GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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Aloysia Citriodora — Lemon Verbena — 

 This plant has the most fragrance of any 

 grown. One plant will scent a whole 

 garden, the fragrance is that of the 

 Lemon, really exquisite. 15, 25 and 35 

 cents each. 



Agava Americana — Century plant, 

 green and variegated, 25 cents, 50 cents 

 and $1.00 each. 



Aspidista — Tough, hardy foliage plants, 

 suitable for house decoration or the 

 garden. 



Lurida — Beautiful dark green, price 25 

 and 50 oents. 



Lurida Varigata — Dark green, hand- 

 somely margined yellow and white, 50 

 and 75 cents and $1,00. 



Althaea Variegata — Variegated-Leaved 

 Rose of Sharon. — This is a hardy shrub, 

 with foliage beautifully variegated, each 

 leaf being broadly margined white. 

 Flowers dark crimson, very double. It 

 forms a handsome shrub six to seven feet 

 high, 25 and 50 cents each. 



Double White — Continuous bloomer, 25 

 and 50 cents each. Extra large plants, 

 $1.00 each. 



Double Purple — Continuous bloomer, 25 

 and 50 cents each. Extra large plants, 

 $1.00 each. 



Double Rose — Very delicate rose, 25 

 and 50 cents each. Extra large, $1.00 

 each. 



Banner — (Rose of Sharon.) — The most 

 beautiful variety ever introduced. The 

 flowers are as large as good sized 

 roses, and very double; the color is pale 

 rosy pink, elegantly striped with rich 

 crimson. It blooms in July and August, 

 when every branch is loaded and crowd- 

 ed with flowers. It is a very handsome, 

 erect growing little tree or tall shrub, 

 25c. and 50c. Extra large plants, $1.00 

 each. 



Blanche — A great imprc vement on 

 the double white althaea now in culti- 

 vation. The flowers of this new variety 

 are much more perfect than the parent, 

 being double, while the color shows al- 

 most pure white, the carmine threading 

 at base of petals being very faint* 25c. 

 and 50c. 



Asparagus — Sprengeri — A beautiful 

 new variety of this graceful class of 

 plants, especially useful to grow as a pot 

 plant for house decoration or for planting 

 in hanging baskets, where it makes a 

 graceful drooping plant with branches or 

 fronds 4 to 5 feet in length, of a rich 

 •shade of green, 10, 25, 50 and 75 cents. 

 Extra large plants, $2.00. 



Plumosus and Plumosus Nanus — An 

 excellent plant for window culture, the 

 lace like texture of its foliage excelling 



that of Maiden Hair Fern in grace and 

 most indispensable. 15 cents each, large 

 daintiness. It is fine as a pot plant, and 

 in floral decorations the sprays are al- 

 plants 30, 50 and 75 cents. Extra large 

 plants, $1.50. 



Azalea Indica. 



Azalea Indica — Cninese Azalea — Our 

 stock of these useful plants is exception- 

 ally fine this year, every plant being a 

 perfect specimen. 



We offer a grand list of standard vari- 

 eties embracing all shades of white, pink, 

 crimson and rose colored, as well as 

 variegated pink and white and rose and 

 white. No plant yet introduced gives 

 better satisfaction for winter and early 

 spring flowering in the house. Name the 



A.raucaria Excelsa. 



Try Steckler's New Calico Bush Butter Beans. 



