Dreer's Autumn Catalogue, 1900. 



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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. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. 



CROTONS. 



Our collection of this beautiful class of ornamental foliage plants embraces 

 twelve of the most distinct, high-colored varieties. As a pot plant for the con- 

 servatory or window-garden they have always been favorites. 30 cts. each ; 

 $3.00 per doz. 



CYCAS REVOI.UTA (Sago Palm). 

 These are magnificent plants of noble and majestic habit, and most impres- 

 sive. They are probably the most valuable decorative plants grown, both for 

 lawn and house decoration ; their heavy, glossy, deep green fronds resist alike 

 the gas, dust and cold to which decorative plants are frequently exposed. 

 Nice small plants 50 cts. and §T00 each. 



Plants with stems, 4 to 6 in. high, 7 to 8 leaves, 15 to 18 in. long, $1 50 each. 

 6 " " 10 " 12 " 18 " 20 " " 3 00 " 

 8 " " 12 " 15 " 20 " 24 " " 5 GO " 

 Specimen plants, sizes of which will Ije given on application, $7.50, $10.00, 

 $12.50 and $1500 each. 



DIEFFENBACHIA 

 BAUSEI. 



One of the prettiest of the genus, 

 with yellowish-green foliage which. ^.^ 

 is margined and irregularly blotched 

 with dark green, and profusely 

 spotted with white ; a fine green-, 

 house decorative plant. 50 cts. 

 each. 



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DICMORISANDRA 



ANGUSTIFOEIA. 



A choice addition to our ornamental-leaved hot- 

 house plants, growing about 12 inches high, with 

 lanceolate leaves, the under side of which is rich, 

 dark purple, while the upper side is marked with 

 white lines on a purple ground. 75 cts. each. 



Cyperus Alternifolius. 



CYPERHS. 



Cycas Revoluta, 



Drac.ena Gousepfiana, 



Papyrus {Egyptian Paper 

 Phuii). This makes a must de- 

 sirable pot plant for the window- 

 gnrden or conservatory. The 

 stems are triangular and are sur- 

 mounted by a tuft of long, thread- 

 like leaves, which gives the plant 

 a graceful and striking appear- 

 ance. 25 cts. each. 

 Alternitblins {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 appear- 

 ance. (See cut.) 15 cts. and 25 cts. each. 

 Alternifolius variegatUS. A beautiful varie- 

 gated form of the Umbrella Plant. 50 cts. each. 



DRACAENAS. 



AniabiliS. A strong growing variety, prettily 

 variegated green, white and pale violet turning to 

 rose. 50 cts. and $1.00 each. 

 Bfuanti. A most useful variety, with heavy 

 dark green foliage, making an excellent house 

 plant, standing the dry atmosphere of living rooms. 

 50 cts. and $1.00 each. 

 Frag'railS. A superb African species, with beau- 

 tiful deep green leaves, lighter in the growth, 

 though having no variegations or markings in the 

 This is one of the most admired of the decorative 

 species. 50 cts. and $1.00 each. 

 Godseffiaua. One of the most striking ornamental foliage 

 plants of recent introduction. The plant is of an entirely 

 different habit and appearance from all other Dracrenas ; of 

 free-branching habit, and ihrows out many suckers from the 

 base so as to form compact, graceful specimens in a short 

 time. Its foliage is broadly lanceolate, 5 to 6 inches long, 

 and 2 to 3 inches wide ; of a strong leathery texture ; rich 

 dark green color, densely marked with irregular dots and 

 spots of creamy-while, not unlike an Aucuba Japonica. Will 

 undoubtedly be grown extensively for decorative purposes 

 when it becomes more pleniiful, as it is very haidy as a house 

 plant, equaling if not surpassing in this respect the Aspidistra 

 and Ficus. 



Strong plants in 3-inch pots $0 50 each. 



" " 4-inch " 1 00 " 



" " 6-inch " 2 00 " 



Gracilis. A narrow-leaved variety of bright green, with nar- 

 row coppery-crimson edge ; very graceful. 50 cts. each. 



Sauderiana. A graceful small-leaved variety, with glau- 

 cous green foliage, which is edged with a broad border of 

 creamy white. 50 cts. each. 



Termilialis. Rich crimson foliage, marked with pink and 

 white. 30 cts. and 50 cts. each. 



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