OF NEW, BARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 



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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 im- 

 parts 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 for decoration. This is the 

 finest species for florists -much more valuable 

 than the dwarf variety 50 



Each. 

 Asparagus, Plumosus Nanus .. 



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 



*Virgatus, of shrubby habit, elegant and feath- 

 ery. Root-stock i mitting several stems, the 

 upper part of which branch in a corymbose 

 manner; branches sub erect, again twice 

 branched; a feathery, graceful plant 30 to 50 



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 CANONNI. 



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. 



NEW PANAX 



Panax, Liciniatum, an elegant and very dis- 

 tinct plant. The leaves are tinted and indis- 

 tinctly 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 com- 

 plex head of foliage 



Panax, Victoria, a distinct and very graceful 

 stove plant, thickly furnished with leaves of a 

 remarkably elegant character, forming a grace- 

 fully recurving mass of pleasing variegated 

 foliage. It is a native of the South Pacific 

 Islands, and is one of the most lovely and 

 elegant variegated plants of modern intro- 

 duction 75 



CLIDAMfA 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 wholly yellow which becomes 

 suffused with crimson by age, while others 

 again are spotted and blotched in various ways, 1 00 



Chrysopcesilus, the leaves are from 8 to 10 

 inches long and about 2% 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 1 00 



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 50 



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Croton, Carrierii, a superb Croton, with large 



finely variegated foliage 75 



Cronstadtii, a glossy green variegated with 

 bright golden-yellow. They are twisted, curled 

 and crisped into a great variety 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 



Elegantissimus, one of the most charming 

 and elegant Varieties yet offered. The leaves 

 are narrow and of considerable length. The 

 variegation is of a rich bright golden color, 

 frequently occupying the whole basal half of 

 each leaf, but sometimes extending along the 

 centre and occurring in distinct blotches, and 

 this, contrasting strongly as it does with the 

 bright red tint of the petioles, produces a very 

 pretty effect 1 



Nevilliae, when first expanded their midribs 

 are bright golden yellow, and the blades light 

 olive green barred and marked with yellow. 

 In the mature leaves, the yellow is changed to 

 crimson shaded with orange 



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