PLANT DEPARTMENT 



Garden, Greenhouse and Decorative Plants. 



For full descriptions and illustrations see pages 98 to 146 of our Gar3en Book for 1904. All shipments 

 of plants are made by express unless we have positive instructions to the contrary, and we guarantee safe arrival when shipped in 

 this way. ^ When sent by any other method they travel solely at purchasers' risk. 



ANTHURIUM 



Abelia Rnpestris. 



A choice dwarf, growing small shrub of slender graceful habit 

 and small dark green foliage, hardy as far north as Philadelphia, 

 but requires protection in more northern latitudes. It produces 

 during the entire summer and fall months, heather- like waxy white 

 flowers, tinted with lilac in such quantities as to completely cover 

 the plant. A most attractive plant that is always admired and 

 which we cannot recommend too highly. 4-inch pots, 20 cts. 

 each ; $2.25 per dozen. 



Aglaonema. 



Versicolor, An Aroid of dwarf growth, suited to the warm 

 conservatory ; foliage light green, irregularly blotched with 

 patches of grey and deep green. 35 cts. each. 



Alooasias. 



Illustris. A pretty dwarf bedding variety, dark green clouded 

 and marked with blue black. S1.25 per doz. ; $10.00 per 100. 



riacrohiza Variegata. A splendid stove plant, with large, 

 dark green foliage blotched and marbled with white. 75 cts. 

 each. 



Ne-HT Red AlternantlieTa. 



Paronychioides Major Improved (New.) This is by 

 all odds the brightest of all the high colored varieties, a sport 

 from Paronychioides Major or Amcena Spectabilis coloring 

 up very early in the season and retaining its brightness 

 throughout the summer, even in the most unfavorable season. 

 Will surely supersede all red sorts for carpet bedding. Ready 

 in April. 75 cts. per doz. ; $6.00 per 100. 



Antlmrimiis. 



Andreanum Hybrida. A fine collection of seedlings from 

 which we can select the following colors, in large-sized flowers : 

 Scarlet, white, red and rose. 75 cts. and $1.00 each. 

 Scherzerianum. Brilliant scarlet flowers. 50 cents each. 

 " Album. Waxy white. 75 cents each. 

 " Qrandiflorum. Large bright scarlet. 75 cents 

 each. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA 



Anthuritiins— Continued. 



Scherzerianum. Purpuratum. Purplish crimson. 75 cts, 

 each. 

 «' Rothschildianum. Creamy white, spotted with 



crimson. $1.50 each. 

 " Salmonianum. Salmon red. 75 cents each. 

 " Sanguineum. Rich crimson. $1.00 each. 

 Crystallinum. A handsome ornamental leaved variety with 

 rich velvety green foliage, the principal veins elegantly banded 

 with pure crystal white. 50 cents each. 



Arancaria £zcelsa. 



5-inch pots, 8 to 10 inches high, 3 tiers, 40 cents each. 



Arancaria Sxcelsa Glauca. 



6-inch pots, 15 inches high, 3 tiers, $1.25 each. 



Aralia. 



Elegantissima. Metallic green narrow foliage, a fine deco- 

 rative plant for the stove. $i.co each. 



Kerchoveana. Broad, undulated foliage of a glossy deep 

 green relieved by a pale midrib. ISl.co each. 



Sieboldi Variegata. Large bold foliage, deeply cut, of a 

 deep green color, edged and variegated with creamy white. 

 40 cts. each. 



Veitchii Qracillima. Very narrow undulated leaflets of a 

 dark metallic green above and red underneath, gl.oo each. 



Ardisia. 



Crenulata. A fine lot of 3-inch pot plants for growing on. 

 $1.50 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



A fine lot of 4-inch pot plants for next year's fruiting. $4.00 

 per doz.; $30.00 per 100. 



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