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Preer's Autumn Catalogue, 1897. 



Bouvardia Alfred Neuner. 



B0UVARD1AS. 



Shrubby plants, with corymbs of white, rose, crimson and scarlet 

 flowers, blooming during the autumn and winter. Their dazzling 

 richness of color makes them one of the most useful of our winter- 

 blooming plants. 

 Alfred Neuner. Flowers composed of three perfect vows of 



petals of the purest waxy white color. 

 Davidsoni. The best of the single white varieties; sometimes 



delicately tinged with pink. 

 ElegailS. A fine single red variety ; very free-flowering. 

 Rosea limltiflora. Beautiful shade of salmon rose ;°very free- 

 blooming. 25 cts. each, $2. 50 per doz. 



CAMELLIA JAPOMCA. 



Fine bushy plants 15 inches high. A choice assortment of 12 

 varieties, 75 cents each, §7.50 per dozen. 



DOUBLE WHITE CAMELLIA. 



Large plants 24 to 28 inches high, $2.00 each, §20.00 per dozen. 



CAREX JAPOMCA VARIEGATA. 



An exquisitely graceful new Japanese grass with slender green 

 foliage edged with white. It is extremely easy to grow and makes 

 a most excellent plant for house culture. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. 



SELECT LIST OF CARNATIONS 



The following list embraces the cream of the standard ; 

 together with the best of the new introductions : 

 Annie H. Lonsdale. This variety has the same gener 



as Delia Fox, but is of a pure white color. 

 Annazindy. Color is pure white, very lightly penciled v 

 Abundance. A unique pink Carnation, 



it is a dwarf, slender grower. Color 



salmon pink, approaching red. 

 Alaska. Very pure fine large 



white. 

 Anna Webb. A fine 



crimson, deeply fringed, 



of medium size, and 



branching habit ; 



florets very full ; 



a free, continuous 



bloomer. 

 Buttercup. 



Rich golden yel- 

 low, with a few 



streaks of clear 



carmine. The flo- 

 rets are full and very 



double, from 2\ to 3 



inches in diameter. 

 Chester Pride. 



White, penciled rosy 



carmine ; large. 

 Daybreak. A very delicate 



shade of pink, admired by all. 

 Delia FOX. A variety of great 



merit, being on the style of the popular Daybreak, but darke 



in color, with stems 24 inches long; one of the stronge 



growing and freest flowering. 

 Flora Hill. This grand White Carnation has made a sensat 



stems long and moderately stiff, calyx strong, very free in blc 

 Helen Keller. One of the finest fancy varieties yet introdi 



with scarlet ; a fine large flower. 

 Liizzie McGowan. An elegant white variety, large, full and very attractive, Prolific anc 

 Mrs. Henry 31. Stanley. A sport from Buttercup, of a rich terra cotta, shading into yelk 

 Mine. Diaz Albertilli. A persistent free blooming variety of exceptional size and build. Flowers 



very large, round and full. Color, light flesh pink, with a strong clove fragrance. 

 Ophelia. A large perfect- shaped flower of a rich pink color. 

 Portia. Finest rich scarlet. 



Princess Bonnie. Light pink ground prettily marked with a darker shade. 

 Sweet Briar. Pink, between Daybreak and Grace Wilder in shade, a strong healthy grower, an early, 



free and continuous bloomer, flowers fragrant, of good size and form, and borne on long stiff stems. 

 Thomas Cartledge. A beautiful carmine. Vigorous grower, early to come in flower; extremely prolific.^ 

 The Stuart. A most brilliant scarlet variety, flowers very large, a iree prolific bloomer. 

 Triumph. Color is a pure pink, of yellowish tinge, and never shows a touch of purple; one of the 



largest blooms that we know of; stem perfectly erect, and from 2 to 3 feet long. Has a strong calyx 



never bursts ; is very prolific, and responds to very ordinary culture; a strong, heavy grower. 

 William Scott. Growth vigorous, very free blooming, flowers large and never bursting; of a rich 



color; stems very long, holding the flowers erect. 



PRICE. — Any of the above strong field-grown plants, 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen ; $.15.00 per 100, 



