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IXORAS. 



These are among the showiest of hothouse flowering plants. 

 The foliage is pretty and attractive, while the flowers, borne in 

 large terminal corymbs, are shaped somewhat like a Bouvardia. 

 Acuminata. Fragrant, pure white flowers. 

 ChelSOni. Brilliant salmon-orange 

 Coccinea. Bright red, in very large corymbs 

 Dixiana. Deep orange, in large trusses. 

 Flore Ltltea. Very large creamy-yellow flowers. 

 Incarnata. Delicate flesh color. 

 Javanica. Deep orange-red. 

 Prince of Orange. Large orange-red. 

 Rosea Splendens. Bright rose. 

 WilJiamsii. Reddish-salmon, in large heads. 



50 cts. each. Set of 10 varieties for $4.50. 



LAPAGERIA, 



Extremely beautiful greenhouse climber. Bell shaped, waxy 

 flowers of great substance, lasting a long time in bloom. 

 Rosea, Rich rosy-crimson. $'2.00 each. 

 Alba. Pure waxy-white. $2 50 each. 



PONDEROSA LEMON. 



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 ii to 2 pounds each, which 

 are useful for many domestic purposes. Good young plants, 15 

 cts. each; strong 2-year-old plants 50 cts. each. 



MEDINILLA. 



The Mendinillas here described nre among the most gorgeous 

 tropical flowering plants in cultivation and most desirable plants 

 for the amateur who has the facilities of a hothouse. They are 

 natives of the Phillipines, with handsome, broad, shining, leath- 

 ery foliage. The plants continue in flower from April to July; 

 the flowers are of a coral -red color, five-petal led, each about an 

 inch across, and are borne in immense pyramidal panicles, fre- 

 quently a foot long, and bearing from 100 to 150 flowers, The 

 branches of the panicles as well as the large, showy bracts, some- 

 times four inches long, are of a delicate pinkish color. A large 

 well-flowered specimen is a sight never to be forgotten. 

 Magnifica. Bears its flowers in pendulous racemes. 

 Amabilis. Identical with the above, except that the racemes 



of flowers are held erect. 



§1.50 each. 



IXORA. 



Maranta. 



MARANTA. 



Valuable decorative stove plants, remarkable for the richness 

 and beauty of their varied foliage. 



Each. 

 Alberti $0 50 



75 

 50 

 50 

 75 

 50 

 50 

 75 

 25 



Argyra^a 



Amabilis 



Bambusaefolia . . . 

 Costata Glabra. . . 



Chantrieri 



Eximea 



Gouletti 



Qoveniana 



Illustris 



Iconifera , 



Insignis 



Kerchoviana 



Kummeriana. 



Leopardina 



Lietzei 



Lietzei Superba.. . 



Lubersi 



Luciana 



to 

 50 

 50 

 25 

 50 

 75 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 



Each. 



Makoyana $0 50 



Masangeana (True) 50 



Media Picta 50 



Mosella 1 00 



Musaica 50 



Oppenheimiana .... 50 



Porteana 50 



Pulchella 50 



Rosea Lineata 75 



Sanderi 1 00 



Smaragdina . . 50 



Spitzeriana 50 



Splendens 50 



Triumphans 75 



Van den Heckei 75 



Vittata 1 00 



Wallichii 50 



Warscewiczi 75 



Wieti 50 



We will furnish one each of the above grand collection of 38 

 varieties of Marantas for $18.00. 



METROSIDEROS. 



Ploribunda (Bottle Brush). A greenhouse shrub, produc- 

 ing long cylindrical spikes of bright red flowers. $1.00 each. 



NEPHTHYTIS PICTURATA. 



An interesting ornamental stove plant; dark green foliage, 

 with fern-like variegation in silvery white. $1.00 each. 



OPHIOPOGON. 



Jaburan VariegatllS. A pretty variegated foliage plant, 

 useful either as a pot plant for the window or for planting out 

 in summer. 50 cts. each. 



OTAHEITE ORANGE. 



The best of the Oranges for house culture. It is of dwarf, 

 bushy habit, and bears a profusion of fragrant flowers and 

 edible fruit. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 



