CYPERUS. A grass-like plant, surmounted at the top 
with a whorl of leaves; fine for aquariums. 30 cts. 
Alternifolius, leaves green. 
Alternifolius var., a variety striped with white. 75 
cents each. 
DAPHNE INDICA. An evergreen shrub, with 
clusters of fragrant flowers; white, tinged with 
pink. 50 cents each. 
ECHEVERIA SECUNDA GLAUCA, pretty rose¬ 
ate shaped plants, with silver gray foliage. 30 cents. 
EUPATORIUM. Winter blooming plants, with 
clusters of white, feathery flowers. The plants 
should be plunged in the summer. 25 cents each. 
Elegans, blooming in January and February. 
Riparium, blooming in February and March. 
Triste, blooming in January and February. 
FEVERFEW. (Pyrethrum.) 
Double White, with Daisy-like flowers; good for 
either house or garden. 25 cents. 
Aurea or Golden, with bright yellow foliage, very 
much used for edgings of beds; in fact it is the only 
good yellow-leaved plant for that purpose. 20 cents 
each ; $2.00 per doz. 
FICUS ELASTICA or Rubber Tree, with thick, 
shining, leathery leaves, ten inches long by three 
wide ; an excellent and showy pot plant. 75 cents 
each. 
GLAUCIUM CORNICULATUM. A white-leaved 
ornamental plant, fine for bedding or borders. 
Leaves long, gracefully recurved, cut and curled. 
25 cents each ; $2.50 per doz. 
GLOXINIAS. These are among the handsomest of 
our summer-blooming green-house plants. The 
bulbs should be started in the spring, and after 
blooming, water should be withheld, and the bulbs 
remain dry through the winter. 50 cents. 
GRASSES. For baskets and vases. 
Acorus variegatus, narrow, striped, upright leaves. 
Isolepis gracilis, light green ; wiry. 
Panicum variegatum, green, white and pink ; 
creeping. 
HELIOTROPES. Well-known plants; grown for 
their exquisite fragrance ; flower freely all summer, 
and fine for pots in the winter, a single plant filling 
a whole room with perfume. 25 cents each ; $2.50 
per doz. 
Brilliant, light violet. 
Corymbosa, lavender. 
Garibaldi, nearly white. 
Lady Cook, dark violet. 
Little Marguerite, dark violet. 
Maculata, purple ; white eye. 
Star, very dark violet. 
HOYA CARNOSA, (Wax Plant,) a greenhouse 
climber, with thick, glossy leaves and umbels of 
flesh-colored flowers. 30 cents each. 
HYDRANGEA. Well-known, favorite plants. Hardy 
south of Philadelphia ; grown at the North as pot 
plants ; their immense heads of bloom make them 
very conspicuous. A little shade and plenty of 
water seem to meet all their needs. They can be 
put in the cellar in the fall. 
Hortensis. The old variety with bright pink flow¬ 
ers. 50 cents. 
Otaksa. A Japanese variety, with immense heads 
of pale pink bloom. 50 cents. 
Thomas Hogg. A pure white variety, with heads 
as large as the pink. Pronounced by all who have 
s 5 en it in bloom to be a most beautiful shrub. Small 
plants $1.00 each ; larger, by Express only, $2.00. 
IVY, English, 25, and 50 cents, and £1.0©. 
Rhombia var., a variety of the English, with white 
margined leaves. 25 and 50 cents. 
Maculata, leaves mottled. 25 and 50 cents. 
Cape Ivy, a variety of the German, with dark, waxy 
leaves; new. 25 cents. 
German or Parlor. 25 cents. j 
JASMINUM GRANDIFLORUM. Foliage fine ; 
flowers white, star-shaped, and very' fragrant, bloom¬ 
ing from November till May. It is easy of culture 
as a house plant, and should be In every collection. 
30 cents. 
JUSTITIA. A pot plant of merit, bearing trusses of 
flowers at the ends of the shoots. 25 cents each. 
Carnea, rosy pink. 
Purpurea, purplish crimson. 
KCENIGA MARITIMA Var. (Variegated Sweet 
Alyssum 1, fine for baskets or vases ; always in 
bloom. 20 cents each. 
LANTANAS. Plants much used for bedding and for 
pots. They can be trained in almost any desired 
form, and are almost continuously in bloom. The 
flowers arc small and in clusters. 25 cents each; 
£2.50 per doz. 
Alba perfecta, pure white. 
Lina Entiger, straw color; dwarf. 
Marcella, lilac-rose, changing to yellow. 
Monfeck, crimson. 
Schlegelii, yellow, orange and purple. 
Snowball, white. 
LAURESTINUS. An elegant evergreen shrub ; well- 
adapted to house culture, producing all winter a 
profusion of white flowers. 30 cents. 
LIBONIA FLORIBUNDA, a neat shrub; flowers 
one inch in length ; orange, scarlet and yellow ; fine 
for the house in winter. 25 cents each. 
LINARIA CYMBALARIA (Kenilworth Ivy, an 
excellent basket or pot plant. 25 cents. 
LOBELIA. Very desirable and useful basket plants, 
with a profusion of bright blue flowers. 25 cents. 
Single Blue. 
Double Blue, an elegant pot plant. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM VARIEGATUM, 
Variegated Ice Plant, valuable for baskets, vases, 
or for edging of beds ; endures the hot sun very 
well. 25 cents. 
Blandum, flowers white. 
Roseum, flowers rose. 
MYOSOTIS (Forget-me-not.) Well-known plants; 
much sought for and admired; almost hardy here. 
25 cents. 
White, Blue, and Pink. 
YRTUS COMMUNIS (Bride’s Myrtle.) 
evergreen, green-house shrub, with pure j 
©wers, blooming in early spring. 30 cenL/ 
OLEANDER. An old-fashioned shrub" grown as 
pot plant, with a profusion of large, double flowers. 
Dbl. Pink, the old variety. 50 cents. 
Dbl. White, semi-double. 75 cents. 
OXALIS FLORIBUNDA. This variety of Oxalis, 
from its being in bloom almost the entire year, is 
one of the best plants we have for baskets or hang¬ 
ing pots. 25 cents. 
Rosea, pink. 
Alba, white. 
PALMS. For decorative purposes they stand uj 
rivaled. Though of slow growth as house plants 
they stand the atmosphere of our living rooms ex¬ 
ceeding well. Small plants by mail $1.00 each ; 
larger, by express only, from $2.00 to $5.00 each. 
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