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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— DECORATIVE PLANTS 



EUGENIA 



Microphylla. A pretty little plant with small dark-green foliage, excellent for 

 Fern dishes or window garden. 50 cts. each. 



EURYA 



Latifoiia Variegata. An evergreen Shrub with rich, dark-green foliage, which 

 is beautifully variegated with creamy white; an excellent plant for house decora- 

 tion. 75 cts. each. 



FARFUGIU3I 



Grande (^Leopard Plant). This is an extremely ornamental plant. Its large, 

 circular leaves, thickly spotted with creamy- white and yellow, make it wonder- 

 fully effective for room decoration. It likes a soil of loam and mucky matter, 

 half and half, with a good deal of water. Ample provision, however, should 

 be made for drainage. Once a month apply a fertilizer, as it is a gross feeder 

 when allowed to have its way. Keep it in the shade. 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 ■per doz. 



FICUS (Rubber Plant) 



Altissima. In general appearance similar to F. Elastica, but with smaller 

 dark-green, glossy foliage, with white veins. 50 cts. each. 



Elastica. The well-known Rubber plant. 4-inch pot, 10 inches high, 50 cts. 

 each; 6-inch pot; 24 inches high, $1.00 each. 



Fuscata. Of the same trailing habit as Repens, but with still smaller crimped 

 foliage. 25 cts. each. 



Pandurata {The Majestic Rubber Plant). A truly majestic plant. Its 

 gigantic leaves, which frequently measure 10 inches in width by 15 inches in 

 length, are irregular in outline, and of a rich, deep green, of remarkable sub- 

 stance, enabling the plant to flourish under the most unfavorable conditions. One 

 of the finest foliage plants. Specimen plants, 2^ feet high, 

 S3.00 each; 4 feet high, $5.00 each. 



Repens. A trailing or creeping variety, with small foliage; 

 useful for baskets, covering greenhouse walls, etc. 25 cts. 

 each. 



Utiiis. Entirely distinct and unlike the popular Rubber Plant, 

 yet possessing the same hardiness. The leaves are thick and 

 leathery, from 9 to 10 inches long, one-half as wide, of a rich 

 holly green, with midrib and principal veins of an ivory-white. 

 Strong plants, 75 cts. each. 



Ficus Elastic* (Rubber Plant) 



FITTONIA 



Trailing plants, with handsome variegated foliage; most use- 

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

 containing specimen plants. 

 Argyroneura. Vivid green, with network of pure white 



veins. 25 cts. each. 



Verschaffelti. Bronzy-green, with pink variegation. 25 

 cts. each. 



Hibiscus Sinensis (Cbinese Hibiscus 



GAROEIHIA FI.ORIDA (Cape jessamine) 



Beautiful greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with delightfully fra- 

 gant, pure white, waxy flowers, blooming from May to July. 



4-inch pots, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. ; 6-inch pots, $1.25 

 each. 



GENISTA 



Fragrans. A most desirable spring-flowering plant, producing 

 its fragrant, bright, golden-yellow flowers in the greatest 

 profusion. As a window plant of easiest culture it is un- 

 surpassed. Especially desirable for Easter decoration. 

 Fine plants in 4-inch pots, flowering size, 35 cts. each. 



HIBISCUS SINENSIS 



(Chinese Hibiscus) 



Well-known evergreen tender shrubs which may be either 

 grown in a pot'or tub. or planted out during the summer. 

 They flower freely during the entire *%ummer, and even 

 in the winter, if kept in a light, sunny position in the 

 house. As a rule, they flower more freely when grown in a 

 pot or tub, and when grown in this way the roots are kept 

 in confinement, and it is easierto handle them in the winter. 

 Aurantiacus. Fine double pure salrnpij. 

 Maxima Reglna. The most briIliarit!^of,.all, large single 



flowers, of intense rich' scarlet; prpdaced very freely. 

 MiniatUS Senii=Plenus. The finest semi-double ver- 

 milion-scarlet, with flowers 4 inthes in diameter. 

 Sub^Violaceus. Flowers very large, of a beautiful car- 

 mine-tinted violet. 

 20 els. each; $2. 00 per doz. The set of 4 for 65 cts. 



