Select Flowering and Decorative Plants 

 for House and Conservatory 



Aglaonema 



Costatum. A dwarf-growing Aroid, suitable for the conserva- 

 torj' or window garden. Very compact heart-shaped leaves of 

 dark, shining green, with white midrib and scattering blotches 

 of white. 75 cts. each. 



Allamanda 



Henderson!. A strong-growing variety, well suited for growing 

 on the pillars or supports of a conservator}-, or for training on 

 a trellis; large, fragrant golden-yellow flowers. SO cts. each. 



Williamsi. Forms a compact bushy plant with large rich yellow 

 flowers at everj- point; deliciously scented. 50 cts. each. 



Anthericum 



Mandaeanum. A splendid varietj' with narrow foliage, the 

 leaves being green on the edges with creamy white centre. 

 3-inch pots, 35 cts. each; S3. 50 per doz. 



Vittatum Picturatum. A most desirable plant for window 

 boxes, vases, or for growing as a single specimen in pot; long, 

 narrow green foliage with creamy white centre. Splendid plants. 

 4-uich pots, 60 cts.; 5-inch pots, SI. 00 each. 



Anthurium (Flamingo Flower) 



Pretty greenhouse plants that have many good qualities, not 

 only as decorative plants, but also as cut flowers. Their peculiar 

 shaped flowers of rich coloring frequently last on the plant from 

 two to three months. 

 Scherzerianum. Brilliant scarlet flowers. 



— Atrosanguineum. Rich crimson-scarlet. 



— Roseum. Salmon-rose. 



— Rothschildianum. Creamy-white spotted crimson. 



Four-inch pots, $2.50 each. 



AraUCaria (Norfolk island Pine) 



Ezcelsa. A beautiful tender evergreen, a favorite plant for 

 house decoration, unequaled in symmetrical habit of growth 

 by any other plant. 



4-inch pots, 10 to 12 inches high, $2.50 each 

 S-inch pots, 12 to 15 inches high, 3.00 each 

 6-inch pots, 15 to 18 inches high, 4.00 each 



Araucama Excei^a 



Aralu Eleg.^ntissima 



Aralia 



Handsome decorative foliage plants for the warm conservatory. 

 Elegantissima. Has very narrow finely divided foliage of a 

 peculiar metallic green color. 4-inch pots, SI. 50 each. 



Asparagus 



Plumosus Nanus (Asparagus Fern). There is no better plant 

 for table decoration than this. The foliage is more delicate 

 than that of the finest Fern, being lace-like in its filminess. A 

 plant with half a dozen stalks is a mass of dainty, misty green, 

 among which the stems of a few flowers can be thrust in such a 

 manner as to make a pretty decoration for the table. 25 cts. 

 and 50 cts. each; S2.50 and S5.00 per doz. 



Sprengeri {Emerald Feather). Excellent for hanging-baskets, for 

 bracket use and for cutting. It is one of the best of all plants 

 for the window-box when planted on the outside where it can 

 droop over the edge of the box. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each; S2.50 

 and S5.00 per doz. 



Aspidistra 



Lurida. One of the easiest decorative plants to grow. A most 

 useful house plant, thriving in a hallway or a comparatively 

 dark place in the room where nothing else wiU succeed. 5-inch 

 pots, S2.00; 6-inch pots, S2.50 and 7-inch pots, $3.50 each. 



Lurida Variegata. The dark green leaves are striped with 

 white. 5-inch pots, S2.50 each; 6-inch pots, $3.50 each; speci- 

 mens 8-inch tubs, S6.00 each. 



Fibrous-rooted Begonias 



This class is entirely distinct from the tuberous-rooted sorts 

 and are among the freest-flowering ornamental leaved pot plants 

 for house or conservatory decoration. 



Argentea Guttata. Foliage of rich green, spotted with silver. 

 Corallina Lucerna. Gigantic trusses of bronzy-red flowers in 



bloom continuously from April to November. 

 Haageana. Large trusses of creamy-white flowers, suffused with 



pink, the foliage bold and attractive, of a bronzy-green above 



and reddish on the under side. 

 Price. 35 cts. each. One each of the 3 sorts for SI. 00. 



Bougainvillea 



Crimson Lake. Introduced through the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry of the Department of Agriculture. 



The flowers are like all other BougainvUleas, perhaps a trifle 

 larger, but in coloring none compare with it in richness and brilli- 

 ancy. On first opening a brilliant crimson-lake, retaining this 

 color for three or four weeks, gradually passing to a crimson-car- 

 mine. An attractive pot plant for the conservatory. Strong 

 plants, 50 cts. each. 



NOTE — Plants will be sent by Parcel Post if remittance is made to cover postage and special packing as noted on the order blank 

 and on page 103. 



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