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make handsome parlor ornaments for winter decoration. 25 to 50 cts. 

 Extra strong plants for immediate eflfect can be furnished from 

 $1.00 to $2.00 each. 



NEW PAMPAS GRASS. {Gynerium Argenteum Carminatum Ren- 

 datleri.) The flower stems are 10 feet high, crowned with immense 

 silvery white plumes, tinged with pink. 50 cts. to $2,00 eacb. 



AGROSTIS GLAUCA. A rare, dwarf variety, with a glaucous bluish 

 tinge ; fine for edgings, baskets, or vases. 25 cts. ; $2,50 per doz. 



ARUNDO DONAX VARTEGATA. Variegated bamboo; a hardy, 

 broad-leaved, variegated reed ; foliage creamy -white and green, 

 retaining its bright fresh color until frost; graceful form and fine 

 habit. 30 to 50 cts. 



DACTYLIS GLOMERATA ELEGANS. A dwarf ribbon-grass, with 

 broad, silvery stripes. 30 cts. 



ERIANTHUS RAVENNA. A perfectly hardy Ornamental Grass, 

 from 9 to 12 feet high, throwing up from thirty to fifty flower 

 spikes. It resembles the Pampas Grass, but blooms much more 

 aoundantly, and with the advantage of being hardy will prove a 

 desirable plant for the decoration of lawns. 30 cts. ; clumps 75 cts. 



EULALIA JAPONICA VAR. A very graceful, tall, ornamental, hardy 

 plant from Japan. Long, narrow leaf blades, striped green, white, 

 and often pink or yellow. It throws up stalks from four to six feet 

 in height, terminated with a cluster of flower spikes; the flowers are 

 surrounded by long silky threads, which, when fully ripe, expand 

 not unlike an ostrich feather when curled. These dry flowers are 

 valuable as parlor ornaments, as they retain their beauty for a 

 long time. 30 cts. ; $3.00 per doz. 



EULALIA JAPONICA ZEBRINA. See Novelties, page 125. $1.00. 



STENOTOPTRUM GLABRUM VARIEGATUM. An Ornamental 

 Grass from New South Wales. Green, handsomely striped with 

 yellow ; a good vase or basket plant in sunny situations. 30 cts. 



SUMMER CLIMBING PLANTS. 



Very useful, free and rapid growing climbers, for decorating verandas, 

 trellises, screens, etc. ; blooming all summer and fall. 



COB^A SCANDENS. Rapid grower; large purple bell-shaped 

 flowers. 25 cts. 

 SCANDENS Vmuegata. Similar to the above, with variegated 

 foliage ; very ornamental. 25 cts. 



IPOMCEA LEARI. Large azure-blue convolvulus flowers. 20 cts. 



LOPHOSPERMUM HENDERSONI. Rose colored. 20 cts. 



MADEIRA VINE ROOTS, started in pots. $2.00 per doz. 



MANETTIA CORDIFOLIA. A pretty climbing plant; bright scarlet 

 tubular flowers, about two inches long, forming a complete mass 

 of bloom from July to October. One of the finest plants for large 

 vases and rustic baskets ; sun or shade. 25 cts. ; $2.50 per doz. 



:MAURANDIAS. Rose, white and purple. 15 cts. ; $1.50 per doz. 



SENECIO MACROGLOSSUS. A decided novelty in the style of the 

 old German or Parlor Ivy, of a dark metallic green hue, veined 

 with silvery gray ; thick fleshy leaves, which so nearly resemble the 

 English Ivy that it is frequently mistaken for it even by florists ; 

 vigorous climbing habit, producing large golden yellow flowers. 

 This sort can be used to very great advantage for many purposes. 

 15 cts. ; $1.50 per doz. 

 ScAXDKNS (German or Parlor Ivy). 15 cts. ; $1.50 per doz. 



THUNBERGIAS. White, buff and oi^ange. 15 cts. ; $1 .oO per doz. 



