FLOWERING BULBS, PLANTS, ETC 



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(OT HE Plants we offer here are those especially adapted for the decoration of the parlor or conser- 

 *J- vatory during the winter or spring months, and we are careful to send out none but those in 

 good health and firat-class condition. All plants are carefully packed according to the season of the 

 year, to insure their safe delivery to any part of the country. 



ASPARAGUS-Continued. 



Plumosus Nanus — Foliage bright green, 

 very graceful, and so delicate it has all the 

 appearance of finely woven silk lace, yet when 

 cut the fronds retain their form, substance 

 and color for weeks. An indispensable plant 

 for all decorative purposes. Price each, 50c. 



Tenuissimus— Similar to the above, although 

 not quite so attractive, but is an excellent pot 

 plant; may be kept dwarf and bushy, and is 

 easily grown. Price each, 25c. 



ASPIDISTRA. 



As a house plant, cultivated for its foliage 

 only, we can confidently say the Aspidistra is 

 surpassed by none, and, in fact, has few 

 equals. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate on 

 long stems, just slender enough to give the 

 plant a very graceful appearance, about a 

 foot and a half in length and about four in- 

 ches in breadth at their widest part. The 

 common species, Lurida, has plain dark green 

 foliage. We have also a very pretty variegat- 

 ed variety, the leaves being alternately striped 

 with white and green. Both kinds are very 

 easy of cultivation, in fact, nothing but posi- 

 tive and continued neglectjjwill kill them. 

 This plant should be in every collection. 

 Price, green variety, each, 25c; variegated 

 variety, each, 50c. 



ABAUCARIA EXCELSA. 



ARAUCARIA 

 EXCELSA. 



An admirable house 

 plant, bearing a striking 

 resemblance to a small and 

 perfectly formed spruce 

 tree, only far neater, more 

 delicate and much more 

 graceful in appearance. 

 Very unique indeed and a 

 great acquisition. It is a 

 native of New Zealand. 18 

 inches high, price each, 

 $3.00; 24 inches high, price 

 each, $5.00. 



ASPARAGUS. 



A very pretty and grace- 

 ful fern-like climbing plant 

 rivaling in beauty even the 

 delicate Maidenhair Fern. 

 Few plants are more orna- 

 mflntal and none more use- 

 ful. 



ASPIDISTRA. 



