Title: Rhododendrons, boxwood, azaleas, clematis, novelties, bay trees, hardy plants, evergreens : novelties bulbs, cannas novelties, palms, araucarias, ferns, vines, orchids, flowering shrubs, ornamental grasses and trees
Identifier: CAT31285383 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Bobbink & Atkins (Nursery); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New Jersey Rutherford Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowering shrubs Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs
Publisher: Rutherford, N. J. : Bobbink & Atkins
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Asparagus Sprengeri. See page 60. ingly graceful and beautiful. Grown in large pots or in hanging baskets, it makes one of the finest and most graceful plants that it is possible to imagine, and is one of the most useful plants for decorative purposes that has ever been grown. It is also valuable for cut- ting for use in fine cut-flower work. Extra fine plants, grown in 6-in. pots, very bushy. Ea. 75c. Large specimens, 8-in. pots, very fine. Ea. $1.50. BEGONIA CREDNERI. We consider this the best introduction of recent years in ornamental floweringbegonias. Itis of strong, erect growth, producing naturally an elegantly shaped, symmetrically formed plant. The flowers are produced in large clusters on strong stems and are of the largest size. White, with a delicate suffusion of pink, making the flowers a decidedly pleasing color. The foliageis large, harmonizing beautifully with the other charac- teristics of the plant. The finest of fiowering plants for house or greenhouse. Ea. 50c., doz. $4.50. BOSTON FERN (Nephrolepis exaltata bostonien- sis). 4-in. pots, doz. $3.50.; 5-in. pots, doz. $6.00. Specimens, ea. SI.00 to $5.00. CYCAS revoluta (Sago Palm). Dormant stems, 3 to 20 lbs. each. 100 lbs., $15.00; less than 100 lbs., 18c. per lb. DRACAENAS. D. amabilis. A strong growing variety, prettily variegated green, white and pale violet, turn- ing to rose. Ea. $1.00. D. Baptist!i. Bronzy green foliage, marked with creamy white and rose. Ea. $1.00. D. Bruanti. A most useful variety, with heavy dark green foliage, making an excellent house plant, standing the dry atmosphere of living rooms. Ea. 50c. 0. fragrans. A superb African species, with beautiful deep green leaves, lighter in the growth, though having no variegations or markings in the foliage. This is one of the most admired of the decorative species. Ea. $1.00. D. Godseffiana. Of an entirely different habit and appearance from all other Draeasnas ; of free- branching habit. Its foliage is broadly lan- ceolate, 5 to 6 inches long, and 2 to 3 inches wide; of a strong leathery texture ; rich dark green color, densely marked with irregular dots and spots of creamy white, not unlike an aucuba japonica. Strong young plants, ea. 75c.; large plants, ea. $1.50. D. gracilis. A narrow-leaved variety of bright green, with narrow coppery crimson edge; very graceful. Ea. 75c. D. imperialis. Foliage green, changing to rose, with creamy white edge. Ea. 75c. D. indivisa. This variety is used very extensively as a center plant for vases, urns, etc. It stands full exposure to the sun, and its long, narrow, graceful foliage contrasts beautifully with other foliage and flowering plants. Ea. 50c. and $1.00.

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