SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY'S CATALOGUE OF 
AMICIA Zyg'omeris. A fine Mexican plant, with pe- 
culiar foliage; excellent for sub-tropical planting or 
out-door decorations. $1.50. 
ASFARAGTTS. To this genus, in addition to the form 
used as a vegetable (A. offlcinalis), belong some of the 
most beautiful and elegant foliage plants for cutting, 
or for use in decorations as with smilax. They lend 
grace and take away formality from baskets and vases 
in which they are judiciously planted. The foliage, 
when cut, is also much more enduring than any fern. 
A. plumosus. A beautiful climber, with rather fiat 
foliage, finely divided *0 75 to SI 00 
A. nanus. An elegant dwarf form, 
forming fine pot plants. See cut, p. Ill . 1 00 to 2 00 
A. tenuissimus. The most widely grown, 
and a climber of extreme value. Its 
lovely foliage has been described as " so 
much emerald mist," yet it is of wire-like 
strength and endurance when cut . . . $0 25 to $0 75 
A. virgatus. A fine feathery form ... 75 to 1 00 
ARAXiIA. In addition to the species described on page 
!)5, we list here the following for greenhouse culture. 
A. crassifoUa. A conspicuous species . $1 00 to S5 00 
ABALIA papyrifera (Fatsia). Half- 
hardy plant $0 50 to 03 50 
A. quinquefolia. Excellent decorative 
plants, with superb foliage 1 50 to 5 00 
A. Sieboldii (Fatsia japonica) 50 to 2 50 
A. aurea reticulata 1 00 to 2 00 
A. fol. albo-marginata .... 1 00 to 2 00 
A. trifoliata. A very decorative form . 1 00 to 3 00 
ABAT7CABIA. A genus of noble evergreen plants 
of distinct habit, forming elegant decorative plants 
for the greenhouse. 
A. Bidwilli $3 00 to 5 00 
A. Braziliensis. A superb South Amer- 
ican species. Fine young plants from . 1 00 to 2 50 
A. Cookii. Of peculiar habit 3 00 to 3 50 
A. Cunning'hami 3 00 to 5 00 
A. ^lauca. Silvery leaves ; fine . . 5 00 to 8 00 
A. ezcelsa. This, the Norfolk Island Pine, 
forms a most elegant decorative plant, 
with wide spreading branches and fine 
foliage. See cut a 00 to 5 00 
A. imbricata 1 50 to 5 00 
A. Rulei 2 50 to 5 00 
