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Maranta Makoyana. 



MAR ANT A. 



Valuable decorative stove plants, re- 

 markal)le for the richnes?; and beauty 

 of their varied foliage. Each. 



Amabiiis SO 



Bachemiana 



Bella 



Costata Glabra 1 



Dealbata 



Eximea 



Goveiana 



Imperialis 1 



Kerchoviana 



Kummeriana 



Lindeni 1 



Lietzei 



Luciana 



nedio Picta 



Makoyana 



Aasangeana (True) 



riusaica 



Oppenheimiana. 1 



Porteana 



Pulchella 



Rosea Lineata 1 



Sander! 1 



Triumphans 1 



Van den Heckei 



Warscewiczi 



Zebrina 



AMERICAN Yk^ONDER, or 



PONDEROSA EEMON. 



This truly wonderful variety was introduced some four years 

 ago, and has proven itself one of the most valuable of the 

 Citrus family. It is of strong, vigorous growth, producing 

 freely flowers as large as a tuberose and as fragrant as the 

 orange blossom, followed by gigantic fruit, many weighing 

 from 1^ to 2 pounds each, which are usefid for many domestic 

 purposes. Good young plants, 15 cts. each. Strong two-year- 

 old plants of fruiting size, 50 els. each. 



EINUM TRIGYNUM. 



Indispensable as an early winter-flowering plnnt. Its bril- 

 liant orange flowers are produced so profusely as to completely 

 cover the plant, making it look like a golden ball; of easy 

 cultivation and a most desirable house_ plant. 10 cts. each ; 

 5>1.00 per doz. 



MANETTIA. 



Bicolor, The popular Manettia Vine, and a desirable climber, 

 cither for the garden or house ; long tubular flowers, bright 

 scarlet, yellow at the tips. (See cut.) 

 Cordifolia. Crimson flowers; one of the most graceful vinef 

 in our collection. • 



10 cts. each; $100 per doz. 



MIEA BIFEORA* 



(Mexican " Star of Bethlehem.") 



One of the loveliest and most desirable 

 bulbs. The flowers are nearly 2J inches 

 in diameter, of a jiure waxy-white color, 

 and usually borne in pairs; the petals are 

 of great substance and will keep for day 

 when cut. 5 cts. eacli; 50 cts. per doz. 



METROSIDEROS. 



Floribunda {Bottle Brush). A green- 

 house shrub, producing long, cylindrical 

 spikes of bright red flowers. Very 

 eff"ective. $100 and $1 50 each. 



MAGNOEIA FUSCATA 



(The Banana Shrub.) 



An old favorite greenhouse shrub which 

 grows under conditions similar to that for 

 Azaleas and Camellias. It produces in the 

 early spring Irownish-yellow flowers edged 

 with light carmine, which exhale a deli- 

 cious banana fragrance. Good young 

 plants, ,35 cts. each ; large busliy speci- 

 mens, 18 inches high, which should give 

 a mass of bloom, $1.00 each . 



Manettia Vine. 



MUSA, 



Ensate [Abyssinian Bnnnna). The grandest of all Bananas; the leaves are mag 

 .ii.i._ent, long, broad and massive; of a beautiful green, with a broad crimson midrilj; 

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

 planted out, it grows rapidly, and attains gigantic proportions, producing a tropical 

 effect on the lawn or flower garden. Good young plants, 30 cts and 50 cts. each. 



Alartini. This vellow fruiting variety is very valuable for planting in open, exposed 

 positions, its foliage being tough, and does not break easily with the wind. It grows 

 from 10 to 15 feet high, leaves 3 to 4 feet long, on long stems. A grand plant tor 

 subtropical effect. Strong plants, 50 cts. each; extra strong, $1.00 each. 



THE BABY RAMBLER ROSE. 



This ii a new bedding i-ariety irJtich Jias been fried and found 

 all that is claimed for it. A constant bloomer, heginninff early 

 in the season and continuing until late in, fall. For descrip- 

 tion and price see page 139. 





Mua 



In late autumn the JAPANESE ANEMONES brighten the hardy border. See colored plate and page i6g. 



