A. B. Davis & Son, Purcellvllle, Va. 
CAPE JASMINE. 
(Gardenia florida.) 
Much grown for its delicious fragrance and the 
beauty of its flowers, which are white and double. 
15 cts. each ; larger, 25 cts. 
MANETTIA VINE. 
This pretty vine is valuable in the house because 
it can be trained all around a window, and will be a 
solid wreath of bloom both summer and winter. In 
the garden its beauty surpasses everything. The 
flowers are intense scarlet, tipped with yellow, and 
borne by the thousand. 10 cts. each. 
OTAHEITE ORANGE. 
A dwarf Orange, which grows, blooms and fruits 
freely in pots, even when only a foot or two high. 
The fruit is about one-half the size of ordinary 
Oranges, and very sweet and delicious. The blos- 
soms are produced in great abundance, and are deli- 
cate and beautiful in color and rich in perfume. 
The plant blooms most freely during winter, though 
it is likely to bloom at any and all times. 35 cts. ; 
smaller plants, 10 cts., 15 cts. and 25 cts. each. 
OXALIS ORTGIESII. 
Few plants will give better satisfaction than this, 
as it is a perpetual bloomer in every sense of the 
word. It is in full bloom every day in the year, 
when grown in a pot of good soil and with ordinary 
care. It grows as freely as a geranium in any situa- 
tion. and is a shrubby plant, like a geranium or 
fuchsia, without bulbs, in which respect it differs 
from other Oxalises. It grows 12 to 18 inches in 
height, branching freely, and is covered at all times 
with clusters of bright golden, star-shaped flowers, 
which do not close at night, as in other sorts of Ox- 
alis. 10 cts. each. 
PALMS. 
Palms are now indispensable in all decorations, 
whether for apartments, conservatories, or for tropi- 
cal bedding in summer. Only plants from 2^ and 
3- inch pots can be sent by mail. 
Areca lutescens. One of the most valuable and 
beautiful Palms in cultivation ; bright glossy green 
foliage and rich golden yellow stems. 3-in. pots.asc. ; 
4- in. pots, 50C. ; 5-in. pots, 75c.: 6-in. pots, $1.25. 
Kentia Belmoreana. The “Curly Palm.” 
Leaves pinnate, the divisions taper pointed. The 
most useful of the genus for decorative purposes, on 
account of its fine habit. 3-in. pots, 25 cts.; 4-in. 
pots, 50 cts.; 5-in. pots, $1 ; 6-in. pots, |2 each. 
Kentia Forsteriana. One of the finest of the 
Kentias, with graceful, bright green foliage. 3-in. 
pots, 25c.; 4-in. pots, 50c.; 5-in. pots,|i; 6-in. pots,$2. 
Chamaerops excelsa. A handsome Fan-Palm, of 
rapid growth and easy culture. 4-in. pots, 40 cts. 
Phoenix reclinata. Beautiful reclinate foliage ; 
a graceful and exceedingly ornamental Palm. 2 ) 4 - 
in. pots., 10 cts.; 5-in. pots. 50 cts. each. 
Cocos Weddelllana. An elegant dwarf Palm, with 
gracefully arching, fine-cut, feathery foliage. 3-in. 
pots. 40 cts. each. 
Latania Borbonica. (Chinese Fan-Palm.) Broad, 
fan-shaped leaves, with pendent marginal segments ; 
an admirable plant for almost any purpose. 2 ) 4 -in. 
pots, 10 cts.; 4-in. pots, 25 cts.; 5-in. pots, 50 cts.; 
6-in. pots, ; 8-in. pots, I2.50. Large specimens in 
2)^ -ft. tubs, 14 to 20 perfect leaves, $5 (reduced 
from $20). 
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WASHtNGTONIA FHIFERA. 
Washlngftonla flllfera. Rapid-growing Fan- 
Palm, with fibers hanging from leaves. 2^-in. pots, 
10 cts. each. 
Washingtonian robusta. Rapid-growing Fan- 
Palm; easy culture. Strong plants from 2)4-in. 
pots, 10 cts. each. 
Pandanus Veltchll. This grand decorative 
plant, with its green and creamy white variegation, 
is indispensable in every collection. Small plants, 
50 cts.; 5-in. pots, $i each. 
Pandanus utills. Pandanus is perhaps the most 
useful of our ornamental foliage plants. As a vase 
plant or single specimen in the greenhouse or con- 
servatory it cannot be surpassed. Small plants, 10 
cts.; 4-in. pots, 40 cts., 6-in. pots, 75 cts. each. 
OLEA FRAGRANS. 
The “Sweet Olive " is covered with fragrant white 
flowers the greater part of the year. A great favor- 
ite. Large plants, 25 cts. each. 
PRIMULA. 
Chinese Primrose. Single fringed, pink and 
white. 10 cts. each. 
Obconica. The everblooming white Primrose ; a 
beautiful and easily grown window plant. 10 cts. 
SILVER-STRIPED PEPEROMIA. 
Window plants will ever be popular. So thick 
and wax-like are the leaves of this parlor gem that 
nearly every one takes it to be an artificial plant. 
The leaves are distinctly variegated white and green, 
and have the appearance of being powdered with 
frosted silver. Few plants could be more useful for 
table decoration, and none will stand ill-usage so 
readily. 10 cts. each. 
SMILAX. 
A climbing vine, with regular glossy foliage ; fine 
for decorations, and very extensively grown for use 
with cut-flowers and in floral work. Good plants, 
8 cts. each, 4 for 25 cts. 
