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UWADRBR PHILADELPHIA PA 



NEW-" RARE PLANTS- 



Nephrolepis Scholzeli. 



NEW DOIBLE BLIE LOBELIA 

 KATHLEEN MALLARD. 



As a plant for pot culture, window, boxes, etc., this new 

 double-flowering Lobelia will be found very superior, and a 

 pleasant change from the many single-flowering forms. Its 

 flowers are of good size, very double, and in color an intense 

 blue; it pleases all who see it. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



5IOSCHOSMA RIPARUM. 



A valuable winter-flowering plant for the decoration 

 of the conservatory or window garden. It is an intro- 

 duction from tropical South Africa, in habit of growth net 

 unlike a Coleus, but producing from early in December until 

 late in March dense feathery or plume-like, erect panicles of 

 small creamv- white flowers in great profusion. Read) April 

 1st. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



WATSOMA ARDERXEI. 



AVliite I'ugle I.ilv 



THREE BEAUTIFUL FERNS. 



NEPHROLEPIS SCHOLZELI, 



The Crested Scott or Dwarf Boston Fern. 



Ever since .Vep/nv/i'pis Scotti was introduced we have re- 

 commended it as preferable to the Boston Fern as a house plant, 

 being of dwarf, dense, compact habit, which feature makes it very 

 desirable for the window or table where room is limited. In this 

 new form, a sport from Scotti, we have all the desirable features 

 of the parent, with finely crested fronds similar to the Ostrich Plume Kern. Its 

 leaves are held erect with a graceful arch, forming a plumy globe, which is 

 as pretty in a small plant in a 3- inch pot as it is in a specimen plant of 

 largest size. 



We are convinced that this new variety will hold the same position to 

 the so-called Crested or Ostrich Plume Ferns that Scotti now holds to the 

 Boston Kern. 



Orders booked now for distribution June 1st. Youngplants, 50 cts. each; 

 $5.00 per doz.; 4-inch pots, 81.00 each; 6-inch pots 82.00 each. 



NEPHROLEPIS Sl^PERBISSI JIA. 



A unique variety, different from all others and really in a c_la^ by itself. 

 It makes a dwarf, compact growth, the fronds being verv dense, firm and 

 rigid, and of a deep green color. Young plants, 7-"> CtS. each; $7.50 per 

 doz.; 4-inch pots, 81.00 each; 5-inch pots, $1.50 each: larger specimens, 

 $2-50, 8">.00 and $7.50 each. 



PTERIS CHILDSII. 



The most beautiful of all tin Pteris, and as it produces no -pores it can 



only be propagated b) division, and will always be scarce. It is a strong 



grower, and makes handsome specimens for the exhibition table. The 



fronds are large, with the pinnae deepl) dentated and undulated <n the 



and crested tips. $1.00 each. 



A bulbous plant from the Cape of Good Hope, <_i<>-t:y 

 allied to and similar in growth to the Gladiolus, and sikki<'.- 

 ing under the same cultivation. It can be grown as a pot plant 

 and flowered in the conservatory or greenhouse, but sun 

 best when planted out. It grows about 4 feet high with branched 

 stems, there frequently being as many as live or six branches on 

 a stem, and bearing many long-tubed open flowers, 2 inches 

 across, of the purest glistening white. As a cut flower for \;i-<« 

 it is considered very choice. Strong bulbs, 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. 



Watsonia \kdfknfi 



Hints on growing Ferns, by Mr. Ebcn E. Kcxtord, is given on page 141. 



