Select List of Seasonable 
DECORATIVE AND FLOWERING PLANTS 
For Complete List and Cultural Directions, see our Garden Book for 1912 
Acacia Armata. 
A most desirable house plant, the bright canary-yellow, globular 
flowers are produced in March and April; very effective. $1.00 
each. 
Acanthus Montanus. 
An attractive and interesting plant, not only on account of its 
peculiar flowers, but also for its remarkable foliage, which makes 
it amost desirable subject for the warm conservatory or green- 
house. The 12 to 15-inch long leaves are of a dark olive-green, 
marbled with lively yellowish-green, flowers rosy-white with pur- 
ple veined bracts. 50 cts. each. 
Aglaonema. 
Variegated foliage plants suitable for the warm conservatory or 
window garden. 
Costatum. Very compact, heart-shaped leaves of dark, shining 
green, with white midrib and scattering blotches of white. 75 cts 
each. 
Marantzfolium maculatum. Dark green foliage, beautifully 
variegated with greenish-white. 50 cts. each. 
Allamanda. 
Hendersoni. A strong-growing variety, well suited for growing on 
the pillars or supports of a conservatory, or for training on a 
trellis; large golden-yellow flowers. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Williamsii. Quite dwarf, forming a compact bush. The flowers 
of a very rich, yet delicate, tint of yellow, deliciously scented; a 
fine plant for the window garden or conservatory. 25 cts. each; 
$2.50 per doz. 
Alocasias. 
Beautiful subjects for the warm conservatory, with showy, orna- 
mental foliage; invaluable as exhibition plants. 
Argyrea. Foliage deep green with silvery-white ribs and veins. 
$1.50 each. 
Lowii. _A rare variety with olive-green foliage and silvery mark- 
ings, the reverse side rich purple. $3.00 each. 
Macrohiza Variegata. Large light-green leaves blotched and 
marbled with silvery-white. 50 cts. each. 
Sanderiana. Deeply-lobed leaves of a glossy dark green with 
metallic reflections and prominent white margins and veins; a 
handsome and searce plant. $3.00 each. 
Ananas Sativus Variegatus (Variegated Pineapple). 
This is one of the most beautiful variegated foliage plants in 
cultivation, and is not only adapted for use in the greenhouse or 
conservatory, but also as a plant for room decoration, for which 
purpose it is superior to the variegated forms of Pandanus, which 
it somewhat resembles in style of growth; the leaves are from 2 to 
3 feet long, with a central band of bright green broadly margined 
with rich creamy-yellow, tinged with red towards the closely ser- 
rated edges. 4-inch pots, $1.50 each; 5-inch pots, $2.50 each. 
ARALIA ELEGANTISSIMA 
ARAUCARIA EXCELSA 
Alpinia Sandere. 
A handsome new species of this useful class of stove plants, with 
erect stems and short-stalked, glabrous leaves, 4 to 5inches long 
by % to 1% inches wide, tapering at both ends; of a rich, shining 
green, regularly striped at close intervals with broad white bands 
diverging from the midrib to the margin. $1.00 each. 
Amasonia. 
Puniceus. A greenhouse shrub of easy growth, with yellowish 
flowers and bright red bracts, which remain attractive from Jan- 
uary to April. Should be grown in rathersmall pots. 50 ets. each. 
Anthuriums (Flamingo Flowers). 
Pretty greenhouse plants that have many good qualities, not only 
as decorative plants, but as cut flowers. Their peculiar-shaped 
flowers of rich colorings frequently last on the plant from two to 
three months. 
Andreanum Hybrids. A fine collection of seedlings, from which 
we can select the following colors, all in large size flowers—red, 
rose and white. $1.00 and $1.50 each. 
Scherzerianum. Brilliant scarlet flowers. 
—Album. White, $2.00 each. 
—Mme. Dalliere. Softsalmon. $1.00 each. 
—Rothschildianum. White spotted crimson. 
—Sanguineum. Richcrimson. $1.50 each. 
Magnificum. Grown for its beautful foliage, which is rich olive- 
green with silvery veins. $2.00 each. 
50 cts. and $1.00 each. 
$1.50 each. 
Aphelandra. 
Roezlii. A pretty hot-house plant, with silvery-green foliage and 
showy terminal spikes of bright, red-bracted flowers, produced 
principally during the late autumn. 25 cts. each. 
Araucaria (Norfolk Island Pine). 
Excelsa (Norfolk Island Pine). 
Inches High Each Inches High Each 
4-in. pots, 6to 8 .. . .$050|6-in. pots, 14 to 16 $1 50 
5-in. pots, 10to12.... 75 | 7-in. pots, 18 to 20 2 00 
6-in. pots, 12tol4..... 1 00 
Excelsa Glauca (Glaucous-leaved Norfolk Island Pine). 
Inches High Each Inches High Each 
B-inpors,, 8 tO10j. $1 00 | 6-in. pots, 12 to 15 $1 50 
Robusta Compacta (Compact Norfolk Island Pine). 
Inches High Each Inches High Each 
6-in. pots, 10to12..... $1 50 | 6-in. pots, 14 to 16 . $2 00 
