PLANT DEPARTMENT. 



SELECT LIST OF SEASONABLE DECORATIVE AND FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Alocasias. 



Beautiful subjects for the warm conservatory, with showy, 

 ornamental foliage ; invaluable as exhibition plants. 

 Macrohiza Variegata. A strong grower, with large, 



bright green leaves, margins slightly waved, blotched and 



marbled with white. $l.(X) each. 

 Zebrina. Rich, dark green leaves, borne on stout footstalks 



of a pale green, mottled and striped with zigzag bands of dark 



green. $l.oo each. 

 illustris. Excellent to grow in connection with fancy-leaved 



Caladiums, or for planting out of doors in a shaded position. 



Foliage dark green, clouded with velvety blue-black. 25 cts. 



each ; ^2.50 per dozen. 



Ananassa. 



Sativa Variegata. The variegated Pineapple. ^2.50 to 

 $3. 00 each. 



A.Xltlin.n°n.IIiS (Flamingo Flower). 



Pretty greenhouse plants that do not receive the attention they 

 deserve, but which we are certain will, when their many good 

 qualities are better known, become popular, not only as decora- 

 tive plants, but as cut flowers, for which many of the varieties, 

 on account of their peculiar shaped flowers and rich colorings, 

 which frequently last on the plant from two to three months, 

 especially adapt them. 



Andreanum Hybrids. A fine collection of seedlings, from 

 which we can select the following colors all in large-sized 

 flowers, salmon, red and rose. ^i. 00 and $1.50 each. 

 Scherzerianum. Brilliant scarlet flowers. 50c. to^l.ooeach. 



— Majus. A large bright scarlet-flowered form of the type. 

 Si. 00 each. 



— Album. ^Yhite-flowered form of the above. ;S!2.50 each. 



— Purpuratum. Large deep purplish crimson. gl.5oeach. 



— Rothscllildianum. Creamy white, spotted with crimson. 

 $2.00 each. 



— Salmonianum. Salmon red. $1.00 each. 



— Sanguineum. Rich crimson. Si. 00 each. 



Aralia. 



Chabrierii. A pretty species, with long narrow foliage of a 

 deep green, with heavy crimson midrib, ^i.oo each. 



Elegantissima. A graceful species with finely divided 

 metallic-green foliage. ( See cut. ) $1.50 each. 



Kerchoveana. A very elegant slender-stemmed species, 

 with rather broad foliage, margins conspicuously serrated or 

 undulated, and of a glossy deep green relieved by a pale mid- 

 rib. 51.50 each. 



Sieboldii Variegata. .\ most excellent house plant, with 

 large deeply-cut foliage, which is of a bright, cheerful green, 

 nicely variegated with creamy white, ^o cts. each. 



Ardisia Crennlata. 



A very ornamental greenhouse plant, with dark evergreen 

 foliage, producing clusters of brilliant^ red berries ; a first-class 

 house plant in winter. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 



Arancaria. 



Excelsa {Norfolk Island Pine). The most popular of all 

 the tender evergreens ; is becoming a greater favorite every 

 season. As A decorative plant for the house this is one of the 

 handsomest and most serviceable. ( See cut. ) 



Each. Each.. 



4-inch pots, 6 in. high . $0 50 | 6-inch pots, 15 in. high, $1 50 

 5 " " 10 " «' I 00 I 6 " " 18 " " 2 00 



Excelsa QIauca. This is identical with the above, except 

 m the color of the foliage, which is of a beautiful bluish or 

 glaucous color. 5-inch pots, 8 inches high, ^l.oo ; 6-inch 

 pots, 15 inches high, ^2.00 each. 

 Robusta Compacta. This differs from A. Excelsa in its 

 more robust, but at the same time, more compact growth, 

 producing even a more symmetrical plant ; the color is a rich 

 deep green. Strong plants, in 5-inch pots, 10 inches high, 

 $1.50 each ; 6-inch pots, 15 inches high, ^2.00 each. 



Asparagus. 



Sprengeri. Especially useful to grow as a pot plant for 

 decorative purposes or for planting in suspended baskets ; the 

 fronds are frequently 4 feet long, of a rich shade of green, 

 and most useful for cutting, retaining their freshness after 

 being cut for weeks. 15 cts. each; ^l. 50 per dozen; extra 

 strong plants, 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per dozen ; specimen 

 plants, 50 cts. to $1.00 each. 

 'Plumosus Nanus. This graceful climbing asparagus has, to 

 a great extent, taken the place of Sntilax in all fine decora- 

 tions, its foliage being finer than that of the most delicate fern, 

 and will last for weeks after being cut ; an excellent house 

 plant. 15 cts. and 25 cts. each ; $1.50 and ^^2.50 per dozen. 



Tenuissimus. A beautiful species of climbing habit. 

 Remarkable for the extreme delicacy of its foliage. 15 cts. 

 each ; ^1.50 per dozen. 



Asiiidistra. 



Lurida. A very useful and durable decorative plant of strong 

 growth ; will succeed in any position ; an excellent hall 

 or corridor plant. 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1.00 each. ^.■; ^ 



Lurida Variegata. A pretty variegated form of the above, 

 the foliage being striped with white. 75 cts. and $1.00 each. 



AK.\UCARIA EXCELSA. 



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