Select List of 

 Seasonable Decorative and Flowering 



PLANTS. 



ABUTII.ONS. 



(Cliinese Bell Flower, or Flowering Maple.) 



Most desirable free-floweriiig plants for the conservatory or win- 

 dow garden. We can supply m six distinct colors, viz.: White, 

 yellow, orange, pink, red and carmine. 10 cts. each ; §1.00 per doz. 



ACACIA* 



Armata, A most desirable house plant, succeeding under the 

 same conditions as an Azalea or Camellia; the bright canary-yellow 

 globular flowers are produced in March and April. ^1.00 each. 



AGI^AONEMA. 



Versicolor. An Aroid of dwarf growth suited to the warm con- 

 servatory ; foliage light green, irregularly blotched with patches of 

 grey and deep green. 50 cts. each. 



Costatum. A dwarf, compact variety with heart-shaped leaves ot 

 dark shining green, with white midrib and scattering blotches of 

 white. 50 cts. each. 



AI.LAMANDA. 



Williamsn. This handsome variety is quite dwarf, and forms a 

 compact bush, with trusses of flowers of a very rich, yet delicate, 

 tint of yellow, deliciously scented and in bloom during the greater 

 part of the year. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Henderson!, A strong-growing variety with very large 

 yellow flowers. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 



AI.OCASIAS, 



Beautiful subjects for the warm conservatory. 

 Macrohiza Variegata. Bright green leaves, blotched and 



marbled with white, gl 00 each. 

 Sanderiana. Deeply lobed leaves of glos.sy dark green with 



metallic reflections and prominent light margins and veins. 



$5.00 each. 



AI.PINIA SANDERS. 



A handsome new species from New Guinea of this useful 

 class of stove plant, with erect stems and short stalked glabrous 

 leaves, 4 to 5 inches long by | to IJ 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. $1.50 each. 



Anthurium 



ANTHURII7MS. 



(Flamingo Flower.) 



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, in 



scarlet, red, rose and white. $1.00 and $1.50 each 

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



— Album. A rare white-flowered form. $1.50 each. 



— Rothschildianum. Creamy white, spotted with crimson. 

 $2.00 each 



Grown for its ornamental foliage. $1.00 



Warocqueanum . 



each. 



ARAI.IA. 



Chabrierii, , Long, narrow deep-green foliage with crimson 



bronze midrib. $1.00 each. 

 Elegantissima. A graceful species, with finely divided 

 metallic-green foliage. $1.50 each. 

 Kerchoveana. An elegant slender-stemmed species, foliage rather broad, 

 m.argins conspicuo'tsly undulated, of a deep, glossy green, relieved by a 

 pale midrib. $1.50 each. 

 Veitchii. A handsome species, with narrow leaflets, having undulated 



edges of a dark green above, and red underneath. $1.50 each. 

 — Qracilllma. Similar to the above, but with very narrow foliage. SI. 50 

 each. 



ARDISIA CRENUI.ATA. 



A very ornamental greenhouse plant, with dark green foliage, producing 

 clusters of brilliant red berries. 25 cts., 50 cts., $1.00 and $1.50 each. 



ARAUCARIA. 



Excelsa {h^orfolk Island Pine). As a decorative plant for the house this is 

 one of the handsomest and most serviceable plants in our collection. 



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Each 

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6 inch pots, 15 in. high 

 6 " '• 18 " " 



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ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. 



4 inch pots, 6 



5 " " 10 

 Excelsa Glauca. Identical with the above, except in the color of the 



foliage, which is of a beautiful bluish-green or glaucous color. 



Each I Each 



5-inch pots, 10 in. high $1 00 | 6-inch pots, 15 in. high $2 00 



RobUSta Compacta. Of robust, but compact growth, producing even a 



more symmetrical plant than Excelsa; the color is a rich, deep green. 



Strong plants, in 5-inch pots, 10 inches high, $1.50 each; 6-inch pots, 15 



inches high, $2.00 each. 



ASPIDISTRA. 



Lurida. A very durable decorative plant of strong growth; will succeed in 

 anv position ; an excellent hall or corridor plant. 50c., 75c. and $1.00 each. 



Lurida Variegata, A pretty variegated form of the above, the foliage being 

 striped with white. 75 cts. and $1.00 each. 



A list of the Best Hardy Perennial Plants to plant in the Autumn is given on pages 38 to 42. 



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