TRADE LIST FOR SPRING OF 1904. 



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Araucaria Excelsa 



THIvS is undoubtedly the handsomest and 

 most beautiful of all the Decorative Ever- 

 greens for house culture. 4 inch pot plants, 2 to 

 3 tiers, 50 cents each ; $5.25 per doz. 5 inch pots, 3 

 to 4 tiers, 75 cents each ; $7.50 per dozen. 



FARGVJGIUM GRANDE— A rare 

 and beautiful foliage plant for the house or 

 conservatory, grows low and compact with 

 thick leathery leaves, 8 to lo inches around, 

 deep glossy green, with large bright yellow 

 spots, very handsome and striking. 4 inch, 

 20 cents each ; $1.50 per doz. 



GOLDEN STAR OXALIS (Ort- 



giesi) — A charming house plant ; quite 

 rare, but always a favorite wherever seen ; 

 grows neat and compact in small tree form ; 

 dark olive green leaves, bright crimson on the 

 under side, and bright yellow star-shaped 

 flowers, borne in clusters all the year round. 

 2t in., 60 cents per dozen ; $4.00 per 100. 



NK-W -WMITIE: beauty (Pentas 

 I^aniceola.tsi) — This is a charming new 

 plant for the flower bed, also for the living- 

 room and conservatory ; grows low and 

 bushy and bears a constant profusion of love- 

 1}' star-shaped snow-white flowers in elegant 

 flat clusters of 15 to 30 flowers each, quite 

 fragrant and a constant bloomer ; may be bedded out in Summer and when taken in 

 cold weather, will bloom all Winter and be ready to set out again in the Spring. 21 

 per dozen ; $5.00 per 100. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. 



doors before 

 inch, 75 cents 



GERANIUMS, Double and Single 



-40 good named varieties-— write for names and prices 



New Paradise Flower, ^°i^m 



lanum 



andii. 



A grand trailing plant, of strong, rugged growth , the finest of all the Solanums. Set out in the 



flower-bed, and it will soon be covered all over with ini- 

 A ^f>^^.^^^ mense clusters of large sky-blue blossoms, presenting a 



most stribing and beautiful effect, and continuing to in- 

 crease in beauty for several weeks. The flowers are over 

 two inches across, and the clusters contain 30 to 50 flowers 

 and buds at a time. Three or four plants set in a 4-foot bed 

 will make an astonishing amount of splendid flowers all 

 season. 1\ inch, 75 cents per dozen ; $5.00 per 100. 



SOLANUM RANTONETTI (The Blue Sola- 

 num) — A lovely plant for bedding and house culture ; 

 bears beautiful clusters of deepest sky-blue flowers ; 

 blooms all the time and is very eas}' to grow. 21 inch, 60 

 cents per dozen ; $3.50 per dozen. 



NEW PINK HIBISCUS PEACHBLOW 



THIS is one of the finest plant novelties offered in recent 

 years. It is a "sport" from the double red Hibiscus 

 Rosea-Sinensis ; the flowers are double and from four to 

 five inches in diameter ; of a charming rich, clear pink color, 

 with a small deep crimson centre ; an entirely new and 

 most beautiful shade. It blooms abundantly and continu- 

 ously even on small plants during the entire vSummer and 

 Fall months ; may be easily wintered in greenhouse or 

 . .„ dwelling. Large plants, two or three vears old, make a 



HIBISCUS PEACH BLOW. magnificent show. l\ in., 60 cents per dozen ; $3.50 per 100. 



