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Dreer's Select Gloxinias 



One of the most charming and effective of the summer flowering bulbs for the conser 

 vatory or window garden. We offer strong tubers of a very superior strain in the foUowin, 

 colors: 



Crimson Maroon, Royal Purple, Pure White, White with pink border 

 Crimson with white border. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 

 Choicest Mixture. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 



Heliotropes (Cherry Pie) 



Heliotropes are great favorites, principally on account of 

 their delicious fragrance; they grow freely under glass, and 

 may be planted in the open border during the summer. 25 

 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Hibiscus Sinensis 



(Chinese Hibiscus) 



Well-known evergreen tender shrubs which may be 

 grown either in a pot or tub, or planted out during the 

 summer. They flower freely during the entire summer, 

 and even in the winter if kept in a light, sunny position in 

 the house. 



Aurantiacus. Fine double pure salmon. 

 Grandiflorus. Very large single rose. 



Miniatus Semi-plenus. The finest and most brilliant semi 

 vermilion-scarlet, with flowers 4 inches in diameter. 



Peachblow. Large double flowers, of a soft pink, with deeper 

 centre. 



30 cts. each; set of 4 sorts for $1.00. 



Hyacinthus Candicans 



(Cape Hyacinth) 



A snow-white summer-flowering Hyacinth, growing 3 to 5 feet 

 in height, gracefully surmounted with from 20 to 30 pure white, 

 bell-shaped flowers. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



double, 



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Ismene Calathina 



(Peruvian Daffodil) 



A grand summer flowering bulb, producing with great freedom 

 large Amaryllis-like, pure white, fragrant blossoms. Keep the 

 bulbs in a dry, warm place, and plant out in June. Bulbs can be 

 taken up in October, and, after a few weeks' rest, potted and 

 flowered in the house in the winter, or kept over for planting out 

 another season. 25c. each; $2.50 per dozen. 



Ismene (Peruvian Daffodil) 



Jasminum Primulinum 



The old-time favorite Jasminum Nudiflorum is especially ad- 

 mired on account of its early flowering, its flowers, in a sheltered 

 pKJsition or against a warm wall, appearing as early as the middle 

 of March. In this variety, an introduction from China, we have 

 almost a counterpart, excepting that its flowers are fully double the 

 size. These appear simultaneously with the leaves. The plant 

 is not hardy north of Washington, but makes an excellent subject to 

 train on a trellis as a pot plant; grown in this way its bright yellow 

 flowers are much admired as a window plant. 25 cts. each. 



Lagerstroemia Indica (Crape Myrtle) 



This is one of the prettiest Shrubs and while hardy south of the 

 Potomac requires protection in this latitude. Grown in large pots 

 or tubs, specimens 6 to 8 feet high can be produced with little 

 difficulty, and which for two or three months in summer will be 

 covered with delicate soft pink flowers. We supply strong plants 

 from 6 inch pots, $1 .00 each. 



Maranta 



Beautiful variegated foliage plants, suitable for the warm con- 

 servatory. 



Alberti. Deep green foliage, with light green mosaic-like mark- 

 ings. 

 Rosea Lineata. Rich deep green leaves beautifully variegated 



with many narrow lines of a soft salmon-rose. 

 Vandenheckei. Rich dark green leaves beautifully variegated 



with silvery white. 

 Price. Any of the above 75 cts. each. 



IVluSa EnSete (Abyssinian Banana) 



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

 broad and massive, of beautiful green, the midrib turning to 

 crimson as they develop. The plant grows luxuriantly from 8 to 

 12 feet high. During the hot summer, when planted out, it grows 

 rapidly and attains gigantic proportions, producing a tropical 

 effect on the lawn or flower garden. Good plants in 6-inch pots. 

 SI. 50 each. 



Oleander (Nerium) 



Everybody knows the old fashioned summer flowering Oleander 

 of which we now offer a splendid lot of plants of the variegated 

 leaved form, that is, the leaves, instead of being plain dark green, 

 they are irregularly edged and variegated with creamy white; its 

 flowers are of a light pink. 



We offer strong specimens in 10-inch tubs, bushy plants, 3 ft. 

 high, at S7.S0 each. 



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



