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Farfugium Grande. 



FARFUGIUM 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, are of a thick 

 leathery texture, dark green in color, with 

 bright yellow spots. (See cut.) 25 cts. 

 each; §52.50 per doz. 



FITTONIA. 



Elegant trailing plants with handsomely 

 variegated foliage ; most useful in the con- 

 servatory for planting on the surface of pots 

 or tubs containing specimen plants. 

 Verschaffeltii. Foliage dark green, net- 

 ted with dark red midrib and veins. 

 — Argyroneura. Vivid green, with 

 network of pure white veins. 

 25 cts. each. 



Rubber Plant (Ficus 



FICUS (Rubber Plant). 



Elastica. 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. 



Each. 



4-inch pot, 10 inches high $0 50 



5 " " 15. " " 75 



6 " " 24 " " 1 00 



Falcata. An improvement on F. repens, 



of the same climbing habit, attaching 



itself to walls, etc., but of a denser, 



closer growth and smaller; dark green 



foliage. 15 cts. each. 

 Repens. A trailing or creeping variety, 



with small foliage ; useful for baskets, 



covering greenhouse walls, etc. 15 cts. 



each. 

 Radicans Variegata. A pretty varie- 

 gated trailing \ variety ; an admirable 



plant for the warm conservatory or 



greenhouse ; the leaves are bright 



green, freely and irregularly margined 



with -white, the variegation sometimes 



extending to nearly the entire leaf. 75 



cts. each. 



GARDENIA FLORIDA. 



(Cape Jessamine.) 



Beautiful greenhouse evergreen shrubs, 

 with delightfully fragrant pure white waxy 

 flowers, blooming from May to July. 

 Strong plants, 25 cts. each ; §2.50 per dox. 



Fuchsia Phenomenal, 



GAURA LINDHEDIERI. 



A pretty summer-flowering plant for the mixed border, blooming 

 the entire season, with blush-white flowers, which are produced in | 

 graceful spikes about 4 feet high. 15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz. 



GENISTA. 



Fragrans. A most desirable spring-flowering plant, producing its 

 fragrant, bright golden-yellow flowers in the greatest profusion. 

 As a winter plant of the easiest culture it is unsurpassed. Espec- 

 ially desirable for Easter decoration. First size, 50 cts. each ; $5 00 

 per doz.; second size, 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 



GLOXINIA. 



This charming class of summer-flowering bulbs is now so well 

 known that a lengthy description of them is unnecessary. They de- 

 light in a loose, porous soil composed of equal parts of fibrous loam 

 and leaf mould, to which has been added a liberal sprinkling of 

 thoroughly decayed, well-pulverized manure or bone meal and sharp 

 sand. They should be shaded from the direct rays of the sun, but 

 exposed to as much light as possible. Our collection embraces all 

 the popular varieties, ranging in color from the purest white through 

 all the shades of crimson and purple, spotted and mottled. 15 cts. 

 each; 81.50 per doz.; S10.00 per 100. ' 



Bright waxy carmine, 

 Sepals dark red, corolla 



FUCHSIAS. 



Well-known favorites for planting out in partially shaded 



positions during the summer, or for winter-flowering in the 



window or greenhouse. The following collection is a selection! 



of the finest varieties. Varieties marked 



with an "*" are double-flowering. 



Arabella. White tube and sepals, rose 



corolla. 

 Black Prince. 



pink corolla. 

 Chas, Blanc. 



rosy amaranth. 

 Earl of Beacons! ield. Tube and sepals 

 light rosy carmine ; corolla deep car- 

 mine. 

 *Gloire de /larches. A grand double 

 white variety, with crimson tube and 

 sepals. 

 Lustre. White tube and sepals, with 



bright crimson-scarlet corolla. 

 *nonstrosa Superba. Pure white 



corolla, bright scarlet sepals. 

 ^Phenomenal. Rich crimson-purple, 



corolla full and double. (See cut.) 

 *PurpIe Prince. Beautiful blue corolla 



and scarlet sepals. 

 Rifford. Carmine tube and sepals, pur- 

 plish-red corolla. 

 *Rosains Patri. Deep scarlet tube and sepals, 



large white corolla. 

 Speciosa. Pale red tube and sepals, dark red corolla. 

 Price, 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. Set of 12 va- 

 rieties, SI. 00. 



Gloxinia. 



