V. J. ‘Berckmans Company’s Vlant Catalogue 
Campylobotrys Assamica 
25 cts. to 50 cts. each 
A beautiful conservatory plant. Foliage bronzy- 
green, purplish red beneath. 
Colocasia gigantea, or Alocasia 
Strong plants from 25 cts. to $1 each 
Resembles the Caladium excnlentum, but re¬ 
tains the foliage through the winter if kept in the 
greenhouse or pit. Leaves of enormous size, of 
a bright glossy green. Under good cultivation 
plants will attain a height of ten to twelve feet. 
SPRAYS OF ASPARAGUS. 
j. Tenuissimus. 2. Flumosus nanus. 3. Sprengeri. 
* Chrysanthemum frutescens 
(PARIS DAISY) 
10 cts. each, 75 cts. for 10 
Asparagus 
Plumosus nanus. A most graceful plant. The branches 
are slender and arching. Foliage is finer than the most 
delicate fern, and of a bright and very pleasing green. 
25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 
Sprengeri. A new species, Useful to grow in suspended 
pot or basket. Fronds attain 3 to 4 feet in length. 
25 cts. each; strong plants, 50 cts. each. 
Basket Plants 
For the convenience of persons unacquainted with 
the most desirable varieties of this class, we will send 
10 distinct basket plants for $1, or 5 for 50 cts. The 
latter quantity is sufficient to fill a basket with a bowl 
12 inches wide. 
Begonias 
HYBRID REX TYPE 
Plants from 3-inch pots, 15 cts. each, $1.25] for 10; 
4-inch pots, 25 cts. each, $2 for 10 
Succulent soft-wooded plants of great beauty; indis¬ 
pensable in any greenhouse; foliage beautifully marked 
with various colors and shades. Requires sandy leaf- 
mold and plenty of pot room and shade. The photo¬ 
engraving below shows the leaves of a number of 
different varieties. The richness of their markings can, 
of course, only be suggested in a black and white pic¬ 
ture. 20 varieties. 
Free winter-blooming plants; flowers white and yel¬ 
low; excellent bedder. Three varieties. 
Calla Lilies 
White. The well-known White Lily of the Nile. Give 
a rich compost, an abundance of pot room and of water, 
and repot three or four times while in growth. Extra 
large California-grown bulbs, from 4-inch pots, 25 cts. 
each; large plants, from G-inch pots, 50 cts. each. 
Spotted Calla (Richard in maculata). Leaves white- 
spotted; flowers white, shading to green. Hardy. 
15 cts. and 25 cts. each. 
^Crassula cordata 
15 cts. each, $1 for 10 
Succulent plant, with thick glaucous green leaves. 
Desirable for hanging baskets. 
THE PROPAGATION OF PLANTS 
By Andrew S. Fuller. Illustrated .with numerous en¬ 
gravings. An eminently practical and useful work, de¬ 
scribing the process of hybridizing and crossing and also the 
many different modes by which cultivated plants may be propa¬ 
gated and multiplied. Other important horticultural books, 
helpful both to the amateur and professional gardener, aie 
offered on pages 5, 7, 8, 14, 20, 22 and 24. 
We recommend them to all who take an intelligent interest 
in horticulture. Cloth, 12mo, $1.50. 
*Begonias 
WINTER - BLOOMING 
VARIETIES 
15 cts. each, $1.25 for 10; 
4-inch pots, 25 cts. each, $2 
for 10. 
Fifteen varieties, all of easy 
culture and desirable plants. 
*BEGONIA, GLOIRE 
DE LORRAINE (New) 
25 cts. each 
This is unquestionably the 
flnest winter-blooming Begonia 
ever introduced. Dwarf, com¬ 
pact grower. During the win¬ 
ter the plant is a mass of soft 
rosy pink flowers. 
Bletia Tankervilleae 
(VEILED NUN) 
60 cts. each 
A curious and pretty Orchid 
of easy culture. 
BEGONIA LEAVES. (HYBRID REX TYPES.) 
Those marked with an asterisk (*) are desirable winter bloomers; the others are for house culture. 
