SELECT LIST OF SEASONABLE 



Decorative and Flowering Plants. 



For Complete List and Cultural Directions see our Garden Book for 1910. 



ABUTILONS (Flowering Maple). 



Most desirable free-flowering plants for the 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 plant, succeeding under the 

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

 yellow globular flowers are produced in March and April. 

 50 cts. and $1.00 each. 



ACANTHUS. 



Montanus. An attractive and interesting plant, and a most 

 desirable subject for the warm conservatory or greenhouse. 

 The leaves are deeply and irregularly lobed, each lobe termi- 

 nated with a long, spine-like point, and are of a dark olive- 

 green marbled with lively yellowish green, the midrib being 

 brighter. The inflorescence is stately, consisting of a long 

 spike of rosy- white flowers with purple veined bracts. 50 cts. 

 each. 



AGLAONEMA. 



Dwarf-growing Aroids, with pretty, variegated foliage suitable 



for the warm conservatory. 



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

 green, with white midrib and scattering blotches of white. 



Maranttefolium Maculatum. Dark green foliage, beauti- 

 fully variegated with greenish white. 



Pictum. Foliage of rich verdant green, marbled and spotted 

 with deep French-green and silver-grey. 



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



ALLAMANDA. 



Williamsii. This handsome variety forms a compnct bush, 



with trusses of flowers of rich yellow, deliciously scented. A 



fine plant for the window garden or conservatory. 25 cts. 



each; .$2.50 per doz. 

 liendersoni. A strong-growing variety, with very large yellow 



flowers. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 



ALPINIA SANDERiE. 



A handsome new species of this useful class of stove plants, 

 with erect stems and short-stalked glabrous leaves, 4 to 5 inches 

 long by 2 to 1^ inches wide, tapering at both ends; of a rich, 

 shining green, regularly striped at close intervals with broad 

 white bands diverging from the midrib to the margin. $1.00 each. 



Aralia Elegantis^ma. 



Ananas (Variegated Pineapple). 



ALOCASIA. 



Beautiful subjects for the warm conservatory, and invaluable 

 as exhibition plants. 

 Argyrea. Foliage deep green, with silvery grey ribs and 



veins. $1.50 each. 

 Lowii. A rare variety, with olive green foliage and silvery 



markings; the reverse side is rich purple. $3.<>0 each. 

 Sanderiana. Deeply lobed leaves, of glossy dark green, with 



metallic reflections and prominent margins and veins of silvery 



white. $3.00 each. 

 Watsoni. Metallic green foliage with light veins and ribs; 



reverse of leaf bronzy-purple. $2.00 each. 



ANANAS (Pineapple). 



Sativus Variegatus. ( Variegated Pineapple.) This is 

 one of the most beautiful variegated foliage plants in cultiva- 

 tion, not only for the greenhouse or conservatory, but also as 

 a plant for room decoration. It somewhat resembles the vari- 

 gated forms of Pandanus in style of growth; the leaves are 

 from 2 to 3 feet long, with a central band of bright green 

 broadly margined with rich creamy-yellow, tinged with red 

 towards the closely serrated edges. 4-inch pots, $3. CO each; 

 5-inch pots, $5.00 each. 



ANTHURIUMS (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 in red, 



rose and white. $1.00 and $1.50 each. 

 Scherzerianum. Brilliant scarlet. 50 cts. and $1.( each. 



— Album. White. $2.00 each. 



— Grandiflorum. Large scarlet. $1.00 each. 



— Mme. Dalliere. Soft salmon-pink. $1.00 each. 



— Rothschildianum. White spotted crimson. $1.50 each. 



— Sanguineum. Rich crimson. $1.50 each. 

 Magnificum. Olive-green foliage, with silvery veins. $1.50 



each. 



ARALIA. 



Handsome decorative foliage plants for the stove or warm 



conservatory; elegant for exhibition purposes. 



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

 bronze midrib. $1.00 each. 



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

 each. 



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

 relieved by a pale midrib. $1.50 each. 



Veitchii. A handsome species, with narrow leaflets of a dark 

 green above and red underneath. $1.50 each. 



— Gracillima. Similar to above, but with narrower foliage. 

 $1.50 each. 



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