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PH1XLANTHUS. 



SpeciOSUS. Similar in appearance to some of the narrow- 

 leaved warm house Aralias, but of quicker growth. A pretty 

 decorative plant. 50 cts. each. 



PHYLIX>T^NIUJI. 



Lindeni. A handsome hothouse plant of easy culture, with 

 attractive light green hastate leaves, the broad rib and veins 

 cream) -white. 75 cts. each. 



Lindeni Magnificum. A variety with much larger leaves 

 and with the variegation more decided in color. $1.00 each. 



PIPER. 



Metallicum. A pretty foliage plant for the warm conserva- 

 tory, with thick, round leaves of deep metallic green. 50 cts. 



each. 



PLUMBAGO. 



Dreer's Double-fringed Petunia. 



PEPEROMIA. 



Maculosa. A pretty, dwarf, ornamental foli- 

 age plant, the thick leaves being bright 

 green, veined silvery-white; exceedingly 

 useful as a pot plant for the window. 25 

 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Dreer's Superb 

 Double-fringed Petunias. 



For many years we have made a specialty of 

 Double Petunias. We have discarded the 

 plain edge sorts, as the fringed and laced 

 varieties listed below are very much superior. 

 Achille. Bright purplish-crimson, mottled 



white. 

 Admiration. Bright reddish-violet, tipped 



and mottled white. 

 Artus. Bright sol ferino-red. 

 Comet. Dark tyrian-rose; a fine self-color. 

 Lovely, White mottled bright mauve. 

 Magnificent. Bright rosy-magenta, mottled with white. 

 Meteor. Pure mauve, occasionally mottled white. 

 Paragon. Light violet-rose, mottled white. 

 Rufus. Pure white, mottled deep tyrian rose. 

 Snowball. Finely fringed white. 

 Striking. Reddish-violet, tipped and mottled white. 

 Superba. Violet-rose, shading lighter at edges. 



Price: 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. Set of 12 sorts, $1.50 

 Single Large-flowering Petunias. Mixed seedlings 



April ]st), 10 cts. each; SI. 00 per doz.; $6.00 per 1 0. 



PHILODENDRON, OR MONSTERA. 



Spectabllis. An interesting hothouse plant with large heart-shaped 



dark green leaves, with light veins. $1 00 and $2.00 each. 



Pertusum. A hothouse plant of climbing habit, with large, perfo- 

 rated leaves of grotesque appearance, $1.00 and $2.00 each. 



Acuminatum. A small-leaved, climbing specie-.. 60 cts, each. 



PHORJIIUM TENAX YARIEGATA. 



A pretty form of the New Zealand Flax; useful in sub-tropical bed- 

 ding, sword-like leaves green, striped with creamy-white. Strong 

 plants, $1.00 each. 



Capensis. Light lavender-blue. 

 — Alba. Color creamy-white. 



Coccinea Superba. Long racemes of showy, brilliant, bright 

 satiny-carmine flowers. 



15 cts, each; $1.50 per dozen 



POTHOS ARGYR^A. 



A pretty hothouse climber, with deep green foliage, nicely 

 variegated with silvery-white. 25 cts. each. 



RHYNCHOSPER3IIIM. 



Jasminoides (Maylayan Jasmine). A climbing plant 

 which succeeds admirably in the conservatory or window gar- 

 den; grown as a pot plant and 

 trained on a trellis, it produces 

 during the spring months in great 

 abundance delicate pure white 

 flowers of entrancing perfume. 

 25 cts. each. 



RICINIS. 



(Castor Oil Plant.) 



Handsome tropical-looking plants 

 for centres of large beds, etc 

 Green and bronze-leaved sorts, 

 ready in May and June, 10 cts. 

 each; $1.00 per doz.; $8,00 per 

 100. 



Pepbromia Maculosa. 



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Our collection of Hardy Perennial Plants is the most complete in this country. See pages 194 to 243. I 



