Gift of

J. Horace McFarland Co.

Harrisburg, Penna.

May 1957

ROSES,

CHRYSANThEttynS,
DAHLIAS,
QERANKJM5, ETC.

1893

A. B. bA VIS dr SON,

PURCELLVILLE, VA.

Qreennouse and Beddinq

PLANTS.

W E are pleased to announce to our friends that we have a grand 'novelty to
offer them in this beautiful viglet.

It is entirely hardy, perfectly double, a deep violet,, color, and most de-
liciously fragrant. It surpasses the well-known “Marie Louise” violet in richness
of color, being many shades darker, and far excels it in delightful odor; this is one
of its greatest merits. It is entirely free from disease of any kind,. and will grow
and bloom in any garden and in any situation. It is entirely hardy, and can
be left out in the open ground all winter. Nothing is more appropriate for ceme-
tery plots than the Hardy Double Russian Violet. Thousands or people have
been prevented hitherto from planting double violets because the varieties offered
were not hardy, but now this difficulty is overcome. A Chicago florist has grown
it for two years in the open ground, with no winter protection except forest
leaves. From a bed 150x4 feet the owner sold 34,000 flowers in a single month.
The remarkably prolific habit of this violet fixes its value. We want every one
who loves flowers to have some of these beautiful violets, therefore we make the
following liberal offer :

With every order for plants amounting to $1 or more, we will send one
strong plant of the Double Russian Violet, free of charge. Price, 35 cents
each, 2 for 50 cents, 5 for $1, 12 for $2.

New Hardy Double Russian Violet.

One Plant,

*Tr\ A I I With - Every

1 $1 Order.

Before Ordering, read “General Instructions” on first and second pages of Catalogue.

NOTE. - Addresses of persons whom you know to be in the habit of buying flowers and plants will be thankfully received,
and the favor will be remembered when we arc filling your order.

Date * 1893.

A. B. DAVIS & SON,

PURCELLVILLE, LOUDOUN Co., Va.

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REMARKS

Jo Ouk Fy-t^rids an d Pat^oriS-

T AFFORDS US much pleasure to again present to you a5new| edition of our
Catalogue, full of good things with which to beautify your^flower gardens, lawns
and conservatories.

During the Past Summer we completed another large plant of green-
houses, remodeled our old ones, and furnished them with the latest improvements.
Our whole plant of houses is now heated by. hot water under pressure, which
gives a moist, even temperature, that induces a healthy, vigorous plant-growth.
Our immense stock of plants has not been forced, but grown at as low a temper-
ature as possible. We do not offer a large number of impossible novelties, but
have proved all the new plants we offer to be of sterling merit. We have always
aimed, by closest attention to our business in all its details, to serve our customers
faithfully. Our large and increasing trade testifies that our efforts to please have
been appreciated, but we feel that much of our success is due to the kind recommendations of our
friends and patrons. For our part, we are resolved, where possible, to treat our customers better than
ever; and on your part, we ask'a continuation of the favors so freely bestowed in the past. Of the
hundreds of new readers who will this year see our Catalogue for the first time, we ask for it a careful
examination, feeling sure that it offers many good things that will prove either a pleasure or a profit
to plant, and hope that our reasonable prices and the assurance of our careful attention to their wishes
will bring us at least a trial order from many who have not previously bought from us.

In filling the orders of so many hundreds of customers, it is to be expected that in such a varied busi-
ness errors will sometimes occur ; but we wish to say to any customer who has found that any part of our
stock has not proved as represented!: Kindly mention it when you forward your order for this season, and
it will be made entirely satisfactory to you.

Relying upon the healthy condition, as well as the genuineness of our stock, it has been our constant
aim so to deal with our customers that they may continue to favor us with their orders, as well as recom-
mend us to their flower-loving friends ; and they may certainly rely upon our efforts to give satisfaction in
every instance. In other words, we propose to send out none but perfectly healthy plants, true to name,
and packed in the most careful manner. As further proof of our desire to act conscientiously and justly,
we request to be notified immediately of any error on our part, that we may rectify it without delay.

We have reduced our system of packing plants forwarded by mail to such perfect order that we
can safely fill orders from any part of the United States and Canada, and guarantee that plants shall arrive
in excellent condition. Our mailing-size plants are strong and well-grown, and will start at once without
coaxing. When our customers can afford it, it is better to have plants shipped by express, as we can often*
send larger plants and put in more plants gratis when the order is to be sent by express.

Plants received by mail should be placed in tepid water for thirty minutes before the moss is removed
from their roots.

We deliver all plants free of charge at Purcellville, a station on the W. O. & W. division of the
R. & D. R. R., or at Brunswick, a station on the B. & O. R. R.

All remittances should be made by Registered Letter or by Post-Office Money Order, drawn to the
order of A. B. Davis & Son, payable at Purcellville P. O., Va.

Always use the Order-Sheet, as it enables us to fill your order with despatch and accuracy.

eSrOrders for less than sixty cents’ worth of plants or flowers will not be filled unless ten
cents additional to the price of the plants be sent to pay postage by the person ordering. A
sixty-cent order requires as much trouble in handling, and nearly as much postage, as an
order for two or three dollars’ worth.

CLUB ORDERS.

Although our prices are exceedingly low, considering the quality of the plants furnished, yet we offer
the following inducements to all who exert themselves in our behalf by soliciting their friends and neighbors
to unite with them in ordering plants of us, thus increasing the amount remitted. By this arrangement any

A. B. DAVIS & SON. PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA.

one desirous of obtaining a few plants, who does not wish to spare the money for the purpose, can readily
obtain them free of cost by spending a little time in soliciting orders of friends and neighbors, and sending
the orders to us as early as possible, in one list. Each person's order will be selected as directed and tied
up separately, so that there will be nothing to do when the club’spackage arrives but to deliver the bundles.

We therefore offer the following liberal terms to those who will obtain orders — said orders to be taken
at regular price per single plant or bulb in Catalogue. It will, of course, be understood that these
additional plants go to the person that gets up the club, so that the club-raiser's name should always be signed.

Please note : — We wish to be plainly understood that our special plant collections, plants quoted at
reduced rates for two, three, six, a dozen or a hundred of the same kind, are not included in club rates. Only
plants ordered at the price per single plant are entitled to the discounts enumerated below :

SPECIAL RATES TO CUSTOMERS AND CLUB-RAISERS.

MAIL ORDERS.

Purchaser's Choice from Catalogue at Price per Single Plant or Bulb.

For a remittance of $2.00 you may select plants priced at $2.85

** “ “ 3.00 “ “ “ 3.75

“ “ 4 00 “ « “ 5.20

“ •> “ 5.00 " “ “ 6.75

“ “ •• 8.00 “ “ " 11.20

“ “ “ 10.00 “ “ “ . 14.50

, EXPRESS ORDERS.

Plants under this head go by Express, at the Purchaser's Expense.

For a remittance of $2.00 you may select plants priced at $2.75

“ “ “ 4.00 “ » “ 6.00

“ “ “ 6.00 “ » “ 9.00

“ “ “ 8.00 “ “ “ 14.00

“ 11 “ 10.00 “ “ 11 20.00

“ “ ■* 15.00 “ “ “ 30.00

" “ 20.00 “ “ “ 40.00

Individual orders for any of the preceding amounts will be entitled to the same kind of premium
as club orders.

When plants are ordered by mail, we prepay postage, delivering the plants free of all expense
to any part of the United States. We guarantee the plants to be in good condition when received

We pack plants to be shipped by express in light wooden boxes made for the purpose, in order to
make express charges as light as possible.

Address all orders, remittances and letters to

A. B. DAVIS 6* SON,

Purcellvilie, Loudoun Co., Virginia*

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W E MAKE a specialty of the Rose, and
from the endless list of varieties
grown, have selected only such
kinds as we have tested thoroughly, and found to possess
special merit in color and vigor of growth. We offer our roses
so cheap that many who receive our Catalogue for the first time
write to ask us if our roses are well rooted, as they do not see how we can sell good roses so cheap. For the
benefit of new customers, we wish to state that our roses are strong plants, grown in two-and-a-half and three-
inch pots, eight to fifteen inches high (the size most florists catalogue as “ Large size, price, 25 cents each ”).
Our roses are not forced, but they have been grown strong and vigorous, and they will grow at once and begin
to bloom almost as soon as planted, as hundreds of letters from our customers testify. We ask a trial of our
roses, and if they do not grow and thrive as we say they will we will cheerfully refund the purchase price. We
grow all our roses from cuttings, and they are, therefore, on their own roots, so when killed down the new
shoots that sprout tip are genuine.

Our stock of roses is immense, and we can fill orders for large quantities. We make a specialty of La
France, Perle des Jardins, Souvenir de Wootton, The Bride, Meteor, Duchess of Albany, White La France, Papa
Gontier, Mad. de Watteville, Sunset, Niphetos, Rainbow, Clothilde Soupert, Waban, Marechal Niel, Snowflake,
Francisca Kruger, Viscountess Folkstone, etc., and will be pleased to quote hundred and thousand rates to
large buyers.

NOTES AND CULTURAL DIRECTIONS.

Preparation op Rose Bed. — Select a sunny spot not undermined by roots of trees, and quite level with
tin- grass-plat. Prepare your bed by digging to the depth of 18 inches. Any good garden -mold will grow roses,
but they are especially fond of small clods of clay in the soil. If the bed is not underdrained naturally, provide
drainage by means of broken bricks and stones at the bottom. Add one-fourth of old, well-rotted cow-manure
to the soil and clay. Ground-bone ranks next to old cow manure as a fertilizer, and may be used in place of it
or in addition to it. Roses are rank feeders, and amply repay the food and moisture given them with luxuriance
and elegance of foliage, and profusion and size of bloom.

After the plants have been set out, which should be early in the season, keep the soil loose by frequent shal-
low stirrings till the middle of June, when the bed should be mulched by covering its surface to the depth of an
inch or so with old manure or any strawy material, to prevent evaporation. An occasional application of manure-
water greatly stimulates growth, and growth, with most roses, means bloom.

What Varieties to Plant. — The everblooming or monthly roses are the only really constant bloomers
we have. They begin to bloom early in the season, or almost as soon as planted, and continue all through the
summer and autumn months until stopped by freezing weather. They bloom and flourish luxuriantly in all parts
of the country, from Canada to Mexico. The flowers are of beautiful form, are full and delightfully fragrant,
and embrace all the lovely shades and colors that roses ever assume.

Hardy Roses. — This section includes Hybrid Perpetual, Moss and Climbing roses. While they are not
such constant bloomers as the Teas, Bourbons, Noisettes and Chinas, in May and June they make a gorgeous
display of deep, rich colors far excelling the everblooming class in size and brilliancy. Most roses of the Hy
brid Perpetual class give a second crop of bloom in September and October, and in many cases finer flowers than
those produced in June.

Tea Roses, Everblooming. — Tea roses are celebrated for the delicious fragrance, exquisite forms and the
rich, charming tints of their flowers. They form the largest and most popular section of the everblooming roses,
producing an endless succession of flowers in a favorable climate, and even at the North blooming from the time
they are planted until stopped by freezing weather. They should be planted in a rich, warm soil, where they
will be constantly growing, for they bloom as they grow. Where they continue to grow year after year without
being checked by hard freezes, they form immense masses of foliage, covered with flowers of the largest size,
which are produced in great abundance.

Fine Assorted Tom Thumb Nasturtium and Aster plants, 36 cents per dozen.

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NEW ROSES.

Our list of new roses contains the best varieties of European and American origin of recent introduction.
Many of them are superior to the older sorts in vigor of growth size, and the pleasing colors of their flowers.
We take pleasure in recommending them to all lovers of beautiful roses.

CROWN PRINCESS VICTORIA or WHITE
MALMA1SON.

This rose has our highest commendation. It is an
everbloomer, a vigorous grower, with large, fine foliage,
and is conceded by rosarians to be altogether one of
the loveliest of roses. The petals are waxen and pure
snow-white, with sometimes a lemon tint. Those who
desire a fine double flower when fully expanded, will !

be well pleased with this rose, as it is very beautiful
when full blown. Certainly a grand acquisition. 3octs.

CHAMPION OF THE WORLD.

It is claimed that one plant of this variety will pro-
duce more bloom during the year than ten plants of any
tea rose. Though a perpetual bloomer, it is as hardy
as an oak. A vigorous grower and very fragrant. Blos-
soms very double, of a deep rich pink. 25 cents.

New Tea Roses.

BRIDESMAID. This new rose retains all the good
qualities of its parent Catherine Mermet. The buds
are of exquisite shape and contour, and are borne
on long stems. The color is the most beautiful pink
imaginable, about three shades darker than Mermet.
Wilfdelight all who grow it. Strong plants, 30 cents.

CLIMBING NIPHETOS. But one fault held that
glorious old rose, Niplietos, in the background — the
serious defect of its being a weak grower, and this
defect is now remedied. We have a vigorous climb-
ing growth, with all the charms of Niplietos. It has
always held place as the most elegant of white roses.
The buds on well-grown specimens measure four
inches in length, and are produced in the greatest
profusion. It is positively startling in size and purity.
This rose has our highest praise. 25 cents.

CLIMBING PERLE DES JARDINS. Our readers
will no doubt be as much surprised as we were to

learn that the stately Perle des Jardins has recently
taken a form which, while retaining the excellent
qualities of its parents, has assumed a climbing
habit. On the original plant the lateral growth is
18 feet in each direction from the stem, and the plant
has carried at one time over 1,000 buds and flowers.
The climbing Perle des Jardins will supersede Mare-
dial Niel, as the bud and flower are as large and the
color as deep a golden-yellow as in that variety, while
it is as vigorous a climber, and will produce 100
flowers to Niel’s one. A remarkable flower and
doubtless the best yellow rose. Strong plants, 35 cts.

MEDEA. Flowers bright lemon-yellow, with canary
yellow center. Very full buds, with high centers;
foliage dark and thick, in color like Perle. This
variety produces buds of immense size and very
double, firm and heavy, models of what tea-rose
buds should be. 35 cents.

New Hybrid Teas.

PERMIT'S TRIUMPH. A new rose of strong constitution and fine habit,
of heavy texture, with long, pointed buds. This variety
will take front rank among our Hybrid Teas, and is one
of the best sorts. 35 cents, n ctj JEfc’l

STRIPED LA FRANCE (Mad. Angelique VeyssSJT
This rose combines all the good qualities of La France
in growth, fragrance, shape of bud and flower ; in
fact, differs from it in only two points. First, it is
freer of bloom than the parent ; secondly, it is beautifully
striped, the marking being plain and distinct, the va-
riegation bright rose on a satin-pink ground. Many
prefer it to La France, as being a more pleasing shade,
if that were possible. 35 cents. )

KATSERIX AUGUSTA VICTORIA. A German va-
riety, and one of great interest to the rose grower ; color,
pure ivory white. A large, full flower, magnificent
in bud. It bears large, strong canes, with handsome
foliage, and carries its flowers on long stems. We be-
lieve this rose to be a valuable addition to our collec-
tion, and that it will become immensely popular. 35
cents.

DANMARK. A seedling from La France, introduced
from Denmark. This has all the good qualities of its
parent, but is different in form and shape ; looks more
like a finely-built Hybrid Perpetual. A strong, vigorous
grower, producing flowers as freely as La France. 35
cents.

BfeAUTE DE GRANGE l)E HEBE. Here we have a
rose unique in every respect. The growth is short and
stout, the leafage large and firm, and every shoot bears
a large, pure white flower. While the bud is pretty, the
open rose is far prettier. The wreath of beautiful green
leaves surrounding each flower is both picturesque and
charming. This trait of the foliage surrounding the
flower is peculiar to but two or three other varieties of
roses besides this one. A fully developed flower with
attendant foliage makes a complete bouquet of itself.

A most exquisite rose. Strong plants, 35 cts.

The flowers are double and

KAISERIN AUGUSTA VICTORIA.

Give us the full names of your club-members.

GENERAL CATALOGUE OF PLANTS.

Roses of Recent Introduction.

Price, 15 cents each, except where noted.

AUGUSTINE GUTNOISSEAU (White La France). The best recommendation we can give to tins mag
nificent new rose is
that it is a pure white
La France, having
just a breath of rose-
tinted blush deli-
cately clouding the
depths of its broad,
luxurious petals.

The buds and dow-
ers are extra large,
very full and finely
formed, and delight-
fully perfumed. It
blooms all through
the season, and is a
rose that every one
will like to possess.

20 cents.

BARONNE H. I)E
liOEW. (Nabon-
tiand.) A strong-
growing dwarf Tea
rose, dowering in
clusters ; silvery
rose, shaded with
yellow at center,
reverse of petals
bright rose.

CLOTHILDE SOI -
PERT. (Polyan
tha. ) This ever-
blooming rose orig-
inated with Messrs.

Soupert & Notting.
of Luxembourg, Bel-
gium. It is a strong,
vigorous grower.

The dowers are large
double and beautiful
in form, with the
style of that beauti-
ful rose, “Ball of
Snow.” The dowers
are borne in sprays,
and the color blends
from a soft shell -pink
to a pure satiny
white. Flowers of
both these colors
are produced on the
same plant at the
same time. This
rose is destined to
take high rank as a
pot rose, for bed
ding purposes, and
with the increased
taste for roses in clustered sprays, will be profitable
for cut-flowers.

COMTESSE ANNA THUN. (Tea.) Strong, bushy
grower, with flowers freely produced on short, stiff
stems ; shows the characteristics of a good bedder ;
of immense size and of the most lovely and perfect
form imaginable ; beautiful citron-yellow, with cop-
pery peach center, shading to orange-salmon and sil-
very pink, the colors blending finely. Sure to give
entire satisfaction.

COMTESSE !>E FRIGNEUSE. (Tea.) A charm-
ing pure golden color ; in freedom of bloom second
to none ; finely colored leafage ; buds long and
pointed, and highly perfumed. A rose of great merit,
and one that will please all ; as a yellow rose it stands
almost equal to Marechal Niel.

CLOTHILDl*. SOUPKRT.

CHAS. DE THE/A LLAT. (Tea.) Robust, hardy
and very vigorous in growth. Flowers large, finely
formed, globular and imbricated ; supurb creamy
yellow, center shaded silvery chamois.

DUCHESS OF ALBANY. (Hybrid Tea.) This
beautiful novelty is similar to La France, but deeper
in color, more expanded in form, and larger in size :
the flowers are deep, even pink, very large and full ;
it is highly perfumed, and in all respects a rose of
the first quality. On account of all these merits,
pleasing the senses of sight and smell alike, this at-
tractive variety cajinot fail to give perfect satisfaction
to all lovers of flowers.

ERNEST META (Tea.) Large full flowers, with
long, pointed buds ; clear satiny pink, edged with
blush, and flamed with crimson.

Do not order flowers not in this Catalogue.

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JEANNE GUIDE All MEZ. (Tea.) A beautiful

new rose, medium to large size, broad, shell-like
petals, well filled to the center ; pale, coppery yellow
or old gold, beautifully toned with canary, suffused
with delicate blush ; reverse of petals orange-red.
The charms of this variety— its exquisite combinatiohs,
of rich color — must be seen to be appreciated.

•DA FRANCE OF ’ 80 . (Hybrid Tea.) Declared
by all noted French rosarians the most remarkable
liybrid Tea of late years. Its elegant buds are often
two to three inches long, while the expanded flowers
are of immense size. Another strong point is its
bright color, which is very nearly scarlet, sometimes
lined and bordered with pure white. Still another
point in its favor is its fragrance— a precious trait in
the rose. A flower of enchanting beauty, sure to
please. 25 cents.

MAUI) UTTIjE. Raised from l’ierre St. Cyr and
Duchesse de Brabant. A rose of good form and
substance, not entirely full, but very handsome and
sweet ; the color is charming, being soft china-rose,
with a peculiar glowing, lustrous bloom; very
beautiful.

MAD. AUGUSTE UEGROS. A fast-growing rose of
strong constitution ; flower's very large, double, and
of a beautiful fiery red color, with silvery shadings :
the buds are long and pointed, and of very large-
size.

MAI). HOSTE. (Tea.) A strong, vigorous grower,
with handsome foliage; flowers of extra size, beau
tifully formed, with large outer petals ; color yellow
ish-white, with a deeper buff-yellow shading; the
finest rose of its color on the list.

MAD. MARTHE DU BOU 11 G. (Tea.) A strong,
vigorous grower ; flowers of splendid size, double,
of good form, with large round petals .beautifully
cupped ; white, tinted on edges with soft pink and a
touch of lavender ; base of the petals delicate yellow.
An unusually beautiful new rose, and quite distinct.
MAD. 1‘HIIdPPE KUNTZ. Flowers borne on sti.fi'
upright stems ; very large and double ; soft cherry-
red, passing to soft salmon and flesh-color. A fine,
strong grower.

COMTESSE DE KRIGNEUSK.

EDWARD GONTIER. (Tea.) We cannot praise this rose too highly.

It is beautiful and highly satisfactory in every way. Color fine, creamy
yellow, with rosy buff center, passing to apricot, delicately shaded with
scarlet crimson. Pretty and sweet. 25 cents.

KSMERALDA. (Hybrid Tea.) A vigorous, robust-growing variety,
producing dense, light-colored foliage ; very free-flowering ; flowers me-
dium-sized, semi-double, cupped ; beautiful silvery flesh, fawn shadings,

GOLDEN GATE. (Tea.) This beautiful rose is the
product of Safrano and Cornelia Cook, two noted and
valuable varieties. The flowers are large, of good
substance, very double and full ; rich, creamy white,
tinged and shaded with fine golden-yellow ; petals large
and broad, and frequently bordered with clear rose.

20 cents.

GRACE DARLING. (Tea.) One of the most elegant
roses it was ever our pleasure to behold. A strong,
vigorous grower ; color porcelain rose, elegantly shaded
with a rich, decided crimson, that never quite obscures
the ground of yellow upon which it rests. The colors
seem to stand out separate and distinct. Very sweet ; a
beauty. 20 cents.

HENRY M. STANLEY. (Tea.) This fine new ever'
blooming rose was raised from Mad. Lambard and
Comtesse Riza du Parc, and is recommended as a charm-
ing variety of unusual beauty and permanent value.

The color is a rare shade of amber-rose, delicately tinged
with apricot-yellow toward the center, reverse of petals
clear buff- rose. The flowers give special satisfaction,
being of good substance, extra large, finely formed, and
very full and fragrant. 20 cents.

•I. B. VARRONE. (Tea.) A strong, vigorous grower ;
flowers double and of good forth ; varying shades o
china-rose and silvery carmine of very bright tint, with
center of soft yellow.

Something sweet and pretty is the Double Russian Violet. Try it.

GENERAL CATALOGUE OF PLANTS.

MME. PIERRE GUILLOT. Probably the
most showy and attractive Tea rose of recent
introduction. It throws up numerous strong
shoots, terminating in buds that for beauty
surpass the famous tulip rose, Mad. de Watte-
ville. The buds are large, very double,
creamy white, each petal being heavily bor-
dered with bright rose. 20 cents.

PEARL RIVERS. This fine variety is a
cross between Devoniensis and Mad. de
Watteville. It partakes of the leading char-
acteristics of both parents, but resembles the
latter more closely ; the flowers are large and
quite full, with fine peachy red buds. The
ground color is ivory white, having the petals
delicately shaded and bordered with pale
rose ; very beautiful.

QUEEN OP HERDERS. (Bourbon.) The
plant is a short, upright grower, branching
freely, every branch terminated by a cluster
of beautiful buds and flowers. The flower is
large full and regular. Color a bright, glow-
ing, velvety crimson. It blooms constantly
front early summer to late autumn. A recent
English writer says that a bed of this variety,

25x50 feet, had 22,500 buds and flowers on it at
onetime. We commend this rose highly, it
is a rich, highly colored rose, double to the
center. 20 cents.

REI) MALMAISON. This beautiful rose is
identical with Souvenir de la Malmaison ex-
cept in color; Red Malmaison is a clear, deep,
rich scarlet. A grand and handsome rose in
every respect. 25 cents.

NATHALIE DE SHURIK. (Tea.) A charm-
ing new French rose. It is a strong, vigorous

grower ; the flowers are borne in great profusion, being very beautiful
in bud. But the open flower is the crowning giory : it is so double
there seems no room for another petal, those on the outside being
very large and graduating toward the center, where the bloom is
slightly quartered ; shell pink, brightest at the center. The form and

color of this
rose render
it disti net
and note-

worthyeven mad. hoste.

in large and
fine collections.

RHEINGOLD. (Yellow Niphetos.) The coloring
is entirely new, and resembles in its yellow W. A
Richardson. The flowers last well, and the name
Rheingold, conveys but little of the true worth and
beauty of this flower. The buds are long and oval 1 :
color Naples yellow, shaded with orange, passing in
the center to deep citron. A beautiful flower of
most extraordinary color. 25 cents.

SAPPHO. (Tea.) Buds fawn-color, suffused with
rose, the opening flowers shaded yellow and taw ny
buff; centers deep, bright yellow'; large, full and
globular. Blooms profusely, even for a Tea ; petals
large and of much substance.

SNOWFLAKE. (Tea.) White; a pure Tea; the
freest-flowering white rose we have seen. The flow
ers are not large, but are fine both in bud and when
in full bloom ; it is constantly in bloom.
SOUVENIR DE WOOTTON. (Tea.) The finest
everblooming red rose ever sent out ; velvety red,
equal to Jacqueminot, with a perfume that cannot be
excelled ; a showy grower, evfery shoot containing a
flower-bud, making it the most continuous bloomer
ever introduced. A full, double rose, with fine buds.
THE QUEEN. (Tea.) A grand globular white rose
of queenly form, borne on long stems ; a free grower
and free bloomer.

THERESE LAMBERT. (Tea.) Elegant and
very handsome in form and hue, delicate rose color,
base of petals finely tinged with old gold, center pale,
silvery salmon ; very fragrant, large, full and good.

RED MALMAISON.

25 cents.

Our pot-grown Tomato plants gave great satisfaction last season.

A. B. DAVIS & SON. pURC E LLVILLE, VIRGINIA.

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R UNBOW ROSI

THE RAINBOW (California’s New Tea Rose). The
Rainbow is as robust a grower and as constant a.
bloomer as its parent, Papa Gontier. In color it is a
lovely shade of dee]) coral-pink, which is striped and
mottled in the most unique manner with intense
glowing crimson, and elegantly colored with rich
golden-amber at center and base of petals. It makes
beautiful buds, and its flowers are extra large, very
' sweet, and of great depth and substance. Its many
excellent qualities strongly commend it to flower
lovers. In order to induce everyone to grow this
superb novelty we offer strong plants at only 15 cents.
VK OMTRSSM I)E WAUTIER. Rosy yellow
upon the exterior of the petals, rosy white in the !
interior. The center is a dark rose, often lined into
the lighter shades above. A grand rose.

WABAN. (Tea.) This fine new rose is a sport of
Catherine Mermet, and resembles it in every way j
except in color, which is much deeper than that of
Mermet.

WAIjTHAM CUMBER. A strong grower and con-

tinuous bloomer. Flowers large, full and sweet ;
a rich, scarlet crimson ; a profuse hloomer. It lavishes
in great profusion its large, rich, red flowers. 25 cts.

WHITE PERLE DES JARDINS. (Tea.) A sport
from Perle des Jardiiis ; foliage darker and rougher
than Perle ; it sends up long, stiff, slender canes,
each one bearing a pure white bud of something
more than medium size, and quite upright. Every
flower- can be cut with a very long closely foliaged
stem. It has the delicate tea fragrance.

YE PRIMROSE DAME. (Tea.) An exquisite
new rose; a very double variety, with petals beauti
fully curved ; outer petals a soft canary color, center
rosy salmon or apricot ; the shading from outside to
center is beautiful. Flower cup-shaped, and shows
the glowing center from the first opening of the bud.
The habit is somewhat like that of Niphetos. Buds
of fine form and excellent shape. One of the freest
flowering roses in our collection. It produces ten buds
where Perle desJardins or Niphetos produce one.

Order early: “First come, first served.”

GENERAL CATALOGUE OP PLANTS.

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Everblooming- Roses.

A select list of new and standard varieties, including none but the best ; all are sure to give satisfaction.

Bon Silene. (Tea.)
Deep salmon rose*
illumined with car
mine ; a very free'
blooming rose.
Bougere. (Tea.)
Bronzed pink, tinged
with lilac. Large
and full.

Camoens. (Hybrid
Tea.) A magnifi-
cent rose ; flowers
very large and full ;
china-rose, suffused
with pale yellow,
passing t o white,
flushed with car-
mine ; very fragrant
and fine.

Catherine Mermet.

(Tea.,) Its name is
the synonym for all
that is delicate and
beautiful in a rose.
Its buds are inimi-
table, faultless i ■
form, and charming
in their every shade
of color, which
ranges from the
purest silvery rose
to the exquisite com
bination of yellow
and rose, which
illumines the base of
the petals.

Charles Bovolli.
(Tea.) A lovely
shade o f brilliant
carmine.

Chromate 11a or
Cloth -of-Gold.

(Climbing Tea.) A
grand rose for the
south ; clear bright
yellow, very sweet
and beautiful. It
blooms rather spar-
ingly, but makes up
for this deficiency by
its extraor d i n a r y
beauty.

Clement Xabonnaml. (Tea.) Coppery rose, tinged
with crimson.

Comtesse de Labarthe. (Tea.) Wy have here, in
one rose, almost all the desirable qualities— exquisite
perfume and beautiful coloring— a soft, light rose,
with heavy shading of amber and salmon.

Comtesse Iti/.a tlu Parc. (Tea.) Copper-rose,
softly tinged.

Coquette tie Lyon. (Tea.) We have no yellow
rose that blooms so freely as this canary yellow; de-
licious perfume ; fine form.

Cornelia Cook. (Tea.) The buds are of immense
size and are borne high up on massive stems ; their
round, full, heavy forms carry an air of grace and
dignity quite unusual. The flowers are of clearest,
snowiest white.

Devoniensis. (Tea.) Large creamy white rose, not
very double. It forms long, creamy buds, with the
most delicate blush on the edges of petals ; free.
Douglas. (Bengal.) Dark cherry red, rich and vei
vety ; large and full.

Duchesse de Brabant. (Tea.) Soft, rosy flesh,
changing to deep rose.

Price, 10 cents each, except where noted.

CATHERINE MERMFT.

Adam. (Tea.) Bright fresh salmon rose, extra large
and double.

Adrienne • Ch ristophe. (Tea.) Shaded with apri-
cot, citron and fawn.

Agrippina. (Bengal.) Rich, velvety crimson. A
grand bedder.

Aline Sisley. (Tea.) Violet rose ; a fruity, pleasant
fragrance. j

America. (Climbing Tea.) An old Noisette rose of
strong and vigorous growth, very large and double ; j
creamy to coppery vellow.

American Beauty. (Hybrid Tea.) Very large
double flowers of a deep crimson color, and highly
fragrant ; the cut blooms always bring a high price.
Strong plants, 20 cents.

Andre Schwartz. (Tea.) Beautiful crimson ; free-
flowering variety.

Archduchess Isabella. (Tea.) Rosy carmine,
changing to amaranth.

Archduke Charles. (Bengal.) Brilliant crimson
scarlet, shaded violet.

Bella. (Tea.) Pure snow-white ; long, pointed buds ;
tea-scented.

French Cannas are all the fashion this season.

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LA FRANCE.

t)r. Grill. (Tea.) Copper-yellow, with a fawn-rose
reflex, back of the petals shaded china-rose ; an en-
tirely new color. Large, well-formed flowers ; a
vigorous grower and very free bloomer.

Duchess of Edinburgh. (Tea.) Remarkable for
its beautiful color, which is of the most intense glow-
ing crimson ; lovely buds.

Elizabeth Gram in out. (Tea.) A lovely open rose ;
beautiful, bright, clear carmine flowers, with crimson
red center, large, full and sweet ; striking and
handsome.

Esther Pradel. (Climbing Tea.) Lovely pure white
buds ; flowers medium size, full and sweet ; pro-
fuse bloomer.

Htoile de Lyon. (Tea. ) The flowers are very large,
double and full, and deliciously fragrant ; a beautiful
chrome-yellow, deepening at the center to pure
golden-yellow ; each bud is a gem.

Francisca Kruger. This rose is closely allied to
Catherine Mermet, and resembles it in everything
save color. In its shading of deep copper-yellow it
stands unique and distinct from all other roses ; the
flower, when open, is of good size and very symmet-
rical. To induce everyone to buy this grand novelty
we offer extra fine large plants at only io cents.

General Tartas. (Tea.) Deep mottled rose, some-
times tinged with buff.

Gloire de D^jon. (Climbing Tea.) Noted for the
great size of its flowers, its delicate tea scent, and its
exquisite shades of color, being a blending of amber,
carmine and cream ; one of the finest roses. 20 cts.

Golden Chain. (Reved’Or.) A beautiful Tea rose
for pillars, being a strong climber ; orange yellow or
deep saffron.

lienuosa. (Bourbon.) An old and well-known
favorite pink rose.

Homer. (Tea.) Soft, clear rose, with a salmon
shade. Splendid.

Isabella Sprunt. (Tea.) Equal in all respects
to Safrano, from which it is a sport ; luxuriant in
growth, and gives in profusion its long lemon
yellow buds.

•fames Sprunt. (Climbing Bengal.) A grand
rose ; deep cherry-red ; medium size, full, very
double and sweet ; a strong grower and profuse
bloomer. 15 cents.

•loan Pemet. (Tea.) Light yellow, suffused with
salmon ; beautiful buds ; a magnificent variety.

Letty Coles. (Tea.) One of the loveliest roses
grown, without exception. It is very double and
cupped, forming a magnificent, full, open rose of soft,
creamy-white, with very bright, rosy carmine center.
This variety is a splendid grower and is, as it deserves
to be, a universal favorite. Since it is certain to give-
delight wherever seen, it should be in every cofiec
tion. 20 cents.

La Fi •ance. (Hybrid Tea.) Silvery rose, changing
to pink ; very large and full : a constant bloomer,
and the sweetest of all roses ; an invaluable variety,
of great beauty. The queen of pink roses. 15 cents.

I. a Florifere. Deep salmon-rose, large and showy ;
very free-blooming and vigorous. A fine variety for
outdoor bedding and massing.

La Princess Vera. (Tea.) Pale flesh, changing to
salmon.

La Pactole. (Tea.) Elegant buds, color pale sul
phur-yellow.

Louisa tie la Rive. (Tea.) A flesh white, inclining
to a rose-center.

Louis Richard. (Tea.) Delicious tea scent; rich
coppery rose, changing to buff, shaded with carmine :
center sometimes brilliant rosy crimson.

Luciole. A Tea rose of brilliant and extraordinary
color ; rosy carmine, deep saffron-yellow and yellow’
bronze are combined in the coloring ; a large and
exquisitely formed bud and flower. 15 cents.

Madf. Alfred Carriere. (Noisette.) Extra large full
flowers, very double and sweet ; rich creamy white,
faintly tinged with pale yellow, exceedingly beautiful ;
a strong, hardy grower and free bloomer.

Mad. Andre Duron. (Hybrid Tea.) A good strong
growing rose, producing extra-fine large flowers in
great abundance ; a beautiful bright red, without
shadings. One of the most beautiful roses of the
year, and gives unusual promise of being fine under
glass. The blooms last winter were as large as the
finest American Beauties, is cents.

Mad. Brest. Rosy red, shaded to crimson, large
flowers.

Mad. Cusin. (Tea.) A very beautiful and striking
rose ; bright purplish crimson, with white center,
elegantly tinged and shaded with yellow. It is very
handsome and distinct.

Uncle Sam's mail-bag will bring our beautiful plants to your door.

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Mario Duoher. (Tea.) Rich transparent salmon,
with fawn center.

Marechal Niel. (Noisette.) A rose so famous as
to need really no description. Its magnificent golden-
yellow buds are worn the world over, and the floral
work done without Marechal Niel is usually regarded
as lacking a proper finish. The blooms are the per-
fection of the globular form, and arc borne in great
quantities ; as a climber it is unequaled ; rapid in
growth, graceful, and has fine foliage.

Mad. Scipion Cochet. (Tea.) Vigorous in growth,
with fine, healthy foliage ; flowers large, and can be
eut with long stems ; petals thick, pale-rose, shaded
with clear yellow ; fine for bedding.

Marie Guillot. The flower is very large and double
to the center ; pure white, with occasionally a slight
tint of lemon in the center. This is the finest white
Tea rose for summer bloom in existence.

Mad. Welche. (Tea.) Color beautiful amber-yel-
low, delicately tinged and shaded with ruddy crimson;

Mad. bamhard. (Tea.) Rosy bronze, changing to
crimson ; extra.

Mad. de Watteville. (Tea.) Growth vigorous;
flowers very sweet and of shell-like form ; creamy-
yellow, each petal distinctly bordered with bright
carmine.

Mad. Caroline Kuster. (Tea.) Bright lemon-yel-
low; very large.

Mad. Falcot. (Tea.) Deep apricot-yellow ; fine
orange buds.

Mad. Cecile Bert hod. (Tea.) Beautiful buds, very-
large, double and full ; delicious tea fragrance ; deep
clear y r ellow ; full form.

Marie Van Hontte. .(Tea.) Pale yellow, edge of
petals often lined with rose ; well-formed, of good
habit, and in every respect a most charming sort.

Mile. Claudine Perreau. (Tea.) A splendid
new rose. The flowers are very large, full and
double ; the shape is round and beautiful ; color
beautiful rosy flesh, passing to clear pink on white-
ground, with rich crimson center.

Meteor. A new Hybrid Tea of great freedom and
superb color ; beautiful velvety crimson, glowing
and rich ; the buds are very handsome and de-
lightfully fragrant ; no red" rose ever offered
retains its color as does the Meteor. 15 cents.
Mad. Philemon Cochet. (Tea.) Fine salmon-
pink, passing to rosy flesh-color, delicately shaded
with blush ; beautiful buds.

Mad. Etienne. (Hybrid Tea.) Rosy pink on the
edge of the petals, shading to light rose center,
sometimes a flesh-white ; outer petals very large
and nicely arranged, with smaller inner petals ;
large buds of fine form and very- fragrant ; a per-
sistent bloomer.

Mad. Margottin. (Tea.) Citron-yellow, with a
beautiful peach shading in the center ; flowers
large and double to the center.

Marie Lambert. (Tea.) Pure white. This
has been called the White Hermosa, as it resem
bles Hermosa in form and freedom of bloom, and
is quite as valuable ; for though no claim has
been made for it as a fancy rose, its persistence
in bloom will make it a very popular white varie-
ty for bedding or for pots.

Mad. Pauline Labonte. (Tea.) A splendid
rose, noted for its beautiful buds ; the blooms are
deliciously fragrant.

Niphetos. (Tea.) Graceful, immense buds of
snow-white, remaining in perfect form for many
days. No other rose bears buds of this peculiar
and elegant form, or that are so enduring.

Papa Guiltier. (Tea.) Large, finely formed
buds and flowers, full and fragrant ; bright
cherry-red, passing to rich, glowing crimson ; very-
handsome and striking.

Perle des Jar-dins. (Tea.) Probably the most
widely known of roses, unless it be La France or
Marechal Niel. We almost feel it unnecessary to
describe this variety, but will say that it has the
handsomest foliage in the family ; very dark green
and heavy, while the new growth is deep crimson.
No rose surpasses it in beauty of bud, which is at
once globular and pointed in form, with recurving
petals. The open rose is as double and as fine as a
Hybrid ; the color varies with temperature from
cream to deep yellow. A great many of our custo-
mers buy this by the dozen, annually. It is also the
finest forcing rose known. 10 cents.

Princess Hohenzollern. (Tea.) A very- strong,
vigorous grower, with beautiful foliage, dark and
large ; flowers very large, more than semi-double—
of perfect form ;
often produced in
clusters ; bright,
deep, satiny red,
with a lighter cen-
ter.

Princess Bea-
trice. A splendid
yellow Tea. This
strong -growing
variety bears a
profusion of large,
perfectly form e d
buds on long, stiff
stems, which add
much to the beauty
of any rose. A dis-
tinct and attractive
variety ; the form
is quite unusual
and very hand-
some. This rose,
because of its har-
diness and free-
dom of b 1 o o m,
should be a popular

favorite. 15 cents. niphetos.

MARECHAL NIKI..

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Souvenir cl’iin Ami.

(Tea ) The color is a
deep rosy flesh, beau-
tifully shaded with
rich carmine ; edges
and reverse of petals
silver-rose, clear and
bright ; a rose that
will please the most
exacting.

SUNSET.

Princess Sagan. A very strong, vigorous-growing
1 new rose, flowering in greatest profusion, producing
medium-sized buds and flowers; bright, velvety crim-
r son, shaded with scarlet ; a most remarkable color
among Tea roses.

Pierre Guillot. (Hybrid Tea.) One of the finest
and most valuable in the whole list ; bright, velvety
crimson, passing to brilliant carmine ; flowers large,
Tvery double and full, and deliciously scented. 20Cts.
Reine Marie Henriette. (Climbing Tea.) Some-
times called red-flowering Gloire de Dijon ; clear, !
rich crimson, elegantly shaded ; flowers large, full
and of fine form, very double and sweet ; an extra
fine sort.

Solfaterre. (Climbing Noisette.) Of fine, clear sul-
phur-yellow ; large, double, full and fragrant ; an
excellent rose of luxuriant growth.

Souvenir de Victor Hugo. (Tea.) A splendid
everblooming rose, introduced from France ; large,
tulip-shaped flowers, delightfully scented, and a very
flfree bloomer ; lovely citron-red, with beautiful amber
and fawn shading.

Susanne Blanche!. (Tea.) Foliage large, erect in
growth, with beautiful new shoote, very highly '
colored; in shape similar to the old Provence rose,
with delightful fragrance ; outer petals clear flesh-
white, with deep nesli center ; a rose of decided
merit.

;Sombreuil. (Tea.) This magnificent variety has
immense, finely-formed flowers of beautiful white,
tinged with delicate rose ; buds large and full, bloom-
ing in clusters. A grand and beautiful rose when in
full bloom.

Souvenir tie la Mal-
maison. (Bourbon.)
The blooms are ex-
tremely large, quar-
tered and doubled to
the center; rich
creamy flesh, chang
ing to lovely fawn,
with rose center, and
exceedingly sweet.
Souvenir de Mad.
P e i* n e t . (Tea. )
Beautiful soft, silvery
rose.

Safrano. (Tea.) Bright
apricot-yellow, blend
ing into orange and
fawn, sometimes tint
ed with rose.

Sunset. Similar to its
parent, P e r 1 e des
Jardins, except in
color, which is a rich
blending o f saffron
and orange. Really a
superb rose for out
door culture or for
forcing. 15 cts.

The Bride. (Tea.)
The buds of this fine
rose are very large
and of exquisite form ;
the petals are of fine
texture and substance,
and the full flower is
very double, as a rule
measuring from three
and one-half to four
inches in diameter;
the color is a beaut i-

delicate creamy white.

The Gem or “The Fair Unknown.” (Tea.) A
fine, faultless straw-yellow color, the outer petals
washed and outlined with a bright rosy crimson.
Occasionally the whole flower will be suffused with
light pink. It grows vigorously, blooms freely, and
is most deliciously scented. In cool weather it almost
changes color, taking on gorgeous crimson tints. A
beautiful and superb rose. 20 cents.

Viscountess Folkestone. (Hybrid Tea.) A grand
acquisition ; one of the largest and most durable of
roses, unsurpassed in freedom of bloom, and remark-
able for its fine keeping qualities ; the flower is deli-
cately tinted, almost white, showing a faint, creamy
pink on the reverse of the petal. When partly open
it is slightly cupped ; the inner petals are apparently
quilled. When fully expanded it is an immense half
sphere of the softest satiny texture ; a perfect rose ;
being in all the particulars of shape, color, size and
durability remarkable and attractive. It is deli-
ciously fragrant. 15 cents.

Valle© de Ohamounix. (Tea.) The coloring of
this rose is simply exquisite ; the base and back of
petals are a bright yellow, the center highly colored
with glowing copper and rose.

Viridiflora. (Bengal.) The flowers of this variety
are pure green, quite double and attractive. It is a
great curiosity.

W. A. Richardson. (Climbing Noisette.) A new
shade in Noisettes ; orange-yellow, outer i>etals
lighter, center of coppery yellow ; flowers of good
size, full and of fine form.

We guarantee our plants to give satisfaction in every instance.

GENERAL CATALOGUE OF PLANTS.

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Polyantha Roses.

Sometimes called “ Fairy roses; ” mostly of dwarf habit, but good constitution ; unequaled for freedom oi

bloom ; make excellent borders for larger-growing varieties and
are especially fine for cemetery planting. They also make
charming pot-plants. They are perfectly hardy, and need no-
protection.

Price, 10 cents each.

Gloire ties Polyant has. A beautiful dwarf variety, with quite
small flowers, which are prettily cupped. A real “ fairy rose
bright pink, with a red ray through each petal ; quite distinct.
Little Red Pet. Bright red ; fine.

Mile. Oecile Brunner. Larger flowers than any of the others ;
perfectly double and delightfully fragrant ; color rosy pink, on
rich creamy white ground.

Mignonette. Soft rose ; finely formed.

Paquerette. White; open form ; a beauty.

Pcrle d’Or. Nankeen-yellow ; very attractive.

Hardy Climbers.

Price, 15 cents each.

Baltimore Belle. Pale blush, variegated carmine, rose and
white ; very double.

POLYANTHA ROSE. Greville or Seven Sisters. Flowers in large clusters; vary-

ing in color from white to crimson.

Prairie Queen. Flowers very large andjof peculiar globular form ; bright rosy red, changing to lighter as the
flowers open. _

Pride of Washington. Bright amaranth, shaded rose center ; large clusters ; very double ; hue.

Russell's Cottage. Dark, velvety crimson, very double and full ; a profuse bloomer, strong grower; desirable.
Tennessee Belle. Flowers bright, beautiful pink. Is more stender and graceful in growth than either of the
other varieties.

Everblooming Hardy Climbers.

Caroline Goodrich. This new hardy
climbing rose has finely formed flow-
ers, very double, and its fragrance is
most delicious ; the color is the same
as that of the well-known Gen. Jac-
queminot. It makes a growth of
from 12 to 15 feet in a season ; flowers
freely till fall ; also known as Run-
ning General Jacqueminot. 15 cts.

Mary Washington. A hardy, perpet-
ual blooming climber. Its flowers are
large, pure white, perfectly double to
the center, sweet, and borne in endless
number all summer. It is a vigorous
and rapid grower, the most valuable
rose for outdoor culture. One plant
of Mary Washington will produce
more flowers than a dozen Tea roses.

Its fragrance is tinged witlt the old-
fashioned musky odor, so much ad-
mired in olden times. Strong plants,

20 cents.

Our Excelsior Rose
Collection.

We are determined that all shall grow
our roses, and so we make the fol-
lowing tempting offer : For $1 we will

send by mail, prepaid, 20 strong, thrifty
Everblooming Tea roses, selected from
our newer and best sorts, that will
make one of the prettiest beds ever
planted. Try this grand offer. This
collection is hot subject to any further
reduction in price.

OLX EVERBLOOMING <fl» -( OA
TEA ROSES FOR

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Hybrid Perpetual Roses.

Price, except where noted, 15 cents each.

If delicacy describes the Teas, grandeur is a term appropriate to the Hybrid Perpetuals. Their flowers are
larger than those of the tender roses and
the color is darker and richer than any
found among the Teas. In growth they are
decidedly stronger a n d more vigorous.

Their habit is erect and stiff, rather than
bushy and branching, and they are perfectly
hardy in all parts ol the country. It should
be well understood that these roses do not,
as a rule, bloom continuously. In May and
June they present a magnificent appearance,
the plants being fairly loaded with large,
double flowers ; a burst of bloom seldom
seen on any of the dwarf Teas. In Septem-
ber and October most of the varieties, under
good treatment, produce a second crop, not
nearly so liberal as the first one, but often
including individual flowers of greater per-
fection. Some kinds bloom almost as con-
stantly as Teas or Bourbons.

Anne tie Diesbaeh. Clear rose, fine color,
very large ; a showy, deep cup form.

Antoine Mouton. Flow’er bright clear
rose, reverse silvery, very large, full, and
of good form ; a strong, upright grower.

Hall of Snow (Boule tie Niege). In this
variety we have a hardy everblooming rose
of great value. The flower is of large size,
perfectly double, exquisitely fragrant, and
pure white. Being entirely hardy, it is
invaluable for cemetery planting, or where
white flowers are desired, as it blooms
freely all summer.

Belle Normande. Clear rose, shaded and
clouded with carmine and lilac.

Baroness Rothschild. The form of this
rose is absolute perfection ; globular in
shape, the petals curved and of waxen
texture. Though perfectly double, there

is no crowding of petals : flowers large, with satiny finish, and of a very pleasing shade of delicate

pink.

Captain Christy. Delicate flesh color, deepening toward
center. A lovely rose.

Comte '-do Paris. A new hardy rose of great promise,
bright, vivid, poppy crimson when first open, becoming
darker and delicately shaded with violet as the flowers ex
pand. Very large and full, petals of good substance and
very sweet. A magnificent rose. 20 cents.

Charles Dickens. This we regard as a wonderful rose.
It is vigorous in growth, the leafage is large and fine, and
the flower startles all who see it by its great size and love
liness. The color is a rich, glossy carmine, tinged with
bright crimson ; large, globular flowers, full and sweet. 20
cents.

Hi nsmore. (Everblooming.) The flowers are large, per-
fectly double, of a dazzling scarlet-crimson color, and have
the rich, spicy fragrance peculiar to the best Hybrid roses.
We have proved Dinsmore to be entirely hardy, and can
recommend it as being the finest garden rose ever offered. It
blooms incessantly, and is one of the most beautiful of all
bedding roses. 20 cents.

Emperor of Morocco. This is a grand rose, matchless in
color, being a dark, velvety maroon. It is beautiful in bud,
and the flower is very large and full, double to the center.
A regal rose in every respect. 20 cents.

General .Jacqueminot. Brilliant crimson ; large and fra
grant ; the finest rose of its color.

Giant of Battles. Deep fiery crimson ; very brilliant.
General Washington. A grand rose, with a first-class
American name, and an old-time favorite of twenty years’
standing. It is beautiful in form ; the color is soft scarlet,
sometimes glowing crimson.

Microphylla. The white and red Microphylla roses are
hardy, vigorous and bushy varieties, suitable for cemeteries,
old walls, mounds, rock-work, etc. They have small, glossy,
green foliage, and are nearly evergreen in habit ; the flow-
mrs. john Lai no. ers are semi-double, very pretty and sweet. 10 cents.

Orders amounting to less than 60 cents will not be filled unless 10 cents extra is sent for postage.

GENERAL CATALOGUE OF PLANTS.

Magna Cliaita. Pink, suffused with carmine; fine
buds.

Mad. Charles Wood. R sy crimson, large ; con-
stant bloomer — almost as free as a Tea rose, hence
very satisfactory.

Mad. Georges Bruant. This variety retains the
heavy, thorny canes and glossy, leathery leaves of
Rugosa, while the flower is dazzling white, positively
untinted, and semi double. The bud is long-pointed,
like Niphetos, the fully expanded flower being from
four to five inches in diameter, showing a heavy,
tremulous brush of yellow stamens in the center ; it
blooms in clusters, and is deliciously fragrant. 25 cts.

Mrs. John Laing. A new Hybrid rose, the produc-
tion of Mr. Bennett ; color a soft, delicate pink, with
a satin tinge ; the whole flower frequently shows a
distinctly silver tinge. The flowers are large, finely
shaped and exceedingly fragrant. 20 cents.

Marshall P. Wilder. This fine rose originated in
America, and was named in honor of the venerated
president of the Pomological Society. It is a rose of
unusual excellence. The flowers are large, semi-
globular, full, and of good substance. Color a bright,
scarlet-crimson, richly shaded with maroon ; very
fragrant ; a free bloomer. 20 cents.

Paul Neyron. The flowers are immense ; this is
probably the largest rose grown, and one of the

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finest ; bright, shining pink, clear and beautiful ; very
double and full ; finely scented.

Prince Camille de Rohan. Rich, dark, velvety
crimson, large and fine ; a rose of splendid color.

Queen of Queens. Pink, with blush edges, large,
full, and of perfect form. A true perpetual-flowering
rose, every shoot being terminated with a flower. A
splendid garden rose. 25 cents.

Sir Rowland Hill. This fine Hybrid Perpetual rose
comes to us from England, and is undoubtedly one
of the very darkest of all roses. The color is a re
markable shade of blackish maroon, passing to rich
violet or plum color. Very novel and distinct. The
flowers are extra large, globular, well-filled and fra
grant.

Silver Queen. Silvery blush, shaded in the center
with delicate rosy pink ; distinct and fine. 20 cents.

Ulrich Brunner! A strong, vigorous grower ; flow
ers bright cerise-red, very large anrl full ; petals
large, of heavy texture, and beautifully rounded
25 cents.

Vick’s Caprice. This is the only hardy rose that has
any variegation. It is a vigorous grower, and bears

. large ana fragrant flowers of bright rose, distinctly
striped with rich crimson. Altogether a most unique
and pretty variety. A rose that is sure to attract
attention. 20 cents.

Moss Roses.

Moss Roses stand alone in picturesque beauty, different and distinct from all others. Their opening buds,
half covered with delicate, clinging moss of fairv-like texture, are the admiration of every beholder. The Moss
rose is a strong, vigorous grower, perfectly hardy, and therefore justly esteemed as desirable for outdoor culture
in the open ground. Most varieties bloom but once in a season, ana usually not the first year, but the flowers and
buds are very handsome. They remain in bloom a long time, and are highly prized wherever beautiful roses are
known. Moss roses like rich ground, and are much improved in beauty and fragrace by liberal manuring and
good cultivation , but they bear hardships and neglect well, and always bloom profusely. Being difficult and
slow of propagation, the price is higher than for other roses.

Price, 20 cents each.

White Bath. This is unquestionably the queen of
all Moss roses. The extra large, full, double flowers
are pure snowy white, in large clusters, delightfully
perfumed ; buds covered with deep green moss.
Henri Martin. A magnificent Moss rose. Extra
large and perfectly double. Color a deep, rosy car-
mine, shaded bright crimson ; very mossy and fra-
grant. One of the most rampant-growing roses.
Alice Ijeroy. Fine, clear pink ; extra fragrant flow-
ers, full and globular ; nicely covered with moss.
Alplielis Purpurea. Deep, rich, velvety crimson ;

large, fine form, well covered with moss.

Captain John Ingraham. Brilliant carmine ; large,
full flowers, very double and mossy.

Comtesse de Murinais. Flowers white, tinged
with flesh color ; heavily mossed. One of the best.
Elizabeth Rowe. Deep pink buds, surrounded with
. a mossy fringe. A fragrant and pretty rose.

Banksia Roses.

Banksia roses will live anywhere south of Washing-
ton, D. C. To people who have never seen them we
can only say that the}’ are lovely beyond description.
The miniature flowers are of perfect, graceful form,
and droop in heavy clusters from dainty stems clothed
with mvrtle-like foliage. They are Lamarque reduced
to diminutive proportions, but grow as Larmarque
never could. A French writer tells us of a tree at
Toulon which covered a wall 75 feet in breadth and 15
to 18 in height, and which had 50,000 flowers in simul-
taneous bloom.

Price, 10 cents each.

White Banksia. Pure white and fragrant, with an
"dor almost indistinguishable from that of violets.
Yellow Banksia. Identical with above in form, fra-
grance and habit, but clear yellow in color. Beautiful.

MOSS ROSK.

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Two=Year=01d Roses-

FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT.

We continue to recommend our ordinary size of roses for general planting, knowing that with fair treatment
they will grow and bloom continuously all through the season, but as many of our patrons prefer large roses for
immediate effect, we offer a fine stock of two-year-olds from 5 and 6-inch pots. The plants are from 18 inches to 2
feet high and of the following standard varieties :

Two=Year=01d Everblooming Roses.

Price, except where noted, 30 cents each.

American Beauty. 40 cents.

Andre Schwartz.

Bella.

Bon Silene.

Oamoens.

Catherine Mermet.

Clothilde Soupert.

Comtesse de Frigneuse. 35 cents.
Comtesse de Labarthe.

Comtesse Riza du Parc.

Coquette de Lyon.

Cornelia Cook.

Comtesse Anna Thunn.

Crown Princess Victoria. 50 cents.
Devoniensis.

Dinsmore. 40 cents.

Dr. Grill.

Duchess of Albany. 35 cents.
Duchess of Edinburgh.

Elizabeth Gramont.

Ernest Metz.

Etoile de Lyon.

Francisca Kruger.

Isabella Sprunt.

J. B. Varrone.

La France. 35 cents.

La Pactole.

La Princess Vera.

Letty Coles. 35 cents.

Louisa de la Rive.

Luciole.

Marechal Niel.

Marie Guillot.

Marie Van Houtte.

Meteor. 35 cents.

Mile. Cecile Berthod.

Mad. August Legros.

Mad. Brest.

Mad. de Watteville.

Mad. Etienne.

Mad. Hoste. 35 cents.

Mad. Lambard.

Mad. Margottin.

Mad. Martha du Bourg.

Mad. P. Kuntz.

Mad. Pierre Guillot. 40 cents.

Mad. Scipion Cochet.

Mad. Welche.

Papa Gontier.

Perle des Jardins.

Pierre Guillot. 40 cents.

Princess Beatrice.

Princess Hohenzollern.

Princess Sagan.

Rainbow.

Reine Marie Henriette.

Safrano.

Snowflake.

Sombreuil.

Souv. de Wootton.

Souv. de la Malmaison.

Sunset. 40 cents.

Susanne Blanchet.

The Bride.

The Queen.

Triumphe du Luxembourg.

Vallee de Chamounix.

Viscountess Folkestone.

White Bon Silene.

White Daily.

White La France. 40 cents.

White Perle des Jardins. 35 cents.
Ye Primrose Dame.

Two=Year=01d Hybrid Perpetuals.

Price, 40 cents each.

Anna de Diesbach.
Ball of Snow.
Baroness Rothschild.
Caroline Goodrich.
Dinsmore.

Emperor of Morocco.
General Jacqueminot.
General Washington.

Magna Charta.

Marshall P. Wilder.

Mad. Charles Wood.
Mrs. John Laing.

Paul Neyron.

Prince Camille de Rohan
Queen of Queens.

Vick’s Caprice.

A fine Rose-bed, 20 Roses for $1 ! Try one.

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CHRYSANTHEMUM GOLDEN GATE.

Chrysanthemums.

C HRYSANTHEMUMS ARE now the most popular autumn flowers. Their splendid colors, grac e
and interesting and beautiful forms, make them the flowers of fashion, and adapt them to gratify
the taste and win the admiration of every lover of floral beauty. The enthusiasm with which the
newer introductions were received a few years ago has not subsided, but is steadily on the increase.
When all the gay flowers of summer have disappeared, then come the bright and lovely chrysan-
themums to cheer and gladden. The varieties in cultivation now are about perfect, and each year brings us

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many new ones to be added to the list. This flower of the people grows everywhere, for everyone, and fully
repays any extra labor that is expended on it. As pot plants chrysanthemums are excellent and very effective.
If left in the garden, protected from frost, they furnish masses of brilliant flowers for vases and table use,
as well as for personal ornament. In our collection will be found only those which, for color, form and habit,
are of especial merit.

12 New Extra Early Chrysanthemums for Outdoor Culture.

Price, 15 Cents ; set of 12 for $1.25.

BOLERO. Chrome yellow ; very large.

CANARY. A pretty yellow ; extra early.
ESPERAN'ZA. Blush, creamy white center. This
variety was much admired by all who saw it.

El' Itl'S. Red bronze ; large.

FIRENZI. A deep, rich yellow ; very large and fine.
GOLDEN ALPHA. Yellow, tinged with bronze.

MAD. DOMAGE. Pure white.

MLLE. ELISE DORDAX. Fine Pompeiian red.
MONS. NEVILLE. Large; salmon pink.

MRS. F. BEliGM.VN. A pretty white ; very early.
RUSSELL. Snowy white ; good size.

SALVATOR. Crimson red ; large flowers ; a beauty

New Prize=winning Chrysanthemums.

Price, 25 Cents.

ABBIE MEN DEN HALL. Beautiful flower of pale
canary yellow, of immense size ; outer petals reflexed,
center petals incurving ; foliage heavy and beautiful;
a fine grower ; stems stiff.

COLONEL WM. B. SMITH. An immense, double,
high-built flower; petals very broad and large, form-
ing a solid mass of rich, bright golden-bronze.

CLARA BERTERMANN. Old gold. Sport of John
Collins, with flowers of same shape ; opens at first a
bronze color, with purplish
stripes underneath, and
changes to a beautiful golden
yellow.

EXQUISITE. A seedling
from Mrs. Fottler, identical
in color, but a grand im-
provement in size of flower,
freedom of growth and stiff-
ness of stem. The petals are
quite upright, and show the
bright pink shadings at their
best.

GOLDEN GATE. Of Ja-
panese origin. A lovely
chrome yellow, with whorled
center ; large flat flowers,
with spreading petals. A
magnificent variety, taking
first prize or certificate of
merit wherever exhibited.

JOSEPH H. WHITE. A
very large white variety,
with upright petals, forming
a nicely rounded flow r er of
great substance. A strong
grower, with stiff stems.

LILIAN RUSSELL. A
broad petaled, clear, silvery-
pink, incurving and forming
an immense round ball of
large size. An early flowering
variety, suitable for all pur-
poses.

MRS. ROBERT CRAIG.

Pure snow w hite ; incurved
to form a perfect sphere, like
the typical Chinese ; perfectly
double, and with the breadth
of petal and grandeur ofbuild
found in the Japanese. Very
large in size.

MARGUERITE .JEF-
FORDS. A fine spherical
flower, of bright amber color;
a rich and pleasing shade.

One of the best.

MRS. MARIA SIMPSON. Color soft chrome yel-
low ; a fine example of the broad petaled, incurving,
Japanese type, showing no center very large, a fine
grower, with stiff stems. Silver medal at Philadel-
phia ; certificate at Indianapolis.

MOUNT SHASTA. (Not Shasta.) Broad, creamy
white, recurved outer petals, center petals shorter,
incurved. Plant of short stout growth. Very early
for a large-flowered variety.

CHRYSANTHEMUM W. A. MANDA.

Send ns the addresses of yonr flower-loving friends.

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MRS. LEWIS CHILDS’ MADEIRA. A perfect,
compact globe of "olden yellow ; petals upright, of
heavy texture and like unopened quills, of strong
constitution, stems stiff and flowers large. Both color
and form are absolutely perfect. Received silver
medal at Philadelphia and certificate at Indianapolis.

O. P. BASSETT. The finest red chrysanthemum ex-
tant. In color the same as “ Cullingfordii.” It re-
ceived first premium for best red at Indianapolis, and
was awarded certificates of merit at New York and
Philadelphia.

WABAX. Pink; very large full flower, with stiff
stems, after the style of Robert Crawford, but more

double, deeper in color and having much longer and
broader petals, the outer of which reflex ; those of
the center incurve, making a superb show bloom.

NEW GOLDEN OSTRICH PLUME, W. A.
MANDA. The new golden yellow hairy chrysan-
themum ; flowers very large, of the brightest golden
shade ; habit vigorous and tall, stems stiff and erect.
This is the grandest introduction from Japan during
the past year. No collection is complete without it.

V’lVIAND-MOREL. Of French origin, sent to
America last year. Mammoth size ; deep pink color ;
form high and rounded. An exquisite flower, pos-
sessing all the attributes of a perfect chrysanthemum.

Standard List of Chrysanthemums.

From the endless variety now in cultivation we offer the following select sorts, all excellent flowers :

Price, 10 cents each, except where noted.

Ada Spaulding. Lower half of flower a rich deep
pink, shading in upper portion to the purest pearl-
white. The petals are very large, broad and solid.

Belle Pointevine. An early variety ; snow-white,
spherical bloom.

Bendigo. Canary yellow ; fine incurved; extra early.

Christ inas Eve. A magnificent white variety of rare
beauty; late.

Condor. Pure white ; broad petals ; very large ; early.

Diana. Beautifully quilled ; white.

Elkshorn. So named from its peculiarly shaped
florets ; pearl color, full and globular ; extra fine.

G. E. Moscman. Irregular, incurved petals ; buff

CHRYSANTHEMUM LEOPARD.

without and bright red within ; flowers large and of
robust habit.

Gloriosum. Very light lemon, with immense flowers,
haying narrow petals most gracefully curved and
twisted. The blossom deserves its name ; one of
the most attractive varieties we have ever grown ;
very early.

Golden Dragon. Yellow, with long twisted petals ;

one of the richest and finest colors.
Grandiflorum. Rich yellow, forming a ball six inches
across ; late.

H. E. Widener. Bright lemon-yellow, without shad-
ings ; flower large, incurving, forming a large rounded
surface.

J. G. Blaine. The darkest colored
chrysanthemum on the list. Deep
walnut-brown, with touches of
dark-crimson.

Japanese Imperial No. 31. The
finest of all early pink varieties ;
very large and beautiful. This va-
riety is never injured by frost, and
is the best pink for out-door bloom.
Kioto. Deep yellow ; largest flowers.
La Desire. The prettiest and ear-
liest of all white pompons.

Ij. Canning. A singularly large and
handsome pure white flower.
Leopard (New Spotted Chrysan-
themum). The ground color is a
deep shade of carmine, irregularly
splashed and spotted with pure
white ; entirely different from any
other flower.

Louis Barthere. Bright crimson-
red, under petals old gold.

Louis Boehmer. (Pink Ostrich
Plume.) This is a gorgeous pink
variety of the White Ostrich Plume
(Mrs. Alpheus Hardy). Louis
Boehmer is identical in its strange
and beautiful formation with that
variety, but its color is an exquisite
shade of silvery pink ; very fine and
distinct. 15 cents.

Mary Weightman. A beau t i f u 1
shade of lemon color.

Mikado. Flowers exquisitely fring-
ed ; curved and plaited ; of irregular
form ; crimson and gold. A truly
magnificent variety, and sure to
please.

Montgolfier. Maroon, tipped with
rich gold ; a beautiful pompon, that
forms a very effective contrast to
other flowers.

Mrs. A. Blanc. A fine and distinct
sort ; inner petals erect, outer reflex-
ed and pendulous ; a desirable sort.
The color is rich lavender of a most
agreeable hue.

See our Excelsior Bose Collection (page 13). A Rose garden for SI.

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Sirs. Alpheus Hardy. No new plant of any kind
was ever given so much attention or admiration as
this one. Such a wonderful departure is startling in
effect and beauty. The flower is pur e white, making
a perfect ball, covered with long, fine hairs, which
glisten in the light. A well grown specimen is an
object of great beauty. 15 cents.

Mrs. E. \V. Clarke. A beautiful flower of regular
form; slightly incurved, whorled center; deep rich
crimson-magenta, of a pleasing shade.

Mrs. J. Lewis Childs. The flowers are of enormous
size, of the incurved Japanese type, nearly as round
as a ball and as white as snow ; borne the entire
length of the long branches ; of great substance and
unsurpassed beauty ; late. 15 cents.

Mrs. Levi P. Morton. Of distinct and unique ap
pearance, bright pink ; the floret petals are wide and
long.

Mrs. Carnegie. Rich deep crimson, of immense size,
blooms measuring 12 inches in diameter.

Mrs. A. Watercr. Petals from one to one and one-
half inches wide; pure white, sometimes showing a
blush shade ; one of the largest ; very late.

Mrs. Cleveland. Fine pure white ; petals tubular,
very regularly arranged, forming an almost perfect
globe ; a most attractive sort.

Pietro Diaz. Brilliant red ; fine habit, large flowers;
one of the loveliest shades known.

Prince Kamoutski. Very large, incurved ; of the
Comte de Germiny type ; inside of the petals a deep
crimson, outer petals deep bronze ; very free and fine.

Puritan. One of the earliest and prettiest varieties.
Pure white and very large ; makes a superb exhibi-
tion-plant when well grown.

T. C. Price. Double, much twisted, and incurved in
the form of a corkscrew ; strawberry-cream.

Val d’Amlorre. Immense flowers of a rich chestnut-
crimson ; distinct in color, and a good variety. The
flowers are whorl-like in shape.

V. H. Hallock. Rosy pearl, of a marked waxy tex-
ture, the rosy color "deepening toward the center.
Flower six inches in diameter; petals convex, rounded
downward half their length from center, changing to
a beautiful curved form.

W. \V. Coles. A peculiar shade of terra-cotta, shaded
brownish orange.

CHRYSANTHF.MUK LOUIS BOFHMFR.

Our hardy double Russian Violet3 are free to all.

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General List of GieeoGouse and Being- Plants.

ANEMONE JAPONICA.

One of the most desirable of all late summer and
autumn-flowering hardy herbaceous plants. hiatus
begin to flower early in August, and continue until cut
down by frost. The flowers are about one and one-half
inches in diameter. They thrive best in a moist, rich
soil ; a covering of leaves, straw or long manure is
sufficient protection during our most severe winters,
io cents.

Alba. Delicate, pure white, with yellow center and
dark eye.

Rosea. Dark-rose, shaded pink ; yellow center and
dark eye.

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHIi.

A new rapid-growing climber of great beauty, espe-
cially for brick or stone houses or walls. Its 'foliage,
which is lively green in summer, changes in autumn to
brilliant crimson, producing a gorgeous effect. It will
in a short time entirely cover the side of a large build-
ing, and far surpasses the ivy in hardiness, rapidity of
growth, effectiveness and beauty. We offer it at the
low price of 15 cents each, three for 35 cents.

ACHYRANTHES.

Indispensable for bedding purposes, either in masses
or ribboning, their brilliant tinted leaves forming a
marked contrast with all other plants. Being much
hardier than coleus, they are sometimes considered
perferable for massing and ribbon lines. 8 cents each
$5 per 100.

Aurea Reticulata. Yellow, green and crimson,
making a beautiful combination of rich colors.
Gilsoni. Deep crimson ; heart-shaped leaves.
Undeni. Dark crimson, pointed foliage ; a favorite
foliage-plant for massing.

ALYSSUM, SWEET.

Double "White. Large double white flowers ; valua-
ble for cut-flowers, and for borders of beds. 8 cents.

AGERATUMS.

Useful border plants, flowering continually the wnole
summer. O11 the approach of frost they can be taken
up and potted, and make excellent winter-flowering
plants. 10 cents.

Lady Jane. Bright blue; a fine, distinct variety.
Into Cap. New; it is, without doubt, the best white
variety ever introduced, and a beauty.

Rosea. A new variety, bearing a profusion of rose-
colored flowers.

ABUTILONS.

(Chinese Bell-flower.)

Assorted Colors. Yellow, salmon, pink, crimson and
white. 10 cents.

Thompson i Plena. Beautiful mottled green and
yellow foliage, with perfectly double flowers that re-
semble in form a double hollyhock; rich, deep orange
streaked with crimson. 10 cents.

ACHANIA MALVAVISCUS.

A shrub with scarlet flowers, always in bloom, sum
liter and winter ; not subject to insects of any kind-
One of the most satisfactory house-plants grown, to cts-

AL0YS1A CITRIODORA.

(Lemon Verbena.)

A well-known shrub ; indispensable in the construc-
tion of bouquets, etc., for the delightful fragrance of its
leaves. 10 cents.

ALTERNANTHERAS.

Beautiful dwarf plants of compact habit, growing
about six inches high, and admirably adapted for edg-
mgs to flower beds or ribbon lines, their beautifully
variegated foliage of crimson, purple, yellow, pink and
green forming rich masses of color ; always attractive
and highly ornamental. These are the four best sorts.

5 cents each, $4 per too.

(See next page for varieties.)

ABUT1LON.

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ALTERHAHTHERA, continued.

Aurea Nana. Bright golden yellow, holding its color
well the entire season.

Paron.vchoides Major. Crimson, scarlet and pink;
its gorgeous coloring gives it the name of Rainbow
Plant. This and Aurea Nana are the most used for
ribbon lines and massing.

Spat It ulat a. Leaves tinted carmine and green.

Versicolor. Foliage ovale, olive, crimson and choco-
late ; when used for edgings it must be frequently
sheared ; the young tips will then assume most bril-

ANTHEM1S CORONAR1A fl. pi.

Hew Double Yellow Daisy.

A beautiful new plant. Nothing could be more showy,
either as a pot plant or bedded out, than a well-
grown specimen of this plant, which, as has been
said by admirers, might well be called the
“Shower of Gold,’’ as it is a perfect mass of rich,
golden yellow flowers, the whole year round, io cts.

BOUVARDIAS.

A beautiful class of shrubby plants with corymbs of
white, rose, crimson and scarlet flowers, that appear
during thef fall and winter. Should be in every collec-
tion of winter-flowering plants, as they well repay cul-
tivation. 15 cents.

Alfred Neuner. Double white.

President Garfield. Double pink.

Davidsoni. Single white.

Dazzler. Rich scarlet ; single.

Elegans. Light scarlet-carmine.

President Cleveland. A grand, single-flowered va-
riety, with intense dazzling scarlet flowers of large
size. • ,

Ilogarthi fl. pi. This is a beautiful new double
variety, with light scarlet-carmine flowers of extra
large size. It is a very valuable sort for cut-flower
purposes, and is fully equal to the old Hogarth in
all its admirable blooming qualities and size of flow-
ers.

Humboldt ii. Long, graceful tubes, expanding into
a floret of the purest white. By far the largest
single Bouvardia, and carrying a distinct odor of
Jasmine.

liant hues.

ABELIA RUPESTR1S.

A neat little shrub from China. It is
evergreen, and the rosy-white flowers come
in clusters at the ends of the branches ;
del irately perfumed. Blooms in fall and
winter. 10 cents.

AMARYLLIS.

Two beautiful sorts noted for their easeof
culture and free blooming qualities.
Johnsonii. One of the most gorgeous
bulbous plants grown. We have seen
specimens of a few years’ growth that
completely filled a window. Nothing is
more showy than this grand plant during
late winter or early spring. It bears
large flowers of intense crimson, with a
delicate white feather in each petal. It
is most superb. 50 cents.
Formosissima. (Sprekelia.) This is the
gem of its family. A wonderfully sturdy
grower that never, with fair treatment,
fails to bloom. It is a continuous bloomer,
flowering repeatedly during the season.
Flowers very large, petals broad and
very firm ; intense velvety crimson ; the
shape and color of the flowers are most
striking. 25 cents.

ACHILLEA ALBA, fl. ph

No flower is more worthy of a place in
every garden in the land than this. It is
a hardy perennial, the top dying down to
the ground every winter. Its many branches
grow to the length of two or three feet,
but droop, holding their great masses of
flowers about a foot above the soil. A plant
will produce hundreds and even thousands
of beautiful white flowers the first summer.
Owing to its great vigor and hardiness, it
can be planted in large quantities in any
waste place, where it will produce a great
abundance of beautiful flowers for cuttings.
15 cents.

BOUVARDIA, ALFRED NEUNER.

Onr pot-grown Tomato Plants are fine.

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BRUGMANSIA.

BRUGMANSIA ARBOREA.

(Giant Ghost-flower.)

AngePs-Trumpet and Wedding Bells are names given
to this very valuable plant. It is really one of the best
plants known, and is sure, when in bloom, to delight
the owner far beyond his expectations. The flowers
are drooping, bell-shaped, over a foot long and eight or
nine inches wide, creamy white and very sweet-scented.
To appreciate the charming qualities of this flower you
must see it in full bloom. 15 cents.

FLOWERING BEGONIAS.

We know of no class of plants better adapted to
amateur cultivation than these. Most of the varieties
are free growing, and in a very short time make fine
specimen plants. The beauty of their foliage, com-
bined with their graceful flowers and free-blooming
qualities, tends to make them one of the most desira-
ble classes of plants grown. They require about the
same temperature as Bouvardias, an average of
seventy degrees, to bring them to perfection. As pot
plants for summer or winter decorations they have
but few equals. Price, except where noted, 15" cents.
Alba Picta. A perfectly distinct variety. The
leaves are glossy green, thickly spotted with sil-
very white. The branches are upright and grace-
fully curving. Flowers white.

Compta. From Brazil. Satiny green, with silver
tinge along the midrib. An improvement on the
old “variety, Zebrina.

Argentina Guttata. A cross between Olbia and
Alba Picta. This variety has the silvery blotches
of Alba Picta, and the form and beauty of Olbia.
Purple-bronze leaves, oblong in shape, with silvery
markings. White flowers on the tips of the stems.
Fine for house culture. 20 cents.

Diadema. An elegant new begonia, particularly
adapted for house culture. It has large, deeply-
cut foliage, with silvery dots and veins, and a fine
habit of growth. 20 cents.

Fuehsioides Cocci non. An elegant, fine blooming
variety. It resembles Hybrida Multiflora in growth.
The flowers are a bright scarlet. 10 cents.
Glaucophylla Scandens. A drooping species,
with large panicles of orange-salmon flowers. A
beautiful plant for hanging baskets. 10 cents.
Gilsnni. Large leaved, smooth, upright growing.
The leaf is sharp pointed and regularly toothed;
long, triangular form, very elegant. Racemes of
double rosy white flowers on long stems.

> 1 . Do Lcsseps. A decided improvement on Argen-
tea Guttata, the leaf being four times the size seen in
that variety, while the silky texture is the same ; it
is beautifully spotted with silver. A very strong,
free-growing variety, that will succeed with "any ordi-
nary care, growing rapidly and sending out quanti-
ties of leaves, well repaying the care bestowed on it.
25 cents.

Lucerne. A large-leaved upright grower, forming
fine specimen plants, which bear many fine trusses of
orange-scarlet flowers. 25 cents.

Metallica. This elegant variety has large glossy
leaves, shaded with green, crimson and olive, with a
peculiar metallic luster over all. Flowers large,
dark pink in color.

Matiicata A urea. Large, glossy leaves beautifully
blotched with creamy white, with carmine etchings
in the mature leaves. Flowers delicate blush white,
on long stems. It is easily grown, and is one of the
finest ornamental foliage plants for the house. 25
cents.

Olbia. A grand variety. The leaves are from seven
to ten inches in diameter, and are separated into
dee]), sharp points. The color runs through varying
shades of brown and red, the young leaves being very
bright. The arrangement of the veins gives the leaf
an uneven surface. This variety soon attains a heavy
main trunk, which carries the branches in an erect
form. It has large flowers of lemon white, and al-
together is one of the richest colored foliage varieties.
35 cents.

Rubra. One of the finest of our winter-flowering
plants. The leaves are dark green ; flowers dark
rose, glossy and wax-like. This peculiarity is so
marked that when plants are placed singly in a room
the glossy appearance of the leaves and flowers give
the impression that they are artificial rather than
natural.

Semperflorens Gigantea Rosea. This fine new
variety attains to a large size and is a compact mass
of glossy, olive-green leaves. It is so free of bloom
as to present the appearance of a fine bouquet. The
flower .is white in the center, shading to a delicate
shell-pink, distinctly margined with bright rose, and
enlivened with dense clusters of yellow anthers, pro-
ducing a charming effect. It blooms continually, but
is freest in winter, this quality adding to its attract-
iveness as a house plant.

Sandersonii. Deep scarlet ; ever-blooming. Known
as the Coral Begonia. 10 cents.

BEGONIA DIADEMA.

Just look at our club-list— *20 worth of plants for only 810.

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BED OF TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIA c .

TUBEROUS- ROOTED BEGONIAS.

Ahandsome class of summer-blooming plants, be-
ginning to flower early and continuing in full bloom j
until frost; rivaling the geranium in depth and inten-
sity of color. They grow best if planted in partial shade
in a soil composed of leaf-mold, sand and a small por-
tion of well-rotted cow-manure. They also make
splendid specimen plants when grown in pots. When
through flowering they should be dried off, shaken free
from earth, packed in charcoal-dust or dry leaf-mold
and kept in a warm room until February or March,
when they may be started again.

Single White. 25 cents.

Single Yellow. 25 cents.

Single Rose. 25 cents.

Single Rod. 25 cents.

Single, Mixed Colors. $2 per doz., 20 cents each.

REX BEGONIAS.

Grown for the beauty of their foliage. The leaves
are large, beautifully variegated and m irgined with a
peculiar silvery metallic gloss ; they are much used as
pot plants.

We offer 18 of the prettiest varieties grown at 15
cents each; also the “ Snell-Rex,” described below :
Countess Louise Krdody. The leaf has a metallic
luster, dark silver in the center, shading to coppery
rose toward the margin. The striking peculiarity
which distinguishes it from all other begonias lies in
the fact that the two lobes at the base of the leaf do
not grow side by side, but one of them winds in a
spiral-like way until in a full-grown leaf there are
four of these twists lying nearly two inches high on
top of the leaf. 20 cents.

COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA.

This new, hardy perennial will please all who plant
it. It makes compact, permanent clumps, which, dur-
ing the flowering season, send up numbers of strong,
slender, branching stems, each branch terminated by
a large bright, golden-colored flower. The flowers are
borne twelve to fifteen inches above the foliage, and
arc in their prime during midsummer. This is the
loveliest and most useful-perennial sent out for many
years. 15 cents. •

CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS (UMBRELLA
PLANT).

An ornamental grass, sending up stems about two
feet high, and surmounted at the top by a whorl of

| leaves, diverging horizontally. Splendid for the center
! of vases, or for use as a water-plant. 15 cents.

CESTRUM (NIGHT=BLOOMING JASMINE).

These beautiful shrubs are cultivated for the delicate
fragrance of their elegant flowers, which are borne in
clusters. Of easy cultivation.

Cestrum laurifolium. A handsome plant, with
large, glossy foliage and pure white flowers. 10 cts.
C. Parqui. This well-known and highly prized plant,
blooming nearly all the year, is a native of Chili. An
excellent garden plant, growing rapidly , foliage long
and of a deep green color ; produces richly fragrant
flowers, sweet only at night, at every joint. It is also
well adapted for house and window culture. 10
cents.

CYCLAMEN PERSICUM GIGANTEUM.

This is a decided improvement on the old variety,
being of a more robust habit and a strong grower.
Produces flowers of immense size on short, stout stems;
the foliage is also beautiful. Strong bulbs, 50 cents.

CRASSULA CORDATA.

Succulent plants, with fleshy stems and leaves. Fine
for winter blooming. Pinkish white flowers. 15 cents.

CISSUS DISCOLOR.

A well-known climber ; leaves beautifullv shaded
with dark green, purple
and white, the upper
surface of the leaf hav-
ing a rich velvet-like ap-
pearance. The distinc-
tive and striking char-
acter of this handsome
plant renders it highly
ornamental as a cover
lor walls or buildings.

15 cents.

CENTAUREA GYM=

NOCARPA.

Silver-leaved plants,
with graceful and deli-
cately cut foliage. They
make beautiful edgings

to beds of large coleus. rex begonia countess
8 cents. louise krdody.

The Mexican Primroses are beauties.

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GENERAL CATALOGUE OF PLANTS.

MADAME CROZY CANNA.

CALLAS.

(Properly Richardias.)

.Ut Ii i opira. An old favorite, which produces large
white blossoms during winter and spring. Blooming
plants, by express, 25 cents.

Albo-Maculata. A variety with beautifully spotted
leaves. It flowers abundantly during the" summer
months, planted out in the open border. The flowers
are pure white, shaded with violet inside. It is a
desirable plant ; kept dry in winter, and starts in
spring like a dahlia. Fine bulbs, 10 cents ; larger
bulbs, 20 cents. ,

New Dwarf Ever-blooming. It is our good fortune
to have come into possession of this most valuable of
all Callas. It does not grow tall and scraggy, like
the old variety, but is compact, with a great abun-
dance of lustrous, dark-green foliage. Its flowers
appear in great abundance both summer and winter
when grown in pots, or it will bloom profusely all
summer long in the open ground, and if potted in
September will bloom all winter. It is estimated

NEW DWARF EVERBLOOMING CALLA.

that six plants of the old Sort will not produce so
many flowers in the course of a year as one plant of
this new dwarf variety ; a large plant is hardly ever
without one or more flowers. Its blooms are large
and snowy white in color. All in all, it is one of the
most desirable plants we ever offered. 50 cents.

COLEUS.

The coleus will give more pleasure at less cost than
any other plant. Its varied tints of crimson, gold,
bronze and green, richly blotched, veined or marbled,
produce a brilliancy of color that is unequaled.

We grow the cream of older varieties, such as John
Goode, Mrs. Hunt, Rag Carpet, Golden Dawn, Gem.
Verschaffeltii, Progress, Golden Bcdder, etc., and the
new “Star Set’’ of ten varieties. Purchaser’s selec-
tion, 6 cents each, $3.75 per 100.

CALAD1UM ESCULENTUM.

The most striking and distinct ornamental foliage
plant in cultivation ; desirable for pot or tub culture,
and fine for bedding out. With a plentiful supply of
water the leaves may be grown from four to six feet
long, and three feet in breadth. Large bulbs, 20 cts.

COLEUS.

FRENCH CANNA5.

Excellent plants for garden decoration ; where sub-
tropical effects are desired they are indispensable.
The varieties offered are the cream of existing sorts,
and bear flowers similar in size and form to gladiolus
blossoms. The roots can be easily wintered in a cellar.
New E verblooming' Canna, Madame Crozy.
This is undoubtedly the finest and most distinct vari-
ety vet introduced. The flowers are of the largest size,
of dazzling crimson scarlet bordered with golden
yellow. The plant is of vigorous growth, yet dwarf in
habit, seldom exceeding four feet in height. The foli-
age is of a rich, cheerful green and very massive ;
the flowers are produced on large branching stems,
which are closely set with bloom, each stem being
really a bouquet in itself. 25 cents.

Ehemanni. The most distinct of all cannas on ac-
count of its immense banana-like, soft green leaves ;
its most striking feature is its carmine-red flowers, as
large as a gladiolus, borne on drooping stalks. 15c.

75 cents will bring yon 12 of our beautiful rose-buds by mail, postpaid.

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CAItNAS, continued.

Star of ’ 91 . (An Everbloomer.) A very dwarf canna,
which will show bloom every day in the year, its flowers
being borne in great compact panicles, often as large as
a man’s hat, and of the most intense scarlet color, rayed
and bordered with pure gold ; a new garden flower and
perpetual-blooming pot-plant of unsurpassed grandeur.
20 cents.

Flaccida (The Orchid Canna). A dwarf canna, growing
but 2 to 3 feet high, with large, elegant, light-green
leaves, which are very beautiful. The flowers are lovely
deep canary yellow, of very large size, and closely re-
semble some of the finest orchids. 20 cents.

Edna Corkran. A grand new seedling raised by us.
Flowers are as large as those of C. Ehemanni, and a
dazzling scarlet ; foliage a deep bronze ; a profuse
bloomer. 15 cents.

Abundance. Large, orchid-like flowers, with yellow
ground, blotched scarlet. 15 cents.

Gladioliflora. Very dwarf, bearing spikes of bright
scarlet blooms, like those of the Gladiolus ; fine for pot-
culture or bedding. 15 cents.

Robusta. The finest of all foliage cannas. Plants grow
7 to 10 feet high, with enormous leaves 3 feet in length,
and of a dark purplish brown color; exceedingly odd
and ornamental. A superb bedding plant for foliage
effects. When grown in a bed with other sorts it should
occupy the center. 15 cents each, Si. 20 per dozen.

Cliildsi (The Tiger Canna). Its foliage is rank and of a
light green shade. The plant begins to produce flowers
when very small, and continues blooming freely till
frost. It also flowers freely in pots, in winter or summer,
and is very beautiful. The flowers are borne in large,

com pact
panicl es,
are of

NEW CARNATIONS.

large size, and perfect shape, with broad petals ; bright,
glossy yellow, thickly spotted with crimson. 20 cents.

CARNATIONS.

As a summer bedder and winter bloomer the carnation is
without a rival. Young plants should be planted out in April
or early May, in good, strong soil. If intended for winter-
blooming, pinch back the young growth every four or five
weeks to form bushy plants, until the middle of August.

In September take up the plants, and when potting
give them plenty of drainage. If placed in a pit
or a light sunshiny window, with a night tem-
perature not above 6o°, they will give a profusion
of beautiful, fragrant blooms all winter.

Price, except where noted, 10 cents each.

Anna Webb. A new carnation of great value,
being the darkest in color in the entire collection ;
exceedingly fragrant and attractive.

Buttercup. Beautiful bright yellow, with a few
crimson stripes on the margin of petals ; a mag-
nificent carnation. These elegant plants are
always covered with large, fragrant flowers. 15c.
Crimson King. An old favorte ; dark crimson,
flecked at times with white ; delicious clove odor.
Chester Pride. White, penciled with rosy car-
mine ; large, strong, good habit.

Columbia. Deep orange-buff, with crimsm
stripes ; a strong grower ; new last year.

E. G. Hill. Brilliant crimson : edge of petals
finely serrated ; large double and never bursts the
calyx ; a grand flower.

Hinzie’s "White. Fine for late winter blooming;
flowers large, pure white.

Hector. A fine new scarlet ; brilliant in color,
long stemmed and very free blooming. 15 cents.
Lizzie McGowan. An elegant new white variety
that is destined to become very popular, being of
the purest white color ; large, full and attractive ;
very prolific and fragrant. 15 cents.

Nellie Lewis. A novel variety, entirely distinct
from all others ; a pleasing, soft shade of pink ; a
strong grower, a free bloomer, and exquisitely
fragrant. 15 cents.

Portia. Intense bright scarlet.

Sweet double Violet blossoms, 15 cents per dozen.

GENERAL CATALOGUE OF PLANTS.

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Henry Patrick. Pure white.

.1 uarezii. Crimson cactus; a
curious flower.

Lurliue. Fine yellow.

Miss Thatcher. Considered the
finest golden yellow dahlia in
existence. 20 cents.

Miss Bond. Fine lemon color.

Purple Queen. Large ; royal
purple.

Pursuit. (Pompon.) Black.

Quaker Lady. Terra-cotta,
shaded and variegated with rose.
A fine flower.

Snowball. A ball of pure white;
fine.

Vic de Res. (Pompon.) Fine red.

Victory. Scarlet.

Win. Pearce. Pure yellow.

Zulu. Deep maroon,

DAISIES.

(Beilis Perennis.)

A pretty little hardy plant for
the garden bearing a profusion
of perfectly doyble flowers of red,
white and variegated colors
throughout all but the latter por-
tion of the season. They will flow-
er in the window if taken up and
potted in the fall.

Snowball. The best white. 8 cts.
Pink Perfection. A beautiful
pink variety. 8 cents.

EUPHORBIA SPLENDENS.

CACTUS DAHLIA FIRE KING.

CARNATIONS, continued.

President Degraw. Pure white ; a fine summer
bloomer.

Pride of Penshurst. A self-colored, rich golden
yellow, without variegation or shading of another
color ; of robust habit ; a carnation that will please
everyone. 15 cents. |

Sunrise. A fine pot-plant and winter bloomer ; buff,
tinged with vermilion.

Stiver Spray. Pure white, and beautifully fringed.

Often called “Crown of Thorns,*’
as the thorny crown which encir-
cled the head of our Saviour was
made (it is- supposed > from this plant. The two
specimens from which our stock was grown came
from China, beautifully trained on wire frames, and
are highly ornamental, especially when in bloom. This
is a curious and rare plant, worthy of general cultiva-
tion. 20 cents.

CUPHEA PLATYCENTRA.

(Cigar-Plant.)

Scarlet pendulous flowers ; neat, compact habit, and
a constant bloomer; a pretty little window or basket
plant. 10 cents.

DAHLIAS.

Dahlias require good deep, mellow soil, thoroughly
enriched with well-rotted manure and an abundance
of water upon the plants as well as at the roots during
dry, hot weather. We offer a list of the best sorts for
general planting.

Price, except where noted, 10 cents each.

Adelina Patti. A clear beautiful pink ; large flowers. 1
A. I). Levoni. The most lovely form of any pink !
dahlia ; long stems, petals beautifully quilled ; the 1
exact color of a La France rose. 20 cents.

Ariel. (Pompon.) Pure white.

Cleopatra. Blush white; fine.

Crimson Bail. Fine crimson.

Fair Unknown. Bright clear lemon, tipped with
pure white ; the loveliest variety grown. 20 cents.
Fire King. (Cactus.) Bright red.

Floral Park Gem. Variegated crimson and rose.
Germania Nova. (Cactus.) Bright cherry red.

Gem. Fine crimson.

Golden Bedder. Rich golden yellow.

Guinea Hen. (Pompon) Varigated rose and maroon. 1

NKPHROLEPIS EXALTATA.

Our Fall Catalogue of Bulbs, etc., will ailed to you in September.

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FERNS.

Our stock of ferns
is very fine. We offer
nothing butspecimen
plants, too large to
mail.

Adiantum gracil-
limum. An ele-
gant and distinct
fern, with light and
i graceful fronds,

1 about a foot long
and eight or nine
inches across ; thin
and fragile ; the
color is pale yel-
low, tinted olive-
green. 25 cents.

Adiantum cunea-
tum (Maiden-
hair). The light,
graceful fronds are
of moderate size,
and vary beauti-
fully in color. 15c.

Aspic n ium B e -
langeri. Elegant
feather-like
fronds; deep green.

25 cents.

Da va Ilia foeni-
culacea. Very
rare ; a beautiful
variety, with mas-
sive green fronds
two feet long and
nine inches broad.

25 cents.

Microlepia hirta
cristata. This
fine crested fern
is an introduction
from the South Sea
Islands, and will
be welcomed by all
lovers of ornamen-
tal ferns on ac-
count of its grace-
ful character and
free habit of
growth. 25 cents.

Nephrolepis c.val-

tata (Sword Fern). Of easy culture, and soon grows
to great size. 15 cents.

Pteris tromula. Very large, rich green foliage,
beautifully cut, and of rapid growth. 15 cents.
Alsopbila australis. Australian tree-fern ; a very
rapid growing species. 50, 75 and $1 each, accord-
ing to size.

FUCHSIAS.

Storm King. This famous fuchsia still stands at the
head of the list ; its flowering qualities are remark-
able ; the flowers are immense in size and very dou-
ble ; the outer petals are a deep crimson, the inside
petals pure waxen white. 15 cents.

Black Prince. Tube and petals bright waxy car-
mine ; sepals large and broad, with pale green tips ;
large, open, pale pink color. 10 cents.

C*ty. Sepals rich crimson ; corolla deep purple,
double ; very free flowering ; extra fine. Best purple
fuchsia for market. 10 cents.

Monstrosa. superlra. Corolla pure white, very double
and of immense size ; free bloomer. 10 cents.

Gen. Roberts. A remarkably beautiful variety, of
drooping habit ; the blooms are from 4 to 5 inches in
length, borne in large clusters ; single corolla, of a
rich plum color ; the tube and sepals crimson. 15c.
Mad. Van dor Strass. Large, elegant form, sepals
long and reflexed; pure red; corolla large, double
white. The finest double white fuchsia for market.
10 cents.

INAL imCHSIA.-

Mrs. K. G. Hill. The short tube and sepals are a
bright, rich, reddish crimson ; corolla extra large,
full and double ; flowers of the largest size. It has
size, freedom of bloom and good constitution. Must
win its way into favor everywhere. 15 cents.
Phenomenal. One of the largest of all fuchsias ;
short tube and sepals of a bright, rich, reddish crim-
son ; corolla very full and double, of a beautiful
azure-violet, flaked with red ; the habit is good, and
the plant is a persistent bloomer, beginning when
very small. 15 cents.

Speciosa. Sepals light pink, corolla darker; a pro-
fuse bloomer, and makes a superb specimen when
grown to a large size and wintered over. 10 cents.
New Mast od oil te. Flowers globular ; deep crimson
tube and sepals ; deep, rich, violet-colored corolla.
10 cents.

FICUS ELASTICA.

(India-Rubber Tree.)

Large smooth, leathery leaves; one of the finest
house plants ; it grows to a large size and produces
enormous green leaves that create a superb effect.
Large plants by express, $1 to $ 1.50 each.

FEVERFEW.

(Little Gem.)

This is a grand improvement on the dwarf feverfew ;
it is very dwarf, attaining a height of only 8 to 12
inches. The flowers are larger, of more perfect form,
and of the purest white. 10 cts. each, 90 cts. per doz.

Something beautiful— Canna, Star of ’91. Try it.

GENERAL CATALOGUE OF PLANTS.

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advanced so rapidly, New
colors, n e w styles, profuse
blooming sorts, all these have
combined to make the Ger-
anium the most popular plant
for bedding and house-culture.

DOUBLE GERANIUMS.

Price, except where noted,
10 cents each; $1 per doz.;
$6 per 100 for all priced at
10 cents.

Alba Perfecta. Pure white.

Asa Gray. Salmon pink.

Bruanti. A fine orange-scar-
let Geranium for bedding and
pot-culture. The bloom is
semi-double and the truss
immense.

Crimson Velvet. Vel v e t y
crimson, shaded black.

Com. Ott. Enormous truss ;
orange scarlet.

Centaur. The best double
pink in cultivation. 15 cents.

Ernest Lauth . Deep, glow-
ing crimson.

Grand Chancellor. Large
crimson maroon.

La Favorite. The finest
white. 15 cents.

La Pilote. Glowing ciimson
scarlet.

Mrs. E. G. Hill. Blush pink;
good.

Queen of Fairies. Rich
flesh, mottled white.

Richard Brett. Deep crim-
son scarlet.

White Swan. Double"vvhite.

S. A. Nutt. This is the darkest
and richest Geranium grown.
It is a dark, deep, rich vel-
vety maroon ; an excellent
bedder and a perfect pot
plant. 15 cents.

Mad. Hoste. Fine salmon
touched with'white.u5 cents.

DOUBLE GERANIUM, LA FAVORITE.

GLADIOLUS.

The Gladiolus is the most beautiful of the tender
summer-flowering bulbs. Its spikes are of all desirable
colors; some are two feet in height. If cut when the
lower flowers only are open, they will remain in good
order, opening fully, for several weeks. By planting
the bulbs at intervals of two weeks from April to July
a grand succession of bloom can be had until hard
frosts. After frost lift the bulbs and store them in a dry
cellar. Our Gladioluses elicited the admiration of all
visitors last summer. We offer a mixture of 200 va-
rieties raised mostly from seed, hardly any two alike.
All the dull shades were culled out when they were in
bloom. Price of mixed bulbs, 2 inches in diameter, 8
cents each, 65 cents per doz.; fine large bulbs, 5 cents
each, 50 cents per doz.

GERANIUnS.

The hot Southern sun is too severe for many plants
that are beautiful in Northern and Western cities, and
frequent drouths bar out many more, but Geraniums
endure sun and drouth, and upon the return of cooler
days and heavy dews they grow and bloom as if there
had never been weather of any sort but their own
choosing. It matters not what the temperature, Ger-
aniums are always growing, always green, and crowned
with flowers from May until November. Perhaps in no
other class of plants has the march of improvement

SINGLE GERANIUMS.

Price, except where noted, 10 cents each, $1 per
doa., $6 per 100.

Blanche Moulas. Light salmon, edged white. 15c.

M. Allred Mauve. Orange scarlet; extra large.
15 cents.

Francis Arago. Silvery salmon shaded with peach.
15 cents.

Souv. de Mirande. The body of each petal is’pure
satiny white, with a distinct, sharply defined band of
brilliant carmine running around each, and narrow-
ing to the center. 15 cents.

W. O. Bryant. Large scarlet, white eye.

Eros. Orange-scarlet, white eye.

Le Perle. Pure white.

Gen. Grant. Solid red ; the best single bedding sort.

Helen Dick. Large ; salmon.

Mad. Day. Large ; salmon pink.

Mrs. Massey. Fine pink ; large truss.

I)r. Pingade. Velvety scarlet, white eye.

VARIEGATED=LEAVED GERANIUMS.

Pride of Ramona. Golden-yellow, with broad red
zone ; scarlet flowers ; good bedder. 10 cents.

Happy Thought. Creamy yellow, edged with green;
scarlet flower, a profuse bloomer. 15 cents.

Silver Pheasant. Leaves a pale green, margined
with creamy white ; flowers scarlet. 15 cents.

A Rose bed for SI! Try one.

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FRAGRANT GERANIUM.

GERANIUMS, continued.

Golden Gem. Leaves a rich golden yellow. 10 cts.
Mad. Saileroi. A very compact variety of Silver
Geranium ; fine for massing. 8 cents each, 60 cents
per dozen.

Mrs. Pollock. Bright bronzy red zone, belted with
crimson and edged with golden-yellow. 25 cents.
Black Douglas. Golden yellow, with broad, red
zone. 15 cents.

Bismarck. Foliage yellow, dark chocolate zone.
10 cents.

Chieftain. A golden disc, surrounded with a bronze
zone. 10 cents.

Distinction. The leaves are encircled with deep
black. 10 cents.

Exquisite. Large chocolate zone, golden-yellow
center.

Fanny. Golden yellow, red zone, peach-colored
blossoms. 10 cents.

Marshal McMahon. Golden-yellow, zone of dark
chocolate. 10 cents.

Zulu. A bright yellow leaf, with almost black zone.
10 cents.

IVY GERANIUMS.

These are fine plants for hanging baskets and genera*
pot-culture. Single and double kinds, bearing white’
pink, salmon and scarlet blossoms. 15 cents.

FRAORANT GERANIUMS.

Apple-scented, Peppermint, Rose, Variegated
Rose, Oak-leaved, Pennyroyal, Shrubland Pet,
Lemon-scented. 10 cents.

GNAPHALIUM LANATUM.

A downy, white-foliaged plant, of creeping habit, ad-
mirably adapted for the front lines of ribbon borders ;
also a fine basket plant. 8 cents.

HELIOTROPES.

These plants are universal favorites on account of
their delightful fragrance, flowering equally well as
bedding-plants in summer, or as pot-plants in the house'
during winter.

Price, 10 cents each.

Albert Delaux. Bright lavender-blue ; foliage a
bright golden-yellow, blotched with green. A gem.
Douglas. Deep purple.

Queen of the Violets. Deep violet purple, with
with large, almost pure white center ; very fragrant.
Mrs. David Wood. The new semi-double (although
we cannot see any double to it); however, it is a fine,
distinct heliotrope, with large trusses of violet flow-
ers with light center.

Mad. Bruant. Plant dwarf and exceedingly free-
blooming. Immense panicles of very large flowers ;
rich purple, with large white eye.

Juliette. Large heads of rich lilac.

White Lady. A strong-growing, free-branching
plant, very profuse in bloom. The flower is large
and of the purest white.

Swanley Giant. The largest of heliotropes ; rich
lilac.

CHINESE HIBISCUS.

Large-growing tropical shrubs, with very glossy
foliage. The plants under the hottest sun produce
enormous flowers in great numbers, and make noble
specimens. They can be grown in tubs, and kept for
years. The blossoms average five or six inches in
diameter, and are gorgeously colored.

. Price, 10 cents each.

Aurantiaca. Large and double, with orange-colorep
flowers.

Canninatus perfeetus. Full round flower of per-
fect shape, a rich, soft carmine rose, with deef crim-
son eye.

Callerii. Flowers buff-yellow, with a crimson scarlet
base. Peculiarly handsome.

DflCorus. New. A very large and brilliant flower of
clear scarlet.

Miniatus semi-plenus. Semi-double flowers of a
brilliant vermilion-scarlet ; petals waved and recurv-
ed, and very handsome.

Sub-violaceus. Flowers of enormous size ; beauti-
ful carmine, tinted with violet ; probably the largest
flower of the Hibiscus family, and an unusually free
bloomer.

Versicolor. A variety combining in its flowers all
colors of the whole family, being handsomely striped
with crimson, buff, rose and white.

Zebrina. Double; outer petals scarlet, edged with
yellow ; inner petals irregular and curiously varie-
gated with creamy white.

HOYAS.

(Wax-Plant.)

Carnosa. A climbing plant, with thick fleshy leaves
and umbels of beautiful flesh-colored, star-shaped
flowers. One of the best plants for house-culture, as
it stands extreme heat and cold better than most
plants, and is not easily injured by neglect. 20 cents.
Carnosa variegata. Like tile above, except
that the leaves are beautifully variegated with olive
and creamy white. 35 cents.

CHINESE HIBISCUS.

If you don’t grow flowers, hand over Catalogue to some friend who does.

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HYDRANGEA, THOS. HOGG.

HYDRANGEAS.

Elegant pot or border plants.

SteUata fimbriata. Blooms 8 to 9 inches in diame-
ter, pure white and fringed, and having a crimson
spot in the center. A beautiful addition to this popular
class of plants. 25 cents.

Olaksa. Heads large ; flowers bright rosy pink,
contrasting beautifully with other sorts. Of low,
bushy growth. 15 cents.

Thos. Hogg. Immense trusses of flowers, at first
tinged with green, then turning pure white, and re-
maining so a long time. 15 cents.

Bed Branched. This is one of the finest varieties
in cultivation, with dark red branches that brighten
as they near the flower trusses. The plant is of
robust habit, and produces freely immense heads of
deep rose-colored flowers. 20 cents.

HEL1ANTHUS MIJLTIFLORUS.

(Hardy Doable Golden Sunflower.)

A beautiful hardy plant, growing to the height of
three or four feet ; flowers a rich golden-yellow ; very
double, and as large as a medium-sized Dahlia. Much
prized as a corsage flower, and one of the best hardy
perennials. It begins to bloom in July, and continues
until frost. 10 cents.

IMPATIENS SULTANI.

Of compact, neat habit, and a perpetual bloomer ;
the flowers are a peculiar brilliant rosy scarlet color,
1 'A inches in diameter, and produced very freely. 10
cents.

JPOMCEAS.

Noctiflora. The well-known and much sought Moon-
flower. A very rapid grower ; its large white flowers
expand only at night and on cloudy days. Very at-
tractive and handsome, and uneciualed as a summer
climber. In one season it will cover a great amount
of surface with its handsome foliage. 15 cents each,
two for 25 cents.

Pandurata. This is the hardy Moon-flower. The
tubers are often slow to start and the plant does not
attain its greatest beauty until the second year ;
flowers large, pure white, and borne profusely. 20c.
Variegated Leaf. This is one of the greatest acqui-
sitions to our list of summer climbing plants. The
foliage is beautifully marked with clear white and
vivid green ; the flowers are identical with those of
the famous Moon-flower. Trained to wires, strings
or wooden trellises in the open ground, it is attractive
even when out of bloom. 20 cents.

IVIES.

English, Parlor and Kenilworth. 10 cents.

JASMINES.

Cape. (Gardenia.) Well-known for its delicious fra-
grance and the beauty of its flowers, which are white
and double. 15 cents ; larger, 25 cents.
Revolutum. A yellow-flowered Jasmine, nearly
hardy and exquisitely fragrant. 15 cents.
Granditlorum. (Catalonian Jasmine.) From Italy.
The flowers are pure white, star-shaped, and of ex-
quisite fragrance. 10 cents.

Grand Duke of Tuscany. This Jasmine is very
easily grown ; even small plants bear a profusion of
very double, creamy white flowers, having a delicious
perfume. It is a magnificent plant, and will become
one of the most valuable and popular pot plants when
better known. It can be stored in a dry cellar in
winter. 25 cents.

JUSTICIA COOPERI.

An upright growing pot-plant, of free growth, crown-
ed with terminal spikes of beautiful, rosy pink flowers;
flowers nearly the whole year. 15 cents.

LANTANAS, or SHRUBBY VERBENAS.

Very showy, and fine for bedding; colors, white,
pink and rose. 10 cents.

LOPHOSPERMUM SCANDENS.

A vine of rapid growth, and beautiful dark green
foliage. Excellent for covering fences or out houses in
summer, as it attains a height of twenty feet, to cents.

LINUM TRIGYNUM.

A winter blooming plant of great beauty, producing,
in great profusion, very large and showy blossoms of a
bright yellow color. The plant is a complete mass of
bloom for a long time during winter ; the flowers are
about the size of a Morning Glory, and no matter how
small the plant is, it will bloom profusely. 15 cents.

MUSA ENSETE.

(Abyssinian Banana.)

The fruit of this variety is not edible, but the leaves
are magnificently long, broad and massive, of a beau-
tiful green, with a broad, crimson midrib. During sum-
mer, when planted out in rich earth, it grows very
rapidly ; leaves attain a length of from six to ten feet
in a single season. Can be cut back and taken up and
wintered in a cool greenhouse or cellar. Strong plants,
50 cts. ; large plants, from 8-inch pots, for immediate
effect, by express, $1 each.

IMPATIENS SULTANI.

A wonderful Rose— “The Rainbow. 1 ' See page 8.

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MANETTIA VINE.

In the house it can be trained all around a window,
and will be a solid wreath of bloom both summer and
winter. In the garden, its charming beaut v sur-
passes everything. Flowers intense scarlet, tipped
with yellow, and borne by the thousand. 15 cents.

OXAL1S ORTGIESII.

Few new plants will give better satisfaction than this,
as it is a perpetual bloomer in every sense of the word.
It is in full bloom every day in the year, when grown
in a pot of good soil and with ordinary care. It grows
as freely as a geranium in anv situation. It is a shrubby
plant, like a geranium or fuchsia, without bulbs, in
which respect it differs from other Oxalises. It grows 12
to 18 inches in height, branching ferely, and is loaded at
all times with clusters of bright golden star-shaped
flowers, which do not close at night, like other sorts of
Oxalis flowers. 10 cents.

PEPEROMIA.

A lovely Mexican trailer, to be used as one would
use the old “ Wandering Jew.” It makes an attrac-
tive trailing or creeping vine, as its leaves are exceed-
ingly beautiful, being a dark, velvety greenish black,
freely blotched with silver. 15 cents'

PRIMULAS.

(Chinese Primrose.)

Sinensis. Single fringed, pink and white. 15 cents.
Obconiea. The everblooming white primrose; a
beautiful and easily grow n window plant. 15 cents, j

PETUNIAS, DOUBLE FRINGED.

These are a great improvement on older kinds. They
thrive and bloom in the hottest weather, and are
equally fine for pot-culture. Those who have never
seen the new double fringed Petunias have no idea of

their size and beauty. They bloom continuously, either
in pots or bedded out, and they stand droughts and
thrive under difficulties better than many other bed-
ding plants.

10 cents each, $1 per dozen.

Apollo. Deep crimson center, chang-
ing through the various shades of
rose and blush to pure white on the
edges.

Boa lily. This grand novelty is
really a beautifully fringed pink
with the tint of the well-known
Carnation, Grace Wilder.

Clio. Pure white, with crimson-mot-
tled center.

Columbia. Pure white, with crimson
center.

Darling. Clear silvery rose, marked
with white.

Elvira. Pure white, with a finely
mottled carmine center ; a fine
flower.

Fortuna. Blush white, with crimson-
splashed center.

Gazelle. Rich crimson-rose, edged
with white.

Incomparable. Rich crimson-shad-
ed purple, heavily laced with white.

Majestic. A beautifully fring ed self
colored variety, of rich purple
crimson.

Nobilis. Mottled crimson, rose and
white ; a fine flower.

Me rmakl. A fine flower; beautifully
mottled with white and rich pur-
plish crimson.

Mrs. G. Dawson Coleman. The
finest double white. 15 cents.

PELARGONIUMS.

OXAUS ORTGIE-II.

(Queen Charlotte Geraniums.)

Plants with richly colored and beau-
tiful flowers having velvety surface
shadings; where the proper treatment
can be given, nothing is finer. As-
sorted, 25 cents.

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[PHLOXES, ; PERPETUAL,
CDcP EREN NIAL.fNEW.i CD

We desire to call special attention
to these elegant phloxes. In growth
and foliage they are unlike other
sorts, being dwarf a n d bushy.
They begin blooming in June and
continue until frost. They produce
their flowers in large panicles like a
hydrangea, and the brilliant colors
show to great advantage. They are
perfectly hardy, and should be left
in the ground over winter, udiere
they will increase in size and beauty
each year. Assorted varieties,, ioc

PASSIFLORA “CONSTANCE
ELLIOTT,” NEW HARDY.

This beautiful variety is a seedling
from Passiflora coemlea, and like it,
is hardy and free-growing. As a
hardy climbing plant it rivals some
of the clematis varieties in size, and
profusion of bloom, surpassing them
in vigor of growth and delightful
fragrance. The flowers are large,
pure ivory-white, and excellent for
cemetery purposes. Strong pot-
plants. io cents.

PINKS.

COCOS WEDDBUANA.

PALMS.

Palms are now indispensable in all decorations,
whether for apartments, conservatories or for tropical
bedding in summer. We offer large plants, sent by
express only,

Arena lutescens. One of the most valuable and
beautiful palms in cultivation ; bright, glossy green
foliage and rich golden yellow stems. 50 cents.
Chamserops excelsa. Handsome fan palm, of
rapid, easy culture. 50 cents.

Corypha australis. An Australian palm, of rapid
growth and easy culture. 50 cents.

Phoenix reclinata. Beautiful reclinate foliage. A
graceful and exceedingly ornamental palm. 50 ets.
Cocos WetUleliana. An elegant dwarf palm, with
gracefully arching, fine-cut, feathery foliage. 75 cents
and $1, according to size.

Latania Borboniea. (Chinese Fan-palm). Broad,
fan shaped leaves, with pendent marginal segments ;
an admirable plant for almost any purpose. 50 cents,
<5 1 to $2.50, according to size.

Seaforthia elegans. Very graceful and of rapid
growth ; an elegant vase or window-plant, and one
of the best decorative palms grown. 50 cents, 75 cents
and $1, according to size.

New White Forcing Pink,
•‘Snow.” (Mrs. Sinkins.) Val-
uable for forcing for cut-flowers in
winter ; especially suited for the
Easter holidays, as it forms a per-
fect mass of snow-white flowers of
a clove fragrance. It is a true
florist’s pink, and is entirely
hardy, thus making it a valuable
plant, whether it be used for flower
gardens or for cemetery purposes.
10 cents.

May Pink. An old-fashioned gra-
den variety, that makes itself at
home in any spot, its thick tufts ot
pale silvery green leaves crowd-
ing out the grass, so that the
plants, when once set, need little cultivation. For
cemetery lots the white variety is much used, and
nothing could be prettier for this purpose ; very fra-
grant.' It deserves a place in every flower garden.
10 cents. „ „ . . .

Diant bus Qnerterii, or German. Bears (me rich
crimson flowers all summer. 10 cents.

PANDANUS UTILIS.

(Screw-Pine.)

Called Screw-pine from the twisted arrangement of
the leaves on the stems. A fine vase or conservatory-
plant ; becomes valuable with age. 50 cents.

CATANIA BORBON1CA

Our pot-grown Tomato Plants are fine.

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MEXICAN PRIMROSE.

PhYSIANTHUS ALBENS.

;(The Cruel Plant.)

HThis beautiful Brazilian climber maybe best com
pared with Stephanotis floribimda , the foliage being
somewhat similar, though smaller, and the blossoms,
which are borne in clusters, pure white and deliciously
scented. It derives the peculiar name of “Cruel
Plant ” or “Cruel Flower,” from insects being attracted
by its highly odoriferous perfume, and thus entrapped
into the open flower, struggling, in the sticky nectar,
until dead. As an outdoor summer climber it gives
great satisfaction, is cents.Ju

PILEA ^SERPYLLIFOUA.

(ArtillerySPlant.l

Graceful, frond-like* leaves. When in flower, pro-
duces a snapping soundlif water is thrown on the leaves,
io cents. 1

PLUMBAGO-2

Capensis. A first-class border-plant, blooming all
summer ; flowers resemble very much a head of
phlox ; lavender blue, io cents.

Alba. (New.) I.ike the above, except in color, which is
snowy white. 15 cents.

PRIMROSE, MEXICAN.

This is strictly a perpetual bloomer, as it is in flower
at all times of the year, a good specimen showing
always from ten to thirty large saucer-shaped blossoms,
about two inches across, and of a beautiful, bright,
clear pink color, veined with scarlet, with a white
center. Each blossom keeps perfect many days before
fading, and when it drops, others are out to take its

; place, and this succession of beauty is continued
throughout the year. The plant is a free grower, suc-
ceeding in in any soil or situation. Asa window plant it
combines great hardiness and ease of culture with un-
surpassed beauty and delicate loveliness. In the open
ground it grows freely and blooms profuselyall summer,
and, in fact, until winter is upon it. Early frosts do not
injure it, and it blooms on until frozen solid or covered
wtih snow. It is a plant whose merits of hardiness, ease
of culture, perpetual freedom of bloom, and unsurpassed
beauty, both in color and habit, are offset by no faults
whatever. Fine plants all ready to bloom, 15 cents.

PLEROMA SPLENDENS.

This is a new plant, which flowers at all times of the
year, and is especially valuable for winter Recoration.
Whenever it has been grown it has given the preatest
satisfaction, and one hears nothing but praise of it.
We have had it several years, and now offer it for the
first time. Its blossoms are borne freely, are very large
and showy, and of a rich purple-blue color. A plant
is never too small to bloom, and will in time grow to be
several feet tall and branch freely. Desirable either
as a pot-plant for summer and winter bloom, or for bed-
ding out during summer like a Lantana or Heliotrope.
15 cents. (See illustration, next page.)

RUBUS GRANDIFLORA.

(The Bridal Rose.)

A strong, vigorous vigorous shrub, bearing large,
pure white, perfectly double flowers, resembling balls
of snow. Blooms early in spring, while flowers are
scarce. It is showy and handsome, and always attracts
attention : entirely hardy, needs no protectfon, and is
valuable for shrubbery, borders, etc. 15 cents.

Do not fail to keep a copy of yonr order.

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RUSSELLIA JUNCEA.

A basket plant, of neat, slender liabit,
bearing a great profusion of scarlet tubular
flowers the entire season, io cents.

RHYNCHOSPERMU1V1 JASMl-
NOIDES.

A beautiful greenhouse climber with glossy,
evergreen foliage, producing masses of pure
white, jasmine-like flowers, of delightful
, . fragrance. In bloom about May and June.

Flowers are desirable for bouquets. 20 cents.

RIVINIA HUMILIS.

A beautiful pot-plant, with racemes of small, white flowers, followed by
scarlet berries. In bloom and full fruit almost the entire year. 10 cents

.SMILAX.

A climbing vine with 1 regular glossy foliage; fine for decorations and
very extensively grownjfor using with cut-flowers and in floral work. Good
plants. 10 cents.

SALVIAS.

The Salvia is of easy culture, attaining a height of two or three feet,
the flowers are very attractive, especially the scarlet and variegated
varieties.

6 cents each, 50 cents per dozen.

Mrs. Stevens. Deep maroon.

Splendens (Scarlet Sage). Flower-spikes of the most brilliant scarlet,
blooming from the latter part of summer until cut down bv frost, and
making a superb display, especially when planted in masses.'
Splendens Variegata. Flowers white and red, very evenly striped.

STEV1A SERRATA.

Excellent for bouquets. Produces a mass of tiny star-shaped, pure white
flowers. The plants grow about 18 inches high, branch freely, and are
almost completely covered with corymbs of flowers. Very pretty in beds,
and almost unequaled for cutting and florists’ work. 10 cents.

SAXIFRAGA SARMENTOSA.

A handsome plant of low habit ; leaves nearly round, and striped freely
with silvery bands ; blooms white, of great beauty, and borne in spikes
nearly twelve inches high. Adapted for hanging baskets, vases, etc. This
is also known as Strawberry Geranium and Beefsteak Plant. 8 cents.

SOLANUM JASMINOIDES GR ANDIFLOR A.

A beautiful new plant, which inclines to a trailing or climbing habit, but
never attains a greater height than from three to five feet, and can be
SOLANUM JASMINOIDES. pinched back to a bush

form. Its flowers are
star-shaped, like a clematis, and borne in enormous panicles
or clusters, often a foot across. The flowers are pure white,
with a violet tinge on the back of petals and buds. In pots it
is a fine bloomer, both summer and winter ; but when trained
against an outdoor wall or trellis, and showing hundreds of
these magnificent panicles of bloom, it is superb. 15 cents.

Our Plants Uninjured by Extremely Cold Weather.

As we go to press we take this our last op-
portunity of assuring our friends and patrons that
our plants have not been the least injured by the
extremely cold weather that has prevailed here dur-
ing the past month, but on the contrary we never
saw them in a thrifter, better condition than they are
at this writing, January 25th. Our large stock of
well-grown Roses is in the best possible condition,
as well as the numerous other varieties of plants
enumerated in this catalogue. Relying upon the
genuineness, as well as the thrifty condition of our
stock, together with our very reasonable prices and
liberal club rates, we again solicit a share of your
patronage, feeling sure our plants will please all. pi.f.roma splendens.

Just look at our club-list— $20 worth of plants for only $10.

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PANSY.

TUBEROSE.

The Tuberose is one of the most fragrant and beauti-
ful of summer-blooming bulbs. It sends up stems ot
double wax-like white flowers from two to three teet
high, and continues in bloom for a long time. To in-
sure blooming, and thereby give better satisfaction, we
started in pots a number of bulbs that will flower in
July, and we lake pleasure in offering these plants to
our customers, that they may be gratified with the
lovely flowers in midsummer.

\ew Double Pearl. Flowers nearly double the size
of the old variety, and flower-stems' only eighteen
inches to two feet in height. Large bulbs, started in
pots, io cts. each, $i per doz. Dry bulbs with per-
fectly sound centers, four inches and upward in cir-
cumference, 6 cents each, 50 cents per doz.

THE PANSY.

Pansy-growing has become an art. and correspond-
ing to the show of China ware in the fashionable house
of to-day is the show of pansv-beds on the lawn out-
side Many have studied the art of preserving pan-
sies in a group, like a water-color painting. They have
an abundance of bloom until after seveie frosts,
endure our severe winters, and meet us the next season
with the same wonderful picture-gallery of rich
hues Everv one can have a pansy bed. If covered
with a litter of leaves, it will stand the winter and be
prettier than ever the second spring. Pansies, it
successfully grown, should be bedded out in March 01
early April, in rich, loamy soil, so that they may have
time to grow and bloom before hot weather. We grow
three strains famous for size and color : German Show,
French Giant, and Royal Exhibition ; in all their vari-
ed colors, 5 cents each, 36 for $1.

TRITOMA UVARIA GRAND1FLORA.

(Flame-flower.)

A splendid summer and autumn-flowering plant, with
stately flower-scapes and magnificent terminal dense
spikes of rich orange-red tubular flowers ; familiarly
known from its glowing colors as the ' Red-hot
Poker.” Effective among shrubbery ; perfectly hardy.
15 cents each, Si. 50 per dozen.

TRADESCANT1A MULTICOLOR.

Beautifully variegated with purple, scarlet and white;
a fine basket plant, an d useful for vases or moist
shaded places. 10 cents.

VERBENA.

Our stock of Verbenas is superb. Our plants are
thrifty and free from mildew. Our collection contains
Henderson’s Mammoth strain, and the standard sorts.
Purchaser’s selections of colors, 5 cents each, 50 cents
per dozen.

VIOLETS.

Of all delightful perfumes, that of Violets is most
delicate and pleasing. Violets grow and bloom during
the dead of winter without any trouble whatever, it
given a cool situation, but will not succeed in a warm
place A coldframe, from which frost is barely excluded,
is their best location. The following sorts are the best
of all the Violets, and are all distinct in color :

Double Perpetual Violet, Swanley White. Of
all white violets this is the best either for pot-culture
in the house or bedded out. In pots it grows luxu-
riantly and is laden with flowers. It is not an un-
common sight to see as many as fifty large flowers
open at once, their delicious perfume filling a room.
15 cents each, 6 for 60 cents.

Try our collection of 36 Giant Pansies for *1.

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WATER HYACINTH.

(Excellent for Winter Blooming.)

This is undoubtedly the plant of all water plants for the
masses, not only on account of its uniqueness and great

beauty, but the limited amount of space it occupies and
the perfect ease with which it is grown. It floats on the
water bv means of its curiously inflated leafstalks, which
resemble bladders or balloons filled with air. A mass ol
beautiful feathery blue roots grow downward in the water.
It forms a lovely rosette of its curious shining green
leaves, and sends up spikes of the most exquisite flowers
imaginable, resembling in form a spike of Hyacinth bloom,

. . 6 .. as many of the

costly Orchids,
large or larger
dollar, in color a
lilac-rose, spark-
w i t h diamond-
petal, which isthe
tallic blue blotch
in the center of
golde n - y e 1 1 o w
conveys no idea
the spike of flow-
six or eight inches

but “as beautiful
choicest and most
Each flower is as
than a silver
beautiful, soft
ling as if covered
dust. The upper
largest, has a me-
in tile center, and
that a small, deep
spot. Our cut
of the beauty of
ers, which is often

VIOLETS, continued.

Marie Louise. Deep violet-
blue ; very fragrant and free
flowering. It should be grown
Cbv all interested in the culture
t of cut-flowers, on account of its
T easy forcing qualities, io cents.
New Double Blue Violet,

£ New York. A perpetual
; Ibloomer; its fine blue flow-
"i ers are produced with great
freedom ; delicately prefumed;

1 large and very double. 15 cts.
Robert Garrett. A sport from
Swanley White. A perpetual
C bloomer ; very large flowers
1 of a light, lovely shade of blue.

20 cents each, $1.50 per dozen.
King of Violets. A fine va-
riety, bearing immense flowers
of a true violet blue color. 10c.
Hardy White Garden Violet,
C North Carolina. This va-
riety bears single white very
fragrant, flowers; a profuse
bloomer ; perfectly hardy with-
out protection ; a rampant
grower, that will take care of
itself. 10 cents each, 90 cents
per dozen.

Double Russian. (See second
page of cover. )

TUBEROSES.

WATER HYACINTH.

Sweet Double Violet blossoms, 15 cents per dozen.

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WATER HYACINTH, continued

in length and three inches in diameter. Can be grown in
the open air in summer and in the window in winter in
anything which will hold water. In the window the most
beautiful effect is produced by using a glass vessel of
some sort, with shells and white sand so arranged in the
bottom as to conceal a small amount of soil. In summer
it can be grown in a yard in a pool or tub, and will bloom
profusely. Fine plants, 20 cents.

SANSEVIERA ZEYLANICA.

A beautiful plant, splendidly adapted for the decoration
of drawing-rooms and halls, as it stands drought and dust
with impurity, and requires scarcely any water. The
leaves, as shown in cut, grow to a length of three or four
feet, and are beautifully striped cross- wise, with broad
white variegations on a dark green ground. It is a beau-
tiful plant, which should be abundantly grown for positions
out of the reach of sunlight, where other plants will not
thrive. When you consider that it can be placed in any
position in any room and do well, its great usefulness is
at once apparent. For vases and baskets it is a fine
center piece, and grows well outdoors during summer.
Fine plants, 25 cents.

ropical Fruits.

OTAHEITE ORANGE.

A dwarf Orange, which grows, blooms and fruits freely
in pots, even when only a foot or two high. The fruit is
about one-half the size of ordinary oranges, and very
sweet and delicious. The blossoms are produced in great
abundance, delicate and beautiful in color, and rich in
perfume. It blooms most freely during winter, though it
is likely to bloom at any and all times. With one or two
pots of it any one can raise an abundance of delicate and
fragrant orange blossoms. The plants we supply are
strong and ready to bloom and fruit at once. 20, 30 and
40 cents, according to size.

jfcWWI

SANSK VIERA ZEYLANICA.

RED SPANISH PINEAPPLE.

This is the Pineapple of commerce, a very ornamen-
tal plant, and undoubtedly the best variety for pot-
culture. Fruit ruddy yellow when ripe ; flavor sub-
acid and sprightly. Likes a loose, sandy soil and
plenty of moisture. Should be repotted frequently the
first year. It can be easily fruited in a warm, sunny
window, and the plant is always a subject of great cu-
riosity and attention. 50 cents".

DWARF or CAVENDISH BANANA.

An extra fine sort ; dwarf, but very strong and robust,
attaining a height of only four or five feet. The mag-
nificent leaves look as though sprinkled with blood.
Yield of fruit enormous, sometimes as manv as 200 or
300 bananas in a bunch. Can be wintered over in a
dry cellar like a canna, or be kept growing all winter,
and if planted out early in a sunnv place, in very rich
soil, will often produce a crop of its delicious fruits. A
most desirable lawn ornament. 25 cents ; specimens
for immediate effect, $1 to $3 each.

CATTLEY GUAVA.

This is the most desirable of the Guava family, be-
ing ot dwarf habit and bearing heavily when very
small. It is sure to fruit well by the time the plant is
a year old. The foliage is evergreen, thick and glossy,
and the plant when loaded with fruit is a striking
and beautiful object. Fruit the size of small crab-
apples, of a golden-yellow color, and verv delicious;
valuable for jellies. Plant a heavy bearer and perfectly
adapted to pot-culture; sure to succeed with am one,
and can be wintered in a cellar safely, ready to grow
off vigorously in the spring. 25 cents.

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PASSI FLORA EDULIS.

Tins plant is very rare and ex-
pensive, even in tile tropics, but
we have succeeded in propagat-
ing a large stock of it, and can
offer it at a very low price. It is
a large rapid growing vine, pro-
ducing an abundance of lovely
flowers, which are followed by
fruit the size of a goose egg, and
of a bright purple color when
ripe. The fruit is very fragrant
and delicious to the taste, cool
and refreshing. Ip is a plant
worthy of general culture, not
alone for its fruit, but for its
great abundance of lovely flow-
ers. It sells usualls at Ji each,
but we can supply strong, healthy
plants at 20 cents.

DWARF LEMON.

□ The fruit is large, and makes
the best of lemonade. The tree
commences bearing when in only
four and five-inch pots, and is
very prolific. Everyone who
has a place to grow a lemon tree
should have one, as they are
both useful and ornamental.
30 cents.

Nursery Stock.

We grow a large and complete
assortment of Fruit, Shade and
Ornamental Trees, Shrubbery,
Small Fruits and Esculent Roots.
Our stock is perfectly thrifty and
first-class in every respect.’ Our
prices are awav down to suit the
times. Send for price-list. .

Child’s

Great Japanese
Wineberry.

This new fruit belongs to the
Raspberry family, is a strong,
vigorous grower, attaining the
usual height of a Raspberry, and
is perfectly hardy in all positions
without protection. It is, in fact
the cold of northern winters and

JAPANESE WINEBERRY,

MUSA CAVENDISHI*.

ihe 0 he a ^of d ^e =o,ni?° r0US than an - v Ras P be ! 7 >; or Blackberry. It stands alike
t „ * h . e solltl J ern summers, without slightest degree of injury. Its leaves
underneath. 1 he young shoots and branches are covered with a red-
dish-brown hair or moss. The fruit is borne in large clusters ; often 73 to
'P a hunch. These berries, from the time of formation and
bloom until they ripen, are enclosed 111 a ‘‘ bur,” which is formed bv the
calyx, covering them entirely. When ripe the burr opens, showing a large
berry of the brightest, light glossy-scarlet or sherry- wine color. The burs
and stems are covered with a heavy reddish moss like a moss rose-bud
The flavor of the fruit is entirely different from that of any other berry
being very sprightly, sweet and juicy, having no disagreeable acidity, but’ a
delicate and luscious taste peculiar to itself. It is very juicy, and it is said to
make the finest quahty of wine. The berries begin to ripen early in July
and the plants continue bearing for a long time. This is the most prolific
beriy known, the bushes being literally covered with luscious fruit It is
propagated from tips like Cap Raspberries and Dewberries, and can be
increased rapidly. We have thoroughly tested this new fruit and it de-
serves to be widely grown. 15 cents each, $1.50 per doz.

WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS THINK.

. , Medford, Oregon, May /, 1802

1 he roses were received on the 28th of April in prime condition The
roots were still damp after having come such a distance, and would you
believe it, one of them was actually blooming. All are very satisfactory
Please accept thanks for those you sent free. Will send you another order
soon - ’ Mrs. B. A. J.

r t • • j , ,, . , Lexington, Va.

joined a club.whose order was sent you, and I am so delighted with mv
plants and extras that I send an order myself. # * * -:•> y

Mrs. Serena R. W.

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A B. DAVIS & SON. PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA.

Kill Insects with Tobacco Insecticide Soap.

For a long time we looked about for a really good and satisfactory Insect Exterminator, which we could re-
commend to our customers, and after experimenting with everything known, we find that the Tobacco Insbqt-
,cidf Soap is the most effectual. It is made from a powerful form of tobacco gum ; is absolutely safe to ha e,
and will not injure the tenderest growth of plants. It is used dissolved in hot water, m the proportion of an
ounce to a gallon of water. With this solution the plants are sprinkled, syringed, sponged and one or two
applications will exterminate any kind of insect. It is sure death to the greenfly or black-fly (aphis), scale,
mealy-bug red-spider, etc. If used once or twice a month on plants, they will never be troubled with insects.

It is sure death to the cabbage-worm, for which purpose we sold large quantities last year, and saved many
a fine cabbage-crop from the ravages of the worms. The most effectual preventative for moths known. 25 cents
for seven-ounce bars by mail, postpaid.

Vegetable Plants.

Cabbage, early and late, all kinds of Tomatoes, Sweet-Potatoes, Egg-plants, Peppers and Celery, by the
dozen, hundred or thousand. Prices upon application.

Pot Tomato Plants.

Tomato plants started in hotbeds in February and potted off make strong, stalky plants that never wilt or
stop growing when planted in the open ground in April or May ; they will ripen tomatoes two weeks earlier than
plants raised the usual way. We offer strong, pot-grown plants of the Dwarf Champion tomato and Living-
stone’s varieties, the earliest kinds grown, for 5 cents each, 35 cents per dozen, $ 2.50 per too. Plant a few for
early use.

Cut= Flowers, Wedding Decorations, Funeral Pieces.

We grow a large assortment of plants for the Cut-Flower trade-Roses, Carnations, Violets, Smilax, Fern-
fronds etc. which we furnish at lowest market rates. Funeral Pieces a specialty. We guarantee all Cut-
Flowers, whether shipped by mail or express, to arrive in fresh condition and neither mashed nor frost-bitten.
Give us a trial order for Cut- Flowers.

Address all orders, remittances and letters to

A. B. DAVIS & SON,

Purcellville, Loudoun Co., Va.

THESE ARE THEIR SENTIMENTS.

Winchester, Va.

The nlants came safely are potted out and doing well. You sent me excellent plants, in fine condition, and in
everv casemo^e^iuuiOTdered-. I have been in the habit of ordering each year from Ohio and New York. Your
plants are much better and cheaper, and I commend your enterprise, and will be glad to contribute to your sue-

cess.

Culpfppfr, Va., April 29 , 1892 .

I must say your roses sent me last spring were the finest I have ever gotten, and I have gotten^ them from a
great many greenhouses.

Leesburg, Va.

The cut roses arrived in excellent condition, and were satisfactory in every respect. D M K

Woodstock, Va.

I was delighted with order. If you do not get some more orders from Woodstock, it will not be myfaulL

Lin wood, Md., April 20 , 1S92 .

The plants came in nice order to-day. The roses were splendid. Many thanks for promptness. I am sure
all will do nicely, for the plants are so healthy. b. e. n.

Loydstille, Ohio.

Plants received in good order. Very much pleased with them. Many thanks for presents. You may expect
another order.

J. Horace McFarland Co., Ho <ticui.tural Printers. Harrisburg, Pa.

3050A

Our Special Collectiorj of Plapty.

fio Further Reduction of these Collections.

so cents

\\ I LL BUY any one of the collections enumer-
ated below, delivered safely by mail, postpaid,
to any address. These collections are all made

up of tine, strong plants, of the best varieties, and are marvels of cheapness.
We can afford to sell them so cheap only by growing these sorts in immense
numbers. The choice of varieties must invariably be left with us, the pur-
chaser simply naming the number of the set or sets desired. Every plant is
entirely distinct.

Our Selection, no Duplicates, and Every Plant Labeled.

No. I. 12 E verblooming Roses, 12 kinds. '

2 - b “ “2 Hybrid Perpetual, 2 Climbers.

“ 3 - 6 “ “6 Heliotropes.

4 - 6 “ “6 Chrysanthemums.

“ 5. 12 Chrysanthemums, early kinds.

“ 6. 12 “ ■ late kinds.

7 - 12 “ 6 early and 6 late kinds.

“ 8. 8 German Show Pansies, 8 French Giant.

“ 9 ■ 15 Verbenas, best assorted.

“10. 15 Tom Thumb Nasturtiums, assorted colors,

“ 11. 10 Begonias.

12. 15 Coleus (all one kind, or all 'different, as preferred).

“ T 5 - 5 Abutilons, 5 Lantanas, 1 Impaticns S.ultani, 1 Pilea.

“ *6- 6 Single Geraniums, 6 Double Geraniums.

“ 1 7 - 4 “ 4 “ “ 4 Scented Geraniums.

“ 18. 6 Cannas.

“ l 9 - 3 “ 3 daladiums.

“20. 6 Tuberoses, 6 Gladiolus.

“ 21. 12 Dahlias, best assorted.

“ 22 - 6 “ 3 Tuberoses, 3 Gladiolus.

“ 23. 20 Best' Assorted Aster Plants.

“24. 6 New Roses.

‘‘ 2 5 - 5 Coleus, 5 Pansies, 5 Verbenas.

“ 2b - 15 Bedding-plants, good assortment.

“ 2 7 - 12 Basket-plants, good assortment.

30.50a

J. Horace McFarland Co., Horticultural Printers, Harrisburg, Pa