BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 



107 



1.00 " 10.00 ■" 

 75 " 7.50 

 50 " 5.00 



to 6 feet in circumference, 



Chinese Azaleas. 



These beautiful plants are deservedly becoming more popular every 

 season for window and conservatory decorations. The ease with which 

 they can be grown, their diversity in color, and freedom of flowering, will 

 always keep them in public favor. 



The plants we offer are all beautiful trained specimens, and even when 

 not in flower are fine decorative plants. Our collection comprises the 

 cream of the best Continental establishments ; all the sizes offered will 

 flower freely in proper season. 



Our collection embraces all the leading colors, including crimson, white, 

 rose, pink, variegated, blood red, etc., etc. 



First size, 36 to 45 inches in circumference, §1.50 each, $15.00 per doz. 



Second "36 " " 



Third " 30 



Good bushy young plants, 



An. extra fine lot of specimen plants. 

 $4.00 each, #45.00 per doz. 



Begonia Rex. 



(Ornamental Leaved Varieties.) 



Many improvements have been 

 made in recent years in this use- 

 ful house plant, our collection, 

 which contains some twenty 

 varieties, embraces all the good 

 old varieties as well as the best 

 of recent introduction. (See cut.) 

 15 cts. each, §1.50 per doz. 



Countess Louise Erdody. The 



leaf has a metallic lustre, dark 

 silvery in the centre, shading 

 into coppery rose toward the 

 margin, which is broadly and 

 evenly edged with the same 

 hue, but darker and more bril- 

 liant. An exceedingly curious 

 and interesting variety . 30 cts. 

 each, 4 for $1 .00, $3.00 per doz. 



Azalea. Indloa. 



Begonia Alba Picta. 



Begonias. 



(Flowering Varieties.) 

 We know of no plants better 

 adapted to amateur cultivation than 

 these ; as pot plants for summer or 

 winter cultivation, they have few 

 equals. 



Haageana. We consider this the 

 finest ornamental flowering Bego- 

 nia yet introduced and is a perfect 

 gem. It is of German origin and 

 was introduced some two years 

 since, and by some strange coin- 

 cidence it originated about the 

 same time as a seedling in a private 

 establishment near Germantown, 

 Philadelphia, from where we se- 

 cured our stock, intending to 

 disseminate it under the name of 

 Excelsior, but after comparison, 

 finding it to be identical with 

 Haageana we retain the name un.- 

 der which it has originally been 

 introduced. It is of strong erect 

 Begonia, Rex. habit, producing naturally very 



symmetrical plants which are in flower the year round ; the flowers, 

 which are of the largest size, are of a creamy white with just sufficient 

 pink to give them a bright cheerful glow, the foliage is of large size, 

 but not coarse, is of a bronzy green above and red below ; it makes 

 an admirable pot plant and at the same time is an excellent variety 

 for out-door bedding. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 

 Alba Picta. A pretty species from Brazil ; distinct in character. It 

 is shrubby in habit and of compact growth ; the leaves are glossy 

 green, freely spotted with bright, silvery white. Will make a 

 really useful and pretty plant for decorative purposes. 

 Argentea Guttata. A cross between Begonia Olbia and Alba Picta, 

 with foliage of large size, of rich green, spotted with silver ; a 

 beautiful variety. 

 fletallica. A fine erect-growing variety, with dark, rough leaves; the 

 surface is a lustrious bronze green ; veins depressed and dark red. 

 Rubra. Dark green leaves, flowers scarlet rose, glossy and wax-like. 

 Saundersoni. Scarlet flowers, dwarf habit ; in bloom continually. 

 Semperf lorens Gigantea. The flowers of this new sort are brilliant 

 carmine red, borne in large panicles. The flowers are unusually 

 large and brilliant, and stand well above the foliage. 

 Semperflorens Elegantissima Alba. One of the finest introduc- 

 tions of late years ; no other white Begonia can approach it ; the 

 flower is large, pure glistening white, and is doubly valuable from 

 the fact that it is borne on long stems. A fine free grower, and the 

 foliage is nearly hidden under the profusion of snowy flowers. 

 Thurstonii. A distinct and pretty shrubby variety, with thick, 

 heavy foliage, which is of a rich metallic-green above and bright 

 red underneath ; the flowers are of a fine pink, rising well above 

 the foliage. As a bedding plant for a partially shaded position this 

 variety is unequalled. 



Price. 15 cts. each ; set of 9 varieties, $1.25. 



