26 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD'S ANNUAE CATALOGUE. 



(f^eneml Collection of Plants. 



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^BUTILO^IS. 



Souv de Bonn. Silver-edged Abutilon. A distinct new variety, with fine foli- 

 age, beautifully margined silver-white, and splendid large flowers on long stems. 

 A very showy and ornamental plant. 15 to 25 cts. 



Airy Fairy Lillian. Tall, slender habit; flowers like dainty swinging salmon 

 parachutes on brown stems; foliage small; stems veined brown. 10 to 25 cts. 



Wild Bells. A lovely variety of weeping or drooping habit, reddish orange 

 flaring flowers, on thread-like stems; beautiful. 10 cts. 



Juliet. Of slender growth, branches very spreading, bearing showers of long 

 bell-like, brilliant scarlet flowers of satiny sheen. 15 to 25 cts. 



Elaine. Dainty white; flowers resemble hare bells, on long stems. 15 to 25 cts. 



Enfanta Eulalie. New. A pretty new sort with flowers of good substance, on 

 long stems. Salmon pink, of a beautiful new shade and fine form. 15 to 25 cts. 



Thompsonii Pleno. The only double variety. The foliage is beautifully varie- 

 gated with yellow. The plant grows in fine tree form; flowers very numerous, 

 with long stems, and a charming shade of orange yellow, veined red. The out- 

 side of the flower is plain like other varieties; the inside is filled with thread- 

 like petals; perfectly double and perfect in shape. 15 to 25 cts. 



Golden Bells. Large, splendid golden yellow flowers. 10 to 25 cts. each. 



Golden Fleece. Orange yellow flowers, beautifully crinkled like crepe, free 

 bloomer; long stems, profuse and perpetual bloomer. 10 to 25 cts. each. 



Vexillarium. A beautiful trailing variety; branches hung with myriads of drooping 

 flowers, calyx of a deep red color, and yellow petals. 15 to 25 cts. each. 



yVSPEDISTRA IsURIDA. 



Aspedistra Lurida. One of the most satisfactory and beautiful plants for house 

 decoration; the leaves start from the ground on slender stems, from 4 to 6 inches 

 in length, and are from 8 to 20 inches long, and 4 to 6 inches in width; they are 

 round at the base and pointed at the ends; are thick and leathery and a beautiful 

 green; the flowers are very peculiar in shape and bloom on the surface of the 

 ground; this plant will grow anywhere in the house; needs very little care, 

 excepting to sponge the leaves occasionally and keep supplied with water. 

 Plants with three leaves, 30 cts. Larger, 50 cts. to $1.00. Extra large plants, 

 $1.50 to $2.00. 



Lurida Variegata. Like the above, except the leaves are beautifully striped 

 white; this variety is always very rare, as it is liable to sport back to the plain 

 variety. Small plants, 50 cts. 



FIBROUS OR SHRUBBY BEGOJMIAS. 



Begonias are my great specialty, and all varieties, new and old, are welcomed and 

 given room. They respond generously to ordinary care, and flourish and bloom 

 outside all the year, many kinds growing to immense size in a few years. The more 

 tender varieties with large foliage do better grown in lath houses, where they are 

 somewhat screened from sun and winds. I have a very large collection. 



Argentea Guttata. The leaves are oblong and pointed, notched and serrated; the 

 colors bronze purple with silvery markings; flowers white; a good bloomer, and 

 a fine shrubby plant of the easiest culture. 10 to 25 cts. 



Snow=Wreath. Dainty, shining foliage and a profusion of snowy white flowers. 

 10 to 25 cts. 



