Descriptive Catalogue. 15 



CAMPSIDIUM FILICIFOLIUM. 



A free-growing slender woody climber, from the Fiji Island?. It has opposite 

 imparipinnate leaves, which are about 5 inches long. The leaves, from their 

 size and form, are strongly suggestive of fronds of some small-growing pinnate 

 Asplenium. The growth and general character of the plant is so elegant that 

 whether cultivated as a small pot plant, trained on globular or other trellises, 

 or planted as a climber, it has a most charming and engaging appearance. 50 

 cts. each. 



BLAXDFORDIA UUNNLNTGHAMI. 



Dr. Lindley, in describing the previously known species of this tribe, thus 

 refers to Blandfordia Cunninghami : "None of these are, however, to be com- 

 pared for beauty with a plant of which the late Allen Cunningham gave me a 

 specimen, the flowers of which are fully twice as large as B. marginaia (grandl- 

 fora.) The flowers are of a more deep rich tint, except at the end of the petals 

 which are yellow.'" $1.50 each. 



MACKAYA BELLA. 



This most beautiful plant is a native of Natal. It is a tall, slender shrub, 

 with virgate branches. The flowers have a pale lilac corolla, nearly two inches 

 long, the throat ornamented with most delicately pencilled reticulated purple- 

 veins, tubular below, campanulate. The plant is very floriferous, and when in 

 full bloom, appears a mass of most delicate, pendant, campanulate flowers. A 

 charming plant. 60 cts. each. 



ABUTILON SELLOWIANUM MARMORATUM. 



The leaves of this beautiful variety are very large and ornamental ; their 

 color is a golden yellow, richly tessellated with green. It is an extremely 

 attractive variegated foliage plant. $2 each. 



ABUTILOX DABWINTL 



The flowers of this beautiful abutilon are orange scarlet veined with pink, 

 opening like a parasol, making it distinct from any of the family, all of which 

 are belt-shaped, a profuse bloomer, a very desirable plant. 50 cts. each. 



SALVIA NIGRESCENS. 



Xigrescens, long flower spikes, gracefully decurved or drooping, of a blackish 

 violet and lavender colored calyx. SI each. 



SALVIA BOLIVIEXSIS YERTICILLATA. 



Another beautiful Salvia which blooms freely during the winter and spring 

 months, flowers in terminal and axillary flower-spikes, eight to ten inches long, 

 of rich glossy scarlet flower tubes. 75 cts. each. 



-HYPERICUM PATULUM. 



A beautiful hardy Japanese plant, of robust bushy growth, with bright green 

 persistent leaves ; it is very free-flowering, producing abundant terminal clus- 

 ters of rich yellow blossoms, and is an extremely attractive hardy shrub. SI 

 each. (Ready in April.) 



-CANTUA CORYMB1FLORA. 



A pretty greenhouse plant the flowers are borne in terminal corymbose 

 trusses, trumpet shaped and pure white. $1 each. 



