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AGERATUM. 
AMARYLLIS. 
See engraving page 6. 
Very useful plants for bedding or borders, flowering 
continually during the summer. By cutting back and 
potting in the fall they will continue to flower all winter. 
Per dozen, £2.00 ; each, 20 cents. 
Ageratum Blanche, pure white. 
Cannell’s Dwarf, bright lavender blue. 
John Douglas, azure blue; compact habit. 
Mexicanum var., foliage variegated with creamy 
white; flowers blue. 
AGAPANTHUS. 
The Agapanthus is a noble plant, with slightly re¬ 
curved leaves. The handsome blue flowers are produced 
at the top of the flower-stems, that grow' from three to 
four feet in height, often bearing from twenty to thirty 
flowers. 
Agapanthus umbellatus, foliage dark green, . 30 
umbellatus variegatus, foliage striped with 
white, . 50 
ALTERNANTHERA. 
Plants w-ith beautiful variegated foliage, used for a 
border or for ribbon lines; grow about six inches 
high, and tw'elve in diameter; varying in rich tints 
of green, crimson, amber and orange. The follow- 
ing list includes the best varieties. Per dozen, $1.50; 
each, 15 cents, except as noted. 
Alternanthera amabilis, leaves tinted rose, 
aurea, foiiage dark green and golden-yellow, the 
latter color predominating, 
aurea nana, new; foliage bright green, beautifully 
variegated with yellow; per dozen, £2.00; each, 
20 cents. 
latifolia, broad, smooth, autumn-tinted leaves, 
spathulata, leaves tinted carmine and green, 
tricolor, leaves rose, green, and carmine. 
ALYSSUM. 
See engraving page 6. 
Pretty plants for vases, pots or baskets ; flowers very 
fragrant. Price 20 cents each. 
Alyssum Double White, 
gigantea, new; improved double white. 
The Gem, a new variegated Alyssum, with full, 
double, white flowers, leaves broad, center light 
green, bordered with pure white, 
variegata, foliage striped ; single. 
AMOMUM. 
Amomum meleguetta, (Cardamom), an interest¬ 
ing Greenhouse plant, from which is obtained the 
Cardamom seed of commerce ; leaves broad, 
green, and delightfully fragrant,. 25 
The Amaryllis are interesting plants, desirable for 
growing in pots, producing showy flowers, that are 
very attractive and handsome. The bulbs should be 
potted in a rich sandy loam, with good drainage. 
They require abundant moisture when growing, but at 
! their season of rest water should be given sparingly, 
j We have a fine stock of the varieties named below. 
Amaryllis Valotta purpurea, throws up a flow 
er stem about eighteen inches in height, bear 
ing from four to eight brilliant purplish scarlet 
flowers ; a fine pot plant ; bulbs, each, .... 50 
Johnsoni, an elegant pot plant, with crimson 
flowers five inches in diameter; each petal striped 
with white. Flower-stalk two feet high, with 
clusters of three to five blooms ; bulbs, each, . 1 00 
formosissima, (Jacobean Lily), flowers dark 
crimson ; 8 to 10 inches high. The bulbs are 
dormant during the winter; fine bulbs, $3.00 
per dozen ; each,. 30 
Treatiae, (Zephyranthes,) a native of Florida, 
known, also, as the Fairy Lily. The bulbs of 
this variety are very small. The flowers are 
solitary, on stalks about ten inches in height; 
good bulbs produce two to three flowers each. 
It is best to grow this variety in two and one- 
half or three-inch pots. Per dozen, $1.00; each, 10 
rosea, similar to the above, except that the 
flowers arc light rose or pink. Dozen, $2.50; 
each,. 25 
AQUARIUM PLANTS. 
We put these plants under this heading as they are 
especially adapted for the purpose. They arc also used 
for Wardian Cases, Ferneries, Hanging Baskets, etc.; 
the set for $1.00 ; each 25 cents, except where noted. 
Aspidistra lurida, leaves 1 foot long and 3 inches wide, 
very effective. 
Cyperus alternifolius, a grass-like plant, surrounded 
at the top with a whorl of leaves. 
Cyperus laxus folia variegatus, a new variety with 
broad foliage, that.is beautifully striped with white; 
50 cents each. 
Reineckea carnea, a dwarf, grass-like plant, with 
purple flowers. 
