HOUSE, CONSERVATORY, & PORCH PLANTS 
Bougainvillea 
Crimson Lake. Outstanding for its rich and brilliant color 
which upon opening is glistening crimson-lake passing to car- 
mine-rose within 3 to 4 weeks. A most attractive conservatory 
plant. Strong plants 50c each. 
Camellia japonica 
To meet the growing demand for these showy plants we have 
produced a nice lot of thrifty plants of the following choice named 
varieties. 
Cheerful. Bright cherry red; medium size. 
Maman Cochet. Pure white with very double rosette center. 
“Pink Perfection. Lovely double clear shell pink blooms of 
dainty appearance and produced most freely. 
Purity. A double pure white of vigorous growth. 
Rev. John Bennett. Semi-double orange-red flowers. 
Rosita. Very double, bright rose-pink. Late flowering. 
White Dove. A miniature double white variety. 
Any of the above: 5-inch pots, $1.50 each. 
Set of 7 varieties, value $10.50, for $10.00 
Specimen Plants of Cheerful, Pink Perfection and Purity, 3 to 
4 feet high, well set with buds, $10.00 each. 
Cestrum parqui—Night-Blooming Jessamine 
An interesting tender shrub of easy cultivation either for pot 
culture or for planting in the garden when the weather gets 
warm. Small greenish white flowers of delightful fragrance, 
which is dispensed only during the night. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Cissus adenopodes § 
A new and very promising vine for house culture, closely 
related to Vitis rhombifolia which it resembles. When unfolding 
the color of the leaves is a deep carmine changing to a rich bronzy 
green later on. It has more of a climbing tendency than Vitis 
and is one of the best climbing or trailing plants for a sunny 
window. Strong young plants 50c each; large specimens $2.00 
each, 
Clerodendron Balfouri—Glorybower § 
A beautiful greenhouse climber and also admirably suited to 
house culture, flowering most profusely with bright scarlet blooms 
enveloped in a creamy white calyx. Strong plants $1.00 each. 
Clivia 
miniata 
Imantophyllum 
A pretty, Lily-like plant 
of easiest culture. Very 
desirable for the house, 
blooming during the late 
winter months. Bears 
dense clusters of large 
rich orange-red blooms 
shading to buff. Remains 
in flower for a long time 
Each cluster contains from 
10 to 20 blooms. 6-inch _ 
pots $3.00 each. 
Pe, 
Clivia miniata 
Crotons 
Exceptionally colorful foliage plants for summer bedding south 
of Philadelphia. Wonderfully effective with richly variegated 
colors. Beautiful as pot plants for the conservatory. We offer 
a choice assortment embracing the best standard varieties. 
3-inch pots $1.00 each. Collection of 6 varieties $5.00. 
Cyperus—Umbrella Plant 
Alternifolius. An excellent house plant which may be grown 
as a sub-aquatic and in any case never should lack plenty of 
water. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Concerning parcel-post shipments of plants, see page 167 
Daphne odora 
Rich deep green foliage and lovely flowers with an intense 
sweet fragrance. It isa grand old favorite. 5-inch pots $1.50 each. 
Dieffenbachia seguine 
A very showy plant with bright green foliage and attractive 
white markings. It isa tropical American plant of rich appearance. 
Strong plants, 5-inch pots $1.00 each. 
Dracaena 
Fragrans. An excellent house plant with broad dark green 
foliage growing 3 ft. long and 4 in. across. 4-inch pots 75c each. 
Godseffiana. Different from all other Dracaenas. Of free- 
branching habit with rich dark green leaves densely marked 
with spots of creamy white. Easily grown in the house. 3-inch 
pots 75c each. 
Massangeana. A beautiful variegated form of ‘‘Fragrans’’ 
with broad green foliage and broad golden yellow band running 
through each leaf center. 4-inch pots 75c; 6-inch pots $1.50 
each, 
Sanderiana. Glaucous green foliage attractively edged with a 
border of creamy white. Leaves about 9 in. long and 1% in. 
across. 2}-inch pots 35c; 33-inch pots $1.00 each. 
Epiphyllum—Christmas or Crab Cactus 
Truncatum. A very popular Cactus with leaf-like sections 
and large showy rosy red blooms of tubular form. Good plants 
in 4-inch pots $1.00 each. Trained tree-shaped plants with 
stems or small trunks and bushy crowns $2.50 each. 
Eucharis—Amazon Lily 
Eucharis—Amazon Lily 
A splendid plant for the warm conservatory, 
blooming at various seasons. It is related to the Amaryllis 
and may be grown outdoors in warm countries. Sends up 
stalks bearing several pure white, star-shaped flowers, 4 inches 
across, which have a delightful fragrance. Water liberally 
while the plants are making an active growth. $1.00 each. 
Amazonica. 
Euphorbia 
Splendens (Crown of Thorns). An interesting plant with thick 
spiny stems and showy bright red flower bracts at all seasons. 
Easily trained into various forms. 2-inch pots 35c; 3-inch 
pots 50c; 4-inch pots $1.00, each. 
A most unique variety with slender, 
Very inter- 
Tirucalli (Milk Bush). 
cylindrical, whorled branches without any leaves. 
esting. Strong branched plants 50c each. 
Farfugium-—Leopard Plant 
Grande. This is an extremely ornamental plant with large, 
circular leaves, thickly spotted with creamy white and yellow. 
75c each. 
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