shown in the illustrations, are deservedly popular. The ] 
beauty of their foliage, combined with their graceful j 
flowers and free blooming qualities, tend to make them ! 
one of the most desirable classes of plants grown. They 
require about the same temperature 
as Bouvardias, an average of 70 de¬ 
grees, to bring them to perfection. 
As pot plants for summer or winter 
decorations they have but few equals. 
The Rex varieties, of which we have 
a dozen or more, varying in color and , 
markings, are very effective as pot 
plants. Care should be taken to keep 
the foliage free from dust, as the leaves 
will not bear being washed or show¬ 
ered, although they require an abun- 
n. wkltoniensis. dance of water at their roots. 
flowering varieties. —25 cents each. 
Begonia Dreggi, white, fine. 
Fuchsioides, scarlet; winter flowering. 
Hybrida multiflora, rosy pink; winter-flowering. 
Glaucophylla scandens, drooping var., with reddish 
flowers ; especially fine for baskets. 
Grandiflora rosea, light pink ; winter-flowering. 
Riohardsonii, flowers white; leaves finely divided. 
Sandersonii, scarlet; fine winter-bloomer. 
SMbpeltata nigricans, dark bronzy foliage; flow¬ 
ers pink. 
Weltoniensis, rich pink; stems red. 
Weltoniensis alba, white. 
rex varieties. — 4° cents each. 
Argentea punctata. 
Duchess of Beaufort. 
Grace Fahnestock. 
Inimitable. 
Queen of Hanover. 
Regina. 
Rex. 
Sir Colin Campbell. 
The O’Donohue 
BOUVARDIAS. 
’This beautiful class 
of autumn and winter 
blooming plants deserve 
more attention than they 
have received. They : 
are easily cultivated and | 
reward the grower with i 
a profusion of brilliant ; 
flowers all winter. By 
plunging the pots in the 
summer a vigorous ! 
growth will be ensured, j 
“ Plunging,” ,as gar¬ 
dener's call it, is sink¬ 
ing the pot in the soil as 
low as the rim, so that the pot is hidden and the plant 
looks as though it was simply growing in the bed with- 
out any pot. They should be removed to the house or 
conservatory in September, before frosts, and they re- } 
quire more heat than Geraniums, Carnations or Abuti- ; 
Ions. In color they vary from purest white to the 
deepest scarlet. Plants. 30 cents each. 
Bridal Wreath, white, tinged with pink. 
Elegans, carmine. 
Hogarth, light scarlet. 
Leiantha, scarlet dark. 
Davidsonii, white. 
The Bride, pink. 
CALADIUMS. — 1 Fancy-foliaged.) 
The fancy-foliaged varie¬ 
ties make a most beautiful 
class of pot plants for sum¬ 
mer decoration. They re¬ 
quire a high temperature to 
bring the colors out to per¬ 
fection. Leaves shaped as 
in the engraving, and curi¬ 
ously striped, blotched and 
spotted with white, crimson 
and pink. In the fall they 
die down, and the bulbs 
should be kept in the pots 
in a warm place. Of these 
we have a dozen kinds The 
bulbs arc very small compared with C. csculentum , 
which will be found described on page 36, and which is 
such a grand grower for the garden. 50 cents each; 
$5.00 per dozen. 
CALLA. 
This is the well known 
Egyptian Lily, or Lily of 
the Nile, with large white 
flowers, broad foliage, and 
it will prosper under very 
adverse circumstances, if 
water is provided. It is 
an excellent plant for 
aquariums. In the spring 
it may be planted in the 
garden until the autumn. 
Calla, or Egyptian Lily. Our Calla roots are 
unusually large and fine, as we have them grown 
for us in California, where the Calla is perfectly 
at home and grows magnificently, .... 5° 
Variegated foliage, small,. f»° 
CARNATIONS. 
The Carnation is one of the sweetest, prettiest, flow- 
:rs that grows, the only' rival of the Rose. It is bcauti- 
ul and fragrant, and gives plenty of flowers a long time. 
I’he ever-blooming varieties may be allowed to give a 
cw flowers during the summer, but must not bloom too 
recly, and when taken up and potted will give abun- 
lance of flowers all through the winter, and there is no 
lower in the world so elegant for a button-hole. The 
mgravings show a plant that has been grown during the 
summer in a sunken pot, and is just right to remove to 
:he house for winter flowers, and also' a very much 
reduced flower. The flower buds having been pinched 
aff during the summer, the plant, it will be seen, is 
strong, compact, and in just the condition to commence 
flowering as soon as permitted to do so. Plants 30 < 5 ts. 
Brightness, bright scarlet. 
La Purite, carmine; winter bloomer. 
La Purite var., carmine and white: winter bloomer 
Pmciflpnt DoGraw. mire white; winter bloomer. 
Vesta, pure white; new. 
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