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Heliotropes. 



Six finest varieties, embracing all the best shades. 15 cts each • 

 §1.50 per doz. " ' 



JaSlllillUm (Jessamine). 



Gracilliinum. Dense clusters of pure white, fragrant flowers. 

 Grand Duke. Large, double white, fragrant flowers. 

 Saillbac. Creamy-white, fragrant flowers. 



Price, any of the above 3 varieties, 30 cts. each. 



Lapageria. 



Most beautiful greenhouse climbers, bearing large, pendent waxy 

 flowers. 

 Rosea. Rich crimson. $2.50 each. | Alba. Pure white. $4 00 each. 



Unum Trigynum. 



As an early winter-flowering plant this is simply indispensable ; its 

 brilliant orange flowers are produced so profusely as to completely cover 

 the plant, making it look like a golden ball; it is of easy cultivation 

 and a most desirable house plant. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



Metrosideros Floribunda (Bottle Brusuj. 



A greenhouse shrub, producing long cylindrical spikes of bright red 

 flowers. Very effective. $1.00 and $150 each. 



Olea Fragrans (Sweet oiive). 



An old favorite greenhouse shrub, succeeding admirably as a 

 house plant, producing small white flowers, which are of the 

 most exquisite fragrance, continuing to bloom almost the entire 

 winter. 50 cts. each. 



©fafieite Orange. 



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

 bushy habit, and bears a profusion of fragrant flowers and edible 

 fruit. Plants that will fruit the coming season, 25 cts. each. 



PaiMlailUS (Screw Pine). 

 TJtiliS. This is one of the most useful of our ornamental 



foliage plants; excellent for the centre of vases and baskets, 



or grown as a single specimen. 

 Inch Pots. Height. Each. Inch Pots. Height. Each. 



3 8 inches. . .$0 25 I 5 15 inches $1 00 



4 12 " ... 50 I 6 18 " .... 1 50 

 Veitchii. This is one of the most attractive of decorative 



plants. The leaves are light green, beautifully marked with 

 broad stripes of pure white, and gracefully curved. 4-inch 

 pots, 12 inches high, $1.00 each ; 5-inch pots, 15 inches high, 

 $1.25 each ; 6-inch pots, 18 inches high, $1.50 each. Speci- 

 men plants, $5.00 each. 



Sniilax. 



Single Violet. 



Dreer's Chinese Primrose. 



Peiitas. 



Laueeolata. A pretty half-shrubby greenhouse plant, not 

 unlike a Bouvardia in general appearance, but flowering 

 more profusely and continuously. It is valuable as a winter- 

 flowering pot plant, being in flower all the time. The pure 

 white flowers are produced in flat heads of 15 to 30 flowers 

 each, similar to a Bouvardia, but much larger, and last in 

 perfection a long time. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per cloz. 



Carnea. Similar to the above in general habit, but with 

 delicate flesh-colored flowers. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



Cbinese Fringed Primroses. 



Our collection of these well-known winter-blooming plants 

 has been grown from our unrivaled strain of seed, and embraces 

 all the leading shades of color. Strong plants, 15 cts. each ; 

 $1.50 per doz. 



Sanseviera Zeylanica. 



An elegant variegated plant, especially adapted for house 

 decoration, the thick leathery leaves standing the heat and dust 

 of the house with impunity. 15 cts, each; $1.50 per doz. 



Stepbanotis Floribunda. 



One of the most charming hot-house climbers, producing 

 clusters of pure white, deliciously fragrant flowers; young 

 plants, 30 cts each; strong plants, $1.00 each. 



Swainsosia. 



Alba. A most desirable everblooming plant, with pure white 

 flowers, produced in sprays of from 12 to 20 flowers each, 

 the individual blooms resembling a Sweet Pea. Its easy cul- 

 ture, growing in almost any light position, its freedom of bloom, and the grace and 

 beauty of the flower and plant make it popular. 

 Rosea. A pink-flowered variety; very pretty. 



15 cts. each; 2 for 25 cts.; $1.50 per doz. 



Viburnum Tinus. 



A pretty greenhouse shrub, commonly known as Laurustinus, producing large 

 trusses of white flowers early in the spring. 30 cts. and 50 cts. each. 



Double Violets. 



Violets should have a slight protection of leaves during the winter. A better plan 

 to insure early spring flowering is to plant in cold-frames in the fall. 

 Lady Hume Campbell. A fine double blue. 

 Marie Lo >ise. Deep blue, double; fragrant. 

 Swanley White. Large double, pure white. 



Double' Russian. Perfectly hardy, double blue, deliciously fragrant, deep in color 

 and very free-flowering. 



Single Violets. 



Fully as desirable as the finest doubles, and for freedom of bloom they excel any- 

 thing heretofore offered. 



La France. Rich violeUblue, of strong, vigorous growth, free in bloom and deli- 

 ciously scented. 

 Admiral Avellan. Distinct bright reddish flowers, large and fragrant. 

 California. Flowers are very large; intensely fragrant, and of a clear violet-purple color. 

 JLllXOime. Of a beautiful rich but soft violet-purple color, very fragrant. 



Princess of Wales. Another grand variety, not quite as large as Luxonne and a shade lighter in 

 color; intensely fragrant. 



PRICE : Any of the above, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 

 One each of the 4 double and 5 single sorts for $1 .00. 



A climbing plant unsurpassed in the graceful beauty of its 

 foliage. Its peculiar wavy formation renders it one of the most 

 valuable plants .for bouquets, wreaths, festoons, etc. 10 cts 

 each; $1.00 per doz.; $5. 00 per 100. 



