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SlEBRECHT & WadLEY'S CATALOGUE OF 
MAKANTA VKIICHII. 
MABANTA. An extremely valuable genus of decora- 
tive perennial plants, remarkable for the richness and 
beauty of their varied and marked foliage. They are 
free in growth in the stove house, and largely used In 
decorative vyork. 
M. Bachemmiana ¥0 50 to SI 00 
M. conspicua 50 to 1 00 
M. coriifolia 50 to 1 00 
M. fasciata 1 00 to 3 00 
M. Kerchoviana 50 to 1 00 
M. Kummeriana 50 to 1 00 
M. leucoueura 50 to 1 00 
M. Iiindenii 1 00 to 1 50 
M. majestica 50 to 1 00 
M. Makoyana 1 00 to 1 50 
M. Massangeana 1 00 to 1 50 
M. musaica 1 00 to 1 50 
M. omata picta 1 00 to 3 00 
M. porphyrocaulis 1 00 to 3 00 
M. Forteana 50 to 1 00 
ra. princeps 50 to 1 00 
M. regalis 1 00 to 3 00 
M. rosea picta 1 00 to 2 00 
MAKANTA smaragdina SI 00 to $3 00 
M. tubispatha 1 00 to 3 00 
M. Vanderheckii 1 00 to 3 00 
M. Veitchii. (See cut.) 1 00 to 3 50 
M. Warscewiczii 1 00 to 3 50 
M. Zebrina 50 to 1 00 
MUSA. This, the Banana family, is not only very 
important for its widely distributed fruit, but 
of gi-eat value for decorative uses. The foliage 
is large, rich green, and of an impressive ap- 
pearance. They grow freely and rapidly in our 
summers, and form magnificent objects on the 
lawn. All the species named hei-e can be i-ead- 
ily fruited in a warm greenhouse. For out-door 
summer decorations, the plants may be set out 
after warm weather begins, and should be freelj' 
watered. 
M. Cavendishii (Sinensis). A superior fruiting 
variety, and of rather dwarf growth, requiring 
less heat than some others— consequently most 
valuable for greenhouse culture, although the 
leaves are rather too tender for out.side decora- 
tions 00 to S3 50 
M. coccinea. Very ornamental, with 
scarlet flowers 1 50 to 
M. Dacca (ptilustris) 1 00 to 
M. discolor 1 00 to 
M. Ensete. The majestic Abyssin- 
ian Banana, and the best species 
for greenhouse cultivation or out- 
door decorations. Its rich, broad 
foliage is tougher than that of 
other varieties. See cut, page 9.3 . 50 to 
M. paradisiaca 1 00 to 
M. rosacea 1 00 to 
M. sanguinea 1 50 to 
M. sapientum. This is the Ban- 
ana of commerce, of which such 
enormous quantities are grown in 
3 50 
3 00 
3 50 
1 .50 
2 00 
3 00 
3 00 
the tropics 
M. superba. $3.50 to 
$5. 
M. Tittata. A beau- 
t i f u 1 variegated 
sort; one of the 
finest decorative 
plants. The foli- 
age is richly strip- 
ed and varied, and 
the plant has a 
most admirable 
habit of growth. 
See descr 1 p t i 0 n 
and illustration, 
page 10. SI. 50 to 
$3. 
M. zebrina. An 
other handsomol,\- 
marked spe c i c s , 
the leaves being 
varied with green 
and bronze. 75 c. 
to $3. 
1 00 to 
■Ml'SA CAVKNDISHII. 
