BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 



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View of House of Azaleas, 252x25 Feet. — From a photograph. 



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 col- 

 lection comprises the cream of the best Continental establishments; all the sizes offered will flower freely in proper season. 



First size, 36 to 45 inches 

 Second " 36 " 



Third " 30 



Good bushy young plants, 

 An extra fine lot of specimen plants, 



BEGONIA. 



(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. 



Alba Picta. A pretty species from Brazil, distinct in char- 

 acter. 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 decora- 

 tive purposes. 15 cts. each. 



Argentea G-Uttata. A cross between Begonia Olbia and 

 Alba Picta; with foliage of large size, of a rich green spotted 

 with silver; a beautiful variety. 15 cts. each. 



Metallica. A fine erect-growing variety, with dark, rough 

 leaves; the surface is a lustrous bronze green; veins de- 

 pressed and dark red. 15 cts. each. 



Rubra. Dark green leaves, flowers scarlet rose, glossy and 

 wax-like. 15 cts. 



Saundersoni. Scarlet flowers, dwarf habit ; in bloom con- 

 tinually. 15 cts. 



Semperflorens Gig-antea. The flowers of this 



sort are brilliant carmine red, borne in large panicles, 

 flowers are unusually large and brilliant, and stand 

 above the foliage. 25 cts. each. 



Set of 6 varieties of flowering Begonias for $1.00. 

 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 brilliant. An exceed- 

 ingly curious and interesting variety. 30 cts. each, 4 for $1.00, 

 $3.00 per doz. 



in circumference, §1.50 each, $15. 00 per dozen. 

 1.00 " 1000 " " 

 .75 " 750 " " 

 50 " 5.00 " " 

 5 to 6 feet in circumference, $4 00 each, $45 per dozen. 



BEGONIA REX. 



(Painted Leaf Varieties.) 



We offer ten of the most distinct and handsomely marked 

 varieties of this beautiful class of Begonias. These are grown 

 for their variegated foliage, and are very desirable for house and 

 garden decorations, in shady positions, and especially well 

 adapted for baskets, vases, etc. 25 cts. each, $2 50 per doz. 



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Begonia Countess Louise Ekdody. 



