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• SALZER’S • SEEDS* 
NEW AND NOVEL PLANTS 
Bunny Ear Cactus 
Tree Cactus 
Dracaena 
Massangeana 
Fittonia 
Leopard Plant 
Arrow Head Vine 
(Nephthytis) 
BUNNY EAR CACTUS 
Can you see a resem¬ 
blance to a bunny? This 
popular cactus has thick 
heavy elliptical joints 
or “ears” and is very 
showy. The mailing 
size which we offer does 
not have these ears 
when shipped, requiring 
8 to 12 months for them 
to appear, as it is slow 
growing, but you will 
enjoy watching the ears) 
develop! The cactus is 
green, covered with gold 
yellow short bristles. A 
fine house plant. Use 
plenty of sand when 
potting cactus. Mailing 
size: Each, 3&c; 3 for 
$1.10, postpaid. Larger 
size, with “ears,” each, 
85c, postpaid. 
TREE CACTUS 
A choice cactus grow¬ 
ing in diminutive tree 
form. The trunk and 
branches are rich green, 
with few sharp stickers. 
Very ornamental. Each, 
already branehed, 34e; 
3 for 07c, postpaid. 
DRACAENA 
MASSANGEANA 
An elegant house 
plant, with broad dark 
green leaves with a 
broad golden yellow 
band running through 
the center of each leaf. 
The leaves grow 3 feet 
long and 4 inches across. 
Ideal for the house and 
for the porch in summer, 
requiring little space. 
Large plants, each, 75c; 
3 for $2.15, postpaid. 
FITTONIA 
An odd name but a 
beautiful house or porch 
plant! "Uvid green leaves 
with handsome silvery 
veinings, easily grown 
and easily cared for. 
Very showy and very at¬ 
tractive. Each, 38c; 3 
for $1.10, postpaid. 
COMET FLOWER 
Acalypha Sanderii. Dark 
green leaves with drooping ra- 
caemes, nearly an inch in diam¬ 
eter and 18 in. long, of glowing 
crimson-scarlet. Very 
showy. Each, 35c; 3 for 
$1.00, postpaid. 
LEOPARD PLANT 
Farfugium. Large cir- 
c u 1 a r leaves, thickly 
spotted with creamy 
white and yellow, ex- 
t r e m e 1 y ornamental. 
Grows nicely in the or¬ 
dinary room. Each, 45c; 
3 for $1.30, postpaid. 
ARROW HEAD 
VINE 
Nephthytis. 
Leaves shaped like 
an arrow head, of 
trailing habit, ele¬ 
gant for pedestals, 
hanging baskets, or 
for trailing down 
from the window 
sill. Rich shiny 
green color. Each, 
37c; 3 for $1.05, 
postpaid. 
Strawberry Geranium 
STRAWBERRY 
' GERANIUM 
The leaves are almost 
circular, resembling' 
strawberry leaves, rich 
green striped freely with 
silvery white, and fine for 
hanging baskets or for 
trailing down from ped¬ 
estals and window silis. 
The flowers are white, of 
great beauty and borne in 
spikes often 10 inches 
long. Withstands actual 
neglect. Each, 30c; 3 for 
85c, postpaid. 
ST. AUGUSTINE 
GRASS 
Very novel 1 A dainty, 
stooling, branching varie¬ 
gated grass, very effec¬ 
tive in pots and hanging 
baskets. The main blades 
are % inch wide, clear 
cream color with definite 
striped edges of deep 
green. Something quite 
different! Each, 29c; 3 
for 83c, postpaid. 
CHINESE 
EVERGREEN 
Showy rich green 
leaves of upright 
growth. A most de¬ 
sirable house or 
porch plant that 
may be grown 
either in pots or in 
bowls filled with 
water. Very fine. 
Each, 43c; 3 for 
$1.25, postpaid. 
SHRIMP PLANT 
Beloperone. A 
splendid house plant 
and fine for out¬ 
doors in summer. Of 
unique appearance, 
composed of a se¬ 
ries of overlapping 
bracts which as¬ 
sume a rich golden 
bronze tint when 
exposed to full sun¬ 
light. Showy two¬ 
lipped flowers pro¬ 
trude from between 
these bracts. Each, 
25c; 3 for 79c, post¬ 
paid. 
JASMINE 
Star shaped, very 
fragrant flowers, 
the popular sweet 
scented Jasmine. A 
most desirable plant 
for the house or 
porch, producing its 
attractive, fragrant, 
white flowers al¬ 
most continuously. 
Each, 28c; 3 for 77c, 
postpaid. 
PHILIPPINE COPPER 
PLANT 
Acalypha Tricolor. 
Large, distinctive, cop¬ 
per colored foliage with 
blotches of brownish 
red, light olive green, 
and scarlet, mixed, 
blotched and variegated 
in an irregular manner. 
Very showy. Each, 
30c; 3 for 86c, post¬ 
paid. 
Chinese Evergreen 
Shrimp Plant 
Grape Ivy 
1 Each of These 17 
Plants for $5.25, Post¬ 
age Paid. 
Geranium, Phenomenal 
Red Fiat Geranium 
GRAPE IVY 
Vitis Rhombifolia. A lovely ever¬ 
green trailing vine for baskets and 
pedestals, with graceful grape-vine 
like leaves. For a different indoor 
vine, plant this. It is always a lovely 
green. Each, 33c; 3 for 95c, post¬ 
paid. 
PEPEROMIA 
Obtusifolia. Leathery, thick leaves, 
oval and convex, of upright growth, 
of quite large size just right for in¬ 
doors. A smooth shiny surface of 
brilliant green, highly prized. Makes 
a superb house plant. Each, 30c; 3 
for 84c, postpaid. 
TWO GERANIUMS 
PHENOMENAL —■ A n out¬ 
standing clear rose pink, a color 
that stands out sharply among 
all other pinks! The flowers are very 
double, the top center of each flower 
blotched white. Individual florets 
often measure 214 in. across, with as 
many as 23 to a stem, creating an 
immense bloom. Each, 45c; 3 for 
$1.25, postpaid. 
RED FIAT—Individual florets 
that often measure 2 % inches 
across, of a vivid 1 , showy, orange 
scarlet! The flowers are very double 
and are freely borne, with as many 
as 5 to 8 huge heads of bloom on a 
single plant at one time. It is the 
finest and biggest red grown today. 
Each, 49c; 3 for $1.40, postpaid. 
We were very well pleased with the Plants and Shrubs that we ordered from you last spring. They were received in 
fine condition.—Mrs. H. F. Alkire, 924 Jamison St., Lebanon, Indiana 
