Plants With Herbaceous-Like Tops 
Achyranthes sp. CHICKEN-GIZZARD PLANT. 
Roundish, wrinkled, intense red leaves. A very 
highly colored plant. Small plants 25c, medium 
50c, large $1.00. 
Aglaonema sp. CHINESE EVERGREEN or 
LUCKY PLANT. An upright, slow-growing 
plant with dark evergreen, pointed, calla-like 
leaves. One of the very best green foliage plants 
for growing indoors in soil or water. Small plants 
40c, medium 60c, large $1.50. 
Alternanthera sp. LETTERING PLANT. This 
is the plant used for flat design work in beds show- 
ing letters, edgings, etc. We grow both the red- 
and yellow-leaved types. It grows easily and 
makes a fine outdoor subject during the summer. 
Small plants 25c, medium 50c, large 75c. 
Anthericum Bicheti. ST.-BERNARD-LILY. 
Long, drooping, narrow green and white striped 
foliage with spikes of white flowers. New plants 
form on the drooping stems 1 foot or more long. 
A very attractive pot plant for a shady location. 
Small plants 35c, medium 75c, large $1.50. 
Anthurium Clevelandi (Spa bipbyllum  Cleve- 
landi). A dark green, glossy foliage plant with 
snow-white blooms. Leaves narrow and long 
pointed. The flowers consist of a white spathe 
resembling a calla lily. A splendid evergreen house 
plant. Small plants $1.00, larger $1.50. 
Asclepias lanceolata. FLORIDA NATIVE BUT- 
TERFLY-PLANT. The flower clusters are very 
showy, having bright red petals with bright orange 
centers. Grows to 4 feet, with attractive narrow 
leaves. Will grow very well on low wet grounds 
or as a pot plant. Of easy culture. Small plants 
35c, medium 50c, large $1.00. 
Aspidistra lurida. A favorite old-fashioned plant 
with broad dark green leaves of tropical appear- 
ance. Will grow well in poorly lighted rooms even 
if it receives considerable neglect, since it stands 
dry air and dry soil remarkably well. Small 
plants 50c, medium $1.00, large $2.00. 
Begonia argenteo-guttata. ANGEL-WING BE- 
GONIA. Tall-growing; red and green leaves 
marked with light spots. Small plants 40c, 
larger 75c to $1.50. 
B. Feasti. BEEFSTEAK BEGONIA. Of low 
spreading habit with circular leaves, red beneath, 
glossy green above, thick and fleshy. Dainty 
coral-colored flowers. Small plants 40c, medium 
75c, large $1.50. 
B. nelumbiifolia. GIANT-LEAVED BEGONIA. 
We received this plant from the Dominican Re- 
public several years ago. Leaves up to 2 feet in 
diameter. Produces large clusters of pink flowers 
on long stems extending well above the foliage. 
The leaves resemble those of the Egyptian Lotus. 
Small plants 75c, larger $1.50 to $2.00. 
B. racinifolia. STAR BEGONIA. The star- 
shaped leaves are deeply cut, with rich bronzy 
green, reddish markings and a velvety luster. The 
large bunches of pink blooms are lifted in a spray 
above the foliage. Small plants 75c, larger $1.50. 
Beloperone guttata. SHRIMP-PLANT. An at- 
tractive novelty with hop-like flowers resembling 
a pink shrimp. Every collection should have one 
of these easily grown oddities. Small plants 25c, 
medium 50c, large $1.00. 
Billbergia thyrsoidea. An evergreen ephiphytal 
herb with broad, concave, green leaves arranged 
in a rosette, from the center of which rises a spike 
of bright flowers. Small plants 50c, medium 75c, 
large $1.50. 

Boehmeria nivea. RAMIE. One of the very old- 
est fiber plants known, producing a very strong fi- 
ber which when woven into clothis somewhat like 
linen but stronger and longer lasting. A new 
process of removing the wax from the fiber has 
recently been developed so that now the plant 
is being grown commercially in Florida. Makes 
an attractive tall border plant. Small plants 50c, 
medium 75c, larger $1.00. Seed, 20c per pkt. 
CARNATION, FLORIDA RED. This Carnation 
does well in the hot Florida summers when all 
others fail. Fragrant fiowers of rich bright red. 
Does not produce seed with us and has to be 
propagated by cuttings. Small plants 25c, 
larger 50c. 
Coleus. Highly colored foliage plants. Mixed va- 
rieties. Small plants 25c, medium 50c. 
Cryptanthus acaulis. A very attractive and odd, 
low-growing pot plant from Brazil. The long- 
pointed, flat, sea-green leaves spread out like a 
rosette. Requires little attention and grows best 
in a light peaty soil in a shaded location. Small 
plants 25c, medium 35c. 
C. acaulis ruber. Similar to the above, with beau- 
tiful reddish leaves. Small plants 30c, medium 
50c. 
C. acaulis rosea picta. A rare form with varie- 
gated light and dark pink striped leaves. Small 
plants 40c, medium 70c. 
Dedalacanthus nervosus. TROPICAL BLUE 
SAGE. Especially suited to shady locations. The 
terminal spikes of unusual, rich bright blue flow- 
ers come in the early winter months. Grows 2 to 
3 feet and does well in a pot or open ground. 
This evergreen plant produces a shade of rich blue 
not found in any other plant in our nurseries. 
Small plants 40c, medium 75c, large $1.25. 
Dorstenia Contrajerva. A horticultural curiosity 
from tropical America remarkable for the fact 
that the dilated receptacle in which the unisexual 
flowers are borne is 1mbedded in the surface. The 
fruiting body is a green, angular, flattened, wood- 
like structure extending well above the wide, 
slightly variegated, deeply cut leaves. A very odd 
house plant about 6 to 8 inches tall, easily grown. 
Small plants $1.00. 
Dracena, Eugene Andre. A very highly colored 
variety with intense rosy crimson leaves, which 
are similar to D. fragrans. Small plants 75c, 
larger $1.50. 
D. fragrans. A large-leaved, plain green form, very 
useful as tub plants. Fragrant pink flowers. 
Small plants 50c, large $1.50. 
D. Godseffiana. Different from all other Dracenas. 
Of free branching habit with rich dark green Jeaves 
densely marked with creamy white spots. Easily 
grown in the house. Suited for fern dishes. Small 
plants 75c, larger $1.00. 
D. Massangeana. Long dark green leaves with a 
broad yellow band through the center lengthwise 
of the leaf. Very showy and tropical appearing. 
Small plants 75c, larger $1.50. : 
GERANIUM, SWEET-SCENTED. We grow two 
types, the cut-leaved and entire-leaved varieties. 
Both are very strongly scented. Sometimes called 
Rose Geraniums. Small plants 25c, medium 50c, 
large $1.00. 
Gerbera, Hybrid Daisies. TRANSVAAL DAI- 
SIES. Very attractive daisy-like flowers up to 
3 inches in diameter. Many shades of yellow, 
orange, white, and scarlet. Plants of flowering 
size in mixed colors only, 50c each. 
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