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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— DECORATIVE PLANTS 



ASPARAGUS. 



Pluitiosus Nanus {Asparagus Fern). If there is a better plant for 

 table decoration than this we do not know it. The foliage is more deli- 

 cate than that of the finest Fern, being lace-like in its filminess. A plant 

 with half a dozen stalks is a mass of dainty, misty green, among which 

 the stems of a few flowers can be thrust in such a manner as to make the 

 combination far superior artistically, to most expensive decorations pre- 

 pared for the table by the professional florist. 15.cts. and 25 cts. each; 

 $1.50 and 12,50 per doz. 



Sprengeri (Emerald Feather). Excellent for hanging baskets, for 

 bracket use and for cutting. It is one of the best of all plants for 

 the window-box when planted on the outside, where it can droop over 

 the edge of the box. 15 cts. and 25 cts. each; $1.50 and $2.50 per doz. 



ASPIDISTRA. 



The Aspidistra is the easiest of all decorative plants to 

 grow well. Give it a loamy soil and plenty of water and it 

 will ask for nothing more. 



A useful plant for the veranda in summer 

 and for hardiness has no equal as a house 

 plant at any season; it will 

 succeed even in a compar- 

 atively dark hall where few 

 other plants would live. 



Lurida. Green-leaved, 60 

 cts., 75 cts. and $1.00 

 each. 



Lurida Variegata. A pretty varie- 

 gated form, the foliage being striped 

 with white. 75 cts. and $1.00 each. 



BOUGAIlVVII.I*EA. 



Sanderiana This beautiful free-flowering 

 variety is very popular, especially as a 

 plant for Easter. Its brillant rosy-crim- 

 son blossoms are produced from early in 

 March until midsummer; in fact, a plant 

 will frequently flower the greater part of 

 the year. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 



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Fancy-Leaved Caladiums 



Fibrous - Rooted 

 BBGOXIAS. 



This class is entirely distinct 

 from the tuberous-rooted sorts 

 and are among the freest- 

 flowering ornamental leaved 

 pot plants for house or con- 

 servatory decoration, flowering 

 continuously, summer and 

 winter. 



Alba Picta. Leaves glossy 

 green, freely spotted with 

 silvery- white; flowers white. 



Argentea Guttata. Foli- 

 age of rich green, spotted 

 with silver. 



iiaageana. As a permanent plant 

 for the window garden or the conserva- 

 tory, this is one of the most desir- 

 able and an easy variety to manage; 

 the same plants can be carried from 

 year to year, finally developing into 

 grand specimens, which during the 

 winter months are loaded with large 

 trusses of creamy-white flowers, suf- 

 fused with pink, the foliage being bold and attractive, of a 

 bronzy-green above and reddish on the under side. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 

 Metallica. Lustrous bronze-green foliage; veins depressed and 



dark red; rosy-white flowers. 

 li.ubra {Coral Begonia). Flowers scarlet-rose; glossy and wax- 

 like. 



Price, except where noted, 15 cts. each, ^1.50 per doz. 



BOUVARDIA. 



Humboldt! Corymbiflora. A splendid late fall and early winter- 

 flowering plant, producing clusters of Jasmine-like flowers; a 

 most valuable plant for the conservatory and window garden. 15 

 cts. each; $1.60 per doz. 



FANCY-I^EAVED CAI.ADIUMS. 



No other summer foliage plant equals the Fancy Caladiums in rich 

 and gorgeous, yet soft coloring. All of the varieties are of marvel- 

 ous beauty for the furnishing of the conservatory during the summer 

 months, for window-boxes or even for outdoor bedding in shady or 

 semi -shady positions. Their culture is fully described in our new 

 book, "Dreer's Hints on the Growing of Bulbs." Price, 25 cents, 

 or will be sent free to customers if asked for at time of ordering. 



We offer a choice selection of 12 distinct varieties, 25 cts. each, 

 the set of 12 sorts, $2.50. 



Aspidistra Lurida Variegata 



