New, Rare and Beautiful Plants. 
DASTIiIBION. Ornamental greenhouse evergreen 
plants, with graceful foliage and handsome flowers on 
tall spikes. They are admirable for sub-tropical gar- 
dening. 
D. gracile. Fine white flowers ¥0 50 
D. junceum $0 50 to 1 OU 
D. serratifolium. Foliage margined deeply with 
teeth 1 00 
DATURA (Brugmansia) . These are most showy and 
imposing, and have large and fragrant flowers. They 
are most effective for ri(-h results in summer planting. 
J), arborea. Long white flowers SO 50 to $1 00 
D. Knightii fl. pi. A fine double form . 50 to 1 00 
D. sanguinea. A species with highly 
colored flowers ; vei-y fine 50 to 1 00 
D. suaveolens. The most largely grown 
species ; very sweet-scented and fine . . 50 to 1 00 
BBACSNA. No plants are better for sub-tropical 
decorations than the Dracasnas. See our complete list, 
pages 103 and 105. The most hardy species are D. Dra- 
co, D. indtoisa and D. frutcxcen». 
ECHIUM. Excellent and imposing decorative plants of 
rapid and easy growth, with large spikes of blue, violet 
and purple flowers. 
E. arboreum. Of upright habit .<« 35 to SO 50 
E. candicans. Blue flowers: leaves cov- 
ered with a silvery down 25 to 
E. creticum. Keddish violet flowers . . . 25 to 
E. pinianum ~5 to 
EB7TKRINA. The Coral Trees. Very fine flower- 
ering plants of imposing character, and most useful 
for decorative purposes on account of their brilliant 
blooms. 
E. crista-galli (lanrifoUa). Bright deep scarlet flow- 
ers in large terminal racemes SO 50 to SI 00 
E. Humei. Of taller growth ; flowers bril- 
liant scarlet, fading to purple 50 to 1 00 
ECHEVEBIA, A genus of succulent plants which are 
indispensable for rockeries and carpet bedding. See 
page 135. 
E. agavoides SO 50 to SI 00 
E. gibbiflora If/rnmd'.rtrirn) 50 to 1 00 
E. metallica 50 to 1 00 
E. soaphylla 50 to 1 00 
EUCALYPTUS globulus. The finest species of the 
large class of Australian gum trees. See page 117. 
EUIiALIA. The most ornamental grasses for the 
lawns. See page 151. 
E. japonica variegata SO 25 to SO 50 
E. zebrina 50 
EUPHORBIA. Tall-growing species of the cactus 
form They are excellent for rock work, or any dry and 
sunny situation. See also page ;185 also for the flow- 
ering sorts, page 105. 
£. cereiformis 
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. .?0 50 to SI 00 
E. grandidense 50 to 
E. lactea 50 to 
E. triangularis 50 to 
E. variegata 1 00 to 
E. cristata. See page 9 1 00 to 
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FERDINANDA eminensiOmnopliyllum, PodachcBuium, 
Zaluzanm). An excellent decorative plant, with large 
and fragrant leaves. SI. 
FICUS. Of this splendid genus (for complete list of 
which see page 105) there are several species which 
are especially valuable for out-door summer adoim- 
ment. 
P. Australis. Large and handsome leaves SO 50 to $1 00 
P. elastica. The best species 50 to 5 00 
P. fol. aureavar. Seepage 10 . . . 2 50 to 5 00 
P. macrophylla. Very large and hand- 
some leaves 1 00 to 5 00 
P. Parcelli. Very large and finely blotch- 
ed leaves. See cut, page 106 50 to 1 00 
POURCROTA. A fine class of decorative plants, on 
the order of the Agaves. See page 185. 
PUNKIA. Beautiful hardy border plants, herbaceous 
in character, bearing fine lily-like flowers ; among the 
best for herbaceous planting. 
P grandiflora. Pure white flowers of 
flue fragrance SO 25 to $0 50 
P. Portunei. Pretty pale lilac flowers . . 25 to 50 
P. ovata niarginata. Has handsome mar- 
gined leaves of green and white ; forms 
an elegant hardy border plant '~5 to 50 
P. Sieboldiana. White flowers, tinged 
pale lilac '-^S 5" 
GRE VTIiIiEA robusta. A first-class decorative plant, 
of noble habit, and with large divided leaves. See 
page US. 50 cents to SI. 
GUNNERA scabra. A decorative plant, with leaves 
of gigantic dimensions, requiring good protection in 
winter if kept in open ground. The leaves are very 
handsome, and the plant is superior for decorating 
large grounds. SI to S3. 
GTNERIUM. The Pampas grass. Noble plants of 
great beauty, and with protection can be wintered 
out-doors. The magnificent plumes produced in Cali- 
fornia are well shown in our illustration; see page 
156. We will supply these dried for winter ornaments, 
at 50 cents to Sl.oO per pair. 
G. argenteum -SO 50 to SI 00 
G. fol. var 50 to 1 00 
HEDTCHIUM Gardnerianum. A canna-like plant, 
with dark green leaves and umbels of light yellow flow- 
ers. For other species, see page 91. 50 cents. 
HELIANTHUS. The Sun-Flowers are superb plants 
for summer adornment if rightly situated. Their 
stately beauty and gorgeous flowers would be far moi-e 
admired if hard to obtain. The four species offered 
arc of great decorative value. 
H. angustifolius. A fine species with small flowers 
and narrow, dark green, glossy leaves SO 25 
H. multiflorus plenus. Beautiful double flowers 
of the size of a Dahlia; free-blooming, hardy 
and one of the finest perennials; the flowers are 
fine, also, for cutting 15 
H. Maximilianus. Splendid flowers 25 
H. orgyalis. A very graceful species, with nar- 
row leaves and numerous small flowers; an ele- 
gant perennial plant ~5 
