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COSTUS. 
Zebrinus. A pretty, warm greenhouse plant with 
large dark green foliage and dai ker stripes. 50 
cts. each. 
CROTONS. 
Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of 
scloring that is found in this class of plants. They 
are beautiful as pot plants for the conservatory, 
making handsome specimens for decorative and ex- 
mibition purposes, and are now used extensively as 
bedding plants, for which purpose they are excep- 
icnally well adapted. They should be planted in 
full sun in a position where they can be liberally 
supplied with water, which develops the most won- 
derful colorings in the foliage. Our collection em- 
braces 25 of the handsomest variegated varieties. 
Nice plants, 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. Larger 
plants, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
CUPHEA. 
Llave (Zhe Giant Tri-colored Cuphea). 
Flowers tubular in shape, about 2 inches long, 
and combine three distinct colors in each flower 
—scarlet, white and blue. In bloom continually. 
10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. 
Platycentra (Cigar Plant). This 
is the old-fashioned and well-known 
variety, with narrow tubular scarlet 
flowers, tipped with purple; always 
in bloom. 10 cts. each; $1.00 per 
doz. 
CURMERIA. 
Wallisii. A handsome ornamental 
plant which is deserving of wide pop- 
ularity as a decorative plant for the 
warm conservatory or as a pot plant 
for the window-garden. _Its leaves, 
which are about 5 inches long by 2 to 
2} inches wide, are of a rich deep 
green, irregularly blotched with pale 
yellowish-green. (See cut.) 9d0 cts. 
each. 
Cyrenus ALTERNIFOLIUS. 
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CARDEN ~=GREENHOUSE PLANTS | 
CYANOPHYLLUM. 
Magnificum. One of the most strik- 
ing plants for the warm conservatory, 
with large, bold, broad foliage, two 
feet or more in length, the centre 
being arched, the edges wavy, and of 
a lustrous deep green on the upper 
surface and a reddish bronze under- 
neath, the prominent veins white or 
light green. $1.00 each. 
CYPERUS. 
(Umbrella Plant.) 
Alternifolius. An excellent plant 
for the house. Will thrive in any 
good soil and always presents a green 
and attractive appearance. It may 
be grown as asub-aquatic, and in any 
case should never lack a liberal sup- 
ply of water. 15 cts. and 2 cts 
each; $1.50 and $2.50 per doz. 
CYCAS REVOLUTA. 
(Sago Palm.) 
Valuable decorative plants for both house and lawn decors 
tion; their heavy, glossy, deep green fronds resist alike the gas, 
dust and cold to which decorative plants are frequently exposed. 
We can at all times supply dormant stems weighing from 2 to 
50 Ibs. each at the rate of 15 cts. per1lb., and established grow- 
ing plants, from July 15th to January Ist, in the following 
size Ss: 
Height of Number of Length of 
Stems Leaves Leaves. Fach. 
4to 6 in. Tto 8 15 to 18 in. $ 75 
4to 6in. 8 to 10 18 to 20 in. 1 50 
6 to Sin. 10 to 12 18 to 20 in. 2 00 
8 to 10 in, 12 to 15 20 to 24 in. 5 00 
Specimen plants, sizes of which will be given on application, 
$7.50 and $10.00 each. 
Read the Miscellaneous Hints and Suggestions for Amateur Florists on page 115. 
