. Autumn 1900 : our new guide to rose culture. . New Lace Fern. Boxwood (Buxus Sempervirens). For decorative purposes this grand evergreen plant cannot be excelled. Grown in pots, tubs or vases for decorating entrance halls and piazzas, or used indoors, it is almost indis- pensable. Better and cheaper than Bay Trees, and can be used where a Bay Tree cannot. It will stand any amount of frost and cold. There has been such a constant demand for it that we have imported a very- fine stock, which we offer in two forms: Pyramids, fine perfect specimens, 12 to 15 inches, postpaid by Mail, $ each;
. Autumn 1900 : our new guide to rose culture. . New Lace Fern. Boxwood (Buxus Sempervirens). For decorative purposes this grand evergreen plant cannot be excelled. Grown in pots, tubs or vases for decorating entrance halls and piazzas, or used indoors, it is almost indis- pensable. Better and cheaper than Bay Trees, and can be used where a Bay Tree cannot. It will stand any amount of frost and cold. There has been such a constant demand for it that we have imported a very- fine stock, which we offer in two forms: Pyramids, fine perfect specimens, 12 to 15 inches, postpaid by Mail, $ each; by Express, $1 each. Standards, grown in tree form and trimmed into large heads, elegant specimens, 2 to 3 feet, $ each, by Express only. Strawberry Guava. A new pot plant of great value that bids fair to become as pop- ular as Otabeite Orange. The Guava has thick, shining, evergreen, Camellia-like foliage with pure white flowers of an agreeable odor. The fruit is large, about the size of an English walnut, and of beautiful claret color; the flavor is most delicious, sweet and aromatic, resembling that of the Strawberry. Used as a dessert fruit, also for preserving ; makes jelly of delicious quality, which brings an enormous price. Blooms and fruits continuously ; once established is ever producing buds, flowers or fruit in some stage every day in the year. A plant eighteen months old has borne over 500 fruits, and a plant which could be covered with a box four feet wide and two and one-half feet deep had 1005 fruits, blooms and buds at one time. Quite hardy. A magnifi- cent plant for pot or box. 15 cts. each; 2 for 25 cts.; 9 for $1. Strong- four-year-old plants, cut back, by Express, 75 cts. each. SEEDS FOR FALL AND WINTER PLANTING. Lack of space in this Catalogue forbids of our giving a list of the best seeds for Fall and Winter sowing, such as Pansies, Primulas, Cyclamens, Begonias, Cinerarias, etc. They are offered, however, in Our New Guide, Spring edition, which, if
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