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PASSAFLORA Scarlet. One of California's most brilliant climbers. It will in 

 three years reach the tops of the tallest trees, completely taking possession. 

 With its handsome foliage and vivid scarlet flowers it is wonderfully effective. 

 25 to 40 cts. each. 



Edulis. Very handsome Passion Flower, white and blue, the corona white and 

 crinkled; rich, glossy foliage; edible fruit of a deep purple color. 25 cts. each. 



SniLAX. 10 to 25 cts. each. 



SOLANUn Wendlandi. Has immense panicles of large, violet-blue flowers, 2y 2 to 

 3 inches across, sometimes over a hundred in a cluster. It is indescribably 

 lovely, and is one of those plants that sell at sight. It is a rapid grower, of very 

 easy cultivation, 25 cts. each. 



JASfllNOlDES Variegata. This lovely climber, though not new, is rarely seen. 

 The foliage is light green, irregularly margined with creamy white. It has all 

 the good qualities of the plain variety, being just as free blooming and habit of 

 growth, but with such beautiful foliage as to attract attention at once. It does 

 equally well in the greenhouse or outside. A location that has shade part of the 

 day gives a delicacy to the foliage and greatly enhances its beauty. 15 and 25 

 cts. each. 



TECOMA Mackenii "Rosea." A remarkably handsome plant from South Africa. 

 It has opposite pinnate leaves, and bears magnificent racemes, two to three feet in 

 length, of large, showy flowers, which resemble pink azalias; they are old rose 

 pink, veined darker pink. This beautiful plant can scarcely be too highly recom- 

 mended as a handsome, showy climber. 25 to 50 cts. 



Jasminoides. A very handsome climber and always admired. Glossy foliage, and 

 clusters of large flaring, trumpet-like flowers, white with maroon-red throat, and 

 pink with a red throat. White, 25 cts.; Pink, 30 cts. 



TACSONIA, "Sutherlandia." It is of vigorous habit, with handsome, large, shin- 

 ing three-lobed, foliage, of strong texture, and a rich, dark green. The flowers 

 measure 4 inches across. Color, an exquisite carmine rose, shading darker in 

 the center, with a tiny purple fringe around the throat. It is a fine bloomer, 

 rivaling even its parent, the Scarlet Passion Vine, so noted for the profusion and 

 magnificence of its flowers. 25 to 50 cts. each. 



BRAHEA Edulis. A new variety of Fan Palm from Guadaloupe Island. Large 

 plants, $2.00 to $5.00 each; small, 35 cts. 



Filamentosa. The hardy California Fan Palm, a most vigorous growing plant; 

 foliage very regular, of a bright green, deeply and regularly pinnated, the mar- 

 gins of each being covered with hair-like, long filaments, giving them a remark- 

 able appearance from other Fan Palms. They are beautiful decorative plants in 

 all respects, either for in or out-door use. Small, 25 cts. each. Plants 1 to 1% 

 feet, 50 cts. each; plants 2 to 2 l / 2 feet, $1.00 each; extra large plants, $2.00 to 

 $3,00 each. 



Glauca, Blue Palm. A very ornamental Fan Palm of robust habit. The leaves are 

 a blue-green, glaucous beneath. New and rare. Small, 25 to 50 cts. ; fine 

 specimen plants, $3.00 to $5.00 each. 



CORYPHA Australis, Livistonia. A very hardy Australian Palm; foliage dark 

 green, very symmetrically and regularly slit, the segments partly doubled from 

 base of petioles or leaf-stock, which is thickly armed with crooked spines. 

 Strong plants 75 each; plants 2 to 5 feet high, $1.50 to $3.50 each. 



CHAM/EROPS Humilis. A Fan Palm with dwarf habit; it is a native of Southern 

 Europe; very hardy. A splendid specimen for the lawn. Small plants, 25 cts. 

 each; plants 1 to 1% feet high, 75 cts. to $1.50 each. 



