LEIFER’S 1934 PRICE LIST 
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Caladiums 
CALADIUM ESCULENTUM or ELEPHANT EAR. 
This plant is too well known to require much de¬ 
scription, but are the most popular tropical plant 
for large background plantings, and the smaller 
sizes for borders of Canna beds, and other flowers. 
Nothing can take the place of Caladiums for bor¬ 
ders of large pools, and by using bulbs of differ¬ 
ent sizes, plants can be obtained in various heights 
from one foot to ten feet high in favored locations. 
This variety grows the largest leaves of all, and 
they have grown up to six feet long at our gar¬ 
dens several times. Prices are 5c, 10c and 15c 
each, according to size. Write for quantity prices 
as we can supply any amount in all sizes. 
CALADIUM—Black Stem. This is a comparatively 
new variety here and we find it as hardy as the 
Esculentum, and has a more tropical appearance 
than the above variety. The leaves are heart 
shaped and while not so large, are more plentiful; 
the stems are a blue black and one wonders how 
such a small bulb can produce so many large stems 
and leaves. The bulbs of this variety are about 
one-half to two-thirds as large as Esculatum, and 
prices are the same as quoted above. 
ALL OF OUR CALADIUMS ARE GROWN BY 
OURSELVES AND ARE SUPERIOR TO THE 
SOUTHERN STOCK COLLECTED IN SWAMPS 
AND ARTIFICIALLY DRIED WHICH OFTEN 
KILLS THE CENTER SPROUT, MAKING THEM 
UNFIT FOR SPECIMEN PLANTS. 
The True Southern Pampas 
Grass 
GYNERIUM ARGENTEUM or Pampas Grass is a 
native of tropical and sub-tropical South America, 
and is conceded to be the most beautiful and 
stately plumed grass in all the world. Wherever 
it can be grown it is the most widely used orna¬ 
mental grass for parks, and the larger private 
estates, and at the low prices, we offer the true 
stock for, all smaller home owners should have 
this plant.. Argentine Pampas Grass is hardy here 
and we never give the plants any winter protec¬ 
tion, they have stood a temperature of 12 below 
zero in 1931 and have shown no injurious effect. 
This plant always forms a round symmetrical 
formed clump, which increases in size rapidly, 
growing to a height of 12 to 15 feet in a few 
years, producing plumes the next year after plant¬ 
ing. One of our plants produced over one hun¬ 
dred perfect plumes the fourth year. The plumes 
are the largest and most perfect in form of all 
fancy grass plumes, and are of a bright metallic 
color with silvery sheen. All of our Pampas Grass 
plants are grown in the South and after they form 
clumps of a suitable size, are perfectly hardy to 
plant in our climate. 
Clumps, 2 to 3 inches in diameter_35c each 
Clumps, 3 to 5 inches in diameter_50c each 
Clumps, 6 to 7 inches in diameter_$1.00 each 
