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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 S4.00 per doz. 
LYGODIUM SCANDENS. 
{Japfine^c 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 cul- 
ture, 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. 
MAKANTA. 
A beautiful, ornamental foliage plant, suitable for ferneries, baskets, vases, etc: 
Argyrea. Litziana. Makoyana. Pulchella. 
Regalis. Van den Heckei. Zebrina. 
Price, from 25 cts. to $2.50 each. 
M A HERNIA 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. 
MYRSIPHYEEUM ASPARAGOIDES. 
(Smilax.) 
There is no plant in cultivation that surpasses this in the graceful beauty of its 
foliage, and its peculiar w.avy 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. 
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, to cts. to 25 cts. each; $1.00 to $2.00 per doz. 
NIEREMBERGIA. 
Very beautiful, neat-growing plants, of good habit and delicate foliage, with a 
profusion of pretty purple and white flowers from June to September; well 
adapted for baskets, vases, etc. Price, to cts. to 25 cts. each ; Ji .00 to $2.25 per doz. 
