Croton JULIETTE DELARUYE 
Robert Levallois. Medium sized wavy green leaves with 
broad yellow veins on a bright green hase; petioles carmine. 
Willie Runde. Very interesting in coloring, varying from 
green and fawn in the young leaves to deep bronze with red 
veins when fully developed. The form of the leaves is unique, 
varying in width from 1 to 23 inches, the variations are made 
in graceful curves. 
W. Stoffregen. Broad, irregular shaped leaves of a deep 
bronzy-green, heavily marked with deep salmon-orange mid- 
ribs and veins. 
Price. 
CROTONS. 
Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of coloring that 
is found in this class of plants. They are beautiful as pot 
plants for the conservatory, making handsome specimens for 
decorative and exhibition purposes, and are now used exten- 
sively as bedding plants, for which purpose they are excep- 
tionally 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. 
Our collection embraces the handsomest new and standard 
varieties. 
TWELVE CROTON NOVELTIES. 
Chartieri Major. Very large massive leaves of a dark 
bronzy-green, attractively blotched and streaked with red. 
Juliette Delaruye. Large, deeply-lobed, oak-leaved 
foliage of a bright green; the midrib, veins and irregu- 
lar blotches in the leaves are of clear canary-yellow; 
an effective, vigorous grower. 
Karl Hartlieb. Immense broad leathery oak-shaped 
leaves on long petioles, In coloring they present all 
the lovely red and golden shades of Autumn leaves, 
Lilie Stoffregen. Large broad leaves of a bright 
olive-green with broad irregular bands of creamy, 
yellow along the midrib and veins. 
Lord Belhaven. Immense leaves, frequently 18 inches long, 
ground color green, midrib rosy-salmon, surface blotched 
with yellow. 
Mrs. Duncan Macaw. Fine large leaves of uneven form, 
which, while young, are green with yellow veins; as they 
mature the green becomes a reddish bronze, while the yellow 
is transformed into a bright cardinal-red. 
Pere Charon. Large, elliptical, slightly undulated foliage, 
which at first is a bright green with irregular large yellow 
and carmine blotches, which as they mature become a dark 
bronzy-green with orange-carmine midribs, veins and blotches; 
a variety of extraordinary merit. 
Philipp Geduldig. A splendid compact grower, with broad, 
medium-sized leaves. When young, the light green ground is 
generously splashed with yellow. This gradually deepens to 
a bright cardinal-red on an olive-green base. 
Pitcairn. A novelty of surpassing merit, the leaves are of 
good size and substance; when young, green with a broad 
area of yellow through the centre, maturing to a rosy bronze 
with red-salmon blotches; a free grower and very showy. 
Any of the above novelties in good plants, 60 cts. each; the set of 12 for $6.00. 
Larger specimens at $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 each. 
STANDARD VARIETIES OF CROTONS. 
Andreanum, Leaves broad-oblong, deep green with yellow 
and crimson vein-markings. 
Charmer. 
blotches; midrib and veins crimson. 
Craigi. 
marked with rich golden-yellow. 
Czar Alexander. 
bright carmine-red. 
Maculatum. 
Musaicum. 
Norwood Beauty. 
and splashed with orange-salmon. 
Punctatum. 
Queen Victoria. 
midrib and veins, as well as the margin, vivid crimson. 
Robert Craig. A splendid combination of deep olive-green and golden- 
yellow, with rosy sunset suffusion. 
Yuletide. 
deep cardinal orange and green; very rich. 
38-inch pots, 35 cts. each; set of 12 varieties for $3.50. 
4-inch pots, 60 cts. each; set of 12 varieties for $6.00. 
Large plants, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.50 each. 
CYPERUS (Umbrella Plant). 
Alternifolius. An excellent plant for the house. 
Leaves very large, golden-yellow, with deep olive-green 
Deeply lobed foliage, of a fresh rich green, freely veined and 
Large broad leaves of a bronzy-green, maturing to a 
Medium-sized leaves, prettily spotted with yellow. 
Wavy, lanceolate leaves, green, crimson and cream color. 
Oak-leaved; ground color greenish-bronze, veined 
Narrow dark green leaves, densely spotted yellow. 
Long leaves, rich golden-yellow, mottled with green; 
Long narrow leaves, changing from light orange and green to 
Will thrive in any 
good soil, and always presents a green and attractive appearance. It 
may be grown as sub-aquatic, and in any case should never lack a 
liberal supply of water. 15 cts. and 25 cts. each; $1.50 and $2.50 per doz. 
Baronne James de Rothschild. Large, broad, deep olive 
green leaves with yellow, changing to crimson variegation. 
Cyperus ALTERNIFOLIUS 
Gladiolus are one of the best summer cut flowers. See pages 156 to 158 
