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P. J. ‘Berc'k.mans Company's Plant Catalogue 
Colored Foliage Plants 
FOR BEDDING 
The list of plants suited for bedding in open ground in this climate is reduced to varieties which, after 
many years’ test, can be recommended as capable of standing our long, warm summers. 
ABUTILON SOUVENIR DE BONN. 
Abutilons 
Souvenir de Bonn (leaves edged white) and Eclipse 
(leaves spotted gold). See page 3. 
Acalypha tricolor 
10 cts. each, 75 cts. for 10, $6 per 100 
Foliage broad, mottled and blotched crimson-scarlet 
and rose; always of bright color; neither fades nor 
burns during our warmest weather; grows 3 to 4 feet 
high, but should be kept pinched-in to make a bushy 
plant. 
Ageratum variegatum 
50 cts. for 10, $4 per 100 
Leaves beautifully variegated white. The plant pro¬ 
duces a profusion of pale blue flowers; very desirable. 
Anthericum vittatum var. 
15 cts. each, $1.25 for 10. Large specimen plants 
from 6-inch pots, 50 cts. each. 
A low-growing plant, with leaves 12 inches long, nar¬ 
row and beautifully striped white; a good bedding 
plant. 
Basella variegata 
10 cts. each, 75 cts. for 10, $5 per 100 
A shrubby species of Madeira Vine; leaves finely 
variegated. 
Bambusa nana variegata (dwarf bamboo) 
10 cts. each, 75 cts. for 10 
Hardy. Foliage beautifully striped white and green. 
Fine for rock work. 
CALADIUMS (Fancy-Leaved) 
(See photo-engraving of group, on back cover.) 
This magnificent genus of plants has in the last few 
years become very popular, both for decorating the 
conservatory and greenhouse and for window boxes. It 
is also admirably adapted for planting in the open 
ground. 
They do best in partially shaded situation, especially 
where protected from the heat of the afternoon sun, and 
if the ground is well enriched will not fail to please the 
most fastidious. As soon as all danger of frost is past 
in the spring the plants or bulbs can be set out in the 
opeu ground. 
In the fall after the growth is finished, take up the 
bulbs and keep them in a warm, dry place, either in sand 
or charcoal, and in the spring they can again be set out. 
Our collection comprises over fifty of the best 
and most distinct varieties, including over twenty- 
five of the new Brazilian sorts. 
A description of the wonderful combination of colors 
and beautiful blending of shades in these plants is im¬ 
possible. In some, the leaves are bright red with darker 
veins; some have a delicate rose-colored center, shad¬ 
ing off to white; others are pure Wi.jte and so trans¬ 
parent that writing held beneath the leaf may be readily 
deciphered through it. Many varieties are as brightly 
colored and as delicately beautiful as flowers. A bed 
of these grand plants will not disappoint you. 
Dry bulbs furnished until about March 15; after 
that date plants will be from 1 % to 3-inch pots. 
DRY BULBS, medium size, 25 cts. each, $2 for 10, 
$15 per 100; large (l>a-2>a inches in diam.), 60 cts. 
each, $4 for 10. 
PLANTS from 2% to 3-inch pots, 25 cts. each, $2 
for 10, $15 per 100. 
Crotons 
Plants from 2 LG inch pots, 15 cts. each, $1.26 for 10, 
$10 per 100. Plants from 3-inch pots, 25 cts. 
each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100 
No class of plants surpasses Crotons for decorative 
purposes. The brilliancy of their foliage, which com¬ 
bines the most vivid colors, cannot be conveyed by a 
short description. We have a superb collection of GO 
distinct varieties. If bedded during summer in open 
ground and full sunshine, they make a gorgeous dis¬ 
play; and these plants attain thus a most intense color¬ 
ing, and, potted off in October, form a conspicuous 
feature under glass. We have found Crotons such 
valuable decorative plants for this climate as to induce 
their exteusive propagation, and offer, therefore, an 
immense stock of plants at low prices. 
As Crotons are easily injured by cold, plants should 
not be bedded out until after April 15 in this section; 
they should be lifted and potted in October, when they 
will make most attractive features for conservatories. 
A photo-engraving of a group of Crotons is shown on 
the front cover. 
VICK’3 HOME FLORICULTURE 
By Eben E. Rexford. On the treatment of flowering and other ornamental plants in the house and garden. The au¬ 
thor gives the results of his own wide and personal experience as a florist and amateur, and every page of the whole work 
indicates the thorough, practical character of all his instructions. 12mo. $1.50. 
