BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 



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Dracaenas. 



Amabilis. Green, white and pale violet. Strong plants, 



50 cts. to $1.00 each. 

 Baptisti. Green ; creamy white flakes flushed with rose. 



50 cts. to $1.00 each. 

 Illiperialis. Large deep rose and creamy white foliage. 



50 cts. to 1.00 each. 

 Sliepherdi. Deep green foliage, edged with light green. 



50 cis. to $1.00 each. 

 Terminalis. Rich crimson foliage, marked with pink 



and white. 30 cts. to 50 cts. each. 

 Youngi. Light green, changing to copper color. 50 cts. 



to $1.00 each. 

 Bruanti. A most useful variety, with heavy dark green 



foliage, making an excellent house plant, standing the dry 



atmosphere of living rooms as well as an Aspidistra or 



Ficus. Strong plants. $1.00 each. 

 Gracilis. A very pretty, narrow-leaved variety, which is 



of a bright green with narrow coppery crimson edge ; 



very graceful. 50 cts. each. 

 Fragrans. A superb African species, with beautiful 



deep green leaves, lighter in the growth, though having 



no variegations or markings in the foliage. This is one 



of the most admired of the decorative species. 50 cts. to 



$1.00 each. 

 Lindeni. A beautiful variegated form of Fragrans. 



With broad green foliage and golden yellow stripes on 



the edges of the leaves. 50 cts. to $1.50 each. 

 Masangeana. Another variegated form of the above, 



with the variegation through the centre of the leaf instead of 



on the edges. 50 cts. to $1.50 each. 



DRACAENA (CORDYLINE). 



The Cordylines are especially well adapted for centres of 

 vases, baskets, etc. ; the bright green narrow foliage contrasting 

 well with other foliage and flowering plants. 

 Cordyline Australis. A very long, narrow, graceful 

 foliage. 



— Indivisa. Long foliage ; green, graceful. 



— Veitchi. Long foliage, brown streaked. 



25 to 50 cts. each. 



DOUBLE WHITE DAISY, 

 SNOW CREST. 



A most distinct variety and an improvement on all existing 

 sorts. The flowers, which are borne on stout, stiff stems from 

 6 to 10 inches long, are of the purest white and full to the 

 centre. Well-grown specimens will cover a silver dollar. It 

 makes an admirable hardy garden plant or may be forced for 

 cut flowers under the same treatment as violets. 10 cts. each; 

 $1.00 per dozen. 



FAREUGIUM GRANDE. 



A beautiful ornamental foliage plant either for pot culture or 

 for planting in open border in a shaded position ; the leaves, 

 from 8 to 10 inches in diameter, of a thick leathery texture, 

 dark green in color, with bright yellow spots. 25 cts. each, 

 $2.50 per dozen. 



Double White Daisy, Snow Crest. 



EUCHARIS AMAZONICA. 



A splendid hot-house plant, blooming nearly the entire sea- 

 son. It sends up stalks bearing several pure white, star-shaped 

 flowers, 4 inches across, delightfully fragrant. It is very highly 

 prized in bouquets, baskets, etc. Pot in light rich soil, well 

 drained; water freely in the growing season, giving a slight rest 

 in fall. 30 cts. to 50 cts. each. 



EYRTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI. 



(Coral Plant.) 



A magnificent plant, producing its scarlet and crimson pea- 

 shaped flowers on spikes 18 inches long. Planted in May they 

 will flower profusely through the summer. They may be taken 

 up in the fall, and kept in perfect preservation during the winter 

 in a dry cellar, the roots covered with half-dry earth. 25 cents 

 each; 5 for $1 00 ; 12 for $2.00. A limited number of strong 

 3-year-old plants $1.00 each. 



EIGUEARIA K^MPFERI 

 ARGENTEA. 



This beautiful plant is closely allied to the Farfugium Grande, 

 with foliage of similar shape, but of a glaucous green color, 

 which is irregularly edged with creamy white. A most desira- 

 ble plant either for pot culture or for planting in the open bor- 

 der. 50 cts. each. 



Ficus. 



Farfugium Grande. 



Ficus Elastiea. The well-known India- 

 rubber tree, one of the very best plants 

 for table or parlor decoration; its thick 

 leathery leaves enable it to stand excessive 

 heat and dryness, while its deep glossy 

 green color always presents a cheerful 

 aspect. Fine plants 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1.00 

 each. 



Ficus Elastiea Variegata. One of 



the finest decorative ornamental foliage 

 plants of late introduction. In habit and 

 growth it is like the ordinary F. elastiea, 

 but the leaves of this novel plant have a 

 pleasing yellow variegation throughout. 

 75 cts. to $1.50 each. 



Ficus KepeilS. A trailing or creeping 

 variety with small foliage, useful for 

 baskets. 25 cents. 



Ficus Elastica. 



