Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits for 1895 . gt;um. A variety of the above, withbroad, flat stems and immense heads of flowers, often flftv flowers in a cluster Melpomene. Words cannot describe the beauty ofthis variety. FrosU^d white, spotted, clouded andbearded with pinkish crimson. Petals deeply recurved and wideiy taordered. Exceedingly fine Praecox. Large, perfect and beautiful. Frostedwhite, with a tinge of blush at the tip of petaLs. The plush-like fringe in each petal adds to Its oeauty Umbellatum. Twenty-five finest sorts mixed. Cup-shaped flowers, resembling Elegans. Robust g
Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits for 1895 . gt;um. A variety of the above, withbroad, flat stems and immense heads of flowers, often flftv flowers in a cluster Melpomene. Words cannot describe the beauty ofthis variety. FrosU^d white, spotted, clouded andbearded with pinkish crimson. Petals deeply recurved and wideiy taordered. Exceedingly fine Praecox. Large, perfect and beautiful. Frostedwhite, with a tinge of blush at the tip of petaLs. The plush-like fringe in each petal adds to Its oeauty Umbellatum. Twenty-five finest sorts mixed. Cup-shaped flowers, resembling Elegans. Robust grow-ers, and great bloomers. They range through buff,apricot, rose, crimson, yellow, etc., to almost black, many sorts being finely spotted. Per dozen, 15 WallaceL Very floriferous, hardy and slxjwy; brightapricot blossoms, large, erect and beautiful. Eachbulb sends up many stems which bear several of the lovely blossoms in an umbel 10 SPECIAL OFFER. For only $ we will send the abovefifteen Grand Lilies, which amount to $ a. 20 50 30. IxiliOirq SP^ciosiiip QP^^* We had thought that no specimen could exceed Melpo-mene, but this new Lily is even larger, grander, and, if possi-ble, more richly colored. Like the opal, for which it Isnamed, the eye drinks in Its lovely tints with delight. To saythat it is frosted, glistening, white, delicately clouded andsuSbsed with rosy Dlush and spotted with rosy scarlet, is toconvey but a slight Idea of its perfect loveliness. The deeplyrecurving petals are snowy white at the tip, gradually deep-ening in color to the base of each petal, which is blotchedwith a raised, moss-like fringe which glistens like flower is very large, and the plant robustand hardy, im-proving in beauty each year. each ; (j for
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