NEW AND RARE 



GARDEN and GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



The latest introductions in Cannas, Chrysanlhemums, Dahlias, Geraniums, Gladiolus, etc., etc., will be found offered under theii 

 respective heads in the General List. • 



ACANTHUS MONTANUS. 



An attractive and interesting plant, not only on account of its 

 peculiar flowers, but also for its remarkable foliage, which 

 makes it a most desirable subject for the warm conservatory 

 »r greenhouse. The 12 to 15-inch long leaves are deeply and 

 irregularly lobed, each lobe terminated with a long, spine-like 

 point, and are of a dark olive-green, marbled with lively yel- 

 lowish green, the midrib being brighter. The infioresence is 

 stately, consisting of a long spike of rosy-white flowers with 

 purple veined bracts. 50 cts. each. 



ALPINIA SAXDBR^^. 



A handsome new species from New Guinea of this useful class 

 9f stove plants, with erect stems and short-stalked, glabrous leaves, 

 ■t to 5 inches long by | to 1^ inches wide, tapering at both ends. 

 •f a rich, shining green, regularly striped at close intervals with 

 broad white bands diverging from the midrib to the margin. 

 $1.00 each. 



NETV DOUBI.B-FRINGED 



TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. 



(Begonia Hybrida Parreii.^ 



These new double-fringed, tul)erous- rooted Begonias are of 

 large size, full, double form and brilliint colors, the edges of the 

 petals deeply cut, or fringed, adding a most desirable character 

 of lightness to the flowers. They are just as easy to grow as tlie 

 ordinary tuberous-rooted sorts. We offer three distinct colors: 

 White, Rose and Scarlet. 3J cts. each: $.3.00 per doz. One 

 of each color for 75 cts. Cassia Fl..ribuni.a, A. Boehm. 



NEIJV TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIA 

 FRAU HEEENE HARMS. 



.\ splendid acquisition, similar in haliit of growth and freedom of bloom 

 to the valuable bedding Begonias, Duke Zeppelin and Lafayette, but of a 

 pleasing primrose-yellow color. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



CASSIA FEORIBUNDA, A. BOEH9I. 



A free-flowering plant, with large orange-yellow flowers, which are pro- 

 duced throughout the summer and fall. An elegant subject for planting in 

 the border in summer, or for pot culture, or it may be grown in a tub into a 

 large specimen, five feet or more high, in which shape it makes an effective 

 lawn plant. It can be wintered in a dormant condition in a cellar or similar 

 place, where not exposed to severe frost. 35 cts. each. 



NeTV Chrysanthemum Frutescens^ Paris 

 Daisy or Marguerite, Mrs. F. Sander. 



In this we have unquestionably the most important flowering plant intro- 

 duced in many years, a plant that will not only be grown extensively for cut 

 flowers, but also a subject which will prove invaluable for the amateur's 

 conservatory and window garden, it succeeding in any light, sunny position. 

 Unlike all other Marguerites, its color is of the purest glistening white 

 throughout; in size it frequently measures !'< inches across; the centre of the 

 flower is a mass of closely arranged fringed florets; these are surrounded or 

 edged by the broad, shining white ray j^etals, forming a flower which re- 

 minds one forcibly of a glorified double Pyrethrum. The form of the flower 

 is nicely shown in the illustration from a photograph on the opposite page. 

 These are produced on long stems with a freedom not known in other vari- 

 eties of the Marguerite. (See cut, page 120.) 1!5 cts. each; $2.50 per doz 



NE^V DAHEIAS. 



We offer this season the finest lot of new Dahli.is in all types that have 

 ever been sent out. These are fully described and illustrated under theii 

 proper head, together with a most select list of standard sorts, in th« 

 General List. 



New Double-fringed Tuberous Begonias. 



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NEW ROSES, a grand collection. S*« page* 1 7S to 193. 



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