BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 



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Caladium Esculentum. 



Caladium Esculentum. 



Elephant's Ear. 



One of the most effective plants in cultivation for the flower 

 border or for planting out upon the lawn ; it will grow in any 

 good garden soil, and is of the easiest culture. To obtain the 

 best result it should be planted where it will obtain plenty of 

 water, and an abundance of rich compost. Foliage light green. 

 When full size it stands 6 feet high, and bears immense leaves 

 3 to 4 feet long by 2j feet wide. 



Extra large bulbs, 12 to 14 inches in circumference, 50 cts. 

 each. 



First size bulbs, 10 to 12 inches in circumference, 35 cts. each, 

 $3 50 per dqz. 



Second size bulbs, 8 to 10 inches in circumference, 25 cts. 

 each, $2.50 per doz. 



Third size bulbs, 6 to 8 inches in circumference, 15 cts. each, 

 §1 50 per doz. 



CESTRUM PARQUI. 



( Night Blooming Jasmine.) 



A beautiful tender shrub of easy cultivation, with small 

 greenish white flowers, of delightful fragrance which is dis- 

 pensed during the night only. 15 cts. each. 



CISSUS DISCOLOR, 



A beautiful climber for hanging baskets, with mottled and 

 marbled crimson and green foliage. 20 cts. each. 



CLERODENDRON BAJLFOUR.I. 



A beautiful greenhouse climber and admirably suited for 

 house culture; flowering most profusely with bright scarlet 

 flowers, enveloped in a creamy white calyx. 25 cts. each. 



CJLXVIA MINIATUM. 



( Imantophyllum.) 

 A pretty Lily-like plant of the easiest culture, and a most 

 desirable house plant; it flowers during the spring and sum- 

 mer months, remaining in bloom for a long period. The 

 flowers are about two inches long and are borne in dense 

 clusters of from ten to twenty flowers on each ; in color it is 

 of a fine orange red shading to buff. We offer good strong 

 plants at 75 cts. each. 



COBEA SCANDJENS. 



A beautiful climber of rapid growth, bearing large purple 

 bell-shaped flowers. For covering arbors, trellises, etc., it is 

 indispensable, as its dark green foliage and pretty flowers make 

 it very attractive. 15 to 25 cts. each, 51.50 to $2. 50 per doz. 



CROTONS. 



Of this beautiful class of ornamental foliage plants we offer 

 twelve of the finest varieties. 30 to 50 cts. each, $3 00 to §5.00 

 per doz. 



Cyperus Alternipolius Gracilis. 



Cyperus Alternifolius Gracilis. 



This is a new variety of the popular Umbrella Plant, with 

 very narrow foliage, which makes it a much more desirable, 

 graceful plant. It is most useful, either as an aquarium plant 

 or as an ordinary house plant, succeeding under almost any 

 condition. 20 cts. each, 6 for §1.00. 



CYCAS RETOJLUTA. 



(Sago Palm.) 



These are magnificent plants of noble and majestic habit, and 

 most impressive. They 'are probably the most valuable decora- 

 tive plants grown both for lawn and house decoration ; their 

 heavy glossy deep green fronds resist alike the gas, dust and cold 

 to which decorative plants are frequently exposed. We grow 

 an immense stock of these, and can supply fine specimens at 

 §5.00, §10.00, §15.00, §25.00, and §3500 each. Small bulbs 

 with one leaf, 25 cts. each. 



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