SLLia SROTBICRB’ CATALOGUS. 
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PALMS. 
Kentia* This is one of the finest pot plants imaginable, and the easiest to grow of 
an^ of the Palm family. Being aimost hardy, it is not injured by slight changes in 
the temperature and its stiff, glossy leaves enable it 
to stand the dry, hot air of the living room without 
injury. This is, without exception, the mostjhardy 
of its class. It is very graceful for decoration. 
Scarcely has an equal. (See cut). Price 35 As., 
so As., $1.00, $2.00, $3.00 and $10.00. 
Cocos Weddeliana. This beautiful Palm is 
unquestionably the most elegant and graceful in 
cultivation. It is admirably adapted for the cen- 
ters of jardinieres and fern dishes, as it retains its 
freshness for a iong time, while for dinner table 
decoration it is unexcelled. 
Price, fine plants, 35, 50 and 75 As. 
Latania Borbonica. This Palm is more 
largely used than any other. Its strong, healthy 
habit commends it to ali, and gives it> fitness for 
window or room culture not possessed in the same 
degree perhaps by any other; certainly among the best. 
Price, 30 As. and $1.25 ; extra specimens, $3.50. 
Phoenix Reclinata (Date Palm.) Beautiful reclinate foliage of gracefui habit. 
Easily grown and most attractive. Price 60 As., $1.00 and $5.00. 
Cycas Revoluta. (Sago Paim). The Cycas makes a magnificent specimen plant, 
and is one of the most valuable plants grown for the decoration of the lawn or house. 
Fronds heavy, glossy and deep green. Price, fine plants, $1.50. 
Corypha Australis. A fine variety. Shape entirelj' distinct from other sorts. 
Ihe genuine umbrella shape. Price, fine plants from 4-inch pots, 75 As. 
GLOXINIAS. 
Crassifolia. Easily grown, and bloom constantly from spring until autumn 
when they should be allowed to die down and the pots kept dry in some 
warm place until spring, when the bulbs can be 
started into growth again. Any good soil will 
grow them, but will do best in compost of one-haif 
good loam, balance equal parts old manure and leaf 
mould. In potting, allow top of bulb to stand 
just above the soil — water but little until growth 
commences. Our bulbs this season are fine and 
large, and in a mixture of the grandest colors ; all 
in the “ Crassifolia” varieties, which is the strong- 
est growing strain known. (See cut.). Price, in 
colors, red, white, blue, and spotted, large bulbs, 
30 As., the four for $1.00; fine mixed strong 
bulbs, 15 As., four for 50 As. ; mixed, in mammoth 
bulbs, 25 As. ; three all different, but unnamed, 
60 As. Ail above bulbs are fine imported stock 
from a Gloxinia specialist. 
