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52. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

Flower Plant Novelties

[image] NEW DOUBLE FLOWERING BEGONIAS.

The novelty pages in a catalogue are always of interest to flower lovers and this year we offer many valuable novelties in flower plants which have been collected from various parts of the world, and thoroughly tested in our own greenhouses and on our trial grounds. Descriptions were carefully made from nature aud [and] we are sure all will please our customers. In our general list, on pages 69 to 91, will also be found many valuable novelties in this line. Plant orders should amount to at least 25 cents. You may select plants amounting to $1.20 for $1.00, $2.50 for $2.00, or $7.00 for $5.00 postpaid.

NEW DOUBLE FLOWERING BEGONIAS.
All plant lovers will want to try these. They are a new departure and one deserving the greatest praise for their strong, vigorous growth, attractive foliage, handsome shaped double flowers, brilliant colors, and above all their wonderfully free flowering propensities. In fact the superintendent of our greenhouses says it is rather difficult to propagate a sufficient number of plants as every branch is loaded with bloom, and the little cuttings produce flowers while still in the sand, almost before striking root. Of the easiest culture and desirable for either pots or bedding. There are four distinct colors as follows:
Boule de Neige.--Large, full; pure white flowers with light yellow stamens. Each 15c.
Triumph de Lorraine.--Scarlet; a profuse bloomer; the finest of the four; color of bud and flower a rich, bright scarlet. Each 15c.
Glorie de Montet.--Is perfectly double; bright rosy carmine. Each 15c.
Nancy.--Has a clear pink center with a deep pink edge. Each 15c.
The Set of Four Double Flowering Begonias for only 50 cents.

PURPLE FOUNTAIN GRASS.
Pennisetum Rueppelianum.--A beautiful annual ornamental grass, growing about 2½ feet high, producing long, graceful, cylindrical purplish plumes. An excellent ornamental plant, and the most appropriate to use as an edging to a bed of Cannas. Young plants ready in May. Each 10c, $1.00 per dozen, $6.00 per $100 [100].

COUNTESS LOUISE ERDODY BEGONIA.
This variety is sometimes called "Snail Begonia" on account of the peculiar formation of the leaves. The form is exceedingly odd and unique. The striking peculiarity which distinguishes it from all other begonias consists 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 on top of the leaf nearly 2 inches high. The leaf has a metallic lustre, dark silvery in the center, shading into coppery rose toward the margin, which is broadly and evenly edged with the same hue, but darker and more brilliant. Very curious. Each 25c.

[image] LOUISE ERDODY BEGONIA.

PEACHBLOW HIBISCUS.
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 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, 2 to 3 years old, make a magnificent show. Each 20c, 3 for 50c.

[image] DOUBLE NASTURTIUM.

DOUBLE NASTURTIUM.
Did you ever see one? Few people have but we have a fine lot of them this year and are offering them at a low price. It is a most charming novelty which is really difficult to describe. The flowers are large and fully double, which gives them a very different appearance from any others. They have a rich, spicy fragrance. Some flowers are of a bright yellow and some of a rich, dark orange crimson, with shading of deep mahogany red. It is not a "freak", with a few small insignificent [insignificant] flowers, but a really good double flower 2 to 2½ inches across, which will instantly attract the attention of everyone who sees them. Plant is a strong, vigorous grower, of climbing habit, and fine for trellises, window boxes, vases, etc. It is a constant bloomer; never produces seed. Each 15c, 4 for 50c.

[image] PEACHBLOW HIBISCUS.

CAMELIA VINE.
In the Camelia Vine (Calystegia Pubescens) we have a flower of true Camelia shape and size, perfectly double and of most beautiful delicate rose color. Of easiest culture growing well in any soil or location. Vine is of rapid growth, quickly covering trellis or porch and growing to a height of 15 to 20 feet. For best results set 12 to 18 inches apart. Leaves are lance shape, dark green, and lap like shingles. Roots live in ground over winter. Blooms continuously from May to October and pleases everyone. Each 15c, dozen $1.50.

GLORIE DE LORRAINE BEGONIA.
Greatest of all Begonias. Grows from 10 to 12 in. high. Throughout the entire winter completely hidden with soft, rosy-pink flowers. This is one of the great plant novelties, specimen plants selling in cut flower stores from $1.00 to $2.00 each. Strong plants 30c each.

IDEAL FEVERFEW.
Originated on our place and is far superior to the older sorts. It is a vigorous, strong growing plant bearing large clusters of unusually large flowers, which are pure snowy white without any yellow shading or center. Each 15c, dozen $1.25.

SHASTA DAISY.
One of the most marvelous productions in the flower line that has ever been brought to the notice of floriculturists. It can be grown out of doors by anybody, where it is not cold enough to kill oak trees. It is perennial, blooming better and more abundantly each season. The flowers are extremely large and graceful, averaging about four inches in diameter with three or more rows of petals of the purest glistening whiteness, and are borne on single, stiff, wire stems, nearly two feet in length. It originated with Luther Burbank, the "wizard of horticulture." Strong plants 15c each, $1.50 dozen.

LONICERA KURTZWEILII.
A new purple-leaved variety of Honeysuckle, which originated with Mr. Kurtzwell. It is a sport of the popuular [popular] Hall's Japan. Has dark purple leaves thickly set on the strong vines. The large clusters of flowers are produced in clear pink and dark red. Desirable vine for porches, arbors, etc. Each 20c, extra large plants 50c.

[image] CAMELIA VINE.

A NICE BED OF CANNAS WILL GIVE UNEQUALED SATISFACTION.