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THESE three orders contain some of the most beautiful and desirable stove or hot-house plants for decorative 
and exhibition purposes. It should be noted that while all these, as well as the plants of the two preceding 
departments, are warm-house plants, it does not of necessity follow that they cannot be kept in an ordinary 
greenhouse. Nearly all of them may be housed and kept in a greenhouse temperatui-e ; of course they will not make 
much growth, but by the judicious use of water during winter, these plants may be kept in a perfect state until 
the tempei-ature will, through the advance of the season, increase sufUciently to start them to grow. However, to 
grow them quickly and successfully, a congenial temperature of from 60 to 70 degrees, with a moist atmosphere, is 
necessary. They are all best grown in a compost of sods, fibre and leaf mould, with a, liberal sprinkling of well- 
rotted manure and sand; they must also be so potted as to have perfect drainage. 
Has beautiful yellow 
AIiFINZA.. Fine perennial plants of an ornamental 
habit, doing best in very rich soil. Their roots smell 
and taste much like ginger. 
A. nutans. Smooth lanceolate leaves ; pink 
flowers $0 50 to *1 50 
A. vittata. A beautiful variegated form ; 
the white stripes in the leaves run off 
with the veins 1 00 to 2 00 
CALATHEA fiavescens {Maranta). Resembles the 
beautiful Marautas. 50 cents to $1. 
CnSIfKOWSEIA Kirkii. A beautiful plant from Zan- 
zibar, bearing lovely fragrant rose-purple flowers. $1. 
COSTUS. Fine herbaceous pei'ennials, bearing beauti- 
ful spikes of flowers. 
C. Malortieanns (eieoftns). Yellow and orange red 
flowers $1 00 to $1 50 
C. musaica 1 00 
C. speciosus. White flowers 50 
CURiCUMA. Interesting stove herbaceous plants, bear- 
ing spikes of bright flowers. 
C. leucorhiza $1 00 
C. Roscoeana 1 00 
C. Zedoaria 1 00 
GLOBBA. Pretty herbaceous perennials, bearing pe- 
culiar yellow or pinkish flowers. 
G. erecta $0 50 
O. coccinea. A free-blooming species, of very 
graceful habit $0 50 to 1 00 
O. saltatoria 50 
HED YCHIUM. These handsome herbaceous plants are 
from tropical Asia. They produce fine terminal spikes 
of white, scarlet or yellow flowers, and are of orna- 
mental habit. 
H. albiflorum $0 50 
H. coccineum 50 
H. flavum 50 
H. Gardnerianum 50 
HELICONIA. Very ornamental foliage plants, allied 
to the Musas, and of much value for decorating. 
K. angustifolia $0 50 to $1 00 
HELICOXIA aureo-vittata. 
striped leaves $1 00 to $3 50 
H. Bihai 1 00 to 2 00 
H. BraziliensU 1 50 to 3 00 
H. farinosa 1 00 to 2 00 
H. metallica 2 00 to 3 50 
H. psittacorum 1 00 to 2 00 
H. Seemanni. A rare and very beautiful 
species 3 00 to 10 00 
H. triumphans 3 50 to 5 00 
KSMFFERIA. Beautiful foliage plants from China. 
K. Galanga $0 75 to SI 50 
K. Gilbertii. Margins of leaves bordered 
by a broad band of white ; very conspic- 
uous 50 to 1 00 
HELICONIA ANGUS ril'OLIA. 
