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Vinca 



Major Variegata {Variegated Periwinkle). One of the 

 very best plants for vases, and for trailing over the edges of 

 window boxes, etc. Leaves glossy-green, broadly margined 

 creamy-white; blue flowers. Strong plants in 4-inch pots, 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Zephyranthes 



(Zephyr Flower or Fairy Lilies) 



Beautiful dwarf, bulbous plant, very effective for massing 



in the border, flowering with great profusion during the 



summer. They are also suitable for pot culture. 



Alba. Pure white. 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



Rosea. Large rose-colored. 20 cts. each; 



00 per doz. 



Zinnias 



(Youth and Old Age) 



Dreer's Giant Double. An extra large 

 flowering strain of this popular summer- 

 flowering annual, growing about 

 3 feet high, with colossal flow- 

 ers in a great variety of colors. 

 Mixed colors, ready May 10th. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; 

 $12.00 per 100. 



Mexican Everblooming Single Tuberoses 



Salvia Splendens "America" 



(Scarlet Sage) 



This is the finest of all the Scarlet Sages, being the 

 earliest, freest and most continuous bloomer. It is also 

 the most uniform in habit of growth. The bushy plants 



grow about 15 inches high, and the immense spikes of Sansevieria Zeylanica Laurenti 

 brilliant scarlet flowers rising clear above the rich green of the foliage, making a total height 

 of not over two feet. One of the most effective bedding plants in cultivation. Ready May 

 1st. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



Sansevieria 



Zeylanica Laurenti. This variety, in addition to the variegation shown in the ordinary 

 sort, has a band of creamy yellow varying from i to j inch or more in width on each edge of 

 the leaves, which adds greatly to its decorative effect. A limited stock of good young plants, 

 in 4-inch pots, $1.00 each. Large plants in 6-inch pots, $3.00 each. 



Strelitzia 



Regina {Bird of Paradise Flower). A serviceable house plant, with dark green leathery 

 foliage, and producing interesting curiously shaped orange and purplish blue flowers. 

 4-inch pots, $1.50 each. 



Thunbergia 



Erecta. A greenhouse shrub flowering almost the year round, bearing large, showy deep 

 purple flowers with orange-yellow throat. A most satisfactory plant for the window garden; 

 50 cts. each. 



Harrisi. A splendid winter flowering greenhouse climber, with showy light-blue flowers 

 with creamy white throat. 50 cts. each. 



Tuberoses 



Double Pearl. One of the most delightfully fragrant and beautiful of the summer flowering 

 bulbs. For flowering in the open, plant about the middle of May, or as soon as the ground 

 becomes warm. Strong flowering bulbs, 10 cts. each. 75 cts. per doz.; $5.00 per 100. 



Mexican Everblooming. This charming single pure white variety begins to flower in 

 July and continues throughout the season, each bulb throwing from 2 to 5 flower spikes in 

 succession. Delightfully fragrant. 10 cts. each; 75 cts. per doz.; $5.00 per 100. 



ExcKi sioR Double Peakl Tuberose 



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



