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AI.TERNANTHERA. 



Beautiful dwarf plants of compact habit, growing about 6 inches 

 high, and admirably adapted for edgings, beds or ribbon lines; always 

 attractive and highly ornamental. 

 Aurea Nana. Bright golden yellow. 

 Amoena Spectabilis. Crimson, pink and bronze ; the richest and 



brightest. 

 Rosea Nana. Very dwarf, rosy crimson. 

 Versicolor. Olive, crimson and chocolate. 



10 cts. each; §1.00 per doz.; §6.00 per lOQ. 



Sativa Variegata. 



ANANASSA. 



The variegated Pineapple. 



52..50 to S3.00 each. 



ARALIA. 



Chabrierii. A pretty species, with long 

 narrow foliage of a deep green, with 

 heavy crimson midrib. §1.00 each. 



Elegantissima. A gr.xceful species with 

 fiiielv divided metallic green foliage. 

 §1.50 each. 



Kerchoveana. A very elegant slender- 

 stemmed species, with raiher broad foliage, 

 margins conspicuously serrated or undul- 

 ated, and of a glossy deep green relieved 

 by a pale midrib. §1..50 each. 



Sieboldii Variegata. A most excellent 

 house plant, with large deeply-cut foliage, 

 which is of a bright, cheerful green, nicely 

 variegated with creamy white. 50 cts. ea. 



Veitchii. A handsome species with nar- 

 row leaflets having undulaied edges, of a 

 dark green above and red underneath ; a 

 fine table plant. §1.50 each. 



ARDISIA CRENUI.ATA. 



A very ornamental greenhouse plant, with dark evergreen foliage, produc- 

 ing clusters of brilliant red berries; a first-class house plant in winter. 25 cts. 

 and 50 cts. each. 



ARAUCARIA. 



Excelsa {Norfolk Island Pine). The most popular of all the. tender ever- 

 greens ; is becoming a greater favorite every season. As a decorative plant 

 for the house this is one of the handsomest and most serviceable plants in 

 our collection. (See cut.) 



Each. Each. 



4-inch pots, 6 inches high . . . .§ .50 1 5-inch pots, 15 inches high. . . §1.50 

 5 " 10 " " .... 1.00 I 6 " 18 " ''.... 2.00 



Excelsa Glauca. This is identical with the above, except in the color of 

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



Each. E.ach. 



5-inch pots, 8 inches high SI. 00 j 6-inch pots, 15 inches high. . . .§2 00 



Robusta Compacta. This differs from A. Excelsa in its more robust, but 

 at the same time, more 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. 



ANTHERICUM. 



Vlttatum Variegatum. A most desirable vase or window-box 

 plant ; long narrow green foliage edged with white. 15 cts. each; 

 §1.50 per doz. 



ANTHURIUMS (Tlammgo Flower). 



Pretty greenhouse plants that do not receive the attention they de- 

 serve, but which we are certain will, when their many good qualides 

 are belter known, become popular, not only as decorative plants, but 

 as cut flowers, for which many of the varieties, on account of their 

 peculiar-shaped flowers and rich colorings, which frequently last on the 

 plant from two to three months, especially adapt them. 



Andreanum Hybrids. A fine collection 

 of seedlings, from which we can select 

 the following colors, all in large-sized 

 flowers, salmon, red and rose. §1.00 and 

 §1.50 each. 



Scherzerianum. Brilliant scarlet flowers. 

 50 cts. to §1.00 each. 



— riajus. A large bright scarlet-flowered 

 form of the type. §1 00 each. 



— Album. White-flowered form of the 

 above, §2.50 each. 



— Purpuratum. Large deep purplish 

 crimson. §1.50 each. 



— Rothschildianum. Creamy white, 

 spotted with crimson. §2.00 each. 



— Salmonianum. Salmon red. §1.00 

 each. 



— Sanguineuitl. Rich crimson. §1.00 

 ^^^^_ each. 



AkU1SI.\ t^KE.VULAT-^. 



THB REDDE^ST OF AXI, RBD ROSISS fitly 

 describes tlie variety Gruss an Teplitz, wMcli has also 

 been called the " Crimson Hermosa." This fine variety 

 is faithfully shown in colors on the front cover of this 

 Catalogue and is ofi"ered on page 151. *.• '.' *.* 



Araucaria Excelsa. 



