CACTI 
Russelia Junceaa—CORAL OR WEEPING 
FIRECRACKER PLANT. A much 
branched, graceful, willowy plant. It 
has very few leaves and they are so 
small as to be almost unnoticeable. 
The slender, recurving, wiry stems are 
a lovely light green and make a beau- 
tiful contrast with the long sprays of 
firecracker like coral blooms. Good for 
pot or patio plantings when small. 
Almost constantly in bloom. Small 
Plants 35¢, Medium 50¢, Large $1.00. 
Senecio Confusus — MEXICAN FLAME 
VINE. Very rapid growing vine with 
smooth green leaves. An almost con- 
tinuous producer of terminal masses 
of daisy like, brilliant orange flowers 
changing to almost red. It thrives in 
practically any soil. Will bloom in a 
pot if placed in full sun. Small Plants 
50¢, Medium $1.00, Large $2.00. 
Serissa Foetida. Miniature plant with 
small, variegated green and white 
leaves and small delicate white flowers 
produced continuously. Small Plants 
are ideal for Dish Gardens. Small 
Plants 35¢, Medium 65¢, Large $1.00. 
Tabernaemontana Grandiflora — CRAPE 
JESSAMINE. Large white, semi-double 
flowers 2% inches across, with yellow 
eye; fragrant. Continuous bloomer 
with large, very dark green, glossy 
leaves. Small Plants 50¢, Medium 75¢, 
Large $1.50. 
Talinum Patens Variegatum—TROPICAL 
SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN. A hand- 
some, small, green and white varie- 
gated house and dish garden plant. 
Showy leaves and light pink flowers. 
Grows best in part shade. 
Plants 50¢, Medium Plants 75¢. 
Thryallis Brasiliensis. An almost con- 
tinuously blooming plant. When in 
bloom the entire plant is a shower of 
bright yellow flowers. Leaves green 
with brownish red cast. Small Plants 
50¢, Medium 75¢, Large $1.25. 
Thunbergia Erecta — KINGS MANTLE. 
Dark green leaves, continuously bear- 
ing very dark blue, gloxinia like tubu- 
lar flowers. Small plants make good 
pot plants blooming freely. Small 
Plants 50¢, Medium 75¢, Large $1.00. 
Thunbergia Grandiflora—SKY VINE. A 
very rapid growing vine with large 
sky blue flowers 2 to 3 inches in 
diameter, a constant bloomer. The 
large, wide, pointed leaves make a 
heavy covering and dense shade. Small 
Plants 50¢, Medium $1.00, Large $1.50. 
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Trachelospermum  Jasminoides — CON- 
FEDERATE JASMINE. Hardy Chinese 
vine with dark glossy, small, leathery 
leaves. Becomes a solid mass of small, 
very fragrant, white flowers in spring. 
Small Plants 50¢, Medium Plants $1.00, 
Large Plants $2.00. 
Viburnum Suspensum — Foliage dark 
green, deeply veined and rather rough 
in appearance, often turning a reddish 
hue in the fall. The small fragrant 
cream colored flowers are borne in 
clusters during the spring and summer. 
Dwarf rather spreading habit. Small 
plants make very good Dish Garden 
subjects. Small Plants 50¢. 
CACTI AND SUCCULENTS 
Aloe Vera. A low-growing type 8 to 12 
inches tall, with very fleshy spotted 
leaves showing a slight pink tinge in 
full sunlight. Small Plants 35¢, Medium 
65¢, Large $1.00. 
Bryophylium Pinnatum—GOOD LUCK- 
PLANT; LANTERN-PLANT. Mature 
leaves if pinned to the window curtain 
or left lying about the room will sprout 
new plants from their edges. Flowers 
reddish bronze, hanging like paper lan- 
terns. A very odd plant which de- 
velops rapidly. Small Plants 25¢, 
Medium 35¢, Large 50¢ to $1.00. 
Cereus Peruvianus— APPLE CACTUS. 
A handsome type which grows very 
quickly, will obtain a height of about 
25 feet in the Tropics. Very dark blu- 
ish-green color makes it a striking sub- 
ject. Small plants ideal for Dish Gar- 
dens. Mature plants flower at night, 
immense white blooms. Bears large 
red fruit resembling an apple. Small 
Plants 50¢. White for quotations on 
larger sizes. 
Cereus Triangularis — STRAWBERRY 
PEAR CACTUS or NIGHT-BLOOM- 
ING CEREUS. A triangular large- 
stemmed, attractive climbing cactus 
which bears huge fragrant white 
blooms 6 to 8 inches across at night. 
Small Plants 50¢. 
Shaffer Nurseries: Dear Sirs: 
The plants ordered from you arrived in 
most excellent condition. 
V. T., Valley Stream, New York. 
Shaffer Nurseries: Dear Sirs: 
The plants reached me in perfect con- 
dition, and thank you for such nice plants. 
B. B., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
SHAFFER NURSERIES 
