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FANCY=LEAVED CALADIUMS. 



Fancy-leaved Caladiums have, in recent years, grown very rapidly in popular favor, not only 

 for the decoration of the conservatory, greenhouse and window-boxes, but nearly all of the varie- 

 ties succeed admirably if planted out of doors, when the ground has become warm, in partly 

 shaded, sheltered borders, in well-enriched light soil, while for exhibition plants at fairs, etc., 

 during the summer and fall months nothing can equal their beauty. We 

 "ist below twenty-five of the best standard sorts, and carry in stock about 

 tifty other choice varieties. 



Argyrites, The pretty miniature-leaved variety ; marbled green and 



white. 

 Barbacena. Transparent foliage with bronze-green spots"^and black ribs. 

 Baron Rothschild. Green; spotted and veined with orange crimson. 

 Bendigo. Rose-colored, with metallic lustre ; dark green veins and ribs. 

 Centre rosy red, green margin ; a neat dwarf variety, 

 green, with bright crimson-rayed centre, 

 green, with lender rose centre. 

 Chantini, Green, red centre spotted white. 

 De Candolle. Green, spotted with red. 



Dr. L. VVittrnack. Mingled green and pink, with blackish ribs. 

 Dr Lindlej^. Crimson centre on a green ground ; mottled rose. 

 Emile Verdier. Light transparent rose color, spotted with red with a 



green margin. 

 Empress Therese. Creamy white, suffused with ryse. 

 Joao de Capdeville. Green with red spots and rose-marked centre. 

 Lambary. Yellowish green, with broad rose-colored ribs. 



Leplay. Green ground, mot- 



Browallia Speciosa Major. 



BROIVAI^I^IA. 



Speciosa Major. A giant-flowering 

 form of this beautiful genus, flower- 

 ing continually summer and winter, 

 which may be grown either in the 

 border or as a pot plant. Its beautiful 

 ultramarine blue color, which is rare 

 in all classes of plants, makes it 

 especially valuable and desirable. 

 (See cut.) lOcts. each; §1.00 per 

 doz. 



New Fancy-leaved 

 Caladium Albanense. 



An entirely new race of Caladiums; 

 the leaves are borne on stout petioles, 

 but unlike our well-known varieties are 

 spear-shaped and of thick leatheiy 

 texture. The colors are red, green and 

 creamy-yellow, radiating from the 

 centre of the leaf, while the wavy edges 

 are margined with green gray. 25 cts. 

 each ; $2.50 per doz. 



CALADIUM. 



Esculentum {Elephant's Ear'). 

 These are oft'ered under the head of 

 Summer-flowering Bulbs. See pages 

 106 to 109. 



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tied white ; rosy violet veins. 

 Louis Duplessis. Red rays 

 and veins on a white ground, 

 with green margin. 

 Meyerbeer. White, with 

 green veins and crimson 

 midrib. 

 Mon. A. Hardy. Veined 

 reddish carmine on white 

 ground, tinted rose and spot- 

 ted green. 

 Prince Albert Edward. Dark emerald 

 green ground, crimson radiating midrib ; 

 white spots. 

 Reine Victoria. Green, spotted with white 



and crimson. 

 Roncador. Dark rose, green veins and 



black green ribs. 

 Sieboldi. Green ground with red ribs and 



spots. 

 Tabatinga. Light green, with creamy 



centre and red rays. 

 Wightii, Dark green, with white and red 

 spots. 



Price of any of the above, 20 cts. each ; 

 §2.00 per doz.; the set of 25 for 84.00. 



Golden Yellow 

 Calla Elliottiana 



CALLA I.II.IES. 



Qolden Yellow Calla {Richardia Elliottiana). Entirely distinct and unlike all 

 other forms of yellow Callas ; it has the same habit of growth as the ordinary white 

 variety, with flowers of same size and shape, but of a rich, clear, lustrous golden- 

 yellow color; the foliage is dark green, with a number of translucent creamy white 

 spots which add much to its beauty. (See cut.) Strong bulbs, §1.50 each. 



Spotted=leaf Calla (Richardia niba macciilata). The leaves of this variety are 

 deep green, with numerous white spots, which give the plant a very ornamental ap 

 pearance. The flowers are pure white, with a black centre ; they grow freely either 

 indoors or out. 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 



CAMEI.I.IA JAPONICA. 



Fine bushy plants 15 inches high. A choice assortment of 12 varieties. 75 cts. each ; 

 17.50 per doz. Stronger plants, 18 to 20 inches high, bushy, $1.00 each; $10.00 

 per doz. 



FA^XY-LEA%•ED Caladium. 



