CATALOGUE OF RARE PLANTS. 
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ARAUCARIA excelsa glauca. An 
especially handbome variety, with 
silvery leaves $3 00 to $3 50 
robusta |3 50, 5 00 to 7 50 
imbricata. One of the finest and most 
distinct forms for decorative purposes, 
called •' Monkey Puzzle" . . ^1 50, 3 50 to 5 00 
Napoleon Baumanii 5 00 upward 
ASPIDISTRA lurida 50 to 1 00 
variegata 50 to 2 00 
BEGONIA glaucophylla scandens . . 25 to 50 
grandis $0 50, 75 to 1 00 
imperialis 50, 75 to 1 00 
macrophylla 50, 75 to 1 00 
manicata aurea 30 to 50 
metallica 25 to 50 
aurea var $0 25, 50 to 1 00 
Meyeri 25 to 50 
rubra 25 to 50 
Vernon $0 15, 25 to 50 
BEGONIA Rex 15, 25 to 50 
BERTOLONIA marmorata . .... 50 to 1 00 
pubescens 1 00 
Van Houttei 1 00 
BILLBERGIA Baraquiniana .... 50 to 1 00 
fasciata 1 00 to 3 00 
Leopoldii 1 00 to 3 00 
nutans 1 00 to 2 00 
pyramidalis 1 00 
splendida 75 to 1 00 
vittata 1 00 
zebrina 75 to 1 00 
BORONIA heterophylla 1 00 
megastigma 1 00 
tetandra 1 00 
BOUVARDIA Alfred Neuner. Double 
white ; of elegant habit 25 to 50 
Bridal Wreath. Delicate pink ... 35 to 50 
candidissima. White . 35 to 50 
Hogarthii fl. pi. Double; scarlet . . 35 to 50 
President Garfield. Double; reddish 
pink 25 to 50 
BRUGMANSIA cornucopia (Datura). 
Strong plants 50 
CAMELLIA (Camellia Jafionica axii hy- 
brida). $1.00 to $2.00 each. Prices 
for larger quantities and for larger 
specimens on application, 
reticulata 2 50 to 5 00 
CEPHALOTUS foUicularis. (The 
Australian Pitcher Plant) 3 50 to 5 00 
CHORIZEMA macrophyllum .... 50 
CITRUS Otaheite. A dwarf Chinese 
orange, with pretty, edible fruit. The 
tree flowers and fruits continually, and 
is very ornamental $0 75, 1 00 to 2 50 
Japonica 50 to 1 00 
sinensis ( Tahitensis) . A Chinese orange 
with small, flattened fruit 50 to 1 00 
CALADIUM, Fancy. No class of foli- 
age plants in cultivation can eclipse in 
beauty or be pronounced more useful 
in all decorative ways than this superb 
race of ornamentals; and no descrip- 
tion can do justice to the delicate 
beauty and elegance of their leaves, 
painted richly in all manner of varied 
and harmonious tints and colors. We 
offer some remarkable varieties, all the 
best sorts. Per dozen $8 50 to $5 00 
Fancy hybrids. We have imported 
from Rio Janeiro a superb and exten- 
sive collection of the choicest Fancy 
Hybrids, including all the more beauti- 
ful leaf-types, markings and colorings. 
$5.00 per dozen ; hundred rates on ap- 
plication. 
COLOCASIA. Superior decorative 
plants with large and majestic foliage 
of much beauty and elegance. 
a,nticiU0T\xm {Caladium esculenlum) . . 25 to 50 
CROTON or CODI.aSUM. 
The leaves of this brilliant genus of greenhouse foliage 
plants are unrivaled in beauty and variety of form and 
coloring. The plants are useful for almost any kind of 
decorative work, and large collections may be made of en- 
tirely distinct varieties ; with large, broad, smooth leaves, 
narrow, curled and twisted ones, or curiously cut and 
lobed forms ; all richly and differently colored. 
CROTON Andreanum. Of neat habit 
and free growth, with highly colored 
foliage $0 50:to,$l 00 
angustifolium. Green and yellow . . 35 to 50 
aucubsfolium. Green, yellow and 
crimson 35 to 50 
aureum. Leaves beautifully and sym- 
metrically marked with rich yellow . . 50 
Baron Adolph Selliere. A rare Croton 
of strong and robust growth. The 
brilliant green leaves are large, with 
pale yellow nerves, which soon become 
ivory white 3 00 
Baronne James de Rothschild. Long 
and handsome leaves, of olive-green 
and yellow, changing to brilliant 
crimson 50 to 1 00 
Beauty. Leaves lanceolate, profusely 
and strikingly variegated with golden 
yellow on a rich green ground .... 75 to 1 50 
Challenger (Imperator). Long leaves; 
mid-ribs at first creamy white, suffused 
with red, deepening to bright carmine. 50 to 1 00 
Dayspring. Orange-yellow, edged with 
green and tinged with red 60 to 1 00 
Disraeli. Leaves oddly shaped ; golden 
ribs and veins 50 to 1 00 
Evansianum. Trilobed leaves, richly 
varied and striped 50 to 1 00 
excelsior '° ^ x2 
fasciatum 50 to 1 00 
gloriosum (Prince of Wales) . . $0 75, 1 00 to 1 50 
illustris 2 00 
interruptum. Peculiar twisted leaves, 
dark purplish green above; crimson 
mid-rib 85 to 50 
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