74 Mrs. Theodosia B. Shepherd's Annual Catalogue 



Aralia Sieboldi. A fine decorative plant with large shining- light 

 green leaves. It gives large clusters of fine white flowers. It is especially 

 adapted for pot and house culture. 25c to 81.00 each. 



PEPPER. Tree. 15c to 35c each; S3.00 dozen. 



Ornamental Grasses, Etc. 



ARUNDO Don&x Va.riegata.. Very broad corn-like foliag-e, beau- 

 tifully striped with creamj'-white and light green. It forms grand plants, 

 and grows 8 to 10 feet high. 25c each; clumps, 50c each. 



PAPYR.US Antiquorum. "Egyptian Pamper Plant." Is most 

 elegant, graceful, and stately. It sends up reed-like stems, which on old 

 plants rise from 8 to 10 feet high, crowned with a tuft or umbel of long, 

 wiry grass that falls gracefully above and around the stem. 15c, 25c each; 

 clumps 50c each. 



CYPER.US Alternifolius. "Umbrella. Gra^ss." Slender stems, 

 surmounted by alternate leaves, so arranged as to resemble the frame of 

 an open umbrella; as beautiful and ornamental for home decoration as a 

 palm. 10c to 25c each, $1.50 to $2.50 dozen; clumps, 50c to 75c each. 



Alternifolius Gracilis. A charming dwarf variety of umbrella 

 grass, that does not grow over 18 inches high. 10c each, clumps 50c. 



GRANDES. "The New Umbrella. Plant." The slender stems are 

 crowned with alternate leaves about %, an inch wide, and about 4 inches 

 long, that lie perfectly flat, and are surmounted by a tuft of dainty, wiry 

 grass, with stems 2 or 3 inches long, tipped with the flower. 25c to 50c 

 each. 



CAR.EX Ja.ponica Variegata.. An exquisite grass with slender, 

 arching, green foliage edged with white, and with an elegant habit that 

 gives it a place not equalled by any other grass. 25c each. 



Himalaya Faary Grass. A very beautiful grass from India, that 

 bears numbers of long shining reddish-green tassels, which if picked and 

 dried before fully developed, open out into beautiful air}', plume-like 

 flowers. They curl gracefully, and are a fine golden-yellow color. They 

 do not shake to pieces, but keep their beauty for years. Very hardy. Good 

 plants 25c each, $2.00 dozen. 



Basket Grass. A very pretty variety that came to me without a 

 name. The blades are very long and narrow and are daintily striped green 

 and white. It bears long spikes of quite pretty flowers; fine for baskets. 

 10c to 25c each. 



BAMBOOS. 



Exceedingly ornamental for the garden, sending up the slender canes 

 of feathery growth in splendid groups. They are destined to be exten- 

 sively cultivated in California for their useful qualities as well as their 

 beaut}'. For pots, and for cut decorations in halls and dwelling they are 

 very effective. 



