HOUSE, CONSERVATORY & PORCH PLANTS 
Dreer’s Fine Ferns 
Adiantum cuneatum. This is the well-known fine-leaved 
Maiden Hair Fern which is used so extensively in combination 
with cut flowers. Also splendid as a pot plant in the house. 
3-inch pots 25c; 5-inch pots 75c, each. 
—farleyense Gloriosa (Glory Ferm). A very beautiful and vigor- 
ous variety with pleasing light green leaflets supported by 
thread-like wiry stems. Good plants in 3-inch pots 50c;-4-inch 
pots $1.00, each. 
—Wrighti. A comparatively new variety of the Maiden Hair 
type. Its fronds are particularly showy on account of their 
pleasing rich green color. It is a desirable variety for house 
decoration. 4-inch pots 75c each. 
Asplenium Nidus Avis (Bird's Nest Fern). These are very 
interesting Ferns of splendid display value having showy broad 
light green leaves. We have a fine lot of these attractive and 
unusual house plants. 34-inch pots 75c; 5-inch pots $1.50, each. 
Cyrtomium Rochfordianum compactum (Crested Holly 
Fern). Very desirable for apartment and house use. The foliage 
is rich dark green and the pinnae or leaflets besides being 
waved on the edges also are deeply cut and toothed. 23-inch 
pots 15c; 3-inch pots 25c; 4-inch pots 50c, each. 
Davallia 
fijiensis 
plumosa 
This is one of the 
very best house Ferns 
as it will stand the hot 
{ and dry atmosphere 
of most living rooms. 
Of strong growth with 
beautiful rich dark 
green fronds of heavy 
substance. Fine in 
pots and also excellent 
grown in hanging bas- 
kets. 3-inch pots 75c; 
4-inch pots $1.00, each. 
Davallia fijiensis plumosa 
Nephrolepis bostoniensis (Boston Fern). The original, highly 
valued Boston Fern. 4-inch pots 75c; 6-inch pots $1.50, each. 
Specimen plants in 8-inch pots $3.00, each. 
—Whitmani (Ostrich-Plwmed Boston Fern). A very pretty crested 
form with showy bright green plume like fronds. 4-inch pots 
75c; 6-inch pots $1.50, each. 
Platycerium alcicorne (Stag-Horn Fern). A showy variety 
with long narrow leaves of a grayish green. $2.50 each. 
—grande. Both the fertile and sterile leaves of this variety are of 
typical Stag-Horn form. $7.50 each. 
Polypodium Mandaianum Seedlings. Attractive glaucous 
blue fronds, much waved and undulated. 4-inch pots 75c each. 
Polystichum coriaceum (Leather or Baker Fern). A most de- 
sirable Fern resistant to house conditions. 4-inch pots 75c each. 
Pteris Alexandrae. The crested fronds of this particular variety 
are attractively variegated with silvery white. A horticultural 
form of ‘‘cretica.”” 24-inch pots 15c; 4-inch pots 50c, each. 
—Rivertoniana. This is the most desirable of the taller crested 
forms of Pteris. A wonderful and most attractive variety. 2}- 
inch pots 15c; 4-inch pots 50c, each. 
—Victoriae. A variegated Fern with graceful deep green foliage 
showily marked with silvery white. 2}-inch pots 15c; 4-inch pots 
50c, each, 
—Wilsoni. Lovely symmetrical plants with graceful light green 
fronds. 21-inch pots 15c; 4-inch pots 50c, each. 
Ferns for Fern Dishes 
We can supply the most desirable varieties. Nice plants, 2}-inch 
pots 15c each; $1.50 per doz. 
Ficus—Rubber Plant 
Elastica. The well-known Rubber Plant which still is one of 
the favorite house plants. 4-inch pots, 10 inches high, 75c each. 
6-inch pots, 20 to 24 inches high, $1.50 each. 
Populina (The Baby Rubber Plant). This miniature-leaved Ficus 
is equally as durable for house cultivation as the preceding. 
Strong 5-inch pots $1.00 each. 
Repens. § A splendid trailing plant with rich dark green foliage. 
Fine for baskets or covering greenhouse walls. 35c each. 
Utilis. Entirely distinct and unlike the popular Rubber Plant 
yet possessing the same hardiness. The leaves are thick and 
leathery, of a rich holly-green, with midrib and principal veins 
of ivory white. Strong plants $1.00 and $2.00 each. 
Fittonia 
Attractive trailing plants with handsome variegated foliage. 
A splendid plant useful in the conservatory and for planting on 
the surface of large pots or tubs to cover the earth. 
Argyroneura. Vivid green leaves with pure white veins. 
Verschaffelti. Bronzy green leaves attractively variegated with 
bright pink veins. Makes a showy display. 
Either variety: 3-inch pots 35c each; $3.50 per dozen. 
Gardenia—Cape Jessamine 
Veitchi. A beautiful evergreen greenhouse shrub with fragrant, 
white, waxy flowers. Strong plants in 4-inch pots $1.00; 5-inch 
pots $1.50, each. 
Genista—Fragrant Broom 
Fragrans. A very desirable spring-flowering plant with fragrant 
bright golden yellow blooms produced in the greatest profusion. 
Also a fine window plant and desirable for Easter decoration. 
Fine plants of flowering size, 75c each. 
Hoya—Wax Plant § 
Carnosa. An interesting, easily managed house plant of climbing 
habit suitable for growing on a trellis or other support, producing 
during the summer months large umbels of fragrant waxy white 
flowers with pink centers. 3-inch pots 50c each. 
Hardy Hydrangeas 
The four best varieties for outdoor planting, requiring winter 
protection north of Philadelphia. 
La Marne. Strong and vigorous, producing immense trusses of 
very large florets of a glossy rose-pink. The largest flowering; 
blooms two weeks after the popular Otaksa. 
Marechal Foch. A very early variety of dwarf, compact habit. 
Has large carmine-red flowers produced very early. 
Otaksa. The beautiful pink Hydrangea used extensively at the 
Atlantic seashore resorts. In acid soil the flowers turn blue. 
Souvenir de Mme. E. Chautard. An early, free blooming, 
and hardy variety of a beautiful rose-pink color. Splendid for 
outdoor planting. Blooms on the new wood made in the spring. 
Any of the above: 3-inch pots 25c each; $2.50 per dozen. 
Beautiful Ivy—Hedera 
Baltic Ivy (Hedera helix baltica). Has proved hardy as far north 
as Massachusetts where the generally-grown type of English 
Ivy rarely stands the winter. 2}-inch pots 20c each; $2.00 per 
doz.; 4-inch pots 50c each. 
English Ivy (Hedera helix). Thrifty young plants in 2-inch 
pots 15c each; $1.50 per doz. $10.00 per 100. Large plants, 
4-inch pots 50c each; $5.00 per doz. 
Miniature-Leaved English Ivy (Hedera helix gracilis). Of 
the same habit as the English Ivy, but with much smaller 
dark green foliage. A most graceful vine. Young plants in 
2-inch pots 15c each; $1.50 per doz.; 4-inch pots 50c each. 
Large-Leaved Variegated Ivy. Large deep green leaves 
prettily edged with creamy white. Fine for house culture. 
Strong young plants 50c each; $5.00 per doz. 
New Hardy Large-Leaved Ivy (Hedera dentata variegata). As 
hardy as the popular English Ivy. Large leaves beautifully 
variegated with creamy yellow. Strong plants 50c each. 
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Every home needs its share of house plants 
