. [Catalogue of] Cottage Rose Garden. Nursery stock Ohio Columbus; Flowers Catalogs. 48 Catalogue of Cottage Rose Garden, Columbus, Ohio. GREVILLEA. Grevillea Robusta.—(The Silk Oak.) A magnificent plant for decorative purposes, of rapid, easy growth, finely-cut foliage, rivalling a rare fern. The young grow- ing leaves are a light bronze color, the tips being covered with a soft down, closely resembling raw silk, hence the name of "Silk ; In its native place it attains mag- nificent proportions and produces an abundance of bright, orange-colored flowers. Price, 20 Grevil
. [Catalogue of] Cottage Rose Garden. Nursery stock Ohio Columbus; Flowers Catalogs. 48 Catalogue of Cottage Rose Garden, Columbus, Ohio. GREVILLEA. Grevillea Robusta.—(The Silk Oak.) A magnificent plant for decorative purposes, of rapid, easy growth, finely-cut foliage, rivalling a rare fern. The young grow- ing leaves are a light bronze color, the tips being covered with a soft down, closely resembling raw silk, hence the name of "Silk ; In its native place it attains mag- nificent proportions and produces an abundance of bright, orange-colored flowers. Price, 20 Grevillea. CROWN OF THORNS. (Euphorbia Spendens.) A curious plant with thick, fleshy stems, which are cov- ered with stout, sharp spines. There is a tradition that this plant furnished the material for the "Crown of Thorns" used in the Divine tragedy. The foliage is bright green and the flowers are a beautiful coral-pink nearly all the year around. Very pretty when in bloom. 15 cents. FARFUGIUM GRANDE, also called Leopard Plant. A beautiful ornamental foliage plant either for pot oul- ture or for planting in the open border in a shaded posi- tion ; the leaves, from eight to ten inches in diameter ."are of a thick, leathery texture, dark green in color, with bright yellow spots. One of the prettiest and most satis- factory plants for house culture. 15 to 25 cents each. LIBONIA PENRHOSIENSIS. A neat plant, attaining a height and breadth of twelve to fifteen inches. Flowers about an inch in length; scarlet orange and yellow. Blooms profusely from December to May. Price, 10 cents. MADEIRA, or Mignonette Vine. One of the finest plants for rapidly covering trellis work; flowers feathery-white, with fragrance of Mignonette. Price, 10 cents each; 75 cents per dozen. MAHERNIA ODORATA. Honey Bell—A pretty plant, with neatly cut foliage, and small, bell-shaped, drooping, golden-yellow fragrant flowers. Price, 10 cents. MYOSOTIS PALUSTRIS. True Forget-ne-Not—A hardy herbaceo
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