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Fancy Caladiums. 



Miniature Fancy Caladium Argyrites. 



Although introduced many years ago, this beautiful little gem is 

 always scarce, and it is rarely that we are in a position to offer it. 

 It is without question the most admired of all, not Only on account of its 

 beautifully variegated foliage, which is of a rich deep green marbled and 

 blotched with pure white, but also because of its miniature size, the 

 plants seldom growing over six inches high, with leaves 3 to 4 inches 

 long. These, however, are produced in great numbers, the plant 

 being a vigorous grower. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



CASSIA FLORIBUNDA, A. BOEHM, 



A free-flowering plant, with large orange-yellow flowers, which are 

 produced throughout the summer and fall. An elegant subject for 

 planting in the border in summer, or for pot culture, or it may be grown 

 in a tub into a large specimen, five feet or more high, in which shape it 

 makes an effective lawn plant. It can be wintered in a dormant con- 

 dition in a cellar or similar place, where not exposed to severe frost. 

 75 cts. each. 



New Marguerite, or Paris Daisy 

 Blush Queen Alexandra. 



When we introduced this plant a year ago we did not fully realize its 

 many merits. The soft rosy color of its double flowers has made it a 

 favorite, not only here, but in Europe as well, and it is now just as 

 popular as its double white parent, from which it is a sport. Excellent 

 either as a pot plant or as a cut flower. 25 cts. each; §2.50 per doz. 



FiCUS PandUrata (The Majestic Rubber Plant). 



A truly majestic plant. Its gigantic leaves, which frequently 

 measure 10 inches in width by 15 inches in length, are irregular 

 in outline, and of a rich, deep green with creamy-white veins 

 and of remarkable substance, enabling the plant to flourish 

 under the most unfavorable conditions. One of the finest 

 foliage plants of recent years. The stock is limited, and orders 

 will be filled in strict rotation. 



Specimen plants, 2i feet high, ?3. 00 each. 

 " 4 " " " 5.00 " 

 "6 " " 7.50 " 



NEW AND RARF 



FANCY-LEAVED CALADIUMS. 



The following are very choice varieties, showing a delicacy of 



coloring and variegation which cannot be surpassed. 

 For cultural directions see page 125. 



Bertha S. Eisele. A most distinct variety, with large, bold 

 foliage, the ground color being a sage-tinted white, bordered 

 deep green and having large spots of carmine-lake. 



Dona Carmen de Macedo. Ground color rich, rosy-car- 

 mine, deep green ribs and veins; brilliant and distinct. 



Hildegard Nehrllng. Leaves large, ground color creamy- white, ribs Indian-lake; 

 entire leaf marbled green; centre suffused with delicate mauve-rose. 



Hofgartner Vetter. Rosy-carmine with a lighter zone, carmine ribs, marbled white 

 near the green border; fine. 



Ivory. Ground color ivory-white, suffused with tender rose and delicate green tracing. 



L'AlltOmne. A bold and distinct variety, creamy-white, spotted with large trans- 

 lucent bluish spots. 



L,e Hrubyanum. Immense foliage, ground color deep rosy-pink, with green veins, 

 midrib chocolate, bordered deep rose. 



Lord Derby. Delicate mauve, intensifying as the leaf matures; densely veined, reticu- 

 lated and edged with rich, deep green. 



rime. Groult. Ground color bronzy-red, with white markings and brilliant deep crim- 

 son ribs and veins; beautiful. 



Mrs. Theodore L. Mead. Deep, glossy green, with numerous blood-red spots, 



midrib vivid red; as the foliage matures the centre becomes a striking golden yellow. 



Ornatum. Midrib and veins glossy crimson on a deep green metallic ground. 



White Flag. White suffused with shell-pink, with many small white spots. 

 Fine strong bulbs, 35 cents each; $3.50 for the set of 12 varieties. 



New Small-leaved Fancy Caladiums. 



Under this heading we list a collection of varieties with foliage of a triangular or spear 

 shape, having no basal lobes to the leaves, as is the case in the regular type. 



We offered a few of these in 1903, but for want of sufficient stock have since been 

 obliged to withdraw them from our lists. Recently several very interesting new varieties 

 have originated and these are now included. 

 Albanense. Foliage very heavy, with wavy edges, the colors are red, green and 



creamy-yellow, radiating from the centre of the leaf. 

 Berthold Nehrling. Long, narrow foliage, green, with pink markings and chocolate 



midrib and veins. 

 Countess of Warwick. Centre exquisitely tinted bright rose-pink, with broad, 



clearly defined veins, the interspace, reticulated with tiny pink veins on a greenish ground. 

 Hedwig Else Nehrling. Blue-green foliage, with a narrow white midrib and many 



transparent deep red spots which are bordered with white. 50 cts. each. 

 Mrs. Oliver Ames. The young leaves are of a soft cream color, veined and tinged 



with green; the older leaves are beautifully marked with streak-like and reticulated 



veins of pale green. 

 Speciosum. Ground color green, covered with a network of pink and light brown 



variegation. 



30 cents each, except where noted. The set of 6 varieties for $1.50. 



Ficus Pandurata. 



For NEW EXHIBITION CHRYSANTHEMUMS see page 129. 



