Select Flowering and Decorative Plants 

 for House and Conservatory 



AnthuriUITl (Flamingo Flower) 



Pretty greenhouse plants that have many good qualities, not only as decora- 

 tive plants, but also as cut flowers. Their peculiar 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. 



Four and rive inch pots, $3.00 each. 



AraUCaria (Norfolk 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, 12 to 15 inches high, $2.50 each 



6- inch pots, 15 to 18 inches nigh, 3.00 each 



7- inch pots, 18 to 20 inches high, 5.00 each 



Ardisia 



Crenulata. A very ornamental greenhouse plant with 

 dark green, glossy, attractive foliage, bearing clusters of 

 very brilliant red berries. A good subject for the window 

 garden. Fine plants in 5-inch pots that will fruit this 

 season. $2.00 each. 



Asparagus 



Plumosus Nanus {Asparagus Fern). There is no better 

 plant for table decoration than tnis. The foliage is 

 more delicate than that of the finest Fern, being lace-like in its filminess. 

 A plant with half a dozen stalks is a mass of dainty, misty green. 

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

 and for cutting. It is one of the best for the window-box when planted near 

 the edge where it can droop over tne side of the box. 

 Price. Either variety, 3-inch pots, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 4-inch pots, 

 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Agave (Century Plant) 



An old time favorite decorative plant which in years past was 

 found in nearly every collection, useful as an individual specimen 

 on the lawn or in the garden during the summer or as a house 

 plant in the winter. 



Americana. Glaucous dark green foliage. 



—Variegata. The glaucous foliage is prettily bordered and 



marked with creamy yellow. 

 Price. Either variety strong 4-inch pots. 75 cts. each. 



Aglaonema 



Costatum. A dwarf-growing pretty foliage plant, suitable for 

 the conservatory or window garden. Very compact heart- 

 shaped leaves of dark, shining green, with white midrib and 

 scattering blotches of white. 75 cts. each. 



Allamanda 



Hendersoni. A strong-growing variety, well suited for growing 

 on the pillars or supports of a conservatory, or for training on 

 a trellis; large, fragrant golden-yellow flowers. 50 cts. each. 



Williamsi. Forms a compact bushy plant with large rich yellow 

 flowers at every point; deliriously scented. 50 cts. each. 



Aloe 



Arborescens. Will prove a desirable house plant, growing and 

 thriving under most adverse conditions. Long narrow leaves of 

 heavy texture are about two inches wide at the stem, tapering to 

 a point. Very attractive. 2-inch pots, 25 cts.; 3-inch pots, 

 50 cts.; 4-inch pots, $1.00 each. 



Anthericum 



Mandaeanum . A splendid variety with narrow foliage, the 

 leaves being green on the edges with creamy white centre. 



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 centre. Splendid plants. 



Price. Either Variety, 3-inch pots, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Aralia 



Elegantissima. Handsome decorative foliage plants for the 

 warm conservatory. Has very narrow finely divided foliage 

 of a peculiar metallic green color. 4-inch pots, $1.50 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. 4-inch 

 pots, $1.00; 5-inch pots, $2.00; 6-inch pots, $2.50 and 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. 



Aloe Arborescens 



NOTE — Plants will be sent by Parcel Post if remittance is made to cover postage and special packing as noted on page 9S. 



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