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iHENRTADREER milAPfflWA" WtoRDEH^ORKnHOUSt PLANTS \ 



LAGERSTR(EMIA (Crape Myrtle). 



This is one of the prettiest shrubs, and while hardy south of the Poto- 

 mac, requires protection in this latitude. All, however, lhat is necessary is 

 to winter the plants in a cellar or similar position where they will be pro- j 

 tected from very severe weather. Grown in large pots or tubs, specimens 6 

 to 8 feet high can be produced with little difficulty, and which for two to 

 three months in the summer will be covered with flowers. 

 Indica. Delicate soft pink. 50 'cts. each. 

 — Aiba. A white -flowered form. 50 cts. each, 



LANTANAS. 



Alba Perfecta. Pure white. I Emile Bayard. Deep crimson. 



Comtessede Biencourt. A finepink. I Golden Ball. Golden-orange. 



Graigi. Dwarf; rich orange-carmine. 



Delicatissima ( Weeping Lantana). A pretty trailing variety suitable 

 for vases, hanging-baskets, etc.; flowers delicate rosy-lavender, and pro- 

 duced very freely. 



10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. Set of 6 sorts, 50 cts. 



LAPAGERIA. 



Extremely beautiful ornamental greenhouse climber, producing numerous 

 tine, large, bell-shaped waxy flowers of great substance, lasting a long 

 time in bloom. 



Rosea. Rich rosy-crimson. $2.00 each. 

 Alba. Pure waxy-white. $2. >0 each. 



American Wonder, or Ponderosa Lemon. 



This truly wonderful variety has proved itself one of the most valuable of 

 the Citrus family. It is of strong, vigorous growth, producing freely flowers 

 as large as a tuberose and as fragrant as the orange blossom, fol- 

 lowed by gigantic fruit, which are not only ornamental but use- 

 ful for many domestic purposes. Young plants, 15 cts. each; 

 strong plants of fruiting size, 50 cts. each. 



Lantana. 



LOBELIA. 



Crystal Palace Compacta. Rich dark blue, much used 

 for bedding, vases, etc. 



Kathleen Mallard. Large, double intense blue flowers, dis- 

 tinct and pretty. 



10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



MANETTIA. 



Bicolor. The popular Manettia Vine, and a desirable climber, 

 either for the garden or house; long, tubular flowers, bright 

 scarlet, yellow at the tips. 



Cordifolia. One of the most graceful summer-flowering vines, 

 producing its brilliant crimson flowers from August until frost. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



MARANTA. 



Valuable decorative hothouse plants, remarkable for the rich- 

 ness and beauty of their varied foliage. 





Each. 





Each. 



Alberti 



. $0 50 





^0 50 



Amabilis 



50 



Masangeana (True). 



50 



Bachemiana 



50 





■"0 





50 





1 00 



Bella 



25 

 50 





50 



Chantrieri. 



Oppenheimiana. . . . 



;o 



Gouletti 



75 



25 

 75 

 50 



Smaragdina 



75 



Goveniana 



1 00 



Hlustris 



50 



Iconifera 



50 



■ nsignis 



50 

 25 





50 



Kerchoviana 



75 



Kummeriana 



50 



Van den Heckei. . . 



75 



Leopardina 



75 



Vittata 



1 00 



Lietzei. 



50 



VVallkhii 



• 50 



Lietzei Superba. . 



50 





75 



Lindeni 



1 On 

 50 



Wieti 



50 







75 



Maranta Makovanv 



We will furnish one each of the 36 varieties, a grand collec- 

 tion, for $15.00. 



MEDIMLLA. 



The Medinillas here described are among the most gorgeous 

 tropica] flowering plants in cultivation, and most desirable plants 

 for the small or who has the facilities of a hothouse. They are 

 Datives of the Philippines, with handsome, broad, shining, leath- 

 erj foliage. The plants continue in flower from April to July; 

 the flowers are of a coral-red color, five-petalled, each about an 

 inch across, and are borne in immense pyramidal panicles fre- 

 quently afoot long, and hearing from 100 to 150 flowers. The 

 branches of the panicles, as well as the large, showy bracts, some- 

 times four inches long, are of a delicate pinkish color. A large 

 well -flowered specimen is a sight never to be forgotten. 

 Magnifica. Pears it> flowers in pendulous racemes. $1.00 



each. 

 Amabilis. Identical with the above, except that the racemes 



of flowers are held erect. ^1 00 each. 



METROSIDEROS. 



Floribunda i Bn/tlc Brush). A greenhouse shrub, producing 

 long, cylindrical spikes of bright red flowers; very effective, 

 $1.00 each. 



Strong 2-ycur-old plants of Rose, is one of our Specialties. See pages 175 to 193. 



