PLANTS WITH HERBACEOUS-LIKE TOPS, continued 
Peperomia obtusifolia variegata. A new yellow 
and white variegated type. Both of the Pepero- 
mias should be grown in shade. Small plants 50c, 
larger $1.00. 
Pilea microphylla. ARTILLERY FERN. A 
rapid-growing, dense, fern-like plant with light 
green leaves. Easily grown and attractive house 
plant. Small plants 25c, medium 50c, large 75c. 
Pilea sp. DWARF ARTILLERY PLANT. A 
dwarf type 3 to 6 inches tall, with very fine com- 
pact lacy foliage. An attractive small pot plant. 
Small plants 25c, medium 50c, large 75c. 
Ricinus. CASTOR-OIL BEAN. _A very large- 
growing type up to 20 feet tall in our nursery, 
with leaves to 24 inches across. Seed, 20c per pkt. 
Rosa Rouletti. ROCK ROSE. Hardy. The 
dwarfest good Rose in existence, making a very 
handsome pot plant. Tiny double bright pink 
Roses in profusion. Small plants 75c. 
Ruellia sp. TRAILING VELVET PLANT. Rich, 
soft bluish maroon leaves. Compact grower 
about 8 to 12 inches tall; bright carmine flowers. 
Small plants 35c, medium 50c, large $1.00. 
Russelia juncea. CORAL or WEEPING FIRE- 
CRACKER-PLANT. A rich green plant with 
long, graceful, recurving wiry stems; bears coral- 
red flowers almost constantly. Small plants 35c, 
medium 50c, large $1.00. 
Sanchezia. Wide, smooth leaves with pink mid- 
ribs and yellow veins. Stems red. A showy house 
plant. Small plants 35c, medium 50c, large $1.00. 
Saxifraga sarmentosa. STRAWBERRY-GER- 
ANIUM. This old-fashioned hanging-basket 
plant with white-veined leaves is an old favorite. 
oung plants form at the ends of pendent run- 
ners. Small plants 25c, medium 50c, large $1.00. 


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VIOLETS. Large, single, 
Siphonanthus indica. TURKS-TURBAN. 
Striking erect, woody herb to 8 feet bearing term- 
inal panicles of white flowers followed by showy 
red-purple berries subtended by red-brown calyx- 
es. Small plants 35c, medium 75c, large $1.25. 
Strobilanthes anisophyllus. LAVENDER BELL. 
An excellent pot plant with narrow leaves and 
countless small, bell-shaped, lavender flowers in 
winter and spring. Small plants 25c, medium 50c, 
large $1.00. 
isophyllus. HEDGE-FLOWER. A_ border 
plant reaching a height of not over 3 feet, with 
bright purplish blue flowers about 2 inches across. 
Flowers produced all summer. Good for potting 
or planting in the border. Small plants 25c, 
medium 50c, large $1.00. 
Talinum patens Variegatum. TROPICAL 
SNOW-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN. A handsome 
small, green and white, variegated house and rock- 
garden plant. Showy leaves and light pink flow- 
ers. Grows best in part shade. Small plants 35c, 
medium 50c, large $1.00. 
Tradescantia discolor. MOSES-IN-THE- 
CRADLE. Striking, upright, bunchy, purple 
and green leaves 10 to 12 inches high. Very odd 
and decorative, with peculiar little white tlowers 
produced in a boat-like case at the base of the 
leaves. Small plants 25c, medium 50c, large $1.00. 
fragrant, blue flowers. 
Hardy. 25c each. 
Wedelia trilobata. WAX-LEAF. A_ wonderful 
cover for beach and poor sandy land. Will make 
a dense mass of waxy green leaves, with small 
daisy-like flowers. Tolerant of shade. Small 
plants 25c, medium 40c, large 60c. 
BULBS 
Achimenes. A beautiful small gloxinia-like pot 
plant producing rich deep lavender-blue flowers 
1 inch or more in diameter, about 10 weeks after 
planting. 50c each, 3 for $1.25. 
Alpinia formosana. A leafy plant with many 
stems, similar in habit to the ginger-plant, with 
panicles of shell-like white flowers closely veined 
with crimson. Leaves and roots strongly scented 
like ginger. Grows about 3 to 6 feet high and does 
best in moist shady locations. Small plants 25c, 
medium 50c, large $1.00 to $2.50. 
A. nutans. SHELL-FLOWER. Strong-growing 
tuberous plant with long wide leaves emitting a 
strong ginger-like odor when crushed. Fragrant 
mottled yellow-orange flowers resembling a 
cluster of sea-shells. Grows 4 feet high or more. 
Plant in damp, shady or partly shady locations. 
Small plants 50c, larger clumps $1.00 to $2.50. 
Amaryllis equestre. BARBADOS-LILY. Glori- 
ous large bright red flowers that last well. Small 
bulbs 20c, medium 35c, large 50c. 
A. Hybrids. GIANT-FLOWERED AMAR YL- 
_LIS. These are the large-flowered Amaryllis 6 or 
more inches across, in mixed shades of dark red 
to very light pink and white. Large bulbs, pro- 
ducing up to six giant flowers at the same time. 
reatly improved by two eminent Florida hy- 
bridizers. Small bulbs 25c, medium 45c, giant 
75c. 
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 

Caladium bulbosum. FANCY-LEAVED CA- 
LADIUM. See colored illustration on third 
cover. We grow at least three types—one marked 
white, one with almost pink variegations, and 
I green, and white splashes. 
another with red, 
Small bulbs 25c, 3 for 60c; larger 40c, 3 for $1.00. 
Costus. SPIRAL FLAG. Stalks with leaves ar- 
ranged like spirals. Orange-red flowers. Small 
plants 50c. 
Crinum augustum. A giant-growing, bulbous, 
lily-like plant 4 to 6 feet tall. Flowers are pro- 
duced in large umbels of 20 or more; the large 
bunch of flowers and buds is 18 to 24 inches 
across. The glossy purplish crimson buds open 
into pink flowers. Propagates very slowly. Large 
bulbs $2.50, by express only. 
Kirki. MILK AND WINE LILY. Flowers 
large, white with a reddish purple stripe on the 
outside of each petal. Flowers in large umbels. 
Small bulbs 35c, medium 45c, large 75c. 
C. longifolium album. One of the most hardy 
Crinums. Large clusters of large fragrant white 
flowers resembling Easter lilies. Small bulbs 55e% 
medium 50c, large 75c. 
Cc. 
Crinum sp. An unknown giant type with huge 
spider-like, pure white flowers in large umbels. 
Fragrant and showy. Large flowering-size bulbs 
$2.50 by express, since they are too large for mail 
shipment. Very small seedling bulbs 50c. 
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