RARE PLANTS AND NOVELTIES. 



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F^ew Golden Spotted flktilou. 



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ECEIPSE," 



The plant shown on the above engraving is our 

 Double "White Ivy Geranium, "Joan of Arc," which 

 is offered on page 133 at 30 cts. each ; S3. 00 per doz. 



This novel and distinct variety is well shown in the engraving below. The leaves are 

 beautifully spotted with golden yellow on a green ground. The flowers are orange 

 yellow, and are produced abundantly. It is an excellent plant for edging foliage beds, 

 and as a basket or vase plant is unsurpassed, while as a specimen in the window or 

 conservatory it has few equals. (See cut below.) Price, 30 cts. each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



Black Calla lily. 



(ARUM SANCTUM.) 



A rare species from the Holy Land, and offered for the first time in this 



country, we believe, by us. The flowers are about 14 inches long, from tip 



to base, and about 4 inches broad at the widest part, gracefully curving to a 



small point. They have a strong violet-like odor, are a deep velvety purplish 



maroon— almost black— on the upper side, and moss-green underneath ; being 



convoluted like a sea shell, both colors are visi- A ble, the result being 



a unique and beautiful effect, M which, when once 



seen, will be long remembered. M From the centre of 



the flower springs a spike ten M inches long, of the 



most intense glossy black. The W whole appearance of 



the plant is stately and elegant Jf m the extreme— the 



color of the flowers stamping it Jf/ as one of the most 



wonderfulproductionsof nature. d Price, S2.00 each. 



ABXTTTLON, " ECLIPSE " 



THE BLACK CALLA LILY. 



The plants looked just as fresh as if they had been taken from your green-houses only a few minutes. The third size Roses were large, healthy plants, and some of 

 my friends, who had already ordered from another house, said they were sorry they had not sent to you.— -Bbuce Abmstbong, Knoxville, Tenn., April 7th, 1889. 



