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THE DINGEE y CONARD COMPANY, WEST GROVE, PA. 



Whitmanii Fern 



Dingee Palms 



ARECA LUTESCENS. Trunk and stem, golden 



green. Strong plants. 6 to 8 inches high. 



25 cts. each; 3 for 60 cts., postpaid; large 



plants, 14 to 16 inches high, 75 cts. each, 



postpaid. 

 COCOS WEDDELIANA. The daintiest of all 



Palms. Strong plants, 3-inch pots, 50 cts. 

 KENTIA. The grandest of all Palms. Kentia 



Bel moreana is the tallest grower, while Kentia 



Forsteriana has the broadest leaves. Strong 



plants, 25 cts. each, postpaid. 

 LATANIA BORBONICA. Divided, fan-shaped 



leaves. Strong plants, 25 cts. each; postpaid. 

 PHOENIX ROEBELINI. Graceful, long, Palm 



foliage. 35 cts. each. 



Miscellaneous Plants 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. For pots, vases or 

 hanging baskets. The long, slender branches 

 droop most gracefully, clothed with feathery, 

 emerald green fronds. Strong plants, 20 cts. 

 each; 3 for 50 cts. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. Foliage surpasses a 

 Maidenhair Fern; in grace and finish resembles the 

 finest lace. Elegant for cutting; one of the best 

 plants in our collection. 20 cts. each; 3 for 50 cts. 



NEW WEEPING LANTANA. Beautiful for bas- 

 kets, vases, pots or for outdoor culture and porch 

 boxes. Produces its clear lilac-pink flowers by the 

 hundreds from early summer until severe frosts. 

 Deliriously fragrant. Has a most graceful habit 

 of growth. 20 cts. each; 3 for 50 cts. 



HIBISCUS SINENSIS. All varieties, 20 cts. 

 each; 3 for 50 cts. 



Peach blow. Pink, with crimson center. 

 Versicolor. Buff, rose and white. 

 Cooperi Tricolor. Crimson, very large. 

 Minniatus Semiplenus. Vermilion-scarlet. 



AMARYLLIS JOHNSONI. The best known of 

 the Amaryllis, with rich, deep, velvety crimson 

 flowers borne in large clusters on long stems. 

 Each petal is striped with white. The bulbs send 

 up from two to four flower-spikes and their 

 cultivation is of the easiest. Extra large, bloom- 

 ing bulb, 75 cts. each, postpaid. 



Pot Hydrangeas 



Excellent for pot culture for blooming indoors 

 during the winter. The foliage keeps dark green 

 throughout the winter, making them an ideal deco- 

 rative plant. They can also be planted outdoors, 

 as they are hardy and live out over winter. 

 OTAKSA. Rich pink, changing to snow-white and 



blue. 

 AVALANCHE. Large cor vmbs of pure whi te flowers . 

 GENERAL DE VIBRAYE. Very large heads of 



bright rose. 



Price, 25 cts. each; five for $1.00, postpaid; 

 large specimen plants from 4 to 6-inch pots, 

 75 cts. each, by express. 



Decorative Ferns 



Use a soil composed of five parts; two 

 parts of good garden soil, two parts of 

 finely screened peat or leaf mold from 

 the woods, and one part sharp, clean sand. 

 This should then be thoroughly sterilized 

 by putting in an oven and baking in 

 order to destroy earth worms, etc. Place 

 some broken pieces of pots or crocks and 

 some charcoal in the bottom of each pot 

 for drainage. A temperature of not less 

 than 55 degrees F. should be maintained 

 at all times, with a rise in the daytime 

 of 10 degrees to 15 degrees. Judgment 

 should be exercised in watering. On 

 warm days they should be syringed at 

 least twice. Never allow them to become 

 too dry. Insects which are most trouble- 

 some are thrips, red spider, scale and mealy 

 bug. Thrips, red spider and mealy bug 

 are easily prevented by a properly mois- 

 tened atmosphere, also by spraying of 

 foliage once a week with tobacco water, 

 made the consistency of weak tea, and 

 increased or diminished in strength as 

 occasion demands. 



TEDDY, JR. Fronds are broad and 

 beautifully tapered from the base to 

 the tip, drooping just enough to make 

 a graceful plant. Compact, vigorous and thrives 

 under most any condition. 

 ROOSEVELT. Resembles the Boston Fern, but 

 produces many more fronds, thus making a 

 handsomer and bushier plant. 

 JACKSON 1 1. Extremely strong grower. Resem- 

 bling Sword Fern, quickly forming large, upright 

 plant. 

 WHITMANII COM PACTA. This is a condensed 

 form of the "Ostrich Plume Fern", with valuable 

 characteristics added which are not evident in the 

 parent, the pinnea subdividing making miniature 

 fronds, looking as if two or more were condensed 

 in one. Graceful beyond description. 

 THE BOSTON FERN. This Fern differs from the 

 ordinary Sword Fern in having much longer 

 fronds, which frequently attain a length of six 

 feet, drooping gracefully over the side of the pot 

 or jardiniere, and on this account it is frequently 

 called the Fountain Fern. 

 WHITMANII (Ostrich Plume Fern). More of a 

 dwarf habit than the Boston Fern. The fronds 

 are of entirely different nature. Each frond is 

 subdivided on the order of the Compacta Fern, 

 thus producing a very beautiful effect. Very 

 decorative. 

 MAIDENHAIR ( Adianthum Cuneatum) . The 

 best known table Fern, with dainty, lacy fronds, 

 unlike any other. 



Price of all Ferns in extra strong pot plants, 

 20 cts. each; 6 for $1.00; large plants from 4 

 and 5-inch pots, 75 cts. each, postpaid. 



Kentia Palm 



