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AGAPANTHUS UMBEILATUS. 



African Blue Lily. 



A noble plant belonging to the Bulbous rooted section with ever- 

 green foliage — a large plant under good treatment will frequently send 

 up a flower stalk three feet high, crowned with twenty or thirty heads 

 of flowers which will come into blossom in succession. It blooms dur- 

 ing the summer, and forms a fine ornament to an architectural terrace, 

 or a lawn Price of plants from 50 cts. to $2.00 each, according to 

 size. The following are varieties of the above. 



A. UMBELLATUS MINOR. A dwarf variety $100 



" " ALBA. White flowers 100 



FOLIO VARIEGATA.^ Variegated foliage, 1 50 



Oolocasia (Caladium) Esculentum. 



One of the most beautiful and striking of the Ornamental Foliaged 

 Plants in cultivation, either for culture in large pots, or for planting 

 out upon the lawn ; it will grow in any good garden soil, and 

 is of the easiest culture ; when of full size it stands about five feet high, 

 with immense leaves; often measuring four feet in length, by two and 

 a half in breadth ; very smooth, of alight green color, beautifully veined 

 and variegated with dark green. The root should be preserved in 

 dry sand, in the cellar, during Winter, out of reach of frost. Price, 50 

 cents to $2.00 each, according to the size of plants. 



