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French Hydrangea 



Jasminum Grandifiorum 



(Catalonian or Star Jasmine) 



This is the old favorite sweet scented variety, a most desirable 

 plant for the window garden producing its attractive white flowers 

 almost continuously. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Jasminum Primulinum 



Flowers bright yellow similar to the old favorite hardy Jessamine 

 but double the size and develop early in March. An excellent 

 plant for the window garden when trained on a trellis. 25 cts. 

 each. 



Lagerstroemia (Crape Myrtle) 



This is one of the prettiest Shrubs and while hardy south of the 

 Potomac requires protection in this latitude. The graceful flowers 

 appear very freely and are very attractive during August and 

 September. We offer strong 6-inch pots. 

 Indica. Delicate soft pink. 

 — Alba. A white-flowered form. 



$1.00 each. 



Maranta 



Rosea Lineata. A pretty ornamental foliage plant for the 

 warm conservatory. Rich deep green leaves beautifully varie- 

 gated with many narrow lines of a soft salmon-rose. 75 cts. each. 



Olea (Sweet Olive) 



Fragrans, An old favorite greenhouse Shrub succeeding ad- 

 mirably as a house plant, producing small creamy-white flowers 

 of the most exquisite fragrance, continues to bloom almost the 

 entire winter. 4-inch pots, $1.00 each. 



Double Pink Oleanders (Nerium) 



We have a lot of splendidly trained tree-shaped plants of this old 

 favorite, which will produce a mass of flowers during the summer; 

 the plants are growing in wooden tree tubs about 15 inches in 

 diameter; they have strong, straight trunks 3 feet high and nicely 

 shaped round crowns 30 inches in diameter; an exceptionally fine 

 lot of flowering decorative plants. $15.00 each. Young plants, 

 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each. 



Variegated Leaved. Foliage attractively edged with creamy- 

 white, single pink flowers; 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each. 



Hydrangea Hortensis 

 Four Hardiest Hydrangeas 



for Out-door Culture 



La Marne. The largest flowering variety in commerce. The plant is 

 strong and vigorous, producing immense trusses of very large florets 

 of a glossy rose pink. Comes into bloom about two weeks later than 

 the popular Otaksa. 

 Marechal Foch. Very early; dwarf compact habit; large carmine 



red flowers produced freely. 

 Otaksa. This is the variety that is used so extensively at the Atlantic 

 seashore resorts, producing immense heads of flowers that are usually 

 pink but sometimes blue according to soil conditions. We offer a 

 grand lot of plants especially prepared for summer flowering. 

 — v Souvenir de Mme. E. Chautard. Early, free and hardy. A 

 beautiful shade of rose pink. This is a most satisfactory variety 

 for out-door planting it being as hardy as the popular Otaksa 

 and in addition blooms from the new wood made in the spring. 

 3-inch pots, $0 25 each; $2 50 per dozen. Set of 4 sorts, $0 90 

 5-inch pots, 60 each; 6 00 per dozen. Set of 4 sorts, 2 25 

 6-inch pots, 1 00 each; 10 00 per dozen. Set of 4 sorts, 3 50 

 7-inch pots, 1 50 each; 15 00 per dozen. 



Twelve Popular Hydrangeas 



The twelve varieties in the following list are selected from the best 

 introductions of the past twenty years. They are the best to date. 

 Gertrude Glahn. Deep rose; truss and florets very large. 

 Giselher. Early; excellent coppery pink color; large truss. 

 Goliath. Very large deep rose; tall and vigorous. 

 Heidenrosl. Serrated florets of a deep carmine color; good truss. 

 Helge. Early compact red. 



Henri Lambert. Very early, large and vigorous; pale rose. 

 Lancelot. Deeply fringed dark pink. 

 Liebling. Glossy bright clear pink flowers; very early. 

 Lorelei. Upright, free, bright carmine red. 



Mile. Rene Gaillard. Magnificent large white flowers, nicely 

 fringed. 



Schoene Dresdenerin. Unusually early; very free and of a 



pleasing light rose color. 

 Trophee. Watermelon-red in color; free flowering. 

 Price on above twelve sorts: 

 3-inch pots, $0 25 each; $2 50 per dozen. Set of 12, $2 50 

 5-inch pots, 75 each; 7 50 per dozen. Set of 12, 7 50 

 6-inch pots, 1 00 each; 10 00 per dozen. Set of 12, 10 00 



Jasminum Grandiflorum 



Dreer's Choice Gladiolus are offered on pages 112 to 114 



