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BILLBERGIA 
THYRSOIDEA—upper 
BILLBERGIA 
EUPHEMIAE—lower 

BILLBERGIA thyrsoidea. Flowers scarlet, tipped. violet. $0.75 up. 
BILLBERGIA zebrina. Foliage dark greén, blotched ‘and spotted white. 
Graceful clusters of chartreuse flowers, long salmon bracts. $5.00 up. 
PUYA alpestris. Strong growing plant, succeeding perfectly in poor soils 
and extremes of temperature. Dense spikes 5 feet high’of metallic blue 
flowers. An amazing sight in full bloom. Plantss#iust be at least five 
years old before they will bloom. $1.00 up; Blooming’size plants $7.50 up. 
TILLANDSIA lindeni. One of the finest members of this exotic group, 
blooming from four to ten months. Showy carmine bracts. . The flowers 
are one of the most beautiful shades of blue in the floral kingdom. 
BILLBERGIA HYBRIDS 
EVANS & REEVES offer for the first time, plants of the following hybrids, 
originated by California's foremost fancier, Richard Atkinson. While these 
hybrids will vary a little, they cannot help but be interesting and unusual 
because of the outstanding merits of the parents used to make the crosses. 
BILLBERGIA enderi hybrids. Because of the spectacular coloring of the 
seed parent crossed with another species with larger flowers, this should 
be one of the finest Bromeliads. $1.50 up. 
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