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54. Seed Catalogue And Garden Guide.

[Top Third of Page] [Image: Drawing/Scratchboard illustration of a flowering, potted plant, Caption-Vernon Begonia, A. Blank.]

Flower Plants. A specialty with us and we are devoting a large space to the growing of flower plants exclusively for the mail trade, as they require special culture for this purpose, and must be hardy as well as strong, vigorous and healthy. Our system of packing is so very complete that plants arrive in almost as perfect condition after traveling many hundreds of miles as they were when packed. At prices named we send the plants postpaid. Orders for plants must amount to at least 25c. We will furnish plants amounting to $1.20 for $1.00, $2.50 for $2.00, $7.00 for $5.00. Begonia--Vernon.--Of unusual value for bedding, as it will stand the hot summer sun. The flowers are of a brilliant deep red color; the foliage is very abundant, deep and glossy, and of a fine green color, spotted and margined with bronzed purple. It thrives everywhere and is equally good as a winter bloomer. Each 10c. Thurstoni.--A beautiful stately plant. The under side of the leaves is a rich, purplish red, the veinings very prominent, while the face or upper side is a bronzy green, shaded with crimson and olive; flowers rosy white; large clusters. Each 15c. [Image: Drawing of plant with large flowers with curling leaves, Caption-Louise Erdody Begonia.] Metalica.--This elegant variety has very large leaves shaded with green, crimson and olive, with a peculiar metallic lustre over all; flowers a clear pink, shaded white. Each 10c. Erfordi.--Very popular small variety. Each 10c. Rubra.--One of the finest; a constant bloomer; color scarlet rose. Each 10c. Argentea Guttata.--Purple bronze leaves with silvery markings. White flowers. Splendid for house culture. Each 10c.

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[Left Column.] Carnation.--Fragrant flowers are always sought after, and the rich, spicy odor of the carnation, combined with various colors, leaves little to be desired. Easily grown and bloom freely. Silver Spray.--A grand, pure white, early and free-flowering carnation of healthy, vigorous growth; makes fine bushy plants, and bears an abundance of flowers on long stems; never bursts; petals, finely fringed and very fragrant; an excellent variety, and best of all for general use. Each 10c. American Flag.--An immense strong, vigorous grower and profuse bloomer. Very fragrant. The color is distinct from any other variety, being distinctly and regularly striped vivid scarlet and pure white, giving it a most novel and striking effect. Each 10c. Tidal Wave.--Color bright rosy pink, changing to a beautiful soft pink with salmon shading. Excellent for pot culture. Each 10c. Gold Finch.--A beautiful new golden yellow carnation; full and double; continuous bloomer. Each 10c. Portia.--The most intense bright scarlet; flowers of medium size and very freely produced. Each 10c. Daybreak.--Flowers large, of heavy texture, lasting a long time when cut; color a pure bright flesh with no salmon shadings. A free bloomer. Each 10c. Verbena.--One of the most popular of all plants for bedding; we have many varieties, including all the new kinds. Each 5c, doz. 50c. Stapelia.--Curious plants with star-shaped flowers; buff yellow, with maroon markings. Each 10c. [Image: Drawings of two different blossoms on stems, Caption-Carnations.-1, Silver Spray. 2, American Flag]

Chrysanthemums.--These are now, and deservedly, the most fashionable of all autumn flowers. Illumination.--See novelties. Each 20c. Golden Wedding.--(See cut No. 1.)--Undoubtedly the grandest golden yellow variety ever introduced. A remarkably vigorous grower and carries its great globular flowers erect, giving it a bold majestic appearance. Good Gracious.--So remarkable for size as to suggest its name; color a delicate shade of peach pink throughout. The form is remarkable, the petals are incurved and twisted, overlapping each other in irregular fashion and resembling talons. Gettysburgh.--The darkest crimson variety; outer petals broad and drooping and have lustrous sheen in the sunlight. Improved Ostrich Plume (Enfant des D'Mondes).--A great improvement. Grand, large globe-shaped flowers; petals broad and thickly covered with fine downy hairs. Color creamy white. Kioto.--Very large, incurved yellow; extra fine. Mrs. Perrin.--(See cut No. 3.)--A wonderfully clear bright pink. The flower is of globular incurved form and of fine satin finish. V. H. Hallock.--(See cut No. 2.)--A lovely shade of shell pink; deep, full flower; high, incurved center. George W. Childs.--Deep, rich, velvety crimson; a grand red sort. Fairest of the Fair.--(See cut No. 4.)--A compact growing sort, producing an immense number of small flowers of deep pink color. Any of above, except Illumination, 10c each. Collection One plant each of the above 10 varieties of chrysanthemums for 75c, making a grand collection at a low price.

[Right Column.] Louise Erdody.--A striking peculiar variety of the Rex type, the leaves having a metallic luster; dark silver in center, shading to coppery rose towards the margin, the spiral twisting of the leaves, giving it a very curious appearance, making it entirely distinct from any other variety. Each 25c. Semper Florens Gigantea Rosea.--A superb variety; strong, upright growth; fine large flowers of clear, cardinal red, and the bud only exceeded in beauty by the open flower. Each 15c. Rex.--A magnificent class of house plants, remarkable for the variety and beautiful markings of the foliage. Each 20c. Alba Picta.--Leaves glossy green, thickly spotted with silvery white; flower white. Each 10c. Wandering Jew.--Variegated.--Foliage beautifully variegated with white, pink and green. Each 10c. [Image: Drawing of assorted blossoms, Caption-Chrysanthemums.]

Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa. 55.

[Left Column.] [Image: Drawing in upper left corner, closeup, blooms and buds of single flower, Caption-White Phenomenal Fuchsia.] Fuchias.--These, when in full bloom, are the most graceful of all cultivated plants; nothing surpasses the beauty of well grown specimens. They delight in a light, rich soil, and may be grown either as pot plants or in a sheltered border. In either case they should be protected from the hot mid-day sun and from wind. White Phenomenal.--Most of our patrons are acquainted with Fuchsia Phenomenal, and know what a very desirable variety it is. This variety is fully as large, sometimes three inches across, and the flowers are double white, veined at base with carmine. Tube and sepals bright carmine. It is of strong, robust habit, the flowers being borne in the greatest profusion, and it may almost be called a perpetual bloomer. It is the flower for everybody. Each 25c. Mrs. E. G. Hill.--A most perfect and beautiful double white. The short tubes and sepals are a bright, rich, reddish crimson color, corolla extra large, full and double; flower of the largest size; is of robust, upright growth, compact and very symmetrical. Each 15c. Black Prince.--Tube and sepals bright, waxy carmine, sepals large and broad with pale green tips; large, open, pale pink corolla. Easily grown in tree form. Each 10c. Phenomenal.--Very large flowered sort; sepals bright scarlet with rich violet purple corolla, flaked with red; very double. Each 10c. Storm King.--Of enormous size. The sepals are glowing scarlet crimson, while the large double corolla is of delicate waxy whiteness, elegantly penciled with deep, bright crimson. Each 10c[.] Trailing Queen.--Of beautiful trailing habit, fine for hanging baskets. Each 15c. [Image: Drawing, cluster of blooms, Caption-Pansy Geranium.] Speciosa.--Sepals blush, corollo [corolla] carmine. Each 10c. Little Beauty.--Charming variety; begins to bloom when only 2 or 3 inches high and continues to flower the year round. Tube and sepals bright red, corolla deep purple. Each 15c. Farfugium.--Leopard Plant. Each 25c. Feverfew.--Double White.--Each 10c, doz. 75c. Ferns.--Beautiful for rockwork or as specimens for parlor. Each 20c. Glecoma.--(Variegated Ground Ivy.)--Foliage bright green, marked with pure white; hardy and ornamental. Each 10c. Manetta.--Bicolor.--A pretty little vine blooming constantly. Color vivid crimson scarlet, tipped with golden yellow. Each 10c. Vinca.--Leaves handsomely variegated; flowers bright blue. Each 10c.

[Right Column.] Geraniums. For constancy of bloom the geranium is unequaled. We have tested a multitude of varieties and have selected only those which we are sure will please our customers.

Single Varieties. Mrs. J. M. Garr.--One of the finest single white bedders. The plants are a mass of bloom all summer. Souvenir de Mirande.--The finest geranium of late introduction. It has nicely formed, round florets, upper petals cream white, with distinct salmon rose border; lower petals salmon rose, streaked with pure white; very free flowering and produces fine trusses of its magnificent blooms. Bridal Wreath.--Similar to Souvenir de Mirande, but colors opposite, being a pink body color with white edge. Jealousy.--Large orange yellow. La Vostal.--The best single white. Peach Blossom.--The color of a peach blossom exactly. Mrs. A. Blanc.--Apricot red, veined darker, with center of vinous rose. Mad. Du Lac.--Beautiful bright rose, upper petals blotched pure white. Large trusses of fine shaped single flowers. New Life.--The flowers are vivid scarlet, irregularly striped with salmon and white like a carnation; truss good, very free flowering; sports sometimes, no two flowers alike; very attractive and popular. Any of above sorts 10c, each, 1.00 per doz. The Wonder.--The flowers are the most intense, dazzling scarlet, and are borne in great trusses of enormous size, measuring from 18 to 20 inches in circumference, with single florets measuring 7 inches in circumference. The foliage is fine and rich in color, and in strong contrast to the brilliant scarlet flowers. Each 15c. Mars.--The flowers are produced in great profusion upon large sized trusses. Color a beautiful rosy salmon, veined with carmine with white eyes. The foliage is fine and rich in contrast to the beautiful salmon flowers. A grand new variety. Each 15c.

Double Geraniums. Remarkable.--As will be seen by our illustration, the habit of growth is dwarf and compact, making this variety one of the most desirable for pot culture. Has perfect trusses of miniature rosebud florets, which are wonderfully attractive and pleasing. Color brightest possible scarlet crimson. Each 15c. S. A. Nutt.--The best of all rich dark crimson varieties; the flowers are of perfect shape and large size. A grand bedder. We sell more of these to our local customers than of all other varieties combined. Very desirable for borders and large beds. White Swan.--A noble variety. Florets large and very double, always purest white; continually in bloom. Asa Gray.--One of the best; bright salmon pink. Bruanti.--Fine double bedding geranium; light vermilion red; trusses exceptionally large and borne in immense spherical balls often eight inches in diameter. Mrs. E. G. Hill.--A most distinct and pleasing shade of salmon with light shading at the center. Gold Finder.--A rich, golden, orange scarlet, its large trusses opening freely, the habit being as free and robust as that of any other variety. Yellowest of all geraniums. [Image: Drawing of a potted plant with leaves and blooms, an enlarged bloom drawn in the corner with text "A Natural Size Floret", Caption-Remarkable Geranium.] Glorie de France--A grand variety; center distinct; dark salmon; border rosy white. Harriet Thorpe.--Delicate blush, shaded with pearl pink. La Favorite.--Best double white geranium ever introduced; a strong grower and profuse bloomer; purest snowy white. Any of above sorts, except where noted, 10c each, doz. $1.00. Scented Geraniums.--Six varieties. Each 10c. Fancy Leaved.--Six varieties. Each 10c. Pansy Geranium.--Flowers of medium size and have a white throat. Each petal is shaded toward the center with a rich lavender pink and a dark maroon blotch in the center. Very handsome; will attract much attention. Each 25c.

Ivy Leaved Geraniums. Charles Turner.--Very double; color rich, deep pink. Each 10c. Jean de Arch.--Very large and finest white in existence. Each 10c. P. Crozy.--A hybrid between the Zonales and Ivies. Color soft, bright scarlet, with veinings of maroon. Each 10c. Coleus.--Best and cheapest ornamental leaved plant we have for bedding. A few plants will make a beautiful bed. Each 10c, doz. 65c. [Image: Drawing of a potted plant with multiple blooms, Caption-S. A. Nutt Geranium.]

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[Top Third of Page.] [Left Column.] [Image: Drawing of a large bloom, Caption-Double Petunia.] [Center Column.] Double Petunia.--One of the grandest, most beautiful plants for massing, mixed borders or vases. The brilliancy and variety of its colors, combined with the duration of its blooming period, render it invaluable for garden decoration. We devote special effort to the cultivation of the Double Petunia; we spare no pains or expense to obtain the best results, and as a consequence our stock is unsurpassed and includes all the best blotched and fringed varieties. Each 10c. Snow Queen--White varieties are always scarce. This is an extra choice new double white variety which for profuse flowering qualities is unsurpassed and for keeping has no equal. Plant grows about two feet high and often has 200 to 300 flowers on at a time and blooms throughout the season. Flower is of medium size, scolloped, pure snow white and of great substance. Desirable both for out door bedding and winter blooming in the house. Each 15c. Sword Fern.--One of the most popular sorts. Splendid for pots, vases or hanging baskets, but especially desirable grown in the wire hanging baskets in which they thrive well and make wonderfully ornamental plants. Each 15c. Lemon Verbena.--A universal favorite because of its great fragrance. Indispensable for bouquets. Each 10c. Otaheite Orange.--The most hardy of the orange family, and is desirable for pot culture. It is dwarf of a low, shrubby growth, with beautiful, glossy green leaves and an abundance of large, white, sweet scented blossoms, borne almost continually. The fruit is small and bright orange red in color. A plant of great beauty. Each 25c. [Right Column.] [Image: Drawing of a tall fern, smaller fern, and a sprouting fern, Caption-Sword Fern.]

[Lower Page.] [Left Column.] Swainsonia.--We bring prominently before flower lovers this distinct climbing plant for house culture and protected spots in the garden. The Swainsonia is a native of Australia. The habit of growth is extremely graceful, and the vines, trained up at the side of a window or on a trellls, present a lovely sight of light-green, feathery foliage, and a splendid profusion of pure white sprays of fairy-winged flowers somewhat resembling Sweet Peas in form. Easily grown, and under favorable conditions it is almost a perpetual bloomer. There is certainly no climbing vine for house or conservatory culture today that is more desirable than this fine, new plant. Each 15c. Water Hyacinth.--One of the most remarkable, curious and beautiful plants we have ever grown. Instead of growing in soil it floats in the water. It forms a lovely rosette of its curious, shining green leaves, and throws up spikes of the most exquisite flowers. Each flower is as large or larger than a silver dollar; color a beautiful, soft lilac rose, sparkling as if covered with diamond dust. The upper petal, which is the largest, has a large metallic blue blotch, and in the center of that a small, deep, golden yellow spot. Each 15c. Sanseveria.--Zelanica--A singular plant, eminently adapted for decorative purposes in parlors, etc. Dark green, beautifully striped crosswise with white. Flowers white. Each 15c. Mexican Primrose.--Is a perpetual bloomer, in flower at all times of the year, a good specimen showing always from ten to thirty large saucer-shaped blossoms, two to three inches across, of several beautiful colors. Each blossom keeps perfect many days before fading, and when it droops others are out to take its place, and this succession of beauty is continued. The plant is a free grower, succeeding in almost any soil or situation. Each 10c. [Image: Drawing of a potted blooming plant, Caption-Mexican Primrose.]

[Center Column.] [Image: Drawing of a planter and trellis covered with blooming, vining plants, Caption-Swainsonia.] Primula Obconica.--A lovely perpetual blooming primrose and admirably adapted to house culture. The flowers are not large, but are profusely borne in loose trusses and are of a delicate rosy lilac, shading to white, and possess the true primrose fragrance. It is in bloom fully nine months of the year and some plants have kept up a succession of bloom during the entire season. It is not susceptible to changes of temperature that most plants are subject to. It bears its elegant panicles and sprays of beautiful flowers in the greatest profusion. See cut, which was taken from a photograph. It is certainly elegant. Each 15c. Palms.--Fashionable decorative house and window plants. Mailing size, 25c each; large, $1.00 to $5.00 each by express. Pansies.--Our plants are strong and well grown from the best seed. All choice varieties mixed. Doz. 40c, 3 doz. for $1.00. Passion Flower.--An attractive vine bearing beautiful flowers. Each 15c. Pelargoniums.--Commonly known as Lady Washington geraniums. Flowers are large, with deep blotches on the upper petals and bright spots on the lower. Each 20c. Salvia.--Splendens.--Pretty flowering plants; bright scarlet. Each 10c.

[Right Column.] [table] [column heading: EACH.] Hydrangea.-- Hortensis.--Bright pink flowers... 15. Thomas Hogg.--Pure white; beautiful... 15. Variegated.--Foliage white and green; flowers pink... 35. Hibiscus.--Magnificent large flowers; several colors... 15. Hoya.--(Wax Plant)--The well known house climber, with thick, fleshy leaves and curious waxy flowers... 10. Variegated.--White, pink and green... 25. Heliotrope.--Snow Wreath.--Nearly pure white... 10. President Garfield.--Has fine large trusses of deep purple flowers... 10. Ivies.--English.--No vine excels this... 15. German.--Grows very fast. Fine for hanging baskets... 10. Variegated English.--Foliage very prettily marked with white... 25. Maurandia.--Graceful climbers for window or conservatories... 10. Myosotis.--(Forget-Me-Not)--A charming, constant blooming plant, requiring plenty of water and a partially shaded position... 10. Marguerite Daisy.--New California Paris.--... 10. Double Golden.--Beautiful, golden yellow flowers continuously... 10. Moon Flower.--A handsome climber growing 25 to 40 feet, and covered with its white, moon-like flowers... 15. Mountain Pink.--A fine plant for basket. Flowers bright pink... 10 Night Blooming Cereus.--This gorgeous cactus, which opens evenings, bears abundant blossoms, measuring twelve inches in diameter, and of delicious fragrance... 25. Similax.--Well known, handsome climber, and very popular... 10. [Image: Drawing of a blooming plant with clusters of leaves at the base, Caption-Primula Obconica.]

Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, Iowa. 59.

[Upper part of page] [Image: Drawing of blooming bush, filling upper left quarter of page, Caption-Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora.] Hardy Shrubs and Ornamental Plants. In making a home plan for future beauty, comfort and happiness by planting a variety of hardy ornamental shrubs, roses and climbers 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 charges on small plants. The larger sizes are sent by express, purchaser paying charges. 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, as a hedge or for cemetery planting. It readily attains a height of 5 to 7 feet; hardy in all localities and needs no protection in winter; blooms the first and evevery [every] season in July and August and continues in bloom for two or three months; the flowers are massive, cone shaped, often measuring ten inches in length, and have a pleasing variation of color, changing from the original pure white to pink, and finally a beautiful rich coppery red. Each 15c. Large dormant plants 25c. Calycanthus.--A beautiful sweet-scented shrub; flowers purple, quite double, exquisitely fragrant and borne in profusion during the entire season; the foliage and wood are also sweet-scented. Each 15c. Large 35c. Althea.--(Rose of Sharon.) Among the most beautiful of all flowering shrubs, grows 8 to 12 feet high and bears a profusion of double, white, red and variegated flowers. Each 15c. Large 25c. Flowering Almond.--One of the earliest flowering and finest little shrubs. Loaded with very double pink and white flowers. Each 25c. Large 40c. Deutzia.--A showy class of shrubs, adapted to any location or soil; especially valuable owing to their compact habit of growth, beautiful luxuriant foliage and free flowering qualities. Flowers pure white with a faint touch of blush on outside of petals. Each 20c. Large 35c. Lily of The Valley Shrub.--(Andromeda Mariana.) A beautiful flowering shrub of low growth, bearing numerous panicles of lovely drooping bell-like white blossoms in June; of a peculiar waxy appearance, and so numerous as to almost envelope the plant. It is perfectly hardy; the leaves remain on almost the entire year turning to deep red after cold weather sets in. Each 25c, postpaid[.]

Lower part of page.] [Left Column.] Sweet Pea Shrub.--The shrub of shrubs for bouquet makers. When it is in bloom it is really but a big bouquet itself, so full is it of dainty sprays of large, lovely rose-pink blooms. Very hardy and robust, and blooms when small. Its glorious flowers are the size and shape of the most lovely Sweet Peas, but more beautiful. Each 25c. Forsythia (Golden Bell).--A fine hardy shrub of weeping or pendulous habit; glossy, deep green leaves and bright yellow flowers. Blooms early in spring. Each 20c. Large 35c. Snowball.--A well known and popular shrub which grows to a large size, covered with dense, spherical clusters of white flowers which gives it its name. Each 25c. Large 40c. Lilac.--Purple--A well known, strong growing shrub, bearing large, fragrant clusters of flowers early in spring. Each 15c. Large 30c. White--Like above, but has white flowers which make it more desirable to some. Each 25c. Large 40c. Spirea--Van Houtti.--This new variety is the hardiest of all the spiraes. The bushes form fine, compact clumps, about as broad as they are high; generally 4 or 5 feet. The pure white flowers are borne in such masses that they form great plumes, drooping gracefully, giving the clumps the appearance of a "perfect snow bank of white bloom." Each 20c. Large 30c. Spirea--Prunifola (Bridal Wreath).--Very beautiful; erect habit of growth; flowers pure white, borne in profusion entire length of branches; double, like little daisies. Each 15c. Large 40c. Sambucus Aurea (Golden-leaved Elder).--Very handsome and striking in appearance. Bright yellow foliage. Each 25c. Large 40c. Syringa (Mock Orange).--A handsome foliaged shrub bearing immense masses of pure white intensely fragrant flowers in June. Each 20c. Large 35c. [Image: Drawing of a bloom at the top of the stem, Caption-Deutzia.] Wiegela.--A valuable Japanese shrub which produces superb, large truumpet-shaped flowers in June and July, of all shades from pure white to dark red. Each 20c. Large 35c. Tamarix.--This is one of the finest additions to our list of hardy shrubs. The foliage is light, feathery, graceful, sage blue in color, and very ornamental. Blooms early in June, and then all through the summer and autumn. Each 15c, postpaid.

[Image: Drawing of a blooming plant, Caption-Phlox Subulata.] White Day Lily.--An old favorite, bearing long pure white fragrant flowers. Each 25c. Blue Day Lily.--Lovely blue flowers on tall spikes. Each 15c, postpaid. Phlox Subulata.--One of the finest of low, turfy-growing plants, fine for carpeting under trees, around rock work, edging beds, etc. Early in spring is very showy with its cloud of bright pink blossoms. We do not understand why this is not more widely grown, for it is perfectly hardy, and will care for itself. Each 10c, doz. 50c, postpaid. Hardy Phloxes.--There is no class of hardy plants more desirable than the perennial Phlox. They will thrive in any position and can be used to advantage in the hardy border, in large groups on the lawn, or in front of belts of shrubbery; bloom entire season 12 varieties. Each 10c, doz. $1.00, postpaid. Collection.--Six hardy shrubs, mailing size, $1.00; larger $1.50. All different--our selection of varieties.

[Right Column.] Hollyhocks.--We have the choicest varieties of these stately plants, and can furnish white, pink, yellow, salmon and crimson. Strong plants each 20c, doz. $2.00, postpaid. Achillea--Alba (The Pearl).--The flowers are large, forming a beautiful plant eighteen inches high. Is completely covered with pure white flowers from July till frost; hardy. Each 10c, doz. 75c. Dicentra Spectabilis.--The old Bleeding Heart, the flower of our childhood, which is as lovely today as then, though not so common. Bears in early spring long chains of pendulous bloom of exquisite beauty. Each 20c, postpaid. Paeonies.--These are again becoming quite popular and some of the varieties are truly magnificent. Postpaid at prices named. Fragrance.--Fine rich pink with an exquisite perfume. Large and double. Each 25c. Double White.--Pure and fragrant. Enormous size and very double. Each 25c. Scarlet.--The true, old, large double scarlet Paeony of our grandmothers' gardens. A grand flower. Each 25c. Pink and Cream.--Outside petals pink, center bright straw color; beautiful. Each 25c. Humeii.--The largest variety in existence; handsome light rose color; late. Each 25c. One plant each of the five Paeonies for $1.00. Helianthus Multiflorus Plenus.--A plant that should be in every garden and one that will give entire satisfaction. The flowers are from three to four inches in diameter, as double as any Double Dahlia, and cover the plant from the ground to the top. Color, a bright golden yellow. It should have a sunny position and rich soil. Each 15c, postpaid. [Image: Drawing of a blooming plant, Caption-Helianthus Multiflorus Plenus.]

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Nursery Department

Nothing is more healthful than fruit, and nothing more easily grown. Most of our customers can spare room for a small bed of strawberries, a few rows of raspberries, blackberries, currants or grapes, and what is more delicious than a dish of fresh fruit from your own garden. It is wonderful the amount of fruit which can be grown in a space thirty or forty feet square, and it costs but little for plants sufficient to fill it. Remember also, it takes no more room or trouble to grow an apple or cherry tree than it does a shade tree and you will have both shade and fruit. We list only a few of the very best varieties such as we can recommend. The following prices are all for first-class stock, carefully packed and charges prepaid except otherwise noted. Fifty or more of any variety at the 100 rate. Orders for nursery stock must amount to at least 50c. Ask for special prices on large orders sending list of wants. [Image: Drawing of a hand to the right, top corner, holding a a pile of raspberries, Caption-Redfield Raspberry.]

[Left Column.] Raspberries. Any good ground is suitable for them, and they like it rich. Set in rows five feet apart. Redfield.--A grand new variety introduced by us in 1895. Berries are unusually large and luscious, somewhat similar to Shaffer's Colossal in color and shape. The canes are very vigorous and unusually free from thorns or spines. The foliage is similar to the Turner, yet it propagates from the tips like the cap varieties. It throws up a great many branches of fruit from the old canes; and in our trial grounds, beside a great many old and new sorts, it yielded three to four times as much fruit as any of them. But the crowning features of all are the unequaled flavor, which is superior to all others, and the fact that the berry is of unusually large size and holds together well instead of crumbling like the Shaffers. This holding of its shape is a grand point for market or canning, and will be appreciated by housewives. Don't fail to try it this year. Each 40c, doz. $3.50, postpaid. Columbian.--A seedling of the Cuthbert. Originated in New York. In color and fruit it closely resembles the Shaffer. Is moderately firm, nearly sweet. Little later than the Shaffer with longer season. Plants make a strong, vigorous growth. Each 35c, doz. $3.00, postpaid. Other Varieties.--We can also furnish Older, Kansas, Golden Queen, Souhegan, Shaffer's, Cuthbert, Gregg, or Ohio at 15c each, $1.25 per doz., postpaid. Trees. The following are too large to mail. We deliver, carefully packed, on cars, but purchaser pays freight or express charges. [table] [column headings: Each. Per Doz.] Apples--Standard Varieties, and Crabs 4 to 6 feet, select... $ 25 ... $2.00. Page's Ideal and Paragon... 40 ... 3 50. Plums--Standard varieties... 40 ... 4 00. Abundance... 50 ... 5 00. Stoddart... 60 ... 6 00. Pears--Standard varieties... 40 ... 4 00. Cherries--Standard varieties... 40 ... 4 00. Peaches--Standard varieties... 30 ... 3 00. Mulberries--Russian, 3 to 5 feet... 30 ... 2 50. Evergreens--Scotch Pine 12 to 18 in... 35 ... 2 25. Scotch Pine, 24 to 36 in... 50 ... 4 00. White Pine, 18 to 24 in... 35 ... 3 00. White Pine, 24 to 36 in... 60 ... 5 50. Norway Spruce, 18 to 24 in... 35 ... 3 00. Norway Spruce, 24 to 36 in... 50 ... 4 50. White Spruce, 18 to 24 in... 40 ... 3 00. Am. Arbor Vitae, 12 to 18 in... 25 ... 2 00. Am. Arbor Vitae, 24 to 36 in... 60 ... 5 00. Siberian Arbor Vitae, 24 to 36 in... 75 ... 6 00. Balsam Fir, 18 to 24 in... 40 ... 3 50. Red Cedar, 18 to 24 in... 40 ... 3 50. Ornamental Trees-- Mountain Ash, 5 to 6 ft... 75 ... 6 50. Hard Maple, 6 to 8 ft... 60 ... 5 00. Catalpa Speciosa, 5 to 7 ft... 40 ... 4 00. Cut Leaved Weeping Birch, 5 to 6 ft... 60 ... 5 00.

[Right Column.] [Image: Drawing of a single berry, Caption-Erie Blackberry.]

Blackberries. Plant in rows six or seven feet apart, 3 to 5 feet in row. Erie.--Many claim this to be the best of all kinds, and on some soils the canes of iron-clad hardiness and of the strongest growth quite free from rust and other diseases and wonderfully productive, bending the robust canes to the ground with the weight of fruit. This berry is of the very largest size, excellent quality, handsome and firm. It is the berry for both market and home. Each 20c, doz. $1.50, postpaid. Other Varieties.--Snyder and Stone's Hardy. Each 15c, doz. $1.00, postpaid. Grapes. There is scarcely a yard so small, either in the country or city, that room for one to a dozen or more grape vines cannot be found. They do admirably trained up by the side of any building, or along the garden fences occupying but little room, and furnishing an abundance of the healthiest fruits. They are as easily grown as potatoes. [Image: Drawing, bunch of grapes, with leaves hanging from stem, Caption-Moore's Early.] New Columbian.--Largest grape grown. Vines hardy and vigorous. The immense fruit is of dark blue color, fine quality, productive, a long keeper and a good shipper. Each 40c, doz. $3.25, postpaid. Moore's Early.--A most profitable black variety. Vine is even more hardy than its parent, Concord, while it ripens fully two weeks earlier, thus obtaining the advantage of larger prices ruling at the time and being more sure to ripen its entire crop in a short season. Fruit is well shown in our illustration, the berry being much larger than Concord, and quality almost identical. Claimed by some to be exempt from mildew or disease. Each 25c, doz. $1.75, postpaid. Niagara.--Best white grape in cultivation. Vine vigorous, hardy and very productive. Bunch medium to large, berry large, skin thin and tough. Flesh juicy, tender, sweet and delicious. Each 25c, doz. $1.75. Other Varieties.--Concord, the old standard. Cottage, best black grape for arbors. Worden, an improved Concord. Agawam, best red variety. Brighton, desirable red. Pocklington, golden yellow color. Any of above each 20c, doz. $1.50, postpaid. Currants. North Star.--Very vigorous and perfectly hardy. The bunches are long, well filled with fruit, and borne in the greatest profusion, the berries are about half an inch in diameter. The fruit is of superior quality, very sweet and rich, desirable for market, and as a dessert or for jelly it is unsurpassed. Each 25c, doz. $2.00, postpaid. Fay's Prolific and other standard sorts. Each 20c, doz. $1.50, postpaid.

[Across Lower Page.] Gooseberries. Industry.--The best English sort yet introduced in this country. Berries are very large, one to one and one-half inches in diameter, of most excellent flavor. Color dark red when fully ripe. Under favorable conditions it bears immense crops. Each 35c, doz. $3.00, postpaid. Downing and Houghton. Each 20c, doz. $1.25. [Image: Drawing of a single berry, Caption-Greenville.] Strawberries. You cannot afford to do without them. Plant in rows three feet apart and fifteen inches in the row for field culture, or fifteen inches apart each way for garden, leaving a path every third row. Those marked (p.) have imperfect flowers, and a few plants of some perfect-flowering variety must be planted near them to fertilize them. Ask for prices by the thousand. Parker Earle.--The best variety for family use, as it is a perfect flowered sort, is robust and free from disease. Berry regular, uniformly large, conical, with a neck glossy scarlet crimson, no hollow core, quality excellent, fruit borne in greatest profusion, the rate of fifteen thousand quarts to the acre having been gathered. Doz. 50c; 100 $1.75, postpaid. Greenville.--(p.) A very productive sort either for the market or home use. Of even, large size, early, firm, fine color and unsurpassed quality. Plants vigorous and healthy. Per doz. 40c, 100 $1.50, postpaid. Bisel.--(p.) Vigorous, healthy and hardy, its long roots enabling it to stand the drouth well. Firm and a good shipper. Per dozen 50c; per 100 $2.00. Gardner.--Of extraordinary merit. It has a perfect flower and is a heavy polenizer [pollenizer]. Berry shaped like Crescent, but much larger. Iron clad in hardiness, and has the delicious flavor of the wild strawberries combined with large size, and is immensely productive. Per doz. 65c; per 100 $2.50, postpaid. Other Varieties.--Bubach, (p.) Warfield, (p.) Bederwood, Jessie and Crescent Seedling (p). Per doz. 35c, per 100 $1.50. [Image: Drawing of a single berry, Captioin-Parker Earle.]