PLHNT DEPARTMENT. 



Select List of Seasonable Decorative and Flowering Stock. 



' ABUTILONS. 



(Chinese Bell Flower, or Flowering Maple ) 



Most clesirai)le free-flowering plants for ihe conservatory or 

 window garden. Six distinct colors, viz.; White, yellow, orange, 

 pink, red and carmine. 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 



ACACIA. 



Armata. A most desirable house pl.int, succeeding under the 

 same condilions as an Azalea or Camellia; the bright canary- 

 yellow globular flowers are produced in March and April. 

 50 cts. and |1.00 each. 



AGI.AONEMA. 



Dwnrf growing Aroids, witli pretty, variegated foliage suitable 

 for the warm conservatory. 

 Costatum. Very compact, heart-shaped leaves of dark, shining 



t;reen, with white midrib an<l scaltering Ijlotches of white. 

 narantaefolium Maculatum. Dark green foliage, beautifully 



vai legated wiih greenish white. 

 Pictum. Foliage of lieW verdant green, marbled and spotted 



with deep French-green and silver-grey. 



50 cts. each; |.5 00 per doz. One of each for $1.25. 



ALI.AMA1VDA. 



Williamsii. This handsome vnrlety is quite dwarf, and forms 

 a Compact bush, with trusses of flowers of a very rich, yet deli- 

 cate, lint of yellow, deliciously scented and in bloom during 

 the greater part 'if the year. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



Hendersoni. A strong-growing variety, with very large 

 yellow flowers. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 



ALOCASIAS. 



Be.Tuliful subjects for the warm conservatorv, with showy, or- 

 namental filiage. 

 Argyrea $2 00 e.nch. 

 Kerchovei. $2 00 each. 

 Lowii. ijiB.OO eacli. 



ANTHURIUUff- 



Mortefontainensis. $2 50 



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Zebrina. .§.3.50 each. 

 ALPINIA SANDERS. 



A handsome new species from New Guinea of this useful 

 class of stove plants, with erect stems and short-stalked, glab- 

 rous leaves, 4 to 5 inches long by J to 1 1 inches wide, tapering 

 at both ends ; of a rich, shining green, regularly striped at close 

 intervals with broatl white- bands diverging from the midrib to 

 the margin. $1.00 e.nch. 



ARAUCARIA ExCELSA. 



ANTHURIITMS. 



(Flamingo Flower.) 



Pretty greenhouse plants that have many good qualities?. 

 Their peculiar-shaped flowers of rich colorings frequently last 

 on the plant from two to three months. 

 Andreanum Hybrids. A fine collection of seedlings, ira 



red, rose ;ind u hite. $1 00 and f 1 50 each. 

 Scherzerianum Brilliant scarlet. 50 cts. and §1.00 eac hi, 



— Album. White. §2.00 each. 



— Qrandiflorum. Large srarlet. $100 each. 



— Mme. Dalliere. Soft salmon-]iinl;. $100 each. 



— Roseum. Salmon rose. $1.00 each. 



— Rothschildianum. White spotted crimson. $1.50 each. 



— Sanguineum. Rich crimson. $1.50 each. 

 Crystallinum, Deep velvety-green foliage, with crystal white 



V. ni-. $2.50 each. 

 Magnificum. Olive-green foliage, with .silvery veins. ^2.00 

 each. 



APHELANDRA. 



Roezlii. A pretty hot-house plant, with silvery green foliage 

 and showy terminal spikes of bright, red-bracted flowers, produced, 

 during the late autumn. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



ARAEIA. 



Handsome decorative foliage plants for the stove or warm conserva— 

 atorv ; elegant for exhibition purposes. 

 Chabrierii. Long, narrow, deep green foliage, with crimson-bronze 



midrib. J; TOO each. 

 Elegantissima. Finely-divided, metallic green foliage. $1.50 each. 

 Kerchoveana. Foliage rather broad, of a deep, glossy green, relieveo" 



bv a vale midrib. $f.50 each. 

 Veitchii. .^ handsome species, with narrow leaflets of a dnrk green- 



alnive and red underneath. $1.5C each. 

 Qracillima. Similiar to above, but with narrower foliage. $1.50 each,. 



ARAUCARIA (Norfolk Island Pine). 



Excelsa. As a decorative plant for the house this is one of the hand- 

 somest and most serviceable plants in our collection. 



4-inch pots, 6 inches high $0 50 eaciji, 



5 inch pots, 12 inches high 1 00 eacb;- 



6-inch pots, 1 8 inches high 1 ."lO eacb.. 



6-itich pots, 24 inches high 2 00 each^ 



Excelsa QIauca. Identical with the above, except in the color of the- 

 foliage, whiih is of a bluish or glaucous color. 



5-inch pots, 10 inches high $] 00 each. 



6-inch pots. 1 5 inches high ... 2 Oil each, 



Robusta Compacta. Compact growth, producing even a niore symmet- 

 rical plant than Excelsa; the color is a rich, deep green. Strong plant*:, 

 in 5-inch pots, 10 inches high, $1.50 each; C-inch. pots> loinches high^. 

 $2.00 each. 



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