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PETER HENDERSON & GO'S QUARTERLY TRADE LIST OF PLANTS. 



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KENTIA BELMOREANA. 



This is sometimes called the " Curly Palm." and 

 is recognized as among the best palms for all pur- 

 poses, being capable of standing more ill usage per- 

 haps than any other. The leaves have a tendency to 

 •curl, as the plants grow older, hence its popular title 

 •of " Curly Palm." (See cut.) 



Price, Stronsr Plants, 3 ft, high $2 00 each. 



18 in. " 1 00 " 



Plants from 4 in. pots, $25.00 per 100. 



KENTIA FOSTERIANA. 



The Kentias are among the best of the Palm spe- 

 cies for general cultivation being almost impregnable 

 against diseases. This variety is one of the best of 

 its class, graceful habit, bright green foliage, grace- 

 fully disposed; as a decorative plant for the window, 

 dinner table or conservatory it scarcely has an equal. 



Price, strong plants, 2 feet high, $2.00 each; strong- 

 plants, 18 inches high, $1.00 each. Plants from 

 4 inch pots, $25.00 per 100. 



LATANIA BORBONICA. 



•' This fine Palm is too well known to need any des- 

 cription ; its strong constitution and other grand 

 characteristics render it one of the most popular 

 Palms grown. 

 Price, fine plants, from 3-in. pots, $8 00 per 100. 

 7-in. " 2 00 each, 



$20.00 per doz. 



PANDANUS UTIEIS. 



The Pandanus is perhaps the most useful of our 

 ornamental foliage plants. As a vase plant or single 

 specimen in greenhouse or conservatory it cannot be 

 surpassed. It is also largely used to decorate the halls 

 in our finest private residences, and shows grandly 

 on the lawn when grown to a sufficient size. Plants 

 in 2-in. pots, $6.00 per 100; 3-in. pots, $12.00 per 100. 

 Fine plants from 4-in. pots, $25.00 per 100. 



COCOS WEDDELIANA. 



This beautiful palm is unquestionably the most 

 elegant and graceful in cultivation. The finely cut 

 leaves are recurved with exquisite grace. It is ad- 

 mirably adapted for the centres of jardinieres and 

 fern dishes, as it retains its freshness for a long time, 

 Tvhile for dinner table decoration it is unexcelled. 

 Price, fine plants from 4-in. pots, $30,00 per 100. 



ARECA LIITESCENS. 



One of our most graceful Palms and of moderately 

 quick growth; it is very decorative in all its stages of 

 development, (See cut.) 



Price, plants from 4 in. pots $3.00 perdoz. 



SEAFORTHIA ELEGANS. 



Invaluable on account of its rapid growth and 

 gracefully arched foliage. Price, plants from 6 in. 

 _pots, three feet high, $1.50 each; plants from 4 in. 

 pots, $16.00 per 100, 2 in. pots, $8.00 per 100. 



CARYOTA URENS. 



Fish tail Palm. Fine plants from 4 in. pots. $6.00 

 per dozen. 



ARECA VERSHAFFELTII. 



This is one of the most useful of the dwarf Palms, 

 the foliage is very graceful and it has a remarkably 

 healthy constitution. The centre of each leaf is dis- 

 tinctly marked with white. Fine plants from 5 inch 

 pots 20 to 24 inches high, $1.00 each. 



GREVILLEA ROBUSTA. 



Splendid plants from 5 in. 

 $4.50 per doz. 



pots, 20 inches high, 



DRACAENA INDIVISA. 



Of all the plants in use for centres of vases, baskets, 

 or for beds in the open ground, nothing is so valuable 

 as this. From its graceful drooping habit it some- 

 times is called the "Fountain Plant," We sell nearly 

 5000 plants of it annually. Price, $25.00 and 

 $50.00 per 100, according to size. 



DRAMNA BRAZIEIE1VSIS. 



A very ornamental variety ; large glossy green 

 leaves. Price, 1st size, 12 to 15 in., 50c each; 2d 

 size, 8 to 10 in., 30c. each. $3.00 per dozen. 



DRAC^NA TERMINALIS. 



A beautiful decorative plant, gorgeous shades of 

 crimson, bronzy green and pink on the foliage. 

 $12.t per 100, 3 in. pots ; $20.00 per 100, 4 in. pots ; 

 $30.00 per 100, 5 in. pots. 



