V ■ ~u- ■ '(/<■ -i, PLANTS. SeEDS, BULBS. AND FLOWERS. u^w. m. -¥ ■\ : '. -N. ^ ■ • ti ■ '0/A’V '<■- V . •■' ■ • .; >•' 4 ' ••"■ - > /;•■ '.- ■■' /-;■■ •- ..r>v,. ■'.''* #v -.1 ., ’ «* I * ’ ■''Ik ‘■'/^' ^ : vX - ' ■ • /•- :■ ; ' '■ /’w ■ '■ . • i ■: ,.- y' ,' •■' v; .' '• 203 WINCHESTER ST. KEENE N.H. 1 The twenty-eighth ' edition of our annual Catalogue,— with it our greeting and best twi^hes for the year Thanking you alj for past and coming favors, we remain, respectfully,’ v:\. . Kbekk, X. H., FebruaryT,. 1900. . ’/ ELLIS ’BltOS. / ■ 'A- -'I'V.’ ■ , . ix.% HINTS TO CUSTOMERS WHEN ORDERING.— Write name of !fuch>.iitfHelfe on separate line ; order only -what you find described and priced in this: Catalogujft keep a copy of order j state how to ship, (mail or express) ; also, do not forget most important of’ttlltr-to sign plainlj;, the To-hm, State, P. O. Box or Street number. points'— G reenhouses newly-built and latest in' style for plant gro-«'lng. Ten houses, , with '2S',oo6.feet of glass. All shipping stock grown cool. Packing and ship- ping by', up-to-date methods. ' Give us a trial. • • ArsucarU* , , . jfCy9Janwio, . PLANT INDEX. r- AciUyphu, . . . . . . 2-24 AgaVc,. . . . i . , . .4* Agaimuthus, ; < . . . .42 Asparagus,. . . . . , .26 Agetutum, . .■ . .... iS Aster ' . . . . • 3* Ajnpelopsis, . . ... . .47 Althea,. . , . . . . .s^ Astilbe, . . . . CryptoweHa Japonica, Oahlln, t)aisy» Dracrcna, • * • • • . Deutzia. ..... 3 >ialetra, ... . . Dutchman’s Pipe, Eulalia, . .• V .<• Eupatoriuin, . . EvcrgTeen ; 43 I^CemcrocaTUs, . .. \ Hibiscus, . . ,44 Honeysuckle, . . V . .^jfHoya Carnosa, . , , . 1 1 Hydrangea; . ' . . 36r7<5|Ii«patien!S, ... . . . 4711m, . . . . . i . e 43 ivv, ... . 45'}wsaminc, . . . *.\ . lijusticia, . . . . ^jLantatoa, ... Page. . . 4S, Petunia* . .w . . * /4j!‘Priinuln, V.v*. . . 37-4SjPhl£)3C, . . V' . sSjpyrfctlirma, » . • 3^37|Phn'0i'-?R). . . . 40'Pyrus Japonicn, . 35: J^aspberry* . . ... 39 Hocket, Ardesiu • • ',4® Aloysiift>. ...... : . 4*II^«verfe\v, . . Farfugium, 39| Lemon, . .40 37-^3 13 •5iT.inum, . . . . . 43iSaniievcrU Ruellia,'; . . T^^ccUia*. . Strawberry, . Achillea, 'Ailyssnni, . AbutilO!^ . Regoiiia, '.” . V Bontfardia, . ^ . ItougaipvilleH, . Cactus,. . . , 45 .... .43 .• . .np-a| , . .....42 . .as . .42 Coxnatton, . . . * • ^ Canna, , ■» . . Caryopletis, . . . Caila, . - . . . Clematis.. ... Cinnamon V'ine, Cobi'ia, - - . . . Coleus, . . . • . . •Cuplica, . Cairailt, • ChtyjWBtheinum, • CVperus, . ♦ . . --r.V Freesii, Ficus Elastica, Flpwer seed, . . Porget-mc-ifot, . Frinkia ^ch^ia, .... Gladiolus, . . . Grevilled,.*’* * - Geranium, Genista, . Glechoma, Gloxinia, Gypspphilo, •- . Hardy Perennials, Heliotrope, . . , . V Hedychium, . . . 76|Heuchcra, ^ . ■ . . , 43]LUac, . P .,;^9 Lily of the V'aUcy, ... 47 ■; , . , alLobeJia, 43 . .'49-^ I.otT>6, ... . ■ - • *3S . , . 43;i.^pe»ia Itosea, . . . .43 , . , 45iLophospennum, . . .3^ • ' 35-36lMatrlmony Vine, ... 48 ' . 39-4ojMadeira Vine, ; ... .38 . I’Maranta Zebrioa, . • * 3 ^ ■ .46 • -42 . .43 ■ -39 . .,3 39 ■ 33-3Si.H>iliopBi3, .'■c ■ 47 . . , 43*Heliftntbus,' . . 461 . .^j4iManetlaft ^'ine, , •^;.43|Mesembryanthemum, . ‘4 'V.33 Monarda^ . . .45 , . yjOrange,^.. . . . , 47fPalm, . . • » 43H^|piatycodon, . . , 2 Pjcony,. . . . 43i^Passion Vine, ‘Pansy, . Pelargonii^, Pentas,. ... 44 ‘7, •47 •4* • 37-38 23-24 . ,2.4 SaM'.j Sjixifr.iga Swaio&onia, . . . Small Fruits, . , Steyta Nana* . . . Smljax S^pbUanthes, . . Snowball, , . . . Xropjyolum,. . . Tuberose, . • * « Verbena,. . . . Vegetable seed, . Vegeti^blc plant, Violet* ..... Vinca, ... . . . . .Vines, hardy, yines, tender,!^ . ,!Ts^ . V V$- . . .46 ■ -47 . . 26 . -V . .76 . 37-20 ■ • -47 .. . 14 • «4S . .44. . .44 -' . .38 • -44 . , . 76 *; -44 . .3« . .44 . .76 . 45-46 Wisteria, WeigeUa, Yucca, . . ■ .44 . . .3 . 67-:7S . -75 ‘ 30-3*, 4 /ss .47-43 •37“39 , ;; .48 ‘ 76 ’4 - n ~v NOTICE FOR SALE.— Our^ entire busi ness* which has been ^st abl^kcd ne^rly thirty year s*T^1and, greenhouse stbek* hardy plants* ten greenhouses,' wtlh our large*trhde in flowers, etc.^now offered for sale at a fair price. A live ■ business and plenty of room for more . Terhis fairly easy, but some capital required. Address, ELLIS BROS. Deseriptiue l^ist of piapts. ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. Cryptomeria Japonica. In this species of Cryptomeria we have a most dainty and handsome jardiniere plant for house culture and decoration. It is a plant that has all the beauty of the Araucaria Ex- celsa or Norfolk Island Pine (for which it is often mistaken) but of drooping and more graceful habit. It also has the happy faculty of successfully withstand- ing the trying atmosphere of living rooms, and thriving where many plants will not succeed. Foliage a beautiful shade of light green. Said to be hardy in open ground south of Philadelphia. (See cut.) Price 30 dls. and 50 As. Araucaria Excelsa (Norfolk Island Pine). As a decorative plant this is one of the handsomest and most serviceable. Its deep green, feathery foliage arranged in whorls, rising one above the other at regular distances, forms a plant of rare grace and beauty. This is also called the “Monkey Puzzle Tree.” These cannot be sent by mail. Price $1.00 and $^.oo each. Grevillea Robusta. A magnificent plant for decorative purposes, of rapid, easy growth, finely cut foliage, rivaling a rare fern. The young growths are a light bronze color, the tips being covered with a soft down closely resembling raw silk, hence the name of “ Silk Oak.” Price 15 and 75 As. Maranta Zebrina. A very beautiful foliage plant, fine glossy leaves of bright green. Elegantly blotched with a dark bronze green. A plant of remarkable beauty. (See cut.) Price 50 As. and $1.00. Eupatorium Tricolor. This pretty novelty from France has fcliage elegantly variegated in yellow, white and pink, on a tender shade of green ; white flowers ; strong and free-growing. A fine new foliage plant, besides quite handsome flowers. Very desirable. Price 20 As. Dracaena Indivisa (Dragon Tree). One of the most desirable of our ornamental foliage plants for decoration, either in or out doors. Its fine foliage renders it very useful for the window garden, planted as a center piece in a rustic stand, jardiniere, or window box, or for summer decora- tion in vases and ornamental beds ; also especially well adapted for centers of vases and baskets. Price 20 and 40 As. 2 SLLI8 BROTHSBB’ CATALOaVB. Ficus Elastics (India Rubber Tree). One of the best plants for table or parlor decoration ; its thick, leathery leaves enable it to stand excessive heat and dryness, while its deep glossy green color always presents a cheerful aspect. The plants we offer are in fine order and of a size to be useful imme- diately. (See cut.) Price 50 < 5 ts., $1.00 and $1.50 each. Acalypha Tricolor. A beautiful plant, with large highly colored leaves; bright red with blotches of crimson-bronze. Extremely showy and quite easily grown either in pots or bedding. Its ornamental foliage in baskets, vases or beds is greatly admired. Price 15 dls. Aspidistra Variegata. A very useful and durable decorative plant of strong growth ; will succeed in any position ; an excellent hall or corridor plant. Foliage of great substance, dark green striped white, an easy plant to grow and very orna- mental. Price 35 (fts., 75 6ts. and $1.00. TROPAEOLUM PHOEBE. Tropaeolum Phoebe. A most attractive scented variety, producing fiowers throughout the winter and summer season, of a deep golden yellow, with a rich, crimson-feathered blotch in each segment, outer edges notched or scalloped, the whole forming into an exquisitely shaped blos- som. A free, vigorous grower. When in the height of its per- fection, strings of growth eight to ten feet long, resplendent with its parti-colored flowers, can be cut for decoration. This new fancy Nasturtium is fine for any purpose where this class of plants can be used. (See cut.) Price 10 fitness for window or room culture not possessed in the same degree perhaps by any other; certainly among the best. Price, 30 As. and $1.25 ; extra specimens, $3.50. Phoenix Reclinata (Date Palm.) Beautiful reclinate foliage of gracefui habit. Easily grown and most attractive. Price 60 As., $1.00 and $5.00. Cycas Revoluta. (Sago Paim). The Cycas makes a magnificent specimen plant, and is one of the most valuable plants grown for the decoration of the lawn or house. Fronds heavy, glossy and deep green. Price, fine plants, $1.50. Corypha Australis. A fine variety. Shape entirelj' distinct from other sorts. Ihe genuine umbrella shape. Price, fine plants from 4-inch pots, 75 As. GLOXINIAS. Crassifolia. Easily grown, and bloom constantly from spring until autumn when they should be allowed to die down and the pots kept dry in some warm place until spring, when the bulbs can be started into growth again. Any good soil will grow them, but will do best in compost of one-haif good loam, balance equal parts old manure and leaf mould. In potting, allow top of bulb to stand just above the soil — water but little until growth commences. Our bulbs this season are fine and large, and in a mixture of the grandest colors ; all in the “ Crassifolia” varieties, which is the strong- est growing strain known. (See cut.). Price, in colors, red, white, blue, and spotted, large bulbs, 30 As., the four for $1.00; fine mixed strong bulbs, 15 As., four for 50 As. ; mixed, in mammoth bulbs, 25 As. ; three all different, but unnamed, 60 As. Ail above bulbs are fine imported stock from a Gloxinia specialist. 8 BLLIS BROTHERS’ GATALOQVB. ALTHEA. Joan of Arc (new). Or double flowering Rose of Sharon. It begins to bloom almost as soon as planted, and every leaf brings forth pure white double flowers, frequently nine inches round, which are mistaken by many for glorious Camellias. These chaste flowers are borne during the entire season, and even during winter, if the plant is taken up or potted, there- by ornamenting both the garden and the house. As a pot plant, it is most at- tractive and desirable, and as a shrub in open ground it is hardy as other varieties, and the finest flower yet seen. (See cut.) Price 20 and 35 < 5 ts. PETUNIAS. Mrs. Morton. This stands at the head of all the white frilled varieties. Growth vigorous, and very dwarf and bushy; flowers white, with very heavy finely cut fringe. The most light and airy in appearance of any of the whites. Good as a bedder, and an excellent pot plant. Price 20 dls. Comet. Large flowers, heavily fringed; color a rich purple, each petal edged white; very fine. Price 15 dfs. Pink Beauty. If not the perfect pink, it is so near it that visitors exclaim, “ Why there is a double Pink Petunia I ” A first-class novelty; a fine dwarf grower; good for pots or bedding, growing low and bushy. Price 15 ^-in. pots, 10 dls. ; 75 dls. per doz. ; 3-in. pots, $1.00 per doz. S. A. Nutt. A new dark bedding variety, now used extensively in the large parks, and called the best of the dark double varieties. Price 10 dls. Beaute Poitevine. Undoubtedly the best double Geranium of its color. Very large semi-double florets of beautiful and distinct form, and borne in immense trusses ; very free bloomer, and as a bedding variety it has no equal in its color, bril- liant salmon, brighter at the edges, and is a plant of fine short-jointed habit, the best of all the salmon shades, either for house culture or bedding. Price 10 dls. Mrs. Hayes. \'ery double, of a beautiful light pink flesh color; trusses of im- mense size. Sure to please. Price lodls. Heteranthe (Double Gen. Grant). We consider this the best bedding Geranium of all varieties. The plant redounds in vigor ; foliage is strong and striking. Color ELLIS BS0THES8' CATALO&UE. IS of the flower is a bright vermilion-red, of pleasing shade. The flowei-s are absolutely perfect in shape, color and make-up ; trusses exceptionally large and borne in im- mense spherical balls, often measuring eight inches in diameter. Price lo dls. FANCY LEAF GERANIUMS. De Roo Mitting. A grand novelty, the contrast of foliage and flowers being most unique ; a cross between Geraniums “S. A. Nutt” and “Cloth of Gold,” with bright dark, double, scarlet flowers, and beautiful golden foliage ; very rare. Price 30 < 5 fs. Freak of Nature. A great improvement on “Happy Thought;” foliage much smaller, habit very dwarf and branching, center of leaf quite white ; novel, distinct and attractive. Is certainty a flne variety, but of moderate growth. Price 20 'ce 3° en Sisters* Persian Yellow (a bright yellow variety) . These varieties are all two-year hardy field-grown bushes, fine and strong, that will bloom finely if planted early. Price 50 < 5 ts. each; if by mail, 60 < 5 ts. each; but we advise express when possible. TBA ANT> OTHBR MONTHLY ROSES. The following Roses are not hardy in open ground in northern states, but are fine for summer bedding or for the winter window garden. Eiberty, This is the sensational rose of the season, ever blooming, and the color of Gen. Jacque- minot; said to be the most valuable dark red rose yet known. W'e have not tested its hardiness, therefore, place it in list of tender roses; its a grand novelty. Price 50 ( 5 ts. Priscilla (White Maman Cochet). The finest rose of the year; like its parent the growth is vigor- ous with rich, healthy foliage, producing large, fine flowers of the purest white; in fact, it is an exact counterpart of the beautiful “ Maman Crochet” and all who have tried it pronounce it the finest bedding Tea Rose in existence. We would advise all who love choice roses to plant at least one of this beautiful new rose. Price 20 < 5 ts. i^oiiv. de Jeanne Cabaud (new). A beautiful Frenchy ” Rose of exquisite color; looks like a bright pink Rose set in the heart of a large orange Rose; both colors are very bright. It is very large, of good substance and very full ; a great novelty. Price 20 < 5 ls. Mosella. While not by any means a yellow Rose, the general effect of the blending of the colors in this is such as to make it appear as a yellow Rose at a short distance. It is probably the finest Polyantha Rose yet introduced, and is a fitting companion to that very popular and useful variety, " Clothilde Soupert,” but to which it is much superior in the shape of the buds and profusion of bloom. The habit of the growth is the same, while the flowers are white at the edge and chrome-yellow in the center. With protection, it is hardy, having withstood in the open ground a temperature of ten degrees below zero. Price 15 < 5 ts. White Marshal Neil. lixactly like its parent, ” M. Neil,” except color, which is white, tinted lemon. A novelty recently received from Belgium. Price 25 < 5 ts. Clothilde Soupert (Polyantha Rose). Flowers arc borne in sprays. They are large, very double, and handsomely formed, round at first, but flattening as they expend; the outer petals are pearl- white, shading to a center of rosy pink, but varying sometimes on the same plant from pure white to deep silvery rose. It is fragrant and a constant bloomer. Grown as a pot plant, its free flowering habit and handsome form arc sure to popularize it, while as a garden bedding variety it makes a compact mass of handsome foliage, with a multitude of buds and blossoms in varying shades of delicate white and rose. Hardy in open ground, with protection. Price 10 < 5 ts. Maman Cochet. This is one of the most beautiful new Tea Roses that has been introduced in years. The growth is vigorous, with rich healthy foliage and extra large flowers on long stout stems, very double and simply exquisite when in bud or half blown. The color is a deep rosy pink, the inner side of petals silvery rose, makes charming bunches of long-stemmed flowers when cut. Fine for cither pot cuture or out-door planting. This Rose is so much better than “ Mermet” for bedding out, or for house culture that we drop that sort from list. Price 15 ( 5 ls. Button, The stock of this fine Rose came to us through an amateur. We cannot give its history, but have never before seen it, nor can we find it described in any American catalogue. Its habits are similar to Polyantha Roses, and of a bright crimson color; entirely distinct from any Rose we have seen; shouhl be in every collection, as it is sure to become a favorite. Price 10 < 5 ls. Marshal Neil. No yellow Rose yet produced equals it. The flowers are of the largest size, highly fragrant, and of the richest and deepest golden yellow; the flowers remain in perfection several days. It is a vigorous grower. Price 15 As. Hermosa. A grand Rose and one which no one can afford to be without. The flower is cupped, finely formed, always in bloom. Soft shade of pink, fragrant, but not a Tea. Price 10 As. Perles des Jardins. Flowers very large, full and well formed; color, beautiful straw or rich canary; vigorous growth, extra fine. Price 15 As. ELLIS BBOTffEBS* CATALO&UE. 29 Dnchess de Brabant, One of our most valuable summer and winter blooming varieties, equally good for either season, free bloomer; color, light carmine, tinged with violet; buds full and very fragrant. Extra for pots or bedding. Price lo dls. Papa Gontier, A lovely Tea Rose, which has proved lo be all that has been claimed. The blooms are large and long, with thick, broad petals of a dark carmine-crimson. The inner petals arc a bright rosy carmine, and light up well at night. It is delightfully fragrant and combines all the qualities of the *' Bon Silene.” Exceedingly free-flowering, summer and winter. Price lo 6 t&. J^arie Guillot, White, tinged with delicate shade of lemon; large, full and beautifully imbricated in form; one of the finest white Teas; the perfection of form in Tea Roses; highly fragrant. This Rose is so much better than the ** Bride” that we drop that sort from our list. Price lo As. CouQuet de J^yon, the Yellow Hermosa, No Rose like it for freedom of bloom. The plant is a fine grower, and carries numbers of flowers on every shoot. A fine yellow Rose, large, not at all for- mal, but very attractive. Called “ Yellow Ilcrmosa” from its free-flowering character. Price lo As. Sfarioti Dio^ee, This promises to be of extraordinary value. It is a strong, vigorous grower, making a handsome, graceful bush, with large, thick, deep green leaves. The flowers are large, beautifully cup-shaped, moderately full, and borne in wonderful profusion all through the growing season. The color is perhaps its most remarkable feature. It is a deep, brilliant crimson, one of the darkest, if not the very darkest and richest colored Tea Rose in existence. Price 15 As. ABUTILON. Jt’Africain. In contrast we offer this fine new and attractive dark sort. Its color, dark crimson, shading still darker at center; petals very thick and heavy and having a beautiful glossy appearance not found in the other varieties. Price 15 As. Boule de Nei^e. This is one of the best Abutilons yet introduced, with dark green leaves and pure white flowers; it blooms freely, either as a bedding-out plant or pot plant for winter. Price 10 As. Souv. de Bono. '1 he bright green leaves are distinctly edged with a broad, pure white band, as shown in illustration. The flowers are of golden yellow color, veined with scarlet. Either bedded out or as a pot plant, makes fine specimens in a short time. (See cut.) Price 10 As. Mrs, G, LaiofS. Immense flowers of bright, rosy pink, of beau- tiful expanded form ; habit good, and free in growth and bloom. Flowers nice for cutting, as the stems are long. A great improve- ment on any variety similar in color. Price 10 As. Golden Pleece (or Golden Bells). A fine yellow flowering Abutilon of strong, vigoroxis habit and a very free bloomer. Color, rich golden yellow; flowers of large size. A good winter bloomer. This variety blooms the entire year; one of the best for summer bedding or winter window plants. Price 10 As. Thompson i-plena, A dou- ble Abutilon had never been pro- duced untilthis wasobtained. Foli- age beautifully mottled yellow and green; perfectly double flowers; color, rich deep orange, shaded and streaked with crimson. Price 10 As. FireBy, By far the highest and brightest color of all the family, and one of the freest bloomers. When grown in a pot it flowers all winter, and summer when planted out; color nearest approach to scarlet of any yet introduced; flowers very large and showy; easy to Price 10 As. 30 SLLIS BB0TSSB8* CATALOGUB. Ssvitzii, This unique maple-leaved variety is from Japan. It is a decided improvement upon ** Sou- venir de Bonn,’* inasmuch as the variegation is entirely different, the contrast between the green and white is sharper, and the habit of the plant is dwarfer. It will be of excepUonal value for edged sub-tropical beds,— also among the best as a pot plant. Price ao <5ts. Tnfanta Malalia. Unlike the ordinary Abutilon of scraggy growth, it is very compact and short- jointed, making a very neat pot plant. The flowers are the most beautiful we have seen among Abutilons, being very large, yet short and beautifully cupped, and of the most lovely pale satin-pink color imaginable. It flowers in profusion, both summer and winter. Price 30 As. VIOLETS. Imperial. This is a grand new Violet, catalogued for the first time this year. It originated with a noted Violet specialist of Massachusetts. It has the largest double blooms, the richest and deepest purple color, long stiff red stems, and the most delicious fragrance of any Violet grown; very strong, vigorous and productive. We have never seen in any variety the equal of the “Imperial,” in size, color or \yea\xty. Price 15 As.; 2 for 35 As.; 12 for $1.00. Lady Hume Campbell. This is a distinct and lovely new Violet that has become the most popular double variety among florists, thousands of them now being grown for cut flowers. Among the doubles it is beyond question the best for amateur culture, for the reason that it excels all others in strong, healthy growth, and it will produce under ordinary conditions, a won- derful abundance of flowers. Foliage large, clean and bright. The flowers are perfectly double, with most delightful violet fragrance. (See cut.) Price 10 As. ; 3 for 25 As. ; 12 for 75 As. Princess of Wales. Claimed to be the finest Violet yet introduced. The flowers are single, and so large they will sometimes cover a silver dollar; they are borne in great profusion on stems ten to twelve inches high all through the season. The color is true violet blue and the fragrance rich and delicious. The plant is a hardy and vigor- ous grower and most abun- dant bloomer; a splendid acquisition. Price 10 As.; 3 for 35 As. ; 75 As. per doz. Seboenbrunn. This single Violet is grown by the million for the Philadel- phia market. Very desira- ble for the amateur. In mild climate, it will bloom all winter in open ground. Grown in open air at North, it will commence in Septem- ber to push out its beautiful, dark fragrant flowers and will bloom till Thanksgiv- ing in the garden, then with low frame and sash ifwill flower till Christmas, if cov- ered with little extra cover- ing on the coldest nights. Do not despair of raising Violets, till you have tried this one. Price a for 15 As.; 5 for 3$ As. ; 13 for 50 As. Swanley White, A great favorite. Grown in pots or boxes, it is a beautiful sight; vigorous and healthy, bearingin profusion pure white, perfectly double flowers, exquisitely fragrant. Placed in pots during September, it will bloom elegantly during winter and spring. Price 10 As. ; 3 for 35 As. ; 12 for 75 As. SLL18 BBOTBEBB* CATALOGUE 31 Rnsaian, A hardy sort for open ground culture at the North. Nearly all varieties of the fine double sorts are not hardy enough to stand northern winters without glass protection. This Violet has been grown for years, planted in the open ground with no protection beyond covering the beds in the late fall with forest tree leaves. Flowers large, double, deliciously fragrant, and of a very deep shade of blue — one or two petals being dotted with red. Not suited to indoor culture. Price lo As.; 3 for 35 As. ; 13 for 75 As. Note. — Violets require in northern states, good protection in frames if wintered for spring blooming. For house culture, pot them in September, and keep them in open air well watered, till freezing nights come, then place them in windows of a room where they will not have artificial heat, except perhaps the coldest nights, for while little frost will not injure, a hard freeze might do so; also, give air whenever it is above freezing out doors. Violets can be readily grown if above treatment is given them, but it is impos- sible to grow them in a house temperature of sixty-five to seventy.five, when they want only thirty*five to forty-five, with perhaps fifteen degrees warmer when the sun is shining on them. Try them with the cool treatment, not forgetting the air when warm enough. The above applies to all varieties offered, except Russian— this is hardy in open ground, with slight protection, but not adapted to winter forcing. CANNAS. The Cannas are now among the most popular of bedding plants. With the newer, large flowered sorts now being introduced they will be even more in favor. Admiral Avellan. The best of the red-leaved French varieties. On account of its clean, uniform growth, attaining a height of about five feet, each plant will be the counterpart of its neighbor, thereby pro- ducing a most desirable effect when used in masses. The flowers while not as large as some of the recent introductions, are of good size, of a peculiar shade of scarlet, overlaid with salmon, giving a rich luminous effect. Price 15 As. Black Beauty, The handsomest In- dian Canna yet introduced, with large massive foliage of the richest bronzy purple color shaded with black, the edges of the leaves having a peculiar wavy margin. Where foliage effect alone is desired, nothing richer or more handsome can be found. Price 30 As. Alp, Bouvier, Height five to six feet. Color brilliant deep crimson. Silvery green foliage, with chocolate-brown margin. Vigorous grower, stooling rapidly. Large branching trusses produced in the greatest profusion. Undoubtedly the freest blooming crimson Canna that we have. Price 15 As. Suabeatn, New yellow, and very dwarf; this is fine for outside of bed with taller varieties in center. Price 30 As. McKinley, Brilliant crimson with scarlet shading. Trusses large and compaA, of good shape, held well above the foliage, and the flower spikes are produced freely and evenly. Dwarf compact habit, growing about two and one-half to three feet high. Price so As. Duchess of Marlborough. Absolutely pure pink; grows four to five feet high; leaves green, three feet long, one foot wide; numerous spikes, each with three to four trusses of flowers; each truss bears from twenty to fifty flowers; the flowers are fully five inches across; trusses frequently are a fool in length. Price 2$ As. Duke of Marlborough, Dark, velvety maroon. The darkest of all Cannas; extremely rich crimson maroon, shading towards purple and black. Fine, erect, compact truss; extremely floriferous. Foliage, bluish, metallic green; height, three or four feet. Price 30 As. Pres. Cleveland, A genuine Gibraltar among Cannas. Height, three and one-half feet, but the strongest, heaviest grower in the family; very free in producing compact, broad leaves; heavy flower stock, crowned with large truss of broad petaled florets; color, rich orange-scarlet. There is nothing flimsy about this variety; the mass of color produced is effective and fine. Price 30 As. Italia. Of a bright orange-scarlet with a very broad golden yellow border; the flowers, which are produced on massive stems about sixteen inches long, are set well above the foliage; flowers of immense size, frequently measuring six inches across. Price 30 As. A ustria, A counterpart of Italia ’* in every way, except in the color of its flowers, which are of a pure canary color, with but a few traces of small reddish brown spots in the center of the two inside petals. Price 15 As. 32 ELLIS BE0THES8’ CATALOQTJE. Alsace, A vigorous grower, with clear green foliage, four feet high; early and continuous bloomer. Spikes of flowers full, upon opening, are a delicate sulphur yellow, changing very soon, however, to a creamy white without spots. Price 15 dts. Marigold, A rich orange color, with less scarlet or salmon than any so-called orange; flowers very large, of excellent form, petals one and three-fourths inches wide, foliage dense, glaucous green, seldom growing more than two and one-half to three feet high. Price 15 < 5 ts. Philadelphia, Two to three feet high, bright scarlet flowers, shading to crimson, five and one- half to six inches across, petals one and three-fourths to one and seven-eighths wide, not refiexed; a glow- ing color, pronounced by Mr. Wm. Falconer, as the finest red Canna in his collection, which includes all the best varieties known. It will supercede all others of similar shade. Price 20 < 5 ts. Qaeen Charlotte, A wonderful and decided novelty from Germany. Its main advance being its color, which is bright red; each petal bordered wiih a very wide band of bright yellow. Extra showy for summer use, and also a splendid winter bloomer. Price 15 dts. Nellie Bowden, A dwarf, large-flowering, pure bright yellow Canna. It is not spotted or marked with any other color, except that it has a touch of orange in the throat. One of the best attributes of this Canna is its free-flowering quality. It produces immense trusses of bright yellow flowers throughout the entire season. Price 15 As. Charles Henderson, A magnificent variety. The flowers are deep, rich crimson, borne in com- pact, symmetrical heads, above a rich green foliage. The habit of the plant is dwarf — about three and one-half feet high — but the foliage is broad and massive. Taken all in all, this variety may well be con- sidered the finest of recent importations. Price 15 As. Florence Vauflhan, The flower petals differ from most, even of the newest kinds, in their remark- able width and roundness, characteristics of the highest type to be sought for in these new kinds. In habit the plant has very broad, light green leaves, making a splendid effect. The flower spike is large; each flower opens broadly, and the color is a golden yellow, dotted with brilliant carmine. Price 15 As. Madatne Croxy, The flowers are of large size, of a dazzling crimson-scarlet, bordered with golden yellow. The plant is of vigorous growth, yet dwarf in habit. The foliage is of rich, cheerful green ; flowers are produced in large branching stems, each stem really a bouquet in itself. Price 15 As. In May and June we will have of many of above sorts, nice plants, ten to twenty inches high, well grown in pots. These when planted out will bloom much sooner than dormant roots, and for immediate effect are very desirable. They cannot he sent by mail, but must go by express. Price, our selection in finest assortment, 25 As. each, $2.00 per dozen. Buyer*s selection, price on application. ASTERS. Comet (White Giant). Elegant. Price 50 As. per doz. Comet, Pink, medium height. Price 50 As. per doz. Comet. Purple, medium height. Price 50 As. per doz. Semple * 3 White, Pure white. Price 50 As. per doz. Mary Semple, Pale pink, extra. Price 50 As. per doz. l^avender Queen. Semple’s in pale lav- ender. Price 50 As. per doz. Semple*s Mixed. Assorted in above kinds. Price 50 As. per doz. Fancy, m many colors and kinds. Price 50 As. per doz. Truffaut* s Perfection, White, a grand sort. Price 40 As. per doz. TruffauVs Perfection, Bright pink. Price 40 As. per doz. Truffaut* s Perfection, Purple. Price 40 As. per doz. TruffauVs Pvrt*scL-on, i>ark ico. Price40 As. per doz. TruffnuVs Perfection. Above four kinds mixed. Price 40 As. per doz. Mi/tnon, Pure white, medium size. Price 50 As. per doz. Mignon, Finest sorts, mixed. Price 50 As. per doz. Note. — Our Aster plants are all grown from choicest seed, and grown in pots, ready for shipment after April 15th. For a full description of each sort see Seed Department. ELL18 BB0TBSS8’ CATALOGUE. 33 CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Merza. This is certain to become a popular pot plant variety growth. It is even more dwarf than Ivorv. and produces pure flower is m.ade up of a great number of incurved petals, forming a close, compact flower. (See cut). Price 15 &.S. Mrs, Henry Robinson. In the entire Chryanthemum family there is no grander white variety, no matter when it blooms; it is of the most popular style— immense incim’ing broad channeled petals of great substance and the purest white. Price 15 dts. Glory of Pacific. New pink sort, but entirely distinct from above. It is of magnificent size, with broad petals, which finally re- flex; color changing to white, with rosy tints; grand grower. Price 15 » 5 ts. S. G. Hill. Immense bloom, of brightest golden yellow; full and very double. Lower petals some- times deeply shaded bt ight carmine. An elegant variety of strong habit. Price 10 dls. Canary Bird (Pompon or Button) . Flowers light yellow, and like small balls; blooms early. Very profuse; one of the best. Price 10 tfls. Little Chris (new). Small to medium flowers, pure white; might be called a perpetual bloomer. Flowers at times in August on account of its dwarf and compact white flowers of the largest size. The a new break in Chrysanthemums, as it and September, long before other sorts; then in winter and at Easter, flowers can often be cut. We offer it as a novelty of merit. (See cut.) Price 15 < 5 ts. Miss Gladys Vander- bilt (new). Pearl white, with lemon-shaped center; an ex- ceedingly fine thing, and a de- cided novelty both in form and general build, and an extra good commercial or exhibition rt T)..r ..A . ^ e* Vanoma. Innumerable inquiries come every year for the best very late white. For the present, “Yanoma’’ must be accorded this place; beside the fact that the flower is very beautiful and substantial, it is very easy to bring to perfection, which is a great point in its favor, as many of the late varie- ties are poor, defective growers; the form is fiat, called the pure rosette form. Price 15 < 5 ts. 5 34 ELLIS SS0TMEB8’ CATALOGUE. /r. “P*"" budding and blooming in July and are now ((Jet. 15) still full of dowers and buds, while those in pots bid fair to continue blooming far into the winter. It may be used either as a gar- den or pot plant and is perfectly hardy in the open ground. The flowers are of the Chinese type, pure snow-white, perfectly double and produced by the hundreds. Xo other sort can equal it in profusion. Plants of dwarf habit, eighteen to twenty- four inches high, with bright healthy foliage and numerous branches, all of which produce bloom. A new Chrysantheijium which may be grown citl er in the garden or in pots, and which will produce such a crop of fine double white flowers for so great a part of the year must certain, ly be regarded as a great. novel- ty. (See cut). Price 15 < 5 ts. Casco. An incurved Japan- ese. In color it is unique, being a light shade of garnet, exceed, ingly bright and attractive, caus- ing it to liold a place not filled by any other variety of its season. A good, clean grower, unexcell- ed as a pot or bush plant. Price 15 < 5 ts. Ivory. This is one of the very best varieties for pot culture or cut flowers. The plant is a vigorous, compact grower and makes handsome specimen with very little training. Flowers, pure white and ol exquisite form and finish; petals stiff and last- ing. Price 10 < 5 ts. Dorothy Toler (new). This is a gem, and while of only medium size, its great depth, , , perfect fullness, fine pink color .and lasting qualities will make it rank as the leader among late pinks. Pure Dahlia form, gradually becoming reflexed. ^ ^ Price 10 cts. Melanie. Pure white, one of the very best of the pompons, ami if protected slightly will live in open ground, as it is quite hardy. „ . „ — . Price 10 i , . Price loifts. Black Douglas, Dark crimson scarlet; extra fine; color gorgeous. Pompon. Price ic« 5 ls lanf pot Price 10 as. Miss Minnie Wannamaker. One of the best white varieties; flowers large, of great substance Incurved at times, resembling a white ball. Price lo ds Marion Henderson. A superb, large flowering, early sort. Pure gold in color. It is full of petals to tlm center, and lasts a long time; in fact, although very early, it can yet be made late, because it remains perfect on the plant for such a length of time. Queen. This sort has taken more prizes than any other white sort; truly grand, when disbudded to one flower to stem. „ . „ Price 10 < 5 ts. SLLI8 BBOTSSRS' CATALO&UB. ;)-> Vivand-Morel. This grand variety has literally leaped into popularity the past year, and has done much to restore confidence in Continentai varieties ; color, tender rose; of very silky texture ; peta^ long and straight, a fine grower; flower of large size and fine color, extremely beautiful. Puce lo as. Tuxedo Beautiful shade of blended old gold and amber, the most novel in color of any of the . . , ui Price 10 cts. varieties; a free bloomer. . - Bda Prass. A fine, bold, recurving flower, of great substance and depth. hen opening, of a delicate salmon, then changing to a creamy white, delicately shaded blush. One of the best for pot ralture, , , , , . Price 10 as. dwarf and bushy. . , ^ . c Golden Rod. Beautiful golden yellow flowers of fine shape, and borne in the greatest profusion, yielding more flowers than any yellow we ever grew. T Shrimuiou. Bright crimson, color similar to •• Cullingfordi,” florets strong and stifl, flower of r ^ r Price 10 CCS. largest size and most perfect form. FUCHSIAS. Bon Valoure. A remarkable free flowering variety with flowers of very large size. The plant is of compact, symmctrical)-growth, making fine shapely plants in quite small pots. Tube and sepals deep coral red, corolla white, veined'and suiTused carmine. A distinct and valuable new variety. Little Beauty. Said to have been named thus, on account of every one upon first seeing it, saying, isn’t it a little heauty.” The introducer says he has often counted 150 buds and blooms on one plant in a four-inch pot. Flowers single, about one and one-half inches long; sepals bright red, corolla purple; a fine bushy grower. (See cut.) Price 15 As. Sapley Freres. Erect grower; very large flower; co- rolla very double of rosy violet; long, recurving sepals of bright coral-red. Price 10 As. Autumn l,eaves. This remarkable fancy variety is said to have been brought from across the water by a sailor. We consider it. by far the most distinct and beautiful of its class. It is impossible for one not familiar with our eastern forests in autumn, to imagine the beauty of its foliage. In habit it droops, and is most charming when|stakcd and the branches allowed to fall natur- ally and gracefully down, form- ing streamers of green, red, ^;urhstJitl\“rflowecs. Coloi„lubc Iiud.scpal, rosy sciiilel, corolla, acep^j-^.-. Flowers ^ “ A rtm^rowe;, and of; fine, drooping tree habit. The flowers are of a size an^fullness befLl unknown ; the color is a rosy heliotrope.'marked and veined in rose. Sepals bright J 1 . 1 ■ h , m.mher of the petals of the corolla are very curiously alhxed, owing to the extreme Toubirness rf 'the flower. Grand, long-pointed, rounded bloom, with sepals strongly recur^ved. TWs fine single, dark purple, golden.foliage; thecoutrast of color age-^mwirig to ,.,uiely new departure, difTeiing from all other large flower- when it’first opens, a deep, rich yiolet-pur.de, ^ ever g“own. Unlikrmost oi the Jirre E G Hill. This is one of the grandest 1 ' uchsias we have ever grow doubfe wM^Vthsias, it is a robust,’upright:grower. not coarse, but c-pact and very The tube and sepals are a bright, reddish crimson; corolla, pure white, extra large and double. P 36 ELLIS BB0TBER8’ OATALOSUE. 4T3„.r;:;r4:“^sc;4i::^ ^=~££~ winter w;omrr “' P“» -»ite ; corolla, carmine; a very fine and profuse freeX«"errng*' *cpal». violet.purple corolla; very double; ‘st"“ng“g1owth. crims":“;“f^.lrb ® Price 10 (Sts. HYDRANGEA. y a s. The trusses of flowers are of enormous size, even on the very small plants. Color, intense deep rose. Plant a strong-, free grower and remark- ably free in bloom. With its clear, solid pink col- or and immense blooms, this variety easily stands as the grandest of all Hydrangeas. (See cut.) Price, small plants, 20 ( 5 ls.; larger, 50 < 5 ls. and 75 Thomas Another Japan produc- tion. A pure white va- riety of the old garden ‘Hydrangea,” being identical with it except in color, which is of purest white. Hardy at North if protected with bough.s; very fine for pot culture. Price 15 < 5 ls. ; larger, 25 < 5 ls. and 40 Sts. Red Branched, This is one of the finest varieties in cultivation, with dark red branches that brighten as they near the flower trusses. The plant is of robust habit, and produces free- ly immense heads of deep rose-colored flow, ers. Price 15 Sts.; larger, 40 < 5 ls. mficent flowering shrub, with immense trusses of flowers, frequently twelve inches afrts^^co'lor^bri^ht :^'--=P*“‘-flow,hu7ygrowth,andshouMhata7t^ together with its immense blooms I^beLtUnTfolTC^makru t7lo« b7*'V°n’ SLLI8 BB0TBER8’ CATALOGUE. 37 Panionlata GrandiBora. One of ihc finest hardy shrubs in cultivation; the flowers are formed in large white panicles or trusses nine inches in length. 'I'he shrub grows to a height and breadth of three or four feet, and as the flowers slightly droop, few plants have the grace and beauty presented by this magnificent shrub. Perfectly hardy in all parts of the country; needs no protection of any kind. It should have all weak wood cut away each fall, and be well manured each se.ason. (See cut.) Price, extra strong, i-ycar field grown plants, 20 ds.; extra strong, 2-year field grown plants, 50 tfts.; extra strong, 3-year field grown plants, 75 dls.; 4-year, tree shape, extra fine, $1.50; 4-year, bush shape, $1.25. All of above will bloom first year. The 3-ycar plants are extra fine, well branched, two to three feet high; all have extra good roots. The two, three and 4-ycar plants should go by express. Note. “ Paniculata” is perfectly hardy in open ground. The other sorts, in northern states, are best grown in pots and tubs; they can then be wintered in cellars. TENDER VINES AND BASKETS PLANTS. The following vines are for house culture or summer planting— not hardy. Asparagus. See Page 26. Passion Vine, John Spalding. A beautiful variety, foliage prettily marked with bright golden yellow. Flowers same as “ Constance Elliott.” Price 15 (fts. English Ivy. Too well known to need description. Price 10 ds. ; large, 30 ds. Honeysuckle, Golden I.eavcd. Marvelously efl'ective. It bears innumerable sprays of the most perfect little leaves that are covered with a net work of gold and green, often marked with pink also. The gold deepens at the tip of the sprays, and there is nothing finer to combine with bouquets; also quite hardy in open ground. ‘S Eantana, Mrs. McKinley (New Weeping). For vases, baskets or pots, for which it is particularly recommended. It is a neat, handsome grower, producing a great abundance of leafy vines and rosy pink flowers and alw.ays attracting a great deal of attention. The flowers are borne in pretty clusters, and it blooms quickly and abundantly in small pots. A charming plant for the window garden ; grows nicely in boxes, pots or baskets, and is scarcely ever without flowers. Price 10 ds. ELLIS BHOTHBKS’ CATALO&UE. MesetuhTy atithemiiin GrandiSora Albs. New, large flowering, pure white wax plant, of a trailing habit, and especially fine for hanging pots or baskets. The foliage is round and fleshy, and the blossoms very large, two to three inches across, and exceedingly beau- tiful. (See cut.) Price 10 (fts. Mesenibry anthem u m Wax Plant (or Rock Pink). Curious succulent plant, siniilarfoli- age and flower to above. Flowers pink; an old variety, but fine for baskets. Price lO As. Maderia Vine. Too well known to need description. Price 10 As.; 4 for 25 As. Saxifrafia Sarmentosa, The old-fashioned basket plant, bet- ter known as Strawberry Geranium. OmamenLil foliage. Price 10 As» Vinca (Variegata). Rapid grower; leaves glossy green, mar- gined with white. Price 10 As. ItOphosper mum Scan- dens. A handsome climbing plant of rapid growth, with heart-shaped leaves and rose-colored, Gloxinia- like flowers. Its rapid growth and fine foliage, with its beautiful flow- ers combine to make it one of the best plants for covering any unsightly object or for large vase on the lawn. For a climber on the veranda it has no equal. Does not go well by mail. Price 10 As. t,otiis Pelyorensis (Coral Gem). This charming plant seems to be unknown in this country, yet it is so well thought of abroad that a prominent horticultural journal color-plated it. TAe Garden says of it: “ Its slender branching habit is most striking, and the sil- ver}' foliage even more so. Without its flowers it might almost be described as a Silvery Asparagus.” The bright coral-red flowers, measuring two inches in length, are really beautiful; its drooping habit al-so makes it useful for hanging-baskets. Easily grown. (See cut.) Price 10 As. Iloya Carnosa (Wax Plant). Has thick, fleshy leaves growing moderately last and bearing umbels of beautilul flesh- colored flowers. Price, fine plants, 15 to 30 As. SmiXax (Myrsipyllum Asparagoides). A climbing plant unsurpassed in the graceful beauty of its foliage; valuable for bouquets and decorations. Price 10 As. Passion Vine^ (Constance Elliot). This beautiful vari- ety is hardy with slight protection. A climbing plant rivalling some of the Clematis in size, color and profusion of bloon), and surpasses them in vigor of growth and delicious fragrance, and are pure ivory white. Price jo As. Ivy Silver Stripe (new). Fine foliage. Each leaf heavily bordered with pure white. The fimst fancy English Price 10 As. Cuphea Platycentra (Cigar Plant. The tube of the flower is scarlet, with the end part white and crimson, having somewhat the appearance of a miniature lighted cigar; not a vine, but a trailing or basket Price 10 As. (rlechoma Hederacea var. (Nepeta). A variegated form of the common ground Ivy, which is prettily marked with pure white on a bright green ground. It is hardy and of vigorous growth like the parent variety, but unlike it, the leaves of this form have a refreshing fragrance similar to Mint. It will no doubt become one of our most useful plants for festooning work, such as drooping from hanging baskets, vases, fancy pots, etc., etc.; its graceful, rapid growth rendering it unequalled for this purpose, while we have no doubt it will also be largely used in cemeteries to cover graves, as it is entirely hardy and we think more ornamental than anything in use for that purpose at present. Price 10 As. each ; 3 for 25 As. ELLIS BROTHERS* CATALOGUE. 89 Jessamine GrandiOorum (Catalonian Jessamine). A valuable winter flowering plant, blooming without intermission from October to May. The flowers are pure white, most deliciously fragrant; used extensively by all bouquet makers. Price 20 ( 5 ts. Ivy German (or Parlor). A well known rapid climber; for pot culture or vases. Price lO < 5 ts. Cobea Scandens. A well known climbing plant of very rapid growth and having large blue bell- shaped flowers. Used for covering trellises and unsightly places, for which iU rapid growth makes it very valuable. Price 15 to 30 < 5 ts. Manettia Vine, In the house it can be trained all around a window, and will bloom both summer and winter. In the garden its charming beauty surpasses everything. Flowers intense scarlet, tipped with yellow, each flower keeping perfect over a month before fading. It can be trained on a trellis, strings, or used for drooping from hanging baskets ; in any way a perfect mass of flowers and foliage from the root to the tips of the branches. Price 10 As. FARFUCIUM. Grande, A low growing foliage plant, remarkable for its shiny dark green foliage, which is irreg. ularly blotched with bright yellow, and sometimes with white and rose. Easily grown, and a native of China; not a new plant, but not as well known as it should be, as it is a splendid window plant. Give plenty of water when in growing condi- tion. (See cut.) Price 25 As.; large specimens, 75 As. FREESIA. Kefracia Alha. Too much cannot be said of this beautiful bulb for forcing. Pure white, tube-shaped flowers, having a most de- licious perfume. A beautiful house plant, and grows easily in any good, rich, sandy soil. Flowers will keep two weeks after opening. One of the few Christmas flowers, and as soon as better known will be one of the most popular holiday decorations; also, it will be grown in large quantities by florists for cut flowers. Bulbs should be treated the same as winter- flowering Oxalis, i. e., kept in dry earth or sand until August, then potted off, three to six bulbs in a six-inch pot; these will bloom in December or January. Later potted, will, of course, bloom later. I-ike Oxalis, the bulbs increase rapidly. Price, extra selected bulbs, 5 dls., 6 for 25 ifts. ; fine large bulbs, 12 for 20 dls. ; small bulbs, to dts. per doz. GLADIOLUS. The Gladiolus is the most beautiful of the summer bulbs, with tall spikes of flowers, some two feet or more in height, often several from the same bulb. The flowers are almost every desirable color. As cut flowers, they are the most lasting of anything we know. By cutting the spikes when two or three of the lower flowers arc open, and placing them in water, the entire spike will open in the most beautiful manner. Set the bulbs from six to nine inches apart, about three inches deep. In the fall, before hard frost, take up the bulbs, remove the tops, leave to dry in the air a few days, and store in some cool place, secure iroin the frost until spring. Our mixed varieties are unusually fine. hetnoine’s Hybrid, For vivid and rich orchid-like coloring, this beautiful, half-hardy class of Gladiolus has no equal. Our bulbs were raised from selected seed, saved from the finest named varieties, selected for their distinct and brilliant colored flowers. Many of these are equal to the finest named sorts. (See cut.) Price, e.xtra fine mixed, 5 (Its., 50 ills, per doz. Hesperide. Profusely blotched, and flaked bright rosy salmon on a pure white ground; a finely colored sort. Price 15 dls. John Bull. Ivory-white, tinted with yellow and lilac. The strongest growing of the light varieties. Price 10 dls. Be Pouissin. Light red, with large white throat; a beautiful variety. 40 SLLI8 BB0THEB8* CATALOGUE. Isaac Bachatiao, The best yellow variety grown; a great novelty. Price locfts. Snow White, The nearest pure white of any variety yet produced. Extra fine. Price 20 (fts. Lord Byron. Brilliant red, blotched white; a very showy sort. Price lods. Childsii. New, strong growing, large flowering varieties, mixed. A great improvement on Lemoine’s. Price, in mixed colors, io< 5 ts. Giadiolns (fine mixed). The bulbs are all fine varieties. We send them out without names. One of the finest lot of Gladiolus ever offered at this price. Price, 40 < 5 ts. per doz., by mail, prepaid. The old-fashioned orange and red sort, fine large bulbs, zo As. doz., mail, 10 As. doz., by express. JUSTICIA. Veintina. This new dwarf Justicia is really a much finer and dwarfer plant than our engraving suggests. It begins to bloom when the plant has only three or four leaves, and is never out of flower after- ward. If pinched back occasionally it makes avery dwarf, stocky plant, frequently covered with twenty to fifty large pink flower-hcads, lasting a long time. The foliage is also more persistent and highly or- namental, being heavy in texture and very velvety. (See cut.) Price 15 As. Biuva, A grand novelty, similar in growth and habit to above, but covered for months in suc- cession with splendid large feathery clusters of pure yellow flowers, surmounting dark velvety green foliage. V’^ery rare and handsome, and a good bloomer. Price 20 As. Bicolor, This pretty Justicia is new and scarce, and not much known. It is a hard wooded erect plant, growing twelve to fifteen inches high, with deep glossy green leaves, and bearing elegant clusters of lovely bluish purple blossoms. A fine Nvinter bloomer for house and conservatory, blooms nearly all the time. Price 30 As. Note.— T hese Justicias can be planted out in summer, by nipping growth once or twice they become bushy; pot them up by September ist, and they make fine winter bloomers. IMPATIENS. Sultani (sometimes called “Patience Plant*’), This is one of the most distinct and beautiful of flowering plantsof.reccnt introduction, either as a winter blooming pot plant, or forthe border in summer. It is of compact, neat habit of growth, ’.with good constitution, and a perpetual bloomer. The flowers are of a brilliant rosy scarlet, peculiarly distinrt, but most effective hue, about one: and one-half inches in diameter, and are produced singly or twos and threes from the axis of the leaves, especially toward the summit of the stems, but so freely that a well grownjspecimen appears to be quite a ball of fire. We recom- mend this highly. (See cut). Price 10 As. Queen Corola, For a blooming plant that will flower the full 365 days in the year, and thrive well as a window' plant, none equal [the w'ell known “Impatiens Sultani.” This new sort is identical in growth and free blooming quality, but having flowers in color a beautiful salmon, suffused w'ith rose, base of lower petals blotched white,;stamcns and pistils garnet and purple. The w'hole flower irregularly burnish- ed, as in tinsel. Price 10 As. Ruby, Same as above, except color, which is a very much darker shade than “Sultani” and fully as free flowering. Price 10 As. SLL18 BROTHEBS' CATALOGUE. + 1 PAEONIES. The growing demand for these hardy and showy perennials has led us to increase our stock and also to make up an assortment of the best of each color. They should be planted in deep, rich soil, after which they require less attention than any other class of flowering plants. Tetiuifolia* The double form Tenuifolia is interest, ing and hanjoTE —We can furnish, by express, 3 -year pot grown Honeysuckles, 50 ds. each. ... DZchman’s Pipe, ArlJockia Sipko. A vigorous and rapid growing climber, bear.ng smgular brovfnUh coTor^d flowL: resembiing in shape a Dutchman-s pipe. ; value, beside its fine light green leaves, which are of very large s.ze, and retam the.r ^ spring to late fall; perfectly hardy; extra strong plants. — * •! o Cvv-s Piife Plants received in jfood condition this afternoon. Thanks Brandon. Vt., April 28. f o«rs, MAKGAKliT FOUBES. for ptomptness Gentlemen : The plants came in beauiiful condition, so GeS;;,s of any^firm, they are so large, and come with such a nice bunch of roots, lhank you muc . „ „ y,j{s. FRANK A. WITHAM. A.....,,...,, 1 .....=!.. ELLIS BB0TMEB8’ CATALO&UE. 49 plou/er Seed. In the rapid and growing taste for flowers, the seedsman has been a most impor- tant factor, supplying at moderate cost hundreds of varieties in annuals and hardy perennials for open air culture, as well as finer and more tender sorts for the house and greenhouse. The following seeds which we offer our customers, have been grown by ourselves or by experts in this country, France, Germany, or wherever the most favorable conditions are found to develop perfect flowers, and we feel assured in saying that no seedsman can offer more fresh or finer strains than can be furnished by us, as we know ours are as good as the best, and much better than large quantities which are placed on the market each season. We would also call attention to the fact that with our greenhouse facilities, we are enabled to test the germinating qualities of each variety, so that we know before placing any in packets that it will under fair conditions give to the buyer perfect satisfaction. To the many who will see our seed list for the first time, we would mention that the seed business is no new experiment, that we have dealt in seeds for twenty-seven years, and have a very large list of patrons over the entire United States and Canada. We would respectfully request a trial order. COLLECTION PACKETS. Our collections if bought in separate packages, each kind or color by itself, would cost customers at lo Iy Asters last year were the most beautiful ones I ever raised. You will know by my order my friends all admired them too. MRS. M. J. BROWN. Adams, Mass.~E//i> Hros. Gentlemen : The seeds I had of you last year were the best and cheap, est collections of seeds I ever bought of any firm at any price. I have bought a great many collections of Asters, but I have never had such a large number of plants (over 200), or such a large varietv as 1 had from the packet I bought of you. When 1 say this, it means a good deal. Asters are my fecial hobby. V'ery truly yours, F. D. BROVVN. COhhECTION DIA^THVS. Diademy mottled, extra; Heddewigi Hybrids, great variety; Atropurptirea, fine dark shades; Laciniafus, fringed; Striatus, striped varieties; Albus, new, white; Morning Pinky a new sort, very beautiful ; Imprrialis, fine double, mixed; Lacuiiatus Purpurea, a fine variety; Laciniatus Capreo, dwarf, double, beautiful. The above ten varieties are the finest of all Dianthus; forty seeds of each, four hundred in all, price 25 < 5 ts., or any one of ten varieties in packets of about one hun- dred seeds, price 10 < 5 ls. Concord. N. II. — Ellis Bros. Have been cutting Dianthus from your collection packets, have had a beautiful hunch on our dining table all summer long. Your grandifloni hybrid Petunias and Nasturtiums are admired by everyone. MRS. R. A. JEFFERS. CON'COKD. — Ellis Bros. The flowers from Collection Dianthus were so lovely that I could not spare a flower. I have bought seeds of you for several years, and I find that in all varieties you have the best. You may use my name if you care to, for ** Honor to whom honor is due,” and I always have better suc- cess with your seeds than any others. Cordially yours, MRS. W. J. M. GATES. COEltMCTION VERBENAS. Mammoth Red, finest large sorts in shades of red; Defiance, medium size florets, fiery scarlet; Sea Foam, ^\xx^ white in fine large trusses ; Mammoth Pink, shades of pink, extra large trusses ; Coerula, medium size florets in shades of blue ; Italian Striped and Large Eyed, sorts, mixed, a grand mixture. Twenty-five seeds of each of above six varieties, one hundred and fifty seeds in all. Pride 25 ( 5 ls. COhhECTION TEN WEEKS^ STOCJK^. New, Large Flowering Giant Stocks, in following twelve beautiful colors : Sulphur Yellow, Fiery Crimson, Brick Red, Light Blue, Brown-Violet, Ash Gray, Dark Brown, Old Rose, Mauve, Purple, White, Blush. A very large per cent. of. the above will come in extra large double flowers. Twenty-five seeds each of above twelve varieties. Price 25 SLLim SROTHSlits’ CATALO&UE. petals are long, somewhat twisted or wavy-like, are recurved from the center of the flower to outer petals in such a manner as to form a loose, but still dense, half globe. Aster, Mignon. Flowers small to medium in size, a profuse bloomer. One of the most desirable kinds ; fine for cutting or for any purpose. Price, mixed, lo &.s . ; pure white, lo As. Aster, Mary Semple. New Chrysanthemum-flowered Aster, of a beautiful shade of pale pink, the finest late variety we have ever grown. Price lo As. Aster, Semple’s White. Similar to above, only pure white. Price lo As. Aster, Semple’s Lavender. A pleasing shade of light lavender. Price lo As. Aster, Semple’s Crimson. Fine crimson. Price lo As. Aster, Semple’s Mixed. Mixed seed of above four sorts. Price lo As. The above Asters originated with Mr. James Semple of Pennsylvania, and we pride ourselves in being the first retaii seedsmen in the country to offer them to their customers. All are of the branching class, long stems, requiring plenty of room, not nearer than fifteen inches each way, and if ground is good you will have Asters that are the wonder of your friends. Belfast Me.— £//is Bros. I have sent one order for seed, for my own plantinB, but my friends want some Asters like those I grew last year, “ Mary Semple ” and Semple’s White, and so I send again. Our florist does not grow any like them. I'hey are the hnest Asters I hav^ grown, lastyrar all of my Asters were a failure, except these. Yours respectfully, MRS. GRO. f . RYAIN. Aster, Princess (or Snowball). One of the finest white Asters. Resembling a white Liliput Dahlia. In form they are semi-spherical and composed of quite short and very thickly set imbricated petals. By reason of their refined form, may be utilized with the greatest advantage for all purposes for which white flowers are in request ; they remain longer in good condition than any others. Price lo As. Aster, Sinensis. The single flowering Asters of our grandmothers and great grandmothers, in many fine colors. At this time single fiowers are having a great many admirers, in fact the single form of many flowers are much the most graceful. Few except the very oldest people now living have seen the earliest form of this popular annual ; therefore quite a novelty to the present generation. Price 5 As. Aster, Ostrich Feather. A magnificent white Aster of the Comet type ; flowers of immense size with wavy twisted petals. Fine for cutting. This is also called Ray Aster, one of the most graceful of all the pure white varieties. Price 10 As. Aster, Trujaut's Perfection. This improved Perfection Aster is now acknowl- edged as among the finest for ornamental beds, for cutting purposes or for exhibition, being of strong growth, large bloom, which is extra double, and of fine form. (See also Collection Packet.) The above in following colors separate, viz : Snow white, blood red, pink and blue. Price, either color, 10 As. Aster, Truffaut's Perfection. Many colors, extra fine, mixed. Price 10 As. Aster, Truffaut’s Perfection. Good quality, mixed. Price 5 As. Aster, Rose Flowered. The flowers are large and double, the outer petals finely recurved and the inner ones incurved like a rose; two feet in height; extra choice mixed. A splendid Aster, fine for cutting. Price 10 As. Aster, Victoria Needle. One of the finest of the quilled Asters. Price 10 As. Aster, Vick's Branching. A largely advertised white Aster, quite similar “ Semple’s White.” We offer genuine stock. Price 10 As. Aster, Dwarf Chrysarithemum-Flowered. A splendid race of dwarf, compact habit, nine inches in height; flowers large and produced when other varieties are out of bloom ; mixed. Price 5 As. Aster, Dwarf Pyramidial Bouquet. Grows only about one foot high, growing in bouquet shape ; mixed colors. to Price 10 As. ELL18 BR0TBEB8’ CATALO&UE. 57 Aster, JVew Victoria (Large Flowered). It is impossible to speak too highly of this magnificently imbricated Aster. The blossoms are large and distinguished by an elegant and regular overlapping of the petals, thus giving to the flowers a distinctive character. The growth is an elegant pyramid, and each plant grows from twenty to forty flowers. The colors include many extremely delicate and some gorgeous shades. Also varigated. Price, finest mixed, lo (Sts. ; pure white, lO ( 5 ls. Aster, German Quilled. Double quilled flowers, mixed colors. Price 5 As. Aster. All sorts mixed. This will suit the children. Many kinds, lots of colors, large packages, good and cheap. Price 5 dfs. Note. — We would call special attention to our Collection Asters, Fancy Asters, Comet Asters; also the Semple Asters, which need no recommendation to old customers. They are best of all the late Asters. New customers should give them a trial, as they will give satisfaction where any Aster will; all new seed germinating quickly and giving great pleasure and value. No better stock can be found in this country. Abutilon. Flowers freely during the spring and winter months in the house, and during summer when bedded out; the flowers are bell-shaped; mixed. Price lodls. Aquelegia, C/trysanl/ia (Golden Spurred Columbine). A beautiful variety ; flow- ers bright yellow, produced freely all summer; very hardy. Price 10 dls. Aquelegia, Columbine. Hardy perennials, extra quality, mixed. Price to dts. Aquelegia, Chrysantha Nana Alba (new). Early blooming, dwarf white Colum- bine or “ Decoration Day Flower.” Price 10 dls. Alyssum, New Dwarf Sweet (Little Gem). Plants are of very dwarf, compact, spreading habit, and only three to five inches in height, each plant covering a circle from fifteen to thirty inches in diameter. It begins to bloom when quite small. The plants are a solid mass of white from spring to late in autumn. Price 5 dts. Alyssum, Sweet. Too well known to need description. Price 5 ; oz. 15 i 5 ls. Auricular, or Hardy Primula. Our seed of this grand perennial plant is from one of the best English collections. Flowers are of various shades, yellow, crimson and maroon. Takes a long time for seed to germinate. Price 25 dls. Antirrhinum, ^ueen of the North (new). In this new sort we have the finest and most beautiful of all Snapdragons. The plants grow into handsome bushes, twelve inches high, large, white flowers of a deliciously sweet perfume. Price 5 <^s. Antirrhinum. Mammoth white and shades of cream, mixed ; very fine for cut- ting. Price to dls. Begonia, Tuberous Rooted. These splendid varieties are covered the whole sum- mer with bright and elegant drooping flowers. Blooming the first season from seed, if sown in February or March. Seed is very fine, and great care is needed in sowing and caring for young plants. Price 25 dls. Begonia. Fine mixed, from our own fine collection of fancy leaf and flowering kinds ; extra. Price 15 < 5 ls. Coreopsis Lanceolata, Perennial Golden Coreopsis. Flowers are each two to three inches or more in diameter, of an intensely clear, golden yellow. It commences to bloom in June, continuing until hard frosts. Price 10 dls. Carnation, Mad. Guillaud. In this, we have the best yellow Carnation that will bloom from seed in from four to six months. The flowers are very large and double, borne on long, stiff stems, and clear golden yellow. Price 25 dls. Carnation, Grenadin. White. A new hardy, dwarf sort ; very fine for garden culture; a profuse bloomer. Price 25 dls. Carnation, Grenadin. Red, same as above, except color. Price 15 dls. 8 58 BLLI8 BROTHERS’ CATALO&UB. Catnation, Hardy Garden. From flowers of excellent quality. The finest mixed, hardy garden Pinks ; will live in open ground without protection. Price 25 dts. Carnation, Chabaud’s Double Perpetual. This new Carnation grows from six- teen to twenty inches high. Flower-stems are covered with large, handsome, very double flowers in every variety of color. It blooms in about seven months after being sown, and continues to flower in the greatest profusion. Price 25 < 5 ts. Carnation, Marguerite (Improved). A new class of Carnations that are without exception the most abundant bloomers of all the Pinks. The flowers are of brilliant colors, ranging through many beautiful shades of reds, pinks, white, variegations, etc. ; they are of perfect form and large size. They bloom in about four months after sowing the seeds ; those sown in spring commence flowering in early summer, and continue to bloom in profusion until checked by frost. They can be potted and taken in the house and will flower through the winter. They come from fifty to eighty per cent, double. Price, finest mixed, 10 As. ; pure white, 10 As. Carnation, Perpetual or Tree. Seed saved from the collection of the most cele- brated growers in the world, and from finest named stage flowers only; extra for pot culture, but not hardy for open ground. Price 25 As. Calendula, Oriole. This is surpassingly grand and brilliant. The extra large double flowers are rich and glowing in tone, bright golden yellow. Price 5 As. Calceolaria, Hybrida Tigrida. Spotted. Seed saved from the best collection in Europe; extra choice. Price 25 As. Cineraria, Hybrida Grandiflora. Saved only from extra fine, large flowering, prize varieties. This strain is unsurpassed. Price 25 As. Cyclamen, Persicum. Charming, bulbous rooted plants, with beautiful foliage; winter and spring blooming. If the seeds are sown early in the spring, they make flowering bulbs in one season. Price 25 As. Cyclamen, Giganteum. Without exception, the strain offered is in all respects the finest that can be procured. The flowers are of large size and of the finest shades. We can safely recommend this to our customers as sure to give satisfactory results. Extra mixed. Price 50 As. Campanula. A wonderful fine class of hardy perennials well suited to any kind of soil. Seed from the most select varieties only. Finest mixed. Price 10 As. Campanula, ( 4 ngel Bells). Pure white; extra. Price 10 As. Candytuft, Fragrant White. White, fragrant; fine for bouquets. Price 5 As. Candytuft, Empress. Produces large trusses of pure white flowers ; assumes, when in full bloom, a beautiful tree form ; very fine. Price 5 As. Candytuft, Rocket. Large umbels of pure white flowers. Price 5 As. Candytuft, Dark Red. Fine for cutting, a strong grower. Price 5 As. Candytuft. New, dwarf hybrids, mixed ; new and very effective. Price 5 As. Candytuft. All sorts mixed. Price 5 As. Cosmos, California Hybrids. New hybrids now introduced for first time. Some of the flowers in this new strain measure five inches across ; some flowers are as round as a cart-wheel, with broadly overlapping petals. Some have petals smooth, flat and waxy, others are pleated and frilled at the edges, others toothed and fringed. Some have only five petals, forming a perfect star. There are so many shades of color and such a variety of forms that it is impossible to describe. A great improvement on other strains ; but not as early as following. Price 10 As. Cosmos, Dawn. This variety comes into full flower in July or August, very dwarf, compact growth ; flowers are large and a beautiful white, relieved by a delicate tint of rose at the base of the petals. Price 10 As. SLLI8 BBOTEEBS’ CATALOGUE. 59 Chrysanthemum, Fruiescens. The White Marguerite, or Paris Daisy. Can be grown by any one, producing quantities of white flowers. Price to Fayal. The seeds of these Poppies came originally- from the Fay-al Islands. They are charming dwarf Poppies, double and single; they are like crinkled tissue paper, and are every- imaginable Poppy color — deepest red, terra cotta, salmon, soft pink, snowy white, white, pink and gray. Price lo As. Poppy, Tulip. Fourteen inches high and produces large flowers of the most vivid scarlet imaginable; the color being seen even from afar, of such glowing rich- ness as to at once remind one of scarlet Tulips. Price 5 As. Poppy, /ce/a»rf (Papaver Nudicaule). The fragrant, elegant, crushed-satin-like flowers are produced in never ceasing succession from the beginning of June to Octo- ber. Not only are they attractive in the garden, but for elegance in a cut state thev are simply unsurpassed, and they last quite a week if cut as soon as open. They flower the first season from seed, though they are hardy- herbaceous plants, and -will with slight protection live over winter in any of the northern states. Price 5 As. Poppy, Fairy Blush. Few Poppies can equal this in beauty, and no others remain nearly so long in flower. The immense globular flowers are perfectly double, and measure from ten to thirteen inches in circumference; the petals are elegantly- fringed and pure white, except at the tips, where they are colored rosy- cream. Price As. Poppy, The Mikado. From Japan, is in form and character essentially a Japanese flower in its quaint, yet artistic beauty. The petals at the base are whole, while the edges are cut and fringed in most complete manner. The color is most at- tractive, being white at the back, while edges are a crimson-scarlet. Price 5 As. Poppy, Oriental. Single dark scarlet with black spots; a hardy perennial; showy; flowers of immense size. Price 10 As. 61 SLLIS BBOTHSRB' CATALOOUZ. Poppy, Shirley. The colors are blended in the most beautiful and showy fashion, and include almost every shade from pale rose to the most dazzling crimson-scarlet, blotched and variegated in many styles. Very much pains have been bestowed upon them by the raiser, who has been carefully selecting them for years. In choicest mi.\ture. Single varieties. Price 5 < 5 ls. Poppy, Danish Flag. Flowers brilliant scarlet, with a large silvery white blotch at the base of each petal, forming a white cross on scarlet ground. Plant two feet in Price 10 (Sts. Price 5 (Sts. Price 5 (Sts. Price 5 (Sts. Price S (Sts. Price 10 (Sts. Price 25 (Sts. height Poppy. Carnation flowered ; flnest mixed ; very showy. Poppy. Peony flowered ; blooms of immense size ; best mixed. ’Pofyy, Snowdrift. Peony flowered ; pure white. Poppy, C. King. Peony flowered ; bright scarlet. Primula, Obconica. See description, first pages of this Catalogue. Primula Collection Packet. See page 50. Primula, (Primrose). Not quite as large flowers as in our collection packet, but in fine variety ; very free flowering. Price 15 (Sts. Ricinus Zanzibarensis. New and distinct. Their gigantic leaves, two to two and one-half feet across, and the great size of the plants surpass any other known Ricinus. We offer it in mixture. One will produce light green leaves; another, coppery brown; another, brownish purple; another, with bronze leaves. Price 10 (Sts. Sweet Peas. See page 53. Salvia Splendens, Scarlet Sage. Fine for autumn decorations ; growing from two to three feet high, and completely covered with brilliant scarlet flowers. Seeds Price 10 (Sts. Price 10 (Sts. Price 5 (Sts. Price s (Sts. Price 5 (Sts. should be sown early in spring, in house or hot-bed. Salvia, Comfacta. See description, page 44. Scabiosa, Snowball. Beautiful new white variety; extra. Scabiosa, Aurea. Light yellow, very nice for cut flowers. Scabiosa. Finest sorts in many colors, mixed. Stock, Giant Perfection or White Giant, (new). Plants of this variety attain a height of two and one-half feet, and produce long spikes of double flowers, much larger than the ordinary Ten Weeks’ Stock. Pure white ; very fine. Price 15 as. Stock, Giant Perfection. Same habits as above ; fine mixed colors. Price 15 as. Stock, Princess Alice. (Cut and Come Again). A fine perpetual blooming Stock, growing about two feet high. If sown early, it commences blooming in June and continues until destroyed by frost. Its most valuable feature is that it produces per- fect flowers during September and October, when other varieties sown at the same time have faded. It throws out numerous side branches bearing clusters of very double pure white fragrant blossoms, and is excellent for cutting. Price 10 as. Stock, Large Flowered. Dwarf Pyramidal. Ten weeks. Pure white ; a fine low growing sort ; extra large truss and floret ; very fragrant. Price 15 as. Stock, Large Flowered or Dwarf Pyramidal. Ten weeks. Same as above in many colors; mixed. Price 15 as. Stock, Large Flowered Dwarf Ten weeks. A fine variety for general pur- poses, for cutting or for show; free flowering; mixed. Price 10 as. All of above Stock seed is German grown, from pot plants only, and will produce a large per cent, of finest double flowers. Stock. Ten weeks. A fine mixture, in many colors. Price 5 as. Torenia. A very fine annual, forming a very splendid plant for vases, hanging baskets, for the house, or for growing out of doors. Covered until late in the season with one mass of bloom. Price 15 as. ELLIS BE0THEJR8’ CATALOGUE. 65 Verbena, Sea Foam (Candidissima). All that need be said of this fine Verbena is that the flowers are sweet scented; trusses large and beautiful, and borne freely at all times, and snow white, always coming true from seed. Very fine for solid bed on lawn ; also one of the nicest of cut flowers for summer bouquets. Price to dls. Verbena, New Mammoth. The characteristics of this new strain of Verbenas are that when well grown, flower trusses are over nine inches in circumference, while many of the single florets areas large as a twenty-five-cent piece; the plant also has the peculiarity of being more vigorous in growth than the ordinary Verbenas. The colors present the same range as the ordinary type. Price to dls. Verbena, Splendid scarlet ; quite true from seed. Price to dls. Verbena, Italian Striped. A large per cent, of this variety coming striped and splashed. Price lo dls. Verbena, Mixed. Finest mixed, from a large collection. This mixture includes “Sea Foam” and other varieties. Price lo dls. Verbena, Large Eyed. In fine mixed colors. Price lo dls. Verbena, Ccerulla. In shades of blue. Price to dls. Verbena. A good grade of seed ; mixed colors. Price 5 dls. Wallflower. Deliciously fragrant garden flowers, blooming early in the spring, with long, conspicuous spikes of beautiful flowers. They should be protected in a cold frame or cellar in the winter, and planted out in May. Half-hardy perennial, finest double mixed, ail colors. Price 10 dls. Zinnia, Large Flowering Dwarf. A new dwarf section, quite distinct. The flowers are as large or larger than the old class, and of much better shape, resembling Dahlias in form, and the habit of growth is compact and dwarf, rarely growing over two feet high ; mixed. , Price 5 dls. Zinnia, Giant Mammoth {mixed). A class of Zinnias, differing from the older ones in its robust habit of growth, and the immense size of the perfectly formed, very double flowers of various striking colors. The plants rise to a height of three feet, and bloom freely during a long period. The luxurious growth and the large bright flowers make it valuable for large groups. Price 5 dls. Zinnia, Curled and Crested. Magnificent variety of colors. From this, by persevering selection and careful culture, we have a new strain of double flowering, curled and crested Zinnias, which eclipse in beauty, beyond all question, any other types of this popular garden annual in existence. The flowers are of perfect form — large, round, full and double, the petals being twisted, curled and crested into the most fantastic contortions and graceful forms, rendering them entirely free from the stiffness which was heretofore characteristic of the family. Price 5 dls. Zinnia, Jacqueminot. Dark crimson, coming quite true from seed ; very showy. Fine for massed beds. Price 5 dls. ZinnisL, Large Flowering Dwarf . White or scarlet. Price, each, 5 dls. Flower Seeds, Annuals. All kinds, mixed, contains nearly all the varieties we advertise, and many besides. These if sown in one bed, will make what is called the crazy bed. These seeds are put up in large packets, and where a quantity of flowers are wanted, and in the largest variety — for a little money — this packet will surely suit. Price 10 dls. North Sutton, N. II., Sept. 22, 1899 . — Ettis Bros. Dear Sirs: I had veiy handsome Sweet Pc:is from the seed I had of you last Spring, also my beds of Zinnias were beautiful and are a mass of the most brilliant colors and peculiar shapes. Respectfully, MRS. MARIA GREEI.KY. Athol, Mass., May 10, 1899 . — Ellis Bros. Gentlemen : The plants ordered of you came in fine con- dition, accept thanks. Yours truly, MRS. E. J. CHENEY. Boonton, N. J., May 12, 1899 . — Ellis Bros. Sirs : Plants received in first.class condition. Thanks, G. W. TIB HALS. 9 66 SLLI8 BROTEEBS' OATALO&UE Other standard flower seeds so well known that description is unnecessary : PER PKT. ACACiA/finest mixed, lo Acrolineum, everlasting:, mixed, 5 Ageratum, Dwarf White, 5 Dwarf Purple, 5 Amaranthus, Tricolor (Joseph’s Coat), 5 Anterrhinum (Snap Dragon), mixed, 5 Bachelors’ Button, fine mixed, 5 Baloon Vine (Cardiosperum), 5 Balsam, Allen’s new double white, extra, jo Finest mixed, 10 Good mixed, 5 Calliopsis, mixed, 5 Canna (Indian Shot), mixed, very fine, 5 New French Varieties, mixed, extra, 10 Centranthus, mixed, 5 Centaurea, white leaved foliage plant, lo Clarkia, finest mixed, 5 Cockscomb, mixed; very fine, 5 Cockscomb Glasgow Phize, new; very dwarf, with immense crimson combs, extra, 10 Convolvulus (Morning Glory), mixed, oz. 10 ITenderson*s Bush I/ima, Fit to use from two to three weeks earlier than any other variety of the climbing or bush Limas. It grows about eighteen inches high apd produces immense crops of deli* cious I..ima Beans, continuing to bear until cut down by frowst. Price, pkt., lo dts.; pint, 20 As. Burpee*s Bush Ifima. The only bush form of the true delicious large Lima. Of splendidly vigorous, upright, bushy habit of growth, great uniformity and trueness to type, and always bearing the delicious large Lima Beans in great abundance. This requires the same season for growth as the large pole Lima, and can be grown only where that variety succeeds. Price, pkt., 10 As.; pint, 25 As. * ’ Lottfi Yellow Six Weeks, Early, very productive and of excellent quality. Pods are often •^^ighteen inches long. Seeds when ripe, yellow or dun color. Price, pkt., 10 As.; pint, 20 As. King of Garden. Large pole Lima; a grand Bean, but rather late for northern gardens. Price 10 As.; pint, 25 As. SWEET CORN. Eirst~Crop, Superior to all other very early sorts, larger, earlier and very much sweeter; of dwarf habit; kernels white; cars eight-rowed and of good size. The sweetest sort for first crop. This sort is similar to “ First of All,” except in quality, which is so much superior in sweetness to that sort that we drop it from list. “First-Crop” is the best very early Com wc have ever grown. Country Gentleman. The finest of all sweet Corns, retaining its delicate tenderness and flavor even when a little old. For private family use, where quality is of the first consideration, it has no equal. The ears of good size, and are produced in great abundance, the avenige is three ears to a stalk, great depth to the kernels, which are of pearly whiteness. But the great merit is its delicious quality. Cory. A standard extra early sort; good for home use and extra for market. Early Shaker. Fine to follow “Cory;” very sweet; good for home or market. Black Mexican. Medium early; good to follow “ Shaker;” one of the sweetest. Evergreen. The best late sort; large, sweet and fine. SQUaitfuizi. One of the sweetest varieties, and is largely used for market and canning. It is a general favorite, and is wonderfully productive. The variety used almost exclusively at the famous Rhode Island clambakes, which is suflicient evidence of its quality. Medium to late. Crosby's Early. Early and a great favorite. Rather small ears, but productive and of excellent quality. A favorite for family use. Price, corn, large packets, 10 As.; pint, 25 As.; quart, 45 As.; prepaid. By express, (not prepaid), pint, ic As.; quart, 2< As. POP CORN. Queen's Golden. The stalks grow six feet high, and the large ears are produced in abundance. Its quality and handsome appearance when popped are very noticeable. It pops perfectly white, and a single kernel will expand to a diameter of nearly one inch. Price, per pkt., 10 As.; 25 As. per pint. White Rice. The most widely known variety; very popular for parching. Selected seed. Price, per pkt., 10 As. ; pint, 25 As. VEGETABLE PLANTS AND ROOTS. Holt's Mammoth Sage. Plant of strong growth on rich ground, often attaining a diameter of three feet the first season ; leaves which are of immense size, are borne on strong stems ; in quality it is of unusual substance and of strong flavor. Give it rich, good culture, and you will be astonished at the large quantity of superior Sage which can be cut from a single plant. It rarely flowers, and has never seeded in our climate. No seed to offer. Price, plants, 10 As.; three for 25 As. Tomato Plants. Dwarf Champion^ Perfectiony Aristocraty MatchUsSy Yellow Plumy Early Bird and Fancy. Price, pot plants, 6 As.; 60 As, per doz.; hot-bed plants, 45 As. per doz. Pepper Plants. Price 3 As.; 30 As. per doz. CauliBower PlantSy Early Snowball. Price, doz., 20 As.; 100, $1.50. Celery, White PlumCy Golden Self-Bleachihg, Boston Market, Giant Pascal. Transplanted plants. Price, doz., 15 As.; 100, 75 As, Asparagus, Columbian Mammoth White (new). Of large size and fine quality. Strong, two- year roots. Price, $1.00 per 106. Asparagus Roots, Conover's Colossal. Fine 2-year roots. Price, too, $1.00, by express only. Cabbage Plants. Early plants before June 10. Price, doz., 15 As,; 100, $1.00. Cabbage Plants. Pottler's, Stone Mason, Winningstadt, Premium Flat Dutch, All-Head, Savoy. Field grown after June 15. Price, doz., 10 As.; 100, 40 As.; 1,000, $2.00. Mint, {^Mentha Veridis). This is the Mint that is so much used for culinary purposes; also known in many places as “Spearmint.” Immense quantities now grown under glass to supply the large city markets. Price, two for 15 As.; five for 25 As.; doz., 50 As, Tarragon. Now appreciated by all who know it for the use of its aromatic leaves in seasoning or salads, also for Tarragon vinegar. The foliage, if cut in autumn, can be keptjn a dry state the same as other herbs. In the Northern States give some protection during the winter. A teaspoonful of minced Tarragon may properly be added to any salad, dressed with oil and vinegar. Price 15 As. 76 JBLLIS BROTHXBS' CATALOaUX. SMALL FRUITS. STRA WBBRRIES. Mcbo (new). The great table berry. It has the highest and richest flavor of all Strawberries. A very productive variety; miden the smallfcr one.s until all h^ve openctl into beautiful flowers. No one cal^*^^nagine iheVeauty aud , brUHancy of the blossorns without sceing them,. The iHnged flowers arc of such delicate, transparent texture that they have the appearance of being made of cru.^lied 'silk.'l; (Sue enUy Ipri^e fine roots, 20 dts. ; second size, ' bill will blopxn this s.cxison, 15 As. XiJitiin Auratum, The glorious gold.banded lily of Japan, and ope of the grandest plants in cultiva- tioo. Its immense ivoty-white flowers are thickly studded, with yellow and crimson spots, while, in the center of each petal is a golden band, fadjhg at its edges into the white. * Price ao As. . IfiUum iSpccioatitu Rubrum, NOword.scan overstate the brilliant bexiuty of these famous Japan' lilies. The six broad white or pink petals are thickly . dotted with .rose or cai;n)ihc spots, and the graceful form,bril}Lant color and exquisite fragwnce make them very dTectivc. . ' Price 30 As. Ionium Speoiosum Alburn^ Pure white flow- ers wUh a greenish band througii tire center of each petal. They are of great substahee and very Ira* gtant. Price »5 As, The above lilies arc all hardy fof open ground or . are fine for pot culture, but should, be planted not later than May ^th, if to bloom nicely Ibis year. Our bulbs are extra large and fine. ' . • ’ , CalarU'um Msculeotum ’ (Elephantts . Bar), t'ery ornamental. M.^imnoth leaves. Use plenty of water. Fine strong bulbs; Price 25 As. {frepaid; by express, 15 As.; $1.25 per dozen.' • Hyacinthus Candicaao. A magnificent, Yucca-like plant, producing in July and August a flower stem three to four feet high covered with from twenty to thirty pure white, pendant, bell-shaped flow- ers, Price, fine bulbs, 10 As.; 4 for 35. As. Spotted Z,eaf Calla* Dark green leaves, 'bean- tifully spotted with white; the flowers are white with a pu.’-ple thioat. A fine ornamental summer flowering pl^t. Price 15 As. Tritoma. Vvaria Graiadidora (Blarning Torch, or Red-hot poker Plant). The flower-spike is often five feet high, and the flower measures fifteen inches long and. twelve inches in circumference. They are a dazzling scarlet, lower tinged with rich orange. A valuable Veatucc Is that the flowers are nearly frost proof, and remain uninjured loiy' after moat ^ther flowers have perished. . Price 30 As. each ; 3 for 50 As. ’ PUOf^Rlx DEPHl^TIVIEflT, ' , We, would ' oaU. the. 'attention ot odr paitrohs to our ppesent facilities for farnisbing seasonable choice j bowers at all-'times^: ' We also furnish and execute iji; tbe most modern andt n,rtistic manner,, all kinds of ^designs, Table, Souse or Church Se.corations, for any desired purpose. ^iWifb our large, and varies stock qf bonhir's; competent artists and., long experience;- we caix conbdehtly.'plape our work in competition' with the best in the land,' All orders, intrusted 'W ns will be executed promptly, in latest styles, and' at * reasonable prices, Wq sdlicU trial orders from parties liyihg not, over, eighteen purs .distant by rail ' Address, , • ' • V, ELLIS BROS., Keene, K'E.