SELECT LIST OF SEASONABLE 



Decorative and Flowering Plants. 



For Complete List and Cultural Directions see our (iarden Book for i9i2. 



ABUTILrONS (Roweruig Maple). 



Most desirable free-flowering plants for the conservatory 

 or window garden. Six distinct colors. 10 cts. each; 

 fl.OO per doz. 



ACACIA. 



Armata. A most desirable house plant, succeeding under 

 the same conditions as an Azalea or Camellia; the briglit 

 canary-yellow globular flowers are produced in March 

 and April. 75 cts. each. 



ACAISTHUS. 



Montanus. An attractive and interesting plant, and a 

 most desirable subject for the warm conservatory or green- 

 bouse. The leaves are deeply and irregularly lobed, 

 each lobe terminated with a long, spine-like point, and 

 are of a dark olive-green marbled with lively-yellowish 

 green, the midrib being brighter. The inflorescence is 

 stately, consisting of a long spike of rosy-white flowers 

 with purple veined bracts. 50 cts. each. 



AGLAONEMA. 



Dwarf-growing .\roids, with pretty, variegated foliage, suit- 

 able for the warm conservatory. 



Costatum. Very compact, heart-shaped leaves of dark, 

 shining green, with white midiib and scattering blotches of 

 white. 50 cts. each. 

 riaranteefolium flaculatum. Dark green foliage, beauti- 

 fully variegated with greenish white. 50 cts. each. 



ALOCASIAS. 



Beautiful subjects for the warm conservatory, with showy, 

 ornamental foliage; invaluable as exhibition plants. 

 Argyrea. Foliage deep green with silvery-white rihis and 



veins. $1.50 each. 

 Lowii. ■\ rare variety with olive-green foliage and silvery 



markings; the reverse side rich purple. $3.00 each. 

 Hacrohiza Variegata. Large light green leaves blotched 



and marbled with silvery-white. 60 cts. each. 

 Sanderiana. Deeply-lobed leaves of a glossy dark green with 



metallic reflections and prominent white margins and veins; 



a handsome and scarce plant. $3.00 each. 



Ananas ( Varie£;.iteci Pineapple). 



AI.I.AMANOA. 



Willlamsii. This handsome variety forms a compact bush, 

 Willi trusses of flowers of rich yellow, deliciously scented. A 

 fine plant for the window garden or conservatory. 25 cts. 

 each; $2.50 per doz. 



HenderSOni. A strong-growing variety, with very large yel- 

 low flowers. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 



AI^PINIA SAISOER^*:. 



A handsome species of this useful class of stove plants, with 

 erect stems and glabrous leaves, 4 to 5 inches long by J to Ij 

 inches wide, tapering at both ends; of a rich, shining green, 

 regularly striped at close intervals with broad white bands diver- 

 ging from the midrib to the margin. $1.00 each. 



ANANAS (Pineapple). 



Sativus Variegatus. ( Vnru't/ntcd Phieitpplc). This is 

 one of the most beautiful foliage plants in cultivation, not only 

 for the greenhouse, but also for room decoration. It some- 

 . what resembles the variegated forms of Pandanus in style of 

 growth; the leaves are from 2 to 3 feet long, with a central 

 band of bright green broadly margined with rich cieainy-yel- 

 low, tinged with red towards the closely serrated edges. 4- 

 inch pots, $1.50 each; 5-inch pots, $12.50 each. 



Allamanda Williamsu. 



ANTHURIITMS (Hamingo Rower . 



Pretty greenhouse plants that have many good quali'ies. Their peculiar- 

 shaped flowers of rich colorings frequently last on the plant from two to 

 three months. 



Andreanum Hybrids. A fine collection of seedlings ill red, rose and 



white. $1.00 and $1.50 each. 

 Scherzerianum. Brilliant scarlet. 50 cts. and $1.00 each. 



— Album. White. $2.00 each. 



— Mme. Dalliere. Soft salmon-pink. $1.00 each. 



— Rothschildianum. White spotted crimson. $1.50 each. 



— Sanguineum. Rich crimson. $1.50 each. 

 riagnificum. Olive-green foliage, with silvery veins. $2.00 each. 



ARALIA. 



Handsome decorative foliage plants for the warm conservatory; elegant 



for exhibition purposes. 



Chabrierii. Long, narrow, deep green foliage, with criinson-bronze mid- 

 rib. $1.0n each. 



ElegantiSSima. Finely-divided, metallic-green foliage. $1.00 each. 



Kerchoveana. Foliage rather broad, of a deep glossy green, relieved by 

 a pale midrib. $1.00 each. 



Veitchil. A handsome species, with narrow leaflets of a dark green above 

 and red underneath. $1.00 each. 



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