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*Rhynchospermuin jasminoides (Jasmitie-like). China Jasmine. Flowers white, several in a cyme,, 
small produced in great abundance, delicious fragrance; leaves dark, glossy green; of rapid growth- 
a most desirable hardy climber. Native of Shanghai. Price, 3-inch pots, 25c each; 7-inch pots, 
I1.50 each. 
*R. tricolor (three-colored). A variety with leaves beautifully marked with red and silvery-white- 
Price, 3-inch pots, 35c each. 
* R. variegatum. This variety has its leaves marked with silvery-white. Price, 3-inch pots, 35c each. 
Roses. See Rose List. 
Smilax. The delicate, graceful vine used so much in florists' work. Price, 15c to 25c each. 
Solanum jasminoides (Jasmine-like). Potato Vine. Flowers small white, yellow center; rapid,. 
hardy climber. Native of South America. Price, 20c each; $1.50 per 10. - 
S. argenteum. Price, 2j-inch pots, 15c each; 4-inch pots, 25c each. 
S. Wendlandii. Flowers lilac-blue; 2J inches in diameter; bright green leaves. Variable, 2 inches to. 
10 inches long, li inches to 4 inches broad. A superb variety from Costa Rica. Price, 4-inch pots, 
50C each. 
S. Seaforthianum. Flowers white, corolla pale red or lilac, small. Native of the West Indies. 
Price, 25c each. 
Steplianotis floribunda (bundle-flowered). Flowers purest white, tube shaped, borne freely in 
large bunches, highly fragrant; leaves rich green, leathery; hardy in a few localities. A general 
favorite. Native of Madagascar. Price, 3-inch pots, 50c each; 4-inch pots, 75c each; 5-nich pots, 
f 1.00 each. 
Tecoma jasminoides (Jasmine-like). Flowers grow in bunches and are white, throat beautifullr 
blotched red; trumpet-shaped; leaves dark, glossy green. A handsome climber. Hardy in somer 
locations. Native of Australia. Price, 4-inch pots, 50c each. 
Tradescantia multicolor (many-colored). Wandering Jew. Very pretty trailer with handsome,. 
variegated foliage, indispensable for hanging basket and vases. Price, 3-inch pots, 20c each. 
T. zebrina. Leaves striped with white; purplish and very downy underneath. Price, 3-inch pots, 15c 
each. 
Vinca variegata. Periwinkle. Flowers light blue; leaves prettily marked yellowish. Excellent for 
hanging baskets, vases, for hiding banks, rock work, and does particularly well under the shade ot 
large trees where little else will grow. Price, $1.00 per 10. 
Vitis coignetise. For description see Novelty List. Price, 25c each. 
Wistaria. These beautiful, hardy, Japanese climbers we recommend for general planting; when 
once established, of rapid growth. The long, grape-like clusters of flowers, sometimes one and a 
half to two feet long, borne very profusely, appear m early spring, and are truly a grand sight. The 
foliage is of a pleasing green. We offer the following varieties. Natives of Japan and China. 
Double purple. Perfectly double flowers in dense racemes. Price, 5-inch pols, 75c each. 
Multijuga, flore-pleno. For description see Novelty List. Price, 5-inch pots, |i.oo each. 
Purple. Flowers pale blue. Price, 2 to 3 feet, 50c each. 
White. Flowers pure white, in long pendulous clusters. Price, 2 to 3 feet, 50c each. 
Dracaenas, Bamboos, Etc. 
Agave, American. The well-known Century Plant, leaves thick and fleshy; color artichoke-green-,, 
the plant throws up very long spikes (24 feet to 30 feet high), on which appear yellowish-white, bell- 
shaped flowers. The plants take years to reach maturity, or the flowering age; indeed, so slow is. 
their progress of growth that it has led to a popular, though erroneous belief that they flower 
only once^in a century. From this plant is made, in Mexico, "pulque" and "aguardiente," favorite- 
drinks of the citizens of the sister republic. Price, 5-inch pots, i foot, 35c each; 7-inch pots, i*feet, 
75c each. 
A. American variegated. A variety with leaves beautifully marked golden-yellow. Price, 5-inch pots, 
40c each. 
Arundinaria. Ribbon Grass. A small-growing plant, with ribbon-like foliage. Price, 35c each. 
A. variegata. Leaves handsomely variegated with white. Price, 25c each. 
Arundo donax variegata. Throws up tall, bamboo-like shoots, 12 to 14 feet high; green, beautifully 
marked; in fact, some of the shoots are pure milky white. Indispensable in semi-tropical gardening. 
Native of southern Europe. Price, 50c each. 
BAriBOO (Bambiisa). These well-known plants are useful in many ways; excellent for hedges and 
windbreaks; tliey make liandsome specimen plants for a lawn, giving it a tropical appearance. The 
canes can be utilized in various ways — for walking canes, stakes for plants, etc., and are also used 
extensively for decoration. They are of fast growth (when once established). There exists a mis- 
leading iciea tliat the Bamboo does best planted in swampy places; in the tropics (where the rainfall 
is great) tliey are found growing on hillsides, where there is no standing water, but the soil is deep 
and rich. It will be seen, therefore, tiiat while the Banibpo requires much water, tlie drainage must 
b<? good. It is not generally kitown that it flowers and ripens its seeds but once in a lifetime, when 
it has attained the age of fifty years over. 
