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SlEBRF.CHT & WaDLEY'S CATALOGUE OF 
BEGONIA fulgens. A very fine species from Bolivia. 
The large bronzy red flowers, which are produced in 
umbels of from five to ten, emit in the afternoon a 
tea-rose fragrance. The plant is in every way remark- 
able, distinct and beautiful. 50 cents. 
B. Martiana. pulcherriina. A compact-growing plant, 
with very small leaves of greenish, bronzy purple, and 
large, nearly round flowers of vivid, rosy carmine. An 
e.xcellent free-flowering Begonia, fine for outdoor bed" 
ding. Si. 50. 
B. " E-vcelsior." A hybrid between B. Banmanni and 
B. Veilchii, and still another grand variety for bedding 
The stiff, radical leaves of purplish bronze resemble 
those of both parents ; the male and female flowers are 
produced together in great showy masses, and their 
color is rich carmine, with centers of golden yellow. 
The plant is e.xtraordinarily strong in growth. $1. 
Tbe entire set of nine new varieties tor $12. 
B. Scharffiaiia. A new species; with large, thick leaves, 
resembling emerald-green velvet on the upper surface, 
and deep purplish red underneath ; flowers large, pure 
white. 25 cts. 
Rex Begonia, Louis Closson. 
A fine new foliage Begonia, having small metallic leaves, 
considerably marked with a peculiar purplish gray color; 
the young growth is especially bright. 50 cts. 
j2ES" For other Begonias, new and old, see departments 
of Novelties (p. 7) and Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 
Bignonia regalis. 
A very handsome stovehouse climber ; the flowers are 
exceedingly beautiful, very large, and of a bright yellow 
and red color. It has been recently imported from British 
Guiana, and is a decided acquisition to this beautifnl 
genus. S3. 50 to S5. 
Billbergia nutans. 
One of the finest winter-flowering air-plants for window 
or conservatory. The rich green leaves are in character 
like those of the Pineapple, and the flower-bracts are 
large and rosy. The bloom-spikes are long and many- 
flowered, the sepals and petals being a rare combination 
*of reddish and yellowish green, with margins of blue. 
The plant is free-growing, and may be suspended in a pot 
or basket, $2. See illustration in Stove and Greenhouse 
Plants. 
Bougainvillea refulgens. 
A strikingly handsome new plant from Brazil, with rich, 
dark green foliage and long pendulous racemes of flowers, 
surrounded by bracts of brilliant purplish mauve. Like 
most of its allies, it is of strong growth and climbing habit, 
thriving best in a rich, sandy soil, and luxuriating in the 
rose house fully exposed to the sun, or in a similar tem- 
perature. This species blooms more freely than the beau- 
ful B. speclabilis, and is very valuable for cut-flowers, as 
its sprays resemble those of choice orchids, and last many 
weeks in perfection. $5. 
Burbidgea nitida. 
A brilliant flowered stove plant, with slender, leafy, 
tufted stems two or three feet high, topped by long spikes 
of many bright orange-scarlet flowers. The leaves are 
cordate and bright green above. $1.50 to $3- 
Select New Cannas. 
Alphonse Bouvier. One of the very best of the popu- 
lar new dwarf section. Flowers rich scarlet-vermilion, 
I on long .spikes ; leaves green; of vigorous habit, 3M feet 
in height. Si- 
I Capitaine P. de Suzzoni. Flowers light yellow, dotted 
with chestnut, and very large; handsome light green 
' foliage; four feet in height. Si. 
ChiUlsii {The Tiger Canna). Strong, light green foliage 
and flowers of good size, clear yellow, spotted with bril- 
liant crimson. This variety difiers from most of the 
Crozy sorts in having four good-sized petals instead of 
three, thus making the flowers seem larger than those of 
other Cannas. 25 cts. 
Nellie Bouden. A superb new sort, with flowers of pure, 
unspotted yellow, having only a touch of red in the 
throat, and rich green foliage. A very free bloomer, 
producing flowers in immense trusses ; height three 
feet. Si. 
Paul Marquant. Flowers salmon, changing to rosy 
carmine ; foliage beautiful light green ; of vigorous 
habit, growing about two feet high. Handsome in every 
way. Si- 
For other varieties of Cannas, see Bedding-Plants, 
Stove and greenhouse Plants. 
Novelties in Clematis. 
C. Brevicordata. This new Clematis is a native of 
Japan. It grows very rapidly, quickly covering a large 
space with its handsome, dark green foliage. The pure 
white flowers are of medium size, delightfully fragrant, 
and borne in such profusion that the whole plant seems 
a drift of white. In general character this species is 
somewhat like C. paiiiculala, but has the advantage of 
flowering fully a month earlier, and consequently is not 
so liable to be injured by early frosts. From early 
August until autumn it is covered with bloom. Si- 
C. paiiiculata. Another new and especially valuable 
Japanese Clematis, that has been well tested around 
Newport and other localities, and been found so 
beautiful, free-flowering and hardy that a great demand 
for it has arisen. The foliage is broad and luxuriant, a 
deep, clear green ; the flowers are pure or cream-white, 
star-shaped, about an inch in diameter, and borne in 
clusters on stiff stems from four to six inches long in the 
axil of nearly every leaf Their fragrance is subtle and 
remarkable, distinctly pleasing, and noticeable at quite 
a distance from the plant. Its blossoming-time fills a 
gap where other climbers are flowerless ; from mid- 
August till late September it is a cool, fragrant bank of 
white. The plant grows so rapidly that in a short time 
it converts trellises, porches, or the sides of buildings to 
living walls of green. (See cut on page 19, showing it 
on our office.) 25 cts, 50 cts. and $1. 
New Dracaenas. 
!>. australis aurea striata. This is a beautiful and 
striking plant for coolhouse culture. The broad leaves, 
which are the same size as D. australis, are beautifully 
variegated with a number of yellow stripes running 
lengthwise. A plant that has a great future. Sio- 
D. DeSmetiaua. A grand hybrid, with broadly oblong 
leaves. The ground color is rich bronze, beautifully 
colored on the margin with red and white. SS- 
