DECORATIVE PLANTS AND ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 
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PANDANUS, OR SCREW PALM. 
We devote much space to the growth of Pandanads, which grow 
more popular every year, but can never be termed " common." Beau- 
tiful, and not easily injured, they have indeed become indispensable to 
all who love to keep their rooms and conservatories looking bright, 
and to have some plant that seems "just the thing" for any purpose 
or situation. 
PANDANUS VEITCHII, the variety illustrated, is an especially 
elegant form, marked with broad bands of white on its glossy, grace- 
ful leaves. Our stock is large, the finest and most beautifully colored 
to be found in the country. $1. 
P. UTILIS. The pretty, plain green-leaved form. 50 ots. 
P. BAPTISTIL New. One of our specimens measures 4X feet, 
has 35 leaves, and grows in a 12-inch pot. Price on application. 
Smaller specimens, $2.50 to $15. 
Stove and Greenhouse Plants — Continued. 
SARRACENIA Drummondll. Upright; 
liiglily colored. $1. 
S. — flava. White or pale yellow i)itchers. 
$1 to $1.50. 
S. purpurea. The common North American 
"Sitle-saddle Flower." 50 cts. 
SCHISMATOCLOTTIS Robellni. Fine 
leaves, beautifully marked with silvery 
liTies. $1. 
8. Siamensls. White-flecked leaves. $3. 
SCUTELLARIA Moclniana. $2. 
SKIMMIA Japonica var. A fine plant, with 
glossy variegated leaves, fragrant flowers 
and a profusion of red berries. 50 cts. 
SONERILA. Dwarf-growing, with silvery 
dotted and veined foliage. 
S. argentea. 50 ets. 
S. marmorata. 50 cts. 
SPH/EROCYNE latlfolia. Superb deeo- 
rative plants, with wonderful foliage, ellip- 
tic in shape, and of e.\ti*etne beauty in both 
texture and coloring. 
STRELITZIA. Regal plants, with strange 
and wonderfully brilliant flowers. 
S.Augusta. $1.50. 
S. reginae. Bir<l of Paradise Flower. $1. 
STREPTOCARPUS. The Cape Prinn-ose. 
I'relty flowering plants from Africa and 
Madagascar. 
S., New Hybrids. Plants to bloom this sea- 
son. 50 cts. 
THEOPHRASTA Imperl- 
alts. Au imposing deco- 
rative plant from South 
America. Price on appli- 
cation. 
TILLANDSIA and Vrie- 
sla. All the flashing bril- 
liancy of these odd plants 
depends upon the vividly 
colored bracts of their 
long flower-scapes. They 
depend upon the air alone 
for their sustenance, and 
look like tropical birds of 
gay plumage as they hang 
suspended on their rafts. 
They are exceedingly easy to grow, needing 
only to be wired to a block of wood, and 
given plenty of water and a warm tempera- 
ture. Besides their bright flowers, some 
of them have beautifully mottled leaves, 
and all are most valuable for stovehouse 
decoration. 
TILLANDSIA blvlttata. $2. 
T. brachystachys {I'riesia brachystachyx) . 
$2. 
T. bracteata. Brilliant crimson bracts. 75c. 
T. glaucophylla. 25 cts. to $1. 
T. guttata (I'riesia guttata). $2. 
T. LaSalliana. A rare new species from 
South America. Free-growing; has most 
brilliant flowers. 75 cts. to $2.50. 
Pandanus Veitchii. 
TILLANDSIA LIndenI vera. Bright red 
flower-scape. $1. 
T. splendens H'rimia spleiidens). Superb 
leaves, banded with brown; purple bracts, 
yellow flowers. $1..50. 
T. — malor. Has unusually large and full 
sword-like scarlet flower-scapes. $1. 
TOXICOPHL^A spectabllls. Winter 
Sweet. Flowers white, in a dense spray, 
frequently over two feet long ; perfume 
sweet and powerful. The blooms are pro- 
duced in spring ; an interesting and valu- 
able plant. $1.50. 
T. Thunbergii. From the Cape of Good Hope. 
Powers yellowish, tipped with brown. $1. 
Ornamental Grasses. 
The Grasses are so essentially graceful that they take away the stiffness and formality of groups of many otherwise handsome 
plants. All those marked with a star (*) are somewhat tender, and should be lifted and placed in a coldfrarae or cellar 
during winter. Some good beds of Grasses are shown on page 51. The plants are strong and free -growing, and each 
stem is tipped by a beautiful plume. 
CYNERIUM argenteum. The true Pampas 
Urass. A stately plant, bearing ntagnili- 
cent silvery white plumes in the fall; the 
latter are largely brought from California 
in a dry state for winter ornaments. The 
plants are hardy if protected slightly. 
They form grand clumps. 35 cts. 
PHALARIS arundlnacea var. The White 
Ribbon (trass. A very effective plant in 
borders. 25 cts. 
PAPYRUS antlquorum. For description, 
see A(iuatic Plants. $1. 
STIPA pennata. Feather Grass. One of 
the most graceful of Grasses, with fine 
feathery flowers ; valuable for summer 
planting and for winter ornaments. 15 to 
20 inches. 25 cts. 
ARUNDO conspicua.* A rare and very 
handsome form, bearing silky white flowers, 
wliieli are beautiful for mouths. 50 cts. 
A. Donax.* The Great Reed. 25 cts. 
BROMUS briieeformls. A hardy perennial 
grass of great beauty ; especially Hue for 
winter decorations. 25 cts. 
CYPERUS. Very ornauiental rush-like 
plants, which serve admirably also for 
aquatic planting. They make very hand- 
some pot plants. 
C. alternlfollus.* Has straight stems, with 
the long, mirrow leaves radiating from the 
top at right angles, in au umbrella form. 
25 cts. 
C. — varlegatus.* A beautiful variegated 
form. 75 els. 
EULALIA. The most ornamental Grass 
known. Dried plumes of Eulalia remain 
beautiful for years. 
E. graclMlma unlvittata. Not so tall-grow- 
ing as A'. Japonica. The narrow foliage 
has a distinct white band down the center 
of the leaves. 30 cts. 
E. Japonica. This, the typical Eulalia, is 
more vigorous and has larger plumes than 
any of its varieties. 5 feet. 30 cts. 
E. — varlegata. Similar to the last, but 
with flue, longitudinally variegated leaves. 
5 feet. 30 cts. 
E. — zebrina. Zebra Grass. Leaves banded 
transversely with creamy white. Graceful, 
odd ami showy throughout the season. 30 
ets. 
WE ABE HEADQUARTERS FOR EVERYTHING FINE IN PALMS, ROSES, ORCHIDS, FERNS AND DECORATIVE PLANTS, 
in splendid stock fully up to the high grade demanded by the critical New York and Newport trade. 
