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 FANCY- 



CALADIUMS. 



CARYOPTERIS MASTACANTHUS ( ^"Sn^a":"^ ) 



'T'HESE make grand plants in pots for the conservatory or greenhouse and are 

 ■ becoming more popular yearly. They also do splendidly in beds outdoors in a 

 shady place and in rich, light, free soil. (See cut.) 



E. G. HENDERSON. Green, rose-colored spots, and mottled crimson. 

 WIGrHTII. Dark green with white and red spots. 

 MME. A. HEINE. Light green, spotted and veined pink and cream. 

 ED. MOREAU. Crimson veins, spraj-ed with rose, white spots, light green ground. 

 KETELEERII. Purplish red veins, webbed white, spotted light and dark green. 

 PILOTE. Carmine centre, rose spotted, deep carmine veins, green margin. 

 BARON DE MAMORO. Crimson veins, sprayed with deep rose, small white dots. 

 JOSE BONIFACIO. White leaf, pale green veins and margin, blotched crimson. 

 SIEBOLDII. Crimson veins, purplish rays, red dots on splashed green ground. 

 MAX KOIiB. Pale green veins, blood-red spots on white ground, green margin. 

 SETB DE SETEMBRO. Light green ground, pink and light green mottlings. 

 WERNER MEYER. Light piidc veins, sprayed deeper pink, light green ground. 

 Price, 30c. each, $2.50 for set of 10. 



This very valuable 

 hardy autumn-bloom- 

 ing shrubby plant is easy to grow, and blooms abundantly. Flowers an exquisite 

 shade of azure blue; blooms luxuriantly in the fall, from September until heavy 

 frosts, when flowers are scarce and hardly anything is to be had in its color. It grows 

 about 2 feet high, and bears fragrant /ea</i*red clusters of flowers along the stem, so that 

 it is preeminently adapted for cut flowers, the blooms remaining fresh days after they 

 are cut. It belongs to the same natural order as the 

 Verbena, and the foliage has a pleasant, spicy odor 

 when bruised. Price, 20c. each, 3 for 50c., 12 for"^$2.00. 



^^BEQomA!^^ "MARJORIE DAW." 



A very fine variety bearing large, handsome 

 panicles of salmon pink flowers, a soft, pleas- 

 ing shade. Very valuable for pot culture or 

 for growing on wall in greenhouse or conser- 

 vatory. Price, 25c. each, S2.50 per doz. 



'^^EOON^iAy " FAIR ROSAMOND." 



Equally valuable 

 with the above. In 

 the greenhouse it 

 attains immense 

 size, very large flow- 

 ers of a 

 pleasing 

 shade of 

 pink. 



Price, 

 25c. each, 

 $2.50 per 

 doz. 



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CALADICMS. 



CALLA LILIES. 



LITTLE GEM CALLA. 



LITTLE GEM Calla Lily. 



This variety rarely exceeds 12 

 inches in height. The flowers 

 are correspondingly smaller 

 than the tall-growing sort, and 

 are useful for loose bunches 

 and bouquets. It is far supe- 

 rior as a house plant to the 

 tall-growing variety, (See 

 cut.) Piice, growing plants, 

 25c. each, $2.25 per doz. 

 \Vhite Calla Lily. Pure white, large, 

 splendid flower. Price, large plants 

 irom 5-inch pots, 30c. each. 

 Spotted Leaf Calla. Dark green leaves, beautifully spotted with 

 white; the flowers are white with a purple throat. A very orna- 

 mental pot plant. Price, 20c. each, 3 for 50c. 

 Black Calla. A remarkable species, producing large purplish velvety- 

 black flowers with coal-black spathe. The foliage is stately. Price, 

 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. Set of four Callas, 1st size, for $1.00. 

 Yello-w Calla, Elliottiana. The first pure yellow Calla, deep golden 

 flowers, often 4 to 5 inches across at the mouth ; habit of growth 

 like the old favorite White Calla, but the leaves are liberally spotted 

 with clear, silvery white. Price, strong plants, $2.00 each. 



CAMELLIA JAF'ONICA. 



We offer splendid plants of these bushy, well-grown specimens. It 

 is seldom that such fine plants are offered for sale, all in splendid 

 health, and of thrifty, clean growth. The varieties are the best ex- 

 tant, the pick of a Continental collection, and embrace double white, 

 double pink, double red and double variegated. Fine, bushy plants. 

 Price, $1.25 each, set of 4 for $4.50. 



NEW GIANT BROWALLIA. 



A most valuable addition to our list of summer-blooming plants. 

 Most people are familiar with the old form of Browallia, and would 

 scarcely recognize this grand new variety as of the same family. The 

 flowers are indigo blue, fully 2 inches across, and cover the plant when 

 in bloom. Invaluable for summer beds of flowers or for pot plants in 

 the winter for greenhouse and window garden. (See cut) Price, 15c. 

 each, $1.50 per doz. 



