BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 



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MONTBRETIA CROCOSMI^FLORA. 



MONTBRETIAS. 



The Montbretias, although as yet little known, must rank 

 amongst our most decorative bulbous plants. Their graceful 

 spikes of showy flowers are invaluable for cutting, and are in 

 full glory a month after all tender plants are killed by frost. 



Montbretia Crocosmiseflora. Resembles somewhat 

 a miniature Gladiolus. It throws up several flower spikes 

 from each bulb, bearing numerous flowers of a brilliant 

 orange-red, shaded with yellow ; 2i ft. 



Bulbs 10 cts. each ; §1.00 per dozen. 

 Montbretia Pottsii. Graceful branched spikes of small 

 crimson scarlet flowers, very showy ; 2 ft. 



Bulbs 10 cts. each ; §1.00 per dozen. 



MusA Ensetf. 



]V[usa Ensete. 



The leaves are magnificent, long, broad and massive, of 

 a beautiful green, with a broad crimson midrib; the plant 

 grows luxuriantly from 8 to 12 feet high. During the hot sum- 

 mer, when planted out, it grows rapidly, and attains gigantic 

 proportions, producing a tropical effect on the lawn, terrace, 

 or flower garden. It can be stored in a light cellar or cool 

 greenhouse during the winter, with a covering of soil, or 

 planted in a tub, and watered sparingly. 



Plants 8 in., 50 cts. ; 1 ft., §1.00 ; 2 to 3 ft., §2.50 each. 



Nei'enthes (Pitcher Plant.) 



NEPENTHES. 



(Pitcher Plants.) 



We grow six choice varieties of these interesting plants. 

 They succeed best planted in baskets suspended from the roof 

 of the greenhouse or conservatory. They should always be 

 thoroughly shaded and furnished with an abundant supply of 

 water. §2.50 to C3.00 each. 



NEPETA GEECHOMA 

 VARIEGATA. 



Variegated form of our native ground-ivy or groundsel and 

 one' of the most useful basket and vase plants in cultivation; 

 foliage is bright green with a broad border of white ; succeeds 

 in any position. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per dozen. 



PASSIFEORA PFORDTI. 



This we consider the best of all the tender varieties for out- 

 door planting. Its beautiful flowers are borne freely, even on 

 quite small plants. They are of a rich shade of blue, suffused 

 with rose. 15 cents each ; §1.50 per dozen. 



Pancratiams. 



The majority of the Pancratiums being evergreen in their 

 foliage will bloom much more abundantly if potted in the fall, 

 or planted in cold frames ; they will then be in full foliage in 

 early spring, and cannot fail to produce their sweet-scented 

 flowers in abundance. 



Pancratium Carribaeuni {Spider Lily). Numerous 

 clusters of delicate pure white sweet-scented flowers, last- 

 ing long in bloom. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per dozen. 



P. Illyriciini. Bears a stout flower stem, terminated by 

 numerous umbels of deliciously fragrant and attractive 

 large white blossoms. A rare gem. 35 cts. each. 



P. Maritiniuni {The Sea Daffodil). Bears large panicles 

 of pure white fragrant amaryllis-like flowers, yellowish in- 

 side and of delightful odor. Planted a foot in the ground, 

 in light sandy soil, they will prove hardy. One of the 

 finest of Pancratiums. If whole stems are cut the flowers 

 will continue opening in succession for two weeks. 

 20 cts. each ; $2.00 per dozen. 



