HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— DECORATIVE PLANTS 



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Dracena 



CESTRtJia PARQUI (Night-Woommg jessamine). 



An interesting tender shrub of easy cultivation, with small 

 greenish white flowers of delightful fragrance, which is dis- 

 pensed during the night only. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



CI^EMATIS INDIVISA. 



One of the most valuable of all greenhouse climbers. Its 

 pure white flowers are from IJ to 2 inches in diameter, and pro- 

 duced in panicles frequently 2 feet long. A well-established 

 plant during the early spring months is simply a mass of bloom; 

 the flowers can be used to good advantage in a cut state. $1.00 

 each. 



CI.ERODENORON. 



Balfouri. A beautiful greenhouse climber, and admirably suited 

 for house culture, flowering most profusely with bright scarlet 

 flowers, enveloped in creamy-white calyx. 25 cts. and 50 cts. 

 each. 



Clivia Miniata (imantophyUum). 



A pretty lily-like plant of the easiest culture, and a most desirable 

 house plant, it flowers during the spring and summer month?, re- 

 maining in bloom for a long period. The flowers are about 2 inches 

 long, and are borne in dense clusters from 10 to 20 flowers each; in 

 color it is of a fine orange-red, shading to buff. Large, strong plants, 

 50 cts. each. 



CROTONS. 



Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of coloring that is found 

 in this class of plants. They are beautiful as pot plants for the con- 

 servatory, making handsome specimens for decorative and exhibition 

 purposes. 



We offer as follows ; 



New Varieties. Strong plants, 60 cts. each. Set of 12 for $6.00. 

 Select Standard Sorts. 



3-inch pots, 35 cts. each; set of 12 varieties for $3.50. 

 4-inch pots, 60 cts. each; set of 12 varieties for $6.00. 

 Large plants, $1.00; $1.50 and $2.50 each. 

 For descriptions of the above see our Garden Book for 1917. 



CYPERUS (Umbrella Plant). 



Alternifolius. An excellent plant for the house. Will thrive in 

 any good soil, and always presents a green and attractive appearance. 

 It may be grown as sub-aquatic, and in any case should never lack 

 a liberal supply of water. 15 cts. and 25 cts. each; $1.50 and 

 $2. 50 per doz. 



DIEFFENBACHIAS. 



Handsome decorative plants, with bold ornamental foliage; useful for the warm 

 conservatory. 



Baumanni. Rich deep green leaves, blotched with irregular markings of light pea- 

 green. 



Leonei. An effectively marked new variety with large leaves, 

 apple-green ground-color, irregularly bordered and blotched 

 with dark drab-green. 



riag^ifica. Shining sombre green foliage, variegated with 

 white blotches and spots. 



Price, 50 cts. each. Set of three sorts, $1.25. 



DRACAENAS. 



The Dracaena should be given a light, fibrous soil, with just 

 enough loam in it to give it a body. Drainage should be good. 

 The watering should be liberal and showering frequent. The 

 variegated sorts require plenty of light to bring out the richness 

 of their coloring. 



Amabilis. Foliage bright glossy green, marked and suffused 



with pink and creamy white. 50 cts. and $1.00 each. «f 



Deremensis Warnecki. Green foliage prettily variegated 

 with white stripes. 75 cts. each. 

 Fragrans. An excellent house plant, with broad dark green foliage; 

 grows under the most adverse conditions. 25 cts., 50 cts., and $1.00 

 each. 

 Oodseffiana. Entirely different from all other Dracaenas; of free-branch- 

 ing habit, forming compact, graceful specimens. Its foliage is of strong, 

 leathery texture; rich, dark-green color densely marked with irregular 

 spots of creamy-white, 3-inch pots, 25 cts. each. 

 Imperialis. Robust growing, dark-green foliage, with bright pink shad- 

 ings and edgings in the young growth. 50 cts. and $1.00 each. 



Sanderiana. A graceful variety with glaucous green foliage, 

 edged with a broad border of creamy-white. 25 cts. each. 



Superba. A graceful plant with narrow bronze foliage, the 

 young leaves bright carmine. 50 cts. and $1.00 each. 



Terminalis. Rich crimson foliage; marked with pink and 

 white. 30 cts., 50 cts. and $1.00 each. 



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EUGENIA. 



Microphylla. A pretty little plant with small dark green 

 foliage, excellent for Fern Dishes or window garden. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Clematis Indivisa 



