14 
P. J. Berckmans Company’s Plant Catalogue 
Basket Plants 
For the convenience of persons 
unacquainted with the most desir¬ 
able varieties of this class, we 
will send 10 distinct basket plants 
for $1, or 5 for 50 cts. The lat¬ 
ter 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; indispensable in 
any greenhouse; foliage beauti¬ 
fully marked with various colors 
and shades. Requires sandy leaf- 
mold and plenty of pot room and 
shade. T h e photo - engraving 
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 picture. 20 varieties. 
Begonia Leaves. (Hybrid Rex Types.) 
♦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. 
Gloire de Lorraine. This is unquestionably the 
finest winter-blooming variety yet introduced. It grows 
from 12 to 15 inches high, forming naturally compact 
and graceful plants, which are completely covered with 
soft rosy pink flowers from September to May. Strong 
plants, from 3-inch pots, 25 cts. each. 
Bletia TanKervilleae (Veiled Nun) 
50 cents each 
A curious and pretty Orchid of easy culture. 
Campylobtrys Assamica 
25 cts. to 50 cts. each 
A beautiful conservatory plant. Foliage bronzy green, 
purplish red beneath. 
Begonia. Gloire de Lorraine. 
Colocasia gigantea, or Alocasia 
Strong plants from 25 cts. to $1 each 
Resembles the Caladium esculentum , but retains 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 10 to 12 feet. 
^Chrysanthemum frutescens 
(Paris Daisy) 
10 cts. each, 75 cts. for io 
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, 
25c. each; large plants, from 6-inch pots, 50c. each. 
Spotted Calla (Richardia 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. 
Crotons 
(See under head of Colored Foliage Plants, page 8.) 
We have some grand specimens suitable for house 
decoration, from 5- to 8-inch pots, at from $1 to $5 each. 
Caladiums, Fancy=Leaved 
(See Colored Foliage Plants, page 9.) 
Duranta Plumieri 
25 cts. and 50 cts. 
Tall-growing conservatory shrub; flowers blue, suc¬ 
ceeded by yellow berries, which are retained all winter. 
THE SPRAYING OF PLANTS. — By E. G. Lodemau. A 
very timely book that can be safely recommended to all 
horticulturists and fruit-growers. Cloth, 8vo. $1. 
