. Caladium Esculentum. Caladium Esculentum. Elephant's Ear. One of the most effective plants in cultivation for the flower border or for planting out upon the lawn ; it will grow in any good garden soil, and is of the easiest culture. To obtain the best result it should be planted where it will obtain plenty of water, and an abundance of rich compost. Foliage light green. When full size it stands 6 feet high, and bears immense leaves 3 to 4 feet long by 2j feet wide. Extra large bulbs, 12 to 14 inches in circumference, 50 cts. each. First size bulbs, 10 to 12 inches in circumference, 35 cts. e
. Caladium Esculentum. Caladium Esculentum. Elephant's Ear. One of the most effective plants in cultivation for the flower border or for planting out upon the lawn ; it will grow in any good garden soil, and is of the easiest culture. To obtain the best result it should be planted where it will obtain plenty of water, and an abundance of rich compost. Foliage light green. When full size it stands 6 feet high, and bears immense leaves 3 to 4 feet long by 2j feet wide. Extra large bulbs, 12 to 14 inches in circumference, 50 cts. each. First size bulbs, 10 to 12 inches in circumference, 35 cts. each, $3 50 per dqz. Second size bulbs, 8 to 10 inches in circumference, 25 cts. each, $ per doz. Third size bulbs, 6 to 8 inches in circumference, 15 cts. each, §1 50 per doz. CESTRUM PARQUI. (Night Blooming Jasmine.) A beautiful tender shrub of easy cultivation, with small greenish white flowers, of delightful fragrance which is dis- pensed during the night only. 15 cts. each. CISSUS DISCOLOR, A beautiful climber for hanging baskets, with mottled and marbled crimson and green foliage. 20 cts. each. CLERODENDRON A beautiful greenhouse climber and admirably suited for house culture; flowering most profusely with bright scarlet flowers, enveloped in a creamy white calyx. 25 cts. each. CJLXVIA MINIATUM. (Imantophyllum.) A pretty Lily-like plant of the easiest culture, and a most desirable house plant; it flowers during the spring and sum- mer months, remaining in bloom for a long period. The flowers are about two inches long and are borne in dense clusters of from ten to twenty flowers on each ; in color it is of a fine orange red shading to buff. We offer good strong plants at 75 cts. each. COBEA SCANDJENS. A beautiful climber of rapid growth, bearing large purple bell-shaped flowers. For covering arbors, trellises, etc., it is indispensable, as its dark green foliage and pretty flowers make it very attractive. 15 to 25 cts. each, to $ per doz. CROTONS.
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