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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— DECORATIVE PLANTS 



POLYPODIUM MANDA1ANUM SEEDLING 



Decorative Dracaenas 



Bertha Andre. Heavy broad bronze foliage. 3-inch pots, 50 

 cts. each; 4-inch pots, $1.00 each. 



Fragrans. An excellent house plant with broad dark-green foli- 

 age; grows under the most adverse conditions. 50 cts. and 

 $1.00 each. 



Godseffiana. Entirely different from all other Dracaenas; of 

 free-branching habit, forming compact, graceful specimens. Its 

 foliage is of strong, leathery texture, rich, dark-green color dense- 

 ly marked with irregular spots of creamy-white. 3-inch pots, 

 35 cts. each; 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each. 



Indivisa Douceti. A pretty variegated form, the green leaves 

 being edged with white. Good specimens in 6-inch pots, $3.00 

 each. 



Juno. Large massive broad foliage, green, marked and edged 

 creamy white and rose. 3-inch pots, 50 cts. each; 4-inch pots, 

 $1.00 each. 



Massangeana. A beautiful variegated form of Fragrans with 

 broad, green foliage, with a broad, golden-yellow band through 

 the centre of each leaf. 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each; 5-inch pots, 

 $2.00 each. 



Mrs. Eugene Andre. One of the finest high colored varieties 

 yet introduced with heavy bronzy foliage developing to an in- 

 tense brilliant rosy-crimson. 3-inch pots, 50 cts. each; 4-inch 

 pots, $1.00 each. 



Sanderiana. A distinct and pretty variety with glaucous green 

 foliage, edged with a broad border of creamy white. 3-inch pots, 

 50 cts. each. Bushy plants in 4-inch pots, $1.50 each; bushy 

 plants in 5-inch pots, $2.00 each. 



Epiphyllum (Crab-Cactus) 



Truncatum. An interesting Cactus that was formerly ex- 

 tensively grown as a house plant for the window garden and 

 which is well worthy of being reinstated. It produces large 

 showy tubular shaped flowers of a rosy-red color late in winter 

 or in early spring remaining in flower for several weeks. Good 

 plants in 4-inch pots. $1.00 each. 



Fittonia 



Trailing plants, with handsome variegated foliage, most useful 

 in the conservatory for planting on surface of pots or tubs con- 

 taining specimen plants. 



Argyroneura. Vivid green with network of pure white veins. 

 Verschaffelti. Bronzy-green, with pink variegation. 



Price either of above 25 cts. each. 



DREER'S FINE FERNS 



We offer below but a few of the mor? important Decorative 

 Ferns. 



Adiantum Wrighti. A compi~atively new variety of the 

 Maiden Hair type with large fronds which are of a particularly 

 rich pleasing green color. 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each."' 



Cibotium Schiedei {Mexican Tree Fern). One of the most 

 desirable and valuable Ferns for room decoration. 4-inch pots, 

 $1.00 each; 6-inch pots, $2.50 each. 



Cyrtomium Rochfordianum Compactum {Crested Holly 

 Fern). Next to the Boston Ferns, the Holly Fern is the most 

 satisfactory for apartment use. Foliage of rich glossy dark green, 

 the pinnae or leaflets, besides being wavy or undulated on the 

 edges, are also deeply cut or toothed giving the plant a graceful 

 and light appearance. 2j-inch pots, 15 cts. each; 3-inch pots, 

 25 cts.; 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each. 



Nephrolepis Bostoniensis {Boston Fern). The original type 

 with long graceful fronds. 4-inch pots, 50 cts.; 6-inch pots, 

 $1.50 each. Specimen plants in 10-inch tubs, $7.50 each. 



Polypodium Mandaianum Seedlings. Fronds wavy and 

 undulated and of an attractive glaucous-blue color; very hardy 

 house plants. 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each; 6-inch pots, $2.00 each. 

 Specimen plants in 11-inch tubs, $7.50 each. 



Pteris Alexandriae. The crested fronds of this pretty variety 

 are variegated with silvery-white. 2|-inch pots, 15 cts.; 4-inch 

 pots, 50 cts. each. 



Pteris Rivertoniana. The most desirable of the taller crested 

 forms of Pteris. 2j-inch pots, 15 cts.; 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each. 



Pteris Wilsoni. Of compact habit, forming a very symmetrical 

 plant. The bright green foliage is beautifully crested. 2j-inch 

 pots, 15 cts.; 4-inch pots, 50 cts. each. 



Ferns for Fern Dishes 



We can supply the most desirable varieties for this purpose, 

 2|-inch pots, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



FicUS (Rubber Plant) 



Australis. A rapid-growing compact, free-branching variety, 

 with small, leathery, dark-green leaves. Very attractive when 

 grown in bush form. 4-inch pots, 75 cts. each. Larger plants, 

 $1.00 and $2.00 each. 



Elastica. The well-known Rubber Plant. 4-inch pot, 10 inches 

 high, 75 cts. each; 6-inch pot, 20 to 24 inches high, $1.50 each. 



Utilis. Entirely distinct and unlike the popular Rubber Plant, 

 ye£ possessing the same hardiness. The leaves are thick and 

 leathery, of a rich holly-green, with midrib and principal veins 

 of ivory-white. Strong plants, $1.00 and $2.00 each. 



Genista 



Fragrans. A most desirable spring-flowering plant, producing its 

 fragrant, bright, golden-yeilow flowers in the greatest profusion. 

 As a window-plant of easiest culture it is unsurpassed. Espe- 

 cially desirable for Easter decoration. Fine plants in 4-inch pots. 

 Flowering size. 75 cts. each. 



HibiSCUS Sinensis (Chinese Hibiscus) 



Well-known evergreen tender shrubs which may be grown either 

 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. 



Aurantiacus. Fine double pure salmon. 



Grandiflorus. 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. 



30 cts. each; set of 4 sorts for $1.00. 



NOTE — Plants will be sent by Parcel Post if remittance is made to cover postage and special packing as noted on the order 

 blank and inside of front cover of this catalogue. 



