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IRESINE (or Achyranthus.) 
These are all very beautiful leaf-plants, more hardy than Coleus, succeeding 
admirably bedded out during summer. 
Price 20 cents each. $2 per dozen. 
1. Lindenii. Leaves of a deep blood-red color, habit dwarf and compactly 
branched, the best. 
. Acuminata. Rich crimson stems, dark red leaves, marked with a flame or 
salmon red bar on upper mid-rib. 
. Aurea Reticulata. Veins of the leaves reticulated with bright gold, with 
foot-stalks of leaf and stems carmine. 
. Verschaffeltii. Rich dark crimson stems and leaves, an admirable bedding | 
plant. 
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ALTERNANTHERAS. ; 
1. Alternanthera Tricolor. The leaf centre is marked with a vivid rose color, 
traversed with purple veins. and finely contrasted by the addition of 
orange, yellow band intervening. 
2. Alternanthera Magnifica. Being larger and stronger in its growth than the 
others, the colors brighter than in any other variety. 
3. Amabilis. A pretty variety in the way of A. Amena, but twice as large. 
4, Alternanthera Ameena, Leaves magenta colored, very dwarf plant. 
sf Paronychioides. Brown bronze tipped with bright red. 
hy Spathulata. Leaves bright crimson and green. 
These are foliage plant&, very desirable for bedding out, they are of low com- 
pact growth, well adapted for front lines or marginal circles in bedding groups. 
20 cents each. $2.00 per dozen. 
5. Teilanthera Versicolor. This plant is of neat compact growth, foliage is 
brown and green, beautifully tipped with bright magenta, grows about 
eight to ten inches in height, one of the most beautiful sma} pot plants. 
39 cents. 
ZONALE and NOSEGAY GERANIUMS. 
CLASS 1. 
General Collection. 
For bedding out during the summer, there is no class of plants used so exten- 
sively at the present day, in Europe, as this. In this country it succeeds to 
perfection, flowering profusely during the heat and drought of summer, when 
Verbena and such like plants, suffer or are burned up. They are equally beau- 
tiful and valuable in the plant house during winter. 
Price 25 cents each, save where priced. $2.50 to 8.00 per dozen, purchaser’s 
selection. $2.00 per dozen, $14 per 100, our selection. 
1. Adonis. Soft tinted carmine scarlet, white eye fine form. 
2. Amy Hogg. Bright purplish rose, immense truss. 
3. Attraction or General'Grant. Bright scarlet, immense truss, 
4, Aurantia Striata. Orange tinted salmon colored flowers, broken into by 
white flakes from the margin, of the striped forms, this is the best. 30 
cents each. 
5. Blue Bell. A very distinct variety, flowers a bluish lilac, fine truss, abun- 
dant bloomer. 30 cents. 
6. Blanche of Castile. Pure white, good truss, compact habit. 
7. Bicolor. Flowers white, with a deep salmon rose centre, distinct, fine. 
8. Belinda. Carmine centre, with snow white belt, distinct and good. 
9. Beaton’s Indian Yellow. Orange scarlet, with a strong glow of yellow. 
10. Beauty. Pure white, with a centre of rosy salmon. 
