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ABUTILON^Flowering Maple.
The Abutilons are popular for their vigor of growth, clean foliage ami constant
blooming. Plants, each 10 cents ; per dozen $1.00, unless otherwise noted.
Abutilon, Eclipse, a pretty trailing variety; foliage beautifully marked
deep green and yellow ; flowers bright yellow with crimson throat.
Good Gracious, odd and pretty; blossoms in pairs at the axils of the leaves,
one flower a beautiful orange red, its twin a charming pink.
Golden Fleece, a handsome variety ; large, showy, bright yellow flowers.
L'Africain, a pretty dwarf variety, with immense crimson flowers.
Under the heading of Tender liulbs and Plants, we offer a choice collection of Bedding and Pot Plants, summer Flowering Bulbs and Tubers. In Bedding
and Pot Plants we offer the most popular, those which grow thriftily and bloom profusely and continually; also the bright Alternantheras, and many-colored
Coleus, both of which make gorgeous and bright effects, whether planted with flowering and foliage plants or by themselves in ribbon beds only. We must not
forget to mention the Chrysanthemum, truly called the Queen of Autumn. Here also you will find the brilliant Tuberous Begonias, showy Cannas, beautiful
Dahlias, stately Gladiolus, and the sweet-scented Tuberose. It must be left to the judgment of each one to select such Bulbs and Plants as they have space for,
and time to attend to. There are many other interesting plants that we might mention, but to notice them all and describe their merits would require a volume.
What is more beautiful than a sunny window full of thrifty plants, even though they be only Geraniums or other plants of easy culture. Plants make the home
brighter and more cheerful, and their culture is both interesting and instructive. When making out your seed order, do not neglect to add to it a few plants to
brighten up the home.
Abutilon, Mrs. Laing, flowers pure rose color, charmingly veined.
New Double, Thompsoni plena, flowers large, full, and perfectly double ;
the color, rich orange, shaded with crimson.
Souvenir de Bonn, distinct variety; foliage large, deep green color, not
mottled as in other variegated forms, but each leaf is edged with a broad
white margin; flowers large, bronze-red. The plant is a strong, robust
grower, and makes a beautiful specimen in a short time; equally excellent
as a bedding or pot plant. Price, each, 15 cents.
Santana, brownish crimson.
Seraph, pure white dwarf.
(See Novelty pages.)
AMARYLLIS.
The Amaryllis
produces showy
flowers, that are
very attractive
and handsome.
The bulbs should
be potted in a
rich, sandy loam,
with good drain-
age. They re-
quire abundant
moisture when
growing, but at
their season of
rest water should
be given spar-
ingly.
Amaryllis,
Empress of
India. The
flowers are of th
scarlet, with a broad, silvery band on each
petal. Extra strong bulbs, each 50 cents
Johnsoni, an elegant pot plant, with crimson flowers five inches in diam-
eter, each petal striped with white. Flower-stalks two feet high, with
clusters of three to five blooms. Bulbs, each 5°
formosissima ijacobean Lily), flowers dark crimson; eight to ten
inches high. The bulbs are dormant during the winter. Bulbs, each . . 15
Atamasco alba, flowers upright, with broad petals, pure white. Bulbs . 10
Vallota purpurea, throws up a flower stem about eighteen inches in
height, bearing from four to eight brilliant, purplish scarlet flowers ; a
fine pot plant. Bulbs, each a 5
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