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Specialties in 
Gerbera Jamesoni 
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Gerbera Jamesoni, the Transvaal Daisy 
GERBERA. The Scarlet Transvaal Daisy. 
The leaves are grayish green, long and 
ruffled at’ the edges and grow close to 
the ground in rosette-like form. The 
flower stems are from 15 to 18 inches 
long and are surrounded by _ splendid 
large brilliant scarlet daisy-like flowers, 
four and one-half inches across. The 
center of the flower is bright red; 
fine for cutting and keeps for two 
weeks in water. The plant is perennial 
and blooms all the year. Very scarce. 
Strong plants, 25 and 50c each. $2.00 and 
$4.00 per dozen. (See cut.) 
GOLDEN YELLOW CALLA  (Richardia 
Elliottiana) True. Entirely distinct and 
unlike all other forms of yellow Callas; it 
has the same habit of growth as the ordin- 
ary white variety, with flowers of same 
size and shape, but of a_ frich, clear, 
lustrous golden-yellow color; the foliage 
is dark green, with a number of trans- 
lucent creamy-white spots, which add 
much to its beauty. It is but a few years 
ago that this sold at a very high price. 
We are now able to offer strong bulbs at 
35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen. 
Plants and Seeds 
Billbergia 
Rare and choice from Brazil. Plant grows 
about 1% feet high. Long narrow leaves 
slightly spiny. Flowers fuchsia-like, borne 
on slender spikes. Petals yellowish green, 
with a blue margin enclosed in rosy bracts. 
25 cents. 
New Tree Begonia 
‘“Rosengold” 
Flowers similar to the other Tree Begon- 
ias. The difference is in the leaves, the colors 
of which giving it the name. The leaves are 
glossy green and are beautifully splashed 
on the back with yellow and red—delicately 
edged with red. 25 cents. 
Cactus Flowering 
Geraniums 
A very unique and strikingly beautiful 
distinct type which, originated in England 
but a few years ago, at once won a place in 
great public favor as pot plants, for the con- 
servatory and window boxes, for which they 
are unusually pleasing and attractive on 
account of their remarkably handsome and 
marvelous profusion of bloom, 
The Cactus has by common consent been 
recognized as a distinctive term applied to 
certain types of dahlias, cinerarias, etc., but 
none deserve the appellation more so than 
the Cactus geraniums, with their admirable 
elegance of form, exquisite graceful narrow 
curled and twisted petals, similar to those 
of the finest grade of Cactus dahlia. 
—J. R. Greenhill. 
pinkish lavender. 
Mrs. J. Brown. Dark scarlet; dwarf grow- 
er; free bloomer. 
Salmon Queen. Delicate light salmon. 
Exquisite, Salmon rose. 
Countess. Dark Salmon. 
20 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. 
Pleasing shade of soft 
Haemanthus (a rare bulb) 
Blood Flower) 
Very broad tongue shaped leaves which 
die down before flowers appear; flowers 
composed of a heavy calyx of deep blood red 
inside of which is a great number of red 
florets close together, resembling a mass of 
stamens. Very beautiful and interesting. 
50 cents. 
TRY OUR FINE STRAINS OF “PETUNIA” 
SEEDS.—THEY ARE THE BEST GROWN 
