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hardy variety that blooms for months during 
the summer and fall. It increases fast and 
makes very large clumps. 25¢c each. 
‘MONTBRETIAS. 20¢ doz. 
~ RRARCISSUS. Mixed. 25¢ per doz. 
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“NERINE Sarniensis or Guernsey Lily. Showy 
bulb, a native of Japan. The stamens 
are long, which gives a soft pretty effect. 
It blooms in September and October. 15¢ 
$1.00 per doz. 
VALLOTA Purpurea or Scarborough Lily. 
An evergreen bulb producing’ splendid 
spikes of brilliant large scarlet blossoms. 
It is one of the most showy of the Ama- 
ryllis family, is easily grown and blooms 
many times during the year. Blooms Well 
in pots. 15e, 25c. 
WATSONIAS White Hybrids. Flowers purest 
white and are produced on long branch- 
ing flower stalks. Surpasses any other 
Watsonias ever grown. 25c each; $2.00 
per doz. 
ZEPHYRANTHES, Rosea. Flowers lavge 
bright pink, lily-like, on slender stems. 5c 
each; 50c doz., postpaid. 
Alba. Valuable for pots, and for open 
borders; is -evergreen, easily grown, in- 
ereases fast; a border of the large star- 
like white flowers in bloom is handsome. 
Flowers keep for a week or ten days. 25c 
doz., $1.50 per hundred. Postage 5c to 10¢ on 
all large bulbs. 
Yellow Callas—See Page 4. 
Rare Succulent Plants 
No class of plants is more interesting 
than nature’s carved and sculptured forms 
decorated in wondrous patterns and col- 
ored in rarest tints. Dainty bits of carv- 
ing that have the surprising habit of 
bursting into charming bloom. Among 
the most attractive are Echeverias, Sem- 
pervivums, Aloes, Rochea, Haworthias, 
and a long list of others fresh from the 
studio of the Great Artist. Then their 
kindred the Cactus family, from pigmy 
to giant statues are ornamented with 
hooks and spears and spikes, pins, fcath- 
ers, or hairs, aS may be, and decorated 
with flowers so magnificent in color and 
size that one is lost in wonder. Nearly 
all the succulent plants are fine for house 
and conservatory, and are very effective 
with cacti, their distinct and original 
forms and showy flowers, making a fine 
display in the garden and adding much to 
the character of the collection. 
Choice Aloes 
Alce Variegata or Pheasant Aloe. One 
of the most interesting plants of this class. 
The leaves are spirally arranged, bright 
green and white, beautifully striped and 
marked resembling a pheasants breast. Flow- 
ers bright red always single. 10c, 15c, 25c, 
35¢c, 50ce each 
TRY OUR FINE STRAINS OF “PETUNIA” 
Climbing Aloe Citiris. A handsome vari- 
ety that grows rapidly. It can be trained to 
trellis, house, wall, or fence, or grown in 
pots. It has many branches, and bears its 
beautiful waxen tubular flowers on long 
slender stems. Always in bloom. 15c, to 50e. 
Cuts 10c. 
Striata. A most striking variety with trans- 
parent leaves of light green, beautifully strip- 
ed with yellowish-white; some times the 
leaves are half white and half green. It 
makes beautiful specimens. 25c, 35e to 50ce. 
Hanburyana. Beautiful on account of the 
handsome shape and coloring of the leaves 
and the very large spreading panicles of ex- 
quisitely colored waxen flowers. The 
leaves are broad, flat, blunt pointed, 4 to 5 
inches across, light, bluish-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. Flowers, fine waxen, coral red, and 
remain in bloom several weeks. An especial- 
ly beautiful ornament and fine for vases. 
Rare; small plants 25c to 50c. 
Mitraeformis. A handsome variety with 
thick, short, fleshy leaves, decorated with 
short vellow thorns. It grows 2 or 3 feet 
high, requiring support and bears fine red 
flowers. 15c, 25c, 50ce 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 garden, 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 shining 
hooks, the color light yellowish-green 
above, gray underneath, the plain looking 
plant is suddenly metamorphosed; the 
leaves assume a reddish tinge, and the en- 
tire center, 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. 
25¢c to 50c each. 
ECHEVERIAS. A most interesting class of 
plants, always rosette-like in form and 
variously colored and marked. 
Hoveyii or Opal Echeveria. One of the 
most beautiful of this class. It is very brittle 
and requires much care in handling. It is ex- 
quisite in its lovely opaline coloring of milky 
white, opal blue and pink—either direct- 
ly marked in the three colors, or beautifully 
striated. Always rare. 25c, 50c and $1 each. 
Metallica. A grand variety, with large fol- 
iage of a beautiful, pearly lavender pin col- 
or, a changeable metallic shade, that is a 
fine contrast to the tall spikes of the waxen 
red fiowers, with pinkish stems. Small 
plants 25c each, larger plants 50c each. 
Secunda. Low-growing, light green rosettes 
and pretty red flowers; fine for borders. 5e, 
10e and 15c each; doz. 50c, 75e and $1. 
SEEDS.—THEY ARE THE BEST GROWN 
