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Fancy Leaved Caladiums.
THEIR beautifully shaped and glossy foliage is elegantly variegated in the most telling manner. In fact the immense leaves are so marked with delicate and vivid colors as to make them as showy as great and peculiar flowers. Start bulbs early in a warm place and do not put out of doors before the last of May. Many choice varieties mixed, only 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen.

Carnations.
Fragrant flowers are always sought after and the rich, spicy odor of the carnation, combined with various colors, leaves little to be desired.
Evel na.-A grand pure white, early and free flowering carnation of healthy, vigorous growth. Each 10c.
American Flag.-Color is different from any other variety, being distinctly and regularly striped vivid scarlet and pure white, giving it a most novel and striking effect. Each 10 cents.
The $30,000 Carnation.-(Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson.)-The largest pink Carnation at the present time. The flowers measure over 3 1/2 inches in diameter. Each 15 cents.
Gold Nugget.-Rich golden yellow, in fact the best yellow known among carnations. Strong, vigorous grower with long stems, very full double flower; free flowering. Each 15 cents.
Alaska.-A grand new pure white variety with finely fringed petals. Each 15 cents.
Wm. Scott.-Greatest cut flower carnation. Strong, rich pink with a shade of salmon, giving it a warmth of color; finely fringed; flowers of large size with long stems that hold it erect. Each 15 cents.
A Baker's Dozen.-One plant of each of thirteen splendid carnations for only 90 cents.

[image] FANCY LEAVED CALADIUMS.

Chrysanthemums.
THESE are now the most popular and fashionable of autumn flowers. These varieties are superior to all other varieties for pot culture.
Illumination.-Claimed to be the best white. Grows a profusion of large white flowers. Each 15 cents.
Major Bonnafon.-A very popular yellow variety, flowers six to seven inches in diameter. Each 15 cents.
Golden Wedding.-Rich golden yellow color, flowers 10 to 12 inches in diameter. Each 15 cents.
Silver Wedding.-Very much like the above but of pure silvery white. Each 20 cents.
Marion Henderson.-The earliest golden yellow; center incurved, outer petals reflexed, flowers six inches in diameter. Each 10 cents.
Gettysburg.-Deep, rich crimson, which in the flower itself is soft and velvet-like. Each 10 cents.
Fisher's Torch. - Color is bright red, passing to richest velvety crimson. Each 15 cents.
Christmas Eve.-The latest of all white chrysanthemums. Each 15 cents.
Timothy Eaton.-Color, pure white when fully developed. A prize winner at all shows last fall. Each 15c.
Ivory.-Pure white flowers of exquisite form and finish. Each 10c.
Louis Boehmer.-The splendid new pink. Grand flowers of globular form; petals broad and lasting and thickly covered with fine downy hairs so much admired. Color deep rich pink, solid and fine. Strong and vigorous. Each 10 cents.

CUPHEA TRICOLOR.-The flowers are tubular in shape, about 2 inches long, and combine three distinct colors in each flower - scarlet, white and blue. In bloom continually. Each 10 cents.
CUPHEA PLATYCENTRA.-This is the old-fashioned Cigar Plant, with narrow tubular scarlet flowers, tipped with purple; always in bloom. Each 10c.
CACTUS.-The night Blooming Cereus, bearing immense flowers, 25c each, and many other varieties at 10c to 25c each. A collection of ten varieties for $1.00, postpaid.
CROWN OF THORNS. -(Euphorbia.)-Flowers which almost cover the deep, glossy green leaves. It is an object of rare and striking beauty. Easily grown. Grows wild in Judea and it is claimed it was from this plant that the crown of thorns was made which was worn by our Savior. Each 25 cents.
COBOEA SCANDENS.-A well known summer climber. Foliage green; large, purple, bell-shaped flowers. Each 15 cents.
HYDRANGEA,-Thomas Hogg-The immense trusses of flowers are at first slightly tinged with green, becoming of the purest white. Each 15c.
H YDRANGEA. - Hortensia-Its growth is strong and upright, forming excellent specimen plants; flowers pink, in immense trusses. Each 10c.
HYDRANGEA.-Otaska. -A Japanese variety used extensively for Easter decorations. Produces enormous trusses of intense pink flowers. Makes excellent specimen plants for the porch or lawn. Blooms the entire season. Each 15 cents.

[image] CHRISTMAS EVE CHRYSANTHEMUM.

Fuchsias
These, when in full bloom, are the most graceful of all cultivated plants; nothing surpasses the beauty of well grown specimens.
White Phenomenal.-The grandest double-white variety in existence. Each 15 cents.
Jupiter.-The flowers are of really mammoth size with very large, rich violet purple double
corolla. Tube and sepals bright crimson. Each 15c.
Phenomenal.-The flowers are of enormous size, a single flower measuring three inches across; sepals bright scarlet with rich purple corolla, very double, flaked with red. Each 10 cents.
Monarch.-The largest of all the single flowering varieties, bearing immense bloom of a very dark purple. Each 15 cents.
Black Prince.-Tube and sepals bright waxy carmine, sepals large and broad with pale green tips; large, open, pale pink corolla. Each 10 cents.
Storm King.-Large double flowers. The sepals are glowing scarlet crimson, corolla delicate
waxy white, elegantly penciled with deep, bright crimson. Each 10 cents.
Collection.-One plant each of eleven of the best varieties of Fuchsias for only $1.00.

GREVILLEA OR SILK OAK.-With its long, drooping silky foliage, it reminds one of a palm or fern. The young growths are of a light bronze color, the tips being covered with a soft down, closely resembling raw silk. Each 15 cents.
MAURANDIA.-Graceful climbers for window or conservatories, or open ground in summer; admirable to hang from vases, cover stumps and low trellises, flowering freely. Each 15 cents.

[image] THE BOSTON FERN.

Boston Fern.
This is a wonderfully healthy, rapid growing and graceful house plant. It bas been in great demand everywhere. Many people buy it in preference to the finest Palms or Rubber Plants. Its long, broad fronds are more graceful than the old Sword Fern and seem to grow faster. Thrives in all rooms, gas or furnace heat do not seem to injure it. It is one of the most beautiful and useful of house plants. It is of easy culture and its sword-like fronds on large specimens attain a length of 5 to 6 feet, produced in a bewildering mass, arching, curving, and interlacing in every conceivable direction. Each 15 cents. See cut.
FERNS.-We have many choice varieties of these delicate appearing, attractive plants at prices from 10c to $1.00 each.

New Peachblow Hibiscus
This is one of the finest free flowering plant novelties offered in recent years. It is a sport from the double red Hibiscus Rosea-Sinensis; the flowers are double and from 4 to 5 inches in diameter; of a charming, rich clear pink color, with a small deep crimson center; an entirely new and most beautiful shade. It blooms abundantly and continuously, even on small plants, during the entire summer and fall months, may be easily wintered in the house. Large plants, two to three years old, make a magnificent show. It will give great satisfaction to all who grow it, either in pots or planted out in the garden. It is a good winter bloomer. Each 20 cents.

[image] PEACHBLOW HIBISCUS.

"PLANTS ARRIVED IN PERFECT ORDER. EVERY ONE IS GROWING FINELY."-B. GEISER, Newkirk, Okla.