SELECT LIST OF SEASONABLE 



Decorative and Flowering Plants 



ACANTHUS MONTANUS 



A most desirable subject for the warm conservatory or 

 greenhouse. The 12 to 15-incb long leaves are deeply and 

 irregularly lobed, and are of a dark olive-green, marbled 

 with lively yellowish-green, the midrib being brighter. 50 

 ots. each. 



/ESCHYNANTHUS qrandiflora 



A pretty trailing or basket plant for the window or con- 

 servatory, bearing attractive orange -scarlet flowers. 25 cts. 

 each. 



AGLAONEMA 



Dwarf-growing Aroids, suitable for the conservatory or 



window garden. 



Costatum. Heart-shaped leaves of dark, shining green, 

 with white midrib and scattering blotches of white. 50 

 cts. each. 



Marant£efolium maculatum. Dark green foliage, beauti- 

 fully variegated with greenish-white. 50 cts. each. 



ALLAMANDA 



Henderson!. A strong-growing variety, well suited for 

 growing on the pillars or supports of a conservatory, 

 large golden-yellow flowers. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Williamsii. This handsome variety is quite dwarf forming 

 a compact bush with trusses of bloom at every point. The 

 flowers are of a very rich, yet delicate, tint of yellow, deli- 

 ciously scented ; a fine plant for the window garden or con- 

 servatory. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



ALOCASIAS 



Beautiful subjects for the warm conservatory, with showy, 

 ornamental foliage; invaluable as exhibition plants. 

 Argyrea. Foliage deep green with silvery-white ribs and 



veins. $1.50 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. 

 Thibautiana. Foliage deep olive-green traversed by many 



grey veinlets; reverse of foliage purplish. $3.00 each. 

 Watsoniana. Dark metallic-green leaves, the midrib, 



primary and secondary veins and margins bordered with 



white, under surface purple. $1.50 each. 



ALPINIA SANDER/E 



A handsome species from New Guinea of this useful class 

 of hothouse plants, with erect stems and short-stalked glab- 

 rous leaves, of a rich shining green, regularly striped at 

 close intervals with broad white bands diverging from the 

 midrib to the margin. 75 cts. each. 



ANANAS (Variegated Pineapple) 



ANANAS SATIVUS VARIEQATUS 



(.Variegated Pineapple) 

 This is one of the most beautiful variegated foliage plants 

 in cultivation, not only for the greenhouse or conservatory, 

 but also as a plant for room decoration ; 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 serrated edges. 4-inch pots, $1.00 each; 5-inch 

 pots, $1.50 each. 



ANTHURIUMS (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, 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. 50 cts 

 and $1.00 each. 



— Album. White. $2.00 each. 



— Majus. Very large crimson-scarlet $1.50 each. 

 Magnificum. Grown for its beautiful foliage, which 



is rich olive-green with silvery veins. $1.00 each. 

 Regale. Large foliage, which when flrst opening is 

 tinted with rose, changing to a dark metallic-green. 

 $1.00 each. 



ARALIA 



Handsome decorative foliage plants for the warm 



conservatory and for exhibition purposes. 



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

 crimson-bronze midrib. $1.00 each. 



Elegantissima. Finely divided metallic green 

 foliage. $1.00 each. 



Monstrosa. Large, bright green, deeply serrated 

 foliage; the serrations frecjuently being of fantastic 

 form, broadly margined with creamy-white, the 

 surface blotched with grey. 50 cts. each. 



Veitchil. A handsome species, with narrow leaflets, 

 having undulated edges of a dark green above and 

 red underneath; a fine table plant. $1.00 each. 



— Qracillima. Similar to the above, but with very 

 narrow foliage. $1.00 each. 



