HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— DECORATIVE PLANTS 



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IXORAS. 



These are among the showiest of hothouse flowering plants. The flowers are 

 borne in large terminal corymbs, shaped somewhat like a Bouvardia. 

 Chelsonii. Brilliant salmon-orange. 

 Dixiana. Deep orange in large trusses. 

 Flore lutea. ^"ery large creamy-yellow. 

 Incarnata. Delicate flesh color. 

 Javanica. Deep orange-red. 



50 cts. each. Set of h varieties for $2.00. 



JASIWINUM. 



Grandiflorum { Ciitdlmii'in, or Star Jasmine). Very fragrant single white 



flowers, in bloom continuously. 15 cts. each. 

 Orand Duke. Double white, fragrant flowers. 2,o cts. each. 



I^AGERSTRCEIIIA (Crape MyrtU. 



This is one of the prettiest shrubs, and while hardy soutli of the Potomac, re- 

 quires protection in this latitude. All, however, that is necessary i-, to winter the 

 plants in a cellar or similar ]>osition where they will be protected from very severe 

 weather. 



Indica. Delicate soft pink. 50 cts. each. 

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



LAPAGERIA. 



Extremely beautiful ornamental greenhouse climber, producing numerous fine, 

 large, bell shaped, waxy flowers of great substance, lasting a long time in bloom. 

 Rosea. Rich, rosy-crimson. $"2.50 each. 

 Alba. Pure waxy-white. $3.00 each. 



EEEA. 



Amabilis Splendens. A pretty foliage plant for the warm conservatory; the leaves 

 of a rich, deep olive-green with silvery-white midrib and veins. $1.00 each. 



MARANTA. 



Valuable decorative hothouse plants, remarkable for the rich- 

 ness and beauty of their varied foliage. 



Each. 



Makoyana $0 50 



l-At.i Ks 1 na-;Mi A (Lrapc Myrtit- 



Classoni .... 

 Ooveniana. . 

 lllustris . . . 



Insignis 



Kerchoviana 



Each. 

 .$0 75 



25 



75 

 . 50 



•lb 



Rosea Lineata vo 



Sanderi 1 00 



Van den Meckel 75 



Vittata 1 00 



One each of the 10 varieties for $5.00. 



MEDINII^I^A. 



The Medinillas are among the most gorgeous tropical flower- 

 ing plants in cultivation, and most desiraljle for the amateur 

 •who has tlif; facilities of a hothouse. The plants continue in 

 flower from .^pril to July; the flowers are of a coral-red color, 

 and are borne in immense pyramidal r.iceines, frequently a foot 

 Jong. 



JVlagnifica. Flowers in pendulous racemes. $1.00 each. 

 riagnifica Superba. Very large pendulous racemes. $1.00 



each. 

 Amabilis. Racemes of flowers are held erect. $1.00 each. 



MUSA ENSETE (Abyssinian Banana). 



The grandest of all Bananas; the leaves are magnificent, 

 long, broad and massive. During the hot summer, when 

 planted out, it grows rapidly and attains gigantic proportions, 

 producing a tropical effect on the lawn or flower garden. Good 

 plants, 30 cts. each; strong plants in 5-inch pots, 50 cts. each; 

 very strong plfints in 7-inch pots that will give a quick effect, 

 $1.00 and $1.. 50 each; heavy plants in r2-inch tubs, $5.00 each. 



NEPHTHYTIS. 



Plcturata. An ornamental hothouse plant, requiring a nroist 

 atmosphere; dark-green, pointed, heart-shaped foliage, with 

 fern-like variegations in silvery-white. $1.00 each. 



NEPENTHES (Pitcher PUm). 



These interesting plants, with their curious pitchers, require 

 to be grown in a high, moist atmosphere, and in dense shade. 

 The .sorts offered are among the choicest of the genus. 



Eai h. Each. 



Mastersiana $2 50 



Pattersonii 2 50 



Phyllamphora 2 50 



Sedeni 2 00 



Splendida 2 00 



' Pandani's Veitchi. 



Atrosanguineum . . .$_: UO 



Courtii 3 00 



Dominiana 2 00 



Henryana .... 2 00 

 Intermedia 8 00 



One each of the 10 sorts for $20.00. 



OI^EA FRAGRANS (Sweetoiive). 



An old favorite greenhouse shrub, .succeeding admirably as a 

 house plant, producing small white flowers of the most ex- 

 quisite fragrance, continuing to bloom almost the entire winter. 

 50 Cts. each; large plants, $1.00 and $1.50 each. 



PANDANITS (Screw Pine). 

 Pacificus. A rare and beautiful species, with broad, massive, 

 dark green foliage. 3-inch pots, 35 cts. each; 4-inch iiotj, 

 50 cts. each; 5-inch pots, $1.00 each. 



Veitchi. One of the finest decorative plants for the house; 

 graceful foliage, broadly striped wi'h creamy-white on a 

 green ground. 4-inch pots, 12 inches liigh, 75 cts. 'each; 

 6inch pots, 18 inches high, $1.50 each; S-inch pots, 30 

 inches high, $3.00 each. 



