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9IUSA EXS£TE (Abyssinian Banana). 



The grandest of all Bananas; the leaves are magnificent, long, 

 broad and massive; of beautiful green, the midrib turning to 

 crimson as the leaves develop. The plant grows luxuriantly 

 from 8 to 12 feet high. During the hot summer, when 

 planted out, it grows rapidly and attains gigantic pro- 

 portions, producing a tropical effect on the lawn or flower 

 garden. (See cut.) Good plants, 30 cts. each; strong 

 plants in ,5-inch pots, 50 cts. each; very strong plants in 7-inch 

 pots that will give a quick effect, 11.00 and $1.50 each; heavy 

 plants in 12-inch tubs, $5.00 each. 



NEPHTHYTIS. 



Picturata. An interesting, ornamental hothouse plant, re- 

 quiring a moist atmosphere; dark-green, pointed, heart-shaped 

 foliage, with fern-like variegations in silvery-white. $1.00 

 each. 



NEPENTHES (Pitcher Plant). 



These interesting plants, with their curious pitchers, require 

 to be grown in a high, moist atmosphere, and in dense shade. 

 The sorts offered are among the choicest of the genus. 

 Each. 



Atrosanguineum . . .$2 00 



Courtii 3 00 



Dominiana 2 00 



Henryana 2 00 



Intermedia 3 00 



Mastersiana 



Pattersonii . 



Each. 

 . . .12 50 

 ... 2 60 



Phyllamphora. . . 

 Sedeni 



... 2 50 

 2 00 



Splendida 



... 2 00 



3IARAXTA. 



Valuable decorative hothouse plants, re- 

 markable for the richness and beauty of 

 their varied foliage. Each. 



Classoni $0 75 



Goveniana 25 



Illustris 75 



Insignis 50 



Kerchoviana 25 



Makoyana 50 



Rosea Lineata 75 



Sanderi 1 00 



Van den Heckei 75 



Vittata 1 00 



One each of the 10 varieties for $5.00. Musa Ensete. 



MEDINII.I.A. 



The Medinillas here described are among the most gorgeous tropical 

 flowering plants in cultivation, and most desirable for the amateur who has 

 the facilities ot a hothouse. They are natives of the Philippines, with hand- 

 some, broad, shining, leathery foliage. The plants continue in flower from 

 April to July; the flowers are of a coral-red color, five-pelalled, each about 

 an inch across, and are borne in immense p)ramidal racemes, frequently a 

 foot long, and bearing from 100 to 150 flowers. A large well-flowered 

 specimen is a sight never to be forgotten. 

 Magnifica. Flowers in pendulous racemes. $1.00 each. 

 Magnifica 5uperba. Very large pendulous racemes. $1.00 each. 

 Amabilis. Racemes of flowers are held erect. $1 00 each. 



METROSIDEROS. 



Floribunda (Bottle Brush). A greenhouse shrub, producing long, 

 cylindrical spikes of bright red flowers; very effective. $1.00 each. 



NASTURTIUMS. 



Tom Thumb or Dwarf. Too well known to need description. Mixed 

 colors, ready in May, 75 cts. per doz. ; $6.00 per 100. 



One each of the ten sorts for $20.00. 



OLEA FRAGRANS. 



(Sweet Olive.) 



An old favorite greenhouse shrub, suc- 

 ceeding admirably as a house plant, pro- 

 ducing small white flowers of the most 

 exquisite fragrance, continuing to bloom 

 almost the entire winter. 50 cts. each. 



ROYAE 



EXHIBITION 



PANSIES. 



The plants here offered are grown 

 from our own choicest strain of seed, and 

 for size of bloom, richness of coloring and 

 texture will be found unsurpassed by any 

 other strain. 60 cts. per doz.; $4.00 per 

 100. 



Type of our Royal Exhibition Pansy. 



An index of the botanical and common names is given on pages 2 and 3. 



