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Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa, 



WlNTRK-FLOWERING GeRANIUM. 



GARDENIA FLORIDA. 



^Cape Jessaniiue.) 



Beautiful greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with delightfully 

 fragrant, pure white, waxy flowers, blooming from jSIay to July. 

 3-inch pots, 25 cts. each, §2 50 per doz. Specimen plants, in 

 6inch pots, §].00 each; $10.00 per doz. 



GENISTA. 



Fragrans. A most desirable spring-flowering plant, producing 

 its fragrant, bright golden-yellow flowers in the grentest profu- 

 sion. As a winter plant of the easiest culture it is unsur- 

 passed. Especially desirable for Easter decoration. First 

 size, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz.; second size, 30 cts. each; 

 $3.00 per doz. 



Geraniums for 'Winter-Flo^vering. 



While undoubtedly the most popular of bedding plants, 

 Geranium-; deserve to be used more extensively for window and 

 conservatory decoration, no other plants excelling or even 

 approaching them for brilliancy and richness of color. We have 

 aimed to make the selection below combine in the highest 

 degree perfection of form and size of the individual florets, size 

 of truss, purity of color, habit of plant and general excellence, 

 and especially recommend them for the embellishment of the 

 conservatory and window-garden. 



SIX BEST DOUBLES. 



Bertha de Pressilly. Delicate pure pink, sometimes marked 



with red. 

 Double Dryden. Bright crimson, white centre. 

 E. H. Trego. Brightest scarlet, immense florets. 

 Madonna. Fine pure white. 

 ThOS. Meehan. Bright rosy magenta. 

 Ville de Poitiers. Vermilion scarlet. 



10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. Set of 6 for 50 cts. 



SIX BEST SINGLES, 



Alice of Vincennes. White, edged and veined scarlet. 



Mr§. E. Rawson. Salmon-red, upper petals shaded crimson. 



Princess Alexandra. A beautiful salmon rose, very large 

 truss. 



Richmond Beautj'. Brilliant crimson-scarlet, white feather- 

 ings in upper petals 



Snowdrop. A fine large white. 



Telegraph. A pleasing shade of orange cerise. 



10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. Set of 6 for 50 cis. 



FICUS. 



Elastica. The well-known India Rubber Tree, one of 

 the very best plants for house decoration. Its thick, 

 leathery leaves enable it to stand excessive heat and 

 dryness. 4-inch pot, 10 inches high, 50 cts. each ; 5-inch 

 pot, 15 inches high, 75 cts. each ; 6-inch pot ''i Indies 

 high, $1.00 each. 



Lutescens {The Mislleioe Fig). Especially interest- 

 ing on account of its free and prolific fruiting qunlilie<, 

 it bearing at each leaf axil a small fig, which, at first 

 green, changes to a pale yellow; the dark green foli.ige is 

 small, the whole plant reminding one of a branch of 

 mistletoe. It makes an excellent subject for the wimlnw 

 garden. Strong plants, $1.00 each. 



Radicans Variegata. A pretly,variegated trailing variety; 

 leaves bright green, irregularly margined white. 50 ci's. 

 each. 



Repens. .\ trailing or creeping^ variety, with sm.ill 

 foliage. 25 cts. each. 



FITXONIA. 



Elegant trailing plants with handsomely v.iriecaied 

 foliage; most useful in the conservatory for planiiui; on 

 the surface of the pots or tubs containing specimen plants. 



Verschaffeltii. Foliage dark green, netted with dark 

 red midrib and veins. 25 cts. each. 



— Argyroneura. A'ivid green with network- of pure 

 white veins. 25 cts. e.ach. 



HELIOTROPES. 



Six finest varieties, embracing all the best shades. 15 cts. each. 

 $1.50 per doz. 



IXORAS. 



These are among the showiest of our stove flowering plants. 

 The foliage is pretty and attractive, w-hile the flowers, bnrne in 

 large terminal corymbs, shaped somewhat like a Bouvardia, are 

 of most brilliant colors. 



Coccinea. Bright red, in very large corymbs. 

 Dixiana, Deep orange, in large trus.^es. 

 Flore lutea. Very large, creamy-yellow flowers. 

 Javanica. Orange ; very distinct. 

 50 cts. each. 



JASMINU^I 



Oracillimuni. Exceedingly floriferous ; a flowering shoot is 

 produced from every joint, which terminates in a cluster of 

 pure white, fragrant flow-ers ; in bloom Oct. to Feb. 



Grand Duke. Large, double white, fragrant flowers. 



Maid of Orleans. Creamy white, fragrant flowers. 

 25 CIS. each. Set of 3 varieties for 60 cts. 



EAPAGERIA. 



Extremely beautiful, ornamental gieenhouse climber, produc- 

 ing numerous fine, large, bell-shaped waxy flowers of gve .t 

 substance, lasting a long time in bloom. 

 Rosea. Rich rose, $200 each. | Alba. Pure white. !?3,i:0each. 



American \%^onder, or Ponderosa 

 Lemon. 



This truly wonderful variety was introJuced some four years 

 ago, and has proven itself one of the m.ist valuable of the Citrus 

 family. It .is of strong, vigorous growth, producing freely 

 flowere as large as a tuberose, and as fragrant as the orange 

 blossom, followed by gigantic fruit, many weighing from W to 

 2 pounds each, which. a:e useful for many domestic purposes. 

 Young plants, 15 cts. each. Plants of fruiting size, 50 cts. each. 



MAGNOLIA FUSCATA. 



(The Banana Shrub.) 

 An old favorite greenhouse shrub which grows under condi- 

 tions similar to that for Azaleas and Camellias. It produces in 

 the early spring brownish-j'ellow flowers edged with light car. 

 mine, which exhale a delicious banana fragrance. Good young 

 plants, 35 cts. each; large, bushy specimens, 18 inches high, 

 which should give a mass of bloom, $1.00 each. 



A-MA-TEVB A.QUA.BISI. A. splendid book on this fii,scinntiiifi subject. Price, $1.00. See our offer of Aquarium 



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