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Gerbera Jameson! 



(Transvaal or Barberton Daisy) 



This beautiful Daisy from the Transvaal, which has been so 

 extensively featured by the florists as a cut flower, particularly in 

 late winter and early spring has with its graceful flowers of striking 

 beauty quickly established itself in public favor. Its value is not 

 only as a winter cut flower, but it is a worthy and novel subject 

 for the mixed border in summer. Planted in a well drained '>J 

 position where it is fully exposed to the sun it will produce its 

 attractive flowers 3§ inches and over in diameter throughout 

 the summer and fall months. The plant is of vigorous growth "^S&B 

 forming a dense tuft of leaves from the crown from which it 

 sends up in constant succession stout stems 1 2 to 18 inches long ^E2 

 which are terminated with attractive daisy-like flowers. 



Giant Single Flowering 

 Gerberas 



Masterpiece. Flowers 5 inches in diameter of an iridescent 



tyrian-rose color. 

 Sunrise. Large, brilliant orange-scarlet with luminous 



golden suffusion. 



Either variety, $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 



Single Flowering Gerberas in Mixture 



Varying in color from blush white and salmon pink to brilliant scarlet which we 

 can supply only in mixture at 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Double Flowering Gerberas 



These are of very recent introduction. We can furnish the double forms in two 

 colors, a Brilliant Rosy Scarlet and a Luminous Salmon Pink, either color at 50 cts. 

 each; $5.00 per doz. 



Heliotrope (Cherry Pie) 

 Royal Fragrance. A deliciously sweet scented and wonderfully improved form of 



this old garden favorite with large trusses of light violet-blue flowers. 25 cts. each; 



$2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



HibiSCUS Sinensis (Chinese Hibiscus) 



Well-known evergreen tender Shrubs which may be grown either in a pot or tub, 



or planted out during the summer. 



Aurantiacus. Fine double pure salmon. 



Grandifiorus. Very large single rose. 



Miniatus Semi-plenus. The finest and most brilliant semi- 

 double, vermilion-scarlet, with flowers 4 inches in diameter. 



Peachblow. Large double flowers of a soft pink with deeper 

 center. 



Any of the above, 30 cts. each. Set of 4 sorts for $1.00. 



Gerbera Jamesoni 



English Ivy (Hedera Helix) 



Thrifty young plants in 2-inch pots, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. ; 

 $10.00 per 100. Large plants, 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per 

 doz.; 5-inch pots, 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz.; 6-inch pots, 5 feet 

 high, $1.50 each. Extra large plants, in 7-inch pots, 6 feet high, 

 $2.50 each. 



Miniature-leaved English Ivy 



(Hedera Helix gracilis) 



Identical in habit with the English Ivy, but with dark green foliage not over 

 one-tenth as large, a most graceful vine; young plants in 2-inch pots. 15 cts. 

 each; $1.50 per doz.; 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Hardy Bush Ivy 



(Hedera Helix Arborescens) 



Of erect habit of growth, rarely shows any tendency to climb and with but 

 little judicious pruning will make an attractive, shapely, bushy specimen. 

 Strong plants, 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each; larger plants, 5- and 6-inch pots, 

 $1.00 each. 



Hedera Helix Baltica 



A variety introduced from the Baltic provinces, Russia, that has proven 

 hardy as far north as Massachusetts, where the generally-grown type of 

 English Ivy rarely stands the winter. 2i-inch pots, 20 cts. each; $2.00 per 

 doz.; 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Large Leaved Variegated Ivy 



A most attractive plant for the house with large, deep green leaves, prettily 

 edged with creamy-white. Strong young plants, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per dozen; 

 larger plants, 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each; $7.50 per dozen. 



Hoya (Wax Plant) 

 Carnosa. An interesting easily managed house plant of climbing habit 



suitable to grow on a trellis or other support, producing during the summer 



months large umbels of fragrant, waxy, white flowers with pink centers. 



50 cts. each. 



Large Leaved Variegated Ivy 



Among the Special Novelties in our 1933 Catalogue we call your attention 



to the following: 

 The New Butterfly Shrub, Buddleia lie de France. See page 180. 

 The New Everblooming Honeysuckle, described on page 111. 

 Clematis Veitchiana, The Honeybell Clematis, described on page 189. 



Dreer's Select Dahlias are offered on pages 115 to 120 



