I A CONDENSED LIST OF i 
I WELL-KNOWN TENDER PLANTS | 
J FOR BEDDING OR POT CULTURE | 
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Aloysia Citriodora. (Lemon Verbena.) Noted for its 
delightful fragrance of foliage. lo cts. each; |i.oo 
per dozen. 
Alternantheras. Dainty little, fine-leaved foliage 
plants that are invaluable for edging summer beds. 
Named varieties in reds, yellow and variegated 
green. 
10 cts. each; 75 cts.doz.; by express, $3.50 per iOO. 
Anthericum Vitatum Variegatum. Very fine 
decorative plant for the house, but perhaps even 
more valuable for urns and vases. The foliage is 
handsome, bright green, evenly striped and mar- 
gined white. 10 cts.; 4-inch pots, 30 cts. 
Browallia, (New Giant.) Flowers of deep indigo 
blue, fully two inches in diameter, blooming con- 
tinually and completely enveloping the plant. 
10 cts.; $1.00 per dozen. 
Cobea Scandens. One of the most rapid growing 
climbing plants; grows from 20 to 25 feet high and 
bears beautiful deep blue bell-shaped flowers. 10 cts. 
each; ^i. 00 per dozen. 
Crotons. Excellent decorative plants, gorgeously 
colored with different combinations of yellow, red, 
white and green. 15 cts. 
Cuphea Tricolor. (Cigar Plant.) A bushy plant 
about 15 inches high, bearing great numbers of 
narrow tubular flowers, bright scarlet, with purple 
and white tips. 10 cts.; 75 cts. per dozen. 
Cyperus Altemifolius, (Umbrella Plant.) Stems 
two to three feet high, surmounted at the top with 
a whorl of leaves. Excellent for growing in water 
or damp places. 10 cts. each; 4-inch pots, by ex- 
press, 25 cts. 
Grevillea Robusta. (Silk Oak.) As delicate in tex- 
ture as a Fern, The young growth is a light bronze 
color, the tips being covered with a soft down closely 
resembling raw silk. 10 cts. 
English Ivy. One of the very few good climbing 
plants for the house. 2>2 inch pots, 10 cts.; strong 
4-inch pots, 25 cts. 
German Ivy. A fine, quick growing, trailing plant 
that is unsurpassed for use in hanging baskets and 
urns, where delicate green foliage is needed. 10 cts.; 
60 cts. per dozen. 
liinum Tryginum, (Yellow Flowering Flax.) A 
dainty, narrow leaved house or garden plant bearing 
large single flowers of brightest yellow. 10 cts. 
Madeira Vine. A rapid growing vine with dense 
foliage. Strong tubers, S cts. each; 40 cts. per dozen. 
Manettia Vine. Completely filled at all times with 
small tubular flowers of brilliant scarlet, shading 
into yellow at the tips. 10 cts. each; 12 for 75 cts. 
Mexican Primrose. Flowers about two inches in 
diameter, of a clear pink color, veined scarlet, with 
a white center. Is a good basket plant on account 
of its trailing habit, and is never without some dis- 
,. play of bloom. 10 cts. ; 3 for 25 cts. 
Parrott's Feather. A noVfel aquatic hanging plant. 
Its long trailing stems are clothed with whorls of the 
most exquisite foliage, as finely cut as the leaves of 
the Cypress Vine, and much more "delicate. 10 cts. 
each; 00 per dozen. 
Passifloras Constance Elliot. A rapid growing 
climbing plant, well adapted for house culture in 
winter or for training over porches, etc., during 
summer. The flowers are pure white, excepting 
a very slight coloring at the base of the corolla. 
10 cts. 
Plumbago Capensis. Large trusses of delicate azure 
blue flowers. Excellent for bedding out in summer or 
growing in pots. 10 cts. 
Capensis Alba. A beautiful creamy white. 10 cts. 
Primula Forbesi. (Baby Primrose.) Blooms prac- 
tically all the year with good sized trusses of dainty 
rosy lilac flowers. 10 cts. each; 3 for 25 cts.; 75 cts. 
per dozen. 
Obconica Grandiilora. Large flowered and extreme- 
ly prolific; mixed, in shades of red, pink and white. 
10 cts. each; 3 for 25 cts.; 75 cts. per dozen. 
Holt's Mammoth Sage. The plants are very robust, 
making a remarkable growth the first season. They 
are perfectly hardy and increase with age. The 
leaf is borne well above ground, is of unusual sub- 
stance, strong in flavor and of excellent quality. 
10 cts. each; 75 cts. per dozen. 
Sansevera Zealanica. Leaves thick and leathery, 
not affected by gas, dust or heat. Grows to a length 
of three to four feet, and is beautifully striped cross- 
wise of leaves with broad white variegations on a dark 
green ground. 15 cts.; 2 for 25 cts. 
Smilax. A fine climbing parlor or window plant. 
10 cts. 
Solanum Jasminoides. Quite a strong climbing 
habit. Blooms in clusters of star-shaped flowers, 
white faintly tinted violet. 10 cts. 
Strobilanthus Dyerianus. An excellent bedding 
and foliage plant. It forms a compact bush, 18 
inches high, with leaves six to nine inches long; of a 
beautiful metallic purple, shading into light rose, 
with a light green margin. The flowers are violet 
blue, borne in immense racemes. 15 cts. 
Swainsonia. (Galegifolia Alba.) A popular ever- 
blooming house plant, blooming in sprays of 10 to 
20 flowers shaped much like Sweet Peas. 10 cts. 
Thyrsacanthus Rutilans. (Fountain Plant. ) 
Graceful table decoration. Its tubular shaped car- 
mine flowers are borne on long, drooping thread-like 
branches, 12 to 16 inches in length. 10 cts. 
Tropaeolum Phoebe. When at the height of its per- 
fection strings 8 to 10 feet long, covered with bright 
colored Nasturtium flowers, may be cut for decorat- 
ing. 10 cts. each; 3 for 25 cts. 
Tropaeolum Variegatum, A charming dwarf va- 
riety that makes in short time a veritable mat of 
light green foliage fancifully variegated with creamy 
white. 10 cts. each; 3 for 25 cts. 
Tuberose Excelsior Pearl. Double white; dwarf, 
seldom over 18 inches high. 5 cts. each; 10 for 
40 cts. By express, I2.00 per 100. 
Tuberose Variegated Leaved or Orange Flowered. 
The leaves of this variety are distinctly striped with 
white and green. 20 to 40 pure white single flowers, 
much like orange flowers, with a pleasant perfume. 
10 cts.; $1.00 per dozen. 
Vinca Major Variegata. Beautifully variegated 
green and white foliage, and strong, trailing habit of 
growth. 10 cts.; 10 for 5Q cts. 4-inch pot plants, 
25 cts. 
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