1906

54. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] WM. LANGGUTH GERANIUM.

WM. LANGGUTH GERANIUM. This new silver-leaved geranium is a beautiful variety. The plant is of short, stocky growth, and the beautiful deep green leaves are bordered with a broad, pure snow white band, so that it is handsome even when not in bloom. It is, however, free flowering for a fancy foliage variety, and just think of it, the flowers are double, and this makes it a decided novelty. Clusters are extra large and of bright red color, showing magnificently against the white foliage. Each 20c, 3 for 50c.

TREGO GERANIUM. This geranium is a decided novelty as well as one of the strongest growing and most free flowering geraniums. It is of robust, compact habit, regular in form. The trusses are of immense size, produced in profusion and borne on stiff stems held well above the foliage. The individual florets frequently measure 2½ inches in diameter, semi-double, and of an intense brilliant, almost dazzling, scarlet color. Each 15c, dozen $1.50.

SUNRAY FUCHSIA. A novelty in the Fuchsia family. Very different from the other varieties in that their beauty lies in the foliage, from which it gets its name. All the colors of the sunset, clear yellow, golden bronze and red are combined in the most effective way to make a pretty foliage plant. Each 25c.

LEOPARD GERANIUM. A new orchid flowered ivy-leaved variety. The flower is large, two inches in diameter, semi-double, and borne in medium size trusses. The color is remarkable, being fully as rich and distinct as an orchid. The ground is a clear, lilac pink, the upper petals being heavily blotched with deep crimson and usually marked with distinct maroon dots. This will make one of the most distinct basket plants in cultivation. It is a strong, vigorous grower and blooms all winter. Each 20c.

CHAMELEON GERANIUM. An Improved Single New Life.--This was first sent out a number of years ago, but owing to its slow propagation was nearly lost and it has not been prominently offered recently. When first introduced sold at $5.00 per plant. It is what might be called a "sport" or "freak" of nature, as it is quite erratic in its growth, as shown by our illustration. Some flowers are red, some white, some pinkish salmon, and some clearly striped with the three colors. Frequently one plant will have on it flowers of all these colors at the same time; others will bloom for months showing only one of these colors then changing to some other hue. Bears many trusses of large single flowers. Its name was suggested by its peculiar way of changing color. Each 20c.

[image] NEW GERANIUM CHAMELEON

[image] SUN RISE ROSE COLLECTION SIX UNEQUALED ROSE NOVELTIES FOR ONLY 65 CENTS ROGER LAMBERLIN TULIP ROSE SUNRISE HELEN GOULD FRANCIS E. WILLARD BESSIE BROWN

DRACENA TERMINALIS. One of the most beautiful ornamental foliage plants; very desirable for pot culture or growing in vases. The long wavy leaves combine the most showy tints of red, yellow and green, making at all times a handsome plant. Each 25c.

Sunrise Rose Collection. There is no flower so popular as the rose and the demand increases each year. Last year we color-plated this grand collection of the world's finest novelties and the demand was so great and they were so satisfactory that we are tempted to repeat the offer. The entire collection of six choice plants, worth $1.10, for 65c. SUNRISE.--This grand new rose has taken first honors in the cut flower shows. When in bud form it is a deep coppery pink color, but as the blossom opens the inner side of petals shade from clear yellow to deep copper color thus making a pleasing color effect. The flower has the true Bon Silene fragrance and is desirable both in bud and when in full bloom. Each 20c. BESSIE BROWN.--This is called by rose specialists the finest new variety which has been brought out for many years past. It is a hybrid tea variety which originated in England. Blooms are very large in size, full double and of perfect shape; color, creamy white flushed and tinged with pink, especially at the edges of the petals, which are shell-shaped. Blooms freely. Each 20c. HELEN GOULD.--Has proven itself to be the strongest growing, freest blooming and largest flowering hardy rose in existence. It is better for general planting than the American Beauty. The buds are beautifully shaped, long and pointed; the flowers are full and perfectly double; color rich rosy crimson, particularly bright and glowing; also a good winter bloomer. Each 15c. FRANCES E. WILLARD.--Undoubtedly the best pure white everblooming rose ever introduced. Buds and flowers are of large size, perfect form, pure snow-white color. It is delightfully fragrant and blooms freely. Plant is a strong vigorous grower. Each 15c. ROGER LAMBERLIN.--The most exquisitely beautiful and rich colored rose ever sent out and in fact it is so very much different from all other varieties that few persons suspect that it is a rose. Each 20c. TULIP ROSE.--(Madam de Watteville.)--Has created a great sensation in Europe. The flower when half open is the shape of a tulip, and also of a rich variegated color. It is a remarkable shade of cream yellow suffused with rosy blush. Petals are large and each is broadly bordered with bright crimson; feathery shaded. Each 20c. COLLECTION.--The above Six Roses for 65 cents.

BE THE FIRST IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO GROW THESE NEW VARIETIES OF FLOWERS.

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 55.

McKinley Day Collection Of Carnations. One of the most beautiful customs which has ever been established is the observance of a memorial day for our beloved martyred president, Wm. McKinley. If you are in any large city on this day it seems as though almost everyone was wearing a carnation, President McKinley's favorite flower. Carnations vie with roses in beauty and rich coloring and they are of easy culture and bloom freely both in summer and winter. McKINLEY.--A large, handsome flower of clear beautiful shining pink, very showy and attractive either for wearing or for vases. Blooms early and constantly and the flowers are of fine spicy fragrance. Each 15c. ROOSEVELT.--One of the richest, deep velvety crimson flowers ever sent out. The color is so deep that it shades into maroon. Plant is a vigorous, healthy grower, free from any disease whatever. Flower of beautiful form; made up of a great number of petals into a full round flower. It is one of the most perfect dark colored carnations ever sent out and is of such good shape and color that it is sure to be popular. Each 15c. GOLD STANDARD, or Golden Beauty.--A novelty and by far the best yellow carnation ever sent out. Flowers are extra large, three inches in diameter, well filled and double to the center. They are borne on long stems, thus making them of greater value. Color is a beautiful clear lemon yellow slightly tipped with pink. Very fragrant. Plant is a strong vigorous grower and a good bloomer. Each 15c. IMPROVED AMERICAN FLAG.--This improved sort is of very strong robust growth, a profuse bloomer, bearing its large flowers almost continuously. The showy flowers are pure white, elegantly striped with bright scarlet. Delightfully fragrant. Each 10c. PROSPERITY.--Unquestionably the largest carnation of any color ever offered, the flowers measuring 4 inches in diameter and have a delightful clove fragrance. The color is a pure white, overlaid with shadings of soft pink. This may well be called the "American Beauty," among carnations, commanding a higher price in the cut flower market than any other variety. Each 20c.

[image] OSTRICH PLUME FERN (PIERSON).

One plant each of the above five Carnation Novelties for only 50 cts.

[image] NIGHT BLOOMING JASMINE.

[image] COPYRIGHTED. MCKINLEY CARNATION.

NIGHT BLOOMING JASMINE. World famous, deliciously fragrant Night Blooming Jasmine (or Jessamine) about which poets have sung and over which tourists, in its native land (Chili) [Chile] have gone into ecstacies [ecstasies], and yet how few, comparatively, in our own country have ever seen it. It is of the easiest culture and still somewhat difficult for the ordinary florist to propagate and perhaps this is the reason why they are not better known. It is a plant of strong, shrubby growth with handsome glossy green foliage and bears an immense number of small star shaped flowers. One plant on our place had at one time fully 3,000 flowers and you can well imagine that it was a grand sight as the plant was about three feet high and thirty inches in diameter. The delightful fragrance is dispensed only at night. It begins to bloom when very small. Each 15c, 3 ror [for] 40c.

OSTRICH PLUME OR PIERSON FERN. This grand new fern we believe is the finest plant novelty introduced for many years. It resembles the Boston Fern in some ways, but is indescribably more beautiful, and being equally hardy and easily grown, will at once take its place as one of the grandest and most beautiful decorative plants for house and conservatory culture ever produced. Its feathery, plume-like fronds more nearly resemble the graceful ostrich plume than anything else in nature to which we can compare them. One has to see a plant in growth to appreciate its beauty and value. The fronds grow broad and heavy, measuring at least six inches across when fully developed, increasing in beauty as they develop. This plant has received a gold medal on six different occasions at plant exhibitions and is conceded by everyone to be the fern of the century. It is a sport from the well known Boston Fern, differing from it in that the pinnae of the Boston Fern frond is subdivided into separate pinnae making each a perfect frond. So elegant are the large plants that we frequently sell two-year-old specimens at $3.00 to $5.00 each. Nice young plants 25c each. A few fine specimen plants, $1.00 each, by express, not prepaid.

ELEGANTISSIMA FERN. This is a "sport" from the preecding [preceding], in which the plumy peculiarity of the original form is even more distinctly developed, the side pinnae being again sub-divided and standing at right angles to the midrib, making both sides of the frond equally beautiful, while at the same time the plant is of much more compact habit, growing only one-half as tall, but with fronds nearlg [nearly] twice as wide, making it a much more desirable plant for all purposes. They are quite rare. Each 50c.

ANNA FOSTER FERN. Greatly resembles the Pierson Fern, but is more easily propagated and can be furnished at a lower price. One of the most charming plants for the house as it is very little affected by gas or the dry atmosphere of the ordinary living rooms. While the fronds of the Pierson Fern are broader and more showy, still, this is a plant whose delicate, graceful beauty appeals to everybody and we consider it one of the most desirable sorts ever sent out. Each 20c.

REMEMBER WE GROW ALL THE PLANTS WE SELL AND THEY ARE THE BEST MONEY CAN BUY.

56. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

FLOWER BULBS. Many of the most showy, attractive, inexpensive and easiest grown of all summer and autumn flowers are contained in this important class. There are scarcely any other flowers that can compare with the noble and brilliant spikes of the gladiolus, the grace and elegance of the lily, the purity and sweetness of the tuberose, the majestic foliage of the caladium, and the wonderful markings of the tigridia. Bulbs for spring planting require scarcely any care, and quickly make a gorgeous display, while the bulbs can be kept over winter and year after year will return a hundredfold in beauty and satisfaction the trifling expense of the original cost. Our bulbs are large and strong and will be sent well packed postpaid on receipt of price, except where noted. Discounts.--Your selections of bulbs to the amount of $1.20 at catalogue prices will be sent postpaid for $1.00, $2.50 for $2.00. AMARYLLIS.--Johnsonii.--Of strong, vigorous growth, bearing from three to six brilliant red flowers on each stem. The petals are striped with white; very attractive. Fragrant. Each 50c. Formosissima.--(Jacobean Lily.)--Of extremely rich, deep velvety, crimson color. It is a free bloomer and succeeds well either in pots or in the open ground. Each 15c, 3 for 40c, 1 doz. for $1.25. MONTBRETIA--Crocosmiflora.--A showy summer-flowering plant producing many handsome star-shaped blossoms of an orange red color. Hardy, and improve year after year if left in the ground undisturbed. Each 5c, doz. 40c. CALLAS.--Mammoth White.--Largest flowering variety and most majestic. It is of perfect flowering form, with large tropical appearing leaves of bright green color, and yielding throughout the season a profusion of white flowers. Large bulbs each 25c, 3 for 60c; medium size each 15c, 3 for 40c. Black.--(Solomon's Lily.)--This is the wonderful Black Lily of Palestine which was for many years supposed to be a myth. The flowers are large and sometimes a foot long and of rich velvety black, very striking and ornamental in appearance. Each 15c, doz. $1.50. Yellow.--This fine variety is identical with the Mammoth White in every respect, except the color, which is pure yellow, so that the great value of this grand novelty can be readily appreciated. Each 60c.

[image] COPYRIGHTED A.BLANC & CO. LITTLE GEM CALLA.

[image] QUEEN CHARLOTTE, FLORENCE VAUGHAN, MAD. CROZY CANNAS.

Little Gem.--A perfect miniature Calla, growing eight to twelve inches high, producing beautiful snow white blossoms. Begins to bloom when only a few inches high, blooms summer or winter. Growing plants each 15c, 3 for 40c. Spotted Leaf.--An ornamental plant even when not in flower, the dark green leaves being beautifully spotted with white, fine for planting in the garden in summer. Each 10c, dozen $1.00.

GLORIOUS CANNAS. Such a great improvement has been made in Cannas during the past few years that they may well be called "glorious." They are now generally considered the most showy and effective bedding plants. They have tropical appearing foliage and showy flowers, some of which are truly orchid-like. Gloriosa.--One of the grandest and most beautiful varieties ever brought out; height 2 to 2½ feet, with bright green foliage. It bears long spikes of bloom, and the individual flowers are immense; color is rich crimson scarlet with a distinct golden band around each petal blending so as to make a perfect "symphony of crimson and gold." A perpetual bloomer. Each 25c, doz. $2.50. Alsace.--Well known as the "White Canna." Color is a creamy white without any spotting, and when grown with the dark yellow and red varieties appears like clear white. Height 5½ feet. Each 15c, doz. $1.30. Pink Queen--Has dark green leaves which are broad and of thick leathery substance; height about 3 feet, color being the brightest pink imaginable, shading to old rose. Each 15c, doz. $1.50. Burbank.--The new American Orchid Flowering Canna. The flowers are truly gigantic in size, the upper petals spreading fully 7 inches. Toward the inner part the petals show fine crimson spots; all the rest of the flower is of a most beautiful, rich canary yellow. Height 5 feet. Each 15c, doz. $1.20. America.--Height 4 feet. One of the handsomest of the bronze leaved varieties. Leaves show some tinting of green applied in such a way that they appear as if striped. Has wide tropical appearing leaves; flowers of extra large size, dark yellow, veined with red. Each 20c; doz. $1.75. Black Prince.--Height 3 feet. Dark green leaves and a vigorous sturdy grower. Crimson scarlet flowers. Each 15c, doz. $1.40. Charles Henderson.--Height 4 feet. Green foliage; one of the finest bedding varieties in existence as it is of compact and vigorous growth and free bloomer. Color a deep rich crimson. Each 10c; doz. $1.00. Chevalier Besson.--Height 2½ feet. Deep red flower with bright green foliage and good size trusses. Each 20c, doz. $1.75. Austria.--Height 6 feet. The giant golden lily-flowered Canna. Flowers 6 to 8 inches across. Plant a strong grower. Each 15c, doz. $1.20. Ami Pichon.--Large bright red flowers; plant of dwarf habit with dark green foliage edged with pinkish red. Each 15c, doz. $1.20. Florence Vaughan.--Height 5 feet. Dark green foliage; yellow flowers, spotted with bright red. Fine for bedding. Each 10c, doz. $1.00. Italia.--Height 5 feet. Foliage deep green, bordered white. Very large iris-shaped flowers, red, bordered with yellow. Each 15c, doz. $1.20. Alliance.--Splendid dwarf, light green variety. Height about 2½ feet. Flowers golden yellow, marked with light red. Each 15c, doz. $1.50. Alphonse Bevier.--Height 4½ feet. Leaves broad, dark green and of tropical appearance. Large heads of scarlet flowers. Each 10c, doz. $1.00. Madam Crozy.--Height 3½ feet. Green foliage; flowers vermilion red, gold bordered; a succession of flower trusses. Each 10c, doz. $1.00. Queen Charlotte.--Height 4 feet. A choice variety with green foliage; flowers rich orange scarlet with gold band. Each 15c, doz. $1.20. Rainbow.--Striped foliage, dark green, and very light green, red margin, stalks dark red, flowers carmine. Each 25c, doz. $2.25. Duke of Marlboro.--Height 4 feet. Deep crimson maroon, darkest of all. Each 10c, doz. $1.00. A. Crozy.--Height 3½ feet. Crimson scarlet, with broad gold border. Each 15c, doz. $1.50. Chicago.--Height 4½ feet. Clear vermilion scarlet; flowers and heads very large. Each 15c, doz. $1.25. Crimson Bedder.--One of the most showy flowered. Bright crimson scarlet. Each 15c, doz. $1.25. Pennsylvania.--Height 5 ft. A deep scarlet, orchid flowered variety; green foliage. Each 15c, doz. $1.25. Alemannia.--Height 6 ft. Has enormous scarlet flowers with broad yellow border. Each 15c, doz. $1.25. Flamingo.--A dwarf variety, with dark crimson flowers penciled with gold. Each 20c, doz. $2.00. President McKinley.--Height 3 ft. Green foliage. Blooms early. Each 15c, dozen $1.40. President Faivre.--Large bronzy variety for center of beds. Height 6 ft. Each 10c, doz. $1.00. Discolor.--Height 8 to 10 ft. Leaves green marbled creamy yellow bordered with bronze red. 15c, doz. $1.25. Robusta.--Effective large dark leaved variety. Leaves 12 to 18 in. wide. Height 8 ft. Each 10c, doz. $1.00. Mixed Bedding Cannas.--A nice mixture of the desirable sorts. Each 8c, doz. 75c.

[image] GLORIOSA CANNA.

Collection of Cannas.--19 choice Cannas of three varieties for making a circular bed seven feet across for $1.75.

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 57.

[image] GRAND DUKE ALEXIS DAHLIA.

DAHLIAS. The Dahlia is one of the showiest of all autumn flowers. Commencing to flower in July they are a perfect blaze of Bloom until stopped by frost. Especially fine for cut flowers. For best results start roots early in house. Late in the season, when dry roots become exhausted, we then fill orders with strong rooted pot plants. Grand Duke Alexis.--Without exception the most unique and grandest dahlia ever sent out. Astonished everyone who saw it growing on our place last summer. Flowers are of largest size known in Dahlias, being 18 inches in circumference, and of most beautiful form, pretals [petals] being rolled up so that they overlap each other. Color pure snow white slightly tinged with delicate pink at center. None equal it in size or beauty. 25c, 3 for 65c. Nymphaea.--There is not a dahlia in existence exceeding this one in decorative value. Color is a distinct, clear, light pink, shading darker toward the outer petals. Inner petals nearly white. Exquisite finish, soft, waxy, delicate and graceful; fragrant. 15c, 3 for 40c. King of Fancies.--Hundreds of persons were delighted with this elegant new variety as it is truly a fancy flowered sort of striking beauty. Color is almost indescribable, being most elegantly marked, striped and blotched, crimson, scarlet, pink and pure white tinted; variable. Each 20c, 3 for 50c. 20th Century.--One of the beautiful orchid flowering single varieties of immense size, blooms ranging from 4½ to 7 inches in diameter. The color is of intense rosy crimson, with a white tipping and a white disk around the center, thus making a strikingly beautiful flower. Each 25c, 3 for 60c. Red Hussar.--A Grand new show variety of large size. Color purest cardinal red, without traits of either purple or crimson. Plant is a vigorous grower, producing flowers on long stems. Each 20c, 3 for 50c. A. D. Lavoni.--Beautiful soft lustrious [lustrous] pink show dahlia of large size and perfect form; free bloomer. Each 20c, 3 for 50c. Maid of Kent.--A most beautiful decorative sort, the petals being rich crimson tipped with snow white; variable. Each 15c, 3 for 40c. Admiral Dewey.--A decorative, rather flat petaled variety of brilliant imperial purple color. Each 15c, 3 for 40c. Lindhurst.--A beautiful bright scarlet decorative dahlia. Each 15c, 3 for 40c. Wm. Pierce.--Deep, rich yellow, free flowering. Each 15c, 3 for 40c. Ethel Vick.--Early blooming, shell pink variety. Very handsome. Each 15c, 3 for 40c. Snowball.--Large double, pure white; handsomest and best white. Each 20c, 3 for 50c. Fern Leaf Beauty.--This grand novelty has fern-like foliage and flowers of creamy white with a distinct marking of bright crimson on each petal. Each 20c, 3 for 50c. Queen Victoria.--This has long been considered the finest deep yellow variety which we have. Plant a robust grower and so covered with flowers as to appear almost like a solid mass of golden yellow color. Blooms early, very freely and continuously. Each 15c, 3 for 40c. Dr. Masters--A most beautiful decorative dahlia of delicate pink color, which we recommend very highly for late blooming. It is quite distinct from the Nymphaea and never shows an open center. Each 20c, 3 for 50c. Clifford W. Bruton.--A new show dahlia of greatest merit. Extra large flowers of a bright golden yellow, perfect in shape and form; very early. Each 20c, 3 for 50c. Orange Queen.--One of the most striking decorative dahlias in our collection. Color is a peculiar shade of orange vermilion. Plant is a large vigorous grower and blooms early and constantly. Each 25c, 3 for 60c. Black Prince.--Very dark crimson, shaded black. Each 20c, 3 for 50c. Crimson Cactus--A desirable dark crimson variety; should be in every collection. 15c, 3 for 40c. Cactus Dahlias--Mixed varieties. Each 15c, dozen $1.50. Fancy Double Mixed.--The handsome tipped, striped, spotted and variegated sorts in a splendid mixture. Each 25c, doz. $2.25. Single Dahlias.--Many people prefer these to the double varieties because of their grace, freedom of bloom, adaptability for bouquets, decorations, etc. Mixed colors; each 15c, 3 for 40c. Double Mixed Varieties.--Contains a good proportion of best scarlet, yellow and white varieties, besides many other shades which are popular. Each 10c, doz. $1.00.

[image] FERN LEAF BEAUTY DAHLIA.

CHOICE GLADIOLUS.

[image] GLADIOLUS.

These are a specialty with us and our fields devoted to them make a most magnificent sight each year appearing at a distance a mass of bright colors. It is the most desirable of all bulbs and claimed by many who are well acquainted with their varied beauty to be the flower of flowers. Royal Queen.--One of the finest and largest flowering varieties of gladiolus ever introduced. The flower spike is very long and well filled out on all sides. The flowers are of a clear, pearly white ground striped and splashed with a rich carmine, shading to a rosy purple, most beautifully blotched and mabled [marbled], and of a delicate velvety texture. Each 15c, 3 for 40c. Perfection.--A seedling of the Royal Queen, very much like its parents, but flower is more perfect, has longer spikes, brighter and clear color. Frequently two feet of the spikes are covered with flowers at one time, there being from 12 to 18 wide open flowers. The ground color is very nearly pure white, beautifully flaked and striped with bright rich crimson. Each 25c, 3 for 60c. American Banner, or Tri-Color.--The ground color is white, striped with bright red, and spotted with violet blue on lower petals. A curious combination of colors which has given it its name. Each 20c, 3 for 50c. Africain.--Darkest crimson-black, with a pure white blotch in the throat. Each 10c, doz. 90c. Brenchleyensis.--Deep vermilion scarlet. Each 4c, doz. 40c. Eugene Souchet.--Bright rose color, with a large white blotch and stripes. Each 5c, dozen 50c. Isaac Buchanan.--Best of yellow varieties. Each 5c, dozen 50c. Marie Lemoine.--Pale cream color, flushed Salmon, spotted purplish violet. Each 10c, dozen 90c. Ceres--Beautiful bluish white, marbled and striped with rosy carmine. Each 5c, dozen 50c. Meyerbeer.--Rose scarlet with red blotch. Each 10c, dozen $1.00. Norma--The flower is nearly pure white. Very beautiful. Each 7c, dozen 65c. Mt. Pelee.--A grand novelty and the best bright red. The spikes are unusually large and filled with immense flowers. The flower is of the most intense flame red color. Each 15c, dozen $1.25. Salmon Pink.--Pure salmon pink color. Each 5c, dozen 50c. Snow White.--Beautiful pure snowy white. Each 15c, dozen $1.50. L. Kelway.--Beautiful dark velvety red. Each 8c, dozen 75c. Nanceanus.--A distinct variety of gladiolus with full, open, large flowers of various shades of red and purple. Each 10c, dozen $1.00. Groff's Hybrids Mixed.--The floral papers have been full of the praise of this new class of gladiolus. All colors mixed. Each 10c, dozen 85c. Lemoine Mixed.--Often called Butterfly Gladiolus. These have odd and fantastic markings and resemble the orchids. Each 6c, dozen 60c. Pink, Striped and Variegated Varieties Mixed.--Each 5c, dozen 40c. Second size, dozen 25c. Red Varieties Mixed.--Each 5c, dozen 40c. Second size, dozen 25c. White and Light Varieties Mixed.--Each 5c, dozen 50c. Second size, dozen 30c. Altoona Mixture.--The best mixture in existence, made up mainly from the above named varieties and other very choice sorts which we do not catalogue. Large bulbs each 8c, dozen 75c, 100 for $5.00. Fine Mixed--Nice assortment. Each 4c, dozen 35c, 100 for $2.00. Second size 20c, 100 for $1.25. Yellow Varieties Mixed.--Each 5c, dozen 50c. Second size, dozen 40c.

EXTRA CHOICE MIXED GLADIOLUS SEED, BLOOMS SECOND YEAR, EIGHT CENTS PER PACKET.

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[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.

[image] 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.