Select List of Decorative Plants for 

 House and Conservatory 



Aglaonetna 



Costatum. A dwarf-growing Aroid, suitable for tlie conservatory or 

 window garden. Very compact heart-shaped leaves of dark, shining 

 green, with white midrib and scattering blotches of white. 75 cts. each. 



Allamanda 



Henderson!. A strong-growing variety, well suited for growing on the 

 pillars or supports of a conservatory, or for training on a trellis; large, 

 fragrant golden-yellow flowers. 50 cts. each. 



Williamsi. Form a compact bushy plant with trusses of large rich yellow 

 flowers at every point; deliciously scented. 50 cts. each. 



Anthurium (Flamingo Flower 



Pretty greenhouse plants that have many good qualities, not only as deco- 

 rative plants, but also as cut flowers. Their peculiar shaped flowers of rich 

 coloring frequently last on the plant from two to three months. 

 Scherzerianum. Brilliant scarlet flowers. 



— Atrosanguineum. Rich crimson-scarlet. 



— Album. White. 



— Roseum. Salmon-rose. 



— Bothschildianum. Creamy-white spotted crimson. 



Five-inch pots, $2.50 each. 



Asparagus 



Plumosus Nanus (Asparagus Fern). There is no better plant; for table 

 decoration than this. The foliage is more delicate than that of the finest 

 Fern, being lace-like in its filminess. A plant with half a dozen stalks is a 

 mass of dainty, misty green, among which the stems of a few flowers can 

 be thrust in such a manner as to make a pretty decoration for the table. 

 25 cts. and 50 cts. each; $2.50 and $5.00 per doz. 



Clfuia Miniata 



Sprengeri (Emerald Feather). Excellent for hanging-baskets, for 

 bracket use and for cutting. It is one of the best of all plants for 

 the window-box when planted on the outside where it can droop 

 over the edge of the box. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each; $2.50 and $5.00 

 per doz. 



Aspidistra 



Lurida. One of the easiest decorative plants to grow. A most 

 useful house plant, thriving in a hallway or a comparatively dark 

 place in the room where nothing else will succeed. 5-inch pots, 

 $2.00; 6-inch pots, $2.50, and 7-inch pots, $3.50 each. 



— Variegata. 5-inch pots, $2.50; 6-inch pots, $3.50 each. 



Fibrous-rooted Begonias 



This class is among the freest flowering ornamental-leaved pot 

 plants for conservatory decoration; excellent subject for the 

 window garden. 



Argentea Guttata. Foliage of rich green, spotted with silver. 



Corallina Lucerna. Gigantic trusses of bronzy-red flowers in 

 bloom continuously from April to November. 



Haageana. Large trusses of creamy-white flowers, suffused 

 with pink, the foliage bold and attractive, of a bronzy-green 

 above and reddish on the under side. 



Price. 35 cts. each. Oneeachof the 3 sorts for $1.00. 



Bougainvillea 



Crimson Lake. Introduced through the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry of the Department of Agriculture. 



The flowers are like all other Bougainvilleas, perhaps a trifle 

 larger, but in coloring none compare with it in richness and 

 brilliancy. On first opening a brilliant crimson- lake, retaining this 

 color for three or four weeks, after which they gradually pass to a 

 crimson-carmine. Plants in 3-mch pots, 50 cts. each. 4-inch pots, 

 $1.00 each. 



Ardisia 



Crenulata. A very ornamental greenhouse plant with dark 

 green, glossy, attractive foliage, bearing clusters of very brilliant 

 red berries. A good subject for the window garden. Fine plants 

 in 4-inch pots, $1.50 each. 



Araucaria 



(Norfolk Island Pine) 



Ezcelsa. A beautiful tender evergreen, a favorite plant for house 

 decoration, unequaled in symmetrical habit of growth by any 

 other plant. 



4-inch pots, 8 to 10 inches high, $2.50 each. 



5-inch pots, 10 to 12 inches high, 3.00 each. 



6-inch pots, 15 inches high, $4.00 each. 



Cestrum Parqui 



(Night-Blooming Jessamine) 



An interesting tender shrub of easy cultivation, either for pot 

 culture or for planting in the garden when the weather gets warm, 

 with small greenish white flowers of delightful fragrance, which is 

 dispensed during the night only. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Clerodendron 



Balfouri. A beautiful greenhouse climber, and admirably suited 

 for house ciilture, flowering most profusely with bright scarlet 

 flowers, enveloped in a creamy-white calyx. Strong plants, 

 25 cts. each. Extra. large plants, 50 cts. each. 



Clivia Miniata (Imantophyllum) 



A pretty lily-like plant of the easiest culture, and a most de- 

 sirable house plant, it flowers during the spring and summer 

 months, remaining in bloom for a long period. The flowers are 

 about 2 inches long, and are borne in dense clusters from 10 to 

 20 flowers each; in color it is of a fine orange-red, shading to buff. 

 4-inch pots, $1.00; 5-inch pots, $2.00; 6-inch pots, $3.00 each. 



Crotons 



Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of coloring that is 

 found in this class of plants. They are beautiful as pot plants for 

 the conservatory, making handsome specimens for decorative and 

 exhibition purposes. In the latitude of Philadelphia and south- 

 ward they are wonderfully effective for summer bedding, pre- 

 senting a glorious medley of rich variegated colors not found in 

 any other class of plants. 



We offer a choice assortment embracing the best standard 

 varieties as well as the most desirable recent introductions. 



Plants in 3-inch pots, $1 .00 each; collection of 12 varieties, $10.00. 



Plants in 4-inch pots, $1.50 each; collection of 12 varieties, $15.00. 



Large plants, $2.00, $2.50 and $5.00 each. 



NOTE — Plants will be sent by Parcel Post if remitteince is made to cover postage and special packing as noted on the order 

 blank and inside of front cover of this catalogue. 



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