Select Plants for House and Garden. 
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BEGONIAS. 
ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. 
(Norfolk Island fine.) 
Without doubt one of the most service- 
able plants for house decoration ; well 
adapted to room culture, and attractive 
and graceful in appearance. Beautiful 
specimen plants, 15 inches high, $2 each ; 
18 inches, $3 ; 24 inches, $5 ; 36 inches, 
$ 7.50 ; 48 inches, $10. 
ASPIDISTRA. 
Lurida variegata. A beautiful plant, 
with large, lance-shaped leaves, finely 
variegated with clear, cream-colored 
stripes. An elegant window or conserva- 
tory plant of the easiest culture, and re- 
markabTe for its great endurance. 50 cts. 
to Jti. 
Lurida. A green-leaved variety of the 
above, of strong growth ; will succeed in 
any position ; an excellent hall or corri- 
dor plant. 50 cts. to $1. 
ARAUCARIA EXCEI.SA. 
azalea lnuica. 
(Chinese Azalea.) 
Beautiful plants for window or conser- 
vatory decoration. Few plants reward 
the cultivator more liberally with bloom 
than these. The plants we offer are fine, 
shapely specimens of the best and most 
distinct kinds, with well formed heads, 
Strong plants by express, istsize, $1.50; 
2d size, $1 ; 3d size, 75 cts. 
The most useful, ornamental and hand- 
some of house plants. No class of plants 
will grow and bloom better under ordinary 
care than the Begonia. Most of the va- 
rieties are very free growing, and in a 
short time make handsome specimen 
plants. 
Tuberous-rooted. A handsome class 
of summer-blooming plants, commencing 
to flower early and continuing in full 
bloom until frost ; rivaling the Geraniums 
in depth and intensity of color. They 
grow best if planted in partial shade in a 
soil composed of leaf mold, sand and a 
small portion of well-rotted cow manure. 
They also make splendid specimen plants 
when grown in pots. When through 
flowering they should be dried off and 
shaken free from earth, and packed in 
charcoal dust or dry leaf mold, and kept 
in a warm room until February or March, 
when they may be started again. Large 
bulbs that will bloom this season. Single- 
flowered, mixed, 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., 
$8 per 100. Double-flowered, mixed, 
20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
Argentea guttata. A handsome foli- 
age variety; purple bronze leaves, oblong 
in shape, with silvery markings; white 
flowers. An excellent pot plant. 
Diadema. A beautiful variety, with 
large, deeply-cut foliage, rich olive green, 
with silvery dots and veins. 
Alba picta. Leaves glossy green, 
thickly spotted with silvery white ; flower 
white. 
TUBEROUS BEGONIA. 
