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E. SHEPPARD & SONS’ CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 
MAKAKTA. 
A beautiful ornamental-foliage plant, suitable for ferneries, baskets, vases, etc. 
Argyrea. 
Bicolor. 
Litziana. 
Micaus. 
Makoyana. 
Pulchella. 
Regalis. 
Van den Heckei. 
Zerina. 
Price, from 50 cts. to $2.50 each. 
MAHEKNIA 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. 
MYRSIPHYLLUM ASPARAGOIDES. - (Smilax.) 
There is no plant 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 re- 
quired. The foliage is smooth and glossy ; indispensable for bouquets, wreaths, 
etc. Price, 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per dozen. 
MEYENIA ERECTA. 
A beautiful greenhouse shrub, with light blue flowers; flowering profusely during 
the spring months. Price, 50 cts. each. 
MAURANDIAS. 
Beautiful climbing plants, of graceful, slender growth, producing an endless pro- 
fusion of handsome white, pink, or purple gloxinia-shaped flowers throughout the 
season. 
Alba. White. Barclayana. Purple. Rosea. Rose. 
Price, 10 cts. to 25 cts. each ; $i.oo to $2,00 per dozen. 
MATICARIA INODORA.— (The Double May Weed.) 
It 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 abun- 
dance. Valuable acquisition. Price, 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
NERTERA DEPRESSA. 
A neat little Alpine plant, with very small dark green leaves. It produces 
berries of brilliant orange-scarlet, forming a pleasant contrast with the foliage. 
A splendid plant for baskets, rock-work, etc. Price, 25 cts. each. 
