lt^"Please read what we say regarding filling and forwarding of Plant Orders on page i37."®a 



Table showing the number of plants required to fill a circular bed of the dimensions given below. In planting begin outsid» 

 ow — where 6 inches apart, 3 inches from edge of bed; where 12 inches apart, 6 inches from edge of bed. 



Diameter of 

 bed. 



3 feet 



4 



6 



6 



7 



8 



9 

 10 

 11 



Plants 



Plants 



Plants 



Plants 



Plants 



6 in. 



12 in. 



18 in. 



24 in. 



30 in. 



apart. 



apart. 



apart. 



apart. 



apart. 



28 



7 









48 



12 



6 







80 



20 



8 







112 



28 



13 



7 





152 



38 



17 



9 





200 



50 



23 



12 





256 



64 



28 



16 





320 



80 



36 



20 



13 



380 



95 



42 



24 



16 



Diameter of 

 bed. 



12 feet 



13 " 



14 " 



15 " 



16 " 



17 " 



18 " 



19 " 



20 " 



Plants 

 6 in. 

 apart. 



452 



528 



612 



704 



804 



904 



1016 



1J32 



1256 



Plants 

 12 in. 

 apart. 



113 

 132 

 153 

 176 

 201 

 226 

 254 

 283 

 314 



Plants 

 18 in. 

 apart. 



50 



69 



68 



78 



89 



100 



113 



126 



139 



Plants 

 24 in. 

 apart. 



28 

 33 

 39 

 44 

 50 

 57 

 63 

 71 

 78 



Plant» 

 30 m 

 apagk 



18 



22 

 26 

 28 

 3i 

 36 

 40 

 46 

 56 



A square bed will lake about the same number of plants. An oval bed, add length and breadth and divide by 2. ¥m 

 •xample, an oval 7 feet long by 5 feet wide will require same number of plants as a circular bed 6 feet in diameter. 



ACACIA. 



4miata. 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; 

 very effective. 75 cts. each. 



Abutilon. 



ABUTII.ONS. 



Desirable free-flowering plants for the window garden or fmt 

 bedding in summer. (See cut.) 

 Boule de Neige. Pure white. 

 Eclipse. A splendid variety for baskets and vases; foliage marbled green and yellowi 



flowers scarlet and orange-buflf. 

 Golden Fleece. Fine, pure yellow. I Rosseflora. Pretty pinkish-rose. 



John Hopkins. Old-gold. | Shower of Gold. Golden apricot 



Savitzi. Foliage green and white; extensively used for bedding. 

 Souv. de Bonn. Foliage deep green, with small white edge. 

 Thompsoni plena. Perfectly double flowers, rich orange, streaked crimson. 

 Vesuvius. Bright red, veined with crimson. 



Price, 10 cts. each; |1.00 per doz. Set of 10 varieties for |1.00. 



ACAI.YPHA. 



Macafeana. Bronze and crimson foliage. | Marginata. Bronzy green edged carmiBe 

 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; S8.00 per 100. 



ACHYRANTHES. 



Acuminata. Bronzy-purple foliage. j Brilliantissima. Foliage rich crimsoa, 



Emersoni. Narrow, deep red foliage. 



Panache de Bailey. A beautiful new variety. Foliage rich green, densely reticulatod 

 with creamy-yellow leafstalks and stems bright crimson. Fine for window boxes. 

 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



^SCHYXANTHtJS. 



Grandiflora. A pretty trailing or basket plant for the warm conservatory, beaiinj 

 ai tractive orange-scarlet flowers. 25 cts. each. 



AGLAONEMA. 



Dwarf-growing Aroids, suitable for the warm conservatory or window garden. 

 Costatum. Very compact, heart-shaped leaves of dark, shining green, with whit* 



midrib and scattering blotches of white. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 

 Marantaefolium maculatum. Dark green foliage, beautifully variegated witt 



greenish white. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Read the HINTS TO AMATEURS on page 127. 



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