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58. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] CALADIUM ESCULENTUM

CALADIUM.--Esculentum.--(Elephant's Ear.)--A splendid tropical plant, growing 4 to 5 feet, with immense leaves, beautifully veined and variegated with different shades of green. Very showy leaves, often growing three feet long. Of easy culture. Medium sized bulbs 10c, 3 for 25c; large bulbs 20c, 3 for 50c; mammoth 35c, 3 for $1.00.

[image] GIANT FLOWERING CALADIUM.

Fancy-Leaved.--These have in recent years grown very rapidly in popular favor, not only for the decoration of the conservatory, greenhouse and window boxes, but nearly all of the varieties succeed admirably if planted out of doors, when the ground has become warm, in partly shaded, sheltered borders. Leaves variegated red, yellow, white, brown, green, etc. Many choice varieties mixed, each 20c, dozen $2.00.
Giant Flowering.--A mammoth variety, growing 7 to 10 feet high and having leaves sometimes 4 or 5 feet long and 2 feet wide, of a glossy bright green color, shining as if varnished. The flowers are of large size, pure white, and resemble a Calla Lily. Each 25c.
RESURRECTION PLANT.--A curiosity, sure to interest the children. Looks like a ball of dried moss, but when dropped into a bowl of tepid water, it quickly opens out into a beautiful fern-like plant. Each 10c, 3 for 25c.
CHINESE SACRED LILY.--Very handsome. The flower is white, with a yellow-tinted cup. The bulbs are large with from three to six various sized offsets, and nearly every offset bears a flower stalk. Usually grown in a bowl of water. We can furnish them till the last of March, when the supply is usually exhausted, and we do not have more until fall. Each 15c.

TUBEROSES.--New Exclesior [Excelsior] Pearl.--The tuberose is justly a universal favorite and very easily grown. The New Excelsior Pearl Tuberoses have been selected with great care and are superior to the ordinary Pearl tuberoses. This variety is characterized by its short, robust stem and long spikes of large flowers, which are perfectly double and twice the size of the common tuberose, while of equally delicious fragrance. Spikes frequently bear 30 to 50 flowers, remaining in bloom for a long time. They are always wax-like, pure white, and unsurpassed for buttonhole bouquets. You will be greatly pleased with them. Choicest large bulbs each 5c, doz. 40c, 100 for $2.65, postpaid.
"I got a dozen Tuberoses of you last spring. They all bloomed and were beautiful; also pleased with seeds and bulbs received."--Mrs. W. H. Forman, McFall, Mo.
Variegated Leaved.--Leaves are bordered with creamy white; flowers single but very large and of exquisite fragrance. Bulbs continue to grow and bloom year after year. Each 5c, doz. 45c.

[image] HYACINTHUS CANDICANS.

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BULB
OXALIS SHAMROCK.

HARDY BULBS.
For complete list of Lilies, Lily of Valley, Paeonies, Iris, etc., see pages 88 to 91.

[image] EXCELSIOR PEARL TUBEROSE.

MADERIA VINE.--Also called Mignonette Vine and Mexican Vine. A beautiful tuberous-rooted climber, with glossy green leaves and handsome racemes of fragrant white flowers. The vine makes a very rapid growth and a few plants will cover a trellis or cottage wall in a single season. It is a very pretty thing to use for shading a porch or veranda. Each 5c, doz. 45c.
HYACINTHUS CANDICANS.--Has a stem 3 or 4 feet high, which bears quantities of drooping, ivory white, bell-shaped flowers of delicate fragrance. Appear like Giant Snowdrops. Each 5c, dozen 50c.
SUMMER FLOWERING OXALIS.--No bulb is so valuable for edging the borders of walks or flower beds as the beautiful flowering Oxalis. When planted three inches apart they produce an unbroken row of elegant foliage and pretty flowers; and as they bloom very quickly after planting they furnish a neat and attractive border the whole season.
Shamrock.--Leaves resemble four-leaved clover; flowers white and rose color and borne in profusion on vine-like stems, which make them suitable for cutting for bouquets as well as pretty for borders. Doz. 10c, 100 for 50c, mammoth bulbs, per doz. 15c.
Lasandria.--Large, dark green, palmate or five fingered leaves, with clusters of rosy pink flowers. This is taller than the above. It would be difficult to find a more satisfactory bulb for bordering flower beds. Dozen 10c, 100 for 50c; mammoth bulbs, per dozen, 15c.
ZEPHYRANTHES.--Popularly known as "Zephyr Flowers" and "Fairy Flowers." They are among our most beautiful dwarf bulbous plants, very effective for planting out in masses in the spring, flowering with great profusion during the summer. Very suitable for pot culture; 4 to 6 bulbs clustered in a 6-inch pot will give a fine display. Pink and white. Try a few of them this year and you will be pleased. Each 5c, doz. 50c.
AMORPHOPHALLUS.--Is a showy plant, with enormous palm-like leaves, 3 to 4 inches in diameter, spreading in the shape of an umbrella; the green stem is marbled brown and white; a desirable plant for specimens or groups on a lawn. The large, deep red flowers are produced before the leaves appear. It is chiefly grown, however, for the luxuriant tropical effect of the foliage. Plant out in May in rich soil. Each 35c.

TIGRIDIAS.--Peacock or Shell Flower.--Handsome summer flowering bulbs, producing large, gorgeous flowers. They flower freely throughout the summer and are of various colors, red, white, yellow, etc., handsomely spotted. Each 5c, doz. 50c.

[image] MADERIA VINE.

TRITOMA.--(Pfitzeri.)--Flaming Torch or Red Hot Poker Plant.--At all floral exhibitions, aud [and] when sent as cut-flowers to market, this plant attracts great attention. It grows from 3 to 4 feet high and and the flower measures 12 to 15 inches long. They are a dazzling scarlet, lower half of flower tinged with rich orange. Each 20c, 3 for 50c.
GLOXINIA.--Giant Flowered.--One of the most beautiful and satisfactory flowers. Has large trumpet shaped blossoms of crimson, rose, scarlet, purple, white, etc., tinted with dots of a contrasting color. Each 15c, dozen $1.50.

[image] ZEPHYRANTHES.

REMEMBER THAT BULBS CAN BE KEPT THROUGH THE WINTER AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUY NEXT YEAR.