OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 



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VERONICAS.™ Shrubby. 



Each. 

 Veronica, Reine des Blues (new), very beauti- 

 ful spikes of blue 25 



Gracieuse, carmine '. 25 



Each. 



Veronica, Gloire de Marseilles, blue. 25 



Nuee Bleue, azure blue 25 



Reine des Roses, spikes of beautiful rose color, 25 



VERONICAS.- 



Veronica, Hendersonii, a new spscies introduced 

 from Japan, growt h aoout two feet high, robust 

 habit, loliage broad, of a deep rich green, dense 

 and abundantly produced. The flowers are 

 very large, rich deep violet blue, produced in 

 large cluster heads composed of many spikes ; 



■Herbaceous. 



the finest of the herbaceous section of Veroni- 



50 



Veronica, Elegans Variegata, a very beautiful 

 hardy herbaceous plant, with elegantly varie- 

 gated foliage, long spikes of blue flowers 25 



TECOMA STANS. 



A very fine plant, from southwestern Texas, has succeeded finely bedded out with us during summer. The 

 flowers are a rich yellow, and very floriferous. A superb plant for the South. 50 cents. 



APHELANDRA FASCINATOR. 



A very fine species, with very ornamental foliage as well as magnificent flowers; the leaves are rich dark 

 green, beautifully banded with silvery white, and underneath of a uniform purplish velvet; the spikes of bloom 

 are very large and of a dazzling vermilion color. 40 cents. 



CANNAS, (New' 



Canna, Ehemanni, the most distinct of all Can- 

 nas on account of the large oval Musa-Ensete- 

 like soft greeu leaves, which place it foremost 

 among decorative foliage plants. Its most 

 striking feature is the splendid carmine-red 

 flowers produced on flower stems of great 

 length, that unfold about 12 flowers to each of 



the smaller branches 



Gladioliflora, flowers deep amber or orange 

 coloied, which are very large; foliage a deep 

 blue-green, very distinct 



30 



30 



Canna, Nouttoni, this very distinct and fine 

 Canna is closely allied to the last. Like it the 

 foliage is large and fine. The flowers are also 

 very large and showy, of a bright scarlet; a 



grand Canna 



Adolph Weick, very dwarf compact habit, 

 flowers of a rich crimson-scarlet, shaded with 

 orange, foliage rich pea-green. One of the 

 dwarfest and most free flowering in cultiva- 

 tion 



30 



CAMPYLOBOTRYS GHIESBRIGHTI VARIEGATA. 



A pretty variegated variety of this beautiful plant. 25 cents. 



POSOQUERIA LONGIFOLIA. 



This plant forms an elegant bush, and is very free flowering. Leaves large, somewhat ovate, coriaceous, and 

 shining greeu ; flowers tubular, pure white, produced in large corymbs of a dozen and more, waxy-like, from 3 to 

 4 inches long, and deliciously fragrant. 50 cents. 



PAULINIA THALICTRIFOLIA. 



A very beautiful plant. It is of a slender growth, producing very freely its beautiful cut leaves, which resem- 

 ble the fronds of a highly divided Maiden-hair Eern. The matured leaves are of a striking bright green, the 

 young shoots and foliage "being of a beautiful rosy tint. 25 cents. 



ERIOCNEMA MARMOREUM. 



Plant dwarf, with habit of some of the Begonias, leaves green, striped with bands of white; a beautiful plant. 

 50 cents. 



*BRIDGESIA SPICATA. 



An evergreen greenhouse creeping shrub, adhering to walls similar to Ivy ; beautiful bloomer. 40 cents. 



*CYANOPHYLLUMS, 



*Cyanophyllum, Spectandum, a grand plant 

 with large velvety leaves and whitish ribs, 

 which grow to an immense size and are very 

 attractive. A fine plant for flower shows, fairs, 

 &c, as it makes a beautiful specimen. .50 cts.to 1 00 



*Cyanophyllum, Assamicum, a very beautiful 



foliage plant, large fine foliage 50 cts. to 1 00 



*Magnificum, a grand specimen plant, having 

 large^beautiful foliage 75 cts. to 1 00 



*SPHCEROGYNE LATIFOLIA. 



A plant with the grandest possible foliage, large, broad and flat, deep green on top, under side cinnamon- 

 brown ; very hairy leaves and stems; a grand specimen plant. One of the most attractive for exhibition. §1.00 

 to $2.00. 



