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MlLLA BlFLORA. 



METROSIDEROS. 



Floribunda {Bottle Brush). A greenhouse 

 shrub, producing long, cylindrical spikes of 

 bright red flowers. Very effective. $1.00 each. 



JflEEA BlFLORA. 



("Mexican •' Star of Bethlehem.") 



A most desirable summer-flowering bulb for the 

 garden or pot culture. The waxy flowers are 

 nearly 2 V inches in diameter, pure white, and 

 usually borne in pairs; the petals are of great sub- 

 stance and will keep for days when cut. 5 cts. 

 each; 50 cts. per doz. 



MUSA. 



Ensete [Abyssinian Banana). The grandest of all Bananas; 

 the leaves are magnificent, long, broad and massive; of beau- 

 tiful green, with a broad, crimson midrib; the plant grows 

 luxuriantly from 8 to 12 feet high. During the hot summer, 

 when planted out, it grows rapidly and attains gigantic propor- 

 tions, producing a tropical effect on the lawn or flower garden. 

 (See cut. ) Good plants, 30 cts. each; strong plants in 5-inch 

 pots, 50 cts. each. 



NASTURTIUMS. 



Tom Thumb or Dwarf. Too well known to need descrip- 

 tion. Mixed colors, ready in May and June, 75 cts. per doz.; 

 $6.00 per lO'O. 



NEPHTHYTIS PICTURATA. 



An interesting, ornamental hothouse plant, requiring a moist at- 

 mosphere; dark green, pointed, heart-shaped foliage, with fern- 

 lrke variegations in silvery- white. $1.00 each. 



OLEA FRAGRANS (Sweet oiive). 



An old favorite greenhouse shrub, succeeding admirably as a 

 house plant, producing small white flowers of the most exquisite 

 fragrance, continuing to bloom almost the entire winter. 50 cts. 

 each. 



OPHIOPOGOX. 



Jaburan Variegatus. A pretty variegated foliage plant, useful either 

 as a pot plant for the window or for planting out in summer; its narrow, 

 dark green foliage is prettily striped with gold, and during July and 

 August spikes of blue flowers add to its beauty. 50 cts. each. 



OTAHEITE ORANGE: 



The best of the Oranges for pot culture. It is of dwarf, bushy habit, and 

 bears a profusion of fragrant flowers and edible fruit. Young plants, 15 cts. 

 each; plants of fruiting size, 50 cts. and i-l.OOeach. 



PANAX. 



Pretty shrubby plants for the warm conservatory, of compact growth, with 

 neat variegated foliage. 

 Balfouri. Bold foliage of rich ivy-green, abundantly splashed with 



creamy white, the edge of the leaf entirely white. 50 cts. each. 

 Monstrosum aureum. Deep green foliage with delicate golden-green 



variegation. 50 cts. each. 

 Victorias. Small, finely-cut foliage of light green with white variegation. 

 25 cts. each. 



PANDANUS (Screw Pine). 



Mr. Eben E. Rexford writes the following cultural note expressly for 



this book: " This plant — better known as Screw Pine, because of the spiral 



arrangement of its leaves — is extremely ornamental when well grown. 



Especially P. leitchi, whose long, gracefully curving leaves are broadly 



striped with creamy white on a 

 green ground. This variety makes 

 a charming table decoration when 

 its pot is hidden by vines or other 

 greenery. The Pandanus requires 

 about the same treatment as the 

 Dracaena, but is better adapted to 

 culture in the living-room than that 

 plant is. " 



(iraminifolius. Narrow, dark 

 green foliage; makes a pretty 

 plant for table decoration. 50 cts. 

 each. 

 PacitlCUS. A rare and beautiful 

 species, with broad, massive, dark 

 green foliage. 3-inch pots, 35 

 cts. each; 4-inch pots, 50c. etch. 

 L tills. Popular green-leaved va- 

 riety. 4 inch pots, 35 cts each. 

 Veitchi. One of the finest deco- 

 rative plants for the house. See 

 description above 

 4-inch pots, 12 in. high. .75c. each. 

 6 '-' " 18 " '■' $1.50 " 

 " 30 " " 3.00 " 



Musa Ensete. 



Many Cultural Notes have been added to this book this season. See page i 



