Archive image from page 46 of Descriptive catalogue and price list. Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants descriptivecata1891seve_0 Year: 1891 AMARYLLIS. ANTHUKIUM SCH ERZKRlANUM. ANTHURIUM. Tropical aroid plants, some of them epiphytal, but all will grow in a potting material of broken bark, powdered sphagnum and a little soil. A. crystalliiium. Leaves large, bright velvety green ; the vines like frosted silver. $2 each. A. Scherzerianum. This is a very handsome species ; the flower spathe is
Archive image from page 46 of Descriptive catalogue and price list. Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants descriptivecata1891seve_0 Year: 1891 AMARYLLIS. ANTHUKIUM SCH ERZKRlANUM. ANTHURIUM. Tropical aroid plants, some of them epiphytal, but all will grow in a potting material of broken bark, powdered sphagnum and a little soil. A. crystalliiium. Leaves large, bright velvety green ; the vines like frosted silver. $2 each. A. Scherzerianum. This is a very handsome species ; the flower spathe is bright crimson and holds its color for many weeks. $ each. A. tetragomim. Has very large leaves, three feet long by one wide; a very ornamental plant. jSi to I SSeveral other rare Anthuriums can be supplied. Names and prices on application. ARDISIA. A. crenulata. A handsome evergreen shrub, pro- ducing clusters of bright red berries, which remain on the plant a long time ; hardy here in the open ground. 20 to 50 cents each. A. Pickeringii. A tropical, broad-leaved ever- green shrub, native of south Florida, producing fra- grant white, purple tinted flowers in small panicles. Will flower when quite small. 15 cents each, $ per dozen. A. uiiibellata. A handsome plant ; flowers pink, in large decompound panicles. 50 cents each. ARALIA PAPYRI FERA. The Chinese Rice Paper Tree. From the pith of the stem of this plant the ' rice paper ' of China and Japan is made. Here, it is of more value as an orna- mental shrub, and seems particularly adapted to our soil and climate. It is quite hardy as far north as Putnam Co., and Mr. E. H. Hart says of it: ' It de- lights in a moist, half-shady spot ; it is a good plant to screen the unsightly spot by the kitchen door ; when in bloom it is superb, and everyone stops to admire it.' A native of the shady swamps of Formosa. Al- ways a handsome plant, whether in bloom or not, on account of its magnificent leaves. 50 cents each. A. sp
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