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BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 



P I Q (J3 (Rubber Plant). 



Elastica. The well-known India Rubber Tree, one of the very 

 best pants for table or parlor decoration. Its thick, leathery leaves 

 enable it to stand excessive heat and dryness. Each. 



4-inch pot, 10 inch high $ 50 



5 " " 15 " " 75 



6 " " 24 " " 1 25 



Elastica Variegata. This is one of the finest decorative orna- 

 mental foliage plants of late introduction. In habit and growth it 

 is like the ordinary F. elastica, but the leaves of this novel plant 

 have a pleasing yellow variegation throughout. Fine plants, 4-inch 

 pots, 10 to 1:2 inches high, Sl-OO each. 



Rei>eilS. .^. trailing or creeping variety, with small foliage ; useful 

 for baskets. 25 cts. each. 



GENISTA 



FRAGRANS. 



A most desirable spring-flow- 

 ering plant, producing its frag- 

 rant bright golden-yellow flowers 

 in the greatest profusion. As a 

 winter plant of the easiest culture 

 it is unsurpassed. Especially de- 

 sirable for Easter decoration. 



First size 50c. each, 3 for |1.00 

 Second " 30c. " 4 " 1.00 



GARDENIA 



FLORIDA. 



(Cape Jessamine.) 



Beautiful greenhouse evergreen 

 «hrubs with delightfully fragrant 

 pure white waxy flowers, bloom- 

 ing from May to July. 25 to 50 

 •c:b. each. 



Ficus Elastica Variegata. 



Genista 

 Andreana. 



A most desirable shrub either 

 for planting in the open border 

 or for growing in pots as a deco- 

 rative spring-flowering plant, like 

 the well-kno\\n Genista Fragrans 

 and Racemosa that are grown so 

 extensively for Easier decoia- 

 iion= ; but, unlike those varieties, 

 which are entirely yellow, the 

 flowers of this new variety, which 

 ."I'e nearly four times as large, are 

 ]M-oduced in large terminal ra- 

 cemes, the lower lip being of a 

 bright yellow, while the upper 

 one is of a rich brownish crim- 

 son. The plant is of elegant 

 habit, with dark-green stems and 

 foliage, and is hardy with protec- 

 tion. 



30 cts. each, §3.00 per dozen. 



Genista Andreana. 



Gloxinia. 



Gloxinia. 



This charming class of summer-flowering bulbs 

 is now so well known that a lengthy description of 

 them does not seem necessary. They delight in a 

 loose porous soil composed of equal parts of fibrous 

 loam and leaf mould to which has been added a 

 liberal sprinkling of ihorouglil}- decayed, well-pul- 

 verized manure or bone meal and sharp sand. They 

 should be shaded from the direct rays of ihe sun, 

 but exposed to as much light- as possible. After 

 they begin to grow freely they should be gradually 

 "hardened off" so that by the lime they begin to 

 flower they m.iy be kept in a cool house, which will 

 greatly prolong the period of flowering. An excel- 

 lent method of culiivalion where large quantities 

 are grown is to ]ilaiit out the bulbs in a spent hot- 

 bed, where they succeed admirably, producing 

 flowers of immense size and substance. When ihe 

 plants iiave finished flowering water should be grad- 

 ually withheld, and when fully ripened the bulbs 

 should be stored in a moderately warm place in dry 

 sand or other material, or if pot grown they should 

 be left in the pots in which they have been grown. 



Our collection of (jloxinias embraces all the pop- 

 ular varieties, ranging in color from the purest 

 white through all the shades of crimson and purple, 

 spotted and mottled. 15 els. each, §1.50 per doz., 

 $10 00 per 100. 



