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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 



Phrynium Variegaturn. An elegant pot 

 plant. The leaves are bright, pale green, 

 beautifully variegated with white and 

 gold, the variegations being extremely 

 diversified. In some leaves the whole 

 area is white, in others only one-half, in 

 others again it is confined to the inter- 

 spaces between two or three of the 

 nerves, wnile in others it is reduced to a 

 few stripes; 25 and 50 cents each. 



Pilea. Arborea. (Artillery Plant.) A 

 pretty little plant of drooping habit, re- 

 sembling the fern, it is a fine basket 

 plant. Price, 20c. each. Large plants, 50 

 cents. 



Plumbago. Capensis. A. plant worthy 

 of more general cultivation; producing 

 large trusses of delicate azure flowers. 

 Excellent for bedding out in summer or 

 growing in pots for single specimen 

 plants; 15, 25 and 50 cents each. 



Capensis Alba— Equally as desirable as 

 Plumbago Capensis and identical in every 

 respect but color, which in this vicinity is 

 beautiful creamy white; 15, 25 and 50 

 cents each. 



Primula. Chinese Primrose. Splendid 

 winter blooming plants, doing well in 

 cool rooms. Colors include white, rose, 

 blue, crimson and other shades; flowers 

 variously cut and fringed. Prices, 25 and 

 50 cents. 



Poinsettia. 



Primula Obconica. A lovely perpetual 

 blooming primrose and admirably adapt- 

 ed to growing in a cool green house. 

 The flowers are not large, but are pro- 

 fusely borne in loose trusses and are of 

 a delicate rosy lilac, shading to white, 

 and possess the true primrose fragrance. 

 It is in bloom fully nine months of the 

 year and some plants have kept up a suc- 



cession of bloom during the entire sea- 

 son; 25 cents each. 



Pentas Carnia. Shore growing plant of 

 fine quality. Flowers of waxy pink, 

 blooming in clusters; 20 to 40 cents each. 



Pentas Alba. Same as above, the dif- 

 ference being in the flower, which is a 

 pure white; 20 to 40 cents. 



Petunias. (Double.) In all colors; 15 

 and 25 cents each. 



Poinsettia Pulcherrima. A tropical 

 plant of gorgeous beauty, the bracts of 

 leaves that surround the flower being in 

 well known specimens one foot in diame- 

 ter and of the most dazzling scarlet; 25c, 

 50c. and $1.00 each. 



Rhododendron. The most showy and 

 magnificent hardy evergreen shrub that 

 grows. Will thrive on any good soil in 

 the blaze of the sun. Prefers well pre- 

 pared soil of leaf mold, muck and peat 

 mixed, and partial shade. Grand foliage: 

 in June the plants are a magnificent ar- 

 ray of gorgeous flowers in clusters, 

 beautiful beyond description. During the 

 winter protect with leaves and brush. 

 We offer strong, bushy, imported plants, 

 well set with flower buds, sure to bloom 

 this year, including the finest collection 

 of named varieties. Strong plants, $2.00, 

 $3.00 and $4.00. 



Rudbeckia. Golden Glow. Grows H 

 feet high, branching freely and bearing 

 by the hundreds, on long, graceful stems; 

 exquisite double flowers of the brightest 

 golden color and as large as a Cactus 

 Dahlia. As cut flowers the blooms last 

 well. Perfectly hardy and blooms con- 

 tinuously throughout the summer months. 

 Strong plants, 15c. each; larger plants 

 30c. 



Russelias are our finest basket and 

 vase plants, and these two varieties 

 are worthy of special attention. 



Elegantissima — Somewhat finer 

 stemmed than Multiflora, but fully as 

 graceful in growth. Flowers soft red 

 completely enveloping the plant; 15 and 

 25 cents each. 



Juncea — A most useful basket or vase 

 plant, producing numerous long, wiry 

 stems, which are virtually leafless. Upon 

 these stems and branches the flowers are 

 borne, which are about one inch long, 

 tubular and brilliant scarlet color, and 

 are produced in the greatest freedom; 15 

 and 25 cents each. 



Sanseviera Zeylanica. A decorative 

 plant of great beauty and value. A 

 beautiful plant, splendidly adapted for 

 the decoration of drawing-room or halls, 

 as it stands drouth and dust with im- 



Plant Crystal White Wax Onions. 



