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PLANT DEPARTMENT 1 
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BEGONIAS—FLOWERING SORTS. 
Exceedingly useful plants for the garden or for pot culture in the house. They are 
never out of bloom and have graceful waxy flowers. 
Alba. Pure white. Lobata, var. Foliage prettily variegated, 
Alba Picta. Park green leaves, lance¬ 
shaped, silvery spots. 
Argentea Guttata. Rich bronzy green, 
silver-spotted. 
B. de Chateau Rocher. Rich waxy red. 
Eifordtii. A grand bedding variety, 
graceful habit, waxy pink flowers. 
Fuchsoides Alba. Waxy while flowers. 
Hybrida. White flowers, free-blooming. 
Hybrida Multiflora. Rosy pink flowers. 
Iugramii. Rose color. 
Price, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz. 
silvery-white. 
Metallica. Crimson and maroon foliage. 
Nitida Alba. Large waxy white flowers. 
Procumbens. Red flowers, drooping. 
Rubra. Dark coral color. 
Saundersonii. Bright waxy red. 
Scandens. A useful trailing variety. 
Vernon. A splendid bedding variety, 
waxy white and pink flowers; foliage 
turns deep red when planted outside. 
Set of 17 Begonias for $1.25. 
CALLA LILIES 
LITTLE GEM Calla Lily, This variety rarely exceeds 12 inches in height. The 
flowers are correspondingly smaller than the tall-growing sort, and are useful 
for loose bunches and bouquets of flowers. It is far superior as a house plant to 
the tall-growing variety. (Sec cuf.) Price, 25c. each, 5 f >r $1.00. 
White Calla Lily. Pure white, large, splendid flower. Price, 30c. each, 4 for $1.00; 
smaller plants, 15c. each, 4 for 50c. 
Spotted Leaf Calla (Richardia Alba Maculata). Dark green leaves, beautifully 
spotted with white; the flowers are white with a purple throat. Price, 20c. each, 
3 for 50c. 
Yellow Calla Lily (Richardia Aurata). 
A very rare variety, lemon yellow with 
a purple throat. IVe have only a limited 
stock to offer. Price, $2.00 each. 
CAMELLIA JAPONICA 
• • • CALCEOLARIA. • • • 
Splendid plants for winter and spring blooming; large pocket-shaped 
flowers, exhibiting wonderful colors and markings. 15c. each, 4 for 50c. 
CINERARIA HYBRIDA. 
Magnificent flowering plants for greenhouse and home, 
clusters on upright stalks. 15c. each, 4 for 50c. 
Flowers borne in 
camellia, double wniTE (half natural size). 
FANCY LEAVED CALADIUM8. 
Superb New Fancy Caladiums. 
Large quantities of these are now used for sum¬ 
mer and fall decoration. They are easily grown, 
thriving in pots or boxes in the house or shaded 
situations out-of-doors. The bulbs should bo dried 
off in October and kept in a warm, dry place during 
the winter. They should be started into growth 
about April 1st. We offer below the finest collec¬ 
tion of new sorts possible to procure. (See cut.) 
Adolphe Adams. Vermilion veins, overlaid white. 
Argyrites. Bright pea-green leaves, spotted and 
marbled with white. Grows only 6 inches. 
Bragance. Centre of leaf brilliant carmine-red, margined pea-green. 
Chantini Splendens. Spotted rose and crimson, brilliant centre. 
Duchartre. Irregular spots of red on a silvery green surface. 
Keteleerii. Light green, webbed white and pink. 
Louis Duplessis. Rod rays and veins on a white ground, green margin. 
Max Kolb. Sea-green, red veins and spots. 
Meyerbeer. White, veins green, midrib red. 
Mine. Fritz Koechlein. White ground, violet-rose ribs, green veins. 
Mme. Scheffer. Violet-red veins, leaf overlaid white and pink on green ground. 
Refulgens. Brilliant red centre and veins, green margin. 
Reine Victoria. Veins white, body of leaf overlaid white on green ground. 
Sieboldii. Fiery red centre, spotted with claret red. 
Triomplie de 1'Exposition. Veins and body red, margin of bright green. 
Uranus. Prominent blood-red veins, leaf overlaid with white. 
Van Dyke. Grayish green, shaded rose, rich green centre. 
Virginale. Green veins, surface silvery white on green ground, suffused pink. 
Walter Scott. Crimson veins, bronzy green ground, suffused white. 
Wightii. Light green, with crimson and white spots. 
Price: Undivided bulbs of the above grand varieties, 40c. each, $7.00 for 
set of 20. Growing plants, ready May 1st, 30c. each, $5.00 for set of 20. 
Wo offer splendid plants of these bushy, 
well-grown specimens. It is seldom that 
such fine plants are offered for sale; all 
in splendid health, and of thrifty, clean 
growth. The varieties are the best 
extant, the pick of a Continental collec¬ 
tion, and embrace double white, double 
pink, double red and double variegated. 
Price, 1st size, $1.00 each, set of 4 for 
$3.50; 2d size, 75c. each, set of 4 for $3.00. 
All plants well branched, 18 to 21 inches 
and 15 to 18 inches high, according to 
price. (See cut.) 
AN OPPORTUNITY is offered during our GOLDEN JUBILEE year to select premiums with your order. See details on page 7. 
