J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



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JAPANESE FERN 

 BALLS. 



The graceful beauty and great utility 

 of these ferns have made them very 

 popular for house and piazza decoration. 

 They are made in Japan of Feru roots, 

 bound up with sphagnum moss, in vari- 

 ous forms suspended in the air, and 

 under the influence of warmth and 

 moisture, rapidly emit the beautiful 

 green fronds with which the ball is soon 

 covered. Or they may be set in large 

 saucers or other dishes, kept partially 

 filled with water with equally satis- 

 factory results. Those I offer are of 

 large size and in full leaf as shown in 

 tie illustration. Each, oOc 



DRACAENA INDIVISA. 



Fountain Plant. 



A very graceful and handsome plant of sturdy 

 habit, especially useful for the centre of tubs, 

 vases, etc., but exceedingly decorative anywhere. 

 It has abundant long, green, narrow foliage. 



bending gracefully outward as shown in the illus- 

 tration above. It is also an attractive house 

 plant and succeeds with little care. From 2^^ in. 

 pots, ea., loo. ; 4 for 50c. Large plants from 4 in. 

 pots, ea., 35c. 



PALMS. 



No other class of plants can successfully fill the 

 place of palms for decorative purposes. There is 

 an air of both grace and grandeur about them 

 that is given by no other plant and hence they 

 are indispensable ornaments of the household. 

 These here named are such as will succeed under 

 ordmary conditions and are the most graceful and 

 beautiful of all palms. 



Cycas Revoluta {Sago Palm). Especially 

 valuable for la vvn 

 as well as house 

 decoration. Their 

 heavy, glossy, 

 deep gi-een frond s 

 of metallic lu.stre 

 thickly branch- 

 ing out from the 

 stems are very 

 striking in ap- 

 pearance and are 

 exceedingly e n - 

 during, resisting 

 successfully the 

 heat of summer 

 and the gas, dust 

 and other evils 

 of the house in the winter, 

 according to size. 



Kentia Belmoreana. Considered the 

 best of all the Palms f . .r general decorative pur- 

 poses, owing to its graceful and imposing habit, 

 beautiful foliage and rich color, and especially on 

 account of its sturdiness — for it will endure more 

 ill usage and neglect than any other. See illustra - 

 tion. From 3 in. pots. ea.. 2oc ; from 5 in. pots, 

 $1.00; from 6 in. pots, 2 to 23^ ft, ea., §2.50. 



Phoenix reclinata. A superb strong- 

 growing species belonging to the same family as 

 the Date Palm. It endures rough treatment 

 without injury. Its foliage is abundant, stui'dy 

 and stiff yet bends gracefully and is very effect- 

 ive. From 4 in. pots, ea., 75c.; from 6 in. pots, 

 18 to 24 in. high, $1.50 ea. 



$1 00 to 85.00 each. 



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