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V. J. Berckmans Company’s Vlant Catalogue 
Aloysia (lemon verbena) 
15 cts. each, SI.25 for IO 
Lemon-scented foliage. An old favorite the country , 
over. The leaves have a delightful citron odor, and are 
used by those who fancy them for placing in finger 
howls, llavoring tea, as a cure for nervous headache, etc. 
Amomum Melegueta (grains of paradise) 
15 cts. each, $1 for IO 
Of the ginger family, and produces the cardamom 
seeds of commerce. In growth it represents a miniature 
canna, and makes a very pretty pot-plant. The foliage 
is quite fragrant. 
BROWALLIA GIGANTEA. 
Browallia gigantea (new) 
15 cts. each, SI.25 for IO 
A beautiful new flowering plant, useful both for bed¬ 
ding and for pots. Plant is of strong, compact growth 
and produces a profusion of flowers about an inch in 
diameter; color intense indigo-blue. Never without 
flowers. 
Caladium (elephant’s ear) 
Large bulbs, 25 cts. each, $2 for IO; medium, 
SI for IO 
Esculentum. A most effective plant, with enormous 
leaves. Excellent for groups upon lawns. Give an 
abundance of rich soil and plenty of water. 
Javanicum. Similar to above, but with deep purple 
stems. 
Cestrum 
15 cts. each, $1.25 for IO 
Free-blooming shrubs. 
Aurantiacum. Deep orange; spring bloomer. 
Nocturnum (Night-Blooming Jasmine). Flowers 
greenish white during summer; very fragrant at night. 
Clerodendron Fragrans 
15 and 25 cts. each 
A low-growing plant. Flowers pure white, very 
double, extremely fragrant. Blooms from midsummer 
until frost. 
CARNATIONS. 
Carnations 
Plants from 3-Inch pots, 15 cts. each, $1.25 for IO. 
We can usually supply large plants during 
October and November at 25c. each, $2 for IO 
We offer 12 of the best standard sorts in all the favor¬ 
ite rich shades of scarlet, rose, crimson, yellow, striped, 
white, etc. 
Plant in open ground early in April, and pinch in the 
flower stems which first appear. This will make bushy 
plants; again pinch in all flower stems during August, 
and pot off end of September. This will give strong 
plants for winter blooming in a pit or cool greenhouse, 
where ample ventilation is provided. Use 4-inch pots 
when lifting the plants from the open ground. Ready 
March 1. 
Cuphea (cigar plant) 
IO cts. each, 75 cts. for IO, $6 per IOO 
Cuphea Llavae. “New Tricolor Cuphea.” One of the 
most desirable of the new bedding plants. Flowers of 
tubular shape, with two bright scarlet wings at the end ; 
the tips are bright purple and the stamens white, while 
the body of the flower is pea-green and covered with fine 
crimson hairs. Grows quite bushy, attains a height of 
12 inches, and is covered during the entire summer 
and autumn with a profusion of bloom. 
*Eminens. Growth erect; flowers scarlet, tipped yel¬ 
low; profuse autumn bloomer. 
Platycentra. A most profuse bloomer; flower tubular, 
red, tipped black and white; very desirable plant. 
Datura (brugmansia suaveolens) 
15 cts. each, $1.25 for 10 
A shrubby plant, growing to a height of 6 to 8 feet in 
rich ground; flowers white, very large, trumpet-shaped 
and fragrant; a most excellent plant for effect. 
