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SPECIALTIES AND NOVELTIES FOR 1890.

PEERLESS COLLECTION ROSES.

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Seven varieties worth $1.50 for $1.00. Many varieties are advertised in the east, which, while they are excellent for greenhouse culture, do not do well for general use. These are the best of the entire Rose family for popular culture.

THE BRIDE - Is a pure white Rose of large size and most perfect form. The buds are pointed and the ends of the petals are slightly curved back, giving it a most chaste and elegant appearance. A free-flowering Rose, either for summer or winter. Price 25 cts. each.

WM. FRANOIS BENNETT- Its color is similar to that of General Jacqueminot, a rich, dazzling crimson; its remarkably fragrance exceeds that of La France; its foliage is large, c1ean and bright; and, last and greatest, it is wonderfully prolific and of fine size. As a winter forcing Rose it has no equal. 25 cents each.

PAPA GONTIER - This was the fashionable Tea Rose in New York last winter, and it is certainly a beautiful variety. It produces long pointed buds of a glowing carmine crimson color. Will keep longer after being cut than almost any other Rose. It is a most profuse bloomer, and is adapted for either summer or winter flowering. 25 cents each.

SUNSET - Of strong and healthy growth; the flowers are of a beautiful saffron color, heavily tinted with orange; they are handsome in the bud and perfectly double when open; a splendid Rose. 20 cents each.

GENERAL JACQUEMINOT - Rich dazzling scarlet, shaded with velvety crimson; superb, glowing color; large flower and free bloomer; more grown probably than any other Rose. 20 cents each.

LA FRANCE - Silvery rose, changing to pink; very large, full and globular; a constant bloomer, and the sweetest of the Rose family; its delicacy of color and exquisite fragrance will ever render it one of the most popular favorites. 20 cents each.

MINATURE - Smallest and handsomest Rose grown. See description on another page. Plants 15 cents each.

Send $1.00 for the above seven varieties.

HELIANTHUS MULTIFLORUS.

HARDY DOUBLE GOLDEN SUNFLOWER. - A beautiful hardy plant, growing to the height of three to four feet; flowers a rich golden yellow; very double and as large as a medium-sized Dahlia. Much prized as corsage flowers. It begins to bloom in July and continues until frost. A bed of these on our grounds the past season was the admiration of all who saw it. The plant is hardy in most localities, but the roots are easily wintered in boxes of soil in any cellar without trouble, and this is the surest way to preserve them. No matter how small a plant is when set out in the spring, it will in a short time grow to a large, bushy plant, loaded with bloom. In the way of grandeur and beauty it is a fitting companion for the great Hydragea Paniculata Grandiflora. Those who plant this grand flower will be more than pleased with it. Plants, 20 cts. each; 3 for 50 cts.

CRUEL PLANT.

A beautiful Brazilian climber, with pure white, deliciously-scented blossoms borne in clusters. It derives the peculiar name of "Cruel Plant,'" or "Cruel Flower," because insects are attracted by its highly odoriferous perfume, and thus entrapped in the open flower, struggling, as imprisoned by the sticky nectar contained in the flower, until dead. As an out-door summer climber it is a most excellent plant, and one which gives great satisfaction. During the months of July, August and September they are literally covered with white sweet-scented flowers, blooming from every eye or joint. Makes also a splendid winter bloomer, and have attracted great attention in our green-houses. This plant is one we are sure will please our friends, not only because of its intrinsic beauty, but for its peculiar habit - it might almost be called a carnivorous plant! Order in time - there will be a large demand for this. 25 cts. each.