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IPOMCKA. 



Noctiflora. The well-known popular 

 white, fragrant Moon Flower. (See 

 cut.) 



Learii {Blue Dawn Flower). Intense 

 violet-blue flowers, 6 inches in diam- 

 eter. 



10 cts each ; $100 per doz . 



Isolepis Gracilis. 



A useful plant with graceful, gra.ss- 

 ? (lark-green drooping foliage, for 



vases, baskets or the window garden. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



IXORAS. 



1 hese are among the showiest oi our 

 stove-flowering plants. The foliage is pretty and attractive, while the 

 flowers, borne in large terminal corymbs, shaped somewhat like a 

 Bouvardi, are of most brilliant colors. (See cut.) 

 Coccinea, Bright red, in very l.irge corymbs. 

 Dixiana. Deep orange, in large 



trusses. 

 Flore llltea. Very large 



creamy-yellow flowers. 

 Javanica. Orange ; very 



distinct. 

 Parviflora. A choice white 



variety. 

 Westn. Very large corymbs of 



rose-colored flowers. 



50 cts. each. Set of 6 varieties 

 for $'2..-)0. 



Kalaiiclioe Flainmea. 



A succulent gr.eenhouse plant, growing from 15 

 to 18 inches high and producing during midsummer 

 large terminal branched heads of very attractive flame 

 colored flowers, which last in good condition for a huig 

 lime. 25 cts. each. 



IXORA. 



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ISMENE CALATHINA. 



(Pancratium.) 



grand summer-flowering bulb, producing 



throughout the season large Amaryllis- 



il;e, pure white, fragrant blossoms. Keep 



the bulbs in a dry, warm ]ilace, and plant 



out in June. Bulbs can be taken up 



in October, and, after a few week' rest, 



potted and flowereil in the house in 



winter, or kept over for planting 



out another season. (See cut.) 25 



cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



JASMINLTM. 



Gracilliumm. Exceedingly flori- 

 ferous ; a flowering shoot is produced 

 from every joint, which terminates in 

 a cluster of purevvhite, fragrant flow- 

 ers; in bloom from October to Febru- 

 ary. (See cut ) 25 cts. each. 

 Grandiflorum {Star Jasmine, or Catalan- 

 laii Jasmine) This variety is an old favorite, 

 and undoubtedly the most satisfaclorv for general 

 culture ; it flowers almost the entire season ; is especially valued as 

 a house ]ilant in winter ; pure wdiite, deliciously scented. 15 cts. eacli. 

 Grand Duke. Large, double white, imbricated flowers; fragiant. 



_'5 cis. each 

 Maid of Orleans. Creamy-white, fragrant flowers. 25 cts. each. 



The set of four varieties, one of each, 80 cts. 

 Cape JessamUne. See Gardenia Fldrida, page 133. 



EAGERSTR(EMIA INDICA (Cape Myrtle). 



This is one of the prettiest shrubs, and, while haidy south of the 

 I'otomac, requires protection in this latitude. All, however, that, is 

 necessary is to winter the plants in a cellar or similar position, where 

 tliey will be protected from very severe weather. Grown in large 

 pots or tubs, specimens 6 to 8 feet high can be produced with little 

 ilifficulty, and which for two to three months in the summer will be 

 covered with delicate soft pink flowers. Strong flowering plants, 25 

 cts. and 50.cl.s.each. 



Strong, sturdy, two-year-old Roses are one of our specialties. See pages 147 to 155. 



