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Arthur T.Bodding ton, 342 West 14th St.. New Vork City 



CALADIUMS 



FANCY-LEAVED 

 VARIETIES 



This plant in tlie past few years has become very much in demand. There are, perliaps, very few plants that are easier of culture and 

 have such a variety of color in their foliage, making them very interesting as well as beautiful. Among ornamental foliage plants there are 

 none more beautiful in design or gorgeous in coloring than the Fancy-leaved Caladiums. VVell-giown plants are simply wonderful in the 

 colorings and markings of the leaves, embracing every degree and shade that can be formed of pure \\ hite, deep green and intense crim- 

 son. As pot-plants they form specimens of great beauty and are exceedingly useful to the decorator and the grower of decorative plants, 

 lending striking effect to any collection of foliage plants. They are also of great value for bedding pui poses, succeeding well in paitially 

 shaded locations. 



Fancy-leaved Caladiums are easily cultivated. They recjuire a stove treatment where a night tempei ature ranges from 60 to 70 degrees 

 Fahr., and a moist atmosphere. The bulbs should be potted in eaily spring, in a mi.\ture of fibrous loam, peat and leaf-mold, with plenty 

 of sharp sand. Water should be sparingly given until they are rnoled and well started into growth. Tliey sliould be kept near the glass, 

 and shaded only during very bright sunshine. During the winter the bulbs should be kept in a dry place where the temperature does 

 not sink below 60 degrees Fahr. 



We offer an English collection of 21 new or very rare fancy-leaved Caladiums of the handsomest transparent-leaved 

 kinds, consisting of the brightest colors and most vivid markings, nearly all of them being entirely new to this country, and were selected 

 from over 100 varieties. 



Extra selected bulbs, 50c. each, $5 per doz., $40 per 100 



NEW OR VERY RARE FANCY- 

 LEAVED CALADIUMS 



Arrasuahy. Entire ground of leaf deep rose-pink, over which 

 is spread a network of vivid green ribs and veins. A combination 

 unusually beautiful and indescribable. 



Specimen Fancy-leaved Caladium 



Baron de Mamore. Very deep green ground tliickly specked, 

 spotted and shaded white, more or less suffused crimson ; ribs and 

 center of leaf deep shining maroon ; riljs bordered maroon and veins 

 and nerves same color. Exceedingly rich and beautiful. 



Caloosa. Wide zone of light crimson shading to green at edge 

 of leaf Ribs rich scarlet. A few bright crimson blotches and spots 

 over entire leaf. 



Candida. Center of leaf a big blotch of purple-madder cut and 

 divided by white or cream ribs and bordered with gray, shading off 

 into a green ground. Fine contrasting effects. 



Comtesse de Condeixa. White ground with rosy tinge, car- 

 mine veins, netted green. 



Dr. Augustine de Castro. Green ground specked, spotted 

 and splashed white suffused with pink. Rich deep scarlet. 



Due de Ratibor. Dark green ground, mottled and sufTused 

 white and pink. Rii s and veins deep scarlet. 



Grandum. Green ground, mottled, spotted and shaded deep 

 pink. Light crimson ribs, bordered rich crimson. 



Guadalajara. Cream ground shaded green, thickly marked 

 with white blotches and spots changing light pink. 



Henriette Bassett. Netted and veined rose, margined yellow. 



Karmel. Groundwork of leaf puckered and crimped, pure trans- 

 parent white, veined and ribbed with deep velvety green. Looks like 

 a piece of mosaic done in white and green. Simply exquisite 



La Nacre. Leaf rose, veins and ribs dark rose, margined green. 



La Perle du BrezU. White delicately tinted with rose, veins 

 dark green. 



Lord Derby. Light rose, green veins, bordered white ; 

 transparent. 



Magnificum. Lustrous scarlet ribs bordi red deep scarlet. 

 Green ground overspread with a lustrous filmy network of scarlet 

 veins and nerves. A magnificent variety. 



Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. Rose-carmine, with darker veins, 

 reticulated with green ; fine. 



Otono (meaning autumn) . Ribs deep lustrous crimson widely 

 bordered purple-madder shading off to a speckling of crimson. 

 Deep green ground, specked, spotted and blotched crimson \\\ a 

 manner which suggests its name. 



Splendidum. Ribs deep scarlet, bordered with wide zone 

 (leaf center) of crimson-maroon. Deep green ground nei ved and 

 veined crimson. Very rich. 



Triomphe de Exposition. Medium green ground, ribs a deep 

 crimson bordered pink ; center of leaf light crimson shading off into 

 greenish pink. 



Unique. Light green ground with dark green veinings and 

 shades of gray. Ribs rich scarlet bordered scarlet shading off into 

 gray, which in turn shades away into the green ground. Unique 

 and handsome. 



Wilma. Rich rosy iiink ground, lustrous deep green ribs and 

 veins. An unusually handsome sort. 



THE ABOVE GRAND COLLECTION OF 21 VARIETIES FOR $10 



ENGLISH GOLD MEDAL FANCY-LEAVED CALADIUMS. We can also offer a very extra selected list containing 12 Gold Medal 

 named English varieties. $2.60 each, $25 per doz. 



BRAZILIAN COLLECTION OF FANCY-LEAVED CALADIUMS. Besides the above collections, we offer a very choice Brazilian col- 

 lection as follows: In 20 choice named varieties, 36 cts. each, $3. .50 per doz., $25 per 100. 



Argyrites. fancy-leaved caladium 



This is ;i variety seldom seen in most collections, although one 

 of the most elegant of the geinis. (Iround color light green, center 

 and margins white, with many irregular white blotches. Exceed- 

 ingly useful fortable decorations, for edging benches in the " stove " 

 or greenhouse. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., jtioper 100. 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM elephant-s ear 



Each Doz. 100 



liulbs 6 to 8 in. in circum $005 $050 $250 



Hiilhs 8 to 10 in. in cii cum 10 100 500 



Bulbs 10 to 12 in. in circum 20 2 00 10 00 



Monster bulbs, 12 inches and upward in circum . 35 3 50 2000 



