SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 180 1 
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&calypl*a Tricolor. 
A foliage plant, which we can hardly ex¬ 
pect many to buy without seeing: it, but 
when seen it is sure to be wanted. It liiut 
large leaves which are colored like the tlncst 
Autumn foliage. The colore are dark brown¬ 
ish rod, light olive green and intense scarlet. 
Mixed, blotched and variegated in an irregu¬ 
lar manner, exactly like the IInest specimen* 
of Autumn leaves. It isa grand ornamental 
plant. (Jive it a position in the hottest and 
most sunny spot you have on your veranda 
or lawn, and it will delight you. Me. each; II 
for 50c. 
SapseVeria £ealapica 
A New Decorative Plant of Creat Beauty 
and Value. 
A lieautiful plant, splendidly adapted for 
the decoration of drawing-rooms and halls, 
as it stands drought and dust with impunity, 
and requires scarcely any water. 'I he leaves, 
ns shown incut, grow to a length of three 
to four feet, and are beautifully striped 
crosswise, with broad white variegations on 
a dark green ground. It is a rare ami beau¬ 
tiful plant which should be abundantly 
grown for positions out of the reach of 
sunlight, where other plants will not thrive. 
When you consider that it can be placed in 
any position in any room and do well, its 
great usefulness is at once apparent. It has 
a singular beauty for decorative purposes 
which other plants do not possess, and Is 
useful both winter and summer. 'I hough 
grown mainly for the beauty of its foliage, 
it is bv no means an Insignificant flowering 
plant. It blooms usually during May and 
June, sending up great plume-like spikes a 
foot or more in length. The flowers arc 
numerous and composed of long narrow 
petals, which recurve gracefully, and are of 
a creamy white color. It is difficult to find 
a more unique or ornamental plant than 
tliis, especially when it is in bloom. Tor 
vases or baskets it makes a fine center piece, 
and it grows splendidly out of doors during 
the summer months. Pieces of its leaves 
when set in sand like ordinary cuttings, will 
take root, and in due time sprout and grow. 
This is the way wo propagate our stock, as 
plants thus produced will grow rapidly; 
much moresothan those from rootcuttings. 
or old plants divided up. Price of strong, 
healthy growing plants, 30e. each; 4 for S1.U0. 
