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DREER'S SELECT LIST. 



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MCSA B'NSETK. 



PASSIFLORA. 



(Passion Flower Vine.) 



Princeps. Undoubtedly the finest of 

 all Passifloras for greenhouse culture. 

 It produces its flowers of rich car- 

 mine-scarlet in long terminal racemes, g 

 which remain in perfection a long ^ 

 time. The plants we offer are very 

 strong, but ov.r stock is limited. 

 75 cts. each. 



Pfordti. This we consider the best of 

 all the tender varieties for outdoor 



planting. Its beautiful flowers are borne freely, even on 

 quite sma''l plants. They are of a rich shade of blue, suffused 

 with rose. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per dozen. 



Quadrangularis Variegata. A pretty variegated 

 variety, having large foliage, which is mottled with 

 bright golden-yellow spots and light colored, almost 

 white flowers. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per dozen. 



PANDANUS. 



(Screw Pine.) 



Utilis. This is one of the most useful of our orna- 

 mental foliage plants ; excellent for the centre of 

 vases and baskets, or grown as a single specimen. 



3-inch pots, 8 inches high $ 25 each 



4 " " 12 " " 50 " 



5 " " 15 " " 1 00 " 



6 " " 18 " " 1 50 " 



Veitchi. This is one of the most attractive of 

 decorative plants. The leaves are light green, 

 beautifully marked with broad stripes of pure white, 

 and gracefully curved. 



4-inch pots, 12 inches high $1 00 each 



5 " " 15 " " 1 25 " 



6 " " 18 " " ...... 1 50 " 



Specimen plants, $5.00 to $10. 00 each. 



MACROZAMIA ELEGANTISSIMA. 



A most distinct and graceful Cycad with small narrow leaves of a rich deep 

 green. A pretty plant for table decoration. $2.00 each. 



METROSIDEROS FLORIBINDA 



(Bottle Brush.) 



A greenhouse shrub, producing long cylindrical spikes of bright red flowers. 

 Yen' effective. §1.00 each. 



MUSA ENSETE (Abyssinian Banana.) 



The grandest of all the Bananas ; the leaves are magnificent, long, broad and 

 massive ; of a beautiful green, with a broad crimson mid-rib ; the plant grows 

 luxuriantly from 8 to 12 feet high. During the hot Summer, when planted 

 out, it grows rapidly, and attains gigantic proportions, producing a tropical 

 effect on the lawn, terrace or flower garden. Strong plants at 50 cts. and 

 $1.00 each. 



NEPHTHYTIS PICTDRATA. 



A distinct ornamental Stove Aroid with thick Anthurium-like foliage, the 

 color of which is bright green with a silvery white variegation between the 

 nerves. This variegation is peculiar and quite unique in character, forming in 

 outline the tips of fern fronds laid between the nerves. $2.50 each. 



OLEA FRAGRANS. (Sweet Olive.) 



An old favorite greenhouse shrub, succeeding admirably as a house plant, 

 producing small white flowers which are of the most exquisite fragrance, con- 

 tinuing to bloom almost the entire win- 

 ter. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per dozen. 



OTAHEITE 



ORANGE. 



The best of the Oranges for house 

 culture. It is of dwarf, bushy habit, 

 ^and bears a profusion of fragrant flowers 

 and edible fruit. We offer two sizes : 

 First size, fruiting plants, 50 cts. each. 

 Second size, 35 cts. each. 



DREER'S ROYAL 



EXHIBITION 



PANSIES. 



The plants here offered are grown 

 from our own choicest strain of seed 

 procured from the world's greatest Pansy specialist, and for size 

 of bloom, richness of coloring and texture will be found un- 

 approached by any other strain. Good strong plants, 10 cts. 

 each; 75 cts. per dozen ; $5.00 per 1U0. 



Royal Exhibition paxsies. 



Pandanis Veitchi. 



