AN TIRRHIN UML (Snapdragons). 
Popular plants for bedding and of special value for cutting. The stock we 
offer has been grown from a select strain. Ready in May. 10 cts. each; 
$1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 
ANTHURIUMS (Flamingo Flower). 
Pretty greenhouse plants that have many good qualities, not only as deco- 
rative plants, but as cut flowers. Their peculiar-shaped flowers of rich color- 
ings frequently last on the plant from two to three months. 
Andreanum Hybrids. A fine collection of seedlings, from which we can 
select the following colors, all in large size flowers—red, rose and white. 
$1.00 and $1.50 each. 
Scherzerianum. Brilliant scarlet flowers. 50 cts. and $1.00 each. 
— Album. White. $2.00 each. 
—Grandiflorum. Bright scarlet. $1.00 each. 
—Roseum. Salmon-rose. $1.00 each. 
—Rothschildianum. White spotted crimson. $1.50 each. 
—Sanguineum. Rich crimson. $1.50 each. 
Magnificum. Olive-green foliage, with silvery veins. 52.00 each. 
APHELANDRA. 
Roezlii. A pretty hothouse plant, with silvery-green foliage and showy 
terminal spikes of bright, red-bracted flowers, produced principally during 
the late autumn. 25 cts. each. 
ARALIA. ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. 
Handsome decorative foliage plants for the warm conser- ARAUCARIA (Norfolk Island Pine). 
vatory, 
Chabrierii. Long, narrow, deep-green foliage with crimson- 
bronze midrib. $1.00 each. 
Beeendssima. Finely divided metallic-green foliage. “‘The Araucaria is of remarkable symmetry. As the plant 
$1.00 each, riGreaceck nthe EOE nese vane Se 
Kerchoveana. Foliage rather broad, margins conspicuously Ae Sea ms ace me Seen See ye ae Bes iy 
undulated, of a deep glossy green, relieved by a pale midrib. sacs see 8 ae rap ae an Pl: aks ay Dae : cats bi sex a 
eiLGp each ) ’ mire plants wit ne fo iage. ants five or six years old ought 
> : H to have attained a height of as many feet. Those who have de- 
Monstrosa. Large, bright green, deeply, serrated foliage, pended upon the Palm and other plants of that class for hall or 
SUS SOREL See SNe SUERESIG (On) pecadly, mar | porch decoration will be delighted with this plant when they 
Bind ea creamy-white, the surface blotched with grey. 50 give it a trial. “ Contrary to the general impression, it is a plant 
cts. each. mae a ead Sic hes Wat Sandon: 
Veitchii. A handsome species, with narrow leaflets, having SoG ae oe te * Succeeds best in a soil 2 sandy eam, 
4 ? é ately rich by the addition of a reliable fertilizer, 
acca ae oe one Sten above and red underneath; a | jike bonemeal, Good drainage should be provided, water should 
ee a Sinilar pants Seo hath were be supplied in sufficient quantity —and often enough—to keep 
- ? the soil always moist, but never wef. If this is done, and the 
foliage. $1.00 each. plant is showered frequently all over, and especially on the 
under side of its branches, to keep down the red spider, which 
is the most destructive of all plant-enemies in the living-room, 
any amateur can grow it and grow it well. 
“Tt has more or less regular periods of growth. When the bud 
at the centre of the plant, just above the last tier of branches, be- 
gins to swell and divide into several buds, each one of which is te 
become a branch, you are to understand that another growing 
period has begun, and then it is that whatever fertilizer you make 
use of should be applied. Give only enough to encourage a strong, 
healthy growth. Repot once a year, using a pot one size larger 
than the old one each time. While the plant likes a good deal of 
light it does not seem to care for sunshine, Being tender, it must 
be kept from frost. 
Excelsa (Norfolk Island Pine). 
The following article has been written by Mr. Eben, E. Rex- 
ford, the well-known expert on growing plants in the house, 
expressly for this book: 
IncHes High. Eacu Incues High. Eacn. 
4 in. pots, 6to 8 450 cts. | 6 in. pots, 14 to 16 $1.50 
5 ay 10 to 12 hay OS NE he 18 to 20 2.00 
Gnee 12to 14 $1.00 | 2 
Excelsa Glauca ( Glaucous-leaved Norfolk Island Pine). 
IncHES HiGu, INcHeES HiGu. 
5 in. pots, 8 to 10, $1.00 each | 6 in. pots, 12 to 15, $1.50 each 
Robusta Compacta (Compact Norfolk Island Piney™ 
IncuHes Hico. Eacn. IncHes Hicu. Eacn. 
6 in. pots, 10 to i2 $1.50 | 6 in. pots, l4to 16 $2.00 
ARDISIA CRENULATA. 
A very ornamental greenhouse plant, with dark evergreen foli- 
age, producing clusters of brilliant red berries; a first-class house 
plant in winter. 25 cts. each. 
ARALIA ELEGANTISSIMA, 
We are the largest growers of Hardy Perennials in this country. See list, pages 172 to 216, 
