NEW COMET PLANT— (Acalvpha Sanderiil. The most 

 UNIQUE FLOWERING PLANT OF THE CENTURY. FLCPFY, 

 TEAILINf.. TAIL-LIKE BLOSSOMS, SOFT CRIMSON SCARLET. 



It is difflcult to conceive aoytbing more unique, more 

 pleasing, or more satisfying than this new plant fresh from the 

 Orient. It is easily grown and must become immensely popular. 

 There is nothing approaching it, with its soft, crimson-scarlet, 

 flafiT, tail-like blossoms 20 to 30 inches long on specimen plants. 

 We nave it gron-inpin our greenhouses, and it has been tlie ad- 

 miration of all visitors. Try one or more of these very beanti- 

 fnl plants which are always in bloom. 25, 35 and 50 cents 

 each. 



SPARACUS SPRENCERI-The Charming New Dec 

 ORATivE Plant. When introduced, at a high price, a 

 little o\'er a year a^'o, this variety was receivecl with some 

 hesitation as to its desirability, but after only a limited 

 trial it has come forward with such prominence that the supply 

 will be inadequate to the demand for some time to come. Not 

 only is it useful for cutting in sprays for flne cut-flower work, 

 more particularly in connection with large roses, etc., bat grown 

 in suspended pots H makes one of the prettiest decorative liouse 

 plants we know of. Used in decorations, as, for example, in the 

 decorations of mantels, nothing can equal it. |0 and 15 

 oents each. 



CISSUS DISCOLOR— (Trailing Begoniai. Aclimberwitb 

 very beautiful foliage, deep. vel\ ety-green, mottled with 

 white on the upper surface; under side of a deep reddish 

 purple. For trailing over the side of a window box, or 

 grown on a trellis, it is one of the most odd and attractive plants. 

 I O and 15 cents each. 



THE 'BOSTON" FERN— iNephrolepis Bostoniensisi. 

 One of the most useful and ornamental of the "Sword 

 Ferns." It is now grown by the thousand for the market 

 in all large cities, and is steadily increasing in popularity. 

 In well grown specimens the fronds attain a length of six or seven 

 feet, like plumes, arching over in every direction, in a most 

 graceful manner. This beautiful Fern is excellent for outside 

 planting in shady borders. It is a very fine plant for hanging 

 pots or baskets on the piazza in summer and conservatory or 

 window in winter. ^6 to 25 cents each. 



