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0ARD[N^»OREENHOUSf PLANTS 



Croton Disraeli. 



Clerodendron Balfouri. 



A beautiful greenhouse climber, and ad- 

 mirably suited for house culture ; flowering 

 most profusely with bright scarlet flowers, 

 enveloped in a creamy-white calyx. (See 

 cut.) 15 els. each; $1.50 per doz. 



i CI.IVIA MINIATA. 



(Imantophyllum.) 



A pretty lily-like plant of the easiest cul- 

 ture, and a most desirable house plant; it 

 flowers during the spring and summer 

 months, remaining in bloom for a long 

 period. The flowers are about 2 inches 

 long and are borne in dense clusters of from 

 ten to twenty flowers on eacli ; in color it is 

 of a fine orange-red shading to bufif. Large, 

 strong plants, 50 cts. each. 



CUR^ERIA. 



WalHsli. A handsome ornamental plant 

 which is deserving of wide popularity as 

 a decorative plant for the warm conserva- 

 tory. Its leaves, which are about 5 inches 

 long by 2 to 2J inches wide, are of a rich 

 deep green, irregularly blotched with pale 

 yellowish-green. (See cut.) 50 cts. each. 



CYPERUS. 



(Umbrella Plant,) 



Offered with Aquarium Plants. See 

 page 122. 



COB^EA SCANDENS. 



(Cups and Saucers Vine. ) 



A beautiful climber, of rapid growth, large ptirple 

 cup-and-saucer-shaped flowers. For covering arbors, 

 trellises, etc., it is unsurpassed. 15 cts. each; $1.50 

 per doz. 



COI.OCASIA. 



Neo Guinensis. Dark grtren shiny leaves, spotted 

 with creamy white, A good subject for the stove or 

 warm conservatory. 75 cts. each. 



CROTONS. 



Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of col 

 oriiig that is found in this class of plants. They are 

 beautiful as pot plants for the conservatory, making 

 handsome specimens for decorative and exhiliition 

 purposes, and are now used extensively as bedding 

 p^anis, for which purpose they are exceptionally 

 well adapted. They should be planted in full sun in 

 a position where they can be liberally supplied with 

 water, which develops the most wonderful colorings 

 in the foliage. We enumerate below a few of the 

 leading varieties, but can supply many other sorts. 

 Andreanum. Deep green, with yellow and crim- 

 son markings. 



Baron James de Rothschild. Olive- 

 green and yellow, changing to brilliant 

 crimson. 

 Chrysophilla. Large foliage, light creamy- 

 yellow with bright green margin. 

 Dayspring. Orange-yellow, edged with 



green and tinged with red. 

 Disraeli. Leaves halbert-shaped ; golden 



riljs and veins on a dark green ground. 

 Evansianum. Tricolored leaves, richly 



veined and mottled. 

 Fasciatum. Rich green, with golden- 

 yellow rii)S and veins. 

 Irregulare. Long, narrow, dark shining green foliage 



with golden blotches and midrib. 

 Lady Zetland, Long, deep green foliage with crim- 

 son midrib and edge, and golden yellow veins. 

 Queen Victoria. Rich golden-yellow, mot;led with 



green, midrib magenta, changing to crimson. 

 Veitchil. Bright green marked and mottled with yel- 

 low and crimson. 

 Weismanni. Dark shining green, golden midrib and 

 edges. 



Price: 30 to 50 cts. each ; $3.00 to |5.00 per doz., 

 according to size. 



COSTUS ZEBRINUS. 



A pretty stove plant with large dark green foliage and 

 dnrker stripes. 50 cts. each. 



Clerodendko 



CYCAS REVOEUTA (Sago Paim). 



Valuable decorative plants both for house and lawn decora- 

 tion ; their heavy, glossy, deep green fronds resist alike the gas, 

 dust and cold to which decorative plar.ts are frequently exposed. 

 We can at all times supply dormant stems weighing from 2 to 50 

 lbs. each at the rale of 15 cts. per lb., and established grov/ing 

 plants from July 15th to January 1st in the following sizes: 



Height of 

 Stem. 



Number of 

 Leave.s. 



Length of 

 Leaves. 



Price Eac 



4 to 6 in. 

 4 to 6 " 



6 to 8 " 

 8 to 10 " 



7 to 8 



8 to 10 



10 to 12 

 12 to 15 



15 to 18 in. 

 18 to 20 " 

 18 to 20 " 

 20 to 24 " 



§ 75 



1 50 



2 00 

 5 00 



Specimen plants, sizes of which will be given on application 

 $7.50 and $10.00 each. 



Ci"kmi;kia W.\llisii. 



We have the most complete collection of OLD-FASHIONED HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS in this country. See pages 167 to 200. 



