PLHNT DEPHRTMENT. 



Select List of Seasonable Decorative and Flowering Stock. 



ABIITII.ONS. 



(Chinese Bell Flower, or Flowering Maple.) 



Most desirable free-. lowering plants for the conservalory or 

 window garden. We can supply in six distinct colors, viz.: 

 White, yellow, orange, pink, red and carmine. 10 cts. each ; 

 1100 per doz. 



ACACIA. 



Armata. .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 .^pril. 

 11.00 each. 



AGI.A01SEMA. 



Versicolor. An Aroid of dwarf growth suited to the warm 

 conservatory ; foliage light green, irregularly blotched with 

 patches of grey and deep green, 50 cts. each. 



Costatum. A dwarf, compact variety with heart-shaped 

 leaves of dark, shining grsen, with white midrib and scatter- 

 ing blotches of white. 50 cts. each. 



AI^LA»IA]VDA. 



Williarnsii. This handsome variety is quite dwarf, and forms 

 a compact bush, with trusses of flowers of a very rich, yet deli- 

 cate, tint of yellow, deliciously scented and in bloom during 

 the greater part of the year. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



Hendersoni. A strong-growing variety, with very large yellow 

 flowers. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 



AI^OCASIAS. 



Macrohiza Varlegata. Bright green leaves, blotched and 



mirbled with white. $100 each. 



We can also supply a limited number of rare varieties, such as 

 Lowi, Sanderiana, etc. Complete li>t and prices on application. 



ALPINIA SANUER^^. 



A handsome new species from New Guinea of this useful 

 class of stove plant, with ei-ei:t stems and short-stalked glabrous 

 leaves, 4 to 5 inches long by | to [^ iiiclies wide, tapering at 

 both ends ; of a rich, shining green, regularly s.riped at close 

 intervals with broad, while bands diverging from the midrib to 

 ths margin. $1.00 each. 



Aralia Elegantissima. 



APHEI^ANDRA* 



Roezlil. A pretty, hot-house plant, with silvery-green foliage 

 and showy terminal spikes of bright, red-bracted flowers, pro- 

 duced principally during the late autumn. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 

 per doz.. 



Araucaria Excelsa. 



ANTHLIRIUMS* 



(Flamingo Flower ) 



Pretty greenhouse plants that have many good qualities. Their 

 peculiar-shaped flowers of rich colorings frequently last on the 

 plant from two to three months. 

 Andreanum Hybrids. A fine collection of seedlings, in 



scarlet, red, rose and white. $100 and .$1.50 each. 

 Sclierzerianuni. Brilliant scarlet. 50 cts. and $1.00 each. 



— Album. White. $2.00 each. 



— Qrandiflorum. Large scarlet. $1.00 each. 



— Mme. Dalllere. Soft salmon-pink. $100 each. 



— Roseum. Salmon-rose. $1.00 each. 



— Rothschildianum. White spotted crimson. $1.50 each. 



— Sanguineum. Rich crimson. $1.50 each. 

 Worocqueanum. Grown for its ornamental foliage, which 



IS deep green, with lighter veins and midrib. $1.00 each. 



ARALIA. 



Handsome decorative foliage plants for the stove or warm 

 conservatory ; elegant for exhibition purposes. 



Chabrierii. Long, narrow, deep-green foliage, with crimson-bronze mid- 

 rib. $100 each. 



Elegantissima. Finely-divided, metallic green foliage. $1.50 each. 



Kerchoveana. Foliage rather broad, of a deep, glossy green, relieved by 

 a pale midrib. $1.50 each. 



Veitchii. A handsome species , with narrow leaflets of a dark green above 

 and red underneath. $1.50 each. 



Qracilllma. Similar to above, but with narrower foliage. $1.50 each. 



ARAUCARIA. 



(Norfolk Island Pine.) 



Excelsa. As a decorative plant for the house this is one of the handsom- 

 est and most seiviceable plants in our collection. 



4-inch pots, 6 inches high W.60 each. 



5-inch pots, 12 inches high 1.00 each. 



6-inch pots, 18 inches high 1-50 each. 



6-inch pots, 24 inches high 2.00 eacli. 



Fxceisa QIauca. Identical with the above, except in the color of the 

 foliage, which is of a bluish or glaucous color. 



5-inch pots, 10 inches high $1 00 each. 



6-inch pots. 15 inches high 2.00 each. 



Robusta Compacta. Compact growth, producing even a more symmet- 

 rical plant than Exceha ; the clor is a rich, deep green. Strong plants, 

 in 5-inch pots, 10 inches high, $1.50' each ; 6 inch pots, 15 inches high, 

 $2.00 e.ich. 



ARDISIA CREISUI.AXA. 



A very ornamental greenhouse plant, with dark green foliage, producing 

 clusters of brilliant red berries. 25 cts., 50 cts., $1.00 and $1.50 each. 



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