especially effective and free blooming in the 
spring. The foliage is wide and thrifty, and very 
handsome; strong plants, 50c each. “Medium 
Blue” is a less robust type, with flowers similar 
to a Dutch iris, plants 50c each. The “Giant 
Blue” grows 5 feet tall in Florida at its best, the 
“Medium Blue” some 3% to 4 feet. They are 
highly recommended. The nomenclature cf the 
Delta irises is so uncertain at this time that we 
prefer tp leave them under varietal names. We 
guarantee the species we offer will give satisfac¬ 
tion in good locations. 
Iris savannarum: The native Florida species, 
a fine blue, blooming in February and March 
in its native state; 50c per plant. White variety 
of same, $1.00 each. 
Maranta arundinacea variegata: This tuberous 
rooted plant makes pne of the finest summer foli¬ 
age pot specimens when grown in pot or in a 
partly shady place, in not too rich soil. The plant 
produces the arrowroot tubers cf commerce, al¬ 
though in this variety there is a handsome varia¬ 
tion of white on the green leaves. Tubers in 
winter and spring, 35c each. 
Gloriosa Rothschildiana: This is the showiest spe¬ 
cies of Glory Lily, a remarkable climbing plant, 
growing from an L-shaped bulb. The flowers are 
borne in profusion, and are one of the most not¬ 
able for beauty and form in the entire flower 
kingdom. They bring the orchids to mind by their 
spreading petals of scarlet. Medium sized bulbs. 
50c each. Large bulbs, when available, $1.00 each. 
Seed 25c per pkt. The bulbs are suitable for 
large pets. 
Gloriosa superba: A slightly more delicate plant 
than the preceding, with slender leaves and smaller 
flowers, of glowing orange color. Bulbs 25c 
each. Fine as a pot plant. Both Gloriosa lilies 
grow splendidly in medium rich, moist soil, and will 
climb lew trees or over shrubbery in warm cli¬ 
mates. 
Hedychium: Butterfly or ginger lily. We have 
three varieties of this ginger-like water-side plant, 
aureum, coronarium and Gardnerianum. Splen¬ 
did, and showy in bloom and easy to grow, $1.00 
each. 
Caladium esculentum : Colocasia antiquorum—we 
have the popular giant “elephant ear” sold as 
caladium esculentum, for tropical bedding effects, 
25c per bulb; also Colocasia antiquorum, the taro 
or dasheen of commerce, a fine tropical vegetable 
of “elephant ear” foliage. Strong tubers 25c 
each. 
Zingiber officinalis: Commercial ginger. Rhiz¬ 
omes 50c each. 
Ophiopogon japonicum: Interesting grass-like 
plant, with slender dark leaves, used for ground 
cover in warm climates on good soil. 10c per clump. 
Liriope gramnifolia—similar to preceding, but with 
larger, wider leaves and producing rich purple 
spikes of bloom in summer, like a grape hyacinth. 
Quite hardy, by report. We have both the green 
and golden variegated varieties: strong plants 25c 
each. 
Cymbopogon citratus: “Lemon grass”, a fine In¬ 
dian grass, the blades being richly lemon-scented, 
and used in the East to produce oil of citronella; 
medium clumps, 35c each. 
Panicum palmifolium: A fine tropical clump 
grass. Grows 5 feet tall. Small plants 25c. The 
young leaves resemble the first leaves of young 
palms. 
Canna flaccida: The native yellow canna of 
Florida. A handsome aquatic species, which has 
been used in hybridizing. It sets seeds freely. 25c 
each. 
Dioscoraea species: Yam vine, air potato vine. 
We have the aerial tubers of two kinds of these 
yam vines, both interesting for the handsome 
heart-shaped leaves and the little “potatoes” borne 
on the vines in the fall, wherever the vines may 
climb. They will cover vast areas if left to them¬ 
selves in rich land for a few years. Tubers 25c 
each. 
Lilium Catesbaei: The Southern “red lily”. A 
true lilium with a very small bulb, (V 2 to 1 inch) 
blooming from late August to October. Likes 
heavy soil. The flowers are like those of Lilium 
Philadelphicum, and look upward at the sky. 
They make a good cut flower and are scarlet to 
orange red in color. Bulbs four for $1.00 collected 
to order. No less than four to an order. 
Curculigo latifolium: An interesting plant with 
palm-like foliage for moist shady places. Known 
as “palm grass”. 50c each. 
Other Novelties 
Achimenes: “Blue Beauty”. This is one of the 
most handsome and free-blocming of these tiny tu¬ 
bercle-bearing plants, which are related to the 
gloxinias. The tubers are easy to grow, and the 
plants will flower all summer. The plants are 
perfectly at home in Florida. Tubers (in winter 
and spring) 15c each; 8 for $1.00. 
Ferns: We have a few varieties of real merit 
for the greenhouse collection or the sub-tropical 
garden: Dryopteris setigera; an old world fern 
of very handsome lacy foliage, naturalized in 
Florida; $1.00 per plant. Acrostichum excelsum, 
a giant fern from the lower Everglades, makes 
huge rosettes of leaves seven or eight feet long, 
$5.00 per plant; Osmunda xegalis, the famous 
Royal Fern, handsome in foliage and forming 
clumps of great vigor and beauty. (The roots are 
used for growing orchids) $1.00 each; Osmunda 
cinnamomea, another thrifty “tussock” fern with 
attractive leaves, dusted a cinnamon brown color 
in nature; 50c each. 
Alstroemeria species: These are graceful tuberous 
rooted plants, producing abundant sprouts which 
ultimately terminate in bloom spikes. They are 
natives of South America, and seme types are 
fairly hardy, at least in the Pacific Northwest 
and the South. The flowers are like little Amaryl¬ 
lises, and last well when cut. They are grown 
commercially for cut flowers in California. Divi¬ 
sions, 25c each, in early spring. 
Ornithogalum arabicum: Fine tall spikes of white 
flowers with gleaming black centers in the spring. 
Blooms keep very well when cut. Bulbs available 
in late summer and early fall. Price $2.00 a 
dozen, blooming size bulbs. 
Strelitzia reginae: One of the classic horticul¬ 
tural aristocrats. The plant is related to the 
banana (musaceae) and grows three feet tall with 
offsets forming. The flowers are very unusual and 
a fine combination of orange, white and blue, 
like a flying bird or a gliding boat. The blooms 
make excellent cut flowers and are much in de¬ 
mand in the florists trade. The plants are slow 
growing and tender to frost. They have large, 
fleshy tuberous roots. Small plants $1.00 in 3 
or 4 inch pots. Large specimen plants, ready to 
bloom, $5.00 to J&10.00 and up, in large pets or 
boxes. Fine for outside planting in frost-free lo¬ 
cations. 
Asparagus plumosus and Asparagus Sprengeri: 
These are fine fern-like feathery foliage plants, 
excellent in pots, and the leaves are used in flower 
decorations. The plumosus variety makes a fine 
climbing plant, while the Sprengeri is good as a 
trailer from pots. Strong plants, 25c each. 
Freesia hybrids: These are specially selected 
seedlings of our own raising, with a variety of 
attractive colors in a rainbow mixture. The 
plants are more vigorous and colorful for indoor 
or outdoor planting than the usual varieties in 
the trade. 50c per dozen bulbs. 
Orchids: We have several native Florida epi¬ 
phytes and terrestrial varieties in small supply, and 
wish to recommend especially Epidendrum tam- 
pense, and Epidendrum Obrienianum, the latter 
not a native of Florida. E. tampense is an epi¬ 
phyte on the branches of trees in dense Florida 
hammock lands, and is called the “butterfly orchid” 
for its dainty sprays of yellow-green flowers 
in spring. The blooms are an inch or more across, 
and last for several weeks. Strong established 
plants, $2.50 each, for both the varieties men¬ 
tioned. E. Obrienianum makes a splendid cut 
flower and is almost continually in bloom from 
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