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Aspidistra 



Lurida. One of the easiest decorative plants to grow. A most 

 useful house plant, thriving in a hallway or a comparatively 

 dark place in the room where nothing else will succeed. 5-inch 

 pots, S2.00; 6-inch pots, S2.S0, and 7-inch pots, S3.50 each. 

 Specimen plants, 8-inch tubs, $5.00 each. 



— variegata. The dark green leaves are striped with white. 

 5-inch pots, S2.50 each; 6-inch pots, S3. 50 each. 



Dreer's China Asters 



Superb Late Branching. The finest type of Cliina Aster for 

 the amateur. Of strong, robust habit, 2J feet high, and bearing 

 large Chr>'santhemum-hke flowers from August to October. We 

 can supply nice plants in May and June in the following colors: 

 Azure Blue, Deep Crimson, Deep Purple, Rose-Pink, Shell 

 Pink, Pure White. $1.00 per doz.; S8.00 per 100. 



Japanese Kurume Azaleas 



These are most valuable additions to our limited list of winter 

 flowering plants. They are evergreen and must be kept under 

 glass during the winter because they are not hardy in the North, 

 The 6 varieties which we offer here include all the finest varieties 

 in a wide range of beautiful colors. We ofier strong, husky plants 

 of these. 

 Christmas Cheer. The name refers to its brilliant color— a 



real Christmas red. Large, semi-double blooms. 

 Coral Bells. Coral pink shading to deeper pink in the center. 



Small hose-in-hose flowers borne most profusely. 

 Orange Beauty. Large orange-pink flowers combined into im- 

 mense clusters. A very beautiful Japanese Azalea. 

 Pink Pearl. The flowers are an attractive shade of salmon-rose 



with full trusses hose-in-hose. 

 Salmon Beauty. Large, semi-double flowers of brilliant salmon- 

 rose. A free and early flowering variety. 

 Snow. The dainty double blooms are a pure snow white. A 

 very lovely variety that is most desirable. 

 Any of the above in strong 

 bushy plants SI. 50 each. 



Azalea indica 



Deservedly popular plants for the conservatory and window 



garden. We offer 7 distinct varieties in nice bushy plants. 



Empress of India. Large double flower of salmon-rose, car- 

 mine and white suffusion. 



Fred Sander. A beautiful, large, double, deep rose-pink. 



John Haerens. Double d«ep rose-pink with white markings. 



Mme. Van der Cruyssen. Beautiful semi-double carmine-rose. 



Professor Walters. Large single salmon-pink deepening to the 

 center. The petals are prettily fringed. 



Vervaeneana. Large double salmon-pink with white margin. 



— alba. Large double pure white, occasionally showing a few 

 red flakes. 



Bushy plants, 8 to 10 inches in diameter, $1.50 each. 



For hardy Azaleas we refer you to page 114 of this cata- 

 logue, where we give a list of the most popular varieties. 

 The Japanese Kurume Azaleas are hardy as far north as 

 Philadelpliia and Long Island if weU protected. 



Bclupciune guttata 



Beloperone guttata— 5/jrjmp Plant 



A singularly attractive noveltj-. The inflorescence of Beloperone 

 is composed of a series of overlapping bracts or floral leaves. 

 These bracts assume a rich golden bronze tint when the plant is 

 exposed to full light and the two-lipped white flowers are produced 

 successively between these bracts. The lower lip of the flower has 

 a tessellated marking of pale purple, while the upper lip forms a 

 hood over the dark stamens. A most attractive plant for the 

 mixed border or a most desirable house plant 30c each; $3.00 

 per doz. 



Fibrous- Rooted Begonias 



Argentea guttata. Foliage of rich green spotted with silver 

 Corallina lucerna. Gigantic trusses of bronzy-red flowers, in 



bloom continuously from April to November. 

 Haageana. Large trusses of creamy-white flowers suffused with 



pink. The foliage is bold and attractive, of a bronzy-green 



above and reddish on the under side. 



35c each. One each of the 3 sorts for $1.00. 



Bougainvillea 



Crimson Lake. The flowers are like all other Bougainvilleas, 

 perhaps a trifle larger, but in coloring none compare with it in 

 richness and brilliance. On first opening they are a briUiant 

 crimson-lake, retaining this color for three or four weeks and 

 then gradually passing to a crimson-carmine. An attractive 

 pot plant for the conser\'atory. Strong plants, 50c each. 



NOTE — Plants smaller than 4 inch pot size can be sent by Parcel Post if remittance is made to cover postage 

 and special packing as noted on page 113. Larger plants must be sent by express at purchaser's expense. 



