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green, translucent, prettily marked, and 

 have a pearly white line around the edge. 

 The flower stem is very branching, 12 to 

 15 inches across when in bloom. Flow- 

 ers, fine waxen, coral red, and remain in 

 bloom several weeks. An especially beau- 

 tiful ornament and fine for vases. Rare; 

 small plants 25c to 50c. 



Aloe Variegata or Pheasant Aloe. 



Mitraeformis. A handsome variety with 

 thick, short, fleshy leaves, decorated with 

 short yellow thorns. It grows 2 or 3 feet 

 high, requiring support, and bears fine 

 red flowers. 15c, 25c, 50c to $1 each. 



CARAGUACA or Heart of Fire. Of the 

 Pine Apple family, on account of its ag- 

 gressive qualities, would be of little in- 

 terest in the garuen, were it not for the 

 marvelous transformation that it assumes 

 during the blooming period. The leaves 

 on old plants are 2 feet long, rigid, arch- 

 ing, deeply channeled, edged with shin- 

 ing hooks; the color light yellowish-green 

 above, gray underneath. As the .time for 

 flowering approaches, the plain looking 

 plant is suddenly metamorphosed; the 

 leaves assume a reddish tinge, and the 

 entire centre, a most intense and brilliant 

 strawberry-red; in the center rises' a 

 creamy-pinkish stem and alternate red 

 leaves, tipped with a bunch of brush-like 

 flowers, cream and purplish-mauve. For 

 a month or more the brilliant fire flames 

 through the plant, then the illumination 

 fades away, and the grand display is over. 

 25c to 50c each. 



ECHEVERIAS. A most interesting class 

 of plants, always rosette like in form and 

 variously colored and marked. 



Hoveyii or The Opal Echeveria. One of 



the most beautiful of this class. It is 

 very brittle and requires much care in 

 handling. It is exquisite in its lovely 

 opaline coloring of milky white, opal blue 

 and pink — either directly marked in the 

 three colors, or beautifully striated. Al- 

 ways rare. 25c, 50c and $1 each. 



Metallica. A grand variety, with large 

 foliage of a beautiful, pearly lavender 

 pink color, a changeable metallic shade, 

 that is a fine contrast to the tall spikes 

 of the waxen, red flowers, with pinkish 

 stems. Small plants 25c each, larger 

 plants 50c each. 



Secunda. Low-growing, light green 

 rosettes' and pretty red flowers; fine for 

 borders. 5c, 10c and 15c each; doz. 50c, 

 75c and $1. 



Secunda Glauca. Resembling the 

 above, but prettier; with glaucous green 

 leaves. Flowers bright red, 5c, 10c and 

 20c each; doz., 50c, 75c and $1. 



EUPHORBIAS. Very peculiar plants; 

 with slender stems without leaves, some 

 with large rfoliage, others as if carved out 

 of hard wood; all very interesting. 



Grandicornis. One of the handsomest. 

 'Looks as if carved from wood, branches 

 angled and spined, and partly twisted. 

 Variegated, dark and light green. Cuts, 

 25c; small plants, 40c. 



Grantii. Quite distinct; leaves large 

 and handsomely variegated. It grows to 

 be almost a tree; very stately. 15c, 25c 

 to 50c each. Cuts, 10c. 



Splendens or Crown of Thorns. A very 

 interesting, thorny plant, that bears very 

 beautiful bright scarlet flowers on slen- 

 der stems, always in bloom. Very 

 showy in the garden. 25c each; cuts', 

 10c. 



Candelabra. A slender-stemmed va- 

 riety of tree-like and very bushy growth. 

 15c to 25c each; cuttings 5c to 10c. 



Lactea. Another beautiful plant of 

 upright candelabra-like growth. The stems 

 are marked diagonally with alternate 

 bands of yellow and green and look as if 

 carved from wood. 35c. 



Grandidentata. Tree-like growth with 

 triangular branches. Cuts 15c, plants 

 25c. 



Cereiformis. Grows upright globular 

 with regular ridges meeting at a com- 

 mon center and is formed like many of 

 the upright varieties of Cereus. Small 

 plants, 50c. 



FOURCROYA Lindenii. This valuable 

 plant is a most beautiful and rare va- 

 riety with broad, waved, thick green 

 leaves, margined with white and pink. 

 It resembles the century plant in style 

 of growth but is much more refined and 

 graceful. It makes' an effective pot 



