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About 



Forwarding 



Plants. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. 



vNORFOLK ISLAND PINE.) 



Sometimes called the " Christmas Tree Palm " and " Star Palm." It has deep 



green feathery foliage arranged in whorls, rising one above the other at regular 



distances. It is easily grown in the house and is highly ornamental. (See cut.) 



Extra fine plants, 24 to 28 inches high, $1.50 each; 12 to 15 inches high, SI. 00 each. 



NEW DWARF ever>blooming ABUTILONS. 



We offer a choice collection of these very useful blooming plants. It contains 

 ~ew and novel varieties, remarkably distinct and effective. The plants rarely 

 exceed two feet in height and are covered with flowers the whole season. The 

 flowers are larger and more open than the old type and are more ornamental. 



Price, 10c. each, set of 6 distinct sorts for 50c. 



TALL ABUTILONS. 



These are called " Flowering Maples." We offer a collection of six sorts, 

 including the double and variegated foliage. Price, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz. 



ALLAMANDA HENDEFvSONII. 



A vigorous climbing plant suitable for green house, conservatory or sunny 

 window. Glossy green foliage and rich golden yellow trumpet shaped flowers. 

 Valuable for outdoor culture in the south. Price, 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 



ORNAMENTAL ASPARAGUS. 



Greenhouse climbing or drooping plants of rare beauty: they are specially 

 suited for window gardening. 



Sprengeri. A most desirable species; exceedingly useful and ornamental as a 

 pot plant to grow on a shelf in the window, or on a pedestal in the sitting- 

 room, or to droop from baskets; the fronds are frequently 4 feet long, a rich 

 shade of green, retaining their freshness for weeks after being cut. A fine 

 house plant, as it withstands dry atmosphere. Price, 3-inch pots, 15c. each, 

 $1.50 per doz. 



Plumosus Nanus. (Climbing Lace Fern.) Bright green leaves, gracefully 

 arched, and as finely woven as silken mesh, retaining their freshness for 

 weeks when cut. Price, 3-inch pots, 15c. each; $1.50 per doz. 



ASPIDISTRA. 



One of the most useful house plants. On account of its ability to thrive 

 indoors it has been frequently alluded to as " The Cast Iron Plant." 

 A. Lurida. Plain green leaves, $1.00 each. 



var. Marked green and white, $1.50 each. 



BEGONIAS. Flowering Sorts. 



Alba Picta. Dark green leaves, silvery spots. White flowers. 



Argentea Guttata. Bronzy-green leaves. White flowers. 



Bertha de C. Rocher. Bright reddish-pink flowers in drooping panicles. 



Margaritae. Rich salmon-pink flowers, foliage deep bronze and dark 

 green. 



Marjorie Daw. Flowers salmon-pink, a tall-growing variety. 



Metallica. Velvety-foliage, rosy white flowers. 



Nitida. Pinkish-white flowers, large " elephant's ear " leaves. 



Otto Hacker. Bright red, large pendant clusters. 



Pink Erfordia. A very pretty variety bearing a profusion of satiny 

 pink flowers. 



Purity. Dwarf, compact habit, waxy-white flowers, both summer and 

 winter. 



Rubra (Corallina). Dark coral color. Large clusters. 



Red Erfordia. A compaet bush, glossy blood-red flowers. 



Saundersonii. Bright waxy-red. Very free flowering. 



Thurstonii. Flowers rosy-white, foliage bronzy-green, reverse purplish- 

 red. 



Vernon. Brilliant crimson-scarlet flowers, dark green glossy foliage. 



Zulu King. The foliage turns blood red outdoors. Flowers deep crim- 

 son red. 

 Price, from 3-inch pots, 10c. each; set of 16 Begonias for $1.50. 



PAGES 45 TO 54 INCLUSIVE. 



Unless otherwise ordered we send all plants by express (buyer to pay charges'!. 

 Hardy shrubs, vines and hardy roses may be sent safely by freight but unless 

 the shipment is a large one express is cheaper, quicker and safer. Small lots 

 of Geraniums, Fuchsias, Small Palms, Begonias, Ferns, Violets, Perennials. 

 Heliotropes and Primulas may be sent free by mail, if desired. We guarantee 

 the safe arrival of all plants sent by express. If in good condition when re- 

 ceived, our responsibility ceases, and if from inattention or other causes they 

 fail, and complaint is then made, we cannot replace them. Plants sent other 

 than by express are entirely at the risk of the purchaser. Under the new ruling 

 of the leading express companies, advocated and secured by us, plants packed 

 in closed boxes will now be carried at a reduction of about 20 per cent, from 

 the regular merchandise rates. 



Special Notice. — The offer of free delivery made on Seeds and Bulbs does 

 not apply to plants except when sent by mail as noted above. 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 



We offer fine bushy plants well branched and budded. They are about 2 ft. 

 high, double white, double pink, double red and double variegated. Not 

 mailable. Price, $1 00 each ; set of 4 for $3 . 00. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



We have a fine stock of plants in 5-inch pots, well-known sorts suitable for 

 immediate effect. They will be in bloom about November 1, nice bushy plants 

 By express only. Price, 30c. each; set of 12 distinct sorts for $3.00. 



Special Notice. — Want of space in this catalogue will not permit us to list our 

 full collection of chrysanthemums. We have in stock, however, mostly all the 

 varieties offered in our spring catalogue of " Everything for the Garden;" 

 and can supply them at the prices quoted therein. 



New "Marguerite" Chrysanthemum, N^ps F SANDER 



A new form of the popular " Marguerite " or " Paris Daisy " type of Chry- 

 santhemum. The color is the purest, glistening white. The flowers are pro- 

 duced continuously in the most lavish profusion on long stems, rendering this 

 sort invaluable for cut flowers. They frequently measure 5 inches across; 

 but even with ordinary culture the smallest should be 3 inches across. The 

 form of the flower is peculiar the center being a mass of closely arranged, fringed 

 florets, with a circle of broad ray petals about 20 in number around the center. 

 As a pot plant for winter blooming it is of great value. Price 25c. each, $2.50 

 per doz. 



COREOPSIS. 



Lanceolata grandiflora. One of the most popular hardy plants. The flowers 

 are a rich golden-yellow, of graceful form and invaluable for cutting; the 

 main crop comes during the latter part of June, but it continues in bloom 

 the entire summer and autumn; it succeeds everywhere. 

 Rosea. Finely-divided, dark green foliage, bearing in August and September 

 numerous small pink flowers; useful in border or rockery; 1 foot. 

 15 cts each; $1 .50 per doz.; $10 00 per 100. 

 FOR OTHER HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS SEE PAGE 48. 



