OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 



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ARDISIA OLIVERI. 



Ardisia Oliveri is a stove shrub of remarkably striking appearance, with recurved foliage and large globular 

 heads of flowers like those of an Ixora, but of pink color. The plant was introduced from Costa Rica by the late 

 M. Endres. 40 cents. 



BIGNONIA MAGNIFICA. 



A free growing and extremely floriferous stove plant, of scandent habit. The flowers, which are produced in 

 large branching panicles, are of great size (about 3^ inches across), and of exceedingly attractive color, ranging 

 from delicate mauve to rich deep purplish-crimson, relieved by a conspicuous throat of light primrose color. 50 

 cents. 



PHILODENDRON CARDERI. 



The leaves are cordate, broadish, of a dark shaded bottle green, with a satiny lustre, the principal ribs being 

 marked out by bright green lines of glaucous or metallic hue ; at the back the leaves are of a shaded wine purple, 

 the course of the veins being marked by broad green lines. The glossy shaded satiny surface of the leaves imparts 

 to them a wondrous degree of beauty. 50 cents. 



ASPARAGUS.--New Species. 



Florists will find in these new Asparagus with their delicately beautiful feathery growths, 

 plants admirably adapted for floral work. 



Each. 



*Asparagus, Plumosus, an elegant evergreen 

 climber with slender stems, smooth and num- 

 erous spreading branches; the white flowers 

 are produced from the tips of the branchlets. 

 It is an exceedingly handsome ornamental 

 plant for the greenhouse or conservatory, and 

 its pretty feathery growths are extremely use- 

 ful for cutting lor decoration. This is the 

 finest species for florists, much more valuable 

 than the dwarf variety 



75 



Each. 



Asparagus, Plumosus Nanus 



* Virgatus, of shrubby habit, elegant and feath- 

 ery. Root-stock emitting several stems, the 

 upper part of which branch in a corymbose 

 manner; branches sub-erect, again twice 



branched; a feathery graceful plant 50 



Tenuissima, another very graceful and beauti- 

 ful species, of free growth, with filmy foliage; 

 the stems of all these asparagus stand without 

 withering after being cut for a long time 25 



ALPINIA ALBO-LINEATA. 



A very striking and beautifully variegated plant, 3 to 4 feet high when fully developed. The leaves are 9 to 

 12 inches long, elliptic-lanceolate, pale green, marked divergently with broad bands of white and pale green. 

 This is a grand addition to our ornamental plants, and makes a fine contrast intermixed with other foliage 

 plants. 40 cents. 



ARTOCARPUS CANNONI. 



A tropical plant of exceedingly ornamental foliage of a rich bronzy-crimson tinted with purple above, beneath 

 of a vinous red, about 1 foot long and 7 inches broad; very variable. " 50 cents. 



PANAX LACINIATUM. 



An elegant and very distinct plant. The leaves are tinted and indistinctly marked with pale olive-brown, and 

 form a rather complicated mass of narrow segments; they are bipinnate, nearly as broad as long, and have a 

 drooping contour; and the pinnules or segments are very variable in size and form, presenting the appearance of 

 a complex head of foliage. 40 cents. 



CLIDAMIA VITTATA. 



A splendid foliage plant, having large green leaves with a light band down centre of the leaf, of easy culture 

 and rapid growth. 40 cents. 



NEW CROTONS. 



Croton, Baron James de Rothschild, one of the 

 finest of the large-leaved section, with yellow 

 midrib, changing to a rich violet-crimson ; very 

 effective and showy 50 



Caudatus-Tortilis, a beautiful Croton with 

 gracefully pendulous twisted leaves. Some of 

 the leaves are deep olive-green, with a golden- 

 yellow central band and crimson midrib; 

 others are almost Avholly yellow which becomes 

 suffused with crimson by age; while others 

 again are spotted and blotched in various ways, 1 50 



Chrysopcesilus, a variety of bold habit. The 

 leaves are from 8 to 10 inches long and about 

 2y % inches broad. The foot-stalks and midribs 

 are pale canary-yellow, which is also spread 

 over the blade on each side of the midrib in 

 irregular bands, in some cases to two-thirds of 

 the length of the entire leaf, in others more, 

 and in others again less; the remainder deep 

 olive-green 2 00 



La Dame Blanch, a very beautiful variety 

 with long undulating foliage; the variegation 

 is white, which marks it as distinct from other 

 Crotons 1 50 



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Croton, Carrierii, a superb Croton, with large 

 finely variegated foliage 



Challenger, (Imperator), the variegation is very 

 striking. The midribs are at first creamy- 

 white, which gradually become suffused with 

 red, finally deepening to bright crimson-car- 

 mine. The ground color is light green, but 

 much blotched and streaked with light yellow 

 that takes a rosy tint as the midrib deepens in 

 color 



Cronstadtii, in color a deep glossy green varie- 

 gated with bright golden-yellow. They are 

 twisted, curled, and crisped into a great vari- 

 ety of forms. The depth and richness of its 

 coloration together with its curiously decorated 

 leaves renders this Croton a most distinct and 

 interesting decorative plant 1 00 



Evansianus, the newest leaves are light olive- 

 green with midrib and veins of golden-yellow, 

 and the inter-spaces spotted with the same 

 color. As the leaves become older, the green 

 deepens and changes to a bright bronzy-crim- 

 son, and the golden-yellow of the midribs, 

 veins and spots become a rich orange-scarlet... 



50 



