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tinge on the back. 15c and 25c. 



NEW TECOMA MACKENIL 

 (Rosea.) A remarkably handsome 

 plant from South Africa. It has op- 

 posite pinnate leaves, and bears 

 magnificent racemes, three to four 

 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 recommended 

 as a handsome, showy climber. 25c 

 and 50c . 



TECOMA JASMINOIDES. A 

 very handsome climber and always 

 admired. Glossy foliage, and clus- 

 ters of large flaring, trumpet-like 

 flowers, white with maroon-red 

 'throat, and pink with a red throat. 

 The long veranda at the Arlington 

 Hotel, Santa Barbara, is most pict- 

 uresque, being festooned from one 

 end to the other with this grand 

 climber, which is in bloom the en- 

 tire year and bears hundreds of 

 thousands of the flowers. Ready in 

 April. White, 25c; pink, 30c, 



WISTERIA. 25c each. 



TACSONIA BUCHANI. A Pink 

 Passion Vine. Another rampant 

 grower, with large, loyely pink flow- 

 ers, followed by edible fruit; always 

 in bloom; a most satisfactory vine, 

 as any one can succeed with it, 25c 

 each. 



Tacsonia Von Volexmi. One of 

 the most satisfactory of the Passa- 

 flora family; always scarce and rare; 

 the foliage is long and prettily di- 

 vided; the flowers are large and of 

 an intense crimson; they hang pen- 

 dant from stems 12 inches long, and 

 are exceedingly graceful. Small 

 plants, 50c, large, $1. 



Grand New Tacsonia, "Suther- 



landia." This most beautiful new 

 climber, is said to be a cross between 

 the "Scarlet Passaflora" and the 

 "Pink Tacsonia," called here Tacso- 

 nia "Buchani," the latter being the 

 seed-bearing parent. It is of vigor- 

 ous habit of growth with handsome 

 three-lobed foliage, strong of text- 

 ure,and a rich, dark-green color . The 

 flowers measure 1 inches across. 

 Color, an exquisite carmine rose, 

 shadmg darker in the center, with a 

 tiny purple fringe around the throat. 

 The back of the petals is a very 

 light pea-green. The tube meas- 

 ures 1^ inches in length, stem of 

 flower 2h inches, so that the flowers 

 stand well out from the foliage. It 

 is a fine bloomer, rivaling even its 

 parent, the scarlet Passion Vine, so 

 noted for the profusion and mag- 

 nificence of its flowers. Seedlings 

 25c each; plants from cuttings ready 

 April 1st, 10c each. 



Palms, Dracaenas, Uk 



BRAHEA EDULIS. A new va- 

 riety of Fan Palm from Guadaloupe 

 Island. Large plants, $3 to $5 each; 

 small, 35c. 



BRAHEA FILAMENTOSA. The 

 hardy California Fan Palm, a most 

 vigorous growing plant; foliage very 

 regular, of a bright green, deeply 

 and regularly pinnated, the margins 

 of each being covered with pith hair- 

 like, long filaments, giving them a 

 remarkable appearance from other 

 Fan Palms. Thej- are beautiful dec- 

 orative plants in all respects, either 

 for in or out-door use. Small, 25c 

 each. Plants 1 to 1^ feet, 50c each; 

 plants 2 to 2| feet, $1 each; extra 

 large plants, $3 to $5 each. 



