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A. B. DAVIS & SON, PURCELL VILLE, VIRGINIA. 
FLOWERING BEGONIA. 
AGERATUM. 
Useful border plants flowering continu- 
ally the whole summer. During the ap- 
proach of frost they can be taken up and 
potted, and make an excellent winter-flow- 
ering plant, io cents each. 
Lady Jane. Bright blue; a fine distinct 
variety. 
"White Cap. New ; it is, without doubt, 
the best white variety ever introduced, 
and a beauty. 
Rosea. A new variety, bearing a profu- 
sion of rose-colored flowers. 
ABUTILON. 
ALTERNANTHERA. 
Beautiful dwarf plantsof compact 
habit, growing about six inches 
high, and admirably adapted for 
edgings to flower beds or ribbon 
lines, their beautifully variegated 
foliage of crimson, purple, yellow, 
pink and green, forming rich mas- 
ses of color; always attractive and 
highly ornamental. These are the 
four best sorts. 8 cents each, $5 
per 100. 
Aurea Nana. Bright golden yel- 
low, holding its color well the 
entire season. 
Parychoides Major. Crimson, 
scarlet and pink ; its gorgeous 
coloring gives it the name of Rain- 
bow Plant. This and Aurea 
Nana are used the most for rib- 
bon lines and massing. 
Spathulata. Leaves tinted car- 
mine and green. 
Versicolor. Foliage ovate, olive, crim- 
son and chocolate ; when used for edgings 
they must be frequently sheared ; the 
young tips will then assume most bril- 
liant hues. 
BEGONIA. 
Begonias are assuming great importance, 
latterly, many superb varieties having been 
introduced to commerce. 
FLOWERING VARIETIES. 
We grow a large assortment of flowering 
begonias, such as Rubra, Semperflorens 
Gigantea Rosea, Metallica. These make 
magnificent plants for pot-culture. 15 cts. 
ALOYSI A CITRIODORA. 
(Lemon Verbena.) 
A well-known shrub ; indispensa- 
ble for the delightful fragrance of 
its leaves in the construction of 
bouquets, etc. 10 cents. 
(Chinese Bell-flower.) 
Assorted Colors. Yellow, salmon, pink, 
crimson and white. 10 cents. 
Thompsonii Plena. Beautiful mottled 
green and yellow foliage, with perfectly 
double flowers that resemble in form a 
double hollyhock ; rich, deep orange, 
streaked with crimson. 10 cents. 
BEGONIA REX. 
Grown for the beauty of their foliage. 
The leaves are large, beautifully variegated 
and margined with a peculiar silvery me- 
tallic gloss; they are much used as pot- 
plants. 15 cents. 
BRYOPHYLLUM CALYCINUM 
ALYSSUM, SWEET. 
Double White. Large double white flow- 
ers ; valuable for cut-flowers, and for 
borders to beds. 8 cents. 
ACHANIA MALVAVISCUS. 
A shrub with scarlet flowers, always in 
bloom, summer and winter; not subject to 
insects of any kind. One of the most satis- 
factory house plants grown. 10 cents. 
A most curious and beautiful succulent 
plant, with thick, heavy leaves. If these 
are cut and laid on moist soil or sand, little 
plants will grow from the notches all around 
the leaf. They grow very quickly to a con- 
siderable size, and make a healthy and 
beautiful-looking plant. The flowers are 
yellowish-red, in panicles, and resemble a 
bunch of berries, appearing usually in 
April. A very rare, interesting plant, 
which is sure to please greatly all who 
possess it. 10 cents. 
If you don’t grow flowers, hand over Catalogue to some friend who does. 
