Select List of Decorative Plants for 

 House and Conservatory 



Aglaonema 



Costatum. A dwarf-growing Aroid, suitable for the conservatory or 

 window garden. Very compact heart-shaped leaves of dark, shining 

 green, with white midrib and scattering blotches of white. 75 cts. each. 



AllaiTianda 



Hendersoni. A strong-growing variety, well suited for growing on the 

 pillafs or supports of a conservatory, or for training on a trellis; large, 

 fragrant golden-yellow flowers. 50 cts. each. 



Williamsi. Form a compact bushy plant with trusses of large 

 rich yellow flowers at every point; deliciously scented. 50 cts. each. 



Anthericum 



Mandaeanum. A splendid variety with narrow foliage, the 

 leaves being green on the edges with creamy white centre. 

 3-inch pots, 35 cts. each; $3.50 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, 

 5-inch pots, $1.00 each. 



Anthurium (Flamingo Flower) 



Scherzerianum. Pretty greenhouse plants that have many good qualities, 

 not only as decorative plants but also as cut flowers. Their peculiar shaped 

 flowers of rich brilliant scarlet frequently last on the plant from two to 

 three months. 5-inch pots, $2.50 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; $2.50 and $5.00 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; $2.50 and $5.00 

 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 will succeed. 6-inch pots, 

 $1.50 to $2.00 each. 



— Variegata. 6-inch pots, $2.00 and $2.50 each. 



Fibrous-rooted Begonias 



This class is among the freest flowering ornamental-leaved pot 

 plants for conservatory decoration; excellent subject for the 

 window garden. 



Foliage of rich green, spotted with silver. 

 Gigantic trusses of bronzy-red flowers in 



Argentea Guttata. 



Corallina Lucerna. 



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 $1.00. 



Bougainvillea 



Crimson Lake. Introduced through the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry of the Department of Agriculture. 

 The flowers are like all other Bougainvilleas, perhaps a trifle 



Iarger, but in coloring none compare with it in richness and 

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

 color for three or four weeks, after which they gradually pass to a 

 crimson-carmine. 



In Southern California and Florida, the Bougainvilleas make 

 gorgeous climbers for outdoor planting, while in the north they 

 are useful subjects as pot plants for the conservatory or green- 

 house. Plants in 3-inch pots, 50 cts. each. 4-inch pots, $1.00 each. 



Croton 



Camellia Japonica 



A splendid lot of strong, shapely, bushy, thrifty plants from 18 

 to 24 inches high. We can supply double pink and double red. 



$5.00 each. 



Cestruin 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, 

 with small greenish white flowers of delightful fragrance, which is 

 dispensed during the night only. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Clerodendron 



Balfouri. A beautiful greenhouse climber, and admirably suited 

 for house culture, flowering most profusely with bright scarlet 

 flowers, enveloped in a creamy-white calyx. Strong plants, 

 25 cts. each. Extra large plants, 50 cts. each. 



Clivia Miniata (Imantophyllum) 



A pretty lily-like plant of the easiest culture, and a most de- 

 sirable house plant, it flowers during the spring and summer 

 months, remaining in bloom for a long period. The flowers are 

 about 2 inches long, and are borne in dense clusters from 10 to 

 20 flowers each; in color it is of a fine orange-red, shading to bufi. 

 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each; 5-inch pots, $1.50 each. 



Crotons 



Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of coloring that is 

 found in this class of plants. They are beautiful as pot plants for 

 the conservatory, making handsome specimens for decorative and 

 exhibition purposes. In the latitude of Philadelphia and south- 

 ward they are wonderfully effective for siunmer bedding, pre- 

 senting a glorious medley of rich variegated colors not found in 

 any other class of plants. 



We offer a choice assortment embracing the best standard 

 varieties as well as the most desirable recent introductions. 



Plants in 3-inch pots, $1 .00 each; collection of 12 varieties, $10.00. 



Plants in 4-inch pots,$l. 50 each; collection of 12 varieties,$15.00. 



Large plants, $2.00, $2.50 and $5.00 each. 



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

 blank and inside of front cover of this catalogue. 



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