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Henrtadreer-phiiadelphiam- 



ARDISIA CHENUI.ATA. 



A very ornamental greenhouse plant, with dark evergreen foliage, pro- 

 ducing clusters uf brilliant red berries; a tirsi-class house plant in winter, 

 25 CIS. and 50 cts. eacli. 





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Asparagus Sprengkri. 



CHINKSE AZAI.EAS, 



These beautiful plants are deservedly popular for window 

 and conservatory decorations. The plants we offer are all beau- 

 tifully trained specimens, and comprise the cream of the best 

 European establishments; all the sizes offered will flower freely 

 in proper season. 



Each. Per Doz. 



Good bushy young plants §0 50 § 5 00 



Third size, .30 inches in circumference. ... 75 7 50 



Second " 36 " " " .... 1 00 10 00 



First " 36 to 45 inches in " 150 15 00 



Specimen plants, an extra fine lot, 5 feet m 



circumference 4 00 45 00 



FIBROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS. 



Alba Picta. Leaves glossy green, freely spotted with bright 



silvery white. 

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

 Coral. An extremely free-flowering variety, with pretty coral-red 



flowers. 

 Haageana. One of the finest yet introduced. The large flowers are 



of a creamy-white, with just sufficient pink to give them a bright, 



cheerful glow ; the foliage is bronzy-green above and red below. 

 Metallica. A fine erect-growing variety, with dark, rough leaves ; 



the surface is a lustrous bronze-green ; veins depressed and 



dark red. 

 Nitida Alba. A fine free-flowering white variety. 

 Rubra, Dark green leaves, flowers scarlet-rose, glossy and wax-like. 

 5aundersoni. Scarlet flowers; in bloom continually. 



15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. Set of 8 varieties for SIOO. 



THE I.ORRAINE BEGONIAS. 



Theie are perfect gems, and undoubtedly the finest winter-flow- 

 ering plants we now possess. They grow from 12 to 15 inches 

 high, and naturally form graceful, bushy specimens, which from 

 October until April are completely smothered with their soft, deli- 

 cately colored flowers. 



Qlolre de Lorraine. Soft rosy-pink, of fine form. 

 Light Pink Lorraine. Of a lighter shade of pink. 



Plants of the above two varieties can only be supplied from Jhly 

 to January. Orders booked and filled in proper season. Price 

 for either : Good plants, in 3 inch pots, 25 cts. each ; §2.50 per 

 doz.; strong plants, in 4-inch pots, 50 els. each ; §5.00 per doz. 



ARALIA. 



Handsome decorative foliage plants for the stove or warm conser- 



vaton,' ; elegant for exhibition purposes. 



Elegantissima. A graceful species, with finely divided metallic green 

 foliage. §1.50 each. 



Kerchoveana. A very elegant slender-stemmed species, with rather 

 broad foliage, margins conspicuously serrated or undulated, and of a 

 glossy deep green relieved by a pale midrib. §1.50 each. 



Quercifolia. .A pieity light green, oak-leaved species. §1.00 each. 



Veitchii Qracillima. A handsome species with narrow leaflets, hav- 

 ing undulated edges, dark green above and red underneath ; a fine 

 table plant. §1.50 each. 



ASPARAGUS, 



Sprengeri. Not only invaluable as a decorative plant for growing in 

 pots, window boxes or suspended baskets, but also an excellent bed- 

 ding plant where it can be used as a border o^ edging with the most 

 beautiful effect. It is also most useful to furnish greens for decorating, 

 retaining its freshness for weeks after being cut. (See cut.) Strong 

 plants, 15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz.; §10.00 per 100. Extra strong^ 

 plants, 25 and 50 cts. each ; §2.50 and §5.00 per doz. 



Tenuissimus. A beautiful species of climbing habit. Remarkable 

 for the extreme delicacy of its foliage. As a decorative plant for con- 

 trast with the foliage of other plants it is one of the most effective. 15 

 cts. each ; §1 50 per doz. 



Plumosus Nanus. This graceful climbing Asparagus has, to a great 

 extent, taken the place of the once popular Sntilaxm all fine decorations. 

 It possesses the advantage of being much more graceful, its foliage 

 being much finer than that of the most delicate fern, and will last for 

 weeks after being cut, the vhole plant being of a bright, cheerful 

 green. It is an excellent hou.se plant, succeeding under almost any con- 

 ditions. 15 cts. and 25 cts. each ; §1.50 and §2. 50 per doz. 



ASPIDISTRA, 



Lurida. A very useful and durable decorative plant of strong 

 growth; will succeed in any position ; an excellent bailor 

 corridor plant. 50 cts., 75 cis. and §1.00 each. 



Lurlda Variegata. A j-retiy variegated form of the above, 

 the Ibliage being striped with white. 75 cts. and $1 00 each. 



AUCUBA. 



Japonica. A half-hardy evergreen shrub with laurel-like foli- 

 age of dark green, freely spotted with bright yellow. A 

 most useful plant for decorative purposes, either as a pot 

 plant for the house in winter or for the lawn in summer. 

 Strong bushy plants, 12 inches high, 35 cts. each ; specimen 



plants, \h feet high, 75 cts. each : 2 feet high, §1.50 each. 



Chinese Azalea. 



See page 125, under Bedding Plants, for Asparagus and Cbina Asters. 



