10 HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA—DECORATIVE PLANTS 
DREER’S FINE FERNS. 
We offer below but a few of the more important Decorative Ferns. For complete 
list see our annual Garden Book. 
Adiantum Farleyense Gloriosa. An easy-growing form of that most beautiful 
of all Maiden-Hairs, Adiantum Farleyense. Good plants in 3-inch pots, 25 cts. 
each; $2.50 per doz. 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per 
doz. . 
Cyrtomium Rochfordianum (Crested Holly Fern). 
Next to the Boston Ferns, the Holly Fern is the most satis- 
factory for apartment use, and this new variety has made a 
place for itself in the front rank as a decorative plant. Its 
foliage is of rich, glossy, dark green; the pinnz or leaflets, 
besides being wavy or undulated on the edges, are also 
deeply cut or toothed, giving the plant a graceful and iight 
appearance. 4-inch pots, 25 cts. each. 
Nephrolepis Bostoniensis (Boston Fern). The original 
type, with long graceful fronds. 4-inch pots, 25 cts.; 6-inch 
pots, 75 cts.; large specimens, $2.50 each. 
Nephrolepis Elegantissima Improved ( Ostrich Plume 
Fern). <A beautiful crested form, with broad plume-like 
fronds. 4-inch pots, 25 cts.; 6-inch pots, 75 cts. each. 
Nephrolepis Scotti (Dwarf Boston Fern). A dwarf-growing 
form; a beautiful Fern. 4-inch pots, 25 cts.; 6-inch pots. 75 cts. 
each. 
Polypodium Glaucum Cristatum. A splendid subject to grow into 
specimen plants; the fronds attain a height of about 2 feet, and are of 
a metallic glaucous blue color, with the edges of the pinnz wavy and 
crispate, giving the plant a graceful, unique appearance. $1.00 each. 
Pteris Childsii. The most beautiful of all the Pteris. The 
DRACZAENAS. fronds are large, with the pinnee deeply dentated and undu- 
lated on the edges and crested tips. 5-inch pots, $1.00 each. 
DRACZNA 
The Draczena should be given a light, fibrous soil, with just 
enough loam in it to give it body. Drainage should be good. Pteris Rivertoniana. This beautiful crested Pteris originated 
Watering should be liberal and showering frequent. The varie- in our establishment, and we are confident it will prove itself 
gated sorts require plenty of light to bring out the richness of one of the most distinct and valuable of the many crested 
their coloring. forms now grown. 4-inch pots, 50 cts, each. 
Amabilis. Foliage bright glossy green, marked and suffused 
with pink and creamy white. 50 cts. and $1.00 each. Ferns for Fern Dishes. 
Fragrans. An excellent house plant, with broad dark green We have at all times a good supply of the most desirable 
foliage; grows under the most adverse conditions. 25 cts., | varieties for this purpose. 23-inch pots, $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 
50 cts’ and $1.00 each, per 100. 
Godseffiana. Entirely different from all other Draczenas; of free-branching 
habit, forming compact, graceful, specimens. Its foliage is of strong, leathery 
texture; rich, dark green color, densely marked with irregular spots of creamy- 
white. 38-inch pols, 25 cts. each. 
Imperialis. Robust growing, dark green foliage, with bright pink shadings 
and edgings in the young growth. 60 cts. and $1.00 each. 
Knerki. Dark glossy green leaves, makes a bold specimen, and is a good house 
plant. 50 cts. to $2.50 each. 
Massangeana. A beautiful variegated form of Fragrans with broad, green 
foliage, with a brcad, golden-yellow band through the centre of each leaf. 50 
cts. to $3.00 each. 
Rothiana. Recurved glaucous green foliage. 50 cts. to $1.00 each. 
Sanderiana. A graceful variety, with glaucous green foliage, edged with a 
broad border of creamy-white. 25 cts. each. 
Terminalis. Rich crimson foliage; marked with pink and white. 30 cts., 50 
cts. and $1.00 each. 
EUCHARIS. 
Amazonica. A splendid hothouse plant. It sends up stalks bearing several 
pure white star-shaped flowers, 4 inches across, delightfully fragrant, and highly 
prized as a cut flower. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 
EUGENIA. 
Microphylla. A pretty little plant with small, dark green foliage, excellent 
for Fern Dishes or window garden, 50 cts. each. Fsxn Dish with Cocos Pato For Centre 
