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DREER'S SELECT LIST. 



Select Carnations. 



Gold Nugget. 

 Helen Kellar. 



The following list embraces the cream of the standard and well-tried 

 varieties, together with the best of the new introductions of 1898. 

 Alaska. Very fine, large pure white. 



Armazindy. Pure white, very lightly penciled with scarlet. 

 Bon=Ton. Bright warm scarlet, large deeply fringed flowers. 

 Buttercup. Rich golden yellow, with a few streaks of clear carmine. 



The florets are full and very double. 

 Daybreak. A delicate shade of pink, greatly admired. 

 Eldorado. Canary yellow, tipped rosy carmine. 

 Empress. Magnificent rich crimson, finely fringed, extra fragrant. 

 Evelina. A beautiful free-flowering white. 



Flora Hill. This grand white has made a sensation wherever shown ; 

 stems long and moderately stiff, calyx strong, very free in bloom' 

 perfecting grand flowers. 

 Clear deep yellow, slightly marked with red. 

 White striped carmine, a handsome variety. 

 Jubilee. Beautiful rich scarlet, of immense size. 



Kitty Clover. A pretty fancy variety of light-yellow, marked with carmine. 

 Lily Dean. A very large bold and handsome flower, pure white ground with very 



delicate margin, and penciling of clear pink ; exceedingly beautiful and attractive. 

 Mayor Pingree. Clear lemon-yellow, lightly " marked with pink and occasionally 



splashed with white. 

 Meteor. Deep brilliant crimson scarlet one of the finest dark velvety reds. 

 Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt. . Clear white, heavily edged and striped scarlet, a well-rounded deep flower. 

 Mrs. Jas. Dean. Clear silvery pink, delicate yet brilliant. 



Mrs. McBurney. A strong growing variety with stout stiff stems and flowers of a pure salmon 

 color ; shaped like a Camellia. 

 New York. Bright cerise pink, a fine flower. 

 Portia. Fine rich scarlet, very free. 



Princess Bonnie. Light pink ground, prettily marked with a darker shade. 

 Thomas Cartledge. A beautiful carmine. Vigorous grower, early to come in flower. 

 Triumph. Pure pink with a tinge of yellow, and never shows a touch of purple, one of the largest blooms. 



William Scott. Growth vigorous, very free blooming, flowers large and never bursting ; of a rich pink color ; stems very 

 long, holding the flowers erect. 



Price any of the above, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; set of 25 for $2.50. 



Cissus Discolor. 



A beautiful climber for hanging baskets, 

 with mottled and marbled crimson and 

 green foliage. (See cut.) 



20 cts. each. 



Clerodendron Balfouri 



A beautiful greenhouse climber, and 

 admirably suited for house culture ; flow- 

 ering most profusely with bright scarlet 

 flowers, enveloped in a creamy white 

 calyx. 



15 cts. each. 



Cestrum Farqui. 



(Night=blooming Jessamine.) 



A beautiful tender shrub of easy cultiva- 

 tion, with small greenish -white flowers, of 

 delightful fragrance, which is dispensed 

 during the night only. 



15 cts. each. 



Cissus Discoi.uk. 



CXI VI A MINIATUM (Imantophyllum. 



A pretty lily-like plant of the easiest 

 culture, and a most desirable house plant ; 

 it flowers during the Spring and Summer 

 months, remaining in bloom for a long 

 period. The flowers are about 2 inches 

 long and and are borne in dense clusters of 

 from ten to twenty flowers on each ; in color 

 it is of a fine orange- red shading to buff. 

 1 Sec cut. ) We offer good strong plants at 

 25 cts. each, and extra large plants at 

 50 cts. each. 



COXEITS. 



Our collection of Coleus embraces all the 

 standard well -tried varieties as well as the 

 leading and distinct novelties of recent 

 introduction. 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz., 

 S6.00 per 100. 



