. Goodell's seeds, bulbs, rare water lilies, roses, and other plants. Nurseries Massachusetts Amherst Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. ACALYPHA SANDERI. The Chenille or Dewey Plant. This most remarkable plant novelty has created a great sensation among flower lovers in Europe and in this country wherever it has been shown. The London, England, Garden, which gives a handsome colored plate of it says : "The great charm of this novelty is in its long drooping tail-like flower spikes attaining a length of over twenty inches and the thickness
. Goodell's seeds, bulbs, rare water lilies, roses, and other plants. Nurseries Massachusetts Amherst Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. ACALYPHA SANDERI. The Chenille or Dewey Plant. This most remarkable plant novelty has created a great sensation among flower lovers in Europe and in this country wherever it has been shown. The London, England, Garden, which gives a handsome colored plate of it says : "The great charm of this novelty is in its long drooping tail-like flower spikes attaining a length of over twenty inches and the thickness of a thumb, whilst in color they are of a viyid crimson, and in consistency they resemble the plush-like fabric known as chenille. They last a long time in perfection, forming really wonderful examples as decorative specimens, as it grows freely, is practically always in flower and of the easiest ; it is safe to say that there is not another phtnt that will be so ex- tensively grown for years to come, nor one that will prove so interesting and satisfactory to the grower. The plant is clothed with large green leaves and its spikes of blossoms spring from the axils of every leaf. They grow on the plants ]ust as shown in the engraving. They last for weeks before fading, and before they fall off from one to two or three other spikes have started out ^/^f^ same Zea/«a-«7, and it is in flower every day m th* year. Even little plants in two-inch pots will often have small spikes of flowers. The brilliant crimson shows in vivid contrast with the bright green of the foliage. Specimen plants 6 feet high with from 40 to 60 spikes of flowers 2 to 3 feet long were sold in Philadelphia last fall for $ to - w «H - - ' umle7vai4a8 ?anciti^^^^ Price of good Plants Inbudoi- ready tor immediate blooming, 25 cts. each; 3 for .50 ctsr NEW JAPANESE CLEMATIS. Clematis paniculata. This new nlant from Japan is one of the finest hardy climbing plants ever introduced. It is of ve
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