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P. J. Berckmans Company’s Plant Catalogue 
Colored Foliage Plants 
FOR BIDDING 
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 
10 cts. each, 80 cts. for 10, $6 per 100 
Souvenir de Bonn. Leaves edged white. 
Eclipse. Leaves spotted gold. 
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. 
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. 
Anthericum 
Vittatum variegatum. A low-growing plant, with 
leaves 12 inches long, narrow and beautifully striped 
white; a good bedding plant. 15 cts. each, $1.25 for 10; 
large specimen plants from 5-inch pots, 50 cts. each. 
Striatum variegatum. This is a decided improve¬ 
ment upon Vittatum variegatum , the center of the 
leaves being creamy white, with a beautiful narrow 
border of green. A grand variety. Strong plants, from 
3-inch pots, 25 cts. each; 4-inch pots, 50 cts. 
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 rockwork. 
Crotons 
Plants from 2K-inch pots. 15 cts. each, $1.25 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 40 
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 extensive 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. 
Crotons at Fruitland. 
