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D. M. Ferry & CO's Descriptive catalogue. 



scarlet, assimilating in character to the well known Be- 

 gonia Rex, in their great diversity of picturesque mark- 

 ings; rich crimson tinted stems, and silvery leaf mark- 

 ings. 20 cents each, except where price is given. 



Flowering Begonia. 



Agrostitua prita, spotted white. 2^ cents. 



Glancofhylla scandens, a creeping or drooping variety, 

 peculiarly adapted for hanging baskets ; large pan- 

 icles of orange-salmon blossoms. One of the most 

 beautiful plants in cultivation, when grown singly 

 in hanging baskets. 33 cents. 



Grandiflora rosea. 



Hybrida grandiflora^ rosy pink. 



Hyd^-ocotylon^ 25 cents. 



Manicata^ 25 cents. 



Pabnata^ a very ornamental variety, with peculiar palm 

 shaped leaves. 30 cents. 



Parvia flora^ clear white ; compact and dwarf. 



Rex, large leaved varieties. 50 cents. 



Begonia, rex. 



Rubra, one of the most valuable acquisitions to winter 

 flowering plants. Leaves dark green ; flowers rosy 

 scarlet, glossy and wax like. It is a model of per- 

 fection. 25 to 50 cents. 

 Saiigiiinea. 



Sail ndersonii, scarlet-crimson. 

 Subpeltatmn nigricans, leaves are a rich shade of 



crimson ; flowers blush white. 30 cents. 

 Weltoniensis, beautiful pink ; winter blooming. 



Bouvardia, valuable as winter blooming plants, 

 equally desirable for bedding. Beginning to bloom in 

 August, they continue until frost. Bouvardias are sent 

 by express only. 25 cents each, except where price is 

 given. 



Alfred Neuner, white, double /lower ing. The flow- 

 ers are rather larger than those of the single flowering, 

 and composed of three perfect rows of petals of the 

 purest waxy white color, each floret resembling a minia- 

 ture tuberose. 30 cents each. 



Bouvardia, dooble white. 



Elegans, scarlet-vermilion ; trusses large and full. 25 



cents. 

 Lientha, dazzling scarlet; small and compact. 25 cents. 

 President Garfield, double pink. 30 cents. 

 The Bride, pink ; soft and pretty shade. 25 cents. 

 I'reclandii, pure white. 25 cents. 



Cactus, best varieties 25 cents to $2.00 each. 



Calla, Ethiopica,, very large, tube shaped, white 

 flower. 25 to 50 cents each^; $2.50 per dozen. 



Caladium, escuientum. 



Caladium, esculentinn, one of the best plants for 

 lawns or center of large flower beds. Plants are pro- 

 duced from bulbs, like the Calla. Bulbs 25 to 50 cents. 

 Caprosma Bourina var., foliage glossy green, bordered 

 with white, one of the best variegated plants grown. 

 25 cents. 

 Fancy, leaves spotted and striped in almost every color. 

 50 to 75 cents. 



Q.2Lvn.e\\\Si, japonic a, one of the most popular green- 

 house plants for winter bloom. Sent by express only. 

 $1.00 to $5.00. 



Campsidium, fLlicifoliiun, an elegant climber of 

 rapid growth, for green-house culture, the leaves of 

 which much resemble the fronds of a fern in miniature. 

 May be grown as a pot plant, or trained to the rafters. 

 30 cents. 



Carina, Indica, plants used largely in sub-tropical 

 gardening, for the grand effect which their rich and 

 varied colored leaves produce. 25 cents. 



Carnations, inonthly, indispensable either for decor- 



