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V. 
General List of Stove awd 
greemhou5e plant5. 
THIS important department includes all the best genera, species and varieties of flowering and foliage plants 
which are grown under glass, either in a stove or warm-house temperature, or in a greenhouse or cool-house 
temperature. The majority of tender flowering bulbs form a sub-department ; the bulbous and tuberous forms, 
grown for their beautiful leaves, are classed here with other foliage plants. 
Plants requiring a stove or warm-house temperature are marked witli s. Those that grow best in a cool or green- 
house temperature are marked with ^. 
ABUTlLiON. A class of showy flowering plants, with 
bell-shaped flowers, produced in profusion, They are 
of good habit, and very decorative in any situation. 
g' A. Boule de Neige. White flowers $0 25 
^ A. Prince of Orange 25 
A. roseum iloribundum 25 
^ A. Thompsonii. Richly variegated 25 
^ A. venosum 25 
^ A. Violet Queen 25 
113'" For Abutilons of trailing habit, see Dept. VII. 
ACACIA. A large genus of flowering plants and trees, 
with exquisitely beautiful and delicate flowers, mostly 
of yellow tints and fine, fern-like foliage. We offer 
only the best kinds useful for cut-flowers and as decor- 
ative plants. 
g- A. cordata $0 50 
S' A. cultrlformis 50 
^ A. dealbata floriftunda 50 
£' A. Drummondii. Lovely pale lemon-yellow 
flowers; plant of dwarf habit i 00 
5" A. Farnesiana. Flowers clear yellow and ex- 
quisitely fragrant 5° 
A. ornata 5° 
g- A. paradoxa 5° 
S' A. pubesceiis. Very fine and showy, with yel- 
low flowers $1 00 to 2 50 
.^CHMEA. Very handsome stove plants, with grace- 
fully disposed strap-like leaves, and flowers of rich and 
brilliant colors in panicles on erect scapes. 
s JE. coelcstis °° 
s yE. coerulesccns i 00 
i JE. Ailgens i 00 
s Ai. liuddcinanniana i 00 
s JE. miniata i 00 
s M. Kegina-Amalia i 00 
s Ai. spectabiliH i 00 
s JE. Vcitcliii (Chevallieria) i 00 
AGLiAONEMA. Fine Aroids, with beautiful foliage. 
Only the best species are given below. 
g A. ca.stata. See New and Rare Plants, page 5 • • $2 f o 
^AGL/AONEMA picta. Of dwarf habit, with 
fine, dark-colored and white leaves Si 50 
g A. nebalosuin. Another very beautiful species 
from Java ; resembles the foregoing, but is 
quite distinct, having striped foliage 2 50 
AliOCASIA. These beautiful stove decorative plants 
are of comparatively easy growth, and all have con- 
spicuous and handsome foliage, beautifully marked 
and blotched. 
i A. Chantrieri $5 00 
.r A. Chelsonii $2 50 to 5 00 
s A. intermedia 2 00 to 3 00 
s A. Jenningsii i 00 to 2 00 
s A. Johnstoni. Leaves semi-erect, arrow- 
shaped and peltate, the front lobe be- 
ing about twelve inches long, and the 
two back lobes fourteen inches and di- 
vergent ; olive-green, prettily varie- 
gated and veined with bright, rosy red. 
This plant has quite a unique appear- 
ance 2 50 
i A. l/owii I 00 to 2 00 
s A. macrorhiza fol. var 50 to 1 00 
.9 A. metallica i 00 to i 50 
s A. princeps. A species from the Malay 
Archipelago, with sagittate-sinuate 
leaves and slender petioles of grayish 
green, spotted and marbled with deep 
purple-brown 5 00 
s A. Reginae. A plant of great beauty, with 
large coriaceous leaves of dark green 
and purple ; leaf-stems are greenish 
purple, marbled slightly and spotted . 5 00 
s A. Sandoriana. A very remarkable 
plant, with deeply sinuated leaves of 
a dark slate color, with ivory white 
bands, mid-rib and nerves 2 50 to 5 00 
s A. Sedenii. A very fine hybrid between 
A. Lowii and A, ntftallica, combining 
the merits of both these fine species. 
A first-class exhibition plant 2 00 to ,-.50 
