FLOWERING AND DECORATIVE PLANTS-Continued 



Ficvi&— Rubber Plant 



Elastica. The well-known Rubber Plant. 4-inch pots, 10 inches 

 high, 75c each; 6-inch pots, 20 to 24 inches high, $1.50 each. 



Repens. Small dark green foliage of trailing habit, fine for 

 baskets or covering greenhouse walls. 3-inch pots 35c each. 



Utilis. Entirely distinct and unlike the popular Rubber Plant, 

 yet possessing the same hardiness. The leaves are thick and 

 leathery, of a rich holly green, with midrib and principal veins of 

 ivory white. Strong plants SI. 00 and S2.00 each. 



Fittonia 



Attractive trailing plants with handsome variegated foliage. 

 A splendid plant useful in the conservatory, for planting on the 

 surface of pots or tubs containing large size specimens to cover 

 the earth. 



Argyroneura. Vivid green with pure white veins. 

 Verschaflelti. Bronzy green with pink veins. 



Either variety, in 3-inch pots: 3Sc each. 



Gardenia \'eitchi 



Gardenia — Cape Jessamine 



Veitchi. A beautiful greenhouse evergreen shrub with fragrant, 

 pure white, waxy flowers blooming from April to June. Strong 

 plants in 5-inch pots SI. 00 each. 



Genista— Fragrant Broom 



Fragrans. A very desirable spring-flowering plant with fragrant 

 bright golden yellow blooms produced in the greatest profusion. 

 Also a fine window plant and desirable for Easter decoration. 

 Fine plants in 4-inch pots, flowering size, 7Sc each. 



Hibiscus sinensis— Chinese Hibiscus 



Well-known evergreen tender shrubs which may be grown either 



in pots or tubs or planted out during the summer. 



Aurantiacus. Fine double flowers of pure salmon color. 



Grandiflorus. Very large single rose. 



Miniatus semi-plenus. The finest and most brilliant semi- 

 double vcrmili'jn-scarlet, with flowers 4 inches in diameter. 



Peachblow. Large double flowers of a soft pink with deeper 

 center. 



A iiy of the above: 3-inch pots 25c each. 



Hoya— Wa* Plant 



Carnosa. An interesting, easily managed house plant of climbing 

 habit suitable to grow on a trellis or other support, producing 

 during the summer months large umbels of fragrant, waxy 

 white flowers with pink centers. 3-inch pots 50c each. 



Beautiful Ivy—Hedera 



Baltic Ivy (Hedfra helix baltica). A variety introduced from 

 the Baltic provinces, Russia, that has proven hardy as far north 

 as Massachusetts, where the generally-grown type of English 

 Ivy rarely stands the winter. 2J-inch pots 20c each; $2.00 

 per doz.; 4-inch pots 75c each; $7.50 per doz. 



English Ivy (UeJera helix). Thrifty young plants in 2-inch 

 pots 15c each; SI. 50 per doz.; SIO.OO per 100. Large plants, 

 4-inch pots 50c each; S-vOO per doz. 



Miniature-Leaved English Ivy {Hedera helix gracilis). Iden- 

 tical in habit with the English Ivy, but with dark green foliage 

 not over one-tenth as large. A most graceful vine. Young plants 

 in 2-inch pots 15c each; $1.50 per doz.; 4-inch pots 50c each; 

 $5.00 per doz. 



I^arge-Leaved Variegated Ivy 



A most attractive plant for the house with large, deep green 

 leaves prettily edged with creamy white. Strong young plants, 

 3-inch pots, 25c each; S2.50 per dozen; larger plants, 4-inch pots 

 75c each; $7.50 per dozen. 



Maranta 



Rosea lineata. A pretty foliage plant for the warm conserva- 

 tory. Rich deep green leaves, beautifully variegated with many 

 narrow lines of a soft salmon-rose. 4-inch pots 75c each. 



OleSi— Sweet Olive 

 FragranS. An old favorite greenhouse shrub succeeding ad- 

 mirably as a house plant, producing small creamy white flowers 

 with the most exquisite fragrance. Continues to bloom almost 

 the entire winter. 5-inch pots SI. 00 each. 



Oleander— Ncnum 



Double Pink. An exceptional lot of fine thrifty young plants 



of this old favorite. 4-inch pots 75c each. 

 Variegated Leaved. The foliage is attractively edged with 



creamy white. Single pink flowers. 4-inch pots 75c each. 



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Ophiopogon Jaburan variegatus 



Ophiopogon— LiVy Tuft 



Jaburan variegatus. A pretty variegated foliage plant, useful 

 either as a put plant for the window or for planting out in sum- 

 mer. The narrow, dark green foliage is prettily striped with 

 gold, and during July and August, spikes of blue flowers add to 

 its beauty. 5-inch pots 50c each. 



Pandanus— ^crew Pine 



Veitchi. One of the finest decorative plants for the house. 

 Graceful foliage, broadly striped with cream-white on a green 

 ground. 4-inch pots SlOO each; 6-inch pots S2.50 each; 7-inch 

 tubs 83.50 each. 



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