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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— DECORATIVE PLANTS 



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GAKDHNIA FL,ORIDA (Cpe Jessamine). 



Beautiful greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with delightfully 

 fragrant, pure white, waxy Howers, blooming from May to July. 

 3-inch pots, 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. ; 6-inch 

 pots, $1.00 each. 



HIBISCUS SINENSIS (Chinese HibUcus). 



Well-known evergreen tender shrubs which may be either 

 grown in a pot or tub, or planted out during the summer. They 

 flower freely during the entire summer, and even in the winter, 

 if kept in a light, sunny position in the house. As a rule, they 

 flower more freely when grown in a pot or tub, and when 

 grown in this way the roots are kept in confinement and it is 

 easier to handle them in the winter. They can also be kept 

 over winter in a warm cellar or any place where the thermom- 

 eter does not fall below 50 degrees. In such a position give 

 only enough water to keep alive, never permitting the soil to 

 become dust -dry. 



Aurantiacus. Fine double pure salmon. 

 Qrandiflorus. Very large single rose. 

 Miniatus Semi=plenus. The finest and most brilliant 



semi-double vermilion-scarlet, with flowers 4 inches in diameter. 

 Peachblow^. Large double flowers of a soft 



pink, with deeper centre. 

 Sub=Violaceus. Flowers very large, of a 



beautiful carmine-tinted violet. 

 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. The set of 5 

 for 85 cts. 



IXORAS. 



These are among the showiest of hothouse 

 flowering plants. The flowers are borne in large 

 terminal corymbs, shaped somewhat like a 

 Bouvardia. 



Acuminata. Fragrant, pure white. 

 Chelsoni. Brilliant salmon-orange. 

 Coccinea. Bright red, in very large corymbs. 

 Colei. A distinct white variety. 

 Dixiana. Deep orange in large trusses. 

 Flore lutea. Very large creamy yellow. 

 Incarnata. Delicate flesh color. 

 Javanica. Deep orange-red. 



50 cts. each. Set of 8 varieties for $3.50. 



IXORA 



ISOI.EPIS 



GRACILIS. 



A useful plant, with graceful^ 

 grass-like, dark-green drooping 

 foliage, for vases, baskets or the 

 window garden. 15 cts. each"; 

 $1.50 per doz. 



L,agerstroemia. 



(Crape Myrtle ) 

 This is one of the prettiest 

 shrubs, and while hardy south of 

 the Potomac, requires protection 

 in this latitude. All, however, 

 that is necessary is to winter the 

 plants in a cellar or similar position where they will be pro- 

 tected from very severe weather. Grown in large pots or 

 tubs, specimens 6 to 8 feet high can be produced with lit- 

 tle difficulty, and which for two to three months in the 

 summer will be covered with flowers. 

 Indica. Delicate soft pink. 50 cts. each. 

 — alba. A white-flowered form. 50 cts. each. 



I.APAGERIA. 



Extremely beautiful ornamental greenhouse climber, pro- 

 ducing numerous fine, large, bell-shaped, waxy flowers of 

 great substance, lasting a long time in bloom. 

 Rosea. Rich, rosy crimson. $3.00 each. 

 Alba. Pure waxy white. $3.00 each. 



Lagekstrcemia (Crape Myrtle) 



Hibiscus Sinensis (Chinese Hibiscus) 



POT-GROWN 



ROSES 



for summer planting. We offer a splendid selection of 

 varieties on pages 6 to 14. 



