£. Sheppard & Sons' Catalogue of Plants. 
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LANTANA CALIFORNIO A. 
One of the finest varieties out ; the habit is very dwarf and compact ; the flowers 
are bright golden orange; an abundant bloomer, very desirable for bedding. 
Price, io cts. to 25 cts. each; $1.00 to $2.50 per doz. 
LEUCOPHYTON BROWNII. 
A very pretty variety of white or silvery-leaved plants, for ribbon or carpet 
bedding. Price, 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 
LOBELIAS. 
Plants of easy growth, well adapted for bedding, edging, rockeries, baskets, etc. 
Price, 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 
LOMARIA GIBBA. 
A green-house Tree-fern, of the most elegant growth, adapted for every purpose, 
graceful in its feathery fronds, easy of culture in any shady wood-earth ; grows 
rapidly ; adapted for baskets, vases, etc. ; bears exposure to the sun like a Sago 
Palm, to which it has a strong resemblance. Price, 15 cts. to 50 cts. each ; {1.50 
to $4.00 per doz. 
LYGODIUM SCANDENS. 
(Japanese Climbing: Fern.) 
A climbing fern of graceful, twining habit, often attaining a height of twenty feet, 
and is much used as a substitute for smilax in decorating. It is of easy culture, 
and is a handsome plant 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 beautiful ornamental foliage plant, suitable for ferneries, baskets, vases, etc. 
Argyrea. Makoyana. Regalis. 
Bicolor. Micans. Van den Heckei. 
Litziana. Fulchella. Zerina. 
. Price, from 25 cts. to $2.50 each. 
MAHERNIA ODORATA. 
A very desirable green-house 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 
required. The foliage is smooth and glossy ; indispensable for bouquets, wreaths, 
etc. Price, 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. 
