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THE BEST PLANTS 



ORCHIDS FOR TEMPERATE HOUSE— ^""'"'"^'^ 



Oncidium Hastatum Roezli. Flowers yellow, dotted 

 browu ; lip yellowish white. $3.00. 



Oncidium Incurvum. Flowers pure white, blotched 

 and streaked with lilac and brown. 75 ots. 



Oncidiiiin Jouesianuni. The elegant flowers are 

 borne on drooping racemes ; wavy sepals and petals 

 of a pale greenish straw color, blotched dark biown ; 

 pure white lip. The claw has on each side a roundish 

 yellow auricle with small purple dots and a prominent 

 white crest dotted red. .$1.50. 



Oncidium Tigriuum. Flowers large, having a violet- 

 like perfume, sepals and petals bright brown, trans- 

 verselv barred with deep vellow ; lip rich deep vel- 

 low. "Sl.OOto .$1.50. 



Schoniburgkia Tibicina. The blooms are produced 

 on spikes five feet or more in length ; each flower 

 measures two inches across; sepals and petals pink, 

 spotted with rich chocolate; lip white with rose color 

 on the sides; flowers during May and June, and lasts 

 in good condition for about six weeks. $3.00. 



Sobralia Macrantlia. Growing 6 to 8 ft. high, with 

 flowers 6 inches in diameter, very sweet, of a beautiful 

 rich purple aud crimson. $2.00 to $3.00. 



Trichopilia Suavis. Flowers creamy white, lip yellow 



in front ; of a delicious Hawthorn odor. $2. .50.' 

 Trichopilia Tortilis. A pretty specifes with peculiar 



cork-screw-like petals, color of flowers yellowish 

 green with purple and rose-colored spots. $2.00. 



Vanda Ccerulea. This remarkably handsome plant 

 produces upright spikes, each bearing from 8 to 10 

 flowers, which are nearly 5 inches across; sepals and 

 petals pale blue; lip of a deeper shade of blue; 

 autumn. $3.50 to $5.00. 



Zygopetalum Slackayi. A very handsome plant, pro- 

 ducing long spikes of large flowers during the winter 

 months. The color of the flowers is greenish yellow 

 spotted with brown and lilac. It lasts in perfection 

 for a long time. $1.50 to $5.00. 



6 plants in 6 distinct varieties, our selection $15.00 



12 " "12 " " " " 25.00 



25 " " 25 " " " " 50.00 



The entire collection of 61 varieties, one of each... 125.00 



TROPICAL ORCHIDS. 



These require the temperature of a hot-house or warm couserratory. 



.brides AfBne. A beautiful erect species, bearing erect 

 spikes of light rose-colored flowers, spotted on the lip, 

 with a deeper shade of the same color ; flowers in 

 June and July. $2.50. 



^Brides Crispum. A beautiful free-growing kind ; the 

 blossoms, which are abundant, are white tipped with 

 pink ; June aud July. $2.50 to $5.00. 



.Slrides Expansum Leouice. One of the very best 

 sorts. The pendulous scape is 15 inches long, densely 

 crowded with flowers, spotted and stained with pale 

 purple on a white ground. .$4.00. 



iErides Fieldingii. Flowers white, large, beautifully 

 mottled with bright rose. The racemes are 2 to 3 feet 

 long and pi'oduce flowers 3 to 4 weeks. $5.00. 



iErides Maculosum. Flowers large ; sepals and petals 

 pale rose color, spotted with purple ; lip flat, ofa deep 

 rosy purple ; June aud July. S2.50. 



.2Erides Odoratum. Sepals" and petals creamy white 

 tipped pink ; very fragrant. $3.00. 



-brides Odoratum Majns. Of same color and habit 

 as Odoratum, but with a larger aud longer spike of 

 beautiful flowers. $5.00. 



Angraecum Citratum. Flowers creamy white or pale 

 lemon, produced on long racemes from the axils of 

 two-year-old leaves. It often bears 20 flowers on a 

 stem ; winter. .$2.50. 



Angrfecum Ellisii. Flowers pure white, fragrant, 

 about 2 inches across ; sepals and petals narrow, re- 

 flexed, borne on long racemes ; winter. .$2.50. 



Angrancum Sanderianum. A free-blooming and 

 pretty winter variety, useful for cutting. Frequently 

 25 ivory-white flowers are borne on a single stem. $1.50. 



Angraecum Scottiana. Flowers pure white, of delicate 

 texture, distinct ; June and July. S2.50. 



Angraecum Sesquipedale. Flowers beautiful ivory- 

 white, on stout, solitary, axillary peduncles, with 

 sepals and petals spreading out like rays, 6 to 8 inches 

 across. $7.50 to .$10.00. 



Cypripedium Bellatulum. A new and grand specie.s 

 which promises to take the foremost rank amongst all 

 the newly introduced varieties ; its flowers are marvels 

 of beauty, of a clear white color, spotted with cinna- 

 mon browu. S4.00 to .$5.00. 



Cypripedium Ciliol^re. A distinct and handsome 

 flower of a brownish-purple color, traversed white and 

 green veins. $3.50. 



Cypripedium Godefroyae. This is an interesting 

 species ; the flowers, which are borne on a hairy purple 

 spotted scape, are white, heavilv spotted with chocolate 

 purple. $3.00 to -$5.00. 



Cypripedium Haynaldiana. Upper half of sepals 

 faint rose and white, lower half green, beautifully 

 blotched with brown ; inferior sepal pale green slightly 

 spotted brown ; lip green ; winter. $2.50. 



C^'pripedium Hirsutissimum. Flowers often 6 inches 

 across, produced on hairy scapes ; sepals aud petals 

 green, shaded with. purple, and dotted with brown; 

 lip greenish with a profusion of brown dots. $3.50. 



Cypripedium Hookerae. Sepals and petals yellowish 

 brown ; the points of the latter being of a rich rosy 

 purple; pouch brown, suftused with purple; flowers 

 in summer. 82.00 to $3.00. 



Cypripedium Lsevigatum. Bearing from 3 to 4 flow- 

 ers on each stem; sepals striped inside with purple; 

 petals 6 inches long, very much twisted, beautifully 

 blotched with chocolate, purjjle and green ; lip yellow"; 

 spring. $2.50. 



Cypripedium Lawrencianum. A handsome species, 

 with beautiful variegated foliage, having on their 

 inner surface a daik green mosaic on a light green, 

 nearly white ground. Flowers greenish white with 

 dark purple spots and stripes; -winter. $2.50 to $3.00. 



Cypripedium Lowii. $3.00. 



Cypripedium Niveum. Of a soft snowy white, except 

 a few spots of cinnamon scattered over the sepals and 

 petals; foliage dark green on upper side, with lighter 

 markings; under side vinous red ; winter. $2.50. 



Cypripedium Parishii. Sepals greenish white, broad ; 

 petals 4 to 5 inches long, beautifully undulated, the 

 lower half being of a rich purple ; lip purple. $3.00. 



Cypripedium Spiceriauum. Ujjper sepals white with 

 a central line of purple, sepals greenish, with a central 

 line ; lip greenish white spotted violet ; one of the most 

 beautiful^ early winter. $4.00 to $6.00. 



Cypripedium Stoneii. A superb species; sepals large, 

 white, streaked with dark purple, and tinged with 

 yellow; petals 5 inches long, yellow, streaked and 

 blotched with purple; lip large, purplish, with red 

 veins; winter. $3.00. 



Dendrobium Crassinode. Sepals and petals waxy 

 white, tipped with rich purple; lip ])urple, with an 

 orange blotch at the base ; February and March. $2.50. 



Dendrobium Crassiuode Barberianum. $2.50. 



Dendrobium Dalhonsianum. Flowers 3 to 4 inches 

 wide, sepals and petals buff" shaded pale lemon, lip of 

 same color, with two large dark crimson blotches ; 

 margined rosy pink ; April and Ma}'. $3.00. 



Dendrobium Densiflorum. Flowers rich clear amber ; 

 lip orange, delicately fringed ; April and Mav. $1.50 

 to .$2.00. 



Dendrobium Deareii. A handsome species. The 

 flowers which last several weeks in perfection are 

 pure white, with a slight tinge of green in the throat. 

 $2.50. 



Dendrobium Farmerii. Sepals and petals pale straw- 

 color, delicately tinged with piuk ; disk of the lip 

 bright orange yellow. $2.50. 



