50 
NEW AND RARE 
PLANTS 
Pansy Geranium. 
"PANSY" GERANIUM. 
There is nothing that gives better returns 
for a little care, when grown in the window 
Sarden, than these; literally covered with 
owers and frequently remain in bloom near- 
ly all summer. Flowers large, ivory-white, 
veined with lake, blending into a beautiful 
aureole of bright solferino. 30c each. 
LEMON VERBENA. 
A beautiful plant with verbena-like foliage 
which is delightfully fragrant. 15c each. 
CHENILLE PLANT. 
The plant is of branching habit, healthy 
foliage and the flowers are most remarkable. 
The flower spikes which appear in pairs from 
the axils of the leaves, grow from two to three 
feet in length. They are of bright crimson 
color, drooping and mixing among the green 
foliage with charming effect. For bright and 
curious effect it has no equal. It grows as 
easily as a coleus, and blooms continually 
throughout the year. 25c each. 
PETUNIA, DOUBLE SNOW 
BALL. 
After years of careful selection and propa- 
gation we are able to offer ( a white Petunia of 
immense size, a very vigorous and health v 
grower and a most profuse bloomer. The 
blossoms, the largest we have ever seen, are 
a pure white, delicately fringed, fragrant, and 
when cut and placed in water will remain 
fresh for ten days or two weeks. 15c each. 
CAPE FUSCHIA. 
A valuable pot plant which blooms al- 
most incessantly during the summer 
months, and will stand more hardships 
and will produce more flowers than the 
common Geranium. The flowers are a 
bright scarlet and very showy. 20c each. 
CHINESE PAPER PLANT 
As a pot plant it is magnificent, a strong 
vigorous grower, with splendid, Camelia- 
like foliage, deep shining green Plants 
commence to bloom in small pots and 
continue throughout the year. As the 
plant grows older it is literally covered 
with an amazing number of blossoms of 
a dazzling rosy crimson, with deep golden 
yellow anthers. Planted i n pots and 
trained over a trellis, a large plant of this 
superb novelty presents one of the most 
beautiful sights imaginable. 25c each. 
PORTO RICO COLEUS. 
This highly ornamental plant comes 
from the mountainous district of Porto 
Rico. The leaves are beaut if ullv var- 
igated with a deep metalic purple shaded 
with bright rose and margined light green. 
It is particularly fine for beds and border 
and is entirely distinct from anv other 
bedding plant. It produces small spikes 
of bloom, but its chief value lies in its 
decorati ve q uali t ies. G ro wn as a pot 
plant in the house it is very bright and 
effective and at all times presents a very 
pleasing appearance. 10c each, $1.00 per 
doz. 
Boston Fern. 
Malabar Vine. 
MALABAR VINE. 
A very interesting climbing or trailing plant. 
1 he leaves are light creamy white, striped and 
marked with gray and green. It grows rap- 
idly and forms a very pretty plant in a short 
time. The flowers are a very delicate shade 
of pink. 20c each. 
HIBISCUS "SOUTHERN 
BEAUTY." 
Every limb and twig is clothed with deeply 
5-cleft leaves, toothed and crimson margined. 
AH summer and fall (until checked by frosts) 
it covers itself with handsome and very strik- 
ing flowers, deep crimson, shading darker in 
the throat. As a pot plant it blooms while 
very small, and we have had them in thumb 
pots carrying flowers larger than the plants 
themselves. May be wintered in pit or cel- 
lar. Nice plants, 25c each. 
H0YA CARNOSA, WAX 
PLANT. 
Since the introduction of this superb plant 
its popularity has steadily increased. The 
flowers are bluish-white, resembling wax, and 
are borne profusely in large umbels. The fol- 
iage is thick and fleshy, and extremely hand- 
some in appearance. It is a quick grower and 
a good bloomer, continuing in bloom for a 
' on ? time. Grown in pots or boxes outdoors 
dumng spring and summer, it is justly the 
fflvKt beautiful and valuable of plants. 20c 
each. 
BOSTON FERN. 
It is of such easy culture and rapid 
growth, and is so graceful and orna- 
mental that it is superseding nearly all 
other varieties, both with the florist and 
amateur. Its long, graceful, drooping 
fronds often attain a length of five or six 
feet in a single year, while its foliage 
is always clean and healthy, not subject 
to the attacks of scale, mealy bugs and 
other insects. 25c each, $2.50 per doz. 
PIERSONI FERN. 
This superb novelty is a sport from the 
well known Boston fern and is unquestiona- 
blythe handsomest decorative variety ever 
introduced, even surpassing the highly 
prized Maiden Hair. It is of the easiest 
culture imaginable, attains a large size in 
a short time and at all stages of its growth 
and development is most handsome. 
Strong young plants, 50c each, postpaid 
Larger plants, $1.00 to $10.00 each, by 
express. 
BOUVARDIA, Alba. 
A beautiful single free flowering pure 
white variety; excellent for cut flowers 
no matter whether for boquets or table 
decoration. A spray of it is sure to be 
most prominent and pleasing and the 
fragrance is deliriously refreshing, and 
if well grown they will continue flower- 
ing eight or nine months out of the year. 
They only need the ordinary course of 
cultivation accorded the Geranium, and 
when growing and flourishing to be sup- 
plied with liquid rnB.»Te occasionally. 
25c. each. 
