Seasonable 
Select List of 
Decorative and Flowering 
PLANTS. 
ABUTII.ONS. 
(Chinese Bell Flower, or Flowering Maple.) 
Most desirable free-flowering plants for the conservatory or win¬ 
dow garden. We can supply in six distinct colors, viz.: White, 
yellow, orange, pink, red and carmine. 10 els. each ; $1.00 per doz. 
ACACIA. 
Armata. A most desirable house plant, succeeding under the 
same conditions as an Azalea or Camellia; the bright canary-yellow 
globular flowers are produced in March and April. $1.00 "each. 
AGLAONE 5 IA. 
Versicolor. An Aroid of dwarf growth suited to the warm con¬ 
servatory; foliage light green, irregularly blotched with patches of 
grey and deep green. 50 cts. each. 
Costatum. A dwarf, compact variety with heart-shaped leaves ot 
dark shining green, with white midrib and scattering blotches of 
white. 50 cts. each. 
AUAMANDA. 
Williams!!. This handsome variety is quite dwarf, and forms a 
compact bush, with trusses of flowers of a very rich, yet delicate, 
tint of yellow, deliciously scented and in bloom during the greatei 
part of the year. 25 cts. each ; $2 50 per doz. 
Henderson!, A strong-growing variety with very large 
yellow flowers. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 
Anthurium 
leaves, blotched and 
ALOCASIAS. 
Beautiful subjects for the warm conservatory. 
Macrohiza Variegata. Bright green 
marbled with white. $1 00 each. 
Sanderiana. Deeply lobed leaves of glossy dark green with 
metallic reflections and prominent light margins and veins. 
$5 00 each. 
AUPINIA SANDERAE. 
A handsome new species from New Guinea of this useful 
class of stove plant, with erect stems and short stalked glabrous 
leaves, 4 to 5 inches long by J to 1$ inches wide, tapering at 
both ends ; of a rich shining green, regularly striped at close 
intervals with broad white bands diverging from the midrib to 
the margin. $1.50 each. 
ANTHCRIIIMS. 
(Flamingo Flower.) 
Pretty greenhouse plants that have many good qualities, not 
only as decorative plants, but as cut flowers. Their peculiar 
shaped flowers of rich colorings frequently last on the plant 
from two to three months. 
Andreanum Hybrids. A fine collection of seedlings, in 
scarlet, red, rose and white. $1.00 and $1 50 each 
Scherzerianum. Brilliant scarlet. 50 cts. ami $1 00 each. 
— Album. A rare white-flowered form. $1.50 each. 
— Rothschildianum. Creamy white, spotted with crimson. 
$2.00 each. 
Warocqueanum. Grown for its ornamental foliage. $100 
each. 
ARALIA, 
Chabrierii. Long, narrow deep-green 
bronze midrib. $1.00 each. 
Elegantissima. A gractful species, 
metallic-green foliage. $1.50 each. 
Kerchoveana. An elegant slender-stemmed species, foliage rather broad, 
margins conspicuously undulated, of a deep, glossy green, relieved by a 
pale midrib. $1.50 each. 
Veitchil. A handsome species, with narrow leaflets, having undulated 
edges of a dark green above, and red underneath. $1.50 each. 
— Gracilllma. Similar to the above, but with very narrow foliage. $1.50 
each. 
foliage with crimson 
with finely divided 
ARDISIA CHENUEATA. 
A very ornamental greenhouse plant, with dark green foliage, producing 
clusters of brilliant red berries. 25 cts., 50 cts., $1.00 and $1.50 each. 
ARAUCARIA. 
Excelsa [Norfolk Island Pine). As a decorative plant for the house this is 
one of the handsomest and most serviceable plants in our collection. 
Each [ Each 
4 inch pots, 6 in. high .$0 50 6 inch pots, 15 in. high . $1 50 
5 " “ 10 “ “ 1 00 | 6 “ “ 18 “ “ 2 00 
Excelsa Glauca. Identical with the above, except in the color of the 
foliage, which is of a beautiful bluish-green or glaucous color. 
Each I Each 
5-inch pots, 10 in. high . $1 00 | 6-inch pots, 15 in. high. $2 00 
Robusta Compacta. Of robust, but compact growth, producing even a 
more symmetrical plant than Excelsa; the color is a rich, deep green. 
Strong plants, in 5-inch pots, 10 inches high, $1.50 each ; 6-inch pots, 15 
inches high, $2 00 each. 
ASPIDISTRA. 
Lurida. A very durable decorative plant of strong growth ; will succeed in 
anv position ; an excellent hall or corridor plant. 60c., 75c. and $1.00 each. 
Lurida Variegata. A pretty variegated form of the above, the foliage being 
Araucaria Excelsa. striped with white. 75 Cts. and $i.00 each. 
A list of the Best Hardy Perennial Plants to plant in the Autumn is given on pages 33 to 42. 
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