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DREER'S SELECT LIST 



Ficus Radicans Variegata. 



NEW DOUBLE 



Dr. Despres. A good truss, composed of very large circular 

 flowers ; color changeable ; bnght violet marked vermilion on 

 the upper petals, lower petals marked scarlet. 35c. each. 



Jean Lahor. Very free in bloom ; florets very large in good- 

 sized trusses ; the mingling of shades is very odd and bright 

 and variable ; ordinarily the edge of the petals is red or ver- 

 milion, the center either violet or mauve. 35 cents each. 



Set of the above 



Ficus Radicans 



Variegata 



This charming and effective variety of Ficus Radicans 

 is without doubt destined to become "a plant for every- 

 one," its easy culture, effective variegation and regular 

 growth making it one of the best ornamental variegated 

 plants ever sent out. The elegant appearance of this 

 pretty plant and its effective variegation is most striking, 

 the leaves being freely and irregularly margined with 

 white, the variegation sometimes extending to nearly the 

 entire leaf, some of the young shoots and leaves being 

 wholly white. As a variegated plant for a hanging pot 

 or vase it cannot be excelled, while its bright and cheer- 

 ful variegation will commend it to everyone as an ideal 

 plant for the margins of stages and growing as single 

 plants round sticks or on a trellis. It was unanimously 

 awarded a First Class Certificate by the Floral Committee 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society. (Introducer's de- 

 scription. ) We offer good small plants in 3-inch pots, 

 $3.00 each. 



GERANIUMS. 



Mme. T. Noisette. Very rigid footstalks, with grand trusses 

 and florets of a magnificent new color — rosy peach shading to 

 orange at the center ; a superb variety, and verv free flower- 

 ing 50 cents each. 



Vera Vend. A "panache" variety, hard to describe — prin- 

 cipally noted for its odd color, the truss and florets are both of 

 good size ; the shades are red, white and orange, marbled 

 together. Habit and foliage very good. 35 cents each. 



I varieties $1.50. 



NEW SINGEE GERANIUMS. 



Chaucer. A clear, bright shade of pure cerise ; immense 

 circular flower almost three inches across ; distinct and fine in 

 every way. 50 cents each. 



Crabbe. A charming shade of cherry red ; over 2i inches 

 across ; beautifully rounded, combining in a massive truss 16 

 to 18 inches in circumference ; very effective. 35 cents each. 



Dryden. A grand bedder, standing sun and rain better than 

 any others of this type. It is bright rosy red, with large white 



Set of the above 



blotches on the two upper petals, and smaller blotches on the 

 three lower ones, all five suffused with lake at the junction of 

 the two colors. Dwarf compact and very free. 35 cents each. 

 Southey. Bright vermilion, with white blotch in center of 

 flower and running up into the two upper petals, which are 

 suffused with crimson ; flowers of medium size and fine form — 

 the gorgeous coloring more than making up for its loss in size. 

 35 cents each. 

 4 varieties $1.50. 



THREE NEW BRUANTI, OR SUN-PROOE GERANIUMS. 



Thomas Meehan. Doublej extremely large trusses and very 

 large florets ; almost circular in form ; color quite new in this 

 type, brilliant rosy pink, the base of the upper petals marked 

 orange ; a noteworthy variety. 



Mme. Landry. Double. One of the choicest and most 

 beautiful yet added to the Bruanti type. Very free and con- 

 stant in bloom throughout the season ; trusses large, and florets 

 of the finest size and circular in form ; color, clear salmon, 



Price any of the above 35 cts. each ; the set of 3 for $1.00 



Very distinct and 

 Single, and one of the grandest of recent 



center shading to copper, with a white eye. 

 effective. 

 Bellerophon. 



introductions; it is a bright scarlet, with large round floret-, 

 combined into immense trusses, which are held high above 

 the plant, and very free in bloom. This variety will un- 

 doubtedly rank among the very best bedders. 



ERIGERON PURPUREUM. 



One of the prettiest varieties of Fleabane yet introduced ; it 

 is of dwarf compact habit, rarely exceeding 10 inches in height, 

 with medium sized flowers of a soft rosy-purple, which are pro- 

 duced in graceful spreading panicles ; it is perfectly hardy. 

 35 cents each. 



NEW FERN, 

 PTERIS SERRUEATA YOLUTA. 



This desirable Fern is one of the most distinct varieties of 

 Pteris Serrulata yet introduced, the volute or curled appearance 

 of the pinnie being very noticeable, not only in the mature 

 plants, but also in the young state. Its elegant appearance 

 being also further enhanced by the tips of the incurved pinnx 

 being prettily crested. 25 cents each. 



NEW ROSES. 



The grand new CLIHBING flOSS ROSE, 

 BERLAND 



cun= 



BELLE," EVERGREEN ROSES, 



and other new sorts will be found offered on pages 130 

 and 131. 



I'TERIS SERRVI.ATA VOLUTA. 



