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SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY'S CATALOGUE OF 
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HIS natural order includes many exquisite decorative plants of easy culture and great beauty. They requii-e 
genei'ally stove house temperature. The flowers are of rich colors and gorgeous appearance, and the foliage 
is often very ornamental. To this order belongs the Pineapple (Anaiiassa). 
ACANTHOSTACHYUM strobilacea. From Brazil ; 
has red and yellow flowers, and long, narrow, thick 
leaves, incurved and covered with white scurf, si. 
iECHIMrEA. Very handsome stove plants vi'ith grace- 
fully disposed strap-like leaves, and flowers in panicles 
on erect scapes, of rich and brilliant colors. $1. 
iE. coelestis 
SS. coerulescens 
iE. f aliens 
SS. Luddemauniana 
2!. miniata 1 
2B. Be^ina-Amalia 1 
§1 00 
1 00 
1 00 
1 00 
00 
00 
Xi. spectabilis 1 00 
a:. Veitchii iVhevalUeiia) 1 00 
ANANASSA. The genus to which belongs the Pineap- 
ple; handsome strong plants of a very interesting 
character. 
A. Forteana fol. var. Leaves deep olive green, with 
a broad band of pale yellow ?1 50 to s.5 00 
A. sativa fol. var. A variegated form of 
the ordinary Pineapple, and a very hand- 
some plant: leaves beautifully sti'iped 
white, green, creamy yellow and a I'od 
tinge 2 50 to 5 00 
BILLBERGIA. Handsome plants, with elegant flow- 
ers, borne on light panicles; of easy growth, and val- 
uable for decorative purposes. 
B. amoena SO 50 to $1 00 
B. Baraquiniana 50 to 1 00 
B. fasciata 1 00 to 3 00 
B. gigautea 1 00 to 2 00 
B. Leopoldii 1 00 to 2 00 
B. Liboniana 50 to 1 00 
B. melanocantha 1 OO 
B. pyramidalis 1 00 
B. quadricolor 1 00 
B. Quesneliana 1 00 
B. rhodacyanea ■ 1 00 
B. splendida ^1 00 
B. vittata 1 00 
B. zebrina 1 00 
CABAGUATA. South American epiphytal plants, with 
brilliant flowers. 
C. cardinalis $1 00 
C. lin^ata 1 «0 
CHBVAIiIiIEBIA Veitchii. See jEchmea Vellchii. 
CRTFTANTUUS. Interesting South American Brom- 
eliads, ei)iphytal in the wild state. 
C. bivittatus $1 00 
C. fucus 1 00 
C. LacerdjB 1 00 
C. undulatus 1 00 
DYCEIA. A Brazilian genus of succulent plants, with 
very ornamental and elegant foliage. They require 
good drainage, and grow well with Agaves. 
D. rariflora SO 25 to SO 50 
D. recurvata .50 to 1 00 
D. reg-alis 75 to 1 00 
D. remotiflora 25 to 50 
BNCHOIiIBION. A new and rare genus from Brazil ; 
of upright habit, and with ornamental foliage. 
E. corallinum $1 00 
E. Jonghei 1 00 
E. roseum 1 00 
E. Saundersii 1 00 
E. spectabilis 1 00 
OUZMANNIA. Very handsome herbaceous stove 
plants on the order of the Tillandsias ; the flowers are 
very prett.v, while the foliage is also quite ornamental. 
6. Devansayana $1 00 
O. fragrans iCanwlmm chumnum) I 00 
O. tricolor 1 00 
ANANASSA PORTEANA FOL. VAR. 
