GARDEN GREENHOUSE DIANTS |[ |] 
ISMENE CALATHINA  (@ancratium). 
A grand summer-flowering bulb, producing throughout the season 
large Amaryllis-like, pure white, fragrant blossoms. Keep the bulbs 
in a dry, warm place, and plant out in June. Bulbs can be taken up 
in October, and, after a few weeks’ rest, potted and flowered in the 
house in winter, or kept over for planting out another season, (See 
cut.) 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
IXORAS. 
These are among the showiest of our stove flowering plants. The 
foliage is pretty and attractive, while the flowers, borne in large 
terminal corymbs, shaped somewhat like a Bouvardia, are of most 
brilliant colors. 
Acuminata. Fragrant, pure white flowers. $1.00 each. 
Chelsoni. Brilliant salmon-orange. $1.00 each. 
Coccinea, Bright red, in very large corymbs. 40 cts. each. 
Dixiana. Deep orange, in large trusses. .50 cts. each. 
Flore lutea. Very large creamy-yellow flowers. 50 cts. each. 
Incarnata. Delicate flesh color $1.00 each. 
Javanica. Deep orange-red. $1.00 each. 
Prince of Orange. Large orange-red. $1.00 each. 
Williamsii. Reddish-salmon, in large heads. $1.00 each. 
JASMINUM. 
Gracillimum. Exceedingly floriferous; a flowering shoot is pro- 
duced from every joint, which terminates in a cluster of pure white, 
fragrant flowers inautumn and early winter, 26 cts. each. 
Grand Duke. Large, double white, imbricated flowers; fragrant. 
25 cts. each. 
Maid of Orleans. Creamy-white, fragrant flowers. 25 cts. each. 
Cape Jessamime. See Gardenia Florida. page 128. 
IsMeNngE CALATHINA. 
LAGERSTREMIA. 
(Crape Myrtle.) 
Lapageria. 
Extremely beauti- 
This is one of the prettiest shrubs, and, ful, ornamental 
while hardy south of the Potomac, re- greenhouse climber, 
producing numerous 
fine,large,bell-shaped 
waxy flowers of great 
quires protection in this latitude. All, 
however, that is necessary is to winter 
the plants ina cellar or similar position, cnbsames, esta 
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where they will be protected from very long time in bloom. 
Rosea. Rich rosy- 
crimson. $2.00 
each. 
Alba. Pure waxy- 
white. $2.50 each, 
severe weather. Grown in large pots or 
tubs, specimens 6 to 8 feet high can be 
produced with little difficulty, and which 
for two to three months in the summer 
will be covered with flowers. 
Indica. Delicatesoft pink. 25 cts, and 
50 cts. each. 
— Alba. A white-flowered form, 75 
cts. each. Ixora CHELSONI. 
LANTANAS. 
Alba Perfecta. Pure white, compact. 
Craigi. Dwarf; rich orange-carmine. (See cut.) 
Delicatissima (/Veeping Lantana). A pretty trailing variety suitable 
for vases, hanging-baskets, etc.; flowers delicate rosy-lavender, and pro- 
duced very freely. 
Emile Bayard. Deep crimson. 
Golden Ball. Fine dwarf; pure golden-orange. 
10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. 
American Wonder, or Ponderosa Lemon 
This truly wonderful variety was introduced some five years ago, and 
has proven itself one of the most valuable of the Citrus family. It is of 
strong, vigorous growth, producing freely flowers as large as a tuberose and 
as fragrant as the orange blossom, followed by gigantic fruit, many weigh- 
ing from 14 to 2 pounds each, which are useful for many domestic pur- 
poses. Good young plants, 15 cts. each; strong 2-year-old plants of fruit- 
ing size, 50 cts. each. LantTANA CRAIGI. 
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