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Courti 3 00 



Dominiana 2 00 



Each. 



Pattersoni $2 50 



Phyllamphora. 2 50 

 Sedeni 2 00 



Maranta Vittata 



MARANTA. 



Valuable decorative hothouse plants, re- 

 markable for the richness and beauty of 

 their varied foliage. Each. 



Classoni 



(ioveniana 



Illustris 



Inslgnis ._ 



Kerchoviana . . . ." .. - 



Makoyana 



Rosea Lineata 



Sanderi 



Van den Heckei 



Vittata 1 



One each of the 10 varieties for $5.00. 



MEDIMLLA. 



The Medinillas here described are among 

 the most gorgeous tropical flowering plants 



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

 facilities of a hothouse. They are natives of the Philippines, 

 with handsome, broad, shining, leathery ."iliage. The plants 

 continue in flower from April to July; the flowers are of a coral- 

 red color, five petalled, each about an inch across, and are borne 

 in immense pyramidal racemes, frequently a foot long, and bear- 

 ing 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 Superba. Very large pendulous racemes. $1.00 



each. 

 Amabilis. Racemes of flowers are held erect. $1.00 each. 



METROSIDEROS. 



FIo«"k>unda (Bottle Brush). A greenhouse shrub, produc- 

 ing long, cylindrical spikes of bright red flowers; very effective. 

 $1.00 each. 



MUSA ENSETE (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 proportions, produc- 

 ing 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, $1.00 and $1.50 each; heavy plants in 12-inch tubs, 

 $5.00 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. 



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. Each. 



Atrosanguinea..$2 00 Heiiryana.. .$2 00 

 Intermedia.. 3 00 

 Mastersiana. 2 50 

 One each of the 9 sorts for $20.00. 



OLEA FRAGRANS (Sweet olive). 



An old favorite greenhouse shrub, succeeding admirably as a house 

 plant, producing insignificant white flowers, but of the most exquisite 

 fragrance, continuing to bloom almost the entire winter. Good plants, 

 50 cts. each; larger plants, $1.00 each. 



PANAX. 



Pretty shrubby plants for the warm conservatory, of neat, compact growth. 

 Gracillimum. Deep green, deeply-cut foliage. 50 cts. each. 

 Monstrosum aureum. Deep green foliage, with delicate golden-green 



variegation. 50 cts. each. 

 Victoria;. Small, finely-cut foliage of light green, with white variegation. 



25 cts. each. 



PANDANUS (Screw Pine). 



The Pandanus requires about the same 

 treatment as the Dracaena, but is better 

 adapted to culture in the living-room than 

 that plant is. 



Musa Ensete 



Graminifolius. Narrow, dark green 

 foliage; makes a pretty plant for table 

 decoration. 50 cts. each. 



Pacificus. A rare and beautiful species, 

 with broad, massive, dark green foliage. 

 3-inch pots, 35 cts. each; 4-inch pots, 

 50 cts. each; 5-inch pots, $1.00 each; 

 6-inch pots, $1.50 each. 



Veitchi. One of the finest decorative 

 plants for the house; graceful foliage, 

 broadly striped with creamy-white on a 

 green ground. 4-inch pots, 12 inches 

 high, 75 cts. each; 6-inch pots, 18 

 inches high, $1.50 each; 8-inch pots, 

 30 inches high, $3.00 each. 



Pandanus Veitchi 



Our collection of Hardy Perennial Plants is the most complete in this country. See pages 195 to 244 



