A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA—DECORATIVE PLANTS 
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Aralia. 
Handsome decorative foliage plants for the warm conservatory 
and for exhibition purposes. 
Chabrierii. Long, narrow, deep-green foliage with crimson-bronze 
midrib. $1.00 each. 
Elegantissima. Finely divided metallic-green foliage. $1.00 each. 
Kerchoyeana. Foliage rather broad, margins conspicuously un- 
eyitee, of a deep glossy green, relieved by a pale midrib. $1.00 
each. 
Monstrosa. Large, bright green, deeply serrated foliage, the ser- 
rations frequently being of fantastic form, broadly margined with 
creamy-white, the surface blotched with gray. 50 cts. each. 
Ardisia Crenulata. 
A very ornamental greenhouse plant, with dark evergreen foli- 
age, producing clusters of brilliant red berries; a first-class house 
plantin winter. 50 cts. to $2.50 each. 
Asparagus. 
Duchesnei. Entirely distinct from all others, of strong, climbing 
habit, with rather large dark green glossy foliage. $1.00 each. 
Plumosus Nanus (Asparagus Fern). 15 cts. and 25 cts. each; $1.50 
and $2.50 per doz. 
Sprengeri (Emerald Feather). 
$2.50 per doz. 
15 ects. and 25 cts. each; $1.50 and 
Aspidistra. 
The Aspidistra is the easiest of all the decorative plants to grow 
well; no other plant will flourish with so little care. 
loamy soil and plenty of water, and it will ask nothing more. 
Lurida. Green-leaved. 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1.00 each. 
Lurida Variegata. A pretty variegated form, the foliage being 
striped with white. 75 cts. and $1.00 each. 
Bay Trees (Laurus Nobilis). 
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Bougainvillea. 
Lateritia. A rare and distinct variety; beautiful where it can be 
planted out, as in California, Florida, or Louisiana, ete. The flow- 
ers are of a peculiar shade of red, and greatly admired. $1.00 each. 
Sanderiana. This beautiful free-flowering variety is very popular, 
especially as a plant for Easter. It is of strong and rapid growth, 
and brilliant rosy-crimson blossoms are produced from early in 
March until mid-summer; in fact, a plant will frequently flower 
the greater part of the year. 25 cts. each. 
William K. Harris. Identical with the above, except in foliage, 
which is beautifully variegated with creamy-white. 50 cts. each. 
Camellia Japonica. 
A choice assortment of 12 varieties. 
Fine, bushy plants, 12 to 18 inches high, 75 cts. each; $7 50 per doz. 
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Cestrum Parqui (Night-blooming Jessamine). 
_ An interesting tender shrub of easy cultivation, with small green- 
ish-white flowers of delightful fragrance, which is dispensed 
during the night only. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Cissus, Discolor. 
A beautiful climber for the conservatory, with mottled and mar- 
bled crimson and green foliage. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Clematis Indivisa. 
Worthy of extended cultivation, and may be said to be one of the 
most valuable of all greenhouse climbers. Its pure white flowers 
are from 1% to 2 inches in diameter, and produced in panicles fre- 
quently 2 feet long. The flowers can be used to good advantage in 
acutstate. The plant is evergreen and at all times attractive. 75 
ets. each. 
Clerodendrons. 
Balfouri. A beautiful greenhouse climber, and admirably suited 
for house culture, flowering most profusely with bright scarlet 
flowers, enveloped in a creamy-white calyx. 15 cts. each. Extra 
large plants, 25 cts. each. 
Falax. A beautiful variety, with very bright scarlet flowers, pro- 
duced during August and September in many-flowered terminal 
panicles; it is of shrub-like habit and a grand plant for the con- 
servatory. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Clivia Miniata (Imantophyllum). 
A pretty lily-like plant of the easiest culture, and a most desirable 
house plant; it flowers during the spring and summer months, 
remaining in bloom for a long period. The flowers are about 2 
inches long, and.are borne in dense clusters of from ten to twenty 
flowers each; in color it is of a fine orange-red, shading to buff. 
Large, strong plants, 50 cts. each. 
Colocasia Neo Guinensis. 
Dark green shiny leaves, spotted with creamy-white. 
subject for the warm conservatory. 50 cts. each. 
A good 
Costus Zebrinus. 
A pretty warm greenhouse plant, with large dark green foliage 
and darker stripes. 50 ects. each. 
Crossandra. 
Undulefolia. A pretty evergreen shrub of easy culture, suitable 
for the greenhouse or conservatory, with glossy dark green 
foliage and large, showy, rich reddish orange flowers, borne in 
peculiar terminal four-cornered spikes. 50 cts. each. 
Crotons. 
Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of coloring that is 
found in this class of plants. Our collection embraces 25 of the 
handsomest variegated varieties. Nice plants, 30 cts. each; $3.00 
per doz. Larger plants, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Curmeria Wallisii. 
A handsome ornamental plant, which is deserving of wide popu- 
larity as a decorative plant for the warm conservatory or the win- 
dow-garden. Its leaves are of a rich deep green, irregularly 
blotched with pale yellowish-green. 50 cts. each. | 
Cyanophyllum Magnificum. 
One of the most striking plants for the warm conservatory, with 
large, bold, broad foliage, of a lustrous deep green on the upper 
surface and a reddish bronze underneath, the prominent veins 
white or light green. $1.00 each. 
Cyperus Alternifolius. 
(Umbrella Plant.) 
An excellent plant for the house. Will thrive in any good soil, 
and always presents a green and attractive appearance. It may 
be grown as a sub-aquatic, and in any case should never lack a 
liberal supply of water. 15 cts. and 25 cts. each; $1.50 and $2.50 
per doz. 
