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ASPARAGUS 



Plumosus Nanus {Asparagus Fern). If there is a better plant for 

 table decoration tlian this we do not know it. The fohage is more 

 delicate than that of the finest Fern, being lace-like in its fiiminess. 

 A plant with half a dozen stalks is a mass of dainty, misty green, 

 among which the stems of a few flowers can be thrust in such a man- 

 ner as to make a pretty decoration for the table. 25 els. and 50 

 cts. each; $2 50 and |5.00 per doz. 



Sprengeri {Eneriild Fe<ither.) Excellent for hanging-baskets, for 

 bracket use and for cutting. It is one of the best of all plants for 

 the window box wlien planted on the outside, where it can droop 

 over the edi;e of the box. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each; $2. 50 and 

 $5.00 per doz. 



Scandens Deflexus. Similar in habit of growth to Sprengeri, but 

 with finer, lighter green foliage. May be used for the same pur- 

 poses as Sprengeri, and is particularly nice when grown as an in- 

 dividual specimen plant. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 



DREER'S CHINA ASTERS 



Superb Late Branching. This is the finest type of China Aster for 

 the amateur, being of strong, robust habit, growing 2J feet high and 

 bearing their large Chrysanthemum-like flowers from August to 

 October. We can supply nice plants in May and June of the 8 

 distinct colors offered and fully described on page 69. $1.00 per 

 doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



JDREER'S SUPERB TUBEROUS- 

 ROOTED BEGONIAS 



This charming class of Begonias is perhaps the handsomest of all 

 summer-flowering tuberous-rooted plants, and deserves even greater popu- 

 larity. Improvements made in recent years in.size, texture and coloring 

 are really phenomenal, with flowers measuring from 4 to 6 inches 

 across, and colors ranging from the purest white and the most delicate 

 tints of pink, yellow and orange to the most intense scarlet and richest 

 crimson, while the double-flowering sorts are perfect rosettes, full and 

 doable to the centre. Particularly useful for planting in porch or 



Single and Double Tuberous Begonias 



window boxes in a semi-shady position. Their culture is of 

 the simplest, and with the least regard for their requirements 

 will repay with an abundance and brilliancy of bloom not 

 equalled by any other class of plants. Tlieir culture is fully 

 described in our book, " Dreer's Hints on the Growing of 

 Bulbs," price 25 cts. Copies free to customers who ask for it 

 when ordering. 



Sing^le Tuberous Begonias 



We can supply these in the following colors, or in mixture, 

 as under: 

 Scarlet, White, Pink, Crimson, Yellow and Salmon. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 

 Mixed. All colors. 20 cts. each; $2 00 per doz.; $15.00 

 100. 



BOUGAINVILLEA CriMSON LaKE 



Double-Elo^vering Tuberous Begonias 



We can supply these in the following separate colors, also in mixture, 

 as under: 



Scarlet, Crimson, Pink, White, Yellow and Salmon. 35 



cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 

 Mixed. All colors. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



BOUGAINVILLEA 



Crimson Lake. Introduced through the Bureau of Plant Industry of 

 the Department of Agriculture. It originally having been received from 

 the Department of Science and Agriculture, Georgetown, De- 

 merara, British Guiana, without specific or varietal name, simply 

 being labelled "Crimson Bougainvillea," someone for identifica- 

 tion called it "Crimson Lake "which name is at least descriptive 

 ofits rich beautiful coloring. 



The flowers are like all other Bougainvilleas, oerhaps a trifle 

 larger, but in coloring none compare with it in richness and 

 brilliancy. On first opening a brilliant crimson-lake, retaining 

 this color for three or four weeks, after which they gradually 

 pass to a crimson-carmine. 



In semi-tropical climates, such as Southern California and 

 Florida, the Bougainvilleas make gorgeous climbers for outdoor 

 planting, while in the north they are useful subjects as pot 

 plants for the conservatory or greenhouse. For this purpose 

 they may be trained over a trellis of any shape, or they may be 

 kept cut back or pinched so as to form shapely, bushy plants. 

 4-inch pot plants, $1.00 each; large plants in 6-inch pots, $2.00 

 each. 



