HOVEY AND CO!S CATALOGUE OF 
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N/EGELIAS. 
The Ntegelias are superb plants, flowering from August to November, and in¬ 
valuable for the decoration of the greenhouse at that season. The foliage is rich, 
velvety, and variously colored, and the plants produce a profusion of magniflceut 
flowers on tall spikes, among which “ not a single color of the rainbow fails to 
And its representative.” The following are some of the newest varieties raised by 
M. Van Iloutte, who has been devoted to the improvement of this flower: — 
Chromatella, flowers open, yellow, lightly shaded towards the interior. 
Cinnabarina rosea, vermilion, marbled with scarlet and speckled with gold. 
Dauw, magnificent floral spike, formed of innumerable rows of flowers; white, 
sprinkled with rose, a golden throat with dots of vermilion. 
Domlerstraal, spikes erect, very beautiful; flowers deep carmine, throat golden- 
yellow, .spotted with cochineal. 
Droom, splendid floral pyramid; flowers flesh color, marked with chrome-yellow. 
Geroldtiana, flowers red on the outside, yellow inside, mottled. 
Morgenlicht, superb foliage, with spikes of pure, golden-yellow flowers. 
Nachtegaal, flowers carnation color, with flesh-colored spots on white ground. 
Zonneclaal, flowers distinctly and beautifully blotched with chamois. 
Price, 50c. each; the set of ten for $3. 
ERICAS OR HEATHS. 
A beautiful class of plants, many of them flowering all through the winter 
mouths, and invaluable at that season for choice bouquets. 
Arborea, white. 
Bowiei, white, 
Caifra, white, 
densa, white, 
rubra, red. 
Hyemalis, pink and white. 
Intermedia, white. 
50c, each; $4 
Margaritacea, white. 
Mediterranea, rose. 
Persoluta, rose. 
Scabriuscula, white. 
Urceolaris, white. 
Ventricosa, pink 
Wilmoreana, pink aud white. 
50 per dozen. 
EPACRIS. 
These elegant plants are invaluable, blooming all winter. 
Coruscans, rosy carmine. 
Delicata, 
Lady Panmure. 
Paludosa, white. 
Mr. Walker. 
The Bride. 
50c. each; $4.50 per dozen. 
FERNS AND MOSSES. 
These beautiful plants are made a specialty of culture, and our collection com¬ 
prises more than 150 of the fluest kinds, suitable for the greenhouse, hothouse, or 
for fern baskets and wardian cases. The 
of those grown in quantities, viz. — 
Adiantum cuneatum. 
formosum. 
macrophyllum. 
pubescens. 
trapeziforme, 50c. 
Anemia collina, 50c. 
Asplenium auritum. 
Billangeri, 50c. 
bulbiferum. 
Eabianum, 50c. 
list is so extensive, we only name a few 
Aspidium molle. 
Blechnum braziliense. 
occidentale, 50c. 
Cheilanthes Elegans, 50c. 
hirta Elisiana, 5uc. 
Cyrtomium falcatum. 
Drynaria pustulata. 
Gymnogramma calomelanos, 50c. 
chrysophylia. 
peruviana, $1. 
