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I'liLVFODIUM MANDAIAMM M.il.llM. 



Pteris Wilsoni. Of compact habit, forming a very symmetrical 

 plant. The bright green foliage is beautifully crested. 2i-inch 

 pots, 15 cts.; 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each. 



Pteris Tremula. One of the strongest growing of the Pteris; 

 fronds of a cheerful bright green, grows about 3 feet high, suc- 

 ceeds splendidly as a house plant. 2i-inch pots, 15 cts. each; 

 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each. 



Pteris Victoriae. Has narrow graceful foliage of a deep green 

 color elegantly variegated with silvery-white, one of the prettiest 

 of the variegated varieties. 2i-inch pots, 15 cts. each; 4-inch 

 pots, 50 cts. each. 



Sitalobium Cicutarium. A strong growing variety with long 

 finely divided fronds, a good house plant and fine for bedding in 

 a shady corner in the border. 2J-inch pots, 15 cts. each; 4-inch 

 pots, 50 cts. each. 



Ferns for Fern Dishes 



We can supply the most desirable varieties for this purpose. 

 2i-inch pots, 15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz.; SIO.OO per 100. 



Genista 



Fragrans. A most desirable spring-flowering plant, producing 

 its fragrant, bright, golden-yellow flowers in the greatest pro- 

 fusion. As a window-plant of easiest culture it is unsurpassed. 

 Especially desirable for Easter decoration. Fine plants in 

 4-inch pots. Flowering size. 75 cts. each. 



Four Best Bedding Geraniums 



The varieties offered are all serai-double flowering and are the 

 best of their respective colors. 

 Alphonse Riccard. Bright vermilion scarlet. 

 Beaute Poitevine. Finest salmon-pink. 

 Mme. Recamier. Pure white. 

 S. A. Nutt. Rich dark crimson. 



30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 



Gloriosa (CUmbing Oly) 



Superba Rothschildiana. A splendid tropical climbing plant, 

 easy to grow in a warm conservatory, grows 6 to 10 feet high, 

 producing its gorgeous lily-like flowers, which opens a bright 

 yellow, changing to a deep scarlet, in bloom through the summer 

 and autumn months. 50 cts. each. 



DREER'S FINE FERNS 



We offer below but a few of the more important Decorative 

 Ferns. 



Adiantum Farleyense Gloriosa (The Glory Fern). An easy- 

 growing form of that most beautiful of all Maiden Hairs Adian- 

 tum Farleyense. A splendid subject for the warm conservatory 

 but not suited for house culture. Good plants in 4-inch pots, 

 75 cts. each. 



Adiantum Cuneatum. This is the well-known fine-leaved 

 Maiden-Hair variety so extensively used in connection with 

 cut flowers. 3 inch pots, 25 cts. each. 



Adiantum Wrighti. A comparatively new variety of the 

 Maiden-Hair type with large fronds which are of a particularly 

 rich pleasing green color. 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each. 



Cibotium Schiedei (Mexican Tree Fern). One of the most 

 desirable and valuable Ferns in cultivation. 4-inch pots, 

 SI. 00 each; 6-inch pots, $2 50 each; 8-inch pots, SS.OO each. 



Cyrtomium Rochfordianum Compactum (Crested Holly 

 Fern). Next to the Boston Ferns, the Holly Fern is the most 

 satisfactory for apartment use. Foliage of rich glossy dark green, 

 the pinnae or leaflets, besides being wavy or undulated on the 

 edges, are also deeply cut or toothed giving the plant a graceful 

 and light appearance. 3-inch pots, 25 cts.; 4-inch pots, 50 cts. 

 each. 



Nephrolepis Bostoniensis (Boston Fern). The original type 

 with long graceful fronds. 4-inch pots, 50 cts.; 6-inch pots, 

 $1.50 each. 



Nephrolepis Elegantissima Compacta (Crested Boston 

 Fern). A neatly crested form of the Boston Fern. 4-inch pots, 

 50 cts.; 6-inch pots, $1.50 each. 



Polypodium Mandaianum Seedlings. Fronds wavy and 

 undulated and of an attractive glaucous-blue color; very hardy 

 house plants. 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each; 6-inch pots, $2.00 each. 



Pteris Alexandriae. The crested fronds of this pretty variety 

 are variegated with silvery-white. 2i-inch pots, 15 cts.; 4-inch 

 pots, 50 cts. each. 



Pteris Rivertoniana. The most distinct and desirable of the 

 taller crested forms of Pteris. 21-inch pots, 15 cts ; 4-inch pots, 

 50 cts. each. 



Crested Holly Fern (Cyrtomium) 



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



