GENERAL COLLECTION, 



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Centre Plants for Baskets or Vases. 



Palms. $1.00 to S5.00 each. {See page 130 .) 



Dracenas. 50 cts. to $1.50 " 



Pandanus. 50 cts. to So. 00 " 



Crotons. 50 cts. to $1.50 " 



Rubber Plants. SI. 00 to S2.00 each. 



Perns. 25 cts. to 50 cts. " 



Drooping- Plants. 



UngUsli Ivy. 15 cts. each ; SI. 50 per doz. 



liasturtiums. 10 " 1.00 " 



Passifloras. 15 " 1.50 " 



Ivy G-eraniums. 10 cts. each ; SI. 00 per doz. 



"Vincas (Trailing sorts). 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



Mesembryanthemuais. 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 



Crerman Ivy. 10 cts. each ; SI. 00 per doz. 



Lysimacliia. 10 " SI. 50 " 



We will furnish a centre plant, drooping plants and a general 



assortment of suitable flowering plants, sufficient to fill the various 



sizes of baskets, vases, etc., our selection only, at the following rates : 



12 inches in diameter SI. 25 



15 " " 2.00 



18 " " 2.50 



24 " " 4.00 



Prices for larger or smaller sizes at the same average rates for 



size. All plants to be of our selection. 



BEGONIA, 



Flo^wering. 



Plants adapt- 

 ing themselves 

 to a variety of 

 uses ; are used 

 for planting in 

 the garden for 

 summer decora- 

 tion, or as pot 

 plants, for cut 

 flowers inwinter; 

 they are very 

 easily grown, 

 but require heat 

 — an average of 

 65 degrees at 

 night during 

 winter is neces- 

 sary. The flow- 

 ers are beautiful, 

 mostly drooping 

 in graceful pani- 

 cles of various 

 colors, as given 

 below. They are. 

 largely used in 

 the construction 

 of bouquets, 



BEGONIA iLBA PIOTA. ©tC, by floriStS. 



BEGONIA AI^BA PICTA. 



A perfectly distinct new variety. It is shrubby in habit, and of 

 compact growth, having long, slender pointed leaves on short 

 stems. The leaves are glossy green, thickly spotted with silvery 

 white, the spots graduating in size from the centre toward the mar- 

 gin. Foliage small and elegant. The branches are upright and 

 gracefully curving. {See eid.) Price, 75c. each. 

 Alba. Same as " Eubra " in habit, but with white flowers. 

 Fuchsoides Alba. Flowers pure white. 

 Hybrida Multiflora. Small leaves ; rosy pink flowers. 

 Saundersonii. Small waxy foliage, bright red flowers. 

 "Weltoniensis. Deep green, graceful foliage, bright pink flowers. 

 lugramii. Kose color. 

 Hubra. Dark coral color ; splendid. 30c. 

 Metallica. Crimson and maroon foliage. 30c. 

 Atropurpurea. Eich chocolate colored foliage. 30c. 

 Bruanti. Similar to Metallica, but leaves more pointed. 30c. 

 Semperflorens Alba. Pure white ; very profuse. 

 "Washingtoniana. Strong upright grower; large panicles of white 

 flowers. 50c. 



15 cts. each ; SI. 50 per dozen, except where noted. 

 Set of 13 sorts for $2.75. 



BEGONIA, TUBEROUS BOOTED. 



BEGONIA, Tuberous Rooted. 



A comparatively new section of this beautiful tribe ; flowers 

 ranging through all the shades of crimson, scarlet, rose, orange, 

 etc., double and single. They require the same treatment as the 

 fancy leaved Caladiums, Gloxinias, etc. ; that is, the tubers are 

 dried off in winter and started again in spring. Excellent for 

 bedding purposes, as they bloom the entire summer season until 

 frost. 30 cts. each ; 4 for $1.00 ; 12 for $2.50. {See cut.) 



BEDDING PI.ANTS. 



The below named are all well-known tested varieties of the lead- 

 ing plants that are used for "Carpet bedding," "massing," "ribbon- 

 line " planting or general bedding. We grow immense quantities 

 of this class of stock, and we are in a position to execute the 

 largest orders in a prompt, satisfactory manner, and at the lowest 

 rates. Parties desiring large quantities will do well to write us, and 

 we will make special prices. 



._ Per 100. 



Alternanthera (Parychoides Major). The " Rainbow Plant ".$6.00 



" Aurea Nana. The flnest yellow 6.00 



Ageratum. Best blue 6.00 



"White Cap." Best white 6.00 



" Cope's Gem " 6.00 



Achyranthus. Crimson, yellow, etc 6.00 



Caladium Esculentum. Large foliage S12.00, S25.00 and 50.00 



Cannas. Large, tropical foliage ; light and dark 10.00 



Coleus, Vershaffelti. Crimson 6.00 



Golden Bedder. YelloAt 6.0O 



Hero. Black 6.00 



Kirkpatrick. Yellow and green 6.00 



" Black Dwarf." See page 112 12.00 



Echeveria, Extensa Globosa 16.00 



Echeveria, Sscunda, Californica, Rosacea, Retusa, etc 9.00 



Geranium, Gen. Grant. Best single scarlet 9.00 



Dbl. Gen. Grant. Best double scarlet 9.00 



" Naomi. Best double pink 9.00 



" Queen Olga. Best single pink 9.00 



Cand. Plena. Best double white 9.00 



Albion. Best single white 9.00 



Mt. Snow. Best silver-leaved 9.00 



Lobelias. Best dwarf ; blue 4.00 



Pansies. Finest mixed 4.00 



Petunias. " double 10.00 



" single 5.00 



Salvias. Scarlet, white, maroon and striped 6.00 



Verbenas. Scarlet, white, blue, pink, etc 4.00 



Centaurea Candida and Gymnocarpa. (White-leaved) 8.00 



Yesterday morning the basket of plants arrived : were opened and placed in pots. This morning they look as fresh as though they had never been removed. They 

 arrived in fine condition, evidently having been packed with great care by an experienced hand.— Thomas Briqgs, Kingston, Can., April 20th, 1S88. 



