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New Floral Guide — Spring, 1901.
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New Ageratum Stella Gurney.
SOLANUM RANTONETTI,(The BluevSolanum.)
A lovely plant for bedding and house culture; bears
beautiful clusters of deepest sky blue flowers ; blooms
all the time and is very easy to grow. 10 cts.
each; larger, 15 cts. each, postpaid.
LEMON VERBENA. Highly prized for the spicy
and delicious fragrance of its leaves; entirely different
from anything else; nice for pots and bedding. 10
cts. each, postpaid.
Ne25L Ageratum
STELLA GURNEY
THIS is the finest Ageratum yet introduced, makes
neat compact plants, covered all the time with
lovely fluffy sky blue flowers, a splendid plant foi
beds and borders, in Summer and for the window garden
and conservatory in Winter. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25
cts., $1.25 per doz., postpaid.
NEW SNOW WHITE AGERATUM —
BLANCHE — A lovely plant for pots, borders and
edging, grows low and compact, pure snow white
fluffy flowers, blooms all the time. 15c. each ; $1.25
per dozen, makes a fine contrast with the New
Blue Stella Gurney above, will send both for25 c,
or with Dr. Ross Coleus, the 3 for 40c., postpaid.
NEW COLEUS, DOCTOR ROSS. This is a
truly magnificent Coleus, One of the brightest and
richest colored varieties ever seen; enormous leaves,
rich, dark velvety crimson, shaded and marbled
with black, and showing a broad w^edge of creamy-
white and green in centre ; elegantly fringed and bor-
dered with green and gold, exceedingly beautiful. 15 ctS.
each, 4 for 50 cts., $1.50 per doz., postpaid.
TUBEROUS
ROOTED...
NEW-
Be^onia^
Solanum Rantonetti.
The New Tuberous Rooted Begonias are among the most
beautiful of all Summer flowering bulbs. They grow 12 to
15 inches high, branchmg freely and blooming abundantly
all Summer and Fall. The flowers are exceedingly rich and
handsome; from four to six inches across; many brilliant colors including
red, pink, crimson, scarlet, salm^on, yellow and pure white. The
Bulbs should be started early in the house and set out when ground
is warm, they like rich moist ground when convenient, but will do
well in all usual places, if mulched with old well-rotted ma-
nure or some similar material to shade the ground and prevent
it from getting too hot and dry. Keep roots in cellar over
Winter and they will produce larger and finer flowers year
after year. They are very grand and beautiful and exten-
sively used In the finest'places.
SINGI,:^. Scarlet, Orange, Crimson, Pink, White
and Yellow, 10 cts. each; 6 for 50 cts.; 75 cts. per
doz.; $6.00 per 100, postpaid.
SINGI/B. All colors mixed, 7 cts. each; 65 cts. per
doz.; $4.00 per 100, postpaid.
DOUBI^E. Scarlet, Pink, White and Yellow, 20 cts.
each; set of 4 colors for 75 cts.; $2.00 per doz.;
postpaid,
D0UBI.:i5. All colors mixed, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per
doz., postpaid.
GHEVILLEA KOBUSTA. (Silk Oak, or Fern I,eaf Tree.) Resembles a
lovely fern or palm with deeply cut leaves, but grows quickly and easily;
the young leaves are bronze green, with soft feathery tassels like fine
raw silk, very handsome for conservatory or window. Strong thrifty