Preer's Autumn Catalogue, 1902. 



35 



MARANTA. 



Valuable decorative stove plants, remarkable for the richness 



and beauty of their foliage. 

 Amabilis. 25 cts. each. 

 Aurea Striata. 50 cts. each. 

 Bella. 25 cts. each. 

 Qoveiana. 25 cts. each. 

 Lietzei. 25 cts. each. 



Makoyana. $1.00 each. 

 Masangeana. 25 cts. each. 

 Picta. 50 cts. each. 

 Rosea lineata. 75 cts. each. 

 Zebrina. 50 cts. each. 



METROSIDEROS. 



Fioribunda {Bottle Brush). A greenhouse shrub, producing 

 long cylindrical spikes of bright red flowers. $1.00 each. 



NEPHTHYTIS PICTURATA. 



An interesting ornamental stove plant, requiring a moist atmos- 

 phere ; dark green, pointed, heart-shaped foliage, with fern-like 

 variegations in silvery white. $1.50 each. 



OLEA FRAGRANS (SweetOUve). 

 An old favorite greenhouse shrub, succeeding admirably as a 

 house plant, producing small white flowers, which are of the most 

 exquisite fragrance, continuing to bloom almost the entire winter. 

 50 cts. each. 



OTAHEITE ORANGE. 



The best of the Oranges for house culture. It is of dwarf, 

 bushy habit, and bears a profusion of fragrant flowers and edi- 

 ble fruit. Plants that will fruit the coming season, 25 cts. each. 



PANDAMJS (Screw Pine). 

 Utilis. This is one of the most useful of our ornamental 

 foliage plants ; excellent for the centre of vases and baskets. 



Each. 

 3-inch pot, 8 inches high $0 25 



4 " " 12 " " 50 



6 " " 18 " " 1 00 



Veitchl. This is one of the most attractive of decorative 



plants. The leaves are light green, beautifully marked with 

 broad stripes of pure white, and gracefully curved. 



Each. 

 4-inch pots, 12 inches high $0 75 



5 " " 15 " " 1 00 



6 " " 18 " " 1 50 



Specimen plants, $5.00 to $10.00 each. 



PENTAS. 



Lanceolata. A half-shrubby greenhouse plant, not unlike a 

 Bouvardia, but flowering more profusely. It is valuable 

 chiefly as a winter-flowering pot plant, being in flower all 

 the time. The pure white flowers are produced in flat heads 

 of 15 to 30 flowers each, and last in perfection a long time. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per dozen. 



Carnea. Similar to the above in general habit, but with deli- 

 cate flesh-colored flowers. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per dozen. 



Chinese Fringed Primroses. 



Our collection of these well-known winter-blooming plants 

 has been grown from our unrivaled strain of seed, and em- 

 braces all the leading shades of color. Strong plants, 15 cts. 

 each ; $1.50 per dozen. 



Dreer's Chinese Primrose. 



PiNDANl'S VEITCHL 



PEPEROMIA. 



flaculosa. A pretty dwarf-growing ornamental foliage plant, 

 exceedingly useful as a pot plant for the window or for plant- 

 ing in baskets or vases; it has thick, fleshy foliage of a bright 

 green color, veined silvery white. 15 cts. each. 



Metallica. A new and pretty addition to this class of plants ; 

 foliage of a metallic bronzy color. 15 cts. each. 



PUUMBAGO. 



Capensis. Color light blue. | — Alba. Color creamy-white. 

 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per dozen. 



SANSEVIERA ZEYLA1HICA. 



An elegant variegated plant, especially adapted for house 

 decoration, the thick, leathery leaves standing the heat and dust 

 of the house with impunity. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per dozen. 



SCHISMATOGLOTTIS PICTA. 



A handsome plant for the warm conservatory, somewhat on 

 the style of growth of the Dieffenbachias, but more vigorous; 

 foliage deep green, with greyish white markings. 50 cts. each. 



S9IILAX. 



A climbing plant unsurpassed in the graceful beauty of its 

 foliage. Its peculiar wavy formation renders it one of the most 

 valuable plants for bouquets, wreaths, festoons, etc. 10 cts. 

 each; $1.00 per doz.; $5.00 per 100. 



SPH^ROGVNE EATIFOEIA. 



A magnificent hot-house decorative plant, with large, bold, 

 dark-green foliage from 12 to 16 inches long and 8 to 10 inches 

 wide ; a striking exhibition plant. $1 00 and $1.50 each. 



STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA. 



One of the most charming hot-house climbers, producing 

 clusters of pure white, deliciously fragrant flowers. Strong 

 plants, in 4-inch pots, 30 cts. each • extra heavy plants, in 6-inch 

 pots, $1.50 each. 



Statice Macrophvlla Coerulea. 



A desirable plant for the window garden, bearing at various 

 seasons showy spreading heads of small, deep blue flowers. 

 25 cts. each. 



STIGMAPHYLLON CILIATUM. 



(Brazilian Golden or Orchid Vine.) 



One of the prettiest tender climbing plants in cultivation, 

 with large yellow butterfly-like flowers resembling that showy 

 orchid Oncidium varicosum. The flowers are produced very 

 freely during the entire summer months. It is especially 

 adapted for training over the pillars or on the wall of a conser- 

 vatory, but will do equally well in the open air. 75 cts. each. 



