1900

54. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

Flower Plant Novelties. 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 and we are sure all will please our customers. In our general list, on pages 79 to 92, 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, $7.00 for $5.00, postpaid.

BEAUTIFUL CAMELIA VINE. Our illustration gives but a faint idea of the great beauty of this elegant climbing plant from China, and our artist in his colored plate could not do it justice. The Camelia which for many years was even more popular than the rose for the most elegant cut flower work in large cities, is a plant so difficult to grow and flower satisfactorily that the florists have most of them discontinued their culture, although when obtainable they are still, and always will be, considered the ideal flower for noble shape and rich coloring. In the Camelia Vine (Colystegia pubescens) we have a flower of true camelia shape and size, nearly three inches in diameter, perfectly double and of a most beautiful delicate rose color. It is of the easiest culture, growing well in any soil or location, but it appreciates and amply repays good treatment. The vine is of rapid growth quickly covering trellis or porch and growing to a height of 15 to 20 feet. For best results the vines should be set 12 to 18 inches apart around the porch. It is perfectly hardy, the roots living over winter in the ground and have withstood a temperature of 30 degrees below zero without protection. Leaves are lance shaped, of dark green color, and lap over each other like shingles so as to soon form a dense screen. Very few people can succeed in growing the old fashioned Camelias without a hothouse, but no one can fail with the Camelia Vine. It is sure to grow, sure to bloom continuously from May to October, and sure to please everyone. The vines are almost literally covered with the beautiful flowers. Instead of asking fifty cents to one dollar each as most florists would for the plants, we have propagated an immense number of them so as to supply all our customers at such a low price that they could afford to buy them by the dozen and enjoy them fully the first year. Price only 15c each, $1.50 per doz., 2 doz. for $2.50.

BLUE BEAUTY GERANIUM. A new color. Great novelty of 1899. Each year we import many European novelties for testing on our trial grounds and among others we received a number of new geraniums some of which were unnamed. We were surprised to find among the number a new color heretofore unknown in geraniums, being of a most beautiful violet or purplish crimson with a blue sheen over the surface. The flower is double and the three upper outside petals have a spot of clear vermillion near the base which makes flower more brilliant. Out of one hundred varieties of geraniums on our place this year there was none which approached it in color. It is a vigorous grower and free bloomer even during the dryest [driest] summer weather. Each 25c.

ESTHER GERANIUM. A new fancy foliage geranium of compact dwarf growth. Leaves bright green with dark zone. Flower scarlet. Each 15c.

[image] BLUE BEAUTY GERANIUM.

[image] BLACK CALLA.

BLACK CALLA. (Solomon's Lily.) This is the wonderful Black Lily of Palestine which was for many years supposed to be a myth, but has recently been found and propagated largely so that it can now be sold at a wonderfully low price. The flowers are large, sometimes a foot long and of rich velvety black, very striking and ornamental in appearance. The bulbs are from near Jerusalem, making each one a souvenir of the Holy Land. Each 20c.

VARIEGATED SWEET ALYSSUM. A charming little novelty, the flower having all the sweet grace and beauty of the common Sweet Alyssum, being pure white and produced in numerous umbels which cover the plant. Quite fragrant. It has the further advantage of beautifully variegated green and white foliage and is attractive at all times for borders, bedding or pot culture. Each 10c, doz. 90c.

[image] THE BEAUTIFUL CAMELIA VINE.

NEW JUBILEE ROSE. One of the finest rose novelties which has ever been introduced. It is a perfectly hardy Hybrid Perpetual, blooming in the the fall as well as in the early summer; very vigorous, large, dark green foliage, and branches freely; blooms most abundantly, three flowers and over on each shoot, the ideal habit for a hardy garden rose. The flowers are very large, reaching six inches across under good culture, and they last a long time cut. The buds are long and rounded. The fragrance is strong, delightfully rich and very lasting. Color is of most deep rich velvety crimson, a glowing warmth of color hard to describe. Each 15c.

RUSSELIA JUNCEA. A rare plant, suitable either for garden or pot culture, and requiring the same treatment as a geranium. It produces numerous long, wiry stems and upon these stems and branches the flowers are borne, which are long, trumpet-shaped, brilliant scarlet in color, and borne in wonderful profusion during most of the year. Each 15c.

[image] VARIEGATED SWEET ALYSSUM.

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 55.

[image] This Bouvardia IS A BEAUTY. TRY IT. ALFRED NEUNER BOUVARDIA.

ALFRED NEUNER BOUVARDIA. This magnificent and showy plant is the ideal Bouvardia. It is a stout, erect, strong grower, making charming shaped plants, producing great clusters of the most beautiful, waxy, double pure white flowers, resembling bunches of miniature tuberoses. It blooms well during the summer beginning early in July, but its greatest value is for winter flowering. Some consider it the best of all winter blooming plants. They are quite rare and will attract attention anywhere. Each 20c.

BOCCONIA CORDATA. A vigorous growing plant, adapted to any soil, with large, deeply cut showy foliage of a peculiar glaucous hue. Plant grows 6 to 8 feet high, and is covered with beautiful long plumes of white flowers. Of tropical appearance and desirable for specimen plants on lawn. Each 20c.

CAREX JAPONICA. A first class novelty and an excellent plant for house and table decorations; forms a mass of erect-growing, fine spray-like foliage, drooping gracefully from the center; the delicate dark green leaves, beautifully edged, as with a band of gold. Each 15c.

BOSTON FERN. 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 five to six feet, produced in a bewildering mass, arching, curving, and interlacing in every conceivable direction. Each 15c.

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. Also called Emerald Feather and Abyssinian Parlor Fern. This is considered one of the handsomest and most valuable plants for house and conservatory culture ever introduced. It is especially desirable for pots, vases, baskets, etc.; covering all with its beautiful sprays of lovely green, feathery foliage, which can be cut freely, and are very useful for bouquets, wreaths, and all kinds of floral decoration. It makes a charming ornamental plant for the window or conservatory in winter, and is equally as valuable for vases, baskets and porch boxes in summer. It is a strong, vigorous plant, very easily grown, requires but little care, bears cutting well, and keeps on growing fresh and green the whole year. Flowers white, and delicately scented, but its chief beauty is in its lovely, drooping, feathery green sprays; greatly admired. Each 15c.

EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS This fine plant which is frequently called the "Egyptian Paper Plant," is decidedly the most elegant, graceful and stately of all the decorative reeds. It is an aquatic in its native country, growing in low swampy ground or shallow water, but it does well with ordinary culture, and we have seen magnificent plants growing in dry soil, and growing luxuriantly during the most severe drouth. It somewhat resembles the Cyperus or Umbrella Palm, but the stems are crowned with tufts of fine grass-like foliage which droops gracefully around the stem. Our customers will be pleased with it especially for growing in large pots or tubs as it gives an effect not produced by any other plant. Each 15c, 4 for 50c.

FRINGED QUEEN PERENNIAL PHLOX. A grand novelty, perfectly hardy; heads of bloom are very large and pure snow white; florets are of large size finely toothed or fringed. Each 25c, doz. $2.25.

NEW PARIS DAISY. A French improvement on the old White Marguerite which has for years been one of the most popular flowers in eastern cities for ladies' wear as corsage bouquets, etc. This new variety is of much larger size and if well grown will produce ten times as many flowers, which are pure white, showing a yellow disc. They are quite airy and graceful for decorating, and make one of the finest house plants imaginable, as well as for the open ground. Blooms continuously if flowers are cut. Each 10c, 3 for 25c.

[image] BLUE MARGUERITE DAISY

[image] ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI.

OUR PLANTS ALWAYS PLEASE. Plants just received and they were well rooted and very nice.--Mrs. Chas. D. De Witt, Quarryville, N. Y. Plants received in good order. Your firm is the only plant house I have dealt with that sends us just what we order instead of substituting.--Mrs. Chas. C. Dean, Zola, Mo. Plants received from you in fine condition and I never saw any grow more vigorously than they are doing.--Miss Mary Kinsella, Garryowen, Ia. The plants and bulbs arrived in fine condition. Many thanks for the extras and promptness.--Mrs. Albert M. Lowther, Norma, Col. Received plants in fine condition and am pleased with the extras sent. Mrs. Sibsone, St. Paul, Minn. The roses received from you are very nice.--J. G. Lewis, Agency, Mo. Plants received several days since and they are looking nice. Mrs. V. D. Sluis, Pella, Ia.

YELLOW MARGUERITE DAISY. Similar to the Paris Daisy, but of a very pretty canary yellow color. This is a charming flower for corsage bouquets and makes a fine effect growing in beds. Blooms freely and continuously if flowers are cut frequently. Each 10c.

BLUE MARGUERITE DAISY. (Agathoea Coelestis.) A strikingly beautiful flowering plant that should be found in every flower garden. The plants grow about 1 1/2 feet high, of branching habit, producing an abundance of clear sky blue flowers, the shape of which is accurately shown in the illustration herewith. It makes a very pretty object for summer decoration in the garden, and is equally desirable for the house in the winter, grown in pots or window boxes. Plants are fairly loaded with the flowers which are very desirable for cutting. Each 10c.

UNIQUE LILY OF THE VALLEY. When on our annual trip among our seed growers we noticed in an out of the way place a cluster of Lily of the Valley which were of most beautiful and unique appearance. The flowers were as large and fully as numerous as any other variety, while the leaves are dark green handsomely striped with broad bands of pure white. Lily of the Valley is one of the most beautiful flowers in existence and would be very popular were it not that they are in bloom for such a short time and during the balance of the year the bed is not very ornamental. This new variety makes a charming bed at all seasons of the year. Each 10c, per doz. $1.00.

[image] UNIQUE LILY OF THE VALLEY

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ALASKA CARNATION. This variety is beyond doubt the most beautiful white variety in existence. Our cut shows its peculiar form. As will be noticed the petals are fringed in a delicately regular manner and curve inwards thus helping the large double flower to appear still more double. The flower is of enormous size, perfect form has good firm calyx and is of pure snowy white. Blooms freely. Is also of special value for winter blooming in the house. A strong, vigorous, erect grower and promises to become very popular. Each 15c.

DOUBLE NEW LIFE GERANIUM. The greatest novelty in the plant line. The sensation which the Single New Life Geranium created when introduced in England is well remembered. The Double New Life, as may be judged from our illustration, is a much greater sensational departure in every way. The outer florets are large, of a brilliant red. In the center of these appears another semi-double floret, a pure white in color, effecting a very charming contrast, difficult to realize unless seen, and having the appearance of being produced artificially. This very novel Geranium was lately sent out in England by subscription at a fabulous price. Last year it was almost impossible to supply the demand. Don't fail to have it if you like rare, beautiful flowers. Each 15c.

OLD GLORY GERANIUM. This grand novelty which we introduced last year is a seedling from a careful cross made by a florist in the employ of the U. S. government and had never been named until we purchased the stock through the mediation of a friend of his. In the Government floral gardens at Washinston there were many rare plants, but none attracted our attention as much as a beautiful new variety of geranium which occupied a large bed near the Washington Monument. When seen at a distance it was a most beautiful sight, being an apparently solid mass of clear, bright beautiful pink. A closer examination showed it to be a variety of very sturdy, vigorous, branching growth, having plain green foliage. The plant was fairly loaded with numerous immense trusses of magnificent large, semi-double flowers which covered it so as to almost hide the foliage. The color of flowers is a clear, bright rosy pink, the upper petals are spotted with pure white which adds to the brilliancy of the pink. The truss is frequently six inches in diameter and the florets of unusually large size. During the hottest, driest weather, at a time when every other variety of Geranium was withering under the southern sun, "Old Glory," for this was the specially appropriate name we gave it, was as fresh and sweet as if just watered by a summer shower. Each 15c.

[image] ALASKA CARNATION.

SANTOLINA. A very pretty, dwarf growing little evergreen shrub, native of southern Europe. The foliage is finely cut and of a silvery gray color thus making it particularly useful and valuable for edgings and ribbon beds, as it contrasts finely with plants of darker color or larger leaves like Coleus. Can be kept trimmed down to any shape. Is also known by the name "Holy Flax." Ea. 10c, doz. 75c.

CRAPE MYRTLE. A handsome, free flowering half-hardy shrub from India which should be kept in the house or cellar over winter, but may be planted out in the spring and blooms profusely during midsummer. The flowers are of very curious shape and will instantly attract and hold the attention of any lover of the beautiful. Flowers are about two inches in diameter and of a delicate rich pink color. Each 15c.

[image] DOUBLE NEW LIFE GERANIUM.

RESURRECTION PLANT. A great 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.

MUSK PLANT. Many persons are fond of the musk odor though it is not as much used for perfume as it was twenty-five years ago. This is the true Musk Plant and has a refreshing, delightful fragrance which becomes quite strong and pervading when the leaves are rubbed. It is a pretty little plant and of much value for pot culture and bedding. Flowers yellow. Each 10c.

[image] EDELWEISS.

BLUE SPIRAEA.--(Caryopteris.) A handsome shrubby plant from China which is of easiest culture and hardy if covered with straw or leaves on approach of cold weather. Its color is beautiful, an exquisite shade of azure blue, and flowers luxuriantly in a pot or in the open ground; its blooming period is from mid-summer until heavy frosts, when flowers are scarce and hardly anything is to be had in its color. It grows about two feet high, and bears fragrant feathered clusters of flowers along the stem, so that it is preeminently adapted for cut flowers, the blooms remaining fresh days after they are cut. The foliage has a pleasant, spicy odor when bruised. Each 20c.

GENUINE EDELWEISS; or Snow Flower. This is the true famous Edelweiss of the Alps found growing there in the most inaccessible spots among the rocks and gathered by tourists and others at great risk of life. There is a world of poetry connected with this charming flower to obtain specimens of which many travelers have sacrificed their lives. The flower is considered the proper present for a bride from her fiancee on her wedding morn. Foliage is of peculiar white, downy texture and flower is quite pretty, blooming right through the snow. Perfectly hardy. Flower and plant when cut is an "everlasting," keeping nicely for years. Each 15c. Seed 10c per packet.

[image] BLUE SPIRAEA.

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 57.

[image] AUREOLE GERANIUM.

AUREOLE GERANIUM.--(Mad. Bruant.) A fancy flowered sort, remarkable colors, quite distinct and almost startling in effect, no other variety equaling it for bedding. The plant is loaded with blooms and each floret is large, the center being white, beautifully veined with carmine lake, radiating into a handsome aureole, each petal being bordered with bright solferino. A most charming flower of celestial loveliness. A handsome pot plant and almost perpetual bloomer. Each 15c.

CAMILLE BERNARDIN GERANIUM. A novelty in geraniums. Color is very attractive; upper petals are half white, succeeded by pink; lower petals base white followed by soft rosy-pink with soft scarlet edge; is a good bedder, as it stands the sun. Each 15c.

FLASHLIGHT GERANIUM. Truly a novelty as it results from hybridizing two distinct classes of geraniums. Foliage is handsome and different from all others and the flowers are produced in great profusion in large trusses. Color brilliant but tender carmine. It will pay to try it. Each 20c.

BRYOPHYLLUM.--(Sprouting Leaf.) One of the most curious plants it has ever been our privilege to grow. The leaves are thick and heavy. When cut and placed in moist soil little plants start from the notches in them, and make very strong plants in very short time. When in bloom it presents a very odd and interesting appearance; first, the long, green, red-striped pods are formed, and through this breaks a pointed tube of a dull red shade. The blooms are produced in great profusion. Each 15c.

[image] BRYOPHYLLUM.

UNCLE SAM CHRYSANTHEMUM. A great novelty and one of the most strikingly beautiful and at the same time curious varieties ever introduced. The plant should be trained to one erect stem to give best results and will then surprise you with its wonderful head of bloom. Flowers have been grown to the immense size of 18 inches in diameter when spread out, but the petals usually droop like a mantle on all sides. Flowers consist of hundreds of long narrow petals of rich carmine pink color in center with clear white stripes on both edges, thus giving it a bright and very quaint aspect. The outer petals continue to grow while center is developing, and thus the plant is a "thing of beauty" for a long time. Every lover of flowers should order one and we are sure they will be pleased. Each 25c.

WEEPING LATANA. Our illustration gives some idea of this charming New Weeping Latana when planted in baskets, vases or pots, for which it is particularly recommended; but it is, if possible, more beautiful still when bedded out. The plant is a neat, handsome grower, producing a great abundance of leafy vines, which cover the ground with their pretty foliage, and bear such an immense profusion of lovely, clear pink flowers that the whole bed seems a sheet of rosy bloom from early summer till late fall. The flowers are borne in elegant clusters. Each 15c.

PRINCESS PAULINE AGERATUM. A most distinct and novel variety of dwarf compact habit, rarely exceeding five inches in height, its peculiarity being that both colors, blue and white, are combined in the same flower. This pretty variegation gives the flower a most charming appearance, and it is one of the most distinct and beautiful new bedding plants now on the market. It is free flowering the entire season and very bright and pretty. Each 10c.

[image] SPRAY ONE FOURTH NATURAL SIZE WEEPING LANTANA

GLORIOSA CANNA. Among the vast number of varieties of cannas which we grew last year none attracted so much attention as the Gloriosa, and we consider it without exception the most useful and beautiful variety ever introduced. It is a dwarf-growing sort with long spikes of bloom and the individual flowers are immense. In color it is rich crimson scarlet with a distinct golden band around each petal blending so as to make a "perfect symphony of crimson and gold." It is a perpetual bloomer, the flower stalks following each other in rapid succession, and its dwarf growth renkers [renders] it desirable for center of geranium beds, etc. Each 25c.

HARVEST MOON COREOPSIS. A most attractive novelty and one which is sure to prove satisfactory. Plants grow to a height of 18 to 24 inches and are literally covered with beautiful saucer-shaped flowers which are of such a brilliant orange yellow as to suggest its name. Petals are broad and irregularly fringed or toothed. Flowers are large, of a very rich color and desirable for cutting. Each 15c, 4 for 50c.

WONDERFUL GREEN ROSE. Would you not like to have something different in your garden from any of your neighbors, something which can not fail to attract attention and excite wonder wherever seen. It is a perfect flower with deep green petals and a free bloomer. While not equal in beauty to the tea roses, still it is a great curiosity. Each 25c.

PERENNIAL ASTERS. A hardy plant of the easiest culture, producing a profusion of very pretty single daisy-like flowers, nice for bouquets. Each 10c, doz. 75c.

[image] PRINCESS PAULINE AGERATUM.

CHANCE SALVIA. This most charming new variety is a sport from the scarlet flowering Salvia Splendens. The flowers are beautifully striped and mottled with scarlet and white, making it very striking and showy, both in the garden and in bouquets. The leaves are also variegated light and dark green. Plant grows in the form of a compact bush about two feet high and blooms profusely throughout the summer; in fact the plant is almost covered with bloom constantly. Salvias are the people's flower and should be planted by everybody as they are of the easiest culture, thrive everywhere, are constantly in bloom, and are therefore very desirable for bedding. Set out a few plants of the ''Chance" Salvia and nothing in your garden will attract more attention. It also makes a beautiful plant grown in pots. Each 10c, doz. $1.00. OTHER SALVIAS.--Notice our list of other desirable varieties on page 85, and be sure to order an assortment this year.

[image] CHANCE SYLVIA.

58. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] NEW DOUBLE ABUTILON.

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 two 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. An exceedingly curious and interesting variety. Each 25c.

NEW DOUBLE ABUTILON. Our cut well shows a leaf and flower of the new double flowering (Thompsonii plena) Abutilon. Instead of a single bell-shaped bloom like all other kinds this has a perfectly double flower resembling a double hollyhock in form and of rich deep orange color shaded and streaked with crimson. Foliage handsomely variegated. Blooms freely. Each 15c.

WHITE PHENOMENAL FUCHSIA. Most of our patrons are acquainted with Fuchsia Phenomenal, and know what a very desirable variety it is. This variety is fully as large, sometimes three inches across, and the flowers are double white, veined at base with carmine. Tube and sepals bright carmine. It is of strong, robust habit, the flowers being borne in the greatest profusion, and it may almost be called a perpetual bloomer. It is the flower for everybody. Each 15c.

[image] LOUISE ERDODY BEGONIA.

PEPPERMINT GERANIUM. This is a rare variety of scented geranium, and in fact few would think that it belonged to this class of plants. Plant is of trailing, spreading habit soon covering a large space. Leaves large, thick, velvety and have an appearance as if covered with minute hairs of grayish green color. Has a refreshing peppermint fragrance. Everyone will be pleased with it. Each 25c.

MINIATURE TRADESCANTIA A very small leaved variety of Wandering Jew. A beautiful little novelty which is sure to please the ladies as it is very desirable for growing in hanging baskets, vases, window boxes or anywhere that a trailing plant is desired. Color of the leaves is dark green broadly striped with silvery white, carmine and pink. Each 15c, 4 for 50c.

PANSIES. Our plants are strong and well grown from choice seed. All varieties mixed. Doz. 40c, 3 doz. $1.00. ROYAL EXHIBITION PANSIES--The plants here offered are grown from our own choicest strain of seed procured from the world's greatest Pansy specialists and for size of bloom, richness of coloring and texture will be found unapproached by any other strain. Extra strong plants, 60c per doz., 3 doz. for $1.50.

OLD MAN'S BEARD. A curious and quite decorative plant having very fine, hair-like foliage of steel blue or bluish gray color. Fine for edgings, window boxes, etc. Each 15c, 5 for 50c.

[image] WHITE PHENOMENAL FUCHSIA.

CRIMSON VELVET PLANT.--(Gynura Aurantiaca.) This is one of the rarest and most beautiful foliage plants in cultlvation. It is of exceedingly robust and branching growth, yet remains dwarf and compact. The leaves and stems are entirely covered with minute hairs, shining, glistening, reflecting many delightfully new colors, such as peculiar and beautiful shades of orange, crimson, purple, blue, green--a veritable kaleidoscope. Any change of position appears to alter the color of the foliage, which appears thick and long lasting. An ordinary observer would pronounce the plants artificial, so unlike nature do they appear. In fact, it is so beautiful that flowers seem superfluous, yet they are produced in brilliant orange clusters. It is equally desirable for pot culture, vases or bedding out. 25c each.

PAMPAS GRASS. No one can help admiring the beautiful, pure white pampas plumes, which are of most graceful form 20 to 36 inches in length and of exquisite and indescribably fine substance. Thousands of them are sold at fairs and expositions in all parts of the country and millions are exported to Europe, as they are even more popular there than in this country. They grow on a grass-like plant which is a native of South America, but now largely grown in California. Clumps of it grow 10 to 14 feet high and are very decorative on a lawn. It is not hardy enough to withstand the winters here, or it would be more popular. We have, however, some strong young plants which if set out in a warm, sunny location sheltered from north winds, will probably produce the beautiful long plumes the first year. Plants can be taken into the cellar to protect for winter. We furnish nice plumes at 40c per pair by mail postpaid. Strong young plants 15c each; 5 for 50c. Pampas Grass seed (blooms second year) packet 5c.

[image] SWANLEY WHITE VIOLET.

VIOLETS. SWANLEY WHITE.--This beautiful new double White Violet is unquestionably the finest double variety in existence, and is a decided acquisition even to the smallest collection of plants. The plants are of vigorous growth, producing a great many of the pure snowy white double flowers, while the dark green foliage forms a good background. It has such a delightful odor that it has been called the "Queen of Fragrance." Is of so much value either for bedding or pot culture and a more satisfactory flower it would be hard to find. Each 10c, doz. $1.00. MARIE LOUISE--To contrast with the white we offer this the finest double blue violet grown. Color deep violet blue, very fragrant and a continued bloomer. It is of extremely easy growth. This is the variety which is grown by the hundreds of thousands to supply the cut flower markets of the country. It is not hardy in the north. Flowers large and double, stem long and foliage a soft, rich, dark green. Each 10c, doz. $1.00. CALIFORNIA.--Grand new single variety. Is a sturdy grower with dense, heavy foliage, entirely free from disease. Flowers intensely fragrant. Color a clear, violet-purple that does not fade. The flowers are as large as a silver dollar, and are borne on stems ten to twelve inches long. Each 10c, doz. $1.00.

[image] PAMPAS GRASS.