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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, and are now used exten- 

 sively as bedding plants, for which purpose they are excep- 

 tionally well adapted. They should be planted in full sun 

 in a position where they can be liberally supplied with water, 

 which develops the most wonderful colorings in the foliage. 

 Our collection embraces the handsomest new and standard 

 varieties. 



TWELVE CROTON NOVELTIES. 

 Chartieri Major. Very large massive leaves of a dark 

 bronzy-green, attractively blotched and streaked with red. 

 Director Siebert. Oak-shaped leaves, bright green with 

 yellow midrib and veins; a very attractive variety. 

 Edmontoniensis. Leaves 1 to 1J inches wide, 12 

 to 15 inches long, drooping gracefully with wavy 

 edges. Ground color dark green, splashed and 

 mottled orange and carmine 1 and bordered with 

 carmine. 

 Juliette Delaruye. Large, deeply-lobed, oak-leaved 

 foliage of a bright green; the midrib, veins and 

 irregular blotches in the leaves are of clear canary-yellow; 

 an effective, vigorous grower. 

 Lilie Stoffregen. Large broad leaves of a bright olive- 

 green with broad irregular bands of creamy-yellow along 

 the midrib and veins. 

 Lord Belhaven. Immense leaves, frequently 18 inches long, 

 ground color green, midrib rosy-salmon, surface blotched 

 with yellow. 

 Mrs. Duncan Macaw. Fine large leaves ot uneven form, 

 which, while young, are green with yellow veins; as they 

 mature the green becomes a reddish bronze, while the yellow 

 is transformed into a bright cardinal-red. 

 Paul Weber. The medium sized leaves are of a deep green, 

 splashed with rosy-salmon, the midribs and veins of an 

 orange-carmine. 

 Pere Charon. Large, elliptical, slightly undulated foliage, 

 which at first is a bright green with irregular large yellow 

 and carmine blotches, which as they mature become a dark 

 bronzy-green with orange-carmine midribs, veins and blotches; 

 a variety of extraordinary merit. 

 W. Stoffregen. Broad, irregular shaped leaves of a deep 

 bronzy-green, heavily marked with deep salmon-orange mid- 

 ribs and veins. 



Croton Juliette Dblaruve 



Philipp Qeduldig. A splendid compact grower, with broad, 

 medium-sized leaves. When young, the light green ground is 

 generously splashed with yellow. This gradually deepens to 

 a bright cardinal-red on an olive-green base. 



Pucciana. At first the leaves are bright olive-green with irregu- 

 lar yellow markings along midrib and veins; at maturity the 

 ground color is bronzy dark green, veined and largely marked 

 with bright cardinal-red. 



Price. Any of the above novelties in strong plants in 4-inch pots, 60 cts. each; the set of 12 for $6.00. 



STANDARD VARIETIES OF CROTONS. 

 Andreanum. Leaves broad-oblong, deep green with yellow I Baronne James de Rothschild. Large, broad, deep olive- 



and crimson vein-markings. green leaves with yellow, changing to crimson variegation. 



Charmer. Leaves very large, golden-yellow, with deep olive-green 



blotches; midrib and veins crimson. 

 Craigi. Deeply lobed foliage, of a fresh rich green, freely veined and 



marked with rich golden-yellow. 

 Czar Alexander. Large broad leaves of a bronzy-green, maturing to a 



bright carmine-red. 

 Maculatum. Medium-sized leaves, prettily spotted with yellow. 

 flusaicum. Wavy, lanceolate leaves, green, crimson and cream color. 

 Norwood Beauty. Oak-leaved; ground color greenish-bronze, veined 



and splashed with orange-salmon. 

 Punctatum. Narrow dark green leaves, densely spotted yellow. 

 Queen Victoria. Long leaves, rich golden-yellow, mottled with green; 



midrib and veins, as well as the margin, vivid crimson. 

 Robert Craig. A splendid combination of deep olive-green and golden- 

 yellow, with rosy sunset suffusion. 

 Yuletide. Long narrow leaves, changing from light orange and green to 

 deep cardinal orange and green; very rich. 



3-inch pots, 30 cts. each; set of 12 varieties for £3.00. 

 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each; set of 12 varieties for $5.00. 

 Large plants, $1.00; $1.50 and $2.50 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 sub-aquatic, and in any case should never lack a 

 liberal supply of water. 15 cts. and 25 cts. each; $1.50 and $2.50 per doz. Cyperus Alternifolius 



Gladiolus are one of the best summer cut flowers. See page 160 



