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GARDENIA FLORIDA Cape Jessamine . 



Beautiful greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with delightfully fragrant, pure 

 white, waxy flowers, blooming from May to July. 



3-inch pots, 30 cts. each, $3.00 per doz. ; 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each, 

 $5.00 per doz. 



GENISTA. 



Fragrans. A most desirable spring-flowering plant, producing its fra- 

 grant, bright, golden-yellow flowers in the greatest profusion. As a 

 window plant of easiest culture it is unsurpassed. Especially desirable 

 for Easter decoration. First size, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. ; second 

 size, 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 



GLORIOSA. 



(Climbing Lily. 



Superba. A splendid tropical climb- 

 ing plant, easy to grow in a warm 

 conservatory, grows G to 10 feet 

 high, producing its gorgeous lily- 

 like flowers, which opeu a bright 

 yellow, changing to a deep scarlet 

 through the summer and autumn. 

 50 cts. each. 



Rothschildiana. A new variety, 

 with larger, richer colored flowers. 

 $1.00 each. 



Special Catalogue 



of 



DAHLIAS. 



Describing nearly 500 of the 

 very finest sorts of all types. 

 Copies free on application. 



Hyacinthus Candicans. 

 (Offered on opposite page.) 



Dreer's Select Gloxinias. 



Gardenia (Cape Jessamine). 



NEW EMPEROR GLOXINIA 



Gloxinia Hybrid ii Imperial is. 



A new hybrid strain produced by crossing Sinnin- 

 gia Regina Hybrids with the choicest strains of Glox- 

 inias, resulting in a plant which not only embraces 

 all the rich and varied colors of the Gloxinia, but in 

 which the foliage also is distinct and very ornamental, 

 being of a reddish-brown or bronzy color, with 

 strongly projecting white veins, while the flowers are 

 held very erect, thus showing to full advantage. 

 Strong bulbs, in choice mixed varieties, 25 cts. each ; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



DREER'S SELECT 

 GLOXINIAS. 



The following cultural notes have been written by Mr. 

 Eben. E. Rexford expressly for this book : 



"The Gloxinia ought to be one of our common plants 

 because of its great beauty, the profusion of its flowers and 

 its summer-blooming habit. But it is not common, by any 

 means, and this fact is attributable almost entirely to the 

 impression that prevails to a great extent that it is a very 

 difficult plant to grow — quite beyond the ability of the 

 amateur, in fact. Such is not the case, however, if one 

 goes at it in the right way. 



" It is a plant that is rather particular about the soil it 

 grows in. Pot it in ordinary garden loam, and it will sel- 

 dom do well. But give it a soil of one part loam, one part 

 turfy matter or leafmold, and one part sharp sand, with a 

 sprinkling of fine bonemeal, and it will flourish luxuriantly. 

 "The pots in which they are grown should be given the 

 best of drainage, and great care should be taken in water- 

 ing. A soil that becomes sour, or heaiy from the excessive 

 use of water, will almost invariably cause them to blast or 

 drop their buds. Aim to keep the soil evenly moist, but 

 never allow it to become like mud and remain so for any 

 length of time if you want fine Gloxinias. In watering be 

 very careful to not let any get on their leaves. Use a pot 

 with a small spout that can be thrust in among the foliage 

 and deliver the water just where it is needed without its 

 coming in contact with the leaves." 



We offer them in the following separate colors, viz.: 

 Blue, Red, White, Red with white border, Blue with white 

 border; also in choicest mixed colors. 15 cts. each; $1.50 

 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



We issue a Special Catalogue of Dahlias. Copies free on application. 



