Dreer's Autumn Catalogue, 1895. 



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PALMS, FERNS, 



And Other Decorative Foliage Plants Suitable for the House and Conservatory. 



ARAUCARIA. 



Excelsa (Norfolk Island Pine). This most popular of all the tender 

 evergreens is becoming more popular every season. Anticipating a 

 large demand, we have prepared four large houses of this plant, ranging 

 in size from small plants 6 inches high to specimens of 6 and 7 feet. As 

 a decorative plant for the house this is one of the handsomest and moss 

 serviceable plants in our collection. Each 



4-inch pots, 6 to 8 inches high $1 00 



5 " 12 to 15 . 2 00 



6 " 15 to 18 " 2 50 



7 " 28 to 30 5 00 



9 " 30 heavy 7 5° 



9 " 48 to 60 - 10 00 



Excelsa glauca. This is identical with the above, except in the colo 



of the foliage, which is of a beautiful bluish or glaucous color. The 



plants we offer of this are exceptionally heavy, fine, dwarf specimens. 



Each 



5-inch pots. 8 inches high $1 50 



6 " 15 3 50 



8 " 25 " 750 



9 " 36 " 12 50 



ANTHURIUM. 



Andreanum. A beautiful plant, with large, brilliant scarlet flowers of a 



leathery texture. They remain in perfection for weeks. Strong plants, 



$1 to $2 each. 

 Scherzerianum. One of the most striking, dwarf-flowering stove plants, 



producing beautiful brilliant scarlet flowers, each of which remains from 



two to three months in bloom. 50 cts. to $1 each. 



ASPIDISTRA. 



Liurida. A very useful and dur- 

 able decorative plant of strong 

 growth ; will succeed in any 

 position an excellent hall or 

 corridor plant. 50 cts. to $1 each. 



Lurida variegata. A pretty va- 

 riegated form of the above, the 

 foliage being striped with white. 

 75 cts. to .$£ each. 



ARALIA 



Sieboldii. A most excellent house 



plant, having large, deeply cut 



foliage, which is of a bright, 



cheerful green color. 50 cts. ea. 

 Sieboldii variegata. A pretty 



variegated form of the above. 



Strong plants, 75 cts. to Si each. 



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Araucaria excelsa. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSA 



NANUS. 



This graceful climbing Asparagus 

 has to a great extent taken the place 

 of the once popular smilax in all 

 fine decorations. It possesses the 

 advantage of being much more 

 graceful, its foliage being finer than 

 that of the most delicate fern, and 

 will last for weeks after being cut, 

 the whole plant being of a bright, 

 cheerful green. It is an excellent 

 house plant, succeeding under al- 

 most any conditions. 25 cts. each, 

 S2. 50 per doz. 



Asparagus plumosus nanus. AXvL/JolA vJxHlN UJLA 1 J\.* 



A very ornamental greenhous e 

 plant, with dark evergreen foliage, producing clusters of brilliant red berries ; a 

 first-class house plant in winter. First size plants in fruit, $1 each: second size 

 plants, of a size to fruit next year, 50 cts. each. 



BEGONIA, 



Rex. We have a most Ibeautiful collection of 



this justly popular pot-plant in twelve very 



handsome varieties. 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 

 Countess Louise Erdody. The leaf, which 



has a metallic lustre, appears dark silvery in 



the center, shading into coppery rose toward 



the margin, whichis broadly and evenly edged 



with the same hue, but darker and more bril- 

 liant. The striking peculiarity, however, 



which distinguishes it from all other Begonias, 



is that the two lobes at the base of the leaf do 



not grow side by side, but one of them winds 



in a spiral-like way until in a full-grown leaf 



there are four of these twists lying on the top 



of the leaf nearly 2 inches high. 25 cts. each. 



CROTONS. 



Of this beautiful class of ornamental foliage 

 plants we offer twelve of the best varieties. 

 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. Ardi 



