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DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. 



Greenhouse Bulbs and Tubers. 



AWWUIS, 



Splendid flowering bulbs, suitable for the greenhouse, or room culture. They should be grown 

 in puts, well drained, in a soil of equal parts peat, leaf mould, and loam. They are showy Lily 



shaped flowers. 



EACH 



Aulica, dark crimson §2.50 



Choice Hybrids, imported from Ghent... 1.50 

 Formosissima, (Spreikelia) 25 



Johnsonii, scarlet and white 2-00 



Prince of Orange, bright orange, large, 2.00 

 Vittata, white, striped with bright rose.. 2.00 



crciAtf£N. 



Few plants are more showy than the Cyclamen; 

 . blooming in the Winter and early Spring months in 

 the greenhouse, the flowers being singular in shape, 

 of various colors, with beautiful foliage. The soil 

 should be very light and rich, containing a good 

 part of peat and sand, with well-rotted cow manure. 



Persicum (Aleppicum), white, with crimson 



ring $3 per doz. $0.30 



Persicum Album (Aleppicum), pure white 50 



" Roseum " rosy red 50 



" Rubrum, crimson 5fl 



Coum, flowers brilliant red 60 



European Album, pure white 30 



" Roseum, rose colored 30 



Heder^efolium Rubrum, large, rosy purple... 80 

 Pyrenaicum Odoratum (Neapolitanum), red, 



fragrant 30 



c^Mcsuwr. 



This class of beautiful variegated foliage plants, margined and delicately traced with various 

 rich colors, and elegantly spotted and mottled, give them a rare beauty. When alone or inter- 

 mingled with other plants, they are valuable for summer decoration of the conservatory or 

 greenhouse, and require a moist, warm atmosphere. The tubers require to be kept in a warm, 

 dry place during the winter, and must be started in the spring in a warm house or hot-bed, with 

 bottom heat — some of the hardier varieties can be planted in a shady situation out of doors. 

 50 cents to $1.00 each. Assortments from $5.00 to $10.00 per dozen. 



1X1/1 



The best season for planting these beautiful flower-bulbs is during the autumn months; 

 being small, they are most effective when planted in stores of three, four, or six, in each pot, of 

 four or six inches in diameter. 



Named varieties. 



EACH. 



.. 10 



DOZ. 



$1.00 



ka<-h. noz. 

 Mixed 8 $0.SO 



These are profuse bloomers, and very attractive in the greenhouse during the winter. Plant 

 three or four bulbs in a pot; the pots should be kept near the glass to prevent the foliage from 

 growing too long. 



each. doz. i 

 Named varieties 10 $1.00 Mixed. 



each. doz. 

 .: 8 $0.80 



Named varieties. 



Sf/WXIS, 



Their treatment is similar to the Ixia. 



each. doz. I 

 15 $1-60 I Mixed 



EACH. DOZ- 

 ,. 10 $1-00 



