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THE 



NEW GOLDEN 



PANDANUS. 



(Pandanus Sanderi.) 



THE MOST IMPORTANT OR= 

 NAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANT IN- 

 TRODUCED IN MANY YEARS. 



Awarded the following honors : 



First=class=certificate by the Royal 

 Horticultural Society of Great Britain, the 

 highest distinction that can be given, and 

 one that is rarely awarded. 



Gold Medal. Paris Exposition, 1900. 



Silver Medal (highest award). Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society, March, 

 1901. 



Silver Medal (highest award). Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society, November, 

 1901. 



Silver Cup (highest award). American 

 Rose Society, N. Y., 1.901. 



Gold Medal (highest award). Ail- 

 American Show, Kansas City, 1902. 



Silver Medal (-highest award). Chrys- 

 anthemum Show, N. Y., 1902. 

 Also highest awards at— 



Great Quinquennial Show. Ghent, 

 Belgium, 1898. 



Great Horticultural Show. St. Peters- 

 burg, Russia, 1899. 



Great Horticultural Show. Hamburg, 

 Germany, 1897. 



The Golden Pandanus (Pandanus Sanderi). 



Never have we taken such pleasure in offering a new plant as we do in presenting this Golden Pandanus, without doubt the 

 most important addition in many years to the comparatively small list of really first-class decorative plants, and one that must 

 become valuable, not only in all decorations, but as a plant for the conservatory, the window garden — in fact, for any postion 

 where a decorative plant is required, it giving a richness, life and glow of color which cannot be secured with any other 

 subject, and its introduction has been looked forward to, not alone in this country, but in Europe, the plant being well known 

 on both sides of the Atlantic, it having been exhibited at many of the principal horticultural exhibitions in Europe and America 

 during the past six years, and at all of which it was awarded the highest honors, and was enthusiastically described by the horti- 

 cultural press. 



In general habit of growth it closely resembles P. Veitchi, excepting that its leaves are longer and more recurved, which gives 

 the plant a more graceful appearance ; but the main distinctive feature is its coloring, which, instead of being white, as in P. Veitchi, 

 is a rich golden-yellow, while the heart of the plant presents a bronzy-orange coloring, which is brightest in the centre, gradually 

 diminishing towards the tips of the leaves. The longitudinal striping of the foliage shows much the same character as P. Veitchi, 

 being generally, in alternate broader and narrower stripes of gold and green, while in some leaves one half is green and the 

 other half gold. A strong feature in favor of the new variety is that the variegations in the foliage become stronger and more 

 pronounced as they grow older, while in P. Veitchi the older leaves usually lose the variegation entirely. 



The plant was discovered by a collector in one of the South Pacific Islands, where he had been sent by Messrs. Sander & Co., of 

 England, for the purpose of collecting rare Orchids and other tropical plants, and who, with considerable difficulty, succeeded in 

 sending the plant to England, where it was carefully nursed and propagated until the spring of 190l, when we succeeded in buying 

 the entire stock, which then consisted of nearly one thousand plants, at a price far in excess of any ever before paid for a decora- 

 tive plant of any kind. We have been very successful in propagating it, which enables us to offer it for delivery the coming 

 autumn at prices which are remarkably low for such a grand novelty. 



Orders will be booked and filled in strict rotation, Autumn, 1903, at the following prices : 



Beautiful specimen plants, 3 ft. high, in8-m. pots $10 00 each. 

 « 3| « «' «10 " " 15 00 " 

 « <> « 41 « " " 12 " " 25 00 " 



« 5 to 6 " " " 15 " tubs 50 00 " 



LOBELIA RIVOIREI. 



We offered this pretty delicately-colored Lobelia two years 

 ago, but have since been obliged to withdraw it from our cata- 

 logue on account of limited stock. 



Grows about 2 feet high, with dark bronzy foliage and large, 

 delicate, soft-pink flowers, which are produced during the 

 summer and fall months. Stock still limited. 50 cts. each. 



Lychnis viscaria grandiflora alba. 



A graceful and neat large single white-flowered form of 

 Campion. The plant grows about a foot high, and is hidden 

 beneath its load of showy white flowers in June ; perfectly hardy, 

 and most desirable for the permanent border. Strong clumps, 

 25 cts.. each ; $2 50 per doz. 



Good strong young plants, in 3-inch pots $1 00 each. 



" " plants, 15 inches high in 4-inch pots. . . 1 50 " 

 Beautiful specimens, 20 to 24 inches high in 6-in. 



pots 3 00 " 



Beautiful specimens, 2k feet high, in 7-inch pots. ... 5 00 " 



NEW FRENCH LANTANAS. 



During recent years these wonderfully free-flowering plants 

 have been greatly improved, and now vie with the Canna and 

 Geranium as bedding plants. 

 Amiel. Semi-dwarf, dome-shaped plants, literally covered 



with flowers of the brightest orange-red with yellow eye. 



Javotte. Very dwarf habit ; centre of flower bright yellow, 



with lighter border. 

 Thais. Dwarf, compact habit ; delicate blush, shading to 



cream. 



15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. Set of 3, 40 cts. 



