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fine display in the garden and adding much to 



the character of the collections. 



"If you care to use my name as refer- 

 ence, you can do so with pleasure, as I 

 have received better, larger and healthier 

 plants from you than I have from any 

 other dealer, and I have bought from all 

 the large dealers and fanciers of America. 

 "Yours respectfully, 



"P. A. DONAHUE, 

 "Atlanta, Ga." 



CHOICE ALOES Arborescens. Low growing 

 slender tree form. Leaves dark green, 

 glauscescent, gradually tapering with coarse 

 teeth. Flowers red. 25c. 



Climbing Aloe Ciliaris. A handsome variety 

 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. 



Striata. A most striking variety with trans- 

 parent leaves of light green, beautifully 

 striped with yellowish white; sometimes 

 the leaves are half white and half green. It 

 makes beautiful specimens, 25c and 50c. 



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, translu- 

 cent, prettily marked, and have a pearl v 

 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 especially beautiful ornament and line 

 for vases. Rare; small plants, 25c. 



Mitraeformis. A handsome variety with thick 

 short, fleshy leaves, decorated with short 

 yellow thorns. It grows 2 or 3 feet high, re- 

 quiring support and bears fine red flowers. 

 25c. 



CARAGUATA or Heart of Fire. Of the Pine 

 Apple family, on account of its aggressive 

 qualities, would be of little interest 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, arching, deeply chan- 

 neled, edged with shining hooks; the color 

 light yellowish green above, gray under- 

 neath. As the time for flowering approaches 

 the plain looking plant is suddenly meta- 

 morphosed; the leaves assume a reddish 

 tinge, and the 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 illumina- 

 tion fades away, and the grand display is 

 over. 25c and 50c each. 



CRASSULA Gracilis. (We formerly called this 

 Sedum Pulchellum). Bronze green foliage 

 and purple flowers, low growing. 10c. 



Lactea. Fleshy leaves edged with white dots — 

 large bunches of white star-like flowers. 15c. 



Quadrifida (Formerly called Sedum Rotundifol- 

 ium.) Thick green leaves and fine airy 

 sprays of pink flowers on long stems. 10c. 



ECHEVERIAS. A most interesting class .>f 

 plants, always rosette like in form and 

 variously colored and marked. 



Agavoides (Urbina Agavoides.) Agave shaped 

 with sharp red tipped leaves. 25c. 



Coccinea. (New). Climbing habit with velvety 

 leaves, stock limited. 25c. 



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. Always rare. 25c, 50c 

 and $1 each. 



Multicaulis (New.) Branching shiny dark 

 green leaves with reddish edge. 25c. 



Orbiculata. Very striking on account of its 

 flat, fleshy, bluish gray leaves with red 

 margin. Flowers very beautiful, bell shaped 

 of a salmon color with recurved petals. 15c. 



Pringeli (New). Similar to Multicaulis but 

 lighter soft green leaves. 25c. 



Secunda Glauca. Glaucous green leaves. 



Flowers bright red. 10c each; 75c doz. 



Weinbergii (New). Very handsome of bluish 

 gray color. 25c. 



DUDLEYA. Leaves are glaucous, overlaid 

 with a white powder. Allied to the Echever- 

 ias. 



Candida. Narrow, pointed, silvery leaves 

 covered with a white powder. Nice plants. 

 Flowers flesh color. 50c. 



Pulverulenta. Compact rosettes covered with a 

 white powder. 50c. 



STYLOPHYLLUM. Leaves are long, stylo or 



pencil like. 

 Edule. Smooth and shining. 25c. 

 Orcutti. Greyish, covered with white powder. 



25c. 



EUPHORBIAS. Very peculiar plants; some 

 with slender stems without leaves, some 

 with large foliage, others as if carved out 

 of hard wood; all very interesting. 



Candelabra. (Tirucalli.) A slender-stemmed 

 variety of tree-like and very bushy growth. 

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



Canariensis. 4-sided dark green, cactus-like. 

 Tall growing and branching. 50c. 



Caput Medusae. South Africa. — A peculiar 

 shaped plant that forms little round globu- .., 

 lar stems from which grow long drooping 

 arms or branches, the ends of which en- 

 large and again form globular stems, which 

 will root and form new plants. , Very rare. 

 50c and $1. 



(NOTE — We have been sending this variety 

 as Cereiformis by mistake.) 



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