Seeds of Ornamental Foliage Plants, 



"FINE LEAVES ARE AS ESSENTIAL AS FINE FLOWERS TO THE GARDEN BEAUTIFUL." 



We include in this department all the best c 

 chiefly for house and conservator\' decoration, wi' 



-namental foliage plants largely used in outdoor bedding, 

 be found under Seeds of Greenhouse Plants. 



iMore teuder sorts, useful 



ACANTHUS LATIFOLIUS. 



A tall, herbaceous plant of beautiful and stately habit, grown, like the Ricinus, for its 

 rich, tropical leafage. It is handsome and effective, whether grown as a center for foliage 

 beds or as a specimen plant for lawns and borders. lo cents per pkt. 



AMARANTHUS. 



Tall-growing plants, with show\- leaves, variegated with many shades of red, yellow 

 and green, and long racemes of curious flowers. In rich soils the plants grow taller than 

 in poor ones, but their variegation is not so bright. 



A. caudatiis (Love-Lies-Bleeding.) Three feet tall ; blood red. 5 cents per pkt. 

 A. cruentus. The well-known Prince's Feather. 5 cents per pkt. 

 A. Heiideri. Of beautiful habit : brown, dark red and bronze. 5 cents per pkt. 

 A. nobilis pyraiiiidalis. 5 cents per pkt. 



A. tricolor (Joseph's Coat). Leaves a beautiful mosaic of colors. 5 cents per pkt. 



CANNA. 



See Annuals which Bloom the First Season. 



CENTAUREA. 



(Dusty Miller.) The silver-leaved varieties of Centaurea are indispensable for rib- 

 bon beds and borders, their soft, neutral tints of greyish green being very effectual in 

 toning down and harmonizing contrasts in more brilliant leaves which otherwise might 

 seem crude and harsh. 



Ceutaurea argent ea vera (Candidissima). 



other silver-leaved sort. 25 cents per pkt. 

 C. Clementel. Leaves finely cut and silvery. 

 C. gymnocarpa. Of very graceful growth ; a 



Leaves broader and w hiter than in any 



10 cents per pkt. 

 fine variety. 10 cents per pkt. 



COLEUS. 



For brilliant color effects we have nothing finer than the Coleus, so long used, well 

 adapted, and universally admired for such purposes. The leaves are of many shapes 

 and bright colors, and nearly all va,rieties have a rich, velvety appearance. Seed sown 

 i.i March or April will produce fine plants for bedding. Our mixture is a fine one, and 



will give plants of many of the best 

 named sorts. 25 cents per pkt. 



Coleus. 



CINERARIA MARiriMA CANDIDISSIMA. 



Another fine silver-leaved plant, used like the above, in ribbon bedding, vases, etc. 

 The leaves are silvery white ; flowers yellow. 5 cents per pkt. 



ECHEVERIA SECUNDA GLAUCA. 



Prettv succulent plants, with thick, rounded leaves, forming small, perfect light 

 green rosettes. They are much used in carpet bedding for working out designs, and 

 succeed best in coarse, sandy loam. 25 cents per okt. 



EUPHORBIA. SNOW-ON-THE-MOUNTMN .) 



Euphorbia heterophylla. The leaves of this plant are dense and glossy ?reen, form- 

 ing large whorls and tufted bracts on the ends of the branches, and these, in mid- 

 summer, change to brillant scarlet. 10 cents per pkt. . . ^ 

 E. variegata (Snow-on-the-Mountain). A hardy annual of robust growth, with fine 

 green leaves striped with white. 5 cents per pkt. 



GLAUCIUM LUTEUM. 



A handsome hardy perennial, with silvery white foliage and j-ellow flowers. It is 

 very useful for ribbon beds and massing. 5 cents per pkt. 



PERILLA NANKINENSIS. 



.A beautiful plant, with leaves of rich, dark purple, finely cut or fringed. It con- 

 trasts finely with silver-leaved foliage plants like the above. 

 A half-hardy annual. 5 cts. per pkt. 



PYRETHRUM AUREUM. 



(Golden Feather.) 



The golden vellow foliage of this plant is finely cut and 

 feathery, so that it produces rich, soft effects in bedding, 

 which can be obtained bv the use of no other plant. It is a 

 hardy annual. 5 cents per pkt. 



RICINUS. 



(Castor-Oil Bean.) Ornamental plants of statelv growth, with brilliantly colored fruits and large, handsome, 

 tropical leaves. As centers for beds of Cannas and other fine-leaved plants they are quite striking. 

 R. Borboniensls arboreus. Grows fullv fifteen feet high ; leaves enormous. 5 cents per pkt. 

 R. Cambodgensis. Red-black stems and leaf-stalks, and very dark leaves ; very distinct. 5 cents per pkt. 

 R. Gibsoui (Duchess of Edinburgi. Dark purple leaves and stems. 5 cents per pkt. 



WIGANDIA CARACASANA. 



The immense leaves of this plant, 6 feet long and more than a foot wide, are very tropical in appearance and 

 very effective in sub-tropical bedding. It is a half-hardy perennial. 10 cents per pkt. 



20 # 



Euphorbia Heterophylla. 



tricolor. 



