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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— DECORATIVE PLANTS 



EUCHARIS AMAZONICA 



A splendid hothouse plant. It sends up stalks bearing 

 several pure white star-shaped flowers, 4 inches across, 

 delightfully fragrant, and highly prized as a cut flower. 

 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 



EUGENIA MICROPHYLLA 



A pretty little plant with small, dark green foliage, 

 excellent for Fern dishes or window garden. 50 cts. each. 



EURYA LATIFOLIA VARIEQATA 



An evergreen shrub, with rich, dark green foliage, which 

 is beautifully variegated with creamy white; an excellent 

 plant for house decoration. 50 cts. each. 



FARFUGIUM 



Grande {Leopard Plant). This is an extremely ornamental 

 plant. Its large circular leaves, thickly spotted with 

 creamy white and yellow, make it wonderfully effective 

 for room decoration. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 



Argenteus. Glaucous green foliage, edged with creamy 

 white; very pretty. 50 cts. each. 



FICUS (Rubber Plant) 



Elastica. The well-known Rubber Plant. 4-inch pot, 10 

 inches high, 50 cts. each ; 5-inch pot, 15 inches high, !■> cts. 

 each; 6-iuch pot, 24 inches high, $1.00 each. 



Altissima. In general appearance similar to F. Elastica. 

 but with smaller dark green, glossy foliage, vfith white 

 veins. 50 cts. each. 



Lutescens. {3Iisllctoe Fifi). Interestingonaccount of its 

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

 changes to a pale yellow; the dark green foliage is small, 

 the whole plant reminding one of a branch of mistletoe. 

 25 cts. each. 



Pandurata. {T/w Majestic Rubber Plant). A truly majes- 

 tic plant. Its gigantic leaves, which frequently measure 

 10 inches in width by 15 inches in length, are irregular in 

 outline and of a rich, deep green, of remarkable substance, 

 enabling the plant to flourish under the most unfavorable 

 conditions. One of the finest foliage plants- Specimen 

 plants 2i feet high, $3.00 each; 4 feet high, $5.00 each. 



Parcelli. Large, deep-green leaves, marbled with white; 

 a pretty plant for the warm conservatory. 50 cts. each. 



Repens. A trailing or creeping variety, with small foliage, 

 useful for baskets, covering greenhouse walls, et-c. 25 cts. 

 each. 



— Minima. A variety of the above with much smaller 

 leaves. 25 cts each. 



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CYETOMIUM EOCHFORDiANUM (New Crested Holly Fern) 



A.si'LKNiu.M NIDUS AVi.s (Bird's Nest Fern) 



DREER'S FINE FERNS 



We offer below but a few of the more important Decorative 

 Ferns, for complete list of our extensive collection see pages 

 139 to 141 of our 1914 Garden Book. 



Asplenium Nidus Avis {TIte Birdx' Kcst Fern) An inter- 

 esting species, with large, dark green foliage. 50 eta. 

 each. 



Cibotium Schiedei. One of the most desirable and valu- 

 able Ferns in cultivation. 50 cts., $1.00, $1 50 and $5.00 

 each. 



Cyrtomium Rochfordianum {Crested Holly Fern). Next 

 to the Boston Ferns, the Holly Fern is most satisfactory 

 for apartment use, and this new variety has quickly found 

 a place for it.-elf in the first rank as a decorative plant. Its 

 foliage is of rich, glossy, dark green; the pinna? or leaflets, 

 besides being wavy or undulated on the edges, are also 

 deeply cut or toothed, giving the plant in connection with 

 its ma-ssiveness a graceful and light appearance. Good 

 plants in 4-inch pots, 25 cts. each. 



Nephrolepis Bostoniensis {Boston Fern). The original 

 type, proflucing large specimens with long graceful fronds. 

 4-inch pots, 25 cts. ; 6-inch pots, 75 cts. ; large specimena, 

 $2.50 each. 



— Elegantissima Improved {Ostrich Plume Fern). A 



beautiful crested form, with broad, plume-like fronds. 



4-inch pots, 25 cts. ; 6-iuch pots, 75 cts. each. 

 — Scotti {Dwarf Boston Fern). A compact, dwarf-growing 



form; a beautiful Fern. 4-inch pots, 25 cts.; 6-inch pots, 



75 cts. ; specimens $2.50 each. 



Polypodium Glaucum Cristatum. A perfect gem and 

 entirely distinct from all other Ferns, and a splendid sub- 

 ject to grow into specimen plants; the fronds attain a 

 height of about two feet, and are of a meta.llic glaucous 

 blue color, with, the e^ges of the pinniE wavy and crispate, 

 giving the plant a ^aceful, unique appearance. $1.00 

 each. 



Pteris Parkeri. A giant form of P. JIajus, with which as 

 a plant for the house everyone will be pleased; its dark 

 green foliage with metallic lustre gives it a distinctive 

 appearance not found in any other variety. 4-inch pots, 

 50 cts. each. 



