Dreer's Fine Ferns Sor House, Conservatory and Porch 



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 50c; 5-inch pots 75c, each. 



- — f arleyense Gloriosa (Glory Fern). A very beautiful and vigor- 

 ous variety with pleasing light green leaflets supported by 

 thread-like wiry stems. Good plants in 3-inch pots 60c; 4-inch 

 pots SI. 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 NesI Pent). 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. 3 J-inch pots 75c; 5-inch pots SI. 50, each. 



Cibotium Schiedei 



Cibotium Schiedei (Mexican Tree Fern). One of the most 

 desirable and most valuable of all Ferns for room decoration. 

 Has beautiful large fronds of e.xquisite light green pinnae. 

 5-inch pots $2.50; 10-inch tubs S7.50, 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. 2 j -inch 

 pots 15c; 3-inch pots 35c; 4-inch pots 50c, each. 



Davallia fijiensis plumosa. This is one of the very best 

 house Ferns as it will stand the hot and drj' atmosphere of most 

 living rooms. The plants make a strong growth and display 

 lovely substantial fronds of a beautiful dark green color. Fine 

 in pots and also excellent when grown in hanging baskets. 

 3-inch pots 75c; 4-inch pots SI. 00, each. 



Nephrolepis bostoniensis (Boston Fern). The original, highly 

 valued Boston Fern. 4-inch pots 75c: 6-inch pots $1.50, each. 

 Specimen plants in S-inch pots $3.00, each. 



— Norwood (Ostrich-Plumed Boston Fern). A very pretty crested 

 form with showy bright green plume-hke fronds. 4-inch p ts 

 75c; 6-inch pots $1.50, each. 



Platycerium alcicorne (Stag-Hom Fern). A showy variety 

 with long narrow leaves of a grayish green. $2.50 each. 



— grande. Both the fertile and sterile leaves of this varietj- are of 

 typical Stag-Horn form. $7.50 each. 



Polypodium Mandaianum Seedlings. Attractive glaucous 

 blue fronds, much waved and undulated. 4-mch 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." 2 j-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. 2J- 

 inch pots 15c; 4-inch pots 50c, each. 



— Victoriae. A variegated Fern with graceful deep green foliage 

 showily marked with silvery white. 2i-inch pots 15c; 4-inch pots 

 50c, each. 



— Wilsoni. Lovely symmetrical plants with graceful light green 



fronds. 2j-inch pots 15c; 4-inch pots 50c, each. 



Ferns for Fern Dishes 



We can supply the most desirable varieties. Nice plants, 21 -inch 

 pots 15c each; 81.50 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. 



Repens. § A splendid trailing plant with rich dark green foliage. 

 Fine for baskets or covering greenhouse walls. 50c each. 



TTtilis, 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 6-inch pots, $1.50 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 50c each; S5.00 per dozen. 



Gardenia — Cape Jessamine 



Veitchi. A beautiful evergreen greenhouse shrub with fragrant, 

 white, waxy flowers. Strong plants in 5-inch pots S2.00 each. 



Genista— Frogranf Broom 



Fragrans. A very desirable spring-flowering plant with fragrant 

 bright golden yellow blooms produced in the greatest profusion. 

 Fine plants of flowering size, 75c each. 



Moya— 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 Hydrangea 



Otaksa. A beautiful pink Hydrangea, the best variety for 

 outdoor planting. It is used extensively at the Atlantic sea- 

 shore resorts. In acid soil the pink flowers turn blue. Requires 

 winter protection north of Philadelphia. Strong plants, 50c each. 



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 J-inch pots 25c each; S2.50 per 

 doz. ; 4-inch pots 60c each. 



EngHsh Ivy [Hedera helix). Thrifty young plants in 2-inch 

 pots 20c each; S2.00 per doz. Large plants, 4 inch pots 50c 

 each; $5.00 per doz. 



Miniature-Leaved English Ivy (Hedera helix- uracUis). Of 

 the same habit as the English Ivy, but with much smaller 

 dari; green foliage. A most graceful vine. Young plants in 

 2-inch pots 2Sc each; $2.50 per doz.; 4inch pots 60c each. 



Large-Leaved Variegated Ivy. Large deep preen leaves 

 prettily edged with creamy white. Fine for house culture. 

 Strong young plants 50c each; $5.00 per doz. 



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