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THE DINGEE & CONARD COMPANY, WEST GROVE, PA. 



Whitmahii Fern. 



Dingee Palms 



ARECA LUTESCENS. — Trunk and stem, golden green. 

 Strong plants. 6 to 8 inches high. 25c. each; 3 

 for 60c., postpaid; large plants, 14 to 18 inches high, 

 75c. each, postpaid. 



COCOS WEDDELIANA. — The daintiest of all Palms. 

 Strong plants, 3-inch pots, 50c. 



KENTIAS.— The grandest of all Palms. Kentia 

 Belmoreana is the tallest grower, while Kentia 

 Forsteriana has the broadest leaves. Strong plants, 

 25c. each, postpaid. 



LATANIA BORBONICA.— Divided, fan-shaped leaves. 

 Strong plants, 25c. each, postpaid; large plants, 14 

 to 18 inches high from 5-inch pots, 75c. each. 



DRACAENA INDIVISA. — Long, variegated leaves. 

 15c. each. 



PHOENIX CANARIENSIS.— Date Palm, 30c. each. 



PHOENIX ROEBELINI.— Graceful, long. Palm foli- 

 age. 35c. each. 



Rubber Plant-Ficus Elastica 



Will flourish under the most unfavorable conditions, 

 and responds most readily to good treatment. Its 

 thick, glossy foliage is exceedingly attractive and free 

 from insect pests. Strong plants, 12 to 15 inches high. 

 $1.00 each, postpaid. 



Miscellaneous Plants 



ASPARAGUS SPERNGERI :— For pots, vases or hanging 

 baskets. The long, slender branches droop most 

 gracefully, clothed with feathery, emerald-green 

 fronds. Strong plants, 15c. each; 4 for 50c. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS.— Foliage surpasses a Maid- 

 enhair Fern; in grace and finish resembles the 

 finest lace. Elegant for cutting ; one of the best 

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



NEW WEEPING LANTANA.— Beautiful for baskets, 

 vases, pots or for outdoor culture and porch boxes. 

 Produces its clear lilac-pink flowers by the hun- 

 dreds from early summer until severe frosts. De- 

 liciously fragrant. Has a most graceful habit of 

 growth. 15c. each; 4 for 50c. 



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. 



GARDENIA FORIDA Cape Jessamine. Excellent 

 winter-blooming. Flowers pure waxy white, large 

 and very fragrant. Splendid for pot culture. 20 

 cts. each; 50 cts. for 3. 



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 daj^- 

 time 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 troublesome 

 are thrips, red spider, scale and mealy 

 bug. Thrips, red spider and mealy bug 

 are easily prevented by a properly moistened 

 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 de- 

 mands. 



TEDDY, JR. — Fronds are broad and beau- 

 tifully tapered from the base to the tip, 

 drooping just enough to make a graceful 

 plant. CoiiiP'ict, vigorous and thrives un- 

 der 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. Resembling 



Sword Fern, quickly forming large, upright plant. 

 WHITMAN 1 1 COM PACTA.— This is a condensed form 

 of the "Ostrich Plume Fern," with valuable char- 

 acteristics added which are not evident in the 

 parent, the pinnae 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 or- 

 dinary Sword Fern in having much longer fronds, 

 which frequently attain a length of six feet, droop- 

 ing 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 en- 

 tirely different nature. Each frond is subdivided on 

 the order of the Compacta Fern, thus producing a 

 verv beautiful effect. Yerv decorative. 

 MAIDENHAIR FERN (Adiantum cuneatum).— The 

 best known table Fern, with dainty, lacy fronds, 

 unlike any other. 



Price of all Ferns in extra strong pot plants, 20c. 

 each; 6 for $1.00; large plants from 4- and 5-inch 

 pots, 75c. each, postpaid. 



Kentia Palm. 



