Plants in 4-inch 

 pots or larger can be 

 sent by Express only. 

 Smaller sizes will be 

 mailed if you add 

 10% {13% '^'t'^l oj the 

 Mississippi) to the 

 value for postage and 

 special packing. 

 {Minimum charge 10 

 cents.) 



Flowering and Decorative Plants 



for the Greenhouse and Conservatory 



We offer on these pages a most 

 comprehensive list of the finest plants 

 for the greenhouse, the conservatory, 

 and for house decoration during all 

 seasons of the year. These plants are 

 well grown, vigorous, and bound to 

 succeed. 



Agapanthus 



TJinbellatus (Blue Lily of the Nile). A splendid ornamental 

 plant, bearing clusters of bright blue flowers on 3 feet long 

 flower stalks lasting a long time in bloom. A most desirable 

 plant for outdoor decoration, planted in large pots or tubs on 

 the lawn or piazza. Strong plants of flowering size from 8-inch 

 tubs S3.00 each. 



Allatnanda 



Henderson!. A strong growing variety well suited to train on 

 the pillars or supports of a conservatory or on a trellis. Large, 

 fragrant, golden yellow flowers. 4-inch pots 50c each. 



Williamsi. Forms a compact bushy plant with large, rich yellow 

 flowers at every joint; deliriously scented. 4-inch pots 50c 

 each. 



Anthericu m 



Mandaianum. A splendid variety with narrow foliage. The 

 leaves are green on the edges with creamy white center. 



Vittatum picturatum. A most desirable plant for window 

 boxes, vases, or for growing as a single specimen in pot. Long, 

 narrow, green foliage with creamy white center. Splendid plants. 

 Either variety, 4-inch pots: 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 



Anthurium— F/ammgo Flower 



Pretty greenhouse plants that have many good qualities, not 

 only as decorative plants, but also as cut flowers. Their oddly 

 shaped flowers of rich coloring frequently last on the plant from 

 two to three months. 

 Scherzerianum. Brilliant scarlet flowers. 



— album. Creamy white flowers. 



— atrosanguineum. Rich crimson-scarlet. 



— Rothschildianum. Creamy white, spotted crimson. 



4- and S-inch pots S2.50 each. 



Aralia 



Slegantissima. Handsome decorative foliage plants for the 

 warm conservatory with very narrow, finely divided foliage of a 

 peculiar metallic green color. 5-inch pots $2.50 each. 



Araucaria— Nor/o/fe Island Pine 



Excelsa, A beautiful tender evergreen, a favorite plant for 

 house decoration, unequaled in symmetrical habit of growth by 

 any other plant. 5-inch pots $2.50 each. 



— glauca. Spiny pointed needle-like leaves of an attractive 

 silvery glaucous color. A splendid showy plant of Australian 

 origin. 6-inch pots $5.00 each. 



Ardisia 



Crenulata. A very ornamental greenhouse plant with attractive 

 dark green, glossy foliage, and clusters of very brilliant red 

 berries. A good subject for the window garden. Fine plants 

 in 5-inch pots that will fruit this season $2.50 each. 



Asparagus 



PlumoSUS nanus (Asparagus Fern). There is no better plant 

 for table decoration than this. The foliage is more delicate than 

 that of the finest Fern, being lace-like in its fineness. A plant 

 with half a dozen stalks is a mass of dainty, misty green. 2j-inch 

 pots 25c; 4-inch pots SOc each. 



Sprengeri (Emerald Feather). Excellent for hanging-baskets, for 

 bracket use, and for cutting. One of the best plants for the 

 window-box when planted near the edge where it can droop 

 over the side. 2i-inch pots 25c; 4-inch pots 50c each. 



Aspidistra 



Lurida. One of the easiest decorative plants to grow. A most 

 useful house plant, thriving in a hallway or a comparatively 

 dark place in the room where nothing else will succeed. 5-inch 

 pots S2.00; 6-inch pots $2.50; 7-inch pots $3.50 each. Specimen 

 plants, 8-inch tubs, $5.00 each. 



— variegata. The dark green leaves are striped with white. 

 5-inch pots $2.50 each; 6-inch pots $3.50 each. 



Azalea indica 



Deservedly popular plants for the conservatory and window 



garden. We offer 6 distinct varieties in nice bushy plants which will 



make a splendid showing with their rich colors. 



Empress of India. Large double flowers of salmon-rose, car- 

 mine and white suffusion. 



Fred Sander. A beautiful, large, double, deep rose-pink. 



John Haerens. Double deep rose-pink with white markings. 



Mme. Van der Cruyssen. Beautiful semi-double carmine-rose. 



Professor Walters. Large single salmon-pink deepening to the 

 center. The petals are prettily fringed. 



Vervaeneana. Large double salmon-pink with white margin. 

 Strong bushy plants of the above 

 in 5- or 6-inch pots $1.50 each 



Japanese Azalea 



Japanese Azaleas 



Few flowering plants make such a wonderful show as the Jap- 

 anese Azaleas and the four varieties we offer here are the most 

 popular for winter flowering in the house. 

 Coral Bells. Coral pink shading to deeper pink in the center. 



Small hose-in-hose flowers borne most profusely. 

 Hinodegiri. The most popular of all with dense clusters of an 



intense fiery red shade. 

 Salmon Beauty. Large, semi-double flowers of brilliant salmon- 

 rose. A free and early flowering variety. 

 Snow. The dainty double blooms are a pure snow white. A 

 very lovely variety that is most desirable. 



Any of the above in strong bushy plants 

 in 5- or 6-inch pots $1.50 each 



A Garden in the House (Helen Van Pell Wilson) 14 chapters full of interesting information about house plants; how O'lC ^2 



to grow them, feed them, and propagate them. 6 pages of working drawings ancl 14 pages of photographs postpaid for *'»'>' ^^ 



