166 



/flEnRyADREE^ 



QARDENa"" GREENHOUSE PLANTA 



>HIIMIiPMl| 



Pancix 



Victoriae. A pretty shrubby plant for the warm con- 

 servatory with small, finely cut foliage of a light green 

 with white variegation. 50 cts. each. 



PaSSiflora (Passion Flower) 



Pfordti. The best variety for outdoors in summer; flowers 

 lijjht blue, suffused with rose and borne quite freely. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Princeps. This is one of the best greenhouse climbers, a rare 

 and showy variety with bright red flowers. $1.00 each. 



Pennisetum (Fountain Grass) 



Tender ornamental grasses, valuable either as individual spec- 

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

 for beds of Cannas or Caladiums nothing equals them. 



Marcrophyllum Atrosanguineum {Crimson Foun 

 tain Grass). Foliage gracefully recurved 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 3 J 

 feet high. 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz.; SI 5. 00 per 100. 



Rueppelianum (Purple Foun- 

 tainGrass). Grows about 3 feet 

 high, producing long, graceful 

 green • foliage and purplish 

 plumes. Young plants ready in 

 May. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 

 $12.00 per 100. 



Crimson Fount.\in Grass (Pennisetum) 



Dreer's Superb Single-Fringed Petunias 



Pandanus 



(Screw Pine) 



Veitchi. One of the finest deco- 

 rative plants for the house; grace- 

 ful foliage, broadly striped with 

 cream-white on a green ground. 

 4-inch pots, $1.00 each; 6-inch 

 pots, S2.50 each; 7-inch pots, 

 S3. 50 each; 8-inch tubs, $6.00 

 each. 



Dreer's Superb 

 Single-Fringed 

 Petunias 



Our own strain of the finest large- 

 flowering single-fringed sorts of this use- 

 ful bedding plant, and invaluable for 

 porch and window boxes, flowering con- 

 tinuously from early in the summer till frost. 

 Ready May 1st. 15 cts. each; SI. 50 per doz.; 

 _ $12.00 per 100. 



Passiflora 



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. 

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



Plumbago 



Capensis. Flowers at all seasons. A line 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 showy satiny-carmine flowers; a fine 

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



Punica (Pomegranate) 



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

 A grand subject for the lawn, producing its large, showy, 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. 



Preer's Select Dahlias are oilered on pages 139 to 154 



