BILLSERGlA NUTANS - Similar to the Pineapple plant, it needs a Winter minim^na 
temperature of at least 65® . Has tall spikes of brilliantly colored flowers 
and bracts. Grow in peat and loam. - 2^” pots.$5.00 per dozen. 
3EL0PSR0N3 LONGISPICUA PURPUREA -(Shrimp plant)- This is easily handled and if 
pinched several times will give fine, bushy plants in a 55® house, loaded with 
shrimp-colored flowers all Winter. Cuttings will root at most anytime, with a 
little bottom heat for encouragement......Sj" pots, $3.00 doz.; 3", $6.00 doz. 
Cllvia. —A South African group belonging to the Amaryllis 
family, but instead of a bulbous root has thick fleshy ones in 
great number. They are particularly useful during April and May 
and for the most part are orange in colour. The clusters of 
flowers carried on two-foot stems may contain twentj' or thirty 
lily-like flowers in each cluster. The leaves are thick and strap¬ 
like and are evergreen, because this plant does not have a resting 
season like the Hippeastrums. It is sometimes known under the 
name of Imantophyllum. Seeds can be raised in a temperature of 
70“ during January but it will be three years before the plants 
make anvthing of a show. Best to purchase plants in 6 in. 
pots and grow these on. They need plenty of room to develop 
and require 8 in. pots. Soil must be composed of six parts 
lilNlATA HYBRIDS - 6" pots,.. 
loam, one part leaf-mould, one part rotted manure, with one 
pound of bone meal to each bushel of compost. Grow in moist 
conditions for a month or two after potting, temperature about 
50° at night. After that, these plants are quite happy in a cold 
frame until October, when they should be brought into a dry and 
slightly warm greenhouse. During March, when the spikes begin 
to show, put them into a warm house (55°) where they will soon 
bloom. Cool off once the blooms are opening. 
The best type is C. miniata, but this has a large number of 
forms and varieties, the result of crossing various tones of 
colouring Most of these are shades of orange, though there are 
one or two yellows as well. 
.$4.75 each 
CAAiELLIA J^QHICA - Their splendid evergreen foliage makes them handsome every 
month in tke year, and their Gardenia-like flowers last for many weeks during 
the Winter. Repotting should be done in May, into a large pot or tub. Put them 
firmly into a mixture as follows: one-half fibrous loam from rotted turves and 
one-half mixed peat, leafmould, and sand, being sure to give good drainage. It 
is well to give plenty of space between them, as they increase in size year by 
year. A night temperature of about 45° in Winter is right. After flowering is 
over, around March, the plant should have an occasional watering and syringing, 
and the roots should never be allowed to dry out - else the buds will drop off 
many months later! The pot may be put out of doors till the Pall, but not in a 
fully sunny position, and it must not be neglected in a drought, 
ANNA PKOST - Double flesh pink, dotted with crimson.5” pots, $3.75 each 
COMTE DE GOMER - Creamy double with pink-spotted petals....5” pots, $3.75 each 
PINK PEKPECTION - Very dainty, double, clear shell pink....5” pots, $3.80 each 
BAUMANN'S RED - 4” pots, $1.65 each;.5" pots, $4.25 each; 6” pots, $5.75 each 
SAPiA C. HAS TIE - Large early pink.4" pots, $1.65 each; 5" pots, $3.00 each 
UNNAMED - Good flowering kinds.4” pots, $1.65 each; 6" pots, $4.35 each 
Cytlsus (Genista).—^A group of very useful spring blooming 
shrubs which give a rich reward for the trouble of keeping them 
from one year to another. The bushes are covered with flowers 
during February and March and are very little trouble to grow. 
Best procured as small plants, they can be potted on into 5 or 
6 in. pots and grown perfectly cool during summer and winter, 
say 45°. During Jcinuary a portion of the batch should be given 
ERAGRANS - Showy plants; golden-yellow, 
Strong bushy plants; 6” pots. 
ten degrees more and the plants will develop their flowers very 
quickly. A loamy soil with some rotted manure chopped up 
amongst it and a little sand will suit them. Pot firmly and give 
plenty of water during the growing season. The best variety is 
C. fragrans—^the popular form seen in florists’ shops during 
spring. They are grown from cuttings rooted in sand. 
pea-shaped flowers delicately scented. 
..$1.25 each, $5.00 per dozen. 
Ficus. —(India Rubber Plant). An easy plant to grow and worth 
while from a decorative angle. It has very large leaves six to nine 
inches long and four or five inches wide. These are very thick and 
glossy and therefore very showy. Grow in turfy loam broken up 
roughly, with a little bone meal and some well-rotted manure to 
give something in the way of food. Likes warm conditions when 
in full growth, but if carefully cooled is very useful in any cold 
house, where frost is excluded. 
$4,50 each 
$7.00 doz. 
PANDURATA - Described above, 6" pots. 
REPENS - (Climbing Pig) A fine greenhouse climber.3" pots 
GERBEKA JAMESONI -(Transvaal or Barberton Daisy)- Tinily the aristocrat of all 
the daisylike flowers, For Winter flowering, treat like Carnations. Plants ob¬ 
tained in the Summer should be planted in the benches during July, 1 ft. apart 
in a 50° house. A year later, divide and replant, and discard the inferiors a- 
mong them. 
DOUBLE-FLOWERING HYBRIDS - Splendid mixed colors,3 ” pots, $9.50 per doz. 
DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL STRAIN - A magnificent, giant flowering type in a wonderful 
range of colors. Mixture only.3" pots, $14.50 per doz. 
SINGLE-FLOWERING HYBRIDS - Many colors in mixture.3” pots, $5.75 per doz. 
