GENERAL CATALOGUE OP PLANTS. 
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BRUGMANSIA. 
BRUGMANSIA ARBOREA. 
(Giant Ghost-flower.) 
AngePs-Trumpet and Wedding Bells are names given 
to this very valuable plant. It is really one of the best 
plants known, and is sure, when in bloom, to delight 
the owner far beyond his expectations. The flowers 
are drooping, bell-shaped, over a foot long and eight or 
nine inches wide, creamy white and very sweet-scented. 
To appreciate the charming qualities of this flower you 
must see it in full bloom. 15 cents. 
FLOWERING BEGONIAS. 
We know of no class of plants better adapted to 
amateur cultivation than these. Most of the varieties 
are free growing, and in a very short time make fine 
specimen plants. The beauty of their foliage, com- 
bined with their graceful flowers and free-blooming 
qualities, tends to make them one of the most desira- 
ble classes of plants grown. They require about the 
same temperature as Bouvardias, an average of 
seventy degrees, to bring them to perfection. As pot 
plants for summer or winter decorations they have 
but few equals. Price, except where noted, 15" cents. 
Alba Picta. A perfectly distinct variety. The 
leaves are glossy green, thickly spotted with sil- 
very white. The branches are upright and grace- 
fully curving. Flowers white. 
Compta. From Brazil. Satiny green, with silver 
tinge along the midrib. An improvement on the 
old “variety, Zebrina. 
Argentina Guttata. A cross between Olbia and 
Alba Picta. This variety has the silvery blotches 
of Alba Picta, and the form and beauty of Olbia. 
Purple-bronze leaves, oblong in shape, with silvery 
markings. White flowers on the tips of the stems. 
Fine for house culture. 20 cents. 
Diadema. An elegant new begonia, particularly 
adapted for house culture. It has large, deeply- 
cut foliage, with silvery dots and veins, and a fine 
habit of growth. 20 cents. 
Fuehsioides Cocci non. An elegant, fine blooming 
variety. It resembles Hybrida Multiflora in growth. 
The flowers are a bright scarlet. 10 cents. 
Glaucophylla Scandens. A drooping species, 
with large panicles of orange-salmon flowers. A 
beautiful plant for hanging baskets. 10 cents. 
Gilsnni. Large leaved, smooth, upright growing. 
The leaf is sharp pointed and regularly toothed; 
long, triangular form, very elegant. Racemes of 
double rosy white flowers on long stems. 
> 1 . Do Lcsseps. A decided improvement on Argen- 
tea Guttata, the leaf being four times the size seen in 
that variety, while the silky texture is the same ; it 
is beautifully spotted with silver. A very strong, 
free-growing variety, that will succeed with "any ordi- 
nary care, growing rapidly and sending out quanti- 
ties of leaves, well repaying the care bestowed on it. 
25 cents. 
Lucerne. A large-leaved upright grower, forming 
fine specimen plants, which bear many fine trusses of 
orange-scarlet flowers. 25 cents. 
Metallica. This elegant variety has large glossy 
leaves, shaded with green, crimson and olive, with a 
peculiar metallic luster over all. Flowers large, 
dark pink in color. 
Matiicata A urea. Large, glossy leaves beautifully 
blotched with creamy white, with carmine etchings 
in the mature leaves. Flowers delicate blush white, 
on long stems. It is easily grown, and is one of the 
finest ornamental foliage plants for the house. 25 
cents. 
Olbia. A grand variety. The leaves are from seven 
to ten inches in diameter, and are separated into 
dee]), sharp points. The color runs through varying 
shades of brown and red, the young leaves being very 
bright. The arrangement of the veins gives the leaf 
an uneven surface. This variety soon attains a heavy 
main trunk, which carries the branches in an erect 
form. It has large flowers of lemon white, and al- 
together is one of the richest colored foliage varieties. 
35 cents. 
Rubra. One of the finest of our winter-flowering 
plants. The leaves are dark green ; flowers dark 
rose, glossy and wax-like. This peculiarity is so 
marked that when plants are placed singly in a room 
the glossy appearance of the leaves and flowers give 
the impression that they are artificial rather than 
natural. 
Semperflorens Gigantea Rosea. This fine new 
variety attains to a large size and is a compact mass 
of glossy, olive-green leaves. It is so free of bloom 
as to present the appearance of a fine bouquet. The 
flower .is white in the center, shading to a delicate 
shell-pink, distinctly margined with bright rose, and 
enlivened with dense clusters of yellow anthers, pro- 
ducing a charming effect. It blooms continually, but 
is freest in winter, this quality adding to its attract- 
iveness as a house plant. 
Sandersonii. Deep scarlet ; ever-blooming. Known 
as the Coral Begonia. 10 cents. 
BEGONIA DIADEMA. 
Just look at our club-list— *20 worth of plants for only 810. 
