1906

84. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

HARDY SHRUBS. There is nothing which so quickly, and for so little cost, adds so much to the beauty, cheerfulness and homelike appearance of a place as an assortment of hardy shrubs. They are permanent improvements which increase in size, value and beauty year after year. Our price is for strong healthy plants sent by mail or express prepaid. WEIGELA.--Rosea.--No shrub in our large collection has attracted more attention. It is of robust but graceful growth, 5 to 7 feet high, and produces immense numbers of superb, large trumpet-shaped flowers in June, July, and also some in the fall. Plants frequently have more flowers than leaves. Flowers shade from dark pink to nearly white in the same cluster. Each 15c, dozen $1.50. Large 25c. Dozen $2.50. Variegated.--A neat, dwarf shrub, valuable for the clearly defined variegation of green, yellow and pink in its leaves; very effective and useful; flowers delicate rose and pink; A fine variegated-leaved shrub. Each 15c; large 35c. HYDRANGEA.--Paniculata Grandiflora.--The grandest as well as the most popular of all shrubs, and hundreds of thousands of them are sold every year and the demand is constantly increasing. Unsurpassed for the lawn, a hedge, or for cemetery planting. It readily attains a height of 5 to 7 feet; hardy in all localities, needs no protection in winter; blooms the first and every season in July and August and continues in bloom for two or three months; the flowers are massive, cone-shape, often measuring ten inches in length, and having a pleasing variation of color, changing from the original pure white to pink, and finally to a beautiful rich coppery red. Each 15c, doz. $1.25. Large dormant plants 35c, doz. $2.50. Very large four-year-old specimen plants $1.00 Ea. AZALEA.--Mollis.--Showy, low-growing, hardy plants, used extensively in parks and public grounds. The brilliancy of their yellow, orange and carmine flowers is not approached by anything in the line of hardy shrubs. Each 75c. ARALIA SPINOSA.--A curious spiny-trunked shrub-like tree someimes [sometimes] called Hercules' Club or Devil's Walking Stick. Valuable for producing tropical effects. Very showy. Each 50c. Extra large size by express $1.00. LILY OF VALLEY SHRUB.--(Andromeda)--It is of dwarf, compact growth (2 to 3 ft. high.) The flowers are waxy white, drooping like little bells and bears a great resemblance to Lily of the Valley. Should be protected with straw during coldest winter weather. Each 40c. POMEGRANATE, Dwarf.--A beautiful shrub bearing large double scarlet flowers. Must be kept in the cellar over winter in the northern states. Each 25c, large 40c. EXOCHORDIA.--Grandiflora.--(Pearl Bush.)--A neat, compact bush 10 to 12 feet high; can be trimmed any desired shape; pure white flowers borne in slender racemes of 8 to 10 florets each. Each 15c, large 30c.

[image] WEIGELA ROSEA.

[image] HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA.

CALYCANTHUS.--A beautiful, sweet-scented shrub; flowers purple, quite double, exquisitely fragrant. Each 25c. CORCORUS.--Japonica.--(Kerria)--A grand shrub from two to five feet high, whish [which] is almost constantly in bloom from June to October. Produces hundreds of large, double yellow flowers. Each 15c, large 25c. CORNUS--Stolonifera.--(Red Twigged Dogwood.)--An improvement on Sanguinea. A strong growing shrub with clusters of fine white flowers, the stem and branches turning blood-red in winter. Very conspicuous and ornamental. Each 15c, large 30c. CYDONIA.--Japonica--(Japan Quince)--Bright scarlet crimson flowers. Blooms early in spring. Fine for specimen plants on the lawn or for hedges. Each 35c. FLOWERING ALMOND--Double Pink.--One of the earliest flowering and finest of shrubs. Loaded with double pink flowers which attract attention. Each 15c, large 35c. Double White.--Like above but with snowy white flowers. Each 20c, large 40c. ELEAGNUS.--Longipes.--(Japan Oleaster)--A very desirable shrub with silvered foliage and bright orange red edible berries of large size and agreeable flavor. When laden with fruit is very ornamental. Each 25c, large 40c. FORSYTHIA.--(Golden Bell.)--A fine, hardy shrub of weeping or pendulous habit; with deep green leaves and bright yellow flowers; blooms early. Each 10c, large 25c; extra large four-year old plants 75c each.

[image] PRIDE OF ROCHESTER DEUTZIA.

DEUTZIA.--Pride of Rochester.--By far the handsomest variety of Deutzias. It is a very desirable shrub of strong, hardy growth, with nice luxuriant foliage and bearing an abundance of beautiful racemes of double, pure white flowers. Must be seen to be appreciated. Every one of our customers should have at least one of these. Ea. 15c, large 30c. Wateri.--A grand variety with large white flowers. Small 15c, large 30c. Crenata.--Flower double white, tinged with pink. Small 15c, large 25c. Gracilis.--A pretty, small, round, bush-shaped Deutzia blooming freely. Each 15c. LILAC.--Persian.--A well known strong growing shrub, bearing large, fragrant clusters of purple flowers early in spring. Each 10c; large 25c. Single White.--Like above but has white flowers, making it more desired by some. Each 15c, large 35c. New Double White.--A novelty of great merit and the finest flowering shrub which has been introduced for many years. The truss is of large size; they are produced in profusion. The individual flowers resemble miniature tuberoses. Each 25c, large 50c. Common.--The old standard variety with bluish purple flowers. Each 10c, large 25c. LONICERA.--Red Tartarian.--Bush Honeysuckle.--Blooms in June, with beautiful pink and white flowers, followed by red berries. Ornamental through the season. Each 15c, large 30c. ROBINIA.--Hispida.--Variously known as "Sweet Pea Shrub," "Flowering Locust," "Moss Locust" and "Rose Acacia." The shrub of shrubs for bouquet makers. When it is in bloom it is really but a big bouquet itself, full of dainty sprays of large lovely rose-pink blooms which are of size and shape of beautiful sweet peas. Each 35c.

PURPLE FRINGE.--A large shrub with long feathery flower stalks, giving the tree the appearance of being covered with a cloud of smoke. Each 15c, large 30c. RHODODENDRON.--(Rosebay.)--This is the most showy, magnificent evergreen shrub. Has broad, thick evergreen foliage of glossy richness and beautiful flowers in clusters. Not hardy in Iowa. Ea. $1.25 by express at purchaser's expense. BERBERIS--(Barberry)--Purple Leaved.--A handsome hedge plant, the foliage being always clean, of a deep, rich plum color, and does not fade out in summer as do most purple leaved plants. Each 15c, doz. $1.50 postpaid. Extra large strong specimen plants 35c, $3.00 per dozen. Thunbergii.--A very pretty variety from Japan; of dwarf graceful habit; foliage small, changing to beautiful bright red early in fall; very showy. Each 15c, doz. $1.50. Large 25c, dozen $2.50. PRIVET.--California.--A remarkably vigorous grower, of compact and regular form, and foliage is a beautiful shade of glossy, wax-like green which it retains well into the winter, in sheltered situations, being almost an evergreen. The tops frequently winter kill in this latitude but it is hardy in New York State and throughout the east and south. For hedges plant 8 to 10 inches apart. Strong one-year-old plants, per doz. 75c; per 100 $4.50 postpaid. By express per 100 $3.00; 500 $12.50. Extra large per doz. $1.00; 100 $6.00. Amurense.--A very hardy variety fully as handsome as the above, with glossy leaves and almost evergreen. A very desirable hedge plant for Iowa and the north. Each 20c, doz. $1.50, per 100 $10.00, postpaid. By express per 100 $8.50.

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[image] DOUBLE BI-COLOR ALTHEA.

ALTHEA.--Double White.--(Rose of Sharon.)--One of the most beautiful shrubs; perfectly hardy and always satisfactory. The bushes are of neat shape, have nice foliage and would be valuable as an ornamental hedge plant even if it produced no flowers. The plant, however, is loaded with large, beautiful flowers during August, September and October. Double white flowers produced in great profusion. Each 15c, large 30c. Double Purple.--Like above, except that the flowers are of beautiful purple color. Each 15c, large 25c. Double Bi-Color.--Flowers white bloched [blotched] with pink. Very beautiful. Each 15c, large 35c. Variegated Leaved.--The beautiful foliage of this variety attracts attention everywhere. It is a deep green, bordered with a band of creamy white. Flowers double red. Very ornamental, and more dwarf in growth than the above. Each 15c, large 35c. ROSA Rugosa.--We class this fine single-flowered rose with the hardy shrubs. It makes a handsome large bush with shiny bright green leaves and the clusters of deep rose-colored flowers are produced almost continuously, followed by large, apple-shaped, bright red fruits. Each 20c, large 40c. SPIREA.--Prunifolia.--(Bridal Wreath.)--The most popular variety of Spirea. Of symmetrical growth and bears long graceful sprays of pure white flowers in great profusion. Blooms in May. Perfectly hardy and always satisfactory. Each 10c, large 25c. Anthony Waterer.--Makes a dwarf bush 15 to 18 inches high, covered from spring till late in the fall with large heads of crimson flowers. Each 10c, large 25c. Van Houtti.--The hardiest of all Spireas. The bushes form fine, compact clumps; the pure white flowers are borne in such masses that they form great plumes, drooping gracefully, giving the clumps the appearance of a snowbank of white bloom. Each 15c, large 25c. Arguta Multiflora--A compact, dwarf variety. One of the first Spireas to bloom in spring. Flowers small, pure white, produced so freely as to form a compact mass of white. Each 25c. Thunbergia.--Slender, gracefully drooping branches. Single white flower. Blooms early. Each 15c, large 30c. SAMBUCUS.--(Golden Leaf Elder.)--Another year only adds to our high opinion of this handsome shrub. It is the most showy of all shrubs for the lawn. Grows to the height of about six feet and has wide-spreading branches. Leaves are of dark, dazzling yellow color. Each 15c, doz. $1.50, large 30c each.

SUMACH.--Cut Leaved.--A shrub of most striking appearance. Leaves are deeply cut, resembling ferns. Dark green, turning to a rich red in the autumn. Each 25c, large 50c. SWEET PEPPER BUSH--(Clethro.)--One of the handsomest of our native shrubs; pure white, delicious flowers in July and August. Each 15c. SYRINGA.--(Mock Orange.)--Immense masses of pure white, intensely fragrant flowers in June. Each 10c, large 25c. Large specimen plants $1.00 each. SNOWBALL.--Common.--A well-known and popular shrub, covered with dense white flowers, which gives it its name. Each 15c, large 25c. Japan.--A valuable improvement on the common Snowball; the flowers are smaller, more numerous, frequently as many as twenty balls on a stem 18 inches long. Each 20c, large 35c.

Variegated.--Variegated green and white variety. Each 15c, large 35c. Cut Leaved.--Elegantly divided leaves. Each 25c, large 40c. VIRBURNUM.--Opulus.--(High Bush Cranberry.)--Handsome and dense foliage; flowers white in drooping flat cymes, followed by brilliant scarlet fruit in showy pendulous bunches that remain on the plant all winter. Each 30c. SYMPHORICARPUS.--Racemosus.--(Snowberry.)--Bears small pink flowers followed by large, white berries which hang on most of the winter. Very showy and desirable. Small plants 10c, large 25c. Vulgaris.--(Coral Berry.)--Like above, but with small red fruit. Each 10c, large 25c. TAMARIX.--Foliage light, feathery, graceful; sage blue in color; blooms through summer and autumn. Each 15c; extra large 35c.

[image] WATER LILIES

AQUATIC PLANTS. The constantly increasing demand proves the coming popularity of aquatics. Their requirements are very simple, only sunshine, shallow water, and rich soil being necessary. Artificial ponds can easily be made or you can grow them in tubs or tanks. Most of the varieties we offer are also adapted for growing in aquariums in the house. FAIRY WATER LILY.--This resembles a miniature water lily bearing white flowers the year round. Fine for acquariums [aquariums]. Each 15c. WHITE POND LILY.--(Nymphoea Odorata.)--The praises of our fragrant water lily can never be too highly sung. It has lovely, pure white flowers. Strong roots 30c each; dozen $3.00. PINK POND LILY.--(Nymphoea Odorata Rosea.)--This is the famous pink lily of Cape Cod, and is a grand acquisition. Very fragrant. Large roots 75c each.

LEMNA.--Sometimes called Duckweed. Has small, oval leaves, with rootlets hanging down in the water, and the plants are produced very rapidly by off-shoots. Bunch 15c.

[image] WATER HYACINTH

WATER HYACINTH.--One of the most remarkable, curious and beautiful plants. It floats in the water, forming a lovely rosette of its curious shining green leaves, and throws up spikes of most exquisite flowers. Color is a beautiful, soft, lilac rose, sparkling as if covered with diamond dust. The upper petal has large metallic blue blotches and in the center of that a small golden yellow spot. Each 15c. PARROT'S FEATHER.--A dainty little jewel. Its long trailing stems are clothed with whorls of most exquisite foliage, as finely cut as leaves of the cypress vine, but more delicate. Each 15c. CABOMBA.--or Aquaria Moss.--This is the prettiest plant in existance [existence] for growing in aquariums, and also the most valuable. The foliage is of a beautiful light green and the leaves spread out like a fan, which gives it the name of Fanwort. The leaves are beautifully and regularly cut and resemble a delicate lace fern. Grows all the year round, but it looks a great deal better during the fall and winter months than during the spring. It may be broken any length and roots readily. It should be weighted down so that the base of the stems are in the sand. Per bunch of ten stems 25c, postpaid. UMBRELLA PALM.--(Cyperus.)--An ormanental [ornamental] plant which throws up slender, round stems about two feet high, surmounted at the top by a whorl of flat, ribbon-like leaves, diverging horizontally, thus giving the plant a very curious and fantastical appearance. It is a splendid decorative plant, being as ornamental as a palm or fern, and above all it is as easily grown as the commonest weed, and will thrive in the shade as well as in the sun. It is an excellent plant for the dining-room table, or as a water plant in very moist spots, or for aquariums or fountains. It should have an abunddance [abundance] of water, though it will do fairly well in dry soil. We sell thousands of these plants and they are always satisfactory. Each 10c; larger 25c and 50c, each.

YELLOW POND LILY.--(Nymphoea Flava.)--Flowers of golden yellow color. Each 60c. EGYPTIAN LOTUS.--(Nelumbium Speciosum.--A noble aquatic plant known in Egypt, India and China as the "Sacred Lotus." Has gigantic leaves of most tropical appearance, and flowers sometimes a foot in diameter--Color white shading to pink. Each $1.25. LUDWIGIA.--A pretty plant with smooth green leaves, variegated at certain seasons with yellow and red. It grows nicely in pots, vases and hanging baskets. Each 10c; 6 for 50c. SAGITARIA.--A grass-like plant, quite desirable for growing in aquariums. Of a fine, waxy appearance; grows rapidly. Each 25c.

[image] CYPERUS OR UMBRELLA PALM.

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86. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] APIOS TUBEROSA.

HARDY VINES. In making a home, plan for future beauty, comfort and happiness by planting a variety of hardy clematis, ornamental vines, shrubs and roses which will constantly grow in beauty and size. Such permanent improvements add greatly to the value of any property, and the value grows from year to year, so that instead of an expense they should be considered a paying investment. We prepay the postage or express charges at these prices. AKEBIA QUINATA.--A perfectly hardy, fast-growing Japan vine, producing flowers in large clusters, of chocolate purple color, possessing a most delicious perfume; unsurpassed for covering trellises and verandas; the foliage is never attacked by insects. Each 15c, large 30c. HARDY CLEMATIS.--The most popular climbing plant of the day, and is constantly gaining in popularity--and why should it not?--as it is hardy, standing our most severe winters with but slight protection, grows rapidly and blooms freely during the entire season. Jackmanii.--Most magnificent and showy vine in existence; of strong, healthy growth, perfectly hardy and sure to succeed anywhere. Flowers four to six inches in diameter, of a rich, deep, velvety purple, distinctly veined. It is a prince among all hardy flowering vines. It is especially adapted to open lawns or house fronts in the city or country; blooms the entire season, from July to October, bearing beautiful and lasting flowers. Strong plants, each 50 cents; extra large, three-year-old roots, 75c. Henryii.--This may be briefly described as a white flowered Jackmanii. It is the finest of all white sorts, the same size as Jackmanii. Each 50c. Mad. Edouard Andre.--An entirely distinct and beautiful new variety being the nearest approach to bright red ever sent out. Has the same vigorous growth, hardiness and freedom of bloom as the above, while the color is a pleasing carmine red. Each 50c. Paniculata.--This small-flowered variety of Clematis is one of our most beautiful, hardy, fall-blooming vines. The flowers which are pure snow-white, are produced in immense clusters, fairly covering the plant with a mass of fleecy white. They have a delicious fragrance. The plant is of extreme rapidity of growth. Each 15c. Large, extra strong plants, 30c.

APIOS.--Tuberosa.--A valuable, hardy tuberous rooted climber, resembling in miniature the Wistaria vine, and having clusters of deep purple flowers which have a strong violet fragrance. They grow to a great height, and bloom profusely. Plant several bulbs close together to produce a mass of vines and flowers. Each 5c, dozen 40c. CALYSTEGIA.--An excellent, rapid-growing, hardy vine, coming up from the roots each year. Bears a profusion of beautiful, double pink flowers. Ea. 15c, doz. $1.50. BIGNONIA--Radicans.--(Trumpet Creeper.)--Another old-fashioned hardy climber. It has clusters of large, trumpet-shaped, crimson orange flowers. It grows in almost any soil and under trying conditions; hardy. Each 10c, large plants 25c. HARDY MOONFLOWER.--(Ipomea Pandurata.)--A nice tuberous rooted climber which increases in size and beauty each year. The flowers are four to six inches in diameter, pure white, shading to pink with a handsome purple throat. Blooms are produced in great profusion and remain on the plant for several days. Each 25c.

[image] CLEMATIS JACKMANII. CLEMATIS HENRYII. CLEMATIS PANICULATA

Coccinea.--A charming variety of Clematis. Flowers are bell-shaped and of a brilliant coral red color. A rapid grower and a free bloomer, flowering from June until frost. It is an herbaceous perennial growing about twelve feet high. Each 25c. Virgin's Bower.--(Clematis Flammula.)--An old fashioned popular climber, growing to a height of 20 feet, and covered with thousands of pure white fragrant flowers. The vine is perfectly hardy, rapid growing, graceful, and will succeed everywhere. Each 10c, large 25c.

COLLECTION. A nice plant of each of the above six kinds of Clematis for only $1.40 postpaid. A great bargain. Regular price $2.00.

HOP VINE.--A vigorous, hardy, ornamental vine, useful for covering old trees, outbuildings, fences, etc. Each 15c. BITTER SWEET.--A native climbing or twining plant; large leaves, yellow flowers, orange capsuled scarlet fruit. Each 10c, large 25c.

CINNAMON VINE.--This beautiful climber possesses the rare quality of emitting from its flowers the delightful odor of cinnamon, and is very appropriately called the Cinnamon Vine. Perfectly hardy, the stem dying down every autumn, but growing again so rapidly as to completely cover any trellis or arbor very early in the season. With its beautiful heart-shaped leaves, clusters of delicate white flowers and delicious cinnamon odor it is a most desirable climber. We have always been short of these, but this year grew about 25,000 roots and hope to be able to supply the demand. We furnish the large tubers, postpaid, for 10c, 3 for 25c, dozen for 65c. Bulblets.--Quite satisfactory but do not produce as much vine as the large roots the first year. Per dozen 15c, per 100, 75c. AMPELOPSIS.--Veitchi.--(Boston Ivy.)--A very beautiful and hardy climbing plant. This is one of the finest climbers we have for covering walls, as it clings firmly to the smoothest surface, covering it smoothly with over-lapping foliage, giving it the appearance of heing [being] shingled with green leaves. Should be slightly protected the first winter, but after that it will be found entirely hardy in the most exposed places, attaining a height of 20 to 30 feet in two or three years, clinging to stones, brick or wood work with the greatest tenacity. It is a great protection to houses, as the leaves lapping over each other like shingles on a roof, effectually prevent the rain from penetrating the walls. For covering dead trees, gate posts, boundary walls, etc., it has no equal. In the summer the foliage is a rich shade of green, but in the fall it assumes the most gorgeous tints of crimson, scarlet and orange, so dazzling as to be seen at a great distance. Each 10c, large plants 25c. Variegated.--A sport of the above variety having beautifully variegated green and white foliage. A desirable novelty. Each 15c, large 35c. SILK VINE.--(Periploca Grecea.)--A beautiful, rapid-growing climber, grows thirty to forty feet high; hardy. Leaves glossy and glitter like silk, therefore its name. Flowers purplish brown and borne in clusters. Each 20c, large 40c. WOODBINE.--(Virginia Creeper.)--A strong, rapid grower; foliage large, dark green; in autumn bronze and crimson. This is an old favorite and quite common in most localities. Valuable for covering back porches, out-buildings, arbors, etc. Each 10c, doz. $1.25, large size 30c, doz. $2.50. ENGLISH IVY.--A well known evergreen climber, highly valued in the east and south, but not hardy here. Makes a nice climber for the house, and when planted in the open ground should be on the north side of a building, as it is apt to suffer if exposed to sun in winter. Each 10c, large 25c.

[image] CINNAMON VINE.

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[image] GLECOMA.

GLECOMA.--(Variegated Ground Ivy.)--The foliage is a bright green, marked with pure white and has a refreshing fragrance similar to mint. Graceful and beautiful for hanging baskets. Entirely hardy when planted out, and makes an ornamental, dense mat on the ground. Each 10c, doz. 75c.

[image] WISTARIA.

HONEYSUCKLE.--Red Coral.--A shrubby climber and one of the most satisfactory of all plants. Has been a favorite for many years. The odd shaped foliage is showy and attractive and it produces its bright red, fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers almost continuously. Nice for a hedge or for training over a residence. Each 15c, doz. $1.50. Large dormant plants 25c. Halliana.--(Hall's Japan.)--For real home vines to climb over your windows and doorways there is nothing prettier than the Honeysuckles, and the Halliana is considered by many the sweetest and most beautiful of all. It is a strong, rapid grower, perfectly hardy and almost an evergreen even in this severe climate. Blooms constantly and profusely from June to November. Flowers pure white changing to yellow, and of peculiarly delicious fragrance. Excellent for trellises or pillars. Foliage is bright, glossy green and makes a dense shade. Each 10c, doz. $1.00; large 2-yr. plants 20c. Golden Leaved.--Slender, moderate grower; leaves beautifully veined and netted with clear yellow, so that the prevailing color of the foliage is bright yellow; flowers yellow and sweet-scented; fine for pillars and trellises. Each 15c, large 35c. WISTARIA.--Blue Chinese.--A very rapid grower, and one of the most beautiful of all climbers. It is perfectly hardy, climbing to a height of fifty feet; when covered with bloom it is magnificent. Each 15c; large 30c. White.--Like above but has pure white flowers and is a lovely climber. It is a strong, vigorous grower and flowers are freely produced in long pendant clusters. Each 20c, large 35c. CHINESE MATRIMONY VINE.--A vigorous growing, shrubby climber which is perfectly hardy and desirable for training on trellis, wall or fence. Every new shoot becomes filled with small purple flowers, which are followed by brilliant scarlet berries which remain on the vine until late in the winter. Although the flowers are not showy, the long stems droop gracefully and make an admirable covering for the porch. Each 10c, large 25c.

HARDY BLUE SOLANUM.--A hardy perennial vine of rapid growth. The handsome cut foliage makes a beautiful shade for porch or arbor and is also desirable to train along fences, etc. It is covered during the summer months with hundreds of clusters of blue flowers, brightly set off with golden stamens; clusters measuring 15 inches in circumference. The flowers are succeeded by bright scarlet berries. When you consider its handsome foliage and beautiful flowers and berries, and hardiness, it is difficult to find a more satisfactory climber. Each 15c.

Don't fail to try the BEAUTIFUL CAMELIA VINE. A perfectly hardy climber described on colored plate. Each 15 cents.

[image] ARISTOLOCHIA.

ARISTOLOCHIA.--(Dutchman's Pipe Vine.)--The well-known, vigorous and rapid-growing climber used so extensively for archways or verandas. It takes its name from the singular brownish colored flowers, resembling in shape a pipe. The leaves are heart-shaped and retain their color from early spring to late fall. Each 40c.

COLLECTION Ten Hardy Vines, all different, our choice of varieties, but all desirable $1.50.

CLIMBING ROSES. If our customers only realized the importance and satisfaction there is in growing the climbing roses we fear that it would be impossible to supply the demand, although we have grown many thousands of plants for this year's trade. Notice the descriptive list of roses on page 82.

VALUABLE BOOKS. "Empty your purse into your head." It will pay you to read some of the following books which are sent postpaid on receipt of price.

A Gold Mine in the Front Yard.--By C. S. Harrison. A most interesting and instructive book on beautifying the home place. Cloth, 280 pages, price $1.00. Fruit Harvesting, Storing and Marketing.--By F. A. Waugh. Price $1.00. Henderson's Gardening for Profit.--New edition. By Peter Henderson. $1.50. Onions; How to Raise Them Profitably.--Being the practical details by seventeen practical onion growers. Price 20c. The A B C of Potato Culture.--By T. B. Terry. Price 45c. Tomato Culture.--By A. I. Root. 135 pages. Price 35c. Celery for Profit.--A new book by T. Greiner. Price 20c. Vegetable Gardening.--By S. B. Green. A most practical, up-to-date book. Every market gardener should have a copy. 220 pages. Price $1.00. Fitz's Sweet Potato Culture.--Cloth. Price 60c. E. P. Roe's Play and Profit in My Garden.--Price $1.00. Henderson's Practical Floriculture.--New edition. Price $1.50. Aquaria.--By Chas N. Page. A 64-page book on the care of gold fish. 15c, cloth 50c.

Amateur Fruit Growing.--By Saml. B. Green. A practical guide for growing all small fruits and fruit trees. 140 pages. Price 25c. Farmer's Cyclopedia of Agriculture--By E. V. Wilcox. A large 700 page book treating over 6,000 topics. Price $3.50. Forage Crops.--By Prof. Thos. Shaw. A practical book for stock farmers. 300 pages. Price $1.00. Horticulturist's Rule Book.--By Prof. Bailey. Price 75c. How to Grow Mushrooms.--Price 10c. Feathered Pets.--By Chas. N. Page. A most complete new book on Canaries, Parrots and all kinds of cage birds. 140 pages. Cloth 75c, paper 25c. Canary Breeding and Training.--By the author of Feathered Pets. Tells the whole story. 80 pages, 25c, cloth 75c. Practical Poultry Keeper.--A very popular little book. Price 10c. Poultry Manual.--A valuable book by Sewell & Tilson. 168 pages. Price 25c. Profitable Poultry Farming.--By Boyer. Price 25c. A Living from Poultry.--By Boyer. Price 25c. Reliable Poultry Remedies.--25c.

POPULAR FIFTY CENT BOOKS. By practical men on special subjects.

Cabbage, Cauliflower and Allied Vegetables.--By C. L. Allen. Cloth 50c. New Onion Culture.--How to produce big crops. By T. Greiner. Price 50c. Asparagus Culture.--A quite complete book. By F. M. Hexamer. Price 50c. Canning and Preserving.--By Mrs. S. T. Rorer. Price 50c. Landscape Gardening.--By F. A. Waugh. Price 50c.

Ginseng.--Cultivation and Harvesting. By M. G. Kains. Price 50c. Spraying Crops.--By C. M. Wood. 50c. Practical Fruit Grower.--By S. T. Maynard. Price 50c. Manual of Corn Judging.--By A. D. Shamel. Price 50c. Alfalfa.--By F. D. Coburn. Price 50c. Broomcorn and Broom-making.--Price 50c.

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88. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] PEARL ACHILLEA.

HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. It is really wonderful the immense demand which there has been for these hardy plants during the past few years, our trade in this line multiplying fourfold every year. Our customers are learning that they require less care and are more satisfactory with ordinary culture than most other classes of plants. When once set out they bloom year after year, the flowers really becoming better as the plants grow older. These varieties are all hardy, the tops dying down every winter, but coming up again in spring. Cover with leaves or litter after ground is frozen. We prepay postage on all of these and you may select $1.25 worth at the single rate for $1.00. ACHILLEA.--The Pearl.--Beyond question the finest of all plants for cemetery planting. The flowers are good sized, forming a beautiful plant eighteen inches high, completely covered with pure white flowers from July until frost. We cannot too highly recommend this for general planting. Cut shows one of the heads of bloom which cover the plant. Each 10c, doz. 75c.

[image] PARDANTHUS SINENSIS

Millefolium Roseum.--Finely cut, deep green foliage. Bears a mass of handsome, bright pink flowers in heads or umbels. Well worth growing, both as a border plant and for cutting. Each 15c, per dozen $1.50. AQUILEGIA.--These beautiful flowers, often called Columbines, are always beautiful and attractive, reminding one of the woods. Many handsome colors. Each 15c, dozen $1.25. BLUE BELLS.--No one can help loving the beautiful "Blue Bells of Scotland," and they are just as beautiful when grown here. Poets have sung their praises more than almost any other flower. Each 15c, dozen $1.25. CANTERBURY BELLS.--We can furnish both double and single in assorted colors. Each 15c, doz. $1.25.

IRIS.--Japanese.--(Kaempferi.)--These magnificent Iris are among the most beautiful of our summer flowering plants. Of immense size and beautiful colors. Think of a plant sending up to a height of three feet a dozen flower spikes, each spike bearing two to four blossoms eight or ten inches across, and of the most beautiful colors, markings and combinations--white, indigo, purple, blush, yellow, etc. Once they are planted in your garden they are a joy for a lifetime, blooming profusely in June and July. Double and single mixed. Each 15c, doz. $1.25. German.--The true "Fleur-de-Lis," the national flower of France. Perfectly hardy, thrive anywhere, grow and bloom luxuriously, particularly if plentifully supplied with water, or if planted in moist situations. Each 10c, doz. 85c. Pumula.--A dwarf, early blooming variety, quite desirable for borders and edgings. Mixed colors. Each 5c, doz. 50c. CRIMSON EYE HIBISCUS.--This elegant Hibiscus is a robust grower, with dark red stems and foliage. The flowers are immense in size, often measuring twenty inches in circumference. The color is of the purest white, with a large spot of deep velvety crimson in the center of each flower. It will succeed anywhere and is perfectly hardy. Each 15c, dozen $1.25; extra large 30c each. GRASS PINKS.--The hardy and pretty clove-scented flowers which our grandmothers loved. The fragrance is quickly noticed by anyone passing by the yard where they are growing, before seeing the flowers. Flowers are double, semi-double and single, and range from pure white to dark pink and red. Each 10c, dozen $1.00. MONARDIA.--Didima.--(Oswego Tea.)--Flowers bright scarlet, produced in spikes. Each 10c, dozen 75c.

[image] JAPANESE IRIS.

PARDANTHUS.--(Blackberry Lily.)--Quite curious and handsome. Flowers orange colored spotted with brown, about two inches in diameter. The blossoms are followed by seed clusters like a blackberry in size, shape and color. Each 10c, doz. 85c. BABY'S BREATH or MIST.--(Gypsophilia Paniculata)--Possesses a grace not found in any other perennial, and when in bloom it forms a symmetrical mass two to three feet high, of minute white flowers, giving it a beautiful gauze-like appearance. For cutting purposes it is exquisite, especially in combination with high-colored flowers. Each 10c, doz. $1.00. MYRTLE.--Green.--A handsome trailing plant largely used for cemetery planting. Has beautiful, glossy, dark green leaves forming a mat over the surface of the ground. Flowers heavenly blue. Attract the attention and admiration of all observers. Each 10c, dozen 75c, $4.00 per 100. Variegated.--A beautiful little trailer like above, but having handsomely variegated green, yellow and white leaves. Each 15c; dozen $1.25.

[image] LEMON LILY.

GAILARDIA.--Grandiflora.--These are among the showiest and most effective of hardy perennial plants; beginning to flower in June, they continue one mass of bloom the entire season. They will thrive in almost any position or in any soil, but respond freely to liberal feeding. Being perfectly hardy, they require absolutely no protection, taking care of themselves. The flowers are large, from 2½ to 3½ inches in diameter. They are produced on long stems and are excellent for cutting, and of the most gorgeous coloring. The center is a dark reddish brown, while the petals are variously marked with rings of brilliant scarlet, crimson, orange and vermilion, and often a combination of all these colors in one flower. Each 15c, dozen $1.50. LEMON LILY.--(Hemerocalis Flava.)--This handsome flower is not a true lily as the root is of different shape, but flower is very much like Lilium Speciosum in form, and about 3 inches in diameter. A clear lemon yellow, very bright, pleasing appearance. Has most delightful lemon fragrance; each flower stem bearing 7 to 20 flowers; hardy. Each 15c, dozen $1.50. ORANGE LILY.--(Hemerocalis Demorteri.)--Similar to Lemon Lily, but of a fine orange color. Each 15c, dozen $1.50. IBERIS.--Sempervirens.--(Perennial Candytuft.)--A dwarf plant producing clusters of handsome flowers. Ea. 10c, doz. 90c. STRIPED RIBBON GRASS.--The common striped grass, no two leaves alike. Pretty clumps or borders. Ea. 10c, doz. 75c.

[image] GAILARDIA GRANDIFLORA.

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