. McGregor Brothers' wholesale price list of plants for florists for fall of 1896. Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Springfield Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Flowers; Bulbs (Plants). 4^ [ l 4 'A " 4! Dracsena Indivisa. Calla Richardia Maculata. GREVILLEA ROBUSTA (THE SILK OAK.) A magnificent plant for decorative purposes, of rapid, easy growlh, finely cut foliage, rivaling a rare fern. The young growing leaves are a light bronze color, the tips being covered with soft down, closely resembling raw silk, hence the name of "Silk ; I
. McGregor Brothers' wholesale price list of plants for florists for fall of 1896. Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Springfield Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Flowers; Bulbs (Plants). 4^ [ l 4 'A " 4! Dracsena Indivisa. Calla Richardia Maculata. GREVILLEA ROBUSTA (THE SILK OAK.) A magnificent plant for decorative purposes, of rapid, easy growlh, finely cut foliage, rivaling a rare fern. The young growing leaves are a light bronze color, the tips being covered with soft down, closely resembling raw silk, hence the name of "Silk ; In its native place it attains magnificent pro- portions and produces an abundance of bright, orange-colored flowers. The leaves are tine for designs, so fern-like and not liable to wilt. Price, nice n plants, 6 cents each: 40 cents per dozen: $3 per hundred. DRACVENA INDIVISA. Of all the plants in use for centers o'l vases, baskets, or for buds in the open ground, nothing is so valuable as this is. From its graceful drooping habit it is sometimes called the "Fountain ; Price, 50 cents per dozen ; $4 per hundred: from four inch pots, fine plants. $1 per dozen: $7 per 100. Glechoma Hederacea. CLECHOMA HEDERACEA. (Variegated Ground Ivy.) The foliage of this charm- ing novelty is a bright green, marked with pure white, and has a refreshing fragrance similar to mint. Price. 5 cents each; 40 cents per dozen: $3 per hundred. Erythrina Crista-Calli. A magnificent plant, producing its scarlet and crim- son pea-shaped flowers on spikes eighteen inches long. Planted in May, they will flower profusely through the Summer; they may he taken up in the Full and kept in perfect preservation during the Winter in a dry cellar, the roots covered with half-dry earth. Price. 75 cents per dozen; $5 per hundred. SPOTTED CALLA. (Calla Richardia.) The Richardia Alba, or Spotted Calla. is a plant of magnificent appearance. The leaves are of the richest green, spotted with pure white; the
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