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Title: 1901 trade list
Identifier: CAT31285200 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Champion City Greenhouses (Springfield, Ohio); Good & Reese Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Ohio Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs
Publisher: Springfield, Ohio : Good & Reese Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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16 The Good & Reese Company's Wholesale Trade List, General Collection of Plants.
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AR AUG ARIA EXCELSA. Norfollslsland Pine. — Various names h a.v e been suggested for this grand plant to properly convey to the mind the appear- ance of it. Some have called itthe "Christm as Tree Palm," from its reseml lance to a Christ- mas tree; others have called it the "Star Palm," "because the leaves are ar- ranged to form a pertect star, but n o descriptive name cangivean adequate idea of its beauty. It has deep green, feathery foliage, arranged in whorls, rising one above the other at regular distances. Its Araucaria Excelsa. Norfolk Island Pine, symmetry of form, grace and beauty of foliage are unequaled in the vegeta- ble kingdom. It is easily grown in the house, and is highlv or- namental. It requires the same culture as the Palm. Fine plants, fbnr-inch pots, ten to twelve inches high, three to four tiers of leaves, $1.00 each; $9.00 per dozen. AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII. Boston Ivy.—A beautiful, hardy climbing plant of Japanese origin. This is one of the finest climbers we know for covering walls, as it clings firmly to the smoothest surface, covering it with overlapping leaves, which form a perfect mass of foliage. The color is a fresh, deep green in Summer, changing to the brightest shades of crimson and yellow in Autumn. It is quite hardy, and becomes more popular every year. 50 cents per dozen; $3.00 per hundred. We have some extra strong field grown plants of Ampelopsis Veitchii. Three years old, eight to ten feet long, $1.75 pel* dozen; $12.00 per hundred. ACALYPHA SANDERII. This plant goes under va- rious names, such as "Che- nille Plant," "Philippine Medusa," "Comet Plant." •'Dewey's Favorite Flower," "Bloody Cat Tail," etc. With out doubt the most sen- sational new plant intro- duced for many years, and one of the most striking flowering ornamental plants we have ever seen. It is of strong, free growth, with large, dark green leaves from each axil of which rope-like spikes, from one to two feet long and nearly one inch thick, are gracefully suspended, as shown in our illustration, which convevs buta faint idea of the beauty and distinct warm coloring of this splendid acquisition. But the remarkable florifer- ousness and the great size of the spikes of flowers (com- pared to the plant) is fairly well shown. The plant is in flower the year round, and is as easilv grown as a Coleus. simplv requiring a warm temperature to develop its full beautv. 50 cents per dozen; $3.00 per hundred. ACALYPHA TRIUMPHANS. This is a very ornamental bedding plant, the foliage being bronze, crimson and green. Verv beautiful. Grows rapidlv. 50 cents per dozen; $2.50 per hundred. ACALYPHA MARGINATA. A charming variety. Dark green foliage, with a distinct mar- gin on the edge of each leaf of brisrht pink. Lovelv. 50 cents per dozen; $2.50 per hundred.

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