Select List of Decorative Plants for 

 House and Conservatory 



ANTHERICUM 



Vittatum Variegatum. A most desirable plant for window- 

 boxes, vases, or for growing as a single specimen in pot; long 

 narrow green foliage edged with white. 



Mandaeanum. Similar to the above in habit, but with narrower 

 foliage, the leaves being green on the edges with creamy white 

 centre. 



30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 



ASPARAGUS 



PlumOSUS Nanus (Asparagus Fern). There is no better plant 

 for table decoration than this. The foliage is more delicate than 

 that of the finest Fern, being lace-like in its filmines.?. A plant 

 with half a dozen stalks is a mass of dainty misty green, among 

 which the stems of a few flowers can be thrust in such a manner 

 as to make a pretty decoration for the table. 25 cts. and SO cts. 

 each; $2.50 and $5.00 per doz. 



Sprengeri (Emerald Feather). Excellent for hanging-baskets, for 

 bracket use and for cutting. It is one of the best of all plants 

 for the window-box when planted on the outside where it can 

 droop over the edge of the box. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each; $2.50 

 and $5.00 per doz. 



ASPIDISTRA 



Lurida. One of the easiest decorative plants to grow. A most 

 useful house plant, thriving in a hallway or a comparatively 

 dark place in the room where nothing else will succeed. 6 inch 

 pots, $2.00 each. 



CROTONS 



■ Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of coloring that is 

 found in this class of plants. They are beautiful as pot plants for 

 the conservatory, making handsome specimens for decorative and 

 exhibition purposes. In the latitude of Philadelphia and south- 

 ward they are wonderfully efifective for summer bedding, presenting 

 a glorious medley of rich variegated colors not found in any other 

 * class of plants. 



We offer a choice assortment embracing the best standard 

 varieties as well as the most desirable recent introductions. 



Plants in 3-inch pots, $1.00 each; collection of 12 varieties, 

 $10.00. 



Plants in 4-inch pots, $1.50 each; collection of 12 varieties, 

 $15.00. 



Large plants, $2.00, $2.50 and $5.00 each. 



DECORATIVE DRACAENAS 



Pragrans. An excellent house plant with broad dark-green 

 foliage; grows under the most adverse conditions. 50 cts. and 

 $1.00 each. 



Godseffiana. Entirely different from all other Dracaenas; of 

 free-branching habit, forming compact, graceful specimens. Its 

 foliage is of strong, leathery texture; rich, dark-green color 

 densely marked with irregular spots of creamy-white. 3-inch 

 pwts, 35 cts. each; 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each. 



Massangeana. A beautiful variegated form of Pragrans with 

 broad, green foliage, with a broad, golden-yellow band through 

 the centre of each leaf. 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each. 



Mrs. Ed. Andre. One of the finest high colored varieties yet 

 introduced with heavy bronzy foliage developing to an intense 

 brilliant rosy crimson. 3-inch pots, 50 cts. each. 



Sander iana. A distinct and pretty variety with glaucous green 

 foliage, edged with a broad border of creamy white. 3-inch pots, 

 35 cts. each. 



FICUS (Rubber Plant) 



Australis. A rapid-growing compact, free-branching variety, 

 with small, leathery, dark-green leaves. Very attractive when 

 grown in bush form. 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each. Larger plants, 

 $1.00 and $2.00 each. 



Elastica. The well-known Rubber Plant. 4-inch pots, 10 inches 

 high, 75 cts. each; 6-inch pot, 20 to 24 inches high, $1.50 each. 



Radicans Variegata. A trailing variety with very small 

 foliage which is prettily variegated green and white. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Utilis. Entirely distinct and unlike the popular Rubber Plant, 

 yet possessing the same hardiness. The leaves are thick and 

 leathery, of a rich holly-green, with midrib and principal veins 

 of ivory-white. Strong plants, $1.00 and $2.00 each. 

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DREER'S FINE FERNS 



We offer below but a few of the more important Decorative 

 Ferns. 

 Cibotium Schiedei (Mexican Tree Fern). One of the most 



desirable and valuable Ferns in cultivation. 4-inch pots, $1.00 



each; 6-inch pots, $2.50 each; 8-inch pots, $5.00 each. 

 Cyrtomium Rochfordianum Compactum (Crested Holly 



Fern). Next to the Boston Ferns, the Holly Fern is the most 



satisfactory for apartment use. Foliage of rich glossy dark 



green, the pinnae or leaflets, besides being wavy or undulated 



on the edges, are also deeply cut or toothed, giving the plant a 



graceful and light appearance. 3-inch pots, 25 cts.; 4-inch pots, 



50 cts. each. 

 Nephrolepis Bostoniensis (Boston Fern). The original type 



with long graceful fronds. 4-inch pots, 50 cts.; 6-inch pots, 



$1.50 each. 

 Nephrolepis Elegantissima Compacta (Crested Boston 



Fern). A neatly crested form of the Boston Fern. 4-inch pots, 



50 cts.; 6-inch pots, $1.50 each. 

 Polypodium Mandaianum Seedlings. Fronds wavy and 



undulated and of an attractive glaucous-blue color; very 



hardy house plants. 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each. Specimens in 



6-inch pots, $2.00 each. 

 Pteris Alexandriae. The crested fronds of this pretty variety 



are variegated with silvery-white. 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each. 

 Pteris Rivertoniana. The most distinct and desirable of the 



taller crested forms of Pteris. 4-inch pots, 50 cts each. 

 Pteris Wilsoni. Of compact habit, forming a very symmetrical 



plant. The bright green foliage is beautifully crested. 4-inch 



pots, 50 cts. each. 



FERNS FOR FERN DISHES 



We can supply the most desirable varieties for this purpose. 

 2|-inch pots, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Hardy English Ivy 



Invaluable evergreen variety, used for covering walls, etc., and 

 has become very popular for covering graves, especially if in the 

 shade, where grass will not succeed. Large plants, in 4-inch pots, 

 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 5-inch pots, 75 cts. 

 each; $7.50 per doz.; $60.00 per 100. Extra large plants, in 

 7-inch pots, 6 feet high, $2.50 each. 



FITTONIA 



Trailing plants, with handsome variegated foliage, most useful 

 in the conservatory for planting on surface of pots or tubs. 

 Argyroneura. Vivid green with network of pure white veins 

 Verschaffelti. Bronzy-green, with pink variegation. 

 Price. Either of the above 25 cts. each. 



