. 5c.
Crotalaria Retusa (West India Rattle-Box)-See pages 9 and 18.
Cotton (True Southern)-See page 18.
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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.
IRRENT
MARGUERIE
QUERIE ARNATION
BLOOMIN 4 MONTSOWI
SINGLE DAHLIAS.
Candytuft Mixture -
One of the most valuable
hardy annuals; fine for
bouquets and cut flowers.
Our Mixture is made up
from all the colors of the
Tom Thumb section - the
charming, compact vari-
eties, only four to six
CHRYSANTHEMUM IN MIXTURE.
inches high. Pkt. 50.
Candytuft New Empress-A new, pure white and most beautiful
FROM
Candytuft. It forms a, low, dense, bushy plant of spreading habit, com-
posed of a series of candelabra-shaped branches, each producing white
flowers, presenting a perfect pyramid of snowy bloom. Pkt, 5c.
Carnation, Marguerite--This was and still is one of the greatest
flower seed novelties of the times. It is a strain of Carnation adapted alike for either pot
or garden culture, and which begins to flower in from 3 to 4 months from the seed. This
means that by starting the seeds early in hotbed or window one may have an abundance
of lovely Carnations in the garden from July to August on, and all winter by lifting the
plants. At least 80 per cent. of the flowers will come double, large and perfect, and in-
clude all the various colors, from white to scarlet, in selfs and striped, mottled, flaked,
etc. We offer a grand Mixture. Pkt. 5c,
Celosla, or Coxcomb, Mixture-The old Corcomb is familiar to all, but those who
have not seen the improved sorts cannot imagine to what a state of perfection they have
been brought. Some of the dwarf varieties grow only 10 to 12 inches high, and are
crowned with immense velvety "combs” of the richest colorings., Pkt, 5c.
Chrysanthemum Mixture-Sown in the spring in hotbed or boxes of fine soil in the
window, Chrysanthemum seed will produce large, vigorous plants by fall, which will give
a great profusion of fine flowers. They are very easy to grow, and from our Mixture one
will get all colors, shapes, sizes and varieties of the different types of Chrysanthemums,
from the dainty little Pompons to the great, ragged Japs. (See cut.) Probably no two
will be exactly alike, and there is always a chance of some of them proving very distinct
and valuable. Pkt. 100,-
Annual Chrysanthemum Mixture--These annual varieties are grown in the garden
as easily as Balsams, etc., and the intenseness of their coloring and the manner in which
they are belted and zoned has earned for them the name of Painted Daisies. Our
Mixture includes the most elegant colors of both the Double and Single sorts, growing
from a foot to 18 inches high. Pkt. 50.
Dahlia (Single) Mixture --Composed of seeds saved from the very best of the named
varieties introduced within the past few years, and will produce a great variety of
clear colors, besides elegant striped and punctated sorts. Several dollars' worth of
plants can be raised from one packet of seeds, and they will bloom beautifully the first
season. Pkt. 10c.
Daisy, Giant Snowball -The Daisy is too well known and beloved by all to require
description or praise, but the Giant Snowball is so distinct and such an improvement
over all other sorts that it deserves more than passing mention. Well-grown specimens
of its flowers will cover a silver dollar, are of purest white, full double to the center, and
borne on stout, stiff stems from 6 to 10 inches long. Splendid for edgings, borders and
Jow beds, also for pots and for the cemetery. If seed be started early in the hotbed or
window it will bloom the same season. Pkt. 5c,
Dianthus Mixture-This family of Pinks
is unrivalled for brilliancy and rich variety
of color, as well as for delicious perfume.
We believe the Mixture we offer is the rich-
est in this country, It embraces both single
and double, some of them fringed and a vast
range of forms, sizes and colors. Pkt. 50.
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GENERAL COLLECTION OF FLOWER SEEDS.
27
WORD
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ESCHSCHOLTZIA.
Eschscholtzia, or California Poppies -
Very showy summer flowering plants, bloom-
ing profusely all summer; large saucer-
shaped flowers of striking brilliancy. Foliage
finely cut and very elegant. They will thrive
anywhere. Extra fine Mixture. Pkt. 50.
FRENCH MARIGOLD.
Fire-on-the-Mountain (Euphorbia Heterophylla)--A splendid
half-hardy annual growing 3 to 4 feet tall, very branching, and with
very deep green and glossy fiddle-shaped leaves. The leaves are at
first all green, but about midsummer flower heads appear at the end
of every branch, and the bases of all the leaves surrounding these
heads are of the most brilliant vermillion-scarlet, so that the whole
plant is a perfect blaze of color, resembling in miniature the flaming
heads of the Poinsettia pulcherrimd. The effect of a mass or bed of
these plants is simply indescribable, and the display is kept up until
frost. South of the latitude of New York seeds may be sown in the
open ground in May, but farther North it is better to start the seeds
early in the hotbed or window, for the earlier they are started the
sooner will the colored leaves appear. Pkt. 50.
Snow-on-the-Mountain (Euphorbia Variegata) - Produces large
FIRE-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN,
heads of green leaves bordered with pure white. A most beautiful and striking effect can be pro-
duced by planting a bed of Fire-on-the-Mountain, which grows from 3 to 4 feet tall, and bordering
it with Snow-on-the-Mountain, which grows from only 18 inches to 2 feet tall. Pkt. 5c.
Cloxinia Mixture--See page 18,
Hollyhock Mixture The improved sorts of today, such as our Mixture is composed of, will
prove nothing short of a revelation. The magnificent long spikes are crowded with double flowers,
each 3 to 4 inches across, and embracing every color and shade from pure white and pale lemon to
almost coal black. The petals are like the finest silk and each flower as double and perfect as a
Camellia blossom, Pkt. 10c.
Larkspur Mixture-Charming annuals for garden and border decoration, bearing long spikes
of flowers of many beautiful colors. Our Mixture includes all the finest strains and colors. Pkt. 5c.
Marigold Mixture This grand old favorite, so effective for groups and masses, has been
vastly improved so that the perfectly double flowers are simply magnificent. We offer a magnifi-
cent Mixture of tall and dwarf African and French sorts,- some of them as fine as Dahlias. Pkt. 50.
Mignonette Mixture - This is perhaps the most popular annual grown, on account of its de-
liciously fragrant flowers which are indispensable for bouquets. There are now more than a
dozen distinct varieties of Mignonette, each possessing distinguishing characteristics and all desir-
able. But the most of these varieties are catalogued separately at 10c. per packet, while our
Mixture includes them all at the price of a single packet. One can hardly imagine the amount of
pleasure that a bed of this Mixture will yield until it has been given a trial. Don't fail to include
it in your order. Pkt. 50.
Mimulus Mixture The new hybrid Monkey Flowers are much larger than the old sorts and of
the richest colorings and markings, ranging through velvety crimson, maroon, yellow, white, and
pink, spotted and blotched in the most beautiful manner, and many of them double, or "hose in
hose.” They make charming pot plants, and also do nicely bedded out in summer, standing the ne
sun much better than their parents, though they all prefer a semi-sunny position. Seeds should be
started in pots, pans or boxes. We have prepared a grand Mixture from all of the choicest new
Hybrids, and they will produce a magnificent display. Pkt. 10c.
HOLLYHOCK,
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MIGNONETTE.
HYBRID MIMULUS OR MONKEY FLOWERS,
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UNI
MIXED POPPIES.
Nasturtium Mixture-In-
cludes all the most distinct
named sorts and colors of the
Tom Thumb varieties. This
Mixture should not be con-
founded with the usual offers
PHLOX DRUM. GRANDIFLORA.
of mixed Tom Thumb Nastur-
tium which include only a
limited number of the most common colors. Our Mixture contains more
than twenty distinct sorts procured separate and mixed by ourselves.
Large pkt. 10c.; per oz. 200. (For Climbing Nasturtium Mixture see page 30).
Pansies, Giant Combination Strain-A grand Mixture made up from
perfectly fresh seeds of all the choicest and most beautiful strains and
distinct sorts. Odier or Bloiched, Trimardeau or Giant Pansies, Non Plus
NASTURTUMS IN MIXTURE.
Ultra, Striped and Mottled, Snow Queen, Emperor William, King of the
Blacks, Fire King, Lord Beaconsfield, Yellow Gem, and almost every other variety of
merit are represented, so that for a small outlay of money you can have a splendid
Pansy bed, representing a vast range of forms, sizes and colors, such as would cost
several dollars if purchased from other catalogues, where the various colors and
strains are listed separately and never offered in one grand Mixture, We assure
everyone who tries these grand Pansies that they will be more than pleased with
them. Get your friends and neighbor's to send with you and all have a bed of these mag-
nificent Pansies. Pkt. 10c.; 3 for 250.; 7 for 50c.
Phlox Drummondii Crandiflora Mixture-A new and greatly improved strain
of the universally popular Phlox Drummondii, the flower's very much larger, as large
as those of the Perennial Phloxes, and perfectly sound, the petals overlapping each
other, giving them a very beautiful and entirely distinct appearance. Includes all
colors, from pure white to blood red, striped, etc. Pkt. 50.-
Poppy Mixture-Our grandmothers never dreamed of the degree of perfection
and wide variation in form and coloring to which the Poppy has been brought. Roses
are not more double than many of them, nor any other flower more pure and brilli-
ant in coloring. Our Mixture includes all the distinct strains of merit. Pkt. 50.
Portulaca Mixture-Seed saved only from the best double blooms--Double Rose-
Flowered, -just such seed as is usually catalogued at 10 and 15 cents per pkt. Scarcely
any other annual will make so dazzling a display. Our price, pkt. 5c.
Sweet Pea Mixture-The common mixtures are unsatisfactory because they
ROSE-FLOWERED PORTULĄCA.include mainly the old sorts and in limited variety, while a packet each of not even
a very lengthy list of the named sorts costs a very consider-
able sum and gives one a great deal more seed than
is needed. To meet this objection we have selected
sixty of the most distinct varieties and put them up in a Mix-
ture containing one seed of each variety. That is, a packet
contains just 60 seeds in 60 distinct rarieties. Price, only 10c.
lin
Hulle
1 SWEET PEAS
FORDS
TYPE OF GIANT COMBINATION STRAIN PANSY.

GENERAL COLLECTION OF FLOWER SEEDS.
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ERINGED
YRIGHTED 1893
PIL, CHILDS
RICINUS ZANZIBARENBIS.
PETUNIA
Peerless Petunia Mixtures-This strain or Mixture will
be found to as far surpass the common mixtures of Petunias as
day surpasses night. The sizes are simply enormous; there
TYPE OF DOUBLE FRINGED PETUNIA,
are both double and single, some of them the most beautiful shades of crimson, white, rose,
maroon, etc., others blotched, striped, veined, bordered, inarked and fringed in the most
exquisite and unique manner imaginable.
Single-Of the most symmetrical shapes and splendid and very attractive colors, A.
large percentage will be striped, blotched and veined, and many beautifully fringed. Pkt, 10c.
Double-In addition to their charming colors, 35 per cent. or niore of the flowers will be
perfectly double. To produce this strain the flowers are fecundated with the most scrupulous
care, so that much of the seed costs the grower not less than $200 per ounce. Pkt. 150,-
Ricinus Zanzibarensis--A new and entirely distinct class of the Castor Bean, character-
ized by extra large and handsome leaves and compact, branching growth. Some have light
and some dark green leaves, while others are of coppery-bronze, changing to dark green, with
reddish ribs. The seeds also are very distinct and exceedingly beautiful, being of various
colors and most uniquely marked, in some varieties resembling hieroglyphie characters.
Mixed varieties, per pkt. 5c.
Ricinus Mixture-Includes all the desirable sorts of Castor Bean, except the Zanzibarensis
varieties. Embraces a wide range of colors and forms of foliage. Of great value for scenic
effects. Pkt, 50.
Scabiosa Mixture -The Scabiosa or Mourning Bride is one of the most useful and beautiful
of all annuals. Our Mixture includes only the Improved Double Flowered varieties, embracing
a wide range of colors, white, golden-yellow, purple, maroon, cherry-red, brick-red, etc. Pkt.5c.
Stock Mixture-We offer an exceedingly fine Mixture of the ever-popular German Ten
Weeks Stocks. The plants are all dwarf, but large-flowered, bearing great spikes of perfectly
double, sweet-scented flowers, which embrace a wide range of distinct and exceedingly
beautiful colors. Suitable for either garden or pot culture. It is best to start the seeds in the
house and transplant to the garden about the first of June at the North. Pkt. 50.
GERMAN TEN WEEKS STOCKE,
Verpena Mixture - Contains all the very largest and
best flowered strains (except the new Sueet-Scented May-
flower Verbena, offered on page 19), and will give flowers
ranging from the purest white to the deepest blue and
most brilliant scarlet, together with all the combinations
of variegations, striped, white-eyed, etc. Large pkt. 10c.
Dwarf Zinnia Mixture-These bear flowers of the
same colors and equally as large as the tall-growing sorts,
but the plants are not near so large, and therefore require
much less room, They embrace a wide range of colors-
white, yellow, crimson, salmon, violet, etc, Pkt. 5c,
Pompon or Lilliput Zinnia Mixture-These have
long, cone-shaped flower's only about half the size of the
above sorts, of the most perfect and beautiful form and
vivid colors. The plants are small and bushy in growth,
and each one bear's scores of beautiful blossoms. Pkt. 50.
Op
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DWARF ZINNIA.
TYPE OF VERBENA.

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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.
Annual Climbers.
No garden or collection of flowers is complete without
an assortment of climbers. With their graceful, rapid
growth they furnish grateful shade, and with their deli-
cate drapery of green leaves and bright flowers they
beautify everything they touch, transforming many an
ugly object into a perfect dream of loveliness,
Cobæa Scandens- This is one of the
finest of all climbers, equally fine for the gar-
den in summer or the house in winter, and
ought to be universally grown. It is a tall and
very rapid growing vine in the open ground.
with clean, pretty foliage and large and very
beautiful bell-shaped flowers which open a
clear green but quickly change to a lovely
bluish purple. Plant the seeds edgewise in pots
of moist but not wet soil, and be careful not
to overwater until after they germinate and
get out of the seed-leaf period. Plant out after
danger from frost is past. Pkt. 50.
Courd Mixture Everyone who has room
should grow a few Gourds. They grow almost
without care after the seed is planted, and
are fine for covering outbuildings, fences.
brush-piles, etc. Some of their fruits are fan-
tastic and grotesque in the extreme while
others are exquisitely beautiful, and they
never fail to interest the children; also make
COBÆA SCANDENS.
excellent exhibits at Fairs. Our Mixture in-
cludes all shapes and colors, Pkt. 50,
Early Frulting Luffa- This is an early fruiting variety of the Dish Rag Gourd or Vege-
table Sponge of the tropics, and will ripen its fruits all over the North. It is a very rapid.
growing climber with ornamental deeply cut leaves and an abundance of large and very
showy golden yellow flowers. It bears fruits which look much like immense cucumbers
but which, when i'ipe, are filled with a beautiful lace-like net-work of fibre which is use-
ful for a variety of purposes, such as dish cloths, bath sponges, etc., and from which bon-
nets and a great variety of fancy articles may be made. A most interesting plant and
product, and sufficiently ornamental as a climber alone to be worthy of general cultiva-.
tion. Pkt. 50.
Japanese Morning Glories- (Ipomoea Imperialis)-Those who have not seen this new
race of Morning Glories can form no true conception of their magnificence. They are
truly imperial, and before their glories the old-time varieties pale into insignificance.
They are very rapid and robust growers, attaining a height of 25 to 30 feet during the
summer, and are highly attractive from the start on account of the great variety of color,
marking and form of the foliage, The leaves range from dark green to golden, many of
them marbled, mottled, margined and streaked with silvery white, green and gray.
Coming to the flowers we find variety run riot and utterly beyond the power of pen to des-
cribe or the imagination to conceive. They are gigantic in size and in colors run from
pure white through all the different shades of pink, l'ose, red, carmine, crimson, blue.
royal purple, maroon, etc., some of them with throats of one color and margins of another.
other's striped, spotted and splashed in an endless variety of styles. Evidently there is no
end to the combinations of variegations which they assume and one may visit them every
morning with the assurance of finding a new and delightful surprise born overnight.
Finally, they are just as easy to grow as the old-fashioned sorts. We offer a grand Mix-
ture of the best selected strains. Large pkt. 10c.
New Star Ipomoea-(L. Gracilis)-This is a little jewel. The flowers are nearly an
inch across, of a bright crimson-scarlet color, with a large orange-colored star in the
center, and remain open all day. They are borne on long, forked racemes, and in such
profusion as to entirely cover the vine, giving it a red glow. The vines are graceful and
delicate, branching, and climbing to a height of 15 or 20 feet, beginning to bloom in June.
and continuing until frost. Fine for screens, trellises, arbor's, fences, etc. Pkt. 50,-
Climbing Nasturtium Mixture-(Tropaeolum Lobbianum)- These are strong and rapid
growing climbers, but may be used as bedders by pegging the long shoots to the ground..
Petals fimbriated and colors intensely rich and striking. Fine for covering trellises..
fences, etc. Pkt. 50.
Thunbergia Mixture - Slender, rapid - growing climbers, with large and
beautiful flowers borne in
the greatest profusion; in
colors, buff, white and deep
orange, both with and with-
out a deep brown eye, Beau-
tiful for forming low screens
or if allowed to trail on the
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ground they make beautiful
beds. Also fine for hanging
baskets, window boxes, etc,
It is best to start the seed in
JAP. MORNING GLORY. the house. Pkt. 50.
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THUNBERGIA.
GOURDS IN VARIETY.

GENERAL COLLECTION OF FLOWER SEEDS.
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Special Mixtures
Night-Blooining
Mixture.
SENING SCENTE
UGHT BLOOMING
Munn
FLOWER
722
A most delightful addition to
every garden is a bed of evening-
blooming flowers. They possess a
peculiar charm all their own, and in
the twilight-that most bewitching
hour of the day-it is simply fasci-
nating to watch their swollen
buds burst open, and share
with the humming birds and
moths the delicious fragrance
so freely dispensed on the
dewy air, Our Mixture con-
tains Daturas in variety;
Mirabilis, or Four O'Clocks,
in all color's; Nicotiand Affinis,
whose beautiful white flowers
« *
are so sweet at night; Evening
* * timid buds that keep Primroses, white and yellow,
Their odor to themselves all and several other desirable
a day,
evening-bloomers, Pkt. 50.
BETTER THAN THE STREETS.
But when the sunlight dies away,
Let the delicious secret out
To every breeze that roams Someone has truthfully said: “Remember that the children of to-day
about.”
are to be the gardeners and florists of a generation hence, and aid them all
you can." Nearly all children would love to have a little spot for a garden
of their very own, which they could tend and work to their liking; and if
furnished with such a spot and some easy growing seeds and encouraged to
plant and tend them, parents would find it easier to keep their children out
of the streets and away from evil companions. Children should be fur-
nished only such seeds as are perfectly easy to grow, and as
they want a variety and would plant them hit-and-miss
anyway, it is just as well to get them mixed all together.
We have prepared a Mixture especially for the children, con-
taining a large variety of the very easiest grown and bright-
est flowered annuals, and confidently recommend it to all
parents. Per large pkt. 10c.
Children's Seed Mixture.
GAS
Window Seed Mixture.
There is a long list of window or pot plants which may
be easily grown from seed, and besides being an economical
way in which to secure a selection, there is a great amount
of pleasure and fascination in watching their development
from the seed to the fully matured and blooming plant.
But such seeds are too expensive for a good many people to
buy separately, so we have prepared a Mixture which in-
cludes a few seeds each of a wide variety of house plants, and
which, we believe, will be very popular. When ready to
transplant from the seed pans or boxes they will be showing
distinctive characteristics. To purchase as many varieties
in separate packets as our Misture contains would take a
neat sum. Tuberous Begonias and Gloxinias, which we offer
elsewhere, are not included in this Mixture. Pkt. 100.
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Hardy Perennial Mixture.
The cheapest way to procure a collection of hardy per-
ennials is to raise them from seed. "This is perfectly easy to
do, and if started early many will bloom the first year, and
all will the second. We have made up a Mixture composed of
about all the hardy garden perennials, from which anyone
can raise a supply of plants which would cost several dollars
to buy. Start seeds in hot-bed, boxes or a nicely prepared bed
in the garden, and as soon as they are beyond the seed-leaf
istage the different sorts may be readily told and trans-
planted to permanent quarter's. Per large pkt. 10c,
WINDOW GARDEN FLOWERS,
Wild Garden
Mixture.
ha
This is a Mixture of 100 or
more kinds of flower seeds for
sowing together in a large bed
or border, wild-garden style.
Such a bed will furnish not
only a constant source from
which to gather flowers for
bouquets, but something new
almost daily, and will prove to
be the most fascinating spot
in the garden. Many who
have given this Mixture a trial
have declared the wild-garden
bed proved to be the star
attraction of the garden, and
was especially appreciated as:
a source from which to cull
bouquets for callers. Sure to
please. Per large pkt. 10c.
Cum
FLOWERS FROM THE WILD GARDEN.
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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA

Superb Flowering Dwarf French Gannas.
COPYRIGHT
BY ABLANC
YOTHING attracted so much attention among the Floricultural Exhibits at the World's Fair at Chicago, as the display
of Dwarf French or Crozy Caunas, in front of the Horticultural Building facing the Lagoon, Those who saw them there
for the first time were more than astonished, and could hardly believe tbe evidence of their own eyesight, that the
Cannut had been brought to such a state of perfection. The spikes of large flowers somewhat resemble Gladiolus, be-
ing equally large, but in colors they are far more brilliant, ranging from deepest crimson, orange-scarlet and salmon, to
light lemon, many being beautifully mottled and streaked, and showing grandly against the rich tropical foliage which
seldom exceeds four feet in height. Our prices for these plants will be found to be extremely low. More detailed descriptions
of these Cannas can be found in most of the prominent catalogues, especially those of three or four years ago.
Alba Crandiflora-The Peach-bloom Canna.
The nearest to a white of any Canna yet origin-
ated. Flowers large, petals wide and pearly
white shading to pink in the center. A com-
bination of color which is most delicate and
charming, and unlike any other sort. 15c. each.
Charles Henderson-The finest Canna in-
troduced since Mme. Crozy. Equally well
adapted for the garden in summer and the
window in the winter. Of a dwarf, compact
habit, rarely exceeding 31 feet in height in the
garden and less in pots. None of the varieties.
so far sent out excelit in the dazzling crimson
color; the individual flowers are very large
and of admirable form, and a yellow marking
in the center adds to their attractiveness. 10c.
Camille Bernardin-Green foliage, attain..
ing a height of 5 to 6 feet, and producing very
large salmon colored flowers with broad, shell.
like petals, Very distinct. 15c. each.
Charles Moore- A very free-flowering
variety, with medium-sized flowers of a bright
yellow, so closely covered with large, deep
orange spots as to give the entire flower the
appearance of being a solid orange when seen
from a short distance. 342 feet high ; (foliage
green. 10c, each.
Compte de Canay-An entirely distinct
variety, growing 3 feet high; foliage green.
Flowers large, of a deep salmon edged with
yellow, while the reverse of the petals is al-
most entirely yellow, giving the trusses a
peculiar mottled appearance. 10c, each.
Egandale- Especially valuable as a bed.
ding variety, having dark bronzy foliage simi.
lar to the old Indica varieties, but with large,
bright cherry-red flowers of good shape and
substance. Height, four feet; one of the best bronze Cannas in cultivation today. 15c, each.
Explorateur Crampbell-Foliage green, height four feet. Flowers of good size, in color
a bright orange-crimson, with deep crimson markings, 100. each,
Florence Vaughan-In color a bright, rich golden yellow, spotted with bright red. The
flowers are of the largest size, of great substance and perfect form, borne in large heads and
the greatest profusion. Plants rarely exceed 3 feet in height. 10c, each.
Madame Crozy-This is one of the grandest of all the Dwarf French Cannas. The color
of its flowers is a brilliant vermillion-scarlet, bordered with a deep golden yellow, the petals
very wide and broadly rounder, making a flower as large as a fair sized Gladiolus bloom. It
rarely attains a height of over four feet; the flowers commence appearing when it is only a
foot high, and from then on are producerlin
OANNA ITALIA ONE-HALF
NATURAL SIZE.
such rapid succession that the plant is always
in bloom. 10c, each,
Miss Sara Hill-Flowers a rich carmine, of good size, and the umbel large
and compact. Foliage green, 372 feet high. 10c, each,
Paul Marquant- A grand variety of a bright salmon-scarlet, passing to a
rosy carmine with a peculiar silvery lustre, which lights up the salmon very
brightly. In habit it is very dwarr, growing from 3 to 34, feet high, and foli.
age dark green, 10c, each,
Queen Charlotte --The best of all the German introductions in Cannas.
Habit of growth similar to Mme. Crozy; the petals are broad and reflexed, the
center of each being a brilliant scarlet surrounded by a broad and distinct
band of golden yellow, which gives a very unique and novel effect, as if gold-
laced, Amateurs can find nothing that will supply a more continuous or
glowing dash of color to summer gardens than this attractive Canna. 150. each.
Souv. d'Antoine Crozy--The very finest of all the gilt-edged varieties.
Color, dazzling crimson-scarlet with broad laced border of bright gold. A
marvelously profuse bloomer and stands the hottest sun without burning.
Height, 3 feet. Better even than Mad. Crozy, which is highest praise. 150. each.
Star of '91-Universally acknowledged to be, without a single exception,
the finest pot-Canna ever offered to the public; and so great has been the de-
mand for it that it is now the scarcest Canna among florists. It does not wait to
attain size before flowering, but as soon as planted it immediately sends up a
flower stem, followed by others in rapid succession, so it is a rare thing for it
ever to be without flowers. Flowers of the most intense fire scarlet color', bor-
dered with pure gold, and the panicle of flowers is often larger than the plant
itself. It is a very dwarf plant, not exceeding two or three feet in height in
the open ground, and still less in pots. It is a true everbloomer, not requiring
a period of rest during the winter, but flowering throughout the year. The
cut is no exaggeration, as small plants in Pots often produce panicles of
flowers larger than the plants themselves. The best way to winter it is to
keep it growing and blooming, Fine, strong plants, only 20c. each.
Sunbeams-Plant remarkably dwarf and compact, averaging about 24
feet in height: foliage bright green Flowers very large, in finely developed
trusses, the color a clear and brilliant yellow, marked with spots of orange
so faint as not to be seen at a distance of ten yards. 15c, each.
Triumph-Of the Flamingo type, but more vigorous, larger flower and
truss; the petals broad, thick, rich bright red, and very durable; a constant
bloomer', very handsome and desirable. 312 feet, 150 each.
ANNA STAR OF91,

* AMERICAN, FRENCH AND ITALIAN CANNAS.
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Superb American Gannas,
President Cleveland-A genuine Gibraltar among Camnas. Height only
34 feet, but the strongest, heaviest grower in the family ; crowned with nu-
merous immense trusses of large, rich orange-scarlet flowers. Amass of bloom
from very early in the summer until cut down by frost. The finest orange-
scarlet yet introduced. 200. each.
President McKinley-One of the earliest flowering Cannas and valuable
either for bedding or pot culture. Flowers a fine clear crimson, with scarlet
shading, and borne in large even trusses, which are carried well above the
foliage. Plant dwarf in habit. growing but 242 to 3 feet even in rich soil.
Foliage rich green with chocolate margin, · 20c, each.
Rosemawr-A grand new Canna and the finest pink variety in cultiva-
tion. Flowers large, often 2 inches across, in color soft rosy pink, elegantly
mottled with rose and shaded rich golden yellow at the throat. They are
borne in enormous trusses and at just the right distance above the foliage to
show to best advantage. The plant is a vigorous grower but compact and
handsome, averaging about 3 feet in height, and is an early and continuous
bloomer. Catalogued at the North last year at 60c. and 750, each. Our
price, only 30c. each.
SPECIAL OFFER-Above set of 3 Cannas, amounting to 600, for only 50C., postpaid.
Giant Orchid-Flowered Cannas,
When the Dwarf French or Crozy Cannas were introduced it was thought
that the very acme of Cauna improvement had been attained: but an Italian
grower crossed the native Florida Canna Flaccida with the French variety
CANNA FLACCIDA.
Mme. Crozy and obtained as a result two varieties--"Austria” and “Italia"-of
almost unparalleled splendor in the floral kingdom. Following these several
other superb sorts have been produced, They are most distinctive and majestic in appearance, with large leaves which
are strong in texture and lend the plants a strikingly bold sub-tropical effect, Added to this the plants bloom with a free.
dom not surpassed by ans Cannd and produce flowers at least twice the size of the largest previously known.
Austria-The outstretched petals of the flowers of this variety measure the enormous size of 7% to 8 inches across.
Three of the petals are of a beautiful clear golden yellow, and the two inner ones profusely spotted deep orange-yellow and
carmine. Fine plants, 10c, each.
i Allemania-This is the grandest of the magnificent new Italian Orchid-Flowering Cannas and is the most gigantic flow.
ered sort yet obtained. Its flowers Supass in size even those of Canna Italia ; the petals are a bright yellow, with large
blotches of vermillion-orange, these blotches heavily mottled with scarlet, making a gorgeous Orchill-like flower of the
greatest magnificence. Foliage majestic, being glaucous and Banana-like. Originally issued at $5 tach, Our price, only 20c.
America - Another of the Orchid-Towering type and ranking above both Austria and Italia; the foliage is stronger and
tougher and in color one harder to get in Cannas--dark, bronzy-red, with irregular and conspicuous dashes of lighter.
greenish color. The tall, strong flower stems bear large spikes of flowers of the form and size of those of Italia, but of a
most rare and striking color-a sort of brilliant apricot-red, faintly spotted with darker salmon, the center canary-yellow
marked with the apricot-red. An exceedingly rich appearing flower. Also originally issued at $5 each. Our price, only 20c.
Africa-A splendid variety growing about 3 feet high: leaves lanceolate, purple-bronzy, striped with dark green shades,
Flower's very large, resembling a Cattleya Orchid, of a rich purple-scarlet, inside golden yellow and orange, 150. each,
Burbank A wonderful new California hybrid Canna with giant Orchid-like flowers. On the same order as Austria and
Italia but distinct and even superior to either. Its flowers are of gigantic size, the three upper petals spreading fully in
inches; a rich canary yellow with a few carmine spots in the throat. The outer segments are entirely free from any red,
and there is much less red in the flower than in Italia. The flowers are also firmer in texture and after a spike is cut the
buds continue to open for a week. It is of a most vigorous growth and keeps on blooming late in the season, after all other
sorts take on a seedy look, A magnificent novelty. Only 15c, each,
H. Siedl-A beauty, growing about 3 feet high, with glaucous green, Banana-like leaves. Panicles very large and com-
posed of numerous very large flowers of a vivid fiery red, with a yellow border spotted with purple. 200. each.
Italia - Flowers very large, from 5 to 6 inches in diameter, the three exterior petals bright
golden yellow spotted orange, with a large blotch of the same color running from center to
base of each; the twoimer petals orange with light margin of yellow, the lower petals usual.
l'y two inches and over in width. (See cut on opposite page). The heads of flowers are com-
pact and very large. 150, each.
Pandora--An extraordinarily beautiful sort, having
lanceolate purple leaves with a metallic hue and dark green
stripes; height 3 feet or more. Very large spike of enormous
flowers of a glowing fiery red, dark red outside, and the bor-
ders and the inside gold flamed. 150, each.
Pluto --Height about 3 feet, with splendid foliage of
purple-red. Flowers beautiful and large, scarlet-purple,
flamed with red inside, 15c, each.
Flaccida-A native Florida Canna, with flowers so large
and lovely that no varieties in cultivation can excel it in
delicate beauty, not even the magnificent French and Italian
Cannas which have created such a sensation. Its blossoms
are from a rich golden yellow to a pale straw color, are over
two inches in diameter the narrowest way and five or more
inches the widest way. The petals are very delicate, with
edges beautifully crimped, the blossoms resembling the Or-
chid or Iris flower in shape and appearance more than a
Canna. The plant is dwarf in height--from two to four feet
--but grows vigorously and blossoms profusely all sunumer.
It is especially valuable as a foreground in groups and beds
of tall growing Cannas, Ricinus, etc. It seems content in
any soil, but, like all Cannas, will amply repay liberal treat-
ment. The roots should be winterecl in a box of half-dry
earth in the cellar, or may be kept up for winter flowering,
Price of fine pot-grown roots which will bloom this summer,
10c, each.
Ehemanni-The Fuchsia-Flowered Canna. An old sort of
great beauty and merit. Flowers lovely brilliant rosy crim.
son, drooping like a Fuchsia; foliage very tropical, resem-
bling a Banand. Giows 6 feet high. 150. each,
Pink Ehemanni-Like the above in every way except the color
of its flowers which is a clear deep pink. 150. each.
Robusta-The finest of all foliage Cannas, Leaves gigantic,
dark bronze and greenish; with good cultivation will grow 10 to 12
feet tall. Flowers bright scarlet. 100. each,
Il
NEW CANNA
AUSTRIA
SPECIAL OFFER.-We will send 1 dozen of any one variety of red Canna listed at 10c. each, for only $1.00, postage paid.
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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.

Caladium Esculentum, or
Elephant's Ear.
The Taro of the South Sea Islands.
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This grand foliage plant is as easy to grow as a potato, and
will flourish anywhere, in or out of water, but thrives best on
very rich, moist soil, and in such a position will grow from
four to six feet tall, and produce leaves three feet long by two
feet broad. It will attain this size even in ordinary garden
soil if made very rich. The treatment suited to the Dahlia,
with free manuring and watering never neglected, meets the
wants of this plant precisely. It delights in warm, sandy soil,
and may be left out until frost cuts down the foliage before
taking up for the winter. As a pot plant grown in a place
sheltered from winds in the summer, it grows to the height of
four feet, and, with its immense leaves, lends a tropical appear-
ance to collections which is exceedingly effective; and for the
center of vases it is almost without a superior, provided it receives
rich soil and much water. It would be difficult to find another as
beautiful and imposing decorative plant, that will accommodate
itself to such various courses of treatment. The bulbs are kept
over winter dry, Price, 15c. each ; 3 for 40C. Very large bulbs, 250.
each : 3 for 650.
WAS
Spotted Calla Lily.
OPYRIGHTET
18990
The leaves of this beantiful Caila are very sharp pointed, deep
green, and thickly spotted with pure white, as shown in the cut.
Unlike the common Calla, it is strictly a summer plant, its foliage
dying away in the fall and the bulb resting like a potato during the
winter'. It may be grown in a pot, or planted directly in the open
ground, where it will flourish finely and bloom profusely, as it does
not require an abundance of water, like the common sort, Its
SPOTTED CALLA.
flowers are rather
small, exquisitely
formed, and partic-
ularly fine for cutting and wearing.
While it grows freely in any decent soil,
if it is given a good, rich, mellow soil, and
copiously watered whenever dry, it will
produce results well worthy of the extra
attention. Fine bulbs, 15c. each; 3 for 400.
Irittle Gem Calla.
This is a perfect dwarf Calla growing
only 8 inches to a foot high and producing
the most perfect and exquisite little pure
white flowers which are just of a suitable
size for cut-flower work. It grows very
l'apidly and a specimen in a 6-inch pot,
only 8 or 10 inches tall and bearing perfect
little miniature Calla flowers is one of the
loveliest, most striking and unique objects
imaginable. It was awarded a Certificate
of Merit by the Royal Horticultural Soci-
ety of England in 1890, and first introduced
the year following. Unfortunately other
dwarf varieties, but which grow at least
twice as large and tall and are inferior in
every way, have been sold as Little Gem.
Our stock is genuine. Price, 15c, each.
CALADIUM ESCULENTUM.
co
LITTLE GEM CALLA,
Calla Lily.
This lovely plant hardly needs a word of
description, it is so well known, so universally
loved and admired, and go indispensable with
every flower lover and cultivator. It is most
universally grown as a winter plant, its
stately appearance, its waxy-white, golden-
tongued flowers and its (power of flourishing
under almost any treatment, except freezing,
rendering it a general favorite for the purpose.
As it is naturally an aquatic, it is an impos-
sibility to give it too much water while
growing, Fine, strong plants, 15c, each.
Gladiolus.
Choice New Hybrids-These are grown
from seeds saved from the cross-fertilized or
hybridized flowers of a mammoth collection
of the most beautiful and choicest named
varieties in cultivation; and the flowers of
these hybridized seedlings present a marvel-
ous display of beauty which cannot be con-
ceived of by those familiar with the old sorts
only. Sent postpaid at the low rates of 12 for
250,; 25 for 500.; 50 for 80c.; or 100 for $1.50.
Childsi-Undoubtedly the finest strain of
Gladiolus ever introduced. Flowers enormous
and showing such strange new colors as
smoky grays and purple-blacks. Mixed cal-
ors, 10c. each ; 3 for 250., 6 for 450.; 12 for 750.
COPYRICHT.ED BY A.BLANC. 1890.
CALLA LILY.

BULBS, GRASSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS.
36
Tuberoses,
Excelsior Pearl-The most superior variety in the world. Fine fiow.
ering bulos, 5c, each; 3 for 120.; 12 for 40c. Select bulbs of the
largest size, 7c, each; 6 for 30c.; 12 for 50c.
New Variegated-Leaves bordered with creamy white. flowers ex-
quisite, single but very large and delightfully fragrant. The same
bulb continues to bloom year after year. Fine bulbs, 7c. each; 3 for
c; 6 for 350., 12 for 65c.
Hardy Ornamental Grasses.
Eulalia Japonica Variegata--The graceful leaves of this variety are
narked lengthwise with alternate stripes of creamy-white and
green. Grows 6 feet high and perfectly hardy. 150. each.
Eulalia Jap. Zebrina (Zebra Grass).-Leaves very dark deep green,
striped or marked across instead of lengthwise, with bands of
cream-white, producing a very peculiar and beautiful effect. 100.
Eulalla Jap. Gracillima-Totally distinct in appearance from either
of the above. Leaves very long and very narrow, of a beautiful green
color with a silvery white mid-rib. All are perfectly hardy. 10c.
Erianthus Ravenne-A very stately tall. EXCELSIOR PEARL TUBEROSE.
growing, Reed-like Grass from South
Europe. Sends up stout stems 6 to 8 feet high, bearing fine, graceful
plumes in abundance. Rarely seen but ought to be in every garden. 10c.
Arundo Donax Variegata-A magnificent Bamboo-reed, a full description
and illustration of which appeared in our 1896 catalogue. (The cut below
does not do it justice.) As easy to grow as a Dahlia and quickly produc.
ins a splendid oriental effect. Perfectly hardy in the latitude of Wash-
ington, D.C., and also in New Jersey and on Long Island, N. Y., if the roots
are covered with manure or litter. Farther north the clump of tuber.
like roots may be lifted and wintered in a box of soil in the cellar. 150.
each; strong large roots, by express, 30c, each.
SPECIAL OFFER--Beautiful beds or groups may be formed by plant-
ing the above three Eulalias, and the Erianthus and Arundo in conjunc-
tion. We will send one each of the five, amounting to 60c., for only 500.
Ha
IEVABLANC
Hibiscus Grandiflorus.
This grand Southern herbaceous Hibiscus has long been known to
botanists but we do not think has ever been introduced to cultivation.
We have had it growing in our grounds for some years past and been
so impressed by the magnificence of its flowers that we have decided
to offer it to our patrons. In spring the l'oots send up several stout
herbaceous stems 3 or 4 feet high, clothed with gray green leaves hav-
ing a velvety appearance and feeling, and in midsummer or later it
GLADIOLUS.
produces a profusion of the most magnificent flowers imaginable. On
established plants many of the flowers are from 10 inches to a foot
across, well opened and almost pure white with a deep crimson eye. The cut doesn't do it any-
thing like justice. Thrives in poor di'y soil but will well repay a better location. We do not know
Whether the roots will prove hardy at the North, but are inclined to think they will if set deep
and well mulched in winter. Or roots may be wintered in a box of soil in pit or cellar. 150. each.
Sweet Gum Tree-A native tree of great
Azalea Nudiflora-A lovely native shrub.
beauty, very rapid growth, and perfect hardi bearing fine large bunches of sweet-scented,
ness. In autumn its leaves turn to rich tints pure white flowers. Perfectly hardy in New
of purple, scarlet, orange and yellow. A fine England. 150. each; larger,
lawn or street tree, much more rapid growing |
130c, each.
than the Maple. 15c, each; larger, 30c.
Yucca Filamentosa-(Thread and
Needle Plant.) Too well known to need
desoription. Extremely tropical ap-
pearing; perfectly hardy everywhere.
A splendid plant for the cemetery and
rock-work. 15c, each; 3 for 40c.
EULALIA ZEBRINA.
BABA A
RTE
WAKO
HOTA ORDUAL WANT
AMMOULARES
2010
(RIGHTEV
1890
YUCOA FILAMENTOSA,
ARUNDO DONAX VARIEGATA.
HIBISCUS GRANDIFLORUS.

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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.
Palms for the People.
Grown Without Artificial Heat and Especially for Window Culture.
OR ornamental or decorative purposes few plants can equal the grand and stately Palms. They succeed finely as pot
plants in living rooms, and every year of their age adds to their size, beauty and usefulness; but, as with Orchids, the
high prices at which they are held prevent them from being universally grown, and they can hardly be found outside
the conservatories of the wealthy. We are happy to be able to offer the following collection of elegant, desirable and easily
managed sorts at prices which will put them within the reach of all. They have been grown in latticed houses and are
much hardier and vastly superior, for window culture, to those grown under glass at the North, In potting Palms the soil
should be packed about the roots very firmly and rather small pots used, shifting to larger sizes only when the pots become
filled with roots. They do finely in a soil of loam and sand. Leaf mold does not seem to suit them as well as a heavier soil,
There is more danger of using too large, rather than too small pots. The drainage should be perfect and there should not
be a lot of unused soil about the roots to become sour'. Do not re-pot until the old pots are filled with roots, and instead of
using wide pots use deep ones, as the roots prefer to go down rather than out. They enjoy some sunlight, though most sorts
will do better in complete shade than in hot sunshine. Keep the leaves clean by sponging or washing them. and water the
soil the same as Geraniums, Roses, etc. Unhealthy yellow leaves are most frequently caused by imperfect drainage, and
this trouble may be avoided by careful potting. The scale, which is almost the only insect which attacks Palms, if it ap-
peal's, which is rarely, may be easily removed by scrubbing the stalks and leaves with a stick or old toothbrush dipped in
soapsuds, les All Palms are sent postpaid at prices quoted except those quoted by express.
Areca Lutescens-One of the handsomest and most useful Palms for house culture to which it adapts itself readily,
Once established it makes a regular growth, and if given a fair amount of light it will prove superior to very adverse con-
ditions. Its beautiful leaves are pinnate and gracefully arched. rich shining green, and very firm in texture. The stems
and sheathing petioles are perfectly smooth, as if polished, yellow in color', mottled with black, forming an elegant con-
trast with the deep green leaves, Slenderer than the cut (see next page) looks. Flourishes best in the shade. Strong plants,
20c, each; larger and finer, 50c. each; strong, heavy plants, from 5-inch pots, three plants to a pot, 14 to 2 feet high, by express,
$1.25 per pot.
Caryota Urens-The Fish-Tail Palm-so called from the resemblance of the pinnæ to the tail of a fish, appearing as if
someone had trimmed the leaves with scissors. One of the very few Palms with bi-pinnate leaves, and is a very elegant
species for house culture. Price, 250. each; plants 18 to 20 inches high, by express, 750. each.
Chamærops Excelsa - Hardiest of all Palms, said to have endured three degrees Fahr., with only a slight covering. A
quick-growing fan-leaf Palm, particularly desirable for window culture, and fine for open ground culture in Florida. (See
cut on next page). Price, 20c, each: larger and finer, 30c. each.
Cocos Alphonsii-This is known in Florida as the “Belair Palm, and is hardy all over the State. It is a very choice
and beautiful pinnate-leaved, edible-fruited Palm from Southern Brazil, and it should be planted by everybody in Florida
for its fruit as well as its beauty. The fruit is golden yellow, much like a
Peen-to peach in shape, about 144 inches across, with a curious and pleasant
acid taste: they are very refreshing on a hot day. The leaves are bright
green, pinnate in form, and arch out like great plumes. It is also a splendid
sort for pot culture. Price, plants 12 to 15 inches high, 20c, each.
Cocos Campestris-Another just as hardy pinnate-leaved sort. Very
much like C. Alphonsii, but of a compacter growth and the leaves stiffer -
not so arching. Grand for open ground in Florida and pot culture North.
Price,- 250, each.
Cocos Weddeliana- A perfect little gem; one of the most elegant and
graceful little Palms that has ever been introduced. The plant is dwarf and
very neat; leaves whitish green on the underside, and arching out most
gracefully. It is finely adapted for decorations of all sorts and easily en-
dures the hardships usually falling to house plants. Beautiful little plants,
25c. each; larger and finer, 50c, each. (These prices are very low for this Palm.)
Corypha Australis-An Australian fan-leaf Palm of great beauty and
extreme hardiness, showing striking characteristics while in a very young
state, which greatly augments its value as a pot plant. Here in Florida it is
almost as hardy as the Cabbage Palm, and this hardiness and its robust con-
stitution render it the more valuable for pot or house culture, successfully
withstanding both a low and a high temperature. Its fan-like leaves are
very dark green, deeply split, and supported upon brown stems which are
armed at their edges with stout spines. It is of very compact habit under
pot culture, Strong plants, 200. each; larger and finer, 30c, each,
Kentla Belmoreana-The Curly Palm of Lord Howe's Island. Greatly
admired by all who see it on account of its elegant habit and graceful ap-
pearance. A splendid species in which the pinnæ are beautifully curved and
reflexed, Strong plants, 40c, each; plants, 18 to 20 inches high, $1.00 each.
PHENIX RUPICOLA.
Kentia Fosteriana-An
elegant decorative Palm of
easy culture and should be
included in every collec-
tion of house plants. It is
robust but compact in its
habit and growth and thor-
oughly distinct. The leaves
are broader in all their
parts and darker in color
than those of other Kentias,
KAS
LIVISTONIA ROTUNDIFOLIA,
COCOS WEDDELIANA.
CORYPHA AUSTRALIS.

PALMS FOR THE PEOPLE.
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tten
WOHNEN
A
KENTIA FOSTERIANA
LATANIA BORBONICA,
PHENIX PALUDOSA.
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and the divisions of the leaves always hang down as shown in the cut. Fine
mailing plants, 25c. each; larger, 18 to 20 inches high, with five leaves, by ex-
press, 750, each.
Livistonia Rotundifolia - A miniature fan-leaf Palm of the most exquisite
form and appearance imaginable. The leaves are shaped like those of Lata-
nia Borbonica but are tiny in comparison and are produced on very short foot
stalks. A plant only a foot high will have as many as a dozen well developed,
perfect leaves, and such a plant is lovely for table decoration. It is very scarce
and rare, is especially adapted for bouse decoration and will delight every.
body who possesses it. (See cut on opposite page), Fine little plants, 250, each;
larger and exceptionally fine, 60c. each,
Latania Borbonica --The Chinese Fan Palm, from which he palm-leaf
fans of commerce are made. The most popular Palm in cultivation, for
decorative work; stands neglect well and also a considerable amount of
cold. If grown in partial shade while young the leaves will be of a richer,
darker green. Fine plants, 15c. each; larger, 40c. each ; very fine, 18 inches
to 2 feet high, by express, 60c. each.
PHENIX --All the species of this genus here offered are hardy in Florida,
and should be extensively planted for lawn and avenue ornamentation. They
are equally well adapted for pot culture at the North, being exceedingly
beautiful and standing a great variation of temperature,
Phoenix Cycadifolia- A rare species with leaves resembling those of a
Cycas in form and arrangement. Very rare in cultivation. Strong plants
from 312-inch pots, 15 inches and up in height, 30c, each; plants 18 to 20 inches
high, showing character, 60c, each; both sizes by mail postpaid.
Phoenix Farinifera-Very rapid grower and said to stand the winter cli-
mate of Southern France without protection Leaves of a deeper green than
the common Date Palm. Berry shining black, with sireet mealy pulp. A kind of
sago-like substance is obtained from the trunk by the natives of Hindostan,
which is used for food, hence the specific name Farinifera. Splendid plants,
20c, each; larger, 350. each ; much larger, 60c, each ; fine plants from 6-inch
pots, 14 to 2 feet high and fully characterized, by express, 750. each,
Phoenix Paludosa-4 rather short-stemmed species with very long,
gracefully spreading leaves; the pinnules long and drooping, Native of
India. Nice plants 20c, each ; Targer, 350. each'; much larger, 60c, each; fine
plants from 6-inch pots, 142 to 2 feet high, fully characterized, by express, 750.
Phoenix Pumila--A handsome and remarkably quick crowing species;
will grow in any well fertilized soil, 15c. each : larger, 40c. each; much larger,
showing character, 60c, each; fine plants from 6 and 7-inch pots,
2 feet high, fully characterized, by express, 80c. each.
Phoenix Reclinata -A very beautiful and hardy South African
species. Leaves gracefully reclined, Largely grown as a pot plant
for the house, for which purpose it is especially suitable, 200. each;
larger, 350. each; fine plants, 18 to 20 inches high, showing character,
by express, 750. each.
Phoenix Rupicola-One of the most exquisitely graceful amongst
SEAFORTHIA ELEGANS.
Palms Cheap!
On the following page will be
found some very cheap offers of
desirable varicties of Palms of
which we have a surplus stock,
These we have made up into
special collections at special low
prices. Every one is a bargain.
Me
THAN
CHAMÆROPS EXCELSA.
ARECA LUTESCENS.
PHENIX RECLINATA.

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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA
Cheap Palm Collections.
INS
101
Palms, in elegance taking a similar place to that of the Cocos
Wedideliana. With its wide-spreading, arching, pinnate
leaves it is a most valuable acquisition. (See cut on page 36).
Plants, 250, each; larger and finer, 35c, each.
As we have very large stocks of some of the most de
sirable kinds of Palms which we catalogue, we have decided
Phoenix Sylvestris-One of the hardiest and a very
to offer some of them in especially cheap collections in order
rapid growiny Palm, forming magnificent specimens.
that everyone may possess at least a few of these elegant
Leaves grayish-green, very ornamental. 20c, each; plants,
decorative plants. This is an excellent opportunity for
142 feet and up, showing character, by express, 60c, each.
flower lovers in the same community to club together and
Phænix Senegalensis-A fine, free growing pot-Palm, get some fine Palms cheap.
30c, each,
Palm Collection A-Four Palms, one each of Phoenix
Seaforthia Elegans-A most graceful Palm, very popu Pumila, P. Rupicola, P.Senegalensis and P. Sylvestris, amount-
Lar for decorative purposes. Famed the world over for the ing at Catalogue prices to 80c., sent postpaid, to any address,
fénthery elegance and graceful character of its dark green, for only 50c.
perfectly smooth, pinnate leaves. (See cut on page 37). 200.
Palm Collection B-Three Palms, one each of Phoenix
each; much larger and finer, by express, 50c.
Paludosa (35c size), P. Pumila (10c, size), and P. Rupicola (350,
size), amounting at Catalogue prices to $1,10, sent postpaid,
to any address, for only 75c.
Cycas Revoluta.
Palm Collection C-Four Palms, one each of Phænix
The Rare and Beautiful Sago Palm.
Cycadifolia, P. Farinifera, P. Paludosa, and P. Pumila, plants
18 to 20 inches high, all showing character, amounting at
This is the so-called Sago Palm, and is sometimes called Catalogue prices to $2.70, sent postpaid, to any address, for
the Japanese Fern Palm, which is a very appropriate name. I only $2.00.
In young plants the stem is bulb-like, but develops into a
stem or trunk as it grows older. The leaves, which are like
elegant Fern-fronds, are remarkable for their great beauty,
which is retained for years, as the leaves do not die and drop
off every year, as they do on most plants. While the frond-
like leaves are of most graceful appearance, they are also of
a firm, strong texture and difficult to injure. They are of a
dark, deep green, and look as if varnished, which gives them
a beautiful shiny appearance. The leaves are in great de-
mand for floral decorations, and often sell for two dollar's
each, It may be well termed a " Family plant," asit lives to
a great age and can be kept in the family from generation to
generation, growing finer and more valuable every year,
proving an indispensable decoration for all occasions. As a
decorative plant, both for indoor and outdoor (summer)
use, it is without a rival, for its noble and majestic habit is
most impressive : and it is very hardy, its heavy, glossy
fronds resisting alike the gas, cold and dust to which
decorative piants must frequently be exposed. It is suited
with any good garden soil, Pots should be well drained,
and water applied sparingly during the winter. Northern
florists catalogue this plant at from $2.50 to $100 each,
according to size, which of course keeps it out of the hands
ot flower lovers in general. We are glad to offer nice mail-
ing size plants at 350. each; second size, large and very fine
plants, by express, at $1.00 each; third size, averaging six to
seven leaves apiece, 15 inches to two feet long, by express, $1.50
each, fourth size, plants with 20 leaves, each leaf 20 to 30 inches
long, by express, $5.00 each,
COONTIE, OR ZAMIA INTEGRIFOLIA.
Note-We have beautiful specimens of all sizes up to plants
with 100 leaves. Particulars as to prices, sizes, etc., will be cheer-
fully furnished on correspondence.
A Rare South Florida Cycad.
This strikingly beautiful and interesting Cycad, a native
of the extreme southern part of Florida, is something be-
tween a Palm and a Fern, but is neither, and is of extreme
stateliness and beauty. The leaves are pinnate and Palm-
like, but coiled in the bud like Ferns and retain their beauty
for some years. The beautiful flower-head is like a pine.
cone in shape, appearing as if stamped out of rich maroon
velvet. When ripe it bursts and exhibits its glossy, rich
yellow seeds, which change to red. It makes a magnificent
decorative pot plant, standing heat, dust, and almost any
amount of abuse, and is a fine companion for the rare Sago
Palm, which it somewhat resembles, though entirely dis-
tinct. In Europe the Coontie is so rare and highly prized as
to be catalogued at from $10 to $15 each. The plants we
offer are all pot-grown, beautiful specimens, with fine fronds
(leaves) and an abundance of roots,
ready for immediate effect, and all
sure to live and thrive. First size,
with nice foliage, 35c, each, post-
paid ; second size, larger and ex-
ceedingly fine foliage, 50c, each,
postpaid.
ANUNTIA
TATTA
INTRUDE
Rubber Plant.
The India Rubber Tree or Ficus
Elastica. A magnificent pot plant
of great decorative beauty, to con-
trast with Palms and other plants.
Has very large, smooth, leathery,
leaves, which stand heat and dust
with impunity. One of the most
popular room plants in Northern
cities, but generally very expen-
sive. When it becomes too tall, it
may be cut back and made to
assume a perfect tree-shape, Fine
plants, 350, ; larger, very fine, 50c.
FYRIGHTED 720
BY A.BLANCA
"My Sago Palm procured of you
two years ago has become a beautiful
specimen, having thrown out five
times as many fronds, strong and
I healthy."--M, B.M., Ind. Ter.
CYCAS REVOLUTA, OR SAGO PALM.
RUBBER PLANT.

CHOICE FERNS FOR WINDOW CULTURE.
39
A Few Choice Ferns for Window Culture.
7
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VERYBODY should grow Ferns, both in the garden and in the house. They flourish to perfection in shady positions,
K where many other plants refuse utterly to grow. A soil composed of equal parts of leaf mold and loam, with plenty
of sand, suits them admirably. They are like Palms in the respects that they grow better as they grow older; and
well established specimens are exceedingly decorative. The following varieties are all very choice and mostly
easy to grow.
Adiantum Cuneatum-One of the most beautiful of all i Nephrolepis Exaltata-The true Sword Fern. In weil-
the Maiden Hair Ferns, and the one most popular and most | grown specimens the fronds attain a length of 6 to 7 feet,
generally grown by fiorists for decorations. 20c, each; fine but only 1 to 3 inches wide, Will grow either in deep shade
plants, from 3-inch pots, 30c, each
or full sun. 150. each : 3 for 350.; 5 for 50c.
Adiantum Farleyense-The grandest of all the Maiden Osmunda Regalis-The Royal or Flowering Fern. Per-
Hair Ferns and impossible to ade-
fectly hardy everywhere, and
quately describe, The delicate
one of the very best of the large
plumy fronds, which are pinkish
hardy Ferns. Fronds bipinnate,
while young, turning to light
from 2 to 6 feet tall and 1 foot or
creen, droop around the pot in
more broad. 150. each; 3 for 400.
the most elegant manner. Must
Polypodium Aureum-(Hare's
never get dry. 250, each.
Foot Fern.) -A noble sort with
Adiantum Fulvum--An erect-
laige, glaucous fronds, which are
growing New Zealand species,
with fronds 9 to 12 inches long,
of a bluish tint, deeply cleft, and
borne on stout brown stems. 150.
6 to 8 inches broad, and deltoid in
general outline; young fronds
Polypodium Incanum - The
reddish. A fine sort. 150. each;
Resurrection Fern. A half hardy
much larger, 40c, each,
species glowing in dense masses
Adiantum pubescens-A pe-
on the bark of oaks, hickories,
culiar and beautiful Fern, having
etc., its fronds curling up in a
a very soft appearance from the
dry time like the Resurrection
brown pubescence which covers
Plant of Mexico, and opening
the stems. Fine for baskets and
whenever it rains. May be grown
Fern-dishes. 150. each; much
on a piece of bark or a block,
larger, 40c. each,
Are Orehid-fashion, dipping it in
Aspidium Tensemensi — A
water frequently: but if grown
lovely little Fern not yet gener-
on top of a pot of sandy soil the
ally introduced, and sure to be-
fronds will remain expanded
come a great favorite when bet-
longer. The fronds are only from 2
ter known, for it will stand
to 4inches long and ito 1 inches:
almost as much abuse as a
broad, just the thing for the
Geranium. On account of its
background of a buttonhole bou-
persistence and durability it is of
quet. 10c. each; large clumps, 200.
great value for Fern-dishes and
Pteris Adiantoides-An Adi-
jardinieres. Everybody should
(untum-like species very rare in
grow it. 150, each.
DAVALLIA STRICTA
cultivation. Very dark green. 15€.
Cyrtomism Falcatum-One of the best
decorative species for growing in the window.
A strong grower', with fronds 1:2 to 30 inches
long and 4 to 8 inches broad, the segments
yery large and the upper side a deep, glossy
green. So hardy it is sometimes grown in the
open ground in England, where it is called
Holly Fern. Makes a splendid specimen. 150.
Boston Fern-Sée “Choice Specialties in
Plants and Bulbs."
Davallia Stricta-This is a newly-intro-
duced Fern of great beauty from the Malayan
Archipelago, yet it has been in cultivation
long enough to fully test its perfect adapta-
bility to window culture. In fact, it is,
perhaps, the easiest of all Ferns to manage.
It thrives finely in a shady window, and the
fronds being finely cut and feathery--yet of
a strong texture-and a beautiful shade of
green, it makes an exquisite table plant. It
is also fine for cutting for bouquets, and is
one of those Ferns which "sells on sight."
Does not grow over 2 feet high ultimately, but
as a pot plant usually remains much smaller.
ASSORTED FERNS,
Everyone is delighted with it. 25c. each. -
PTERIS VICTORIA.
Dicksonia Barometz-A quick-
growing and very beautiful Tree Fern
Pteris Cretica Albo-Lineata-An
from China. The long fronds a light
old but very hardy and useful dwarf
bluish-green, the pinnæ so fine as to
species, with a whitish stripe in the
appear almost like fine lace-work. Very
fronds. A grand sort for pots and
choice, Some who have bought this
baskets. 150. each.
Fern have for some strange reason
Pterls Serrulata- One of the easi-
confounded it in its small stage with a
est Ferns to grow, and very pretty. The
wild native species. This is a great
leaves are queerly divided, making it
mistake for it comes from China and
| unique and interesting. 150. each
would not live over winter out door's.
larger, 30c, each.
Pteris
Both this and the following species (D.
Serrulata Cristata- A
Cicutaria) soon grow into fine speci-
beautiful crested Fern, fine for baskets,
mens entirely distinct in appearance.
Fern-dishes and for cutting. 150. each.
200. each; larger, 35c. each.
Pteris Victoria--A most desirable
variegated variety, with small, grace-
Dicksonia Cicutaria - A very
ful foliage. 150, each.
handsome, easily managed and quick-
growing Fern, which succeeds per-
fectly in the living room. Fronds pale
vivid shining green, triangular-elon-
SELAGINELLA EMILIANA.
Cuuious and delicately beantiftil
gate in form, and from 4 to 8 feet in length, arching over on plants, which require about the same treatment as Ferns.
all sides. Very beautiful and desirable. 20c, each; larger, 30c. Some are erect, with large, spreading, Fern-like fronds,
Lygodium Scandens-The beautiful Japanese Climbing
invaluable for cut-flower work, while others are pros-
trate and creeping, forming an excellent groundwork for
Fern, as easy to grow as Ivy or Smilax, and everybody would
grow it if they knew how distinct and beautiful it is.
Ferneries. We can supply several very handsome species
at 10c. each; or 5, all different and very choice, including S.
Lovely on a slender trellis or running on threads. 150. each;
Emiliana, offered below, for only 40c.
larger, 30c. each,
S. Emiliana-A new upright variety, with stems branch-
Lastrea Opaca-A very pretty species with dark green, ing from the base and forming a dense tuft. An exceed-
triangular fronds. 200. each.
ingly beautiful sort. The cut is very poor'. 15C, each.
De
roles
Selaginellas.

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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.
Tropical and Semi-Tropical Fruits.
IN THIS department will be found a fine selection of the most desirable and easily grown representatives of this inter.
esting class of plants, lately become so popular at the North. They are far more easily grown than has bitherto been
supposed, and form a most desirable addition to any collection of plants. All plants of this class offered at the North
are obtained from this State, The varieties we offer are carefully selected as the easiest to grow and give satisfaction.
They are every one specially adapted for cultivation in pots or tubs, as they dwarf themselves readily under those conditions
and fruit nicely. All except the Pineapple may be wintered in the cellar if desired to do so; but the majority are so beauti.
ful in form, leaf, flower or fruit that they are well worthy a prominent position, both summer and winter. They are no
more difficult to grow than the average run of pot plants in cultivation.
DWUWUWUN
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BANANAS HART'S CHOICE.
CAVENDISH,
ORINOCO.
Anona Squamosa.
Bananas.
(Sugar Apple, or Sweet Sop.)
Almost everybody has seen and tasted the fruit of the
Banana, but very few know that the plants can be grown in
A most delicious fruit, much grown in the West Indies the North as successfully as either Cannas or Corn. Sach,
and at Key West. The fruit resembles an inverted cone, or however, is the case, and there exists no good reason why
a small pineapple minus the crown, and is of a yellowish everyone should not possess their own Banana "tree" and
green color when ripe; the pulp is very sweet, of the con annually enjoy its magnificent growth, They make grand
sistency of soft butter, and contains several shining black decorative plants when grown in large pots, kegs or tubs of
seeds. Grows in the form of a bush, and in Florida sprouts rich soil, and they are particularly valuable for open ground
readily from the roots when frozen down. A small bush less culture in the centers of beds of foliage plants, moist situa-
than 5 feet high has ripened upwards of 30 fruits in one sea- 1 tions, etc. The cut gives some idea of the splendid form
son. At the North, makes a nice pot or tub plant. Decidu. I these plants assume. An Illinois gentleman tells in the rol-
ous in winter. Price, 15c, each.
Llowing words how easily they are grown in the open ground:

TROPICAL AND SEMI-TROPICAL FRUITS.
*Last May I set out a very small plant of Hart's Choice varie. | borne 500 fruits; we have had plants less than 18 inches high
ty, not over 15 inches high, in an entirely unprotected situa carrying 165 fruits and a plant which could be covered by a
tion. By fall it was 7 feet high and had leaves 6 feet long box 4 feet square and 212 feet deep held 1,005 fruits, blooms
and 18 inches broad; the stalks and buds at one time. They are everbearers after they be-
measured over 26 inches in cir come established, bearing buds, flowers or fruits in some
cumference at the ground.” But stage every day in the year. Evergreen, with beautiful,
this record has been greatly shining, thick, Camellia-like foliage, they would make grand
outdone at the North where ornamental pot plants if they never bloomed or fruited.
small plants of the Orinoco Can be wintered in the cellar at the North or kept growing
Banana, set out in May, have the year round. Should be planted in the open ground by
attained a height of 18 feet by everybody where the temperature does not go below 20 de-
the first of October. with enor grees above zero.
mous leaves 10 feet long and 2 Red Cattiey, or Strawberry Guava (Psidium Cattleg
feet wide. Of course these plants
anum) - Fruit rather smaller than an English walnut, of a
were set in very rich soil and fine claret color, and a flavor resembling that of a Straw-
given an abundance of water
berry : makes a beautiful colored jelly.
and liquid manure. In planting
Yellow Cattley Cuava (Psidium Lucidum)-Foliage
dig a good sized hole, 18 inches
or more deep, fill with rich soil
hardly distinguishable from the Red, but the fruit yellowish
and plenty of well-decayed
green, about the size of a guinea egg, and of a slight acid-
manure (they thrive wonderful-
ulated flavor; also fine for light colored jelly. Considered
even hardier than the Red species,
ly, in muck soil), set the plants in
this, and keep well watered dur Prices - Fine mailing plants of either sort, 150. each; 3
ing the summer, and they will for 40c, One of each sort, mailing size for only 25C. Larger,
make an astonishing growth, 250, each; one of each, large size, for only 40c.
Just before frost cut all the
leaves off (but do not cut the
"The two Cattley Guava plants received from you last year
stalk) dig them up and place
are flourishing and are now covered with fruit.”—MRS. GEORGE
CATTLEY GUAVA.
the roots in a box of earth, and
G. KLAPP, Miss.
keep them quite diy (to prevent growth) and they will win-
ter as easily as a Canna or Dahlia.The second summer they
will bloom and then you will behold a sight you may never
have dreamt of. Sometimes they bloom early enough in the
season to mature their fruits, If you want to see the grand-
The Fig is a fruit so delicious, and so easily raised, and
est plant that ever grew, plant a Banana. It will be the
| the whole plant so oinamental and interesting that it should
wonder of your neighborhood. And if you wish to "astonish be grown everywhere. Those who have never eaten any but
the natives," remember that you cannot make the soil too
the dried figs of commerce cannot form any conception of
rich for it nor give it too much water. If you faithfully at-
the lusciousness of a fresh fig, or preserved figs and cream.
tend to these two points, you will say, in the fall, that it has
They make splendid tub plants for the North, and are as
paid. If possible, set the plants in some sheltered position-
easy to grow as a Geranium. They usually bear some fruit
the hotter the better-where the wind cannot strike them the first season, and thereafter will be literally loaded. Figs
and whip the magnificent green leaves, tearing and disfigur-
may be grown in the open ground as far North as Rochester,
ing them,
N, Y., where they are perfectly hardy when treated as fol-
lows: On the approach of cold weather tie the branches to-
Dwarf or Cavendish Banana (Musa Cavendishi)--An ex-
gether' closely, then bend the body of the tree downwards as
tra fine sort; dwarf, but very strong and robust, attaining a
close to the ground as possible and fasten it there by tying
height of only 6 or 8 feet. The magnificent leaves look as
to stakes. Then cover over and around with boards, over
though sprinkled with blood, Yield of fruit enormous, some-
these a thick layer of straw, and over the straw a covering
times as many as 200 or 300 in a bunch. Price, 20c, each; 3
of four or five inches of soil. Very large bushes or trees may
for 50c.; larger, by express, 250each ; 3 for 65c.
be treated in this manner', as the stems are very flexible It
Orinoco Banana (Musa paradisiaca var. sapientum)-A is best to plant Figs in as warm a position as possible, such
grand sort for bedding out; grows very large, producing a as the south side of a building or tight board fence. They
magnificent effect. Very hardy and should be grown every may also be very successfully grown as pot or tub plants and
where as an ornamental plant. Price, 15c, each; 3 for 40c.; be wintered in the cellar or pit.
larger, by express, 250. each; 3 for 60c.
Celestial or Sugar Fig-Small, pale violet, very produc-
Hart's Choice' (Musa Orientum) --Of medium height, tive, and so exceedingly sweet that in favorable weather
stalk and mid-rib tinged with red. Bears early and is very they will preserve themselves on the tree. Fine plants, 20c.
hardy for a Banana. Fruit unsurpassed in flavor, Price, each; larger, by express, 30c. each.
250, each; 3 for 70c.; larger, by express, 300. each; 3 for 80c,
The three sorts would make a magnificent clumpin any yard.
"The Fig I got of you last January is about one foot high, and
is now (Oct. 30th), loaded with fruit : and we are almost on top
SPECIAL OFFER-For only 50C. we will send postpaid, one l of the Rockies. It is a great curiosity here."-MRS. SUSAN
tuber of each of the above three varieties of Bananas (amounting | EZEKIEL, Colo.
to 60c.)
The Fig.
Carica Papaya.
(Melon Papaw).
For an illustration of this remarkable tropical fruit
plant see“ Choice Specialties in Plants and Bulbs," where it
is also described and offered as an ornamental. Aside from
its highly ornamental character it possesses many remark-
able qualities, one of which is its peculiar property of
making tough beef tender! This is commonly practised in
the tropics, where the plant is universally grown. The
meat is sliced and wrapped up in the bruised leaves for half
an hour or so, or rubbed with the rind of the fruit. The
ripe fruit also possesses wonderful digestive qualities and
has been called vegetable pepsin. It is said that a slice eaten
for dessert will prevent indigestion, while it is recorded that
stubborn cases of dyspepsia have been cured by a continued
indulgence in the fruit. The 'ipe fruit is sliced and eaten
as one would a melon, and has a very peculiar flavor, ex-
ceedingly rich and spicy. When in fruit the plant is a most
striking object. The trunk, without branches, .forms a column
set around thickly with melons, in tiers one above another,
the lower ones ripening first. Plants are male and female,
and at least one male plant must be grown to obtain fruit.
Fresh seeds, 10c, per pkt. Plants, 20c, each; 3 for 50c.
Cattley Guavas.
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.
The common Guava is a most delicious fruit after one
has formed a taste for it, but it possesses a musky odor un-
bearable to some. They are affected by the slightest frost,
and must be of considerable size before they will fruit. But
in the two following varieties we have comething entirely
distinct. No musky odor or flavor, the plants hardy enough
to stand any temperature above 20', and for fruitfulness
Burpassing anything we ever saw. A plant 18 months old has
FIG GROWING IN A POT.
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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA,

Downy Myrtle.
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(Myrtus Tomentosa.)
A very handsome small evergreen shrub from Northern India,
bearing beautiful pink five-petaled flowers, resembling in size the
Dog Rose. The flowers appear in such wonderful profusion that the
leaves of the plant are almost completely hidden and the branches
weighted to the ground. The flowers are followed by fruits about
the size of a gooseberry, red in color, and of an agreeable sweetish
taste; fine for jam, ete. It should be grown in every Florida par-
den for its fruit, and at the North as an elegant pot shrub. (See cut
al further description on page 47). Price of fine plants, 150, each;
larger, 30c, each,
Oranges
and
Tremons.
Fine varieties of
budded Oranges and
Lemons will be found
offered among "Choice
Specialties in Plants
and Bulbs."
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Double Red Pomegranate.
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Most of the dwarf or ornamental flowering Pomegranates are non-fruiting
but the one we offer here fruits profusels, and is therefore doubly valuable.
Grown in a pot or tub, it forms a most beautiful little bush, and, when cov-
ered with its fiowers, is a sight of wondrous beauty. The outside, or calyx, of
the flower looks as if cut out of very thick red sealing wax, while the inside, or
petals, look like crape, or crimped tissue paper, of a much deeper color'. The
flowers are perfectly double and measure 312 inches across. It is a fruit-bear-
ing pot shrub of exceptional value, and being naturally deciduous, it may be
wintered out of the way in the cellar or a cold-pit until April, when it should
be brought to the light and started into growth. In the lower South it is per-
fectly hardy, and should have a place in every garden. Price, 20c. each.
WE
Pineapples.
It was this delicious fruit a Huguenot priest described more than 300
years ago as being of such excellence that the gods might luxuriate upon it,
and that it should only be gathered by the hand of Venus. It is one of the
DOUBLE RED POMEGRANATE.
most beautiful decorative plants imaginable, and is well worth growing on
that account alone; but it will fruit in a greenhouse or a window. Should
be repotted frequently during the first year.
Red Spanish--The Pineapple of commerce. Ruddy yellow when ripe ;
gub-acid, sparkling. Price, 15c, each; 3 for 40c.
Egyptian Queen-Very showy, of fine flavor, and most prolific, bearing
more surely than any other sort. Flavor something like that of a wild Straw-
berry, Rare. Price, 200, each; 3 for 50c.
For the remarkable new Pernambuco Pineapple, see "Choice Specialties in
Plants and Bulbs."
hlab
Sapodilla or Naseberry.
The Achras Sapota, of spreading tree-form, with thick, glossy leaves, The
fruit can be compared to a russet apple, with the taste of a rich, sweet, juicy
pear, with granulated pulp; almost equal to the mango, and the taste does not
have to be acquired. Very choice and rare; fine for pot culture. Price, 300,
Providence Sweet Potato.
A very early and productive sort, which is as easily grown at the North as
the Irish Potato. The vines are short and bushy, leaves heart-shaped, the
fubers large, oval, and of fine quality. Will be very popular at the North on
account of its quick growth; and it should be grown in every garden. The
tubers should be bedded to sprout, and the sprouts pulled off and planted after
the weather becomes thoroughly warm and settled. Orders for plants we shall
book, and send them to the various States at the proper time for planting. Tubers,
30c. per lb.; 3 lbs. for 750., postpaid. Per peck (freight or express at expense of
purchaser), 75c.; per bu., $2.50; per bbl , $5.00. Plants (to be booked and sent to
the various States at the proper
time for planting), 25 for 40c., 50
for 750.; 100 for $1.00, postpaid. Per
express, at purchaser's expense, $4,50
per 1,000.
PROVIDENCE SWEET POTATO.
Early Sweet or Spanish Peanut.
It is just as easy to raise Spanish Peanuts anywhere in the North as corn, and
those who have never tasted the nuts of this particular variety have no idea
how delicious a peanut can be. They are smaller than the common peanut, but
remarkably solid, no pops, and the flavor delicate and most delicious. Peanuts
are excellent boiled instead of roasted. Boil two or three hours in water con-
taining about a double portion of salt, as the shells absorb part of the salt.
Grow some of them for the children; they will be delighted with them. Care-
fully shell the peanuts in order not to break the brown skin that
covers the kernel. Plant the last of Mayor early in June, in hills
about 2 feet apart, 3 or 4 kernels to each hill, and cover about 2
inches deep. Soil should be warm and made fine and mellow.
Cultivate shallow, and after the plants bloom draw fine soil well
up to them each time. Per large package, 10c., per pint, 20c.; per
quart, 30c., postpaid.
"The Pineapple came duly to hand yesterday in good shape, I am
pleased with the plants we got of you. They were packed so carefully
that they never even wilted. All are alive and thriving. The size and
quality of plants have attracted the attention of other flower lovers here:
so without a doubt you will receive other orders.-G. B. M. WILL, Neb.
EARLY SWEET OR SPANISH PEANUT.

HALF HARDY OR POT SHRUBS.
43
Half Hardy, or Pot Shrubs.
HIS magnificent class of plants can be grown in pots, boxes or tubs, grouped about the lawn or piazza where they will
bloom profusely all summer, and be wintered in the cellar, if desired. Each passing year will only add to their size
and value. All they require is good soil and liberal waterings.
Achania Malvaviscus.
(Bishop's Mitre.)
One of the most satisfactory house plants grown, as it is always in bloom
and never attacked by insects of any kind. It covers itself with a profu-
sion of
brilliant scarlet axillary flowers which contrast beautifully
with its
green, heart-shaped leaves. Also very valuable for bedding
out, standing the hottest sun and drought, 150. each;
larger, 300.
Acalyphas.
Elegant shrubby foliage plants, as showy as
Coleus and easier to grow. Fine for pots and beds.
Tricolor-Leaves bright red, with blotches of
crimson-bronze, A beautiful plant. 15c, each.
Marginata-Leaves dark bronze,margined with
rose color. Equals the showiest varieties of Coleus.
150, each.
Ardisias.
BLAM
Crenulata-A handsome evergreen shrub, pro-
ducing a profusion of white fiowers and clusters of
vermilion colored berries, which remain on the
plant a long time. Being evergreen and covered the
ACALYPHA.
year round with either berries or flowers, or both,
the plant is always beautiful, 200, each ; larger, by express, 750. each:
White Berried Ardisia-Like the above except that the berries are pure
white. 20c, each; larger, very fine, 50c, each.
CAMPHOR TREE AS A POT PLANT
Camphor Tree.
Allamanda Neriifolia.
(Cinnamomum Camphora).
This is an elegant shrubby species with
The Camphor Tree or Camphor Laurd of
Oleander-like leaves borne in whorls of four,
China and Japan, from which the gum cam-
and producing clusters of tubular yellow flow-
phor of commerce is obtained. A beautiful
er's, the throat streaked with dark orange. It
evergreen, hardy in the lower Gulf States.
doos finely as a pot plant and will bloom finely
Leaves smooth and a rich, shining green, the
bedded out in the open ground. In the latter
newer growth tinged with a beautiful wine
position it rarely exceeds 3 feet in height, and
color', making a striking contrast. One of the
in this State it forms an elegant garden shrub,
most symmetrical trees imaginable, forming a
sprouting up readily if frozen down, The flow-
perfect cone from the ground to the summit,
ers are followed by very curious seed pods.
It should be extensively planted in Florida ag
Frice, 20c. each; larger, very fine, 30c, each.
an ornamental tree for yards or streets, and at
poo For other Allamandas see page 57 and also
the North as a pot or tub plant, on account of
*Choice Specialties in Plants and Bulbs."
its very ornamental character and its very
aromatic leaves and berries when bruised ar
Australian Silk (ak.
crushed. May be wintered in the oellar or pit,
if it is so desired, Fine plants, 150, each; extra
(Grevillea Robusta).
large and fine, 30c. each,
A splendid Ferny-leaved evergreen plant
(not a true Oak), which should be grown by CHEROKEE BEAN.
everybody as it makes a magnificent pot plant
for all sorts of decorative purposes. The cut gives but a
(Erythrina Herbacea).
faint idea of its beauty, for it possesses a peculiar airy grace. A Florida plant having a large, fleshy, carrot-like root,
fulness and a satiny sheen and texture which it is simply which sends up strong shoots, bearing beautiful leaves and
impossible for the engraver to successfully reproduce. In immense racemes of the most intense fiery scarlet fiowers;
conjunction with Palms and Ferns, or in any ordinary col these are followed by brown pods which burst, revealing the
lection of house plants, it is at once striking and graceful. bright red "beans," and remaining on the plant for monthe.
The dust, heat and gas of living rooms have no visible effect If desired the root can be put in the open ground in the
on it and it will thrive where a Geranium will exist. Price, spring, and wintered in a box of dry soil. Cut back annually
15c. each: larger and finer, 30c, each,
before growth starts. Fine pot-grown tubers, 200, each.
Cherokee Bean.
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GREILEA
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ALLAMANDA NERIIFOLIA.
AUSTRALIAN SILK OAK.

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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.
Cape Jessamine.
(Gardenia Florida, fl. pl.)
One of the most beautiful and desirable evergreen shrubs in exist-
ence, producing large, double, white, exquisitely fragrant flowers from
May until September, Hardy throughout the lower South, Our cut
shows the form of the exquisite Camellia-like flowers, but the real
flower's must be seen in order to appreciate their waxy texture and
delicious perfume. The plant grows in very beautiful form and with
its dark, shining leaves, is highly
ornamental at all times. 150. each;
3 for 40c.; larger, 30c. each.
Il
Utsune
CESTRUM PARQUI.
COFFEE
CAPE JESSAMINE,
Cestrum.
Coffea Arabica or Coffee.
Grape Myrtle.
Clerodendron Fragrans, fl. pl.
Cestrum Parqul-The famous Night-blooming Jessamine, The true Arabian Coffee Plant, native in the mountains
producing in the greatest profusion clusters of beautifui of Southwestern Abyssinia. This is a beautiful evergreen
greenish-tinted white flowers, which are overpoweringly shrub, with waxy, shining dark green foliage and sweet-
sweet at night. It is said to be the most valuable of all per-| scented white flowers, disposed in axillary clusters, which
fume plants. • Makes a lovely pot, plant, and is of the easiest | are succeeded by bright red berries which contain the coffee
culture, thriving to perfection in good loam and sand. kernels. A fine companion for the Tea Plant. Give ample
Blooms almost the'year round and small plants, 12 to 18 inches pot room and plenty of water, Everyone in South Florida
high, load themselves with bloom, a spray being produced in should have at least one Coffee shrub growing in their yard
the axil of every leaf. Forms a lovely large, dense shrub in for a curiosity iſ nothing more, though well worth growing
Florida gardens. 10c, each: larger, 30c. each.
for the beauty of foliage and flowers alone. If frozen down
Cestrum Diurnum--Day-blooming. Jessamine. A hand to the ground they sprout again from the roots, if they are
some quick-growing evergreen shrub, producing quantities
planted deep, and are soon of good size. 15c, each,
of sweet-scented, white flowers, valuable for cut-flower
work, and somewhat resembling Candytuft. A fine pot plant
of the easiest culture, and for the open ground in Florida.
15c, each; larger, 30c, each.
(Lagerstroemia Indica.)
Cestrum Auranticum--A fine orange-colored winter-
flowering variety which blooms at night. A choice sort.
What the Lilac is to the North, the Crape Myrtle is tolthe
15c, each.
South. It thrives anywhere and everywhere and blooms all
summer long. Were it but known what a grand plant it is,
every body in the North would grow it. Our cut shows the
appearance of the individual flower, but we leave it to our
customers to imagine the appearance of a bush completely
The accompanying little cut conveys some slight idea of
covered with large panicles consisting of such flowers. The
the beauty of this much neglected plant. It is of low,
petals of the flowers look like crape, and the panicles of
shrubby.growth, with large, tropical-looking leaves, dull bloom are larger than those of the Lilac. It can be set in
green above and dusty appearing beneath. From the axils
the ground in the spring, where it will bloom readily, and
of the leaves appear compact heads of the most exquisite in the fall be dug up, put in a box and wintered in a cellar,
waxy white flowers, exactly like miniature Camellia blooms
or it can be kept in a box or tub the year round. As far
and of the most delicious fragrance, at times giving a pleas-
north as Philadelphia, the
ing banana-like odor. The flowers are produced in such a
roots are hardy in the open
compact head as to resemble a bouquet. Given a rich soil it
ground, shooting up freely in
blooms profusely; can
spring and blooming the same
be wintered in the cellar
summer'. Doubtless it may
or kept up for winter
be treated the same much
blossoms. If cut down
farther north by planting
by frost, it sprouts up!
deep, and mulching the roots
readily and vigorousiy
heavy in the fall.
from the root. Price, Light Pink-A favorite.
15c, each ; 3 for 40c.
150. each; 3 for 40c.
Clerodendron Foeti-
Scarlet-Very fine. 150.
dum-A handsome Chi-
nese shrub for either
each; 3 for 40c.
pots or the open ground.
Purple-Choice. 15c, each;
The roots are hardy as
3 for 40c.
far north as Long Island
SPECIAL OFFER - One
if planted deep, the
stems shooting up in each of the above 3 sorts for 350,
spring and flowering in o Express size of the above 3
August. Flowers sweet-
scented, of a handsome
sorts, 30c. each; the 3 for 80c.
lilac-rose color, and are 1
borne in dense terminal
corymbs or heads. The
leaves are large, pubes A fine assortment of these in
cent, heart-shaped and magnificent colored-leaved pot "RADE
toothed. It attains al shrubs will be found offered in M
height of 5 feet in the "Choice Specialties in Plants
CLERODENDRON FRAGRANS, FL. PL, open ground. 150. each. I and Bulbs."
HODNO
COPIED
A PLANC

HALF HARDY OR POT SHRUBS.
45
Golden Dew Drop.
(Duranta Plumieri.)
A handsome evergreen pot shrub bear-
ing racemes of lovely, delicate blue flow-
ers in great profusion. They resemble
the flowers of the Forget-me-not, but are
larger, are produced for at least three
months and are rapidly followed by clus-
ters of beautiful golden berries which
hang on for six months, so the plant is
ornamental three-fourths of the year. -
Price, 150. each; larger, 30c, each.
2
Hamelia Patens.
Almost no idea of the great beauty of
either flowers or foliage of this plant is
conveyed by the cut. It is a plant which
should be as common in Northern win-
dows as the Geranium, and have an hon-
ored place in every Florida yard where it
blooms all the summer and fall. In pots
if pinched back occasionally it will make
a fine shrubby plant and bloom from one
HAMELIA PATENS.
year's end to the other. Its bright orange-
red tubular flowers are borne in dense clusters and remain perfect for weeks.
In addition, in fall its leaves assume most beautiful autumnal hues which last
all winter. Native of extreme South Florida where it forms a woody shrub 5
to 12 feet high. Price, 15c, each.
2-COPYRIGHT
FABLANC
Hydrangeas.
COPYRIGHTED LES
ABCANG
Largely grown for Easter and for summer decorations. Among the most
elegant plants for piazzas, steps and lawns. Begin flowering while very small;
may be confined to small pots, or grown as grand large specimens in tubs.
Monstrosa-One of the most valuable new plants introduced in
GROUP OF DATURAS.
years. Trusses of flowers are of enormous size, even on quite small plants.
Color, intense deep rose, and the
Vaturas.
plant is a mass of bloom the whole
season. The best of all the Hyd-
rangeas. 20c. each.
Datura Arborea-This grows in a
Otaska--The old favorite vari-
fine miniature tree-form and com-
ety bearing big bunches of pink
pletely loads itself with pure white
drooping bell-shaped flowers a foot
flowers which change to blue in
soils containing iron, 15c, each.
long, 6 or 8 inches wide, of the most
over-powering sweetness, and the
Red-Branched (Ramis Pictus)
game flowers opening for several days
-A beautiful sort with dark red
in succession. 15c, each.
branches that brighten to a clear
Double Datura-This is a very
crimson color as they near the flow-
er trusses. Plant of robust habit,
rare sort, entirely distinct from the
and produces freely immense heads
above. Its leaves aro velvety and of
of deep rose-colored flowers. An
a darker green, and the double flow-
especially desirable sort. 150. each.
ers look as if one very full flower had
been drawn inside of a smaller one.
Thomas Hogg-A pure white
It is a very free bloomer. 20c. each.
variety, with trusses of flowers
Datura Cornucopia-The flowers
measuring 15 inches in diameter.
Plants when full grown have a
of this sort are shaped much like
height and width of 6 feet. It is
those of the Double Datura, but the
perfectly hardy and one of the fin-
inside white while the outside is a
est plants for cemeteries. 150. each.
fine lilac spotted darker, which
makes a striking combination. 150.
SPECIAL OFFER-We will send
Datura Chromatella-A grand
the entire set of 4 varieties amounting
new Daturd, which has been very ap-
to 65c., postpaid for only 50C.
propriately called Golden Queen. It
GENISTA, OR SHOWER OF GOLD.
produces quantities of very large
flowers which are of a clear, rich golden-yellow, with three or
four distinct corollas, looking as though three or four large flowers
had been drawn one within 1
the other. Strong plants,
15c. each. Seeds, 5c. per pkt.
SPECIAL OFFER:--One
3 plant of each of these four
magnificent Daturas, amount-
ing to 70 cents, sent postpaid to
any address for only 60 cents.
Genista.
(Shower of Gold.)
May be grown in form of
a perfect miniature tree, and
in the late winter and early
spring months is loaded with
drooping racemes of lovely
golden yellow and exquisite-
ly fragrant pea-shaped flow-
ers. In a 5 or 6-inch pot it
forms a nice little specimen,
exactly as shown in the cut,
and keeps perfect a long
time. May always be had in
flower for Eastei. 20c. each.
GOLDEN DEWDROP.
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Hibisous Chrysantha-Said to be a hybrid between the
Hibiscus and Abutilon. Flowers 5 or 6 inches across, dat
or saucer-shaped, in color a clear, bright canary-yellove.
with a brown-black center which greatly heightens the
effect. The plants begin blooming when only 3 or 4 inches
high, often bearing an expanded flower which is larger
than the plant and pot combined, and blooms constantly,
whether in a pot in the window or bedded out in
summer. Price, 20c, each.
Jasminum or Jessamines..
This class of Jessamines is noted for the combined beauty
and fragrance of all its varieties. They are great favorites.
and as easy to grow as a Geranium.
Grandiflorum (Catalonian Jessamine)-One of the most de.
sirable of the species. The plant is ot a shrubby, balf-
climbing habit, with very delicate foliage, and its small
star-shaped, fragrant flowers are produced in the great-
est profusion all the year round. 150, each; larger, 30e.
Gracillimum-A new Jasminum and remarkable for its free.
dom of bloom. Of graceful habit, long blender branches
springing out near the ground and curving over on all
sides. A flower shoot is produced at every joint, which
terminates in a cluster of pure white flowers. Is in bloom
from October to February. 15c. each; larger, 30c.
Grand Duke-This sort is very easily grown. Even small
plants bear a profusion of very double creamy white
Howers having a powerful and delicious perfume. It is a
magnificent plant and one of the most valued and
popular pot plants wherever known. 150, each; larger,
30c. each
Hirsutum Flowers in umbels, pure white, large, fragrant ;
petals 6 to 9. Grows in the form of a miniature bush.
Anexquisite pot plant. 15c, each; larger, 30c. each.
Lucidum- Twiner, with shiny, evergreen leaves and blus-
ters of white star-shaped flowers. 15c.; larger, 30c.
Mald of Orleans--A very attractive new Jasmine with shin-
ing pale green foliage and good size double flowers,
blooming profusely all summer. A very beautiful and
desirable sort and very easy to grow. 150, each; larger,300.
Nudiflorum A perfectly hardy climber from China. Its
flexible green branches are wreathed with golden flowers
very early in spring, and if set south side of house will
frequently bloom at Christmas. Thrives any where and
grows with great rapidity; blooms all winter south of
Washington. Very desirarle. 150. each.
Officinale-Another perfectly hardy sort, but like Nuaifior-
um reaches greatest perfection in a sheltered location.
May be trained either as a bush or climber; flowers fine
white and delightfully fragrant. Blooms from June to
September, 15c, each.
Poetica-A very rapid grower which may be trained either
as a climber or in bush-form. Foliage handsome and
glossy and plant covers itself with a perfect cloud of
airy, starry white fragrant blossoms, smaller than those
of the Catalonian Jessamine but blooms in larger clusters,
A lovely pot plant. 150. each.
Revolutum-Yellow flowered, growing readily to the height
of from 10 to 20 feet in the open ground. In pots makes
a fine little bush. Exquisitely fragrant, and hardy
north to Maryland, 15c. each; larger, 30c.
Sambac (Arabian Jessamine)-The most deliciously fra-
grant of all. Flowers single, white, and borne in oymes.
Plant climbing and blooming all the year around. 15€.
each; larger, 30C.
TYPES OF CHINESE HIBISCUS.
Habrothamnus.
Vid
This is a genus of Mexican plants very closely related to
che Cestrums, and of easy cultivation. They will thrive in
any good potting soil and are among the gayest and most
showy of pot plants with their panicles of richly colored
flowers which are borne in profusion. Both of the follow.
ing varieties are fine winter bloomers.
Habrothamnus Coccineus-A very choice sort with bright
scarlet or rich dark pink flowers which are pendulous, or
tassel-11ke, and borne in profusion, followed by purplish-
red berries (not edible). Very handsome. 10c, each.
Habrothamnus Elegans--Flowers bright carmine or pur.
plish-red, freely produced in dense terminal cymes.
Branches and under side of leaves downy. May be grown
as a climber or trained into bush-form, Price, 10c, each.
Chinese Hibiscus.
These magnificent flowering plants give unbounded
satisfaction either as pot plants or bedded out in summer.
They bloom the year round, completely loading themselves
with gorgeous flowers.
Auriantica-Large, double, orange-colored flowers. An
early and profuse bloomer.
Carminiatus Perfectus-Full, round flower, of perfect
shape, of a rich carmine rose, with a deep crimson eye,
Colierii-A remarkable new, distinct variety, introduced
from the South Sea Islands. Flowers buff yellow, with
a crimson scarlet base, and peculiarly handsome.
Decorus-Foliage very large and lobed. Flowers enormous,
on long stems, of a beautiful rosy carmine color; stamens
and pistils very showy; the stigma is large, circular and
golden yellow.
Crandiflora-Rich glossy foliage, blooms profuseiy, dur-
ing the summer, literally covering the plant with scarlet-
crimson, single flowers.
Miniatus Semi-Plena-Large, semi-double, brilliant and
attractive; bright vermilion scarlet. Ought to be in
every garden.
Rosa Sinensis-Flowers red and very large, averaging
nearly five inches in diameter,
Sub Violaceous-Flowers of enormous size ; of a beautiful
carmine, tinted with violet; probably the largest flower of
the Hibiscus family, and an unusually free bloomer. We
take great pleasure in recommending this fine plant.
Versicolor - A variety combining in its flowers all colors of
the whole family, being handsomely striped crimson,
buff, rose and white.
Zebrinus-Petals scarlet, edged and striped with creamy
yellow and white. A unique variety.
Price of all the above varieties-15c, each: any 3 for 40c.
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Carnea-A strong, rapid grower
throwing up long stems terini-
nating in splendid plume-like
bunches of pink flowers, the
end of each petal drooping in a
most charming manner. Liter-
ally covers itself with flowers,
and does equally well in the
house or bedded out. 150. each.
Coccinea-An upright-growing
'pot-plant of free growth, with
large glossy green leaves and
terminal spikes of bright coral.
red flowers which look as if
made of wax, and crown the
plant nearly the whole year.
Few flowers are so brilliant.
Does finely in the open ground
all the year round in this State,
or bedded out in the summer
at the North. Price, 10c, each,
rantanas.
WEIT
Lremon Verbena,
Lion's Tail.
Melia Floribunda.
One of the best plants for bed-
ding out in summer or for pots
in winter ; equally fine in dry or
wet weather, in sun or shade.
There are few plants that bloom
more continuously or afford a
greater variety of color. The fin.
est new named sorts, 10c. each:
LANTANAS.
3, all different, for 25c.
LION'S TAIL.
Melastomas.
This fine old pot-shrub is too well know to need descrip-
tion. Indispensable for the delicious fragrance of its leaves
A genus of beautiful evergreen shrubs of great beauty
which somewhat resembles the odor of lemons but is more for pot and tub culture and found in this country only in
refined, sweet and agreeable to everybody. Price, lõe, each.
the rarest collections. They bear large, showy flowers,
purple, violet, rose, rarely white, shaped like those of the
Pleroma (offered on page 50) which belongs to the same
(Leonotis Leonurus.)
family or order. We can supply two species, as follows:
An old plant but lost to cultivation until re-introduced
a few years ago. A very showy plant, as easy to grow as a
Melastoma Candidum-The young stems and leaf stems
Geranium and constantly in bloom during the entire winter.
are wine red and covered with soft white hairs, giving a
The bright, orange-colored flowers look as if made of plush, peculiar appearance. The red color also extends about
and are produced in curious whorls. Fine for pots North
half way along the five strong and prominent veins
and a grand plant for South Florida gardens. 100. each.
underneath the leaves. The leaves are deep green and
covered above and below with silky white hairs, giving
them a beautiful appearance and velvety texture. Flow-
ers large and purple. Native of China, Price, 15c. each.
A small evergreen shrub growing three to four feet Melastoma Sanguineum-Crimson bristles clothe the
high. with straight stem and symmetrical crown of dark stems of this species, adding much to the plants' ap-
green leaves. Its upright panicles of purple and white
pearance. The leaves are green above and shining, but
wers are exquisite, and so fragrant that they will per-
red at the nerves beneath, and are very distinct and
fume a large room, and are almost constantly produced, the ornamental. The branches terminate in clusters of very
plant blooming when only a foot tall. It makes a delight large delicately-soft pink or rose-colored flowers. Also
ful pot plant and is one of the very best of the new plants. native of China. Price, 20c, each.
200. each; large, by express, 400. each.
Myrtus
Tomentosa.
(The Downy Myrtle.)
A very handsome and distinct
species bearing beautiful pink
five-petaled flowers, resembling
in size the Dog Rose. The flowers
appear in such wonderful profus-
ion that the leaves of the plantare
almost completely hidden, and
the branches weighted to the
ground. A beautiful pot-shrub
for the North and valuable fruit-
bearing shrub for Florida. See
further description on page 42, under
Tropical and Semi-Tropical Fruits.
Price, 150, each; larger, 30c. each.
M. Communis-This is the
true Myrtle or Bridal Myrtle which
was so great a favorite among the
ancients, and was sacred to
Venus. It makes a beautiful pot
plant of erect shrubby habit, with
fragrant evergreen foliage, and is
of the easiest culture in the win-
dow. It also bear's small white
flowers freely, which are scented
like the foliage, Highly valued
for use in wedding and funeral
bouquets, etc. Hardy in the open
MELASTOMA. SANGUINEUM.
ground in Florida. 20c. each.
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Magnolia Grandiflora.
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Tuo wondrous Magnolia of the South, the most magnificent of all our South-
orn broad-leaved evergreens. Leaves very large, much like those of the Rubber
Tree, dark shining green above and a beautiful rusty brown beneath, forming
a striking contrast. Flower's six to eight inches
across, creamy white, waxy and powerfully fra-
grant. Forms a majestic tree sixty to eighty feet
high. Not considered hardy north of Washington,
though a well protected specimen in Philadelphia
blooms annually. But as it begins blooming when
quite small, it can be treated as a tub plant and
wintered in the cellar. Price of fine pot-grown
plants, which are sure to live and grow off finely,
20c, each.
Magnolla Fuscata - (Banand Shrub.) A Chin-
ese dwarf evergreen species growing only from 2 to
4 feet tall and exceedingly fine for pot culture,
Completely covers itself with small cream-colored
erect flowers of the most exquisite fragrance, sim.
ilar to that of a ripe banana. So powerfully scented
are they when the sun shines that one or two will
perfume a large l'oom. Perfectly hardy in the
South, where it is universally loved by all who know
it. Nice plants, 250, each; larger, 350. each.
Magnolia Glauca-(Laurel Magnolia or Sweet
Bay.) A beautiful shrubby species entirely distinct
from the others. Leaves small, glossy green above
and silvery white beneath, forming a most beauti-
ful object when stirred by a breeze. Flowers about
the size of a silver dollar', creamy white, and de-
lightfully fragrant. Perfectly hardy in Massachus-
etts, but can be treated as a tub plant farther north.
Price of nice plants, 150. each.
Trifoliate Orange.
A beautiful Japanese Orange (Citrus Trifoliata)
which has proved perfectly hardy-without any pro-
tection at least as far north as Philadelphia. A
grand tub plant for all points farther north. It
differs from other Oranges in having trifoliate or
clover-shaped leaves, larger flowers, which are pro-
duced in the great-
est profusion and
over a much longer
season, frequently
blooming two or
three times during
TRIFOLIATE ORANGE.
the summer. These are followed by orange-rea
fruits, about the size of a Mandarin Orange, which
makes an excellent marmalade. It is a dwarf
plant, forming a beautiful shrub, from 4 to 12 feet
high. It is the very best sort as a stock on which to
bud or graft and dwarf the larger growing vario
ties. As a hedge plant, either for ornament or de-
fense, its value is unlimited. For a hedge set the
plants from 18 to 20 inches apart in a single row.
Planted even further apart they will form a hedge
which no animal can force. Strong, young, thrifty
mailing trees, 150. each 3 for 400.; 6 for 750.12 for
$1.25; 100 for $6.50. Fine plants, 2 to 3 feet tall, by
express, 25c, each; 3 for 70c.; 6 for $1.25; 12 for $2.00
Opoponax.
(Acacia Farnesiana.)
Prof. Fraas has recognized in this Acacia the ancient plants
which should give it great interest even if it were not, as it is
one of the most beautiful plants in cultivation. Its little
MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA.
leaves are as delicate and
beautiful as lace work, and
in their axils appear, in the greatest profusion, flowers in the
shape of small yellow f zzy balls, of the most delicate fra-
grance, from which a popular perfume is distilled. Fine plants,
15c, each; larger, 30c. each.
ACACIA CSIANA
White Opoponax
Plants of this variety are much more dwarf than the above
sort, but the leaves and balls of white flowers are much larger.
The flat brown seeds are very beautiful, and useful in a variety
of fancy work. A valuable pot plant for the North, or for the
open ground in Florida. Fine plants, 15c, each; larger; 30c.
each Seeds, 5c. per packet.
Olea Fragrans.
An elegant little pot shrub known as Sweet Olive, from the
powerful and delicious fragrance of its small clusters of deli-
cate cream-white flowers which are produced in great profus-
ion during the fall and winter. Foliage deep green, simila to
a Camellia. Very desirable. Fine plants, 250, each.
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Oleanders.
VAT
The Oleanders are too well known to require extended description,
No plant is easier to manage; the flowers possess a fragrance almost rival.
ing the Rose, and a well grown specimen in bloom is an object of great
beauty. In the fall they may be removed to the cellar.
Rosea Splendens-Double pink, a soft exquisite shade, and very fra-
grant. A beautiful variety, producing its flowers in great abundance,
Price, 15c. each; 3 for 400.
Double Red-Deep rich color, inner petals more or less marked with
narrow white stripe; flower not quite so large as the double pink.
Price, 15c, each.
Double White-Beautiful beyond description, forming a lovely contrast
with the pink and red varieties, Price, 25c. each.
Single White - This is the most profuse flowering shrub we know of, and
certainly one of the most beautiful, 11. loads itself with such quanti-
ties of exquisite flowers that the foliage is almost completely hidden.
15c, each; 3 for 40c.; fine large plants, 30c, each.
Carneum-A very free-flowering and exceedingly beautiful variety.
Flowers single, pure white with deep pink lines in the throat, produc-
ing the most exquisite effect imaginable. 200. each.
SPECIAL OFFER--We will send one
each of these five fine Oleanders (amount-
ing to 90c.) to any address for only 75c.
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Paris Daisies.
TU
(Marguerites.)
The Paris Daisies or Marguerites are
largely grown in the cities for winter
bouquets and decorations, for which
purposes they are very popular. They
are as easy to grow as Geraniums,
and make splendid pot plants for win.
ter and for bedding out in summer,
White-Has a row of narrow white
PARIS DAISIES. petals around a salmon disc. Very
graceful and charming, 150, each.
Yellow-A golden yellow variety of fine form and large size.
Much prized for corsage bouquets. 150. each.
Pomegranates,
DOUBLE
POMEGRANATE
As
The dwarf or ornamental flowering Pomegranates are exceed.
ingly beautiful pot shrubs. The outside, or calyx, of the flowers
looks as if cut out of very thick sealing wax, while the inside, or
petals, look like crape or crimped tissue paper.
Alba Plena-Creamy white flowers, very double. 150. each.
James Vick-A very dwarf variety with flowers large and
most brilliant orange-scarlet. Very desirable. 150, each.
Variegata-Flowers very large and very double, yellow, flaked
with scarlet. A magnificent variety 150. each.
Poinciana.
(Bird-of-Paradise Flower.)
The Poincianas are among the chief glories of tropical and
semi-tropical gardens, and are exceptionally fine pot-shrubs on
account of their elegant
foliage and brilliant
flowers. They make
magnificent window
plants, combining the beauty of Mimosa leaves with gorgeous flowers, and
blooming continually upon the new growths.
Poinciana Pulcherrima-A beautiful shrub with finely pinnated Mimosda
like leaves. The new growths completely covered all the time with delicate
orange and red flowers, the stamens and
pistils very long and curving upward,
giving the flower a most curious appearance.
A perfect blaze of glory when in bloom. Is
easily grown and begins blooming when
only a foot tall. 150. each; larger, 30c.
Poinciana Pulcherrima, var.
Flava-This variety seems to be
practically unknown outside of the
West Indies and So. Florida. Flow-
er's bright clear yellow. A fine com-
panion for the orange and red.
Price, 15c. each; larger, 30c.
Poinciana Regla-The Royal
Poinciand, or Flamboyante of Mad.
agascar and the West Indies. One
of the most beautiful trees known,
having immense compound leaves
of a very dark, rich green, giving a
striking tropical effect. As a pot
plant it is as effective as any of the mos
finest Palms, and growing among
other pot plants will lend a tropical
effect hard to obtain with any other
plant. It is just as easy to grow as
a Geranium, and all who purchase
it may rest assured that they have a
plant as rare as it is beautiful.
OLEANDER
Fine plants, only 150. Larger. 300.
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Pleroma Splendens.
A rare and exceedingly beautiful pot shrub, flowering almost the
entire year round, especially valuable for winter decoration. The
plant grows in fine symmetrical shape, like a miniature tree, covered
with beautiful leaves which feel and look as if cut out of lovely green
velvet, and bears in great profusion the most showy flowers, in size
larger than a silver dollar and in color a rich deep royal parple a
shade almost unknown among flowers. The plant is never too small
to bloom, while good-sized specimens present a display charming to
behold. It may be treated as a pot plant the year rcund, or planted
out in the open ground during the summer, like a Geranium, Nice
plants. 20c. each.
Plumbago.
The Plumbagoes should be cut back hard after flowering, and may
be rested during the winter by keeping them rather dry. Here they
bloom almost constantly and withstand drought, water and hottest
sunshine. No Florida garden or Northern window garden should be
without a representative of all four of the following sorts offered.
They will bloom constantly for months in succession, and then again
after a good cutting back and brief rest.
Capensis-One of the very finest flowering plants in cultivation, not
only on account of its delicately colored and beautiful flowers, but
it is completely covered with blooms throughout the year. The
color of its flowers is a most delicate and quite indescribable shade
of light blue, rarely found in any other flower. Equally desirable
as an all-the-year round pot plant, or for bedding out during wae
summer. 150. each.
Capensis Flora Alba-A new
and rare plant, the
exact counterpart of
PLEROMA SPLENDENS.
P. Capensis, except in
color, which in this
beautiful variety is a cream white. A very choice and desirable com- og
panion to the above. 156. each.
Larpentæ-(Lady Larpent.) A perfectly hardy sort of low,
herbaceous growth, springing up from the roots each spring.
Makes a splendid border plant. Flowers deepest, darkest
blue. Succeeds everywhere, North or South. 150. each.
Sanguinea-A pretty winter blooming sort, producing large
spikes of rosy carmine blooms, which last a long time. A
splendid house plant. 156, each.
SPECIAL OFFER-We will send one plant of each sort of Plum-
bago, amounting at catalogue prices to 60c., for only 50c.
Parkinsonia Aculeata.
The Jerusalem Thorn. Known in Texas and Mexico as Retama.
A highly ornamental evergreen shrub of great beauty. Has ex-
tremely curious leaves, consisting of a mid-rib 18 or more inches
long, bearing tiny leaflets each side of its entire length. The
leaves close up at night, hanging down in a graceful manner
and giving the plant a beautiful weeping appearance. Its beauti-
ful, showy yellow crimped flowers, with a sweet, woodsy odor,
are disposed in short, loose, axillary racemes. Perfectly hardy
as far North as Beaufort, S. C., where it forms a tree 25 feet high.
When grown as a pot-plant it should be well drained. A plant
which will attract attention anywhere. Plants, 150. each.
Ruellia
Formosa.
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A very desirable and
free flowering plant, bloom PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS.
ing continuously and of the
easiest culture. Flowers very rich scarlet, Salvia-like, but larger and
borne in great profusion. Thrives in any light rich soil, and is fine for
either pot-culture or bedding out in summer. 150. each.
Ruellia Tuberosa.
This is in reality a rare and very desirable novelty sent to us from
Europe, and so far as we know has never been offered in this country by
others. It is of very bushy dwarf growth and covers itself with beauti-
ful Bignonia-like flowers which stand above the foliage and are of the
same lovely shade of blue as the Cornflower. Bedded out in summer it
will flower from July on till Christmas if potted before frost. 20c, each
Rhaphiolepis Ovata.
(East Indian Hawthorn.).
A grand little evergreen shrub which is perfectly hardy at Washing.
ton, D. C. Well worthy a place in the window on account of its very
dark green, ovate or almost round, leathery leaves which stand heat, cold.
dust and gas with impunity. It is dwari in habit, not attaining a height
of over 4 feet in the open ground and much less in pots, and assumes a
beautiful rounded shape. It belongs to the same family as the Hawthorn
and produces in profusion terminal panicles of Hawthorn-like flowers.
each about three-quarters of an inch across, color varying from pure
white to various shades of pink, sweet scented and followed by black
berries about the size of peas. Blooms from February to August. Should
be in every Southern garden. Fine large plants, 25c. each.
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Russelia juncea,
( The Coral Plant,)
The cut conveys a very slight idea of the
great beauty of this splendid basket plant. Its
habit of growth is neat and very graceful. It
forms a great mass of slender, rush-like stems,
which are completely covered almost the whole
year round with the most beautiful, tubular,
bright scarlet flowers, which are very conspic-
uous-a color which is scarce in basket plants.
One of the finest plants imaginable for Florida
gardens, where it lourishes like a weed, and
looks, when in bloom, like a fountain of crimson
and green. Price, 10c, each.
cers oé. RUSSELLA
his
Salvias.
Purpurea-A very fine sort, with fiowers of
a rich, royal purple color, and borne in large,
graceful spikes, A fine and very large sort,
which everybody should grow, 10c. each,
Splendens-The well-known scarlet variety
which makes such a dazzling show bedded out.
Fine for bordering beds. 100. each.
JUNCEA 3
CORAL PLANT,
TEA PLANT.
True Tea Plant.
Tabernæmontana Coronaria, Fl. Pl.
(Adam's Apple, East India Rose Bay.)
This is not a new plant, but has only lately come into general
cultivation; but now that its great beauty has been recognized, the
demand for it seems unlimited. It forms a neat, shrubby plant-
somewhat like a Cape Jessamine-and
for months at a time is completely
covered with the most heautiful dou-
ble, waxy-white flowers, with elegantly
crimped petals, fragrant at night. One
of the very choice things that can be
procured from but few sources. Fine
plants, 250, each ; larger, 50c. each.
Tecoma Stans,
(Camellia Thea.)
This is the true Chinese Tea Plant
which makes a beautiful little ever-
green pot shrub, covered with lovely
single white flowers, each with a pro-
fusion of golden-tipped stamens. It is
truly beautiful as well as novel, and of
the easiest cultivation. It is perfectly
hardy throughout the Gulf States,
where it makes fine hedges, and good
tea may be prepared from its leaves.
Nice pot-grown plants, 20e. each.
Tomato Tree.
(Solanum Betaceum.)
A fine ornamental tub or pot shrub
from South America, where it attains
a height of 12 to 14 feet, with tropical.
looking leaves and delicious fruit,
which hangs in pendant clusters be-
low the foliage, is the size of a large
egg and of a beautiful orange-salmon
color when ripe, It has a delightful
subacid taste, slightly resembling the
Tomato, and is delicious raw, served
with sugar and cream, and for
jelly or jam it is very fine, It will keep
for weeks, as it does not bruise, on
account of its very tough skin and the
solid nature of the fruit covering the
seeds. Nice seedling plants, 150, each.
Known in this State as Yellow
Elder and Yellow Bignonia. It is a
magnificent shrub, which, in the
winter, is a “glory of golden yellow
flowers," which are large, tube-
shaped, and completely cover the
plant, often weighing the branches to
the ground. Something entirely now
for a pot or tub plant at the North,
and sure to become a great favorite,
Very valuable in this State as a screen
for unsightly fences, buildings, etc,,
sprouting readily from the root if cut
down by frost, and blooming the same
season, 150, each; 3 for 40c.; larger,
30c, each.
Yucca Aloifolia.
(The Spanish Dagger.)
One of the most imposing and trop.
ical-appearing plants with which we
are acquainted, and it will stand any
amount of neglect, except too severe
freezing; but it is hardy as far north
TABERNÆMONTANA CORONARIA, FL. PL.
as South Carolina. It is always ornamental
from its smallest size until it becomes an
imposing specimen. Leaves very dark green,
stiff and pointed, forming a fine head, Begins
blooming when quite small, producing an
immense head of creamy, bell-shaped flowers,
As a decorative plant it cannot be surpassed,
being fully as desirable as the finest Palms,
and even more striking in appearance. Fine
mailing plants, 15c, each; 3 for 40c.; larger
and very fine, 40c. each.
Yucca Gloriosa.
This Yucca makes a trunk 2 to 4 feet high,
crowned with a head of magnificent tropical-
looking foliage, from the midst of which
shoots up in late fall an immense pyramidal
panicle of white, bell-like flowers, lasting in
bloom for 3 weeks or more. As far north as
Philadelphia the late fall frosts usually cut.
off its blooming in the open ground, but as a
tub or vase plant it may be removed to the
piazza or into the house, and its exquisite
flowers enjoyed at a time when the garden hasi
been desolated. May be wintered in pit or
cellar. Price, 20c, each.
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JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA.
Bulbs of the Amaryllis Family.
E wish to call special attention to our collection of this class of magnificent flowering bulbs, not that the collection
is complete by any means, but never elsewhere have such beautiful and desirable sorts been catalogued at such ex-
tremely low prices. Not more than two or three of the Crinums we offer can be obtained anywhere in the North,
and they would be catalogued there at much higher prices than ours, and it is acknowledged by all who have dealt with us
that our bulbs of this family are the largest and finest ever sent out by any concern.
Culture-Nearly all members of the Amaryllis family require a season of
rest from September or October until February or March, during this period
giving just water enough to keep the large fleshy roots from drying up and
dying. At the close of the restins period, water copiously and keep the plants
growing vigorously until the beginning of the next resting season. At the
beginning of the glowing season remove the top soil down to the roots and re-
place with fresh soil containing a liberal quantity of well-decayed manure:
also water with liquid manure during the growing and fiowering period, and
shift the plants to larger pots when they become too much crowded.
Amaryllis Equestre.
One of the most beautiful species of the Amaryllis in cultivation, of the
easiest management and invaluable as a winter bloomer, flowering very soon
after the bulbs are potted. As shown by the cut here presented the flowers
open out very flat and are nodding, instead of being in the form of most
Amaryllis, Flower's 5 or more inches across, bright, sparkling orange-led,
with a most beautiful green and white star in
the center. The bulbs should be ordered pre-
vious to April 1st, as they bloom here in March
and April in spite of all we can do. No
matter if we lay the bulbs on a dry board in
the sun; they bloom just the same without
roots or leaves. We know of no bulb so abso-
lutely sure to bloom and please customers.
It is offered at the North under the name of Regina.
We offer full grown, blooming size bulbs, of our own
raising, at the remarkably low price of 10c. each; very
large and fine, 20c, each; 3 for 50c.
Amaryllis Aulica
Platypetala.
OPYRIGHTED
1. BLANG.&cu
This is one of the most noble and beautiful of all the COOPERIAS, OR GIANT FAIRY LILIES.
various species of Amaryllis. The bulbs grow unusually large, sending up strong evergreen leaves which
are a deep, waxy green and arch over and outward in a most beautiful and ornamental manner. Two and
three flower scapes appear at one time, bearing immense flowers with very broad spreading petals which
are sharply pointed and highly colored, rich crimson, checkered with veins of a deeper blood crimson. The
AMARYLLIS. bases of the petals are a beautiful green, forming a star in the center of the flower, and above the green is
a maroon blotch, It is entirely distinct from all other Amaryllis both in appearance and time of blooming, producing its
flowers in November and early December, when flowers are so scarce. This season we have only very large and heavy
bulbs to offer, but they will bloom grandly. Bulbs 6 to 7 inches in circumference, 60c, each; 8 to 10 inches in circumference,
$1.00 each, postpaid.
Amaryllis Formosissima, or lacobean Lily.
For richness and intense color nothing can surpass, even if approach, the flowers of this rare old Mexican bull), In
shape its flower's differ from all other species of Amaryllis (see Fig.1 in cut), and in color they are a deep, velvety, intense
scarlet, the rarest, richest and deepest we have ever seen in a flower. At a distance they look blackish, and when the sun
shines on them they have the appearance of being sprinkled with gold. The bulbs may be kept dry over winter, and in the
spring set in the open ground, where they will quickly begin flowering. They are also fine for pot culture, and for growing
in water like Hyacinths, requiring the same treatment. Fine flowering bulbs, 10c. each; very large, 20c, each.
Amaryllis Johnsonii.
This magnificent Amaryllis, although one of the earliest hybrids, is surpassed by very few of the new and costly varie.
ties, and still remains a favorite house plant with all who know it, not only on account of its handsome foliage and gorge-
ous flowers, but because of its easy cultivation and its absolute surety to always bloom freely and profusely. Indeed, it
might well be termed “Old Reliable," for, with ordinary attention,
it will flower twice each year-in winter and in summer-the bulbs
sending up two, three or four flower scapes at one time, each bear-
ing five or six large, brilliant velvety crimson flowers, each petal
striped through the center with a broad band of pure white, and
delicately fragrant(See Fig. 2 in cut). This bulb is one which has
well defined seasons of growth and rest. From the time growth
commences it steadily advances until the blooming period is past,
and then, after a few weeks, the bottom leaves begin to turn yellow.
When this occurs, withold water almost entirely, giving only enough
to keep the soil from going dust-dry, After the bulb has rested a
sufficient length of time it will begin to show signs of growth; then
water thoroughly and freely. Price of fine blooming bulbs, 250,
each ; monstrous bulbs which will produce three and four flower
stalks at each blooming, 45c. each.
Mrs. E. K. Baright, N. Y., wrote, under date of March 15th, that
her Amaryllis Johnsonii, bought of us, was in bloom with twenty-
four flowers.
Amaryllis Prince of Orange.
A magnificent sort which should have a place in every collec-
tion. Flowers very large and of great substance; color a beautiful
orange-scarlet. One of the finest and rarest. Fine bulbs, $1 each.
Cooperias, or Giant Fairy filies.
Charming summer-flowering bulbs closely allied to the Zephyr-
anthes, but distinct in appearance. Have Primrose-scented, Lily-
like white flowers on stems 10 to 15 inches high. (See cut above.)
Equally desirable for pot or open ground culture. We can supply
three varieties-Pedunculata, Drummondi and Oberwetteri-at 5c.
each, or 3 of each, 35c.
AMARYLLIS EQUESTRE,

BULBS OF THE AMARYLLIS FAMILY.
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Clivia Miniata.
This is also called Imantophyllum, A magnificent member of the Amaryllis
family, highly decorative whether in or out of bloom, Foliage rich and very deep,
dark green, lasting all the year round. Blooms twice a year-once in mid-winter-
two flower stalks at each blooming and each crowned with a bunch of often as
many as 35 lovely lilies uniquely and gorgeously colored Each lily is two or more
inches in diameter, of a rich salmon or light flame color tinged with orange and
very fragrant. Each cluster is a perfect bouquet of most gorgeous but harmonious
coloring, and lasts perfect a long time. In habit of growth and flowering it is quite
like the Agapanthus except that its leaves are a much darker, richer green, and the
flower heads are produced on shorter and stouter stems, Its elegant foliage lenders
it a highly ornamental plant at all times -in or out of bloom-and in London and
Paris it is one of the most popular decorative house plants. Fine, strong plants,
60c, eachi; extra large, from 7-inch pots, by express, $1.25 each.
Grinums.
A great interest has lately been taken in these magnificent bulbs, and the de-
mand for them is rapidly increasing as people learn what grand bloomers they are,
and how easily managed, Since we first catalogued them, Northern dealers have
awakened to their great value and beauty, and ire supply them with the bulbs of
O, Americanum, C. Kirkii (?) and C. Fimbriatulum (Milk and Wine Lily ) by thou-
sands. Unfortunately C. Kirkii has been offered under il variety of names, among
them 0. Kirky, C, Oinatum and C. Nobile. But no matter what it is called, it is one
of the loveliest and sweetest of all flowers. A stately and magnificent plant, and
undisputed Queen of Bulbs. Like most members of the Amaryllis family the
Crinums bloom best when they are somewhat pot-bound. May be wintered dor-
mant by letting the soil go nearly dry.
CRINUM AMERICANUM.
Crinum Americanum.
An evergreen species and of the easiest culture, is best grown as a pot
plant and can be wintered in the cellar if the soil is kept nearly dry, Its
large white, exquisitely fragrant, Lily-like flowers are produced in an
umbel and borne on a tall scape, A striking plant and far more beautiful
than many of the high priced Amaryllis, and in cultivation blooms several
times a year. It grows naturally in swamps where the soil is rich muck
and very wet. It can be kept growing and blooming (at intervals) the
year round. Give an abundance of water when growing and blooming.
Blooms best when somewhat pot-bound. Our bulbs are collected in one
particular locality where they grow much finer and larger than any we
ever saw offered at the North. We offer fine blooming size bulbs at the
extremely low price of 15c. each; 3 for 40c.; extra lar'ge, 250, each; 3 for 650.
"Mu Crinum Americanum bloomed this summer. I think it a very beauti-
ful plant and flower and am very much pleascd with it."- MRS. J. S. BRU-
BAKER, Iowa.
“Christ and the Apostles.”
(Crinum Scabrum).
When or by whom the above (fanciful name was bestowed on this
Crinum we cannot tell, but we learn that it was given because the plant
usually produces thirteen flowers to each um bel, one in the center sur-
rounded by the other twelve, representing Christ and the twelve apostles,
CLIVIA MINIATA.
It is an exceedingly choice and beautiful sort, of which the supply of
bulbs is limited. We have been collecting and propagating it since it
first came under our aotice, until now we have the largest stock of it in America. It produces an abundance of pale
green foliage with delicately crimped or curled margins, and usually two flower scapes at one time. The flowers are shaped
much like those of the old Annunciation Lily, but have a much longer tube, so that the outer row droops in a very graceful
manner. The six broad petals are a pure, sparkling white, with a light red stripe down the outside, and on the inside a
faint, delicate peach-blow tint. It makes an exceedingly satisfactory pot-plant, being managed with perfect ease, and will
certainly delight all who possess themselves of it. Strong, flow-
ering bulbs, by mail, 40c. each; very large bulbs, which will
flower grandly, 750. each.
Crinum Capense Rosea.
A species of great beauty and value, and probably the very
easiest of the whole genus to manage. In the Missouri Botani-
cal Gardens, at St. Louis, it is left in the open ground the year
around, simply mulched with a little pine straw, and proves
perfectly hardy, blooming profusely during the summer months.
Anywhere it may be treated exactly like a Dahlia or Gladiolus-
set in the ground in summer and dug up and wintered dry. So
hardy are the bulbs that they may even be kept out of the ground
two years and suffer no injury. Flowers, many in an umbel,
shaped like a Lily, white flushed with pink, a deeper pink stripe
running through each petal; the petals are flushed with pink all
over, merging or intensifying into a decided stripe in the mid-.
dles. Everybody should grow it. First size bulbs, 250. each;
second size, very large and strong, 50c. each.
Crinum Capense Alba.
2012
This is just like Rosea in every way except the color of its
flowers, which is a pure, snowy white. They are very much like
the flowers of Lilium Longiflorum and are a good substitute. It
is a very free bloomer and everyone is delighted with its pure,
waxy and fragrant flowers. It makes a grand companion for
Rosea and everybody should possess both. First size bulbs, 250,
each; second size, very large and strong, 50c. each.
USTUS
Crinum Erubescens.
This is a rare tropical species but seldom seen in cultivation
and probably never elsewhere offered for sale in this country.
It is of very free growth, among the very easiest to manage, and
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presents a most distinctive appearance. The very dark green leaves grow long and
drooping, three or more inches broad, and with edges slightly scabrous. The stout pedun-
cles are crowned with umbels of as many as twelve flowers, which are Lidy-shaped, claret-
purple outside but soft pink within, and the filaments bright red, It is a very free bloomer
and a desirable addition to every collection of Amaryllis. Nice blooming size bulbs, 40c.
each; very fine large bulbs, sure to bloom grandly, $1.00 each.
Grinum Fimbriatulum.
(Milk and Wine Lily).
A grand sort almost as beautiful as the Kirkii, but its bulbs do not grow as large and
its strong growing foliage is more erect and sword-shaped. Flowers in umbels, very large
and showy, three to four inches in diameter, striped with white and carmine and very fra-
grant. Nice bulbs, 200. each; largest size, 30C. each,
“Grandolia."
(Crinum Augustum).
This may truthfully be said to be
the stateliest and most magnificent
Crinum known to cultivation, and
for true beauty is unsurpassed. A
specimen on our grounds when only
three years planted had leaves as tail
as a man's head, four to six inches
wide and the ends gracefully droop-
ing out and downward. Ordinarily
this species produces an umbel of
thirty or more flowers, larger than a
half bushel measure, but an old bulb
CRINUM KIRKII.
has produced an umbel so large that
when carried in a covered buggy it completely hid the person in the seat.
The buds are of a deep purplish red color, and the flowers when open
are blood red outside and a delicate satiny blush inside. The petals
are broad and from six to eight inches long, making a flower of an
immense size. It only remains to state that the flowers are delicious-
ly fragrant and we have feebly described the grandest Crinum yet dis-
covered. The bulbs bloom when quite small, and in a large pot or keg
it makes a grand display. Immense bulbs, by express, $3.00 eaca, Mail-
ing size, $1.00 each.
Crinum Kirkii (?)
Crinum Moorei.
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stalnih i n
This magnificent flowering bulb frequenty attains the size of a
"GRANDOLIA," OR CRINUM AUGUSTUM. child's head, and produces flowers of the greatest beanty. A blooming
plant appears exactly as in the cut here presented. Usually two flow-
er stalks, each two or more feet tall, and of a
dark purplish color, are sent up at the same
One of the very choicest of all the Crinums, a
time, each bearing a large umbel consisting of
native of South Africa, and perfectly easy to grow
a dozen or more large Lily-like flowers of the
and manage. The true variety is very rare in
greatest beauty and fragrance. The petals are
cultivation and is usually catalogued as C. Ornd-
broad and pure white, with a deep reddish pur-
tum. The bulbs grow very large and round, like
ple stripe down the center of the outside of
C. Kirkii, with 12 to 15 bright green leaves 2 to 3
each, and showing through faintly on the in-
feet long and 3 to 4 inches broad. The flowers are
side. Each individual flower is about the shape
produced in umbels of from ten to a dozen, in
and size of those of the beautiful old Lilium
color soft delicate blush, with a pink bar through
Candidum. It is a plant which gives unbounded
the center of each petal, and deliciously sweet
satisfaction to all who possess it, and never
scented. Each flower has a curved tube 3 or 4
fails to create a sensation wherever and when -
inches long, which gives the entire umbel of
ever in bloom. It may be grown as a pot plant,
flowers a most graceful, drooping appearance.
or bedded out in the spring and in the falllifted
No collection of Crinums can be considered com-
and kept dry over winter, like Gladioli, etc., in
plete without this rarely beautiful species. Fine
a warm, dry place. We grow them by the thou-
bulbs, guaranteed to be true to name, 750. each.
sands, and undoubtedly send out the largest and
finest bulbs, at a lower price than they can be
obtained for anywhere else, Fine bulbs, first
size, 3 inches in diameter, 30c. each; second
(St. John's Lily).
MILK AND WINE LILY size, much larger, 50c. each.
King among Crinuns, mature plants having reached a height of
three to six feet, and a corresponding breadth of magnificent foliage.
Much like a giant form of Crinum Americanum, having the same kind
of flowers only larger and in an immense umbel of twenty to thirty or
more, borne on a scape three or more feet tall. Flowers pure white,
very fragrant and produced at intervals throughout the year. The
cut gives some idea of the general appearance and habit of this plant,
but conveys a very poor impression of the form and great beauty of
the pearly white, purple-anthered flowers, Full size bulbs are large
and stump-like, and can be sent by express only. Our stock is limited,
and has cost us nearly as much as we charge. First size, by mail, 40c.
each; second size, by mail, 60c. each ; very large blooming bulbs,
regular giants, by express only, $1,25 each.
Crinum Pedunculatum.
"I am very much pleased with my Amaryllis purchased from you. Six
flowers are in bloom, and eight more buds.”-MRS. B. H. POOLE, Ky.
**My St. John's Lily (Crinum Pedunculatum) is so noble that Mrs. L.
V. Flint's (in last year's catalogue) is quite surpassed : by actual measure-
ment it stands four feet three inches high, while the diameter is nearly six
feet. So grand is it that when in bloom it was the admiration of all. It sent
up three immense umbels of flowers." -- Rev. M. B. MURPHY, Ind. Ter.
** The Crinum Kirkii is the largest buth that I ever saw. My neighbors
would not believe my story until they saw it for themselves. And the Clivia
Miniata was much larger than I expected it would be. My first acquaintance
with this plant was at the Philadelphia Horticultural Hall, and there was
not any there as large as the one I purchased from you. A pot filled with
these plants makes a finer display than Palms."-J. E. DAILEY, N. J.
CRINUM PEDUNCULATUM, OR ST. JOHN'S INLY.

BULBS OF THE AMARYLLIS FAMILY.
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Giant Spider Lily.
(Hymenocallis [Pancratium] Caribbæum.)
This magnificent South Florida Spider Lily produces immense umbels of often
as many as twenty-five flowers, and nearly always two or more flower scapes at the
same time. The lowers are airy and fragile appearing and deliciously sweet
scented. In the center of each flower is a beautiful crown or saucer resembling
tissue paper. It is a very popular flower for forcing in winter for cut flowers, and is
particularly desirable for planting out in the open ground for summer blooming. In
the fall the bulbs may be pulled up and kept dry over winter, the same as Gladiolus.
etc., or be grown in pots and water withheld when they evince a desire to rest. Too
large pots should not be used, as they bloom best when pot-bound. By having
several bulbs on hand, and planting them out at intervals of two or three weeks, an
almost unbroken season of bloom can be kept up. They make lovely beds cut in the
sod of the lawn and planted about
3 inches apart. We have seen them
growing luxuriantly in the open
ground in New York and blooming
profusely until cut down by the
frost. Unfortunately it has been
erroneously stated in one or two
popular works on plant culture
that the bulbs will not flourish
PINK SPIDER LILY.
outside of a greenhouse. This is a
great mistake, for they are as
easily grown as a potato, and will bloom magnificently after having lain
dry for weeks. Fine blooming size bulbs, 15c, each; 3 for 40c.; 6 for 75c.;
12 for $1.25.
la
INDY
TATTO
New Hardy Spider Lily.
(Hymenocallis Galvestonensis.)
A Spider Lily which may be planted out in gardens all over the North
like a Pæony and prove hardy is a novelty indeed, and a most valuable
and welcome one. Such is this species, and it is now possible to have
clumps of this elegant and charming flower in the yard with no trouble
after once setting it out. They bear an abundance of white flowers
equally as beautiful and fragrant as the tender species, and the beauty
of a clump of them established in a yard or border is better imagined
than described. The flowers are pure white, exquisitely beautiful in
form and deliciously fragrant; produced in large umbels on tall stems,
each umbel a whole bouquet in itself that will scent a whole yard or
room. Also equally valuable for pot culture. In the open ground plant
the bnlbs 5 or 6 inches deep, and in a warm, sheltered spot. Fine bloom-
ing bulbs, 150, each; 2 for 250.; 5 for 50c.
SPIDER
LILY
Japanese Pink Spider Lily,
(Licoris [Nerine Japonica] Radiata.)
The spikes and flowers are produced in graceful umbels, and
are most delicate and beautiful, varying in color from pinkish
salmon to pink, vermilion and scarlet, with petals beautifully
undulated, and by artificial light sparkling like jewels. The
flowers suddenly appear during the fall months, after the leaves
of the plant have died down. The bulbs may be kept in a pot
the year round, withholding water almost entirely during the
winter season, or kept dry over winter like Gladioli or potatoes,
and bedded out in the spring. Large blooming size bulbs, 10c. each
Zephyranthes, or Fairy Lilies.
The great Amaryllis family has given us many rare gems, but
none that can surpase, if equal, these fair flowers, most happily
styled Fairy Lilies or Zephyr Flowers. Fine for pots or open ground.
Z. Atamasc0-- ( Atamasco Lily.) Flowers about 3 inches aoross, of
dazzling whiteness, deliciously sweet scented and borne on scapes
about a foot high. 50. each:
3 for 10c.; 6 for 150.
Z. Candida-(Peruvian Swamp
Lily.) Also pure white, but
smaller and in every way
distinct from the above.
Has fleshy Rush-like leaves
and is a profuse bloomer.
3 for 10c.; 12 for 30c.
Andersonli Texana- A
dainty little species from
Southern Texas, having
beautiful little golden yel-
low flowers much like a
Crocus 5c. each; 6 for 250,
Z. Rosea-(Pink Fairy Lily.)
A very distinct form, with
the most beautiful clear rosy pink flow-
ers. A profuse bloomer, one of the most
charming species in cultivation and very
scarce. Like the other species of Zephyr-
anthes it may be grown as a pot plant the
year round, or planted in the open ground and the bulbs
wintered dry. 50. each; 6 for 250.
SPECIAL OFFER--We will send 3 bulbs of Zephyranthes
Candida and 1 each of the other three sorts for only 200. Or
12 Candida and 3 each of the other three sorts for only 50C.
ZEPHYRANTHES ATAMASCO.
CAUIM
KEZDETT
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TITIUS
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Four Soupert Roses.
Clothilde Soupert-Flower's in sprays of open roses, and half-
opened buds; color blends from a soft shell-pink to a pure satiny white
both colors produced on the same plant at the same time. A pro-
digious bloomer, and grand for pot culture or bedding out.
Pink Soupert-In habit almost identical with the above, the flow-
er's not quite so large and full, but forming a handsome contrast with
their bright, clear pink color.
White Soupert (or Leonie Osterrieth)-Pure porcelain white, with
deep center. Buds of good size and flower full, double and fragrant.
Yellow Soupert (or Mosella) -- A stronger grower and flowers a little
larger than Clothilde Soupert, but appear the same way in clusters and
on single stems. Color, chrome-yellow in the center, creamy white
on the edges of the petals. Perfectly hardy, as are all the Souperts,
PRICES-150. each ; 3 for 35c.; or the 4 for 450.
Polyantha, or Fairy Roses.
Choice Everblooming Roses
These are known as Baby and Fairy Roses, on account of the size of
their flowers, which, in most varieties are smaller than a ten-cent
piece, but perfectly double and exquisitely beautiful. They are borne
in large panicles, often more than 100 flowers to a cluster, and are
most profuse bloomers. Fine for either pots or open ground.
George Pernet-Flowers quite large for this class, color very
bright rose, with touches of yellow, and passes to peachblow, with
silvery white shadings,
Coiden Fairy- A lovely Rose, very free flowering, color rich golden
yellow; entirely distinct.
Md’lle Cecile Bruner-Rosy salmon, shading to creamy white;
perfectly double and delightfully fragrant. Large for a Polyantha
and perfectly exquisite.
Miniature-The smallest of all Roses, but perfect in form, fully
double and fragrant. Color, a Cream-l'ose, flushed with a peachy red.
Parquerette – Considered by many the best of all
Polyanthas. Flowers pure white, about an inch in diameter,
TYPE OF EVERBLOOMING ROSE.
produced in clusters of from 5 to 50,
Perle d'Or-Lovely and distinct. Color a coppery gold,
changing to fawn and salmon; very double; finely perfumed.
Bridesmaid - About two shades deeper than Catherine
PRICES-100. each; the set of 6 for 500.
Mermet; a grand variety and the most popular pink Rose.
Climbing White Pet-A new everblooming climbing
Coquet de Lyon-Large, fing yellow; very attractive,
Polyantha Rose, which for rapidity of growth has no equal in No Rose like it for freedom of bloom,
the climbing class, while for freedom of bloom it surpasses Devoniensis--(Magnolia Rose)- Beautiful creamy white.
any other variety known. Its vigor is simply remarkable;
with rose center; large, very full, with Magnolia fragrance.
under ordinary cultivation young plants will the first year
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria--Color pure, snowy white,
nake finely formed bushes, with numerous shoots 12 to 16
feet in length. The flowers are pure snowy white in color,
elegant buds, and lovely when full blown, showing no center.
of medium size, very double and full, and borne in trusses,
La France--The Queen of Roses. Superb in form, color-
after the fashion of Crimson Rambler. They are borne con- | ing and habit, and deliciously fragrant; color, silvery rose.
tinuously throughout the season and in astonishing numbers, Madame de Vatrey-Rich red, changing to silvery
just as freely as any Polyantha variety. It will prove hardy |
peach, like the delicate hues seen on inside of deep-sea shells.
in the coldest climates with moderate protection. 10c. each,
Madame de Watteville--The Tulip Rose, so-called be-
cause of the feathery shading of bright rose around the edge
of each creamy-yellow petal, Flowers large and very full.
Mrs. de Craw--Rich, glossy pink, delightfully fragrant,
and a wonderfully prolific bloomer. A l'oyal Rose.
Marion Dingee-Deep, brilliant crimson, one of the
darkest, if not the very darkest, richest colored Tea Roses,
Pernet's Triumph-Fine, clear magenta-red, with de-
licious tea fragrance. Long, tapering buds: large flowers.
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Snowflake-A lovely new white Tea Rose of the freest
flowering habit; no less than 153 buds and flowers have
been counted on a plant less than a year old.
Souvenir d'un Ami-Fine, delicate rose, shaded sal.
mon. One of the best pink Roses, and easily forced.
Souvenir de la Malmaison-Grand old variety, which
produces the most perfect flowers in the hottest weather.
Flowers flesh colored, of immense size, abundantly produced.
Sunset-Remarkable shade of rich, golden amber, ele-
gantly tinged and shaded dark, ruddy copper; very beautiful,
PRICES - 100. each; 3 for 25c.; 14 for $1.00.
Four Rambler Roses.
Crimson Rambler-Covers itself completely with great
pyramidal trusses of bright crimson flowers-often over 100 in
a single truss--which last perfect for upwards of three weeks.
Yellow Rambler-(Aglaia)-The first (and thus far the
only) hardy Rose with yellow flowers. Flowers clear, decided
yellow, and very sweet scented, often as many as 150 in a bunch,
and lasting three to four weeks before fading.
White Rambler-(Thalia)- Flowers pure white, sweetly
scented and remain upon the plant from three to five weeks.
A blood relative of Crimson Rambler.
Pink Rambler-(Eunhrosyjne)-Same as White Rambler,
except the color of its flowers are pure shiny-rose, the par-
tially open buds being bright, light carmine.
PRICES-15c, each. In order that everyone may afford to
plant these superb Roses we will send the set of 4, amounting at
Catalogue prices to 60c., to any address for only 50C,
Bensin
CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSE.

SOME CHOICE CLIMBING PLANTS.
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Some Choice Climbing Plants.
VOME of the most beautiful creations of nature are wrought in vines. They beautify whatever they touch, be it the
mansion of the wealthy or some dead and decaying monarch of the forest. The following assortment is a choice one,
embracing perfectly hardy sorts for out-door planting, and delicate, tender sorts for the window garden, If you have
a window or piazza to shade, a summer house to beautify, an unsightly fence to screen, or an old stump to hide, you
cannot find anything better for the purpose than these climbers. Plant vines in abundance, their airy grace and
beauty will prove a perpetual delight to all who behola them.
Aristolochia Ornithocephala.
(The Bird Flower.)
The flowers of this species are very large, about four inches long, and
of a truly wonderful appearance. It may be described as having the head
of a hawk with the beak of a heron, giving it a singular bird-like appear-
ance that will delight
anyone with a taste
for the odd and curi-
ous, In color the flow-
ersare reddish-purple,
veined and marbled
with gray and brown.
The plant is a rapid
grower and flowers
freely. Fine strong
plants, only 15c, each.
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Aristolochia Elegans.
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ARISTOLOCHIA ORNITHOCEPHALA.
ARISTOLOCHIA CYMBIFERA.
Venetian Gondola-as shown by the cut-
eight inches long, in color light green and
creamy white beautifully veined with
brown and dark purple, the throat velvety
black. It is a most remarkable flower and
This magnificent climber, imported from
attracts great attention when in bloom,
Brazil, is a beautiful free flowering species of
Strong plants, only 150. each.
neat habit, its growth rapid and very dense.
SPECIAL OFFER-The 3 sorts, amount.
The elegant flowers, which are produced in the ARISTOLOCHIA ELEGANS.
greatest profusion, even on small plants, are
ing to 45c., sent to any address for only 40c.
borne on large stalks and have a slightly distended tube
NOTE–These three Aristolochias grow as freely and
which is suddenly bent upwards into a cordate, cup-shaped
flower of a rich dark purple, ornamented throughout with
easily as Morning Glories, either as summer climbers or in
irregular branched markings of creamy white, and having
pots for window decoration. In the open ground give them
a golden yellow eye surrounded by rich velvety purple.
a warm, sunny situation and they will make a fine effect.
One of the handsomest flowers imaginable. Entirely
distinct from the other two sorts we offer. Price, 15c, each.
Aristolochia Cymbifera. This superb plant may be trained as a climber or shrub,
at the will of the cultivator. Try and imagine a plant so
(The Boat Flower.)
completely covered with immense tubular flowers five inches
An elegant and rapid growing climber, and a most pro in diameter, that scarcely a green leaf is visible. These
fuse bloomer Flowers large, in shape something like a T
| flowers are a rich velvety yellow, with fine white spots at
the throat, which is delicately marked with reddish brown;
the lobes are thick and waxy, tinged with brown on the
outer surface. During the summer it may be grown on the
piazza as a pot plant, or bedded out where its profusion of
golden flowers will prove a source of wonder. *200. each,
Allamanda Nerlifolla-For description and illustration
of this species see page 43.
Allamanda Williamsil-For description and illustration
of this grand new Allamanda see "Choice Specialties in Plants
and Bulbs."
Allamanda Hendersoni.
Antigonon Leptopus, or
Rosa de Montana.
A splendid tuberous climbing plant of Central Mexico,
described by its discoverer as one of the most beautiful
climbers he had ever beheld. Its beautiful rose colored
flowers are produced in racemes two feet long, and in such ALLAMANDA FLOWER.
profusion as to give the resemblance of Roses at a distance;
hence one of the Mexican names is Rosa de Montana, or Mountain Rose. In the
North it should be wintered in the house or cellar, but in the South: it is perfectly
hardy, thriving wonderfully, and should be found in every yard. It is especially fine
for piazza screens. Price of strong roots, 15c, each; 3 for 40c.
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Agdesmia Clematidea,
or Mock Clematis.

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A very rare climber from Mexico and Brazil, almost unknown in
cultivation, to which we have given the name of Mock Clematis.
As its name indicates its flowers are Clematis-like, being almost
exactly like those of Clematis paniculata, but smaller and more
delicate in every way, pure white and of lace-like mistiness and
delicacy. The root is just like a Sweet Potato and produces a deli-
cately beautiful vine, a good deal like Aristolochia elegans, with a
waxy foliage. It grows most luxuriantly and for freedom of bloom-
ing cannot be beat, completely covering itself with its loose sprays SAUNA
or panicles of flowers which are simply exquisite in cut-flower work. TV
Blooms for months in succession either in the ground or in pots.
Will probably bloom all winter in the window, or the tuber may be
wintered dormant. Price of fine plants, 150, each.
Asparagus Tenuissimus.
The fine foliage of the common vegetable Asparagus has
always been admired, Imagine that plant transformed into a
delicate climber with far finer and more filmy foliage, trans-
forming everything it touches with the most airy and delicate
greenery imaginable. It can be grown like Smilax, on strings or a trellis,
and will attain a great length. For bouquets its foliage is simply indis-
pensable, and will keep for several days after being cut, without wilting
or changing color. Trained over windows or white curtains the effect is
bewitching Fine plants, 150. each.
PS For other varieties of Asparagus see "Choice Specialties in Plants and Bulbs."
Choice Bignonias or Trumpet Vines.
MOCK CLEMATIS.
Bignonia Alba-An exceedingly beautiful species from Guiana Flowers tube-shaped. pure
white with yellow throat. A very rare plant which we do not think is offered by any other
firm. It is liot hardy at the North. Plants, 20c, each.
Bignonia Capreolata -A very beautiful evergreen climber, known as Cross Vine and is one of
the few self-attaching vines. Flowers tubular, orange-red, very handsome, and produced in
the greatest profusion over a period of four or five months in the year, Hardy as far Nerth
as Philadelphia. A fine trellis plant. Plants, 10c. each,
Bignonia Chamberlaynii--A very rare and exceedingly beautiful species from Brazil. Leaves
ovate and shining above. Flowers tunnel-shaped, golden yellow, produced from April to
October in racemes of from six to eight. Hardy in the lower South. 10c. each.
Bignonia Magnifica-A truly magnificent sort, with shining green foliage and long, drooping
branches. Its very large Maurandia-like flowers are of a soft violet shade, beautifully veined
with purple and black: blooms through the spring and summer. Hardy at Charlestown, S. C.
Plants, 150. each.
Clerodendrons Balfouri and Thomsonæ.
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Clerodendron Balfouri -A plant of the greatest beauty, which will bloom che year round, and
may be grown as a climber or trimmed into bush-form. The flowers are bright scarlet, each
encased by a bag-like calyx of pure white, presenting a most beautiful and striking contrast;
the panicles of flowers upwards of six inches in width. If given a light rich soil, and shifted
from smaller into larger pots as needed, it will bloom continually during the entire year. It
makes a fine piazza plant during the summer, or may be bedded out in a partially shady spot.
Fine, thrifty plants, 15c, each.
Clerodendron Thomsonæ--This possesses all the good points of the above sort, and in fact it is
the parent of Balfouri. Its flowers are bright crimson, disposed in large panicles, the calyces
pure white, and it is a constantand untiring bloomer without any coddling or petting. It is a
great favorite as a climber in Europe on account of the brilliant color of its flowers and the
freedoni with which they are produced. 150. each.
Cissus Incisa.
(Marine Ivy, or Yerba del Buey.)
An exceedingly choice and beautiful climber, and,
although a native of the tropics, its roots are perfectly
hardy at least as far north as Philadelphia, Leaves
compound (three leaflets), thick, waxy, shiny and most
beautiful. A very rapid grower, with slender and pecu-
liar warty stems, sending down long air-roots. A curi-
ous and interesting vine. 100. each.
ASPARAGUS TENUISSIMUS.
Clematis.
Clematis Cocelnea-Flowers bell-shaped, intense rosy scarlet; very fine, 20c.
Clematis Crispa-Also bell-shaped, fine deep blue, with a white border, and deli-
ciously fragrant. Both sorts are perfectly hardy. 20c. each.
SPECIAL OFFER-Th: two sorts sent postpaid to any address for only 35C.
Co.matis Virginiana-(Virgin's Bower.) One of the most beautiful and desir-
able of perfectly hardy native ornamental vines. In summer it is smothered
nnder a sheet of small white flowers, succeeded in autumn by seeds with
conspicuous feathery taiis. 150. each.
Gelsemium Sempervirens.
(The Carolina or Yellow Jessamine.)
Doubtless almost everyone has either read or heard of the famous Southern
Yellow Jessamine-a pot-grown specimen of which is shown in the cut. Tourists
go into ecstacies over it, and carefully press sprays of the exquisite blooms to
carry to their Northern homes as mementoes of a winter spent in "The Land of
Flowers." But it does not seem to be generally known that it is one of the
easiest grown climbers in cultivation, succeeding in any soil-wet or dry, rich or CLERODENDRON BALFOURI.

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poor-though, like all plants, fully appreciating and repaying good cul.
tivation. It is quick-growing, has beautiful shining evergreen foliage,
and for several weeks in the spring is completely covered with its beau-
tiful golded-yellow, exquisitely sweet-scented, funnel-shaped flowers.
A large vine in full bloom is a sight never to be forgotten, and one be-
yond the power of pen to describe. North of Washington the vine
should be laid on the ground in the fall and well covered with straw,
evergreen boughs or rubbish. It may be grown in a pot or box, trained
on a trellis and wintered in the living room or cellar, which would, per-
haps, be the best plan at points far North where the winters are unusual.
ly severe. With slight protection it has proved perfectly hardy in
Illinois, and also in Philadelphia. As a trellis plant for the window
nothing can be more beautiful and desirable, as it blooms young and is
ornamental at all times. A well grown specimen would create a sensation anywhere. Price
of fine pot-grown plants, which are sure to grow off rapidly, 15c, each.
Halliana and Red Coral Honeysuckles.
Halliana--An evergreen variety and one of the most valuable of the long list of Japanese
introductions. It blooms almost continually from June till frost, and attains a height of 20
and even 30 feet. The flowers, which are very fragran are pure white when they first open,
but assume a creamy tinge in a few days. 15c. each.
Red Coral Honeysuckle- A very hand-
some native climber, hardy everywhere,
and blooming almost constantly, the flowers
followed by very ornamental red currant-like
berries. Flowers beautiful coral red outside
and yellow within; long and tube-shaped,
borne in large clusters, and drooping like a
Fuchsia flower. The vine is an evergreen, a
strong, rapid grower, and droops in a beauti-
ful weeping form. If trained on a single stake
on the lawn it will form a perfect fountain of
green, scarlet and yellow. Very distinct from
the Honeysuckles in common cultivation. 150.
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Ipomeas or
Moonflowers,
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Blue Dawn Flower (Ipomoea Learii) - A
magnificent, quick-growing perennial climber,
the flowers produced in bunches of a half
dozen; the individual blooms are trumpet-
shaped, about four inches across, of a rich
velvet blue, with purple rays. Grows about
YELLOW JESSAMINE.
twenty-five feet in one season, and is a most
attractive climber. 150. each.
Blushing Beauty Moonflower (I. Michauxii)-A Florida tuberous-
rooted Ipomoea of the greatest beauty, and a splendid companion for the
V hite Moonflower. Its flowers are of exactly the same shape, but in color
the most exquisite shade of blush, shading off into deeper purple in the
throat. The flowers, which are borne in the greatest profusion, open just
before sunset, and the effect is as if the sun had cast a most beautiful
roseate hue over them, Tubers must be wintered in the cellar or pit in a
box of soil. 150. each.
Ipomea Mortonil-A rapid growing perennial vine of great beauty
and very rare. It is valuable either for screens or for drooping over the
| sides of baskets or vases. Although of great vigor it is exceedingly delicate
and graceful in appearance. It will in a short time form a dense screen
and holds its foliage well from the ground up. Leaves of a waxy appear-
ance and deeply serrated, the flowers pinkish lilac. 15c, each.
Ipomoea New Hybrid-For description and illustration of this splendid
nero Moonflower see "Choice Specialties in Plants and Bulbs."
Noon Glory (I. Sinuata)-Vines slender and exceedingly graceful,
covered their entire length with leaves much like a Rose Geranium
leaf and exquisite as lace-work. Flowers small and bell-shaped,
pure white with a purple throat, opening in the forenoon and re-
maining open all day. An elegant trellis plant. 150, each.
'Hardy Tuberous-Rooted Ipomoea (1. Pandurata)-This mag-
nificent species is perfectly hardy all over the United States. Its
growth is very neat and graceful; leaves heart-shaped, flowers very
large, three and a half to six inches across, pure satiny-white, with
a pinkish-purple throat shading off deeper in the tube. Many flow-
ers are produced on the same peduncle, greatly prolonging its season
of bloom. The flowers, which are bell-shaped, not flat as are those
of the Moonflower, together with the leaves, are produced in the
greatest profusion from the root up, making a dense shade even
down to the ground. By ordering from us you will get fresh, sound
tubers directly from the ground that will be absolutely sure to sprout and
grow finely. After being received they should be kept in a pot or box
of moist soil until spring, and then planted out in a hole six or eight
inches deep. 'but covering the tuber with only about two inches of
soil, until it has sprouted and grown eignt or ten inches-then fill
the hole full of soil and it will require no further attention except
to be supplied with something to climb on. Price of fine flowering
tubers 10c, each; 6 for 500. Extra large 25c. each; 3 for 60c.; 6 for $1.10.
SPECIAL OFFER-Thes: five Ipomoeas amount to 70c, at catalogue
prices. For only 55c. we will send one of each, postpaid, to any address.
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Irophospermum Scandens.
A handsome and rapid growing climbing plant with heart-
shaped leaves and rose-colored, Gloxinia-like flowers. Of easiest
growth and fine for training over a veranda or window, or for largo
vases or boxes on the lawn. Nice plants only 10c, each.
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Manettia Bicolor.
One of the most beautiful and desirable flowering vines in cultivation
to-day. It blooms almost, if not quite, every day in the year, though the
season of its greatest profusion of blooming is during all the winter months,
when flowers are so much desired. Begins to bloom while only two and
three inches high, plants in thumb pots usually bearing three or four large.
perfect flowers and numerous buds. The flowers, which are an inch and
a half to two inches long, are of the most intense fiery scarlet, except the
tip ends, which are a bright, clear yellow. They are covered with a moss or
hairy substance, exactly like the nap or plush on velvet cloth, which gives
them an odd and exceedingly beautiful appearance. Being of great substance,
each flower keeps perfect on the plants for weeks, and then does not fade, but
falls off. An exquisite trellis plant for either outdoor or window. Price, 15c. each.
Malayan Jessamine.
(Rhyncospermum Jasminoides.)
A most beautiful climbing plant with glossy evergreen foliage, and producing in great
profusioni the most delicate, sweet-scented Jasmine-like flowers of the purest white. A
well-grown plant will be as com-
pletely smothered with flowers as
our cut indicates. But one does not
I have to wait for the plant to attain
size before having its exquisite flowers,
for.it blooms when very small, and we
have seen cuttings only two or three
inches long, in thumb pots, bearing
clusters of perfect flowers. The fiowers
are of a peculiar rotate form, some-
thing like a wheel, and several are
borne together in a loose, graceful
vyme. In the Southern States, from
Florida to Louisiana, it is perfectly
hardy. It is absolutely without fault
as an ornamental flowering climber,
MANETTIA BICOLOR. having no insect enemies, and re-
quiring no coddling whatever, being
abundantly able to cope vith conditions which would kill outright
many vines. Its most profuse season of flowering is during April,
May and June. F'ine strong vines, 15c. each.
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Madeira Vine.
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An old but elegant climbing tuberous-rooted plant, fine for either
pos or open ground culture, A l'apid grower in any soil, and produces
a profusion of feathery, yellowish-white, deliciously fragrant flowers.
The tuber's may be wintered dry, like potatoes. 10c, each; 3 for 20c.
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Passiflora, or Passion Flower.
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Passiflora Edulis-The Granadilla, one of the very best of the
ei ht or ten edible Passion vines, and one of the most ornamental of
all the genus. The vine is quick growing, handsome. shining ever-
green, lobed leaves, which are never molested by any insect. The
petals of the flowers are white, the crown whitish with a blue or violet
base, a beautiful combination. Fruit as large as an egg. and purple
outside when ripe; the flesh is yellow and has an orange flavor that is
delicious to the taste, cool and refreshing and very fragrant, 15c, each.
Passiflora Incarnata-(May Pop or May Apple)-This beautiful
Passion Flower bears a profusion of lovely purple and white blossoms,
followed by orange-colored fruits as large as an egg or an apple, and
filled with a delicious yellow pulp. When cut, the fruit will perfume
the atmosphere the same as a musk melon. One of the most desirable
of all the Passifloras for general cultivation, on account of its hardi-
ness and early bloom-
ing qualities, begin-
ning to bloom when
only a few inches tall.
The roots are per-
fectly hardy in the
latitude of New York
MALAYAN JESSAMINE.
if protected, or they may be wintered in the cellar; it is strictly a summer
growing and blooming vine. Fine for training around piazzas and win-
dows. 150. each; 3 for 40c.
P. Quadrangularis Variegata-See
"Choice Specialties in Plants and Bulbs."
Pereskia Aculeata
(Lemon Vine, or Barbadoes Gooseberry.)
A climbing Cactus with true leaves, i
much like Lemon leaves, but more
fleshy, with stout spines at the base of
each leaf. Bear's in the greatest pro-
fusion the most exquisite single white
flowers, resembling white Roses, and of
almost overpowering fragrance. These
are followed by edible fruits about the
size of a gooseberry. No one would
ever mistrust from its looks that it
belongs to the great Cactus family.
15c, each; 3 for 40c.; larger plants, 25c.
each.
" A small Pereskia Aculeata Cactus
in a tomato can has 27 open flowers. It
is quite a small plant, I think it lovely."
-MRS. M. E, C, PEARCE, La.
2002
PASSIFLORA, OR PASSION FLOWER.
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CHOICE CLIMBING PLANTS.
Rosa Sinica, or Cherokee Rose.
This beautiful Chinese Climbing Rose is of the greatest value for
hedge-making throughout the South. Will grow in the poorest
soil, the canes often attaining the length of 10 or 12 feet in one season,
and are beset with numerous large spines or prickles. The leaves
are in threes, smooth and glossy, shining as though varnished, and
the large, single, snowy white flowers measure about 3 inches
across, with a heart of fluffy golden stamens. Lovely for training
over verandas, windows, etc., and ornamental at all times, but parl-
ticularly so when white with bloom, Reliably hardy as far north
as Washington at least. (Illustrated in our Catalogue last year.)
Nice plants, 15c. each,
Bos This is the Rose on which our wonderful Marechal Niel Rose is
grafted. See back page of cover. For other Roses, see page 56.
Solanum Jasminoides
Grandiflora.
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This is one of those accommodating plants which may be grown
as a beautiful climbing vine, or in bush form if kept pinched back.
As shown by the cut it completely covers itself with very large clus-
ters of star-shaped Clematis-like flowers which are pure white with
a violet tinge on the back. It begins blooming while very small, and
is always full of flowers whether treated as a pot plant in winter or
in the open ground in summer. Plants, 150, each,
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SOLANCM WENDLANDII.
Solanum Wendlandii.
The Blue Solanum.
As a summer climber this plant is simply
glorious. It is doubtful if any other climber
will cover so much space in so short a time,
while from June until its growth is checked by
frost the profusion of its flowers is simply re-
markable. The flowers are produced in im-
mense cymes at the end of pendulous branches.
These cymes, or heads of bloom, are from 8
inches to a foot in diameter, containing from 25
to 40 flowers, but as buds keep opening in suc-
cession, each head lasts perfect for at least a
month, and often much longer. Each individual
flower is from 11 to 2 inches in diameter, and
lasts several days. When first opening the color
is dark blue, but this changes to a light lilac in
the center, with a darker edge, and gives flow.
ers of various shades of blue and lilac at the
same time. The hotter the situation given it,
the more glorious the display it will make. It
should be treated as a summer grower only, be.
ing deciduous and going dormant in winter. It
may be cut down in fall and only the root lifted
and wintered. In the lower South the roots
are hardy if mulched with trash of some kind,
Nice plants, only 150. each.
(Solanum Azureum).
This is a beautiful, new and exceed.
ingly rare species from the West Indies;
one of the most beautiful we have ever
seen and a lovely companion for the
white. Its foliage is deeply and beauti-
fully cut, and its lovely, star-shaped,
fragrant flowers are the richest and
most delicate blue, with bright golden
stamens, and are produced in large
clusters like great bunches of Wistaria
flower's or clusters of grapes, and are
followed by bright led berries as large
as marbles, that remain on the plants
for week. The plant is almost always
in bloom, and the bright blue and yel-
low flowers and bunches of red fruit
commingled form one of the loveliest
objects imaginable, Fine plants, 15c.
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SOLANUM AZUREUM.
Trumpet Creeper, or Tecoma Radicans.
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For cultivation in all parts of the country this undoubtedly combines more good
points than any other climbing plant at present known. In the first place it is
hardy everywhere without the slightest protection. It grows with the greatest
rapidity and in any soil or situation; it clings to wood, stone'or brick with a tenacity
that defies the wildest tempest; produces an abundance of beautiful foliage and for
several weeks in summer the ends of every twig and branch are weighed down with
great panicles of lovely, bright orange, tubular flowers, of a thick, waxy texture,
and remaining in perfection for a long time. The buds, too, are quite as orna-
mental as the flowers, and add greatly to the beauty of the vine, It is as long lived
as the forest trees, each passing year only serving to add to its grandeur and beauty;
and for covering summer houses, dead or live trees, old buildings, or any unsightly
object, we can heartily recommend it. If not wanted as a climber it can be grown
on the lawn as a Magnificent Weeping Shrub by planting it at the foot of a stout
stake, six or eight feet high, and as soon as it has run a few inches above the top,
pinching it off, causing it to form a dense, bushy head. The side shoots from the
ground up must also be kept off and attention paid to the head to see that it is well
formed. By the time the stake has rotted a way the stem will be large enough to
support the head, which will be a perfect fountain of
living green, and added to this for several weeks in
midsummer, when it is in bloom it will be a perfect
blaze of color. Price of fine plants, 150. each; 3 for
40c.; 6 for 750.; 12 for $1.25.
Tecoma Mackenii--A magnificent species from
South Africa. It has opposite, pinnate leaves, and
bears in profusion racemes two to three feet in length
of large, showy, trumpet-shaped flowers,fully 3 inches
long and wide, in color an old rose pink, or bright
rosy lilac, with a few darker pencilings and a blotch
of yellow in the throat. It is an extremely showy
climber and a glorious picture when in flower. Hardy
South, and succeeds admirably North when planted
out during summer, and lifted in the fall, 150. each.
Tecoma Capensis-See description and illustra-
tion of this beautiful species in “Choice Specialties in
Plants and Bulbs."
Tecoma Stans–See page 51.
Thunbergias Fragrans and Laurifolla - For
illustrations and descriptions of these lovely climbers, see
TRUMPET CREEPER, “ Choice Specialties in Plants and Bulbs."
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AN EXAMPLE OF AQUATIC AND BOG GARDENING.
Aquatic and Bog Plants.
LEW are aware of the amount of enjoyment to be derived from the cultivation of this class of plants which are a
easily grown as any. Tubs, artificial pools made of stones, brick or cement, fountain basins or natural bodies of water
may be used for the purpose, and after once planting about all the care the plants require is to see that the supply of
water is constant. The soil may be either good, rich loam and decayed cow or stable manure in equal parts, or rich mud
or muck. Tubs should be set in the warmest, sunniest part of the yard; and they may be wintered in the cellar.
Red, White and Blue Ever-
blooming Water Lilies.
The Blue Zanzibar
Water Lily.
The growth of these three African Water Lilies is so Plants raised from seeds produced by this magnificent
wonderful and rapid that seeds sown in February or March variety will yield flowers varying from a light to a very
will make nice little plants by June, and if planted out then dark, deep blue, some will be light sky-blue, just the shade
will begin blooming in July and continue to produce a pro of the fiowers of Plumbago Capensis, others of a rich deep
fusion of flowers every day until frozen up in the fall. They azure blue, becoming lighter in a day or two, while others
are as easily grown from seeds as are Balsams or Asters, may be of a shade of blue so deep that it is not unreasonably
and are best treated as annuals.
called purple. The stamens of all are bright golden yellow,
TO GROWTHEM FROM SEED.-In February or
tipped with the same shade of blue as the petals. The flow-
Maroh take old tea-cups and fill them about two-thirds fuil
ers open at about 7 A. M., and close about 4 P. M., each flower
with fine, rich garden soil, press it down firm and scatter
opening four days in succession, and giving off a most de-
the seeds on the surface, half a packet or a full packet to
| lightful odor. Seeds, 10c. per pkt.
each cup, covering them to a depth of an eighth or a quarter
of an inch with clean sand. Fill up carefully with water,
so as not to disturb the seeds, and place where they will
keep at a temperature of 70 to 80 degrees until they germin-
ate, which will be from six to fifteen days. After the plants
have made leaves a quarter of an inch aeross, transplant
them to two-inch pots, or other cups. Set one plant to each
This is a superb and very rare variety of the Blue, and
pot or cup, press the soil down firm and set them in a pan of like it in every respect except in color, which varies from
water deep enough to cover the plants about an inch. They rich pink to a deep rose, almost crimson in some specimens,
can be kept in greenhouse, hot-bed or warm sunny window | yellow stamens tipped with the same shade of red as the
in the house until time to plant out in the tubs. Do not put petals. The two varieties make grand companions. The
them in the open air until the weather has become quite plants are never without flowers, from one to three or more
warm, but they may be planted out several weeks earlier if I every morning. Seeds, 10c, per pkt., or one packet of each fop
the tubs are cuvered with glass.
I only 150.
The Red Zanzibar
Water Lily.
The White Night-Blooming
Water I ily.
This grand species, Nymphaea Dentata, unlike the
Zanzibarensis varieties opens its flowers at about 8
o'clock at night, remaining expanded until noon the
next day. They are pure pearly wbite with petals ex-
panded horizontally so that the flowers are perfectly
flat like a star, thus differing from all other varieties.
With ordinary culture the flowers will be six or seven
inches across, while if given plenty of room and a very
rich soil it will produce flowers fully twelve inches
from tip to tip of petals, and leaves twenty-five inches
in diimeter. Seeds, 10c. per packet.
SPECIAL OFFER.–These three beautiful Water
Lilies very happily represent our National Colors, "the Red,
White and Blue," and in order that every one may grow
them we will send one packet of each of the three sorts for
only 20c.
NYMPHRA
ZANZIBARENSIS
NYMPHÆA DENTATA.

AQUATIC AND BOG PLANTS.
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Nymphæa Vevoniensis.
Nymphæa Odorata Minor.
A dwarf variety of Odorata, possessing the same qual-
ities of hardiness and fragrance, but producing flowers only
one and a half and two inches across; white, tinted with
pink on the outside. The leaves are also correspondingly
small, A perfect little gem. Price, 20c, each ; 3 for 50c.
Nymphæa Flava.
A brilliant rosy red Night-Blooming Water Lily of the
greatest beauty, and should be grown by every lover of flow-
ers. Planted out in a large tank of rich soil in one summer
a single plant will cover a circle 20 feet across, with leaves
25 inches in diameter, and flowers a foot across. If confined
in pans tubs or boxes the flowers will be smaller but other-
wise just as fine. Leaves deep green with reddish shade,
and serrated edges. The rosy red flowers have scarlet
stamens, and by lamplightglow with an indescribable color.
They stand on strong foot-stalks 10 or 12 inches above the
or 17 inches above the
surface of the water, begin to open about 8 o'clock in the
evening and remain expanded until about 10 the next
morning, each flower opening three nights in succession.
An exceedingly free bloomer and if started early in spring
begins flowering soon after putting outside. Winter in
cellar, pit or some other place free from frost. Price,
50c, each.
A genuine yellow Water Lily, a native of Florida, and
not found in any other part of the world. Its leaves and
fiowers are a little smaller than those of the common Water
Lily. Leaves beautifully variegated with brown; flowers
bright golden-yellow, and deliciously scented, something
like Locust-tree blossoms. It is perfectly hardy in the North;
but should have as warm a position as possible during the
summer. It is best grown in a tub, wintered in a cellar or
otber warm situation, and started as early as possible in the
spring. Price, 15c. each; 3 for 40c.; 6 for 70c.; 12 for $1.25.
SPECIAL OFFER-We will send a root of each of the
above five Water Lilies, amounting at catalogue prices to $1.20,
postpaid, to any address, for only $1.00.
Egyptian Lotus.
(Nelumbium Speciosum.)
The wonderful “Sacred Lotus," so famed in prose and
poetry. One of the most tropical appearing plants in culti-
vation, but equally as hardy as our common Water Lily,
though coming from a tropical region. In rich soil it will
produce leaves 30 inches across on footstalks 5 to 6 feet in
length, and flower stalks 5 to 7 feet tall. The flowers open
like an immense Tulip, the base of the petals being creamy
white, most beautifully and delicately shaded off toward
the end into bright pink. They are delightfully fragrant,
and in the last stages of their develpment measure from
ten to thirteen inches from tip to tip of petals. It grows
readily and rapidly and blooms finely in a tub; but the
larger the tub the better the results. We offer roots at the
very low price of 50c, each. No seed for sale.
American Lotus.
Hardy Water Lilies.
TUB-GROWN HARDY NYMPHÆA.
(Nelumbium Luteum.)
A native of this country, but extremely rare. It is
perfectly hardy, and flourishes under the same conditions
as the Egyptian Lotus, from which it hardly differs, except
The following species are perfectly hardy everywhere in in the color of the flowers, being a rich sulphur yellow, as
the soil, beneath the water, where the frost cannot reach large as a quart bowl, and having a strong fragrance.
them, no matter how thick the ice forms on the surface of A large patch of them, with hundreds of buds and flowers, ie
the water. Once established in a pond, lake, or any still a sight never to be forgotten. Just before planting the seed a
body of water, they will spread from year to year and furn- | hole should be filed through the shell to the kernel, but not into
ish quantities of their exquisite flowers. They can also be it. Price of fine roots, 550. each, Seeds, per pkt., 10c.
grown with perfect success in ordinary tubs in the yard, and
bloom all summer. In tubs they should have the same soil "Last year I had a tub each of Nelumbium Speciosum and
as recommended for the preceding varieties. In planting the Luteum, and lots of blossoms. They were bearities." -MRS. B.
roots do not tie them to a stone and sink them, but push the
| PINKNEY, Kan,
roots carefully into the mud, after which they will take care.
of themselves.
Nymphæa Odorata.
Our native Water er Pond Lily, the praises of which
can never be too highly sung. Its lovely white and deli-
ciously fragrant flowers appear at an advantage beside the
most costly exotics. In very rich soil it will produce flowers 6
inches and leaves 13 inches across. Price, 20c. each;3 for 50c.
Nymphæa Odorata Gigantea.
This is a gigantic form of the common white Water Lily.
which we discovered in this State. We have measured
leaves of it which were 22 inches in diameter, and flowers 8
inches across. The leaves are very thick and heavy and
have their edges very curiously ruffled, and in some in.
stances turned up, forming a rim after the manner of the
Victoria Regia, Flowers fragrant, pure white with a gold-
en-yellow center. and of a decided cup-shape, giving it a very
distinct appearance. It begins to flower very early in the
spring and continues to bloom profusely until frost. Fine
roots, 150 each;3 for 40c.; 6 for 70c.; 12 for $1.25.
Yun
Nymphæa Odorata Rosea.
This is the rare and hitherto high-priced Cape Cod Pink
Pond Lily, and is, without exception, the most lovely of all
the hard y Nymphæas. It begins to bloom earlier in the
season than Odorata, continues to bloom later, and is of an
exquisite pink or rose color, almost exactly the same shade
as that of the old Hermosa Rose. Growing among the
white varieties its beauty is simply bewitching. It has long
been held at higb prices-$2.00 and $2.50 per root. We have
a fine stock of flowering roots which we offer at 50c. each,
postpaid , 2 for 900.; 3 for $1.20.
EGYPTIAN LOTUS.

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Parrot's Feather.
(Myriophyllum Proserpinacoides.)
An aquatic hanging plant is a novelty indeed, and we have it to perfection in this
dainty little jewel. Its long trailing stems are clothed with whorls of the most ex-
quisite foliage as finely cut as the leaves of the Cypress Vine, and much more deli-
cate. Planted in a water-tight hanging basket so water can be kept standing on the
ER surface of the soil, it will trail down over the sides in a most charming manner. In
'l a tank or lake it prefers shallow water and will run about over the surface, the ends
of the creeping stems standing erect, forming beautiful tufts or tassels. It can be
grown in the tubs with other aquatics, and trained over the sides with beautifu)
effect. Price, 10c, each,
Water Poppy
(Limnocharis Humboldtii.)
A charming and easily cultivated plant, with
small, oval, floating leaves, and the most exquis.
ite flowers of a bright lemon color, with black
stamens, standing a few inches out of the water,
and produced freely all summer. Easily grown in
a pool. tub, or any shallow water. Must be win-
tered away from frost. Price, 10c. each.
" The Water Poppy in'a "ub two feet in diameter,
had 144 blooms." ---WILL B. POTTS, Ind.
Water Hyacinth.
(Eichornia (Pontederia] Crassipes Major.)
This is one of the most remarkably curious
and beautiful plants we have ever grown. In-
WATER POPPY
stead of growing in soil it floats on the water.
which it is enabled :o do by means of its curi.
ously inflated leaf stalks, which resemble blad-
ders or balloons filled with air. A large masy
of feathery blue roots grow downward, their
ends entering the soil. It forms a lovely rosette
of its curious shining green leaves, and throw
A highly ornamental and interesting class
up spikes of the most exquisite flowers imagin-
of plants, natives of bogs or swamps, where
able, resembling in form a spike of Hyacinth
the spongy, peaty soil never becomes dry.
bloom but as beautiful as nany of the choicest
A suitable soil is prepared by using Sphag.
and most costly Orchids Each flower is as
num moss, leaf-mould and sand, cutting
large or larger than a silver dol:al', in color a
the moss up fine and mixing all together.
beautiful soft lilac-rose sparkling as if covered
In this pot the plants, keep always moist,
with diamond dust. The upper petai, which is
and give but little sun. There should be
the largest has a large metallic blue blotch in
plenty of drainage material in the bottom
the center and in the center of that a small
of the pot, though water may be kept stand.
deep golden yellow spot Can be grown in the
ing in the saucer, and in the hollow trum.
open air in summer and in the window in win-
pet-shaped leaves. Rarely catalogued at
ter, in anything which will hold water In the
the North, and at high prices.
window the most beautiful effect is
Sarracenia Flava, or Trum-
produced by using a glass vessel of
pets- This is the largest of
some sort, with shells and white sand
so arranged in the bottom as to con-
all, its erect, trumpet-shaped
ceal a small amount of soil Our cut
leaves frequently growing
of the plant and flowers conveys but
three feet tall. They are yel-
an imperfect idea of their combined
lowish-green, with a curious
oddity and beauty. The spikes of
over-arching hood reticulated
flowers are much longer and larger
with purple veins. Flowers
around than the cut indicates -like a
yellow and very large. 150.
Hyacinth spike. It created a great
Barracenia Variolaris-Pitch-
sensation in Eu ope, where it has re-
ers from twelve to eighteen
ceived unstinted praise, and cannot
inches high and very curiously
fail to delight everybody who gives it
hooded at the top, these hoods
a trial. Plants 150. each; 3 for 350.:
being beautifuliy spotted with
6 for 60c.
white and reticulated with
purple veins within. Flowers
yellow and two inches wide,
Very desirable. 150. each.
SPECIAL OFFER-One plant
of each sort sent for only 25c.
WATER HYACINTE,
Pitcher Plants,
or Sarracenias.
Umbrella Plant.
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(Cyperus Alternifolius'
An ornamental and very striking Grass, as
shown by the cut. It throws up slender, round
stems from two to three feet high, surmounted
at the top by a whorl of flat, ribbon-like leaves,
diverging horizontally, giving the plant a very
curious appearance This curious effect is
still further heightened when the odd, golden-
green tassel-like flowers appear on the top of
the whorls, as shown in the cut. It is a splen-
did decorative plant, being almost as orna-
mental as a Palm or Fern, and above all it is
as easily grown as the commonest weed. As
it will thrive in shade as well as sun it is an
excellent plant for the dining room table. It
is also fine for the centers of baskets, vases,
WC Wardian (ases, or as a water plant in very
moist spots, or even in shallow water. It
BARRACENIA FLAVA, should have an abundance of water. 150. each.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Page
Flower Seeds.........
........18, 19, 25-31 | Booklet, “In the Land of Flowers,"...........2nd page cover
Vegetable Seeds.....
..20-24 | Florida Curios, etc...
2nd page cover
PLANTS AND BULBS.
Page
Page
Acacia.....
Clivia....
Jessamine............46,58, 60 Pomegranate,,..
Acalypha,
| Coffea...
Justicia........
.........10,
Pontederia.
Achanja.
Coffee ......
Kudzu Vine....
Primrose Baby)..
Achras.
Coontie..
Lagerstroemia............. Psidium.....
Adam's Apple...
Cooperia......
Lantana .....
Pueraria...
Afr. Bour-string Hemp... Coral Plant.
Laurel, Great..
Queen Lily
African Lily..
Crape Myrtle,..
Laurel Magnolia ......
Retama.
Agapanthus
Crinum..
Lemon ..
Rhaphiolepis.
Agdesmia.
Crotalaria..
Lemon Verbena....
Rhododendron............ 13
Ageratum.
Lemon Vine.
Rhynchospermum........
Air Plant........
Cryptomeria Japonica.... 2 Leonotis ........
Rosa de Montana.........
Allamanda..
Curcuma..
| Lily of the Palace..
Rose..... 10.11, 56. 61 & back
Alligator Lily..
Cycas.........
Limnocharis..
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Alocasia........
Cyperus....
Lion's Tail........
Rose Bay ....
Alpinia ...
Daisy, Paris....
Lophospermum ......
Royal Poincian:
Amaryllis........
Datura .................... Lotus.
Rubber Plant...
American Lotus..
Day-blooming Jessamine Lycoris.
Ruellia
Anona.........
Dionæa .......
Magnolia..
Russelia ...
Antigonon.
Dolichos ................... 8 Malayan Jessamine....... Sago Palm...
Arabian Jessamine..
Downy Myrtle....
Manettia.
Salvia..
Ardisia.
Dracæna.
Maranta
Sanseviera
Aristolochia
Duranta........ ....... Marguerites..
Sapodilla
Arrow Root....
East India Rose Bay...... Marine Ivy..
Sarracenia,...
Aru ..........
East Indian Hawthorn.. May Apple....
Screw Pine....
Arundo ...
Egyptian Lotus.........
May Pop....
Selaginella ......
Asparagus..
Eichornia..
Melastoma....
Shell Lily
Atamasco Lily........
Elephant's Ear......... Melia.........
Shower of Gold ....
Australian Silk Qak...... 43 Epidendrum...
Melon Papaw. ........ 12, 41 Solanum..........
Azalea..
Eranthemum.....
Milk and Wine Lily..
Spanish Dagger...
Banana .
Erianthus ..
Mock Clematis .....
Spanish Moss. ...
Banana Shrub...
Erythrina.
Moonflower....
Spider Lily.......
Barbadoes Gooseberry.... Eulalia.........
Mountain Rose.......
Spiræa
Begonia...
Evening Glory...
Murva.......
St. John's Lily....
Bignonia......
Fairy Lily.
55 Musa....
Strawberry (Everbearing) 11
Bishop's Mitre...
Fancy Caladium...
Myriophyllum....
Strobilanthes
Bird Flower......
Ferns....
Myrtle..
Sugar Apple ..
Bird of Paradise Flower.. 49 Ficus..............
Myrtus ........
Sugi......
Blue Dawn Flower..
Fig...........
Naseberry.......
Swainsona.....
Blue Spiræa.
Flamboyante..
Nelumbium ..
Swanflower,
Boat Flower....
Gardenia .
Nerine
Sweet Day.
Boston Fern.. ..
Garland Flower......
Nerium ..
Sweet Gum..
Bougainvillea mi...
Gelseminn...
Night-bloom'g Jessamine Sweet Olive....
Bridal Myrtle...
Genista.........
N Vinpha.. ...... 6:2. 63 Sweet Potatoes,
Browallia..
Geranium..
Qiea.
........ Tabernæmontana,...
Butterfly Lily...
Giant Fairy Lily.....
Oleander.
Taro..
Butterfly Orchid....... Giant Spider Lily....
Opoponax..
Tea Plant
Caladium.
Gladiolus
Oranges .... ........15, Tecoma................6, 51, 61
Calla Lily.
Gloriosa .....
Orchid
Thalia.....
Camellia Thea..
Golden Dew-Drop....... Palms. .........36, 37, 38 Thunbergia..
Camphor Tree. ..
Granadilla.....
Palm Grass...
Tillandsia.
Canna..
....32, 33 Grand Duke Jessamine. Panax...
Tomato Tree....
Cape Jessamine.
“Grandolia”
Pancratium...
Tradescartia.....
Carica..
Great Laurel.
Pandanus,
Trailing Begonia.......
Carolina Jessamine....
Grevillea
Panicum.
Trumpet Creeper....... 58,
Caryopteris.......
Gynura .......
Paris Daisy......
491 Tuberose...
Catalonian Jessamine ... Habrothamnus..
Parkinsonia....
Umbrella Plant......
Cattley Guava..
Hamelia.........
45 Parrot's Feather...
Velvet Plant.........
Cedar (Japanese).
Hedychium......
Passiflora
Venus' Fly Trap.......
Cestrum,
Hibiscus ............. 6, 35 Passion Flower..
Virgin's Bower..
Chenille Plant........
Honeysuckle......
Papaw...
Water Hyacinth.....
Cherokee Bean........
Hydrangea...........
Peanuts........
Water Lily.............
Chinese Hibiscus ......
Hymenocallis ....
Pereskia.....
Water Poppy.........
Chinese Lantern Plant... 2 Imantophyllum....
Peruvian Swamp Lily
West India Rattle Box...9, 18
*Christ and the Apostles" India Rubber Tree........ 38 Phrynium.
Yellow Jessamine....
Cinnamomum.
Ipomoea...
Pineapple.
Yucca. ...
Cissus ........ .........8, Jacobæan Lily........
Pineapple Air Plant...
Yerba del Buey ....
Citrus,...
.....15, 48 Japanese Cedar......
Pitcher Plants.
Zamia..
Olematis
...... 58 Jap. Pink Spider Lily... Pleroma..
Zebra Plant.
Clerodendron...........44, 58 Jerusalem Thorn . ...... Plumbago...
Zephyr Flowers.......
Climbing Lily............. | Jasminum......
Poinciana ....
Zephyranthes....
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Marechal ROSE
Niel
ROOT-GRAFTED ON THE RANK-GUTENG CHEROKEE ROSE.
LTHOUGH introduced more than a quarter of mentary ago the Marechal
Niel Rose still remains the ideal Climbing Tea Rose, in fact the most famous
and popular of all Roses. Peerless in color, exquisite in fragrance, unrivaled
in size, and perfect in form, its magnificent golden yellow buds illustrate
the globular form in its last degree of perfection. And no less beautiful than the
exquisite buds are the full opened flowers, massive in size, double to the very center, and with
all the appearance of having been fashioned from pure molten gold. Words cannot do justice
to its transcendent loveliness, --only by seeing it can it be truly appreciated. Alas that a Rose
so absolutely perfect in color, form and fragrance should have a drawback so serious as to pre.
vent its universal cultivation ! But such is the case; it is only too well known that there does
not exist a weaker or poorer-growing Rose than is Marechal Niel on its own roots. To overcome
this weakness it is often grafted in the South on to some strong growing sort, and when the
stock used is a congenial one this exquisite Rose will make a growth which casts nearly every-
thing else into the shade, running like a grape-vine, clambering to the ridge-pole of a two
story building, Hud single plants actually showing from 1,000 to 2,000 blooms at one time. The
stock usually chosen is the Manetti, to which there is a very serious objection,-it has a per-
sistent tendency to sprout from below the graft and to choke out the latter unless carefully
watched. We have found the Cherokee Rose (described on page 61) to be the best of all as a stock
on which to graft the Marechal Niel, as it is a most rampant grower in light, poor soils, and
never sprouts from our method of root-grafting. We have a wonderful specimen of one of these
grafted Marechal Niels growing up one end of our office piazza, which so loads itself with its
great golden globes that it makes the accompanying cut look poor and paltry. We have also
found that the Cherokee imparts this same wonderful vigor of growth and prodigious blooming
qualities to any Rose grafted on it. By means of these grafted plants it is now possible for any-
body and everybody to grow the glorious Marechal Niei Rose to perfection and with no more
trouble than with the commonest varieties. The plants which we offer are root-grafted, that
is, at Marechal Niel scion is grafted into a strong piece of root of the rampant-growing Cherokee,
making a nice sturdy little plant which can be sent anywhere by mail and which will rapidly
grow into a fine blooming plant. In potting set the junction of graft and root about one inch
below the surface of the soil; or if in the open ground set it deeper. These grafted Marechal
Niels should be freely planted for porch or pillar Roses throughout the South; and if
set deep and the stem banked up a foot or so with earth or litter every winter only
their tops will be lost if an unusual cold comes along. And they may also be grown
much north of the usual limit if laid down in the fall and covered deep with leaves,
boughs, etc. As pot plants or summer garden bedders they will succeed everywhere.
Price of these root-grafted Marechal Niels, 30c. each; 3 for 150.
We can also supply root-grafted Agrippina and Pink Daily Roses at 25c. each,
Teacher
Address, THE JESSAMINE CARDENS, Jessamine, Pasco Co., Florida.