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CROTONS. 



Nothing can excel the beauty and richness 

 coloring th it is found in this class of plants. Tl 

 are beautiful as pot plants for the conservato 

 making h.indsome specimens for decorative a 

 exhibition purposes, and are now used extensivt 

 as bedding plants, for which purpose they 

 are excepiionally well adapted. Tney 

 should be planted in full sun in a position 

 wliere they can lie liberally supplied with 

 water, winch develops the most wonderful 

 colorings in the foliage. We enumerate 

 ijelow a few of the leading varieties, but 

 can supply many other sorts : 

 Andreanum. Deep green, with yellow 



and crimson markings. 

 Aureuin Punctatum. Long, narrow 



foliage, with nuinerous yellow spots. 

 Baron James de Rothschild. Olive-green 



and yeiioiv, changing to brilliant crimson. 

 Chi'ysophilla. Large foliage, light creamy- 



yeiloiv w.ih bright green margin. 

 Dayspring. Orange-yellow, edged with green 



an. I liiged with red. 

 Disrasli. Leaves somewhat halbert-shaped ; 



golden veins and ribs on a dark green ground. 

 Bvansianum. Tricolored leaves, richly veined 



ani mottled. (See cut.) 

 FascJatum. Rich green, with golden-yellow ribs and veins. 

 Queen Victoria. Rich golden-yellow, mottled with green, 



midrib magenta changing to crimson. 

 R.eidii. Bright green foliage with golden midrib and veins 



passing into crimson cerise as the leaves mature. 

 Veitchii. Bright green, marked and 



mottled with yellow and crimson. 

 Weismanni. Dark shining green, 



golden midrib and edges. 



Price : 30 to 50 cts. each ; $3 00 to 

 $5.00 per doz. 



DAPHNE ODORA. 



An old favorite greenhouse plant, 

 with rich deep evergreen foliage and 

 terminal heads of richly perfumed 

 waxy-white tinted purple flowers. 

 This plant, though well known, is now 

 but rarely seen, and we consider our- 

 selves fortunate in being able to offer 

 a. limited stock of strong plants at 

 $1.00 each. 



Dtefffnbachia. 



Ckoton Evansianum. 



CYCAS REVOLUTA (Sago Palm). 



Valuable decorative plants both for lawn and house decora- 

 lioii ; their heavy, glossy, deep green fmnds resist alike the gas, 

 dust and cold to which decorative plants are frequently ex- 

 posed. (See cut.) We can at all tiines supply dormant stems 

 weighing from 2 to 50 lbs. each at 

 the rate of 15 cts. per lb., and estab- 

 lished grow ing plants from July 15th 

 to January 1st in the following sizes : 



Height of Number of Length of Price 



Siem. Leaves. Leaves. Each. 



4 to 6 in. 7 to 8 15 to 18 in. $100 



4to6 " 8 to 10 lRto20 " 2 00 



6 to 8 " 1(1 to 12 18 to 20 " 3 00 



StOlO" 12 to 15 20 to 24." 5 00 



Specimen plants, sizes of which 

 will be given on application, $7.50 

 and $10 00 each. 



Diefieiibachias. 



Handsome decorative plants, with 

 bold ornamental foliage ; useful for . 

 the warm conservalorj'. 



Baraquiniana. Leaves bright, 



liglrt green, irregularly spotted 



with white, midrib and stems shining clear ivory-white. 



nO cts. to $1.00 each. 

 Batisei. Leaves yellowish-green, margined and irregularly 



blotched with dark green, and profusely spotted with while. 



50 cts. to SI. 00 each. 

 Bowmanni. Rich deep green leaves, blotched with irreg- 

 ular markings of light pea-green. 50 cts. to $1.00 each. 

 Memorie Corsl. Beautiful leaves of a silveiy white, with 



thread-like laieial veins of green. A handsome and rare 



variety. $1.00 each. 

 Magnifica. Shining somber green foliage, variegated with 



blotches and spots of pure white. $1.00 each. 

 Picta. Light green with numerous white spots. 50 cts. 



each. 

 Splendens. Rich deep bottle-green, freely marked with 



■vvhiti.sh striated blotches. $1.00 each. 

 Set of 7 sorts for $5.00 



NEW AND RARE ROSES. 



In addition to the Select List of Roses, 

 offer some valuable new varieties. 

 See pages 147 and 148. 



The best bools 



Hctijultural subjects are offered on the inside of the back cover of this book. 



