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CLIBRANS’ LIST OF HERBACEOUS AND ALPINEiTPLANTS. 
Auriculas-stagre varieties. 
These old-fashioned favourites are greatly admired for their richly-coloured flowers and beautiful 
form. They are quite hardy, and require only the simplest treatment. If grown in a cold house 
or frame the flowers remain in perfection for a considerable time. 
Our selection of six fine Stage Varieties, io/6 to 21/-; twelve fine varieties, 21/- to 42/-. 
They are all named sorts from the various classes. Green-edged, Grey-edged, White-edged, and Selfs. 
AuriCUla.S— Alpine Varieties. 
These richly-coloured, free-growing varieties are deservedly popular. Their culture is of the 
simplest, their chief requirements being a rich, light soil, and plenty of moisture during the growing 
season. They should be taken up. divided, and replanted every second or third year, after flowering 
or in early Autumn, Named kinds, 12/- and 18/- per dozen. 
Seedling Alpine Varieties, strong blooming plants. 2/- per doz. ; 12/- per 100. 
Our Seedling Alpine Auriculas are very fine and make most lovely displays for Spring gardening. 
The strain is very select, all inferior flowers being carefully weeded out. SEED, 6d. and i per pkt. 
Bam busa— Bamboo. 
Including ARUNDINARIA and PHYLLOSTACHYS. 
Bamboos are graceful and elegant Reed-like Grasses of exquisite form, and charming foliage, 
they prefer a rich soil, and are eminently adapted for growing on the margins of streams and in 
moist boggy places ; should be sheltered from cold cutting winds, and mulched every Autumn with 
cow manure till thoroughly established. With suitable backgrounds these beautiful plants are 
capable of producing glorious effects. 
6 Bamboos in 6 distinct sorts, our selection, 7 6, 12 . - or 15 ,- 
ARUNDINARIA. 
3 anceps (6 to 10 ft.), graceful species ; 
leaves brilliant green two or three 
inches in length. The stems when 
young are a pretty purple changing 
with age to a greenish brown tint. 2/-. 
2/6 and 3/6. 
5 auricoma (I'ortunei anreu), 3 ft., leaves 
2 in. apart, striped briglit yellow ; 
broad stems purplish green. 6d. to 
i/- each : e.xtra strong clumps, 1/6 
to 2/6 each. 
9 Fortuneii, 3 ft., bright green, beauti- 
fully striated white, 6d. to i/- ; extra 
strong clumps, 1/6 to 2/6 each. 
12 Hinds!!, 8 ft., olive-green stems with 
branches in whorls ; leaves long, dark 
green exquisitely tesselated. 2/-, 2/6 
and 3/6. 
13 graminea, 6 ft., yellow stems and 
longer leaves. 1/6 and 2/6. 
15 japonica (syn. B. Metahe), 6 ft., stems 
with abundant long persistent dark 
green sharply pointed leaves ; makes 
a grand specimen, i/-, 1/6, 2, '6 and 
3/6 each. 
21 pygmsea, 6 to 12 inches, one of the dwarf- 
est Bamboos. Leaves bright green ; 
a vigorous and rampant grower, 
carpeting the ground wherever it is 
planted. 2/-, 2,/6 and 3/6 each. 
22 Simonii, tall straight slender stems and 
runs very freely at the root. 1/6 and 
2/6. 
23 striata {syu. Narihari), similar to 
Simonii with a partial silver-striped 
variegation, which disappears as the 
plant grows older. 2/6 and 3/6. 
32 Veitchii, 2 ft., rounded stem and small 
leaves, the edges of which wither in 
Winter giving the plant a variegated 
appearance. 1/6 and 2/6. 
BAMBUSA. 
38 Arundinacea, slender stems and long 
plumes of light green leaves. 6d. to 
i/- each, extra strong, i /b and 2/6. 
BAMBUSA — continued. 
41 disticha, 2 ft., a splendid little Bamboo 
for carpeting ; zigzagged stems, smalt 
- leaves. 2/6 to 3/6. 
52 palmata, 5 ft., leaves long and very broad, 
vivid green above, glaucous below ; 
a bold effective plant. 2/6 and 3/6. 
57 quadrangularis, stems square when ma- 
tured ; leaves fine deep green ; runs 
freely at the root. 2/6 and 3/6. 
62 tessellata, 2J ft., the largest leaved of all 
the hardy Bamboos ; tessellation 
minute. 2/6 and 3 '6. 
PHYLLOSTACHYS 
75 aurea, stems yellow, erect, and free 
branching, leaves handsome, but vari- 
able. I/-, i;6 to 2/6. 
82 Henonis, one of the loveliest Bamboos 
with tall slender stems yellowing with 
age and crowded with relatively small 
tapering leaves, j ,1/6 to 2/6. 
84 Kumasasa (ruscifolia), a pretty plant of 
unique appearance : curious arrange- 
ment of the leaves. 2/6, 3/6 and 5/- 
86 mitis, a beautiful tall species with golden 
stems and graceful habit, i 6, 2/6 
to 3/6. 
89 nigra, stems glossy black after the first 
year ; leaves green above, glaucous 
below. 2/-, 2, '6 and 3/6. 
96 Quiliol, 18 ft., a beautiful Bamboo, rapid 
grower, young sheaths of a pinkish 
brown mottled with purple spots, 
canes dark green, brilliantly polished ; 
2/6, 3/6 to 5/- 
104 violescens, young stems beautiful deep 
purple, leaves green above, and bluish- 
grey below. 1/-, 1/6 and 2/6. 
106 viridi-glaucescens, (15 to 20 ft.). In 
many respects the most desirable and 
ornamental of all Bamboos. The stems 
are stout and covered with bright 
green foliage, which remains coloured 
throughout the winter. The side 
branches curve and give the plant^a 
weeping effect, rapid grower. 2 '6 to 3, '6. 
