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MUSA. 



Ensete {Abyssinian Banana). The 

 grandest of all Bananas; the leaves are 

 magnificent, long, broad and massive; of 

 beautiful green, with a broad, crimson 

 midrib; the plant grows luxuriantly from 

 8 tol2 feet high. During the hot summer, 

 when planted out, it grows rapidly and 

 attains gigantic proportions, producing a 

 topical effect on the lawn or flower gar- 

 den. (See cut.) Good plants, 30 cts. 

 each; strong plants in 5-inch pots, 50 cts. 

 each; 7-inch pots, $1.00 to $1.50 each. 



MusA Enskte. 



NASTURTIUMS. 



Tom Thumb or Dwarf. Too well known to need description. 

 Mixed colors, ready in May, 75 cts. per doz. ; $6.00 per 100. 



NEPHTHYTIS PICTURATA. 



An interesting, ornamental hothouse plant, requiring a moist 

 atmosphere; dark green, pointed, heart-shaped loliage, with 

 fern-like variegations in silvery- white. $1.00 each. 



NEPENTHES (Pitcher Plant). 



These interesting plants, with their curious pitchers, require to 

 be grown in a high, moist atmosphere, and in dense shade. The 

 sorts offered are among the choicest of the genus. 



OPHIOPOGON. 



Jaburan VariegatUS. A pretty variegated foliage plant, 

 uselul either as a pot plant for the window or for planting out 

 in summer; its narrow, dark green foliage is prettily striped 

 with gold, and during July and August spikes of blue flowers 

 add to its beauty. 50 cts. each. 



OTAHEITE ORANGE. 



The best of the Oranges for pot culture. It is of dwarf, bushy 

 habit, and bears a profusion of fragrant flowers and edible fruit. 

 Young plants, 15 cts. each; strong plants, 25 cts. each. 



PANAX. 



Pretty shrubby plants for the warm conservatory, of neat, 

 compact growth. 

 Balfouri. Bold foIi.Tge of rich ivy-green, abundantly splashed 



with creamy-white, the edge of the leaf entirely white. 50 



cts. eacli. 

 Gracillima. Deep green, deeply-cut foliage. 50 cts. each. 

 Monstrosum aureum. Deep green foliage with delicate 



golden-green variegation. 60 cts. each. 

 Victorise. Small, finely-cut foliage of light green with whitt 



variegation. 25 cts. each. 



PANDANUS (Screw Pine). 



The Pandanus requires about the same treatment as the 

 DracKna, but is better adapted to culture in the living-room than 

 that plant is. 



Ciraminifolius. Narrow, dark green 



foliage; makes a pretty plant for table 



decoration. 50 cts. each. 

 Pacificus. A rare and beautiful species, 



with broad, massive, dark green foliage. 



3-inch pots, 35 cts. each; 4-inch pots, 50 



cts. each; 6-inch pots, $1.50 each. 

 Utilis, Popular green leaved variety. 



Sinch pots, 25 cts.; 4-inch pots, 50 cts. 



each. 

 Veitchi. One of the finest decorative 



plants for the house; graceful foliage, 



broadly striped with creamy-white on t 



green ground, 



4-inch pots, 12 inches high. . 75 cts. each 

 6 " " 18 " " .. $1.50 

 8 " ♦' 30 " " .. 3.00 



Courtii $3.00 



Dominiana 2.00 



Henryana 2.00 



Hookeriana 3.00 



Pattersonii $2.-50 



Phyllamphora 2.50 



Sedeni 2.00 



Splendida 2.00 



One each of the eight sorts for $15.00. 



OI^EA FRAGRANS (Sweet Olive). 



An old favorite greenhouse shrub, succeeding admirably as a 

 house piant, producing small white flowers of the most exquisite 

 fragrance, continuing to bloom almost the entire winter. 50 cts. 

 and $1.00 each. 



Pandanus VsrrcHi. 



Our collection of Hardy Perennial Plants is the most complete in this country. See pages 194 to 243. 



