HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— DECORATIVE PLANTS 



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NEPE^STHES (Pitcher Plant) 



These interesting plants, with their curious pitchers, require to 

 be grown in a high, moist atmosphere, and in dense shade. The 

 sorts offered are among the choicest of the genus. 



IxORA 



ISOI.EPIS GRACII.IS 



A useful plant, with graceful, grass-like, dark-green droop- 

 ing foliage, for vases, baskets or the window garden. 20 cts. 

 each; $2.00 per doz. 



IXORAS 



These are among the showiest of hothouse flowering plants. 

 The flowers are borne in large terminal corymbs, shaped some- 

 what like a Bouvardia. 

 Chelsoni. Brilliant salmon-orange. 

 Coccinea. Bright red, in very large corymbs. 

 Dixiana. Deep orange in large trusses. 

 Flore lutea. Very large creamy yellow. 

 Incarnata. Delicate flesh color. 

 Javanica. Deep orange-red. 



50 cts. each. Set of 6 varieties for $2.50. 



JASMINUM 



Qrandiflorum [Oatolonian or Star Jasmine). Very fra- 

 grant single white flowers, in bloom continuously. 20 cts. each. 

 Qrand Duke. Double white fragrant flowers. 30 cts. each. 



LAPAGERIA 



Extremely beautiful ornamental greenhouse climber, producing 

 numerous, fine, large, bell-shaped, waxy flowers of great sub- 

 stance, lasting a long time in bloom. 

 Rosea. Rich, rosy crimson. $2.50 each. 

 Alba. Pure waxy white. $2.50 each. 



MARANTA 



Valuable decorative hothouse plants, remarkable for the rich- 

 ness and lieauty of their varied foliage. each 



Qoveniana $ 25 



Insignis 50 



Kerchoviana 25 



Makoyana 50 



Porteana 75 



Rosea Lineata 75 



Sander! 1 00 



Van den Meckel 75 



Vlttata 1 00 



One each of the 9 varieties for $4.00. 



MYRTUS COMmUXIS (Myrtu) 



Good shapely plants in 6-inch pots, about 12 inches high, $1.00 

 each. 



Henryana . . 

 Intermedia.. 



EACH 



.$3 00 

 . 3 00 



EACH 



$2 50 

 . 2 50 



Patterson! 



Phyllamphora 



One each of the 4 sorts for $10.00. 



OI^EA FRAGRAISS (Sweetoiive) 



An old favorite greenhouse shrub, succeeding admirably as a 

 house plant, producing insignificant white flowers, but of the 

 most exquisite fragrance, continuing to bloom almost the entire 

 winter. Good plants, 60 cts. each. 



PANDANUS (Screw Pine) 



The Pandanus requires about the same treatment as the 

 Dracaena, but is better adapted to culture in the living room 

 than that plant is. 

 Qraminifolius. Narrow, dark green foliage; makes a pretty 



plant for table decoration. 50 cts. each. 

 PacificUS. A pretty species with broad massive dark green 



foliage. 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each; 5-inch pots, $1.00 each. 

 Veitchi. One of the finest decorative plants for the house; 



graceful foliage, broadly striped with cream white on a green 



ground. 4-inch pots, 12 inches high, 75 cts. each; 6-inch 



pots, 18 inches high, $1.50 each; 8-inch pots, 30 inches high, 



$3.00 each. 



PASSIPEOR A (Passion Flower) 



Attractive climbers, covering a large space in a remarkably 

 short time, and bearing their exquisitely formed flowers freely 

 throughout the summer and fall. 

 Constance Elliott. Pure white; a slight coloring at base of 



petals. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 

 Pfordti. The best variety for outdoors in summer; flowers 



light blue, suffused with rose, and borne freely, even on small 



plants. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 

 Princeps. This is one of the best greenhouse climbers, a 



rare and showy variety with bright red flowers. 50 Cts. 



each. 



Pandanus Veitchi 



