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MENZIESIA 



Polifolia. A pretty dwarf-growing plant of the Heather 

 family, hardy south of Washington, but a splendid 

 subject to grow as a pot plant in the north, plunging the 

 pots in the open border during the summer months where 

 they viiW produce from July to October large numbers of 

 waxy, bell-shaped heather-like flowers of a delicate mauve 

 tinted white. 50 cts. each. 



MUSA ENSETE 



(Abyssinian Banana) 



The grandest of all Bananas; the leaves are magnificent, long, 

 broad and massive, of beautiful green. The plant grows lux- 

 uriantly from 8 to 12 feet high. During the hot summer, when 

 planted out, it grows rxpidly and attains gigantic proportions, 

 producing a tropical effect on the lawn or flower garden. Good 

 plants in 5-inch pots. SI. 00 each. 



PANAX 



Victoriae. A pretty shrubby plant for the warm con3er\'atory 

 with small, finely cut foliage of a light green with white varie- 

 gation. 50 cts. each. 



PENNISETUM (Fountain Grass) 



Tender ornamental grasses, valuable either as individual speci- 

 mens in the garden or for massing, while as for border plants for 

 beds of Cannas or Caladiums nothing equals them. 



Marcrophyllum Atrosanguineum {Crimson Fountain Grass). 

 Foliage gracefully recun.-ed of a pleasing dark metallic, coppery- 

 bronze and tawny crimson plumes, attains a height of about 

 4 feet. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Cupreum. Similar in the dark coppery-bronze color of its 

 foliage 'to the variety above, but with much narrower leaves; 

 grows about 3 to 3i feet high. 25 cts. each; §2.50 per doz.; 

 S15.00 per 100. 



Rueppelianum (Purple Fountain Grass). Grows about 3 feet 

 high, producing long, graceful green foliage and purplish plumes. 

 Young plants ready in May. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; 

 $10.00 per 100. 



Crimson Fountain Grass (Pennisetum) 



Dreer's Superb Single-Fringed Petunias 



PANDANUS 



(Screw Pine) 



Veitchi. One of the finest decorative plants for the house; 

 graceful foliage, broadly striped with cream-white on a green 

 ground. 4-inch pots, $1.00 each; 6-inch pots, $2.50 each. 



DREER'S SUPERB SINGLE- 

 FRINGED PETUNIAS 



Our own strain of the finest large-flowering single-fringed sorts 

 of this useful bedding plant, and invaluable for porch and window 

 boxes, flowering continuously from early in the summer till frost. 

 Ready May 1st. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



PHYLLOCACTUS 



Beautiful flowering plants closely allied to the Cacti, with thornless leaf-like 

 stems. The flowers, which often measure eight inches in diameter, are long, 

 somewhat trumpet-shaped, consisting of several rows of petals, which in color 

 range from pure waxy white to deep crimson, and are freely produced on well- 

 ripened stems in spring. They are of easy culture, should be confined to small 

 pots and sparingly watered. We offer a choice selection of 12 named varieties. 

 50 cts. each. Set of 12 for $5.00. 



PLUMBAGO 



Capensis. Flowers at all seasons. A fine plant for pot culture or the 

 border; producing spikes of pretty, light blue flowers. 25 cts. each. 



Capensis Alba. Identical to the above, but with pure white flowers. 

 25 cts. each. 



Coccinea Superba. Long spikes of sho-\vj' satiny-carmine flowers; a fine 

 pot plant for the window garden. 18 inches. 25 cts. each. 



PUNIC A (Pomegranate) 



Granatum Legrelli. A splendid shrub, hardy as far north as Washington. 

 A grand subject for the lawn, producing its large, shovi^, double orange- 

 scarlet flowers the entire summer. It is best grown in a large tub, and is 

 easily wintered dormant in a cool cellar. 4-inch pots. 75 cts. each. 



SALVIA SPLENDENS "AMERICA" 



(Scarlet Sage) 



This is the finest of aU the Scarlet Sages, being the earliest, freest and most 

 continuous bloomer. It is also the most uniform in habit of growth. The 

 bushy plants grow about 15 inches high, and the immense spikes of brilliant 

 scarlet flowers rising clear above the rich green of the foliage, making a tctal 

 height of not over two feet. One of the most effective bedding plants in culti- 

 vation. Ready May 1st. 15 cts. each; SI. 50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Dreer's Select Dahlias are offered on pages 139 to 154 



