12 Miscellaneous Plants 
Geo . H. Mellen Co . 
M iscellaneous Plants 
ASPIDISTRA 
The Aspidistra is one of the most popular and easiest to grow of all the 
decorative house plants. The foliage is showy and attractive, the broad shiny 
leaves having a leather-like texture. The bloom is very inconspicuous, appearing 
close to the ground. 35c each. 
BABY TEARS 
(Irish Moss) (Baby Tears) (Hexline) 
Drooping and clinging habit. A compact, dense growing plant with miniature 
leaves, is of neat habit and while forming a rounded mass of moss-like foliage, 
is of partially creeping or drooping tendency which adds much to its graceful¬ 
ness. A most attractive plant for shaded window boxes. Crows easily under 
livingroom conditions, likes a good loamy, cool, damp soil. 15c each; 3 for 40c. 
Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS 
NANUS 
(Lace Fern.) One of the hand¬ 
somest of our foliage plants. The 
leaves are a bright green, grace¬ 
fully arched, and as finely woven 
as the finest silken mesh. Their 
lasting quality when cut is re¬ 
markable, retaining their fresh¬ 
ness for weeks, hence it ranks as 
the most valuable plant we have 
for this purpose. 15c each; 3 for 
40c; large plants in four-inch 
pots, 40c each; 3 for $1.00. 
African Violet 
ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI 
Not only is it useful for cut¬ 
ting in sprays for fine cut flower 
work, more particularly in con¬ 
nection with large Roses, etc., 
but grown in suspended pots, it 
makes one of the prettiest deco¬ 
rative house plants we know of. 
15c each; 3 for 40e; large plants 
from four-inch pots, 40c each; 3 for $1.00. 
ACALYPHA TRICOLOR 
A beautiful plant with large and highly colored leaves, bright 
red marked with blotches of crimson-bronze. The plant produces 
flowers in the form of short drooping crimson spikes. This Acalpha 
is really a bedding plant as highly and richly colored as crotons, 
easily grown and very effective. Produces its best coloring in the 
open sunlight. 15c each; $1.00 per dozen. 
ACHYRANTHES—BRILLIANTISSIMA 
Thrive in any soil; not easily killed by frost. It makes intensely 
bright beds and shows off splendidly in borders against taller 
growing plants. Rather broad leaves, bushy growth; bright red. 
10c each; 12 for $1.00; $8.00 per 100. 
AFRICAN VIOLET 
SAINTPAULIA IONANTHA —-A very useful and charming pot 
plant now in very popular demand. Flowers resembling violets 
of a very rich violet-blue color enhanced by the golden antlers, 
which lend a beautiful contrast. Foliage is similar to the 
Gloxinia. Plants are dwarf. It blooms luxuriantly, especially in 
the winter months. 30c each; 3 for 75e. 
ABUTILON or FLOWERING MAPLE - 
The Abutilon or Flowering Maple is a plant of as easy culture Baby Tears 
as the Geranium and quite as satisfactory. It is beautiful both in 
leaf and flower, and is very profuse in bloom. A good plan, if you wish to flower them in the 
house during winter, is to plant in pots and plunge in the garden, as they can then be lifted in the 
fall without disturbing the roots. 15c each; 2 for 25c. 
DRIVEN SNOW —Pure white, bell-shaped flower, blooming without intermission, being planted 
out or grown in pots; splendid winter bloomer. 
COLDEN BELLS —Appropriately named. A well-grown plant of this variety has the appearance of 
being hung with an abundance of glittering golden bells, making a fine contrast against the 
bright green leaves. A strong, handsome grower. Flowers bell shaped, of a rich golden yellow. 
It blooms continually through the entire summer. 
SPLENDENS —A beautiful deep red variety, dwart. 
ACERATUMS 
BLUE PERFECTION —This is the darkest colored of all large flowering Ageratums. Color deep 
amethyst blue; compact growth. Very useful for bedding or borders, flowering continually 
throughout the summer. 10 c each; dozen, $1.00, 100 for $8.00. 
FRAZERI —A fine variety, growing into showy plants 8 to 10 inches tall. The plants branch freely 
close to the ground and are covered all during summer and fall with clusters of bright azure 
blue flowers. 10 c each; dozen, $1.00; 100 for $8.00. 
ALTERNANTHERA 
Beautiful dwarf plants of compact habit, growing about 6 inches high, and admirably adapted 
for edgings, beds or ribbon lines. Always attractive and highly ornamental. 10c each; 75c per 
dozen; $5.00 per 100. 
AUREA NANA —Bright golden-yellow. 
PARYCHOIDES MAJOR —When at its best the color of this variety is a clear carmine, the delicate 
foliage making a dense, but soft cushion. 
ANTHERICUM 
COLDIANUM —This Anthericum makes a most showy, decorative plant for growing in the house or 
planting in the summer window box or vase, growing in attractiveness as its bulk increases. The 
major part of the arching leaf is a strong white gold, the margins moss green with occasional 
broken thin stripes of brighter green. 20c each; 3 for 50c. 
BELOPERONE CUTTATA 
A singularly attractive flowering plant, splendid as a pot plant as well as a 
summer bedding plant, always in bloom. The inflorescence of Beloperone is 
composed of a series of overlapping bracts of floral leaves, 
these bracts assuming a rich golden bronze tint when the 
plant is exposed to full light, and the two-lipped white 
flowers are produced successively between these bracts. 
The lower lip of the flower has a tesselated marking of 
pale purple, while the upper lip forms a hood over the 
dark stamens. 3-inch pots, 25c each; 3 for 60c. 
BLUE LILY OF THE NILE (Agapanthus) 
UMBELLATUS —A splendid ornamental plant, bearing 
clusters of bright blue flowers on 3 feet long flower 
stalks lasting a long time in bloom. A most desirable 
plant for outdoor decoration, planted in large pots or 
tubs on the lawn or piazza. 20c each; 3 for 50c. 
BROWALLIA 
SPECIOSA MAJOR— A conspicuous plant, with numerous 
single flowers of deep indigo-blue, full 2 inches in 
diameter, blooming continuously. Useful for beds, pot 
plants, boxes and baskets. 15c each; 3 for 40c. 
CHINESE VELVET PLANT 
CYNORA AURANTIACA 
—One of the hand¬ 
somest of all the orna¬ 
mental foliage plants. 
Upright branching 
plant, stems and leaves 
covered with fine glis¬ 
tening purple hairs, 
producing a soft, vel¬ 
vety texture. 20 c each; 
3 for 50c. 
CHINESE LUCKY 
PLANT 
ACLAONEMA MODES- 
TUM —A new house 
plant introduced from 
Asia and grown for 
foliage and habit. Very 
compact heart-shaped 
leaves of shiny dark 
green; can be grown 
easily in soil or water, 
making it suitable for 
the conservatory or 
living room. 50c each; 
3 for $1.25. 
Beloperone Cutfafa 
