New, Rare and Beautiful Plants. 
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New, Rare and Desirable Plants, 
AND PLANTS OF RECENT INTRODUCTION. 
THE FOLLOWING list includes all the recent discoveries and introductions, as weU as the best old plants 
which are re-introduced aftei- having been overlooked perhaps for years. The list includes an exceptionally 
line lot of plants for conservatory and greenhouse decoration. We would call especial attention to the new 
Antliuriums, Caladiuius and to our remarkable stock of DracEenas. 
ACALYFHA torta. Leaves dark olive, tinted green ; 
margin cut into blunt oblongsegments. Remarkable for 
its curiously contorted foliage. It has erect stems, 
which are covered by leaves in a very singular manner. 
§1.50 to 
A. obovata. Leaves green, with creamy edges when 
young, changing with age to olive green with pink 
edges, and finally having a bronzy center and broad rosy 
crimson margins. An ornamental foliage plant. -SI to 
$^..50. 
ALLAMANDA grandiflora. An upright branchy 
species; flowers distinct and beautiful, yellow; large 
and of a very free blooming habit. A rare acquisition 
for the stove-house. $2.50 to 5;;i.50. 
ALOCASIA Chelsonii. Upper surface of the leaves 
deep green, glossy and metallic, under side purplish- 
An interesting hybrid. $2.50 to S5. 
A. Chantrieri. Leaves one foot long, six inches broad, 
undulated margins; deep olive green above, the veins 
narrowly bordered with silvery white, under surface 
deep violet red ; a fine acquisition. 
A. grandis. Flower spathc white, marked with car- 
mine lines on the outside; leaves ovate sagittate, two 
feet long, one foot broad ; bright green above, blackish 
green beneath; stems three to four feet long. A noble 
and ornam<Mital plant. $2.50 to ¥5. 
A. Johnstoni. Leaves semi-erect, arrow shaped, pel. 
tate, the front lobe being about twelve inches long and 
the two back lobes fourteen inches and divergent; 
olive green, prettily variegated and veined with bright 
rosy red. This plant has quite a unique appearance. 
Price on applii:ation. 
A. Fucciana. Leaves one and one-half feet long, about 
nine inch(>s broad ; deep green above, the pure white 
veins surrounded by a silvery white zone ; under sur- 
face glossy pui'ple; stems marked with wavy irregular 
zones of crimson red; fine. $5 to JIO. 
AIVIOMUra vittatum. A very remarkable plant, on ac 
count of striking resemblance to Maranta. It is 0{ 
dwarf habit, producing tiifts of lanceolate coriaceous 
green leaves, having whitish bars or stripes between 
the nerves, of which there are six or eight principal 
pairs;' the flowers are rosy red, borne in dense spikes 
at the foot of the leaf stalks. $.J.50 to $5 each. 
AMASbNIA punicea (Caludna). This is unquestion- 
ably one of the most beautiful flowering shrubs that 
has been brought under the notice of horticulturists 
for many years. It was introduced from British 
Guiana. The inflorescence is particularly striking 
from having a series of the richest vermilion crimson 
poinsettia-like spreading bracts arranged in pairs 
along the entire length of the racemes, which are a foot 
long. These bracts are very persistent, remaining in 
perfection fully two months. From the base of each 
bract are produced pendulous tubular flowers, in twos 
and threes, of a creamy white color, offering a striking 
contrast to the rich coloring of the other parts of the 
inflorescence. .?1.50 to §3 each. 
AMAItYUiIS. Especially choice collection, including 
the newer hybrids, together with the best named 
hybrids in cultivation. We grow Amaryllis in large 
quantities, and give especial care to their hybridiza- 
tion. (See our General Catalogue, pages 131 and 141.; 
Best New Hybrids, 81.50 to .5i2.50 each, flowering bulbs. 
(See cut, page 10, ) 
ANOBOFOGON schaenauthus. One of a large genus 
of grasses. A handsome species, the leaves of which 
emit a very fragrant lemon odor when touched or 
bruised. ?1,.")0 to .$3. 
ANTHUBIUMS. Wonderful advances have been made 
in this genus, and the varieties ofl'ered are remarkable- 
A. carneum. Spathe rose colored, cordate ovate, with 
longitudinal depressions; spadix rose colored, with a 
whitish glaze: leaves green. $3.50 to $5. 
A. Chantrieri. Spathe ivory white, erect, oblong acu- 
minate; spadix dark violet; leaves triangular, with 
widel,\- spreading basal lobes, dark shining green; a 
vigorous h.^ brid. $5 to $7.50. 
A. cruentum. Spathe blood red, large, coidate; spa- 
dix whitish; leaves elongated, cordate ovate; an orna- 
mental hybrid ; fine. $5 to $7.50. 
