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PERSIAN Cyclamen i i JiH 1
aiANT PERSIAN CYCLAMEV.— The new giant-flowered Persian Cycla-
mens are considered by experienced florists the most beautiful and decorative
of all pot plants when in bloom. The foliage is broad, massive and graceful,
of a dark olive green, beautifully variegated with silver and rose colors. Tbe
immense, fairy-like flowers are carried on long stems and produced in bound-
less profusion for several successive months, and are delightfully perfumed.
We ofier large plants grown from the best imported bulbs. 2J cts. each ; 3 for
60 cts. ; 7 for $1. Fine young plants, 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts ; 9 for $1.
RARE CRINUMS.— Superb in their royal beauty; conceded to be one of
the most magnificent decorative plants in existence. Grand in pots or in the
garden. Sure to grow and bloom,
Ornatum. — The rarest of Crinums ;
usually sold at Si per pound. Grows
one-and-a-half to five feet high, bear-
ing a crown of twelve to twenty
large, Lily like blooms; color white,
with deep pink stripe down the cen-
tre of each petal. Exquisitely scent-
ed. Foliage evergreen and as hand-
some as a Palm. Grows larger and
better each successive year. We offer
four sizes, sure to grow and bloom.
We give an idea of the circumference:
8 to 9 inches, 30 cts. each; 2 for 50
cts.; 4 for $1, postpaid.
11 to 12 inches, 40 cts. each ; 2 for
75 cts., postpaid.
THE CHINESE SACRED LILY.
14 to 15 inches (enormous), 60 cts.
each ; 2 for $1, postpaid.
Kirkii. — Magnificent large flowers of
great beauty and fragrance ; broad
petals, pure white with stripe of deep
reddish purple in the centre. First
size, 30 cts. each ; 2 for 60 cts. Large
bulbs, weighing nearly 2 lbs., 60 cts.
each, postpaid.
Americanum —Large spikes of lovely
Lily-like flowers ; very fragrant. 30
cts. each; 4 for SI.
Sets of three, large bulbs, postpaid, for $1;
by Express, 75 cts.
One of the most satisfactory Lilies.
Millions of them are imported each year from China, where they are held in
reverence by the natives. Blooms in water and gravel within twenty to thirty
days after planting. Place two or three bulbs in a vessel of sufficient size,
then fill with coarse gravel or sand and cover with water. Produces masses of
deliciously scented flowers. 15 cts. each ; 2 for 23 cts. ; 4 for 50 cts ; 9 for Si.
GLOXINIAS. — Popular everywhere. Quick, vigorous and healthy in
growth, with large, handsome, velvety green foliage, surmounted with clusters
of lovely, trumpet-shaped flowers, which combine gorgeous blending of colors
of exquisite beauty seen in no other flower. Splendid in open ground and for
pot culture. Special colors, 20 ct'.. each ; 3 for 50 cts.; 7 for $1.
White. — Magnificent white flowers;
chaste and lovely.
Blue — Large flowers of deepest blue;
striking.
Mixed Colors.— A famous selection,
embracing a wide range of colors.
15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts.; 10 for Si.
Scarlet.— Brilliant flowers of brightest
scarlet; superb.
Violet with White Border.— A new
color.
Red with White Border.— Makes a
grand show.
Set of h. Gloxinias for 60 cts.
THE QUEEN LILY.— One of the greatest novelties of this book. A superb
Amaryllis, producing in wonderful prolusion large, flaming, orange-scarlet
flowers, with centre of purest white. Magnificent ; bulbs large, sure to bloom.
Recently sold at 50 cts. each. 15 cts. each ; 4 lor 50 cts.; 9 for Si.
NEW SCARLET MEXICAN LILY.— Grows in water and pebbles like a
Hyacinth or Chinese Sacred Lily, but blooms quicker than either. Produces
immense numbers of magnificent, large, velvety, deep dark scarlet flowers,
rich beyond description. No flower is more brilliant than this. M. F. Dwyer,
Dorchester, Mass., writes that he had it with flowers eight and a half inches
across, and that it was superb in size and form and magnificent in color. Be
sure to try a few bulbs. 15 cts. each : 4 for 50 cts.; 9 for $1.
ZEPHYRANTHES.— Beautiful Lily-like plants of rare beauty; splendid in
the garden or in pots. Should be planted by every one._^ Bloom very pretty
Candida
-Fine Avhite flowers. 3 for
10 cts.; 10 for 25 cts.: 25 for 50 cts.
Rosea.— Blooms all the time. Large
rose-colored flowers. Superb. 3 for
10 cts.; 10 for 25 cts.; 25 for 50 cts.
White.— At first pale pink, changing
to pure white. 3 for 10 cts.; 10 for
25 cts.; 25 ^or 50 cts.
Sulphurea.— Magnificent large flow-
ers; color clear brilliant sulphur
yellow. A new color among these
flowers. Sold recently at 50 cts. each.
10 cts. each ; 3 for 25 cts. ; 7 for 50 cts.;
15 for SI.
Set ofU Zephyranthesfor 15 cts.;
U sets for 55 cts
PANCRATIUM CARIBB^UW ( The Giant Spider Lily).— Grows over two
feet high ; large umbels of pure white blooms of extraordinary form. Always
excites astonishment. 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts. ; 7 for SI.
I received the bulbs all right, and I must say they are the finest,
plumpest ones that I have ever received, and I have ordered from many
florists. I thank you most heartily for the splendid manner in Avhlch
vou filled my order, and I will certainly send you my orders in the