GENERAL COLLECTION. 



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LANT ANAS— General Collection, 



We have few continuous blooming plants that afford a 

 greater variety of colors than the Lantana. It is yearly 

 becoming more extensively cultivated, so that it ranks as 

 one of the most important plants that we glow. The va- 

 rieties named below have been selected from our importa- 

 tions of the last few years as the most distinct. 

 AdolpU Avas. Canary ; dark centre. 

 Alba, Wliite. 



Alba LiUtea Grandiflora. White; yellow centre. 

 4.1ba Perl'eeta. Pure white ; very fine. 

 Aurantiaca. Bright orange. 

 Clotilda. Pink; yellow centre. 

 ■C. De Mourney. Pink and straw color. 

 Delicatissima. Deep lilac. 

 Don oalmut. Orange. 

 Eugenie. Kose and white. 

 Flora. Orange and pink. 

 Fulgens. Yellow and orange. 

 Flava liil acina. Lilac and orange. 

 Flaviana. Canary. 

 Grand Sultan. Purple and yellow. 

 Hendersonii. Rose; wliite centre. 

 King of Roses. Scarlet and orange. 

 Leonain. Orange and carmine. 

 Xiua Etinger. Straw color ; dwarf and profuse. 

 Magnum. Large; white-yellow centre. 

 Marcella. Lilac rose, changing to yellow. 

 Md, Porche-. Rose and salmon shaded. 

 Mo us. Bucliarlet. Golden yellow. 

 Monfeck. Crimson; compact habit. 

 Mutabilis Major. Orange and scarlet. 

 Md. Oaillotte. Orange red; yellow centre. 

 Md.Hoste. Rose and orange. 

 Raphael. Purple, orange and rose. 

 Rubra liUtea. Red and yellow. 

 Splendens. Purplish red. 

 Triumph. Dark orange. 

 Victoria. White; lemon centre. 



25 cts. e ach ; $2.25 per doz. Set of 32 Borts for $4.50. 



For " 12 best " see end of catalogue. 



MARANTAS. 



The markings of the leaves of some of the newer sorts of 



these plants are handsome in the extreme ; as decorative 



plants, grown for specimens in the conservatory, they are 



exceptionally tine, being well adapted for that purpose. 



Discolor. Large leaves, under side purplish-crimson, 

 upper side three distinct shades of green. $1.00each. 



Sanguinea. Dark green, silver mid-rib; under side 

 dark crimson. 50 cts. each. 



Amabile. Green leaf, prettily marked in the centre 

 with a silver blotch. 75 cts. each. 



Van den Hickeii. Under surface bronze, upper green 

 blotched, silver in the centre, and banded with 

 silver near the edge. Ji.OO each. 



Zebrina. Large velvety-looking leaves, dark green, 

 marked pea green. $1.00 each. 



Macka yana. Green, beautifully marked with silvery 

 wliite ; under side dark claret color. Very fine. 

 $1.00 each. 



Ornata, Light yellow, marked green. 30 cts. each. 



Porteana. Large, upright grower; leaves streaked 

 silver and green. $1.00 each. 



Princeps. Very large ; marked green, yellow, and crim- 

 son. 75 cts. each 



Pulcliella. Light green, striped with chocolate. 30 cts. 

 each. 



Veitcki. Dark green, banded near the edge with a nar- 

 row rim of pure white ; new, $1.00 each. 

 Set 11 sorts, $6.00. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM CORDIFO- 



LIUM VARIEGATUM, (Variegated 



Ice Plant.) 



Valuable for baskets or vases, as its succulent character 

 enables it to stand our hot and dry weather admirably. 

 The variegation of the leaves, white and green, is very 

 distinct, and the star-like, purple flowers contrast finely 

 with the creamy-white foliage. This plant is considered 

 one of the finest for front ribbon lines, and is used in im- 

 mense quantities in Batersea Park and other public 

 grounds about London. 



25 cts. each ; $2.25 per doz. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM, ("Wax Pink.") 



These are valuable, from their peculiar nature, for plant- 

 ing on dry, barren ground. They will grow and do well 

 where other plants would fail. The foliage is fleshy, suc- 

 culent ; the flowers bright and attractive. Are desirable 

 "vase plants. 



Aurantiacum. Dark orange. 

 Cordifolium,, Pink. 



Cordifolium Variegalum. (See Special Description.) 

 Glaucium. Deep violet pink. 

 Blandum. White. 

 Deltoid ii m. Pink. 

 IVitldum. White. 



25 cts. each; $2.25 per doz. Seven sorts for $1.25. 



MYRSIPHYLLUM ASFARAGOIDES.— SMILAX, 



MYRSIPHYLLUM ASPARAGOIDES. 

 (Smilax.) 



There is no climbing plant in cultivation that surpasses 

 this in the graceful beauty of its foliage, and its peculiar 

 wavy formation renders it one of the most valuable of all 

 plants for vases or hanging baskets, as it can be used 

 either to climb or to droop, as required. In cut flowers, 

 particularly for wreaths, it is now considered indispensa- 

 ble by all florists. Its hard texture enables it to keep 

 without wilting for several days after being cut. Its cul- 

 tivation has now become a specialty in every large city, 

 greenhouses being devoted solely to its cultivation. For 

 a parlor or window plant if is indispensable. (See Cut.) 

 25 cts. each ; $2.25 per doz. ; $15.00 per hundred. 



PAMPAS GRASS, (Gynerium Argenteum.) 



A stately species .of grass from South America, growing- 

 six feet in height, with plumes of yellowish white, one to 

 two feet in length ; it looks best as a single specimen. As 

 it is not quite hardy North, it requires protection of eight 

 or ten inches of leaves around the roots, or it can be re- 

 moved to the cellar, and replanted in spring, 



The plants we offer this season are all certain to flower 

 —the "flower" is the "California Pampas Plume," now 

 so much used when dry for decorative purposes. 



30 cts. each ; $3.00 per doz. Larger size, 50 cts. each ; 

 $4.50 per doz. 



PAMPAS GRASS, (Newer Sorts, 



Gymnerium Argenteum Bartonii. 



Violacea. 



Variegata. 



Pendula. 



Price 75 cts. each ; set of 5 for $2.50. 



