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Bouvakdia, Alfred Neuner 



Carex Japonica 

 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 as well as for 

 the garden, where it is said to 

 be quite hardy. (See cut.) 20 

 cts. each, 6 for $1.00. 



Clivia Miniatum. 



(Imantophyllum.) 



A pretty lily-like plant, of the 

 easiest culture, and a most de- 

 sirable house plant. It flowers 

 during the spring and summer 

 months, remaining in bloom for a 

 long period. The flowers are 

 about 2 inches long, and are 

 borne in dense clusters of from 

 10 to 20 flowers on each. In 

 color it is a fine orange-red, 

 shading to buff. We offer good, 

 strong plants at 75 cts. each. 



Dreer's Autumn Catalogue, 1896. 

 BOUVARDIAS. 



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 Neimer. Flowers composed of three perfect rows of 



petals of the purest waxy white color. , 



Davidsoili. The best of the single white varieties ; sometimes 



delicately tinged with pink. 

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

 Rosea multiflora. Beautiful shade of salmon rose ; very free- 

 blooming. 



25 cts. each, §2.50 per doz. 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 



Never before have we been able to supply such fine, bushy plants of 

 Camellias as this season. All the plants are well formed, and will 

 flower freely the coming winter We can supply twelve distinct sorts, 

 varieties the best of their respective colors, consisting of white and the 

 various shades of pink, red, rose, mottled, etc. 



In. high. Size Pots. Each. Doz. 



First size. Fine bushy plants. . 12 to 15 5 in. SO 75 S8 00 

 Second size. " " " ..18 to 20 5 1 25 12 00 

 Third " " " " ..20 to 24 6 150 15 00 

 Fourth " " " " ..24 to 28 7 2 00 20 00 



CINERARIA. 



Dreer's Prize Strain. 



Our strain of Cineraria cannot 

 be surpassed either for size of 

 flowers or beauty of color. 

 Many of the blooms measure 

 2J inches in diameter, and 

 none will be smaller than a 

 silver dollar. We have re- 

 ceived very flattering reports 

 from florists and private gar- 

 deners of their success with 

 our Cinerarias. Fine young 

 plants ready October 15th. 



15 cts. each, SI. 50 per doz. 



Cineraria — Dreer's Prize. 



CLERODENDRON BALFOURI. 



A beautiful greenhouse climber, and admirably suited for house culture, 

 flowering most profusely with bright scarlet flowers, enveloped in a creamy, 

 white calyx. 15 cts. each. 



CYPERUS PAPYRUS. (Egyptian Paper Plant.) 



This makes a most desirable pot plant for the window-garden or con- 

 servatory. The stems are triangular and are surmounted by a tuft of 

 long, thread-like leaves, which gives the plant a graceful and striking ap- 

 pearance. 25 cts. each. 



CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS. (Umbrella Plant.) 



An excellent plant for growing in water or damp places; will thrive in 

 any good soil, and always presents a green and attractive appearance. 

 15 cts. and 25 cts. each. 



CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS GRACILIS. 



This is a new variety of the popular Umbrella Plant, with very narrow 

 foliage, which makes it a much more desirable, graceful plant. It is most 

 useful, either as an aquarium plant or as an ordinary house plant, succeed- 

 ing under almost any condition. 20 cts. each, 6 for $1.00. 



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Carex Japonica Variegata 



