. Wm. Elliott & Sons, seedsmen. ke, therefore, to use our utmost care and skill inthis matter, and cannot warrant any article, nor undertake any responsibility in case of failure or disappointment. Auction Department. Iq connection with our Seed and Bulb trade we conduct an extensive business in the saleof Plants at Auction. Our Auction Sales of Rare and Valuable Plants, Palms, Orchids, etc., from prominent cultivatorsin this country and abroad, are held on Tuesdays and Fridays of each week in Spring and Fall, and are personallyconaucted by Mr. William Elliott, the senior member of our firm. C


. Wm. Elliott & Sons, seedsmen. ke, therefore, to use our utmost care and skill inthis matter, and cannot warrant any article, nor undertake any responsibility in case of failure or disappointment. Auction Department. Iq connection with our Seed and Bulb trade we conduct an extensive business in the saleof Plants at Auction. Our Auction Sales of Rare and Valuable Plants, Palms, Orchids, etc., from prominent cultivatorsin this country and abroad, are held on Tuesdays and Fridays of each week in Spring and Fall, and are personallyconaucted by Mr. William Elliott, the senior member of our firm. Catalogues are issued three days previous to day of sale and will be mailed to any one applying for them. The attention of our customers is particularly called to the following seven pages of NOVELTIES andSPECIALTIES, in which will be found the best of the recent introductions in Vegetables and Flowers, a numberof which are now offered for the first time. All are worthy of trial. F II ELLIOTTS NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR Novelties and Specialties in Vegetable Seeds. BEANS, ROGERS IIMA WAX. A Decided Novelty. One of Merit and a HostDesirable Acquisition as a Snap Bean. This new bean is namefl Lima Wax, as it has bright, glossyfoliage, and the blooms, which are borne in great profusion,resemble the Dwarf Limas. The plant is branching and vigorous,with an immense amount of foliage, which serves asa protection to the pods, as they sinlt beneath it,shielding them from light showers and heavy dews,serving as a protection against their spotting andrusiing as compared with other sorts. This bean re-quires tiiin planting (two beans being sufficient for ahill) on very rich soil and will run true and not pods are the broadest of all wax bush beans,color transparent, glossy lemon wax, having theyellow waxy appearance very soon after the podsare formed and when picked retain their bright at-tractive appearance for a long time without becom-ing tough. Not only will this bea


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