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BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 



LINUM TRIGYNUM. 



An old plant which should receive more attention. As an 

 early winter flowering plant it is simply indispensable; its 

 brilliant orange flowers are produced so profusely as to com- 

 pletely cover the plant, making it look like a golden ball. It 

 is of easy cultivation and a most desirable house plant. 

 15 to 25 cts. each ; 81-50 to S2.50 per dozen. 



IMPATIEXS. 



Impatiens Sultani. Of compact, neat habit, and a per- 

 petual bloomer; the flowers are a of peculiar brilliant rosy 

 scarlet color, Ij inches in diameter, and produced verj' 

 freelv. 15 els. each; 81-50 per dozen. 



— liUCy. A lovely shade of rosy lilac, tinted mauve. Stands 

 the summer heat and is a complete mass of flowers from 

 early summer tillJlate autumn. 15 cts. each ; 81.50 per doz. 



I^YCOPODIXJ^I, or SEI.AGINEI.I.A. 



The following list comprises the most popular varieties of 

 this useful class of plants; all will be found especially suited to 

 use in connection with Ferns and other decorative plants. 

 Denticulatuni. Denticiilatuin Variegatum. 

 Marteusi. Krauseaimin. Pluraosum. 



WildenoAvi. 

 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per dozen. 

 Selaginella £uiiliaua. A most beautiful and distinct 

 new species of bold but verv graceful habit, growing about 

 10 inches high. 30 cts. each ; 4 for 81-00. 



LANTANAS. 



One of the best summer-flowering plants for our climate ; 

 equally fine in dr)' or wet weather, sun or shade. There are 

 few bedding plants that bloom more continuously or afford a 

 greater variety of color. When grown with a single stem and 

 trained as standards, with fine bushy tops and straight stem, 

 they present an effect that is surpassed by few plants. 

 Comtesse Morny. Blush and rose. 

 Craig'. Rich orange carmine. 

 Favorita. Yellow merging into crimson. 

 Imperatrice Eiig'eiiie. Blush and white. 

 Perfection. Green foliage, variegated with yellow lilac 



flowers; very showy and constant. 

 Pluie tl'or. Very clear canary yellow ; a novel shade. 

 Queen Victoria. Fine white. 



15 cts- each ; §1-50 per doz. ; set of 7, 75 cts. 



MARANTA. 



Valuable decorative stove plants, remarkable for the richness 

 and beauty of their varied foliage. 

 Makoyana. 8100 to 8150. 

 Massangeana. 50 cts. 

 Zebrina. 50 cts. to 8100. 



Maranta Massangeana. 



MII.EA BIFEORA. 



(Mexican "Star of Bethlehem.") 



One of the loveliest and most desirable bulbs. The flower.' 

 are nearly 2i- inches in diameter, of a pure waxy white color, 

 and usually borne in pairs ; the petals are thick and leathery, 

 of great substance, and will keep for days when cut and placed 

 in water. 10 cts. each; 81 00 per dozen. 



MANEXXIA VINE. 



(Manettia Bicolor.) 



.A charming and profuse flowering climber, producing tubulai 

 flowers from 1 to 2 inches in length, the plant being literally 

 covered with them the entire season. The coloring of these 

 flowers is gorgeous in the extreme, being a flame color tipped 

 with bright yellow; the contrast with the vivid green, glossy 

 foliage is startling, making the plant an object of rare beauty. 

 It will grow and bloom in any ordinary soil, and given strings 

 or wires to cling to it will attain a height of from 5 to 10 feet 

 in one season. As a pot plant it is unrivalled, when trained to 

 a wooden stake or pot trellis in the manner shown in the cut. 

 20 cts. each ; 6 for 81 00. 



