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of easy culture, and is a handsome plaut for vases or hanging baskets, as 
it can be used to climb or to droop as required. Price, 25 cts. each; $2.50 
per doz. 
MARANTA. 
A beautifhl ornamental-foliage plant, suitable for 
ferneries, 
baskets, 
vases, etc. 
Argyrea. 
Micans. 
Regalis. 
Bicolor. 
Makoyana. 
Van den 
Ukckei. 
Litziana. 
PULCHELLA. 
Z ERIN A. 
Price, from 50 cts. to $2.50 each. 
MAHERNIA ODORATA. 
A very desirable greenhouse plant, blooming profusely during the spring 
months. The flowers are yellow, bell-shaped, and very fragrant. Price, 25 
cts. each. 
MYRSIPHYLE UM ASPARAGOIDES. — ( Srnilaoc. ) 
There is no plaut in cultivation that surpasses this in the graceful beauty 
of its foliage, and its peculiar, wavy formation renders It one of the most 
valuable of all plants for vases and baskets, as it can be used either to climb 
or to droop, as required. The foliage is smooth and glossy ; indespeusable 
for bouquets, wreaths, etc. Price, 10 cts. each ; .$1.00 per doz. 
ME YEN! A ERECT A. 
A beautiful greenhouse shrub, with light blue flowers ; flowering profusely 
during the spring months. Price, 60 cts. each. 
MA UR AND I AS. 
Beautiful climbing plants, of graceful, slender growth, producing an end- 
less profusion of handsome white, pink, or purple gloxinia-shaped flowers 
throughout the s( ason. 
Ai.ua. White. Bakclayana. Purple. Rosea. Rose. 
Price, 10 cts. to 25 cts. each; $1.00 to $2.00 per doz. 
MATICARIA INODORA . — ( The Double May Weed.) 
Is said to be of unusual attraction, and quite a new introduction ; it is 
similar to a chrysanthemum ; of easy cultivation, and produces its flowers in 
great abundance ; valuable acquisition. Price, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
MACROLEPIA HERTA CRISTATA. 
A beautiful fern, having a dwarf and spreading habit; fronds crested, the 
pinnae branched and subdivided near their extremities. The color Is soft and 
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