SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANT8 FOR 1801. 
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TllLAMOSIA UTRIOULATA. OR PINE APPLE AiR PLANT. 
XEROPHYLLUM ASPMODELOIDE8. 
XeroptyylUin* ^spl^odeloides. 
(TURKEY’S BEARD.) 
A plant ot much beauty, and one which should be general¬ 
ly grown. It delights in a rather moist soil, and produces a 
tuft of long grass-like foliage which is evergreen and very 
prottv. It blooms in June, throwing up a tall spike which is 
capped by a raceme of lovely creamy white blooms. The 
London Harden of J uno 24t li says: “ Two splendid masses of 
Xerophyllum were exhibited by Lord Walsingliamof Morton 
Kail, at the recent Uoyal Botanic Show, and were the pretti¬ 
est things there among hardy plants. It is like an Asphodel 
in habit and very beautiful when forming a tuft of grassy 
leaves, from which rises up a stem 1 to 3 feet high terminated 
by a dense raceme of creamy whito flowers.” It is perfectly 
hanlv and flowers freely every year. Fine plants 20 c. each; 
3 for 30c. 
Tilla^dsia XJtrlcillata* or piife 
APPle A>«* Plant. 
In this we have a most ornamental and 
plant. Unlike other plauts.it requires net 
tilizer, its roots serving only to fasten itself 
of trees, while it derives all its uourlsl.. . 
Secure the plants to a forked stick, piece or bark. »I 
bunch of moss, or anything of the sort, and stupon 
a window, and they make one of the most nttno limn 
that can be had. The leaves are very beautiful gray Mil.. 
long and pointed, and curve and droop most gracefully, 
is of the easiest growth, and will thrive in any »lmlnw,re¬ 
quiring only agOOdsprinkUngofwatcroncooi inio'n wis'k. 
when a plant attains agoodsize it will bloom, producing 
large forked panicle as seen in the cut. 20 c. each; a fm fti 
pieroirja Spl e P de P s * 
This is a new plant which dowers at all times of the year. 
and is especially valuable for winter decoration. Wheievei 
it has been grown it has given the greatest satisfaction, nml 
one hears nothing but praise said of it. We have laid it m \ 
eral years, and now offer it for the first time. Its blossoms 
ure borne freely, and are very large and showy, of a rich pur 
C ile blue color. A plant is never too small to bloom, and « ill 
n time grow to be several feet tall and branch free I'. The) 
are desirable either as pot plants for summer and wintoi 
bloom or for bedding out during summer likoa Lantnim m 
Heliotrope. 25c. each; 5 for $1.00. 
Thrift. 
This is a splendid hardy perennial 
plant, forming compact tufts of 
narrow green foliage, which makes 
it particularly valuable for edging. 
The flowers are a clear bright pink, 
and borne in clusters on tall stems, 
it blooms all summer long, and Is a 
very pretty, desirable and useful 
flower. It increases rapidly by divi¬ 
sion. Plant a good lot of It for bor¬ 
ders. You can have nothing bet¬ 
ter. 10c. each, 15 for $1.00. 
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