NOVELTIES IN PLANTS. 



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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



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Novelties and Specialties for 1896. 



New Asparagus Sprengeri. 



BEGONIA. 



Semperflorens Elegantissima Alba. 



One of the finest introductions 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 hid- 

 den under the profusion of snowy flowers. 50 cts. each. 



Carex Japonica Variegata. 



An exquisitely graceful new Japanese grass with slender green 

 foliage edged with white. It is extremely easy to grow and 

 makes a most excellent plant for house culture as well as for the 

 garden where it is said to be quite hardy. 20 cts. each, 6 for 

 $1.00. 



Dracaena Sanderiana. 



A new and entirely distinct species and one of the finest 

 novelties introduced for years. It has thick textured narrow 

 leaves which are closely set on slender upright stems variegated 

 with silvery white and green bands alternating and of various 

 widths, the whole surface of the plant being covered with a 

 silvery sheen of bloom. It is altogether different from any- 

 thing heretofore known in the way of Dracaenas. $2.50 each. 



Bougainvillea Glabra Sanderiana. 



It affords us great pleasure to offer this new and most useful 

 flowering plant known. We have grown this new Bougainvillea 

 in a green house where it has continued flowering for seven months, 

 small and large plants alike being covered with blossoms. Even 

 plants in thumb pots* were laden with bloom. The house in 

 which our plants have been cultivated has been a sheet of 

 flowers from May until December. Many excellent judges state 

 that this will be a favorite market plant as it produces as freely 

 as a Fuchsia its dazzling rosy crimson flowers, lasting so long 

 in perfection and produced in smallest pots under all conditions, 

 in amazing profusion. 50 cts. each. 



Asparagus 



Sprengeri. 



A most desirable new species, especially 

 useful to grow as a pot plant for decorative 

 purposes or' for planting in suspended bas- 

 kets; the fronds are frequently four feet long, 

 are of a rich shade of green and most useful 

 for cuttings, retaining their freshness after 

 being cut for weeks. »It will make an 

 excellent house plant, as it withstands dry 

 atmosphere and will succeed in almost any 

 position. 

 Strong plants ready March 1st, 75 cts. each. 



Begonia Haageana. 



We consider this the finest ornamental 

 flowering Begonia yet introduced and is a 

 perfect gem. It is of German origin and 

 was introduced some two years since, and by 

 some strange coincidence it originated about 

 the same time as a seedling in a private 

 establishment near Germantown, Philadel- 

 phia, from where we secured our stock, in- 

 tending to disseminate it under the name of 

 Excelsior, but after comparison, finding it to 

 . be identical with Haageana we retain the 

 name under which it has originally been introduced. 



It is of strong erect 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. 30 cts. each, 4 for 

 $1.00. 



Carex Japonica Variegata. 



