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DREER'S SUPERB TUBEROUS- 

 ROOTED BEGONIAS 



This charming class of Begonias is perhaps the handsomest of all sum- 

 mer-flowering, tuberous-rooted plants, and deserves even greater popularity. 

 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. Particularly useful for planting in porch or 

 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. Their 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. 



Our strain is the finest American grown stock obtainable. 



SINGLE TUBEROUS -ROOTED 

 BEGONIAS 



Crimson, Orange, Scarlet, White and Yellow. 25 cts. 

 each; S2.50 per doz.; S18.00 per 100. 



Finest Mixed. 20 cts. each; S2.00 per doz.; S15.00 per 100. 



DOUBLE TUBEROUS-ROOTED 

 BEGONIAS 



Crimson, Pink, Salmon, Scarlet, White and Yellow. 35 cts. each; 

 S3. SO per doz.; S25.00 per 100. 



Choice Mixed. 30 cts. each; S3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



FRILLED TUBEROUS-ROOTED 

 BEGONIAS 



Frilled Tuberous Begonia 



A wonderfully improved strain with flowers of immense size 

 with beautifully frilled, wavy petals, not unlike the finest fringed 

 ruffled Petunias. (See cut.) We offer five distinct colors, 

 Crimson, Salmon, Orange, White and Yellow. 50 cts. 

 each; S5.00 per doz.; S35.00 per 100. 



DOUBLE FRINGED TUBEROUS 

 BEGONIA 



These are large, full, double flowers with the edge of the petals 

 deeply cut or fringed, adding a most desirable lightness and 

 grace. We offer these in choicest mixed colors only. 50 cts. 

 each; $5.00 per doz.; S35.00 per 100. 



NEW FRILLED BEGONIA 

 CRISPA MARGINATA 



This is a new and unique color in this beautiful type, a good 

 yeUow delicately edged with red. Stock limited. 60 cts. each; 

 $6.00 per doz. 



Golden Yellow 

 Calla 



FIBROUS -ROOTED BEGONIAS 



This class is entirely distinct from the tuberous-rooted sorts 

 and are among the freest-flowering ornamental leaved pot plants 

 for house or conservatory decoration. 



Argentea Guttata. Foliage of rich green, spotted with silver. 

 Corallina Lucerna. Gigantic trusses of bronzy-red flowers in 

 bloom continuously from April to November. 

 Haageana. Large trusses of creamy-white flowers, suffused with pink, the 

 foliage bold and attractive, of a bronzy-green above and reddish on the 

 under side. 

 Price. 35 cts. each. One each of the 3 sorts for $1.00. 



BOUGAINVILLEA 



Crimson Lake. Introduced through the Bureau of Plant Industry of 



the Department of Agriculture. 



The flowers are like all other Bougainvilleas, perhaps a trifle larger, but 

 in coloring none compare with it in richness and brilliancy. On first open- 

 ing a brilliant crimson-lake, retaining this color for three or four weeks, 

 after which they gradually pass to a crimson-carmine. 



In Southern California and Florida, the Bougainvilleas make gorgeous 

 climbers for outdoor planting, while in the north they are u.seful subjects 

 as pot plants for the conservatory or greenhouse. Strong 4-inch pots, $1.00 

 each. 



CALLAS (Richardia) 



Golden Yellow (Richardia EllioiUana). This is the best of the Yellow 

 Callas, its flowers being as large as the popular white variety, but of a 

 rich, lustrous golden-yellow of velvety texture; the foliage is dark green, 

 with translucent creamy-white spots, which add much to its beauty. 

 Strong bulbs, 40 cts. each; $4.00 per doz 



Dreer's Choice Gladiolus are offered on pages 136 to 138 



