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LeSoudsii. One of the most beautiful 
The center of the leaf is dark bronzy green; 
ground light yellowish-green; border rich 
bright green, dotted with silver; edge 
bronze beautifully waved. The entire leaf 
blotched and spotted with shining silver, 
which gives it a rich metallic lustre. Leaves 
are pointed and prettily lobed. 15c. 
Queen of Hanover. Beautiful. Leaves 
like velvet or plush; center dark green with 
broad silver band and a margin of dark 
green; the entire leaf is covered with fine 
hairs, bright red in the early stages of 
growth, changing to green with age. 25c. 
Queen Victoria. A beautiful light green 
silvered leaf, crinkled like crepe. Small 
bronze-green center and delicately marked 
with a bronze-green margin. 15c. 
Rex. <A splendid old variety with very 
thick large leaves. Ground color dark rich 
bronze, shaded green, with a silver center; 
a bright silver band. 15c. 
Stella. A beautiful new, quadri-clored 
Rex, with broad, shining silver zone that is 
veined and marked with bright, metallic 
bronze and violet shadings. The zone is 
banded with dark green, and the whole dis- 
tinectly bordered with reddish bronze. One 
of the most attractive and beautiful of the 
Rex family. 15c. 
Mrs. Shepherd’s Rex Begonia 
Tourmaline. A splendid sort, with very 
large broad leaves; midribs and veins, dark 
rich green, changing to emerald-green; sur- 
face between veins and mid-ribs bordered 
with shining silver spots. The leaf has a 
beautiful satiny bloom, and is lightly covered 
with long pale green hairs. Stems and young 
growth bright red, and covered with long 
bright red hairs. 25c. 
General Collection of Plants 
All our plants except Ferns are raised 
from stock grown in the open the year 
round, 
ABELIA RUPESTRIS. A most useful ever- 
green shrub for hedge or grounds. Blooms 
in early winter and is covered with 
showers of tubular lavender flowers set 
in bronze bracts which last for a long time 
after the flowers have bloomed. 20c each. 
ABUTILONS, Enfanta Eulalie. A beautiful 
pink variety with large, flaring flowers. 
20c. 
Savitzii. The most beautiful foliage plant 
among Abutilons. Leaves are all white, var- 
iegated with green. Grows into bushy plants 
that are striking and effective. 20c. 
Eclipse. A charming, trailing variety with 
beautiful foliage, variegated green and yel- 
low, and having pretty drooping yellow flow- 
ers. 20c. The three for 50c, 
AGATHEA Coelestis. Blue Daisy. A 
lovely perennial, bearing numerous sky 
blue flowers always in bloom fine for 
bedding and also for pot plants. 10c, 75c 
doz. 
AGATHEA Coelestis VARIEGATA. Same 
but foliage variegated, golden and green. 
25¢c. 
ALOYSIA Citriodora or Lemon Verbena. A 
popular old shrub with fragrant leaves 
which retain their odor when dried, for 
many years. It is a pot plant in the east, 
but in California grows to be a large 
shrub 10 or 12 feet high. 15c. 
ALPINIA Nutans, Shell Lily. Sends up 
arching stems clothed with delightfully 
aromatic, rich green leaves, and terminat- 
ed by racemes often 3 feet long, of bril- 
liant, orchid-like flowers, each shaped like 
an exquisite crinkled shell, and in color 
yellow, orange and white, delicately com- 
bined and strikingly contrasted. 25c each. 
TRY OUR FINE STRAINS OF “PETUNIA” 
ASPIDISTRA, Lurida. One of the most 
satisfactory plants for house decoration; 
the leaves start from the ground on long 
slender stems, from 8 to 20 inches long. 
and 4 to 6 inches in width, round at the 
base and pointed at the ends; are thick 
and leathery and a beautiful green. This 
plant will grow anywhere in the house, 
and needs very little care except to sponge 
the leaves occasionally, and supply it with 
water. Small size 25c each; larger size, 
50e to $1 each. 
Lurida Variegata. Like the above, ex- 
cept that the leaves are beautifully striped 
with white. 50c each. 
ANCHUSA, Capensis. Resembles a fine large 
Forget-Me-Not, but deeper and brighter 
blue. It is a fine continuous’ bloomer, 
especially in winter. An exquisite blue. 
15c each. 
Beautiful Carnations—Old 
and New 
10c each; $1 per doz., by mail; 75c doz. by 
express. 
Aristocrat. Cerise pink, a good bloomer. 
Anna H. Shaw. A perpetual bloomer, of 
rapid growth, in a short time forms large 
strong plants, full of buds and blossoms on 
long stems. Flowers are of medium size, 
perfect in form, never bursting; white occas- 
sionally tinged in the center with delicate 
blush; spicy and sweet, Always in bloom. 
Caesar. A fine striped variety; free flow- 
ering. 
E| Dorado. Light yellow, 
fringed. 
Enchantress. Color a very pleasing shade 
of light pink, deepening toward the center, 
size three and one-half inches and over. It 
does not burst and has strong, stiff stems, 
edged pink, 
SEEDS.—THEY ARE THE BEST GROWN 
