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R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. 
FARQUHAR’S FOLIAGE AND FLOWERING PLANTS 
FOR WINTER DECORATION. 
ALLAMANDA. 
Williamsii. A handsome free-flowering bushy variety with large, 
clear yellow flowers which are sweetly scented. An excellent plant 
for the house or conservatory. $1.00 each. 
ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS. Snapdragon. (Ready in September.) 
White, Pink, Red or Yellow. 
Plants from 33 in. pots, $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
ARAUCARIA. 
Excelsa. One of the most graceful and beautiful foliage plants grown 
and very serviceable for house and conservatory decoration. Plants 
Io to 12 in. high, each, $1.25; 14 to 16 in., $2.00. 
ARDISIA. 
Crenulata rubra. Ornamental plants bearing clusters of bright red 
berries. Plants in 5 in. pots, $1.75 each; $15.00 per doz. 
ASPIDISTRA. 
Lurida green=leaved. Decorative plant, with long green leaves suitable 
for halls or other shady places. Plants in 7 in. pots, $2.00 each. 
Lurida variegata. Foliage green striped with white. Plants in 6 in. 
pots, $2.00 each. 
ASPARAGUS. 
Plumosus nanus. Climbing Lace Asparagus. Bright green finely pin- 
nate fern-like foliage; very lasting. Plants from 2} in. pots, 75c. per 
doz., $5.00 per 100; 33 in. pots, $1.50 per doz.; $12.00 per 100; 5 in. 
pots, each, 35c. $3.50 per doz. 
Sprengeri. Drooping feathery sprays; excellent for hanging pots and 
baskets. Plants from 24 in. pots, 75c. per doz.; $5.00 per 100; 33 in. 
ots, $1.50 per doz.; $12.00 per 100; 5 in. pots, each, 25c. $2.75 per doz. 
BOUGAINVILLEA. 
Glabra. Flowers rich violet-red. $5.00 to $7.50 each. 
BOUVARDIAS. (Ready in September.) Useful plants for cut flowers. 
Double White, Double Pink, Single Red. 
Humboldti. White. 
All of the above varieties 50c. each; $5.00 per doz. 
BROWALLIA. 
Begonia Melior. 
BEGONIA. 
Melior. A beautiful new winter-flowering Begonia which promises to far surpass 
the well known Glory of Cincinnati. It is a strong robust grower, 12 to 24 in. 
high with an abundance of flowers of a delicate shade of soft satiny-pink. The 
plants we offer were obtained direct from the introducers, Messrs. J. A. Peterson & 
Sons, Cincinnati. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 
Gloire de Lorraine. Of all the winter-blooming plants this variety is the most 
lavish in its production of flowers. The flowers are of a bright salmon-rose color, 
growing in large, gracefully drooping panicles. Plants from 2} in. pots, $2.50 
per doz.; $15.00 per 100; 33 in. pots, $4.00 per doz. $30.00 per 100; 6 in. pans, 
each $1.00; $10.00 per doz. 
Glory of Cincinnati. A more vigorous type of the Lorraine. Plants from 2} in. 
pots, $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100; 33 in. pots, $5.00 per doz.; $35.00 per 100; 
6 in. pans, each, $1.25; $12.00 per doz. 
Pink Beauty. A very desirable variety for the house or conservatory; in bloom all 
winter. Flowers salmony-pink. Strong Plants 35c. each; $3.50 per doz. 
Incarnata. A charming species producing large sprays of delicate pink flowers 
throughout the winter. Strong plants. 50c. each; $5.00 per doz. 
BUDDLEIA. (Winter Lilac.) (Ready in September.) 
Asiatica. An elegant pot plant suitable for general decorative purposes and cut 
flowers. Flowers pure white; deliciously fragrant. 50c. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Officinalis. An excellent companion to the above with rose-pink fragrant flowers 
each with orange eye produced in terminal branched tails. 50c. each; $5.00 per doz. 
CALCEOLARIA. (Ready in November.) 
Farquhar’s Perfection. The flowers of this strain are of large size, of rich and 
varied colors including self-colors, spotted, blotched and laced. Plants in 33 
in. pots, $3.00 per doz. 
Stuarti. Large flowers of bright yellow. Plants in 3} in-pots, $3.00 per doz. 
CHOROZIMA. 
Elegans. Handsome greenhouse shrub with holly-like leaves and brilliant orange- 
red flowers. 75c. to $1.25 each. 
CISSUS. 
Discolor. A grand climber for the conservatory with green leaves mottled and 
marbled with crimson. 75c. each. 
CLERODENDRON. 
Balfouri. Desirable greenhouse climber with bright scarlet flowers and ivory-white 
alyx. This variety makes an excellent house plant. 50c. to $1.50 each. 
Speciosa major. 
violet-blue flowers. 
A beautiful perpetual-flowering variety with bright 
15c. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Buddleia Asiatica. 
