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Pelargonium (offered on page 140). 



PENNISETUM. 



Rlieppelianum {Purple Fountain 

 Grass). A beautiful annual orna- 

 mental grass, growing about 2J 

 feet high, producing long, grace- 

 ful cylindrical-purplish plumes. 

 An excellent ornamental plant, 

 and the most appropriate to use 

 as an edging to a bed of Cannas 

 or hardy ornamental grasses. Its 

 use is well shown by the illustra- 

 tion on page 167. Young plants, 

 ready in May, 10 cts. each ; $1.00 

 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



PEPEROMIA. 



Flaculosa. A pretty dwarf-grow- 

 ing ornamental foliage plant, ex- 

 ceedingly useful as a pot plant 

 for the window or for planting 

 in baskets or vases; it has thick, 

 fleshy foliage of a bright green 

 color, veined silvery white. 15 

 cts. each. 



fletallica, 



A new and pretty addition to this class of plants, 

 foliage of a metallic bronzy color. 15 cts each. 



PHYUANTHUS. 



Chantrieri. An interesting plant 



for the warm conservatory, with 



small bright green foliage, from 



the axils of which numerous 



curious small cream-colored flow- 

 ers with crimson centres appear. 



25 cts. each. 

 NIvosus Rosens P ictus. An- 

 other interesting subject for the 



greenhouse, with dark green 



foliage, which, when planted in 



the open border in the summer, 



takes on a beautiful variegation 



of silvery white ; soft pink and 



crimson; very attractive. 25 cts. 



each; $2.50 per doz. 



DREER'S SUPERB DOUBLE 



FRINGED PETUNIAS. 



For many years we have made a specialty of Double Petunias, growing 

 about five thousand seedlings annually, from which we select the choicest for 

 propagation. We have discarded the plain-edged sorts, as the fringed and 

 laced varieties listed below are very much superior. 

 AarellUS. Mottled purplish crimson and white. 

 Excelsior. White, with deep purple mottled centre. 

 Jubilee. White, suffused with rose and mottled with purplish crimson. 

 Lovely. Pure white, suffused with delicate pink on the edges. 

 Majestic. Rich deep purple, shaded crimson ; one of the finest self-colored 



varieties. 

 Meteor. A fine purplish crimson, occasionally with a few white flakes on 



the edges. 

 Paragon. White, mottled and blotched bright magenta. 

 Psyche. White, suffused with pink and mottled with purplish crimson. 

 Snowstorm. Finest double pure white. 

 Striking. Rich purple, mottled and edged white. 

 Superba. A handsome self-colored soft pink. 

 Victory. White, suffused with lilac and densely veined with purple ; fine. 



Price: 15 cts. each; $1.50 per 

 doz.; set of 12 varieties for $1.50. 

 Single Large Flowering Pe- 

 tunias. Mixed seedlings (ready 

 April 1st), 10 cts. each; $1.00 

 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 

 For Seeds of our Double and Single 

 Fringed Petunias see page 85. 



PENTAS. 



Lanceolata. A . half-shrubby 

 greenhouse plant, not unlike a 

 Bouvardia, but flowering more 

 profusely. It may be planted in 

 the open border during the sum- 

 mer, but it is valuable chiefly as 

 a winter-flowering pot plant, 

 being in flower all the'time. The 

 pure white flowers are produced 

 in flat heads of 15 to 30 flowers 

 each, and last in perfection a 

 longtime. 15 cts. each; $1.50 

 per doz. 

 Carnea. Similar to the above in general habit, but with deli- 

 cate rose-colored flowers. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



Pentas Lanceolata 



