Partial view of a House of Stove or Warm House Decorative Plants 



Garden and 

 Greenhouse Plant 

 Department 



It is twenty years since 

 formal gardening, Jhat is, 

 beds laid out in geometrical 

 designs, were greatly in vogue 

 and but little of this class of 

 bedding is now seen outside 

 of the large parks, it having 

 been superseded by the more 

 natural style of informal gar- 

 dening, in which not only 

 Hardy Perennials, but a great 

 variet}- of tender flowering 



and ornamental foliage Plants are extensively used, and to the enthusiastic lover of Plants this stj-le is far more inter- 

 esting, presenting, as it does, almost a daily change in variet}- as the different classes develop in their respective 

 seasons, and lacking the sameness of the geometrical lines of carpet-bedding, of which the eye soon grows tired. 

 In the limited space \^-hich we can devote to this subject we can only speak in detail of a few of the most impor- 

 tant of our specialties, and the manner 

 and volume in which the}- are handled. 



NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 

 For over half a century the Dreer estab- 

 lishment has been foremost in the 

 introduction of new and rare Plants, 

 either collected from their native habi- 

 tats, or introductions from the world's 

 most noted hybridizers. This branch 

 of the business has in recent years been 

 greatly developed and extended, and 

 no expense or care is spared, not only 

 in gathering together these novelties, 

 but also in their careful testing before 

 sending them out. Our own repre- 

 sentatives or agents keep in personal 

 touch with the various horticultural 

 centres of the world. Hundreds of 

 new varieties of Plants and Seeds 

 are tested every season in our trial 

 grounds, but comparatively few of 

 these ever find a place in our Cata- 

 logue, thus protecting our customers in 

 the purchase of worthless novelties. 



DECORATIVE AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS occupy nearly five acres of greenhouse space, 

 and we pride ourselves on the fact that we were the first American house which undertook the growing of this class 

 of stock on an extensive scale, which to a great extent has been the means of bringing many varieties of Palms, 



Araucarias, Pandanus, etc., within the 

 reach of everyone, and has made these 

 Plants as much a part of the decoration 

 of a room as its furniture. 



In addition to the above we also 

 make a specialt}- of what are known as 

 stove or warm house Plants, as well 

 as of the hardier greenhouse Plants, 

 such as Anthuriums, Aralias, Alo- 

 casias, Ardisias, Crotons, Caladiums, 

 Dieffenbachias, Dracsenas, I x o r a s , 

 Marantas, and hundreds of others, 

 this catalogue describing more vari- 

 eties than can be found in any other 

 American list, and all of which find 

 an important place either in the dec- 

 oration of the house or in the furnishing 

 House of Cocos Weddeliana, one of the choicest Palms of the conservatory and greenhouse. 



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This photo shows part of a house an acre in extent filled with Kentia Palms 



