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DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS, ETC. 



fEpf6Ht®ftt£ AWQUSTirOLIA AUftEA. 



A very elegant summer bedding plant, and equally useful for greenhouse decoration ; foliage 

 brilliant golden-yellow, three inches long, and two inches wide ; margined with bright green 

 compact habit; fine also for baskets, vases, etc. Price, 20 cents each; $2 per dozen. 



We offer a very superior strain of this beautiful winter-flowering plant, grown from seed saved 

 from our splendid collection, which took the first premium at the Exhibition of the Penn Horti- 

 cultural Society in March last. Price, 35 cents each; $3 per dozen. 



MYRSIPHYLLUM ASPARAGOIDES (Smilax). 



A climbing plant, unsurpassed in the graceful beauty of its foliage, and its peculiar wavy for- 

 mation renders it one of the most valuable of all plants for vases or hanging-baskets. For 

 wreaths, festoons, and dressing the hair, it has become a great favorite, and is extensively culti- 

 vated in Boston and New York for this purpose. Strong two-year old plants from 50 cents to 

 $1 each. Small plants, 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 



©APB ^ASmWES (ifturitatej* 



Are desirable for their pure white and delightfully fragrant flowers; blooming in May, June, 

 and July, at a season when pure white flowers are scarce. They are highly prized in brides' 

 bouquets, wreaths, etc. Flowering plants from 50 cents to $2 each. Small plants, 30 cents each. 

 Gardenia Florida. Gardenia Fortunii. Gardenia Camellia-flora. 



Gardenia Radicans. Gardenia Radicans Variegata. 

 The Radicans varieties are dwarf, with small foliage and flowers. 



UWtlUA JAFOJNCA. 



The following list comprises the most popular varieties of this favorite winter-blooming plant. 

 The price varies according to size, and the number of flower buds, from $1 to $10 each; without 

 flower buds, from 50 cents upwards : 



Alba Plena, double white. 



Alba Plena, (Fimbriata), white; fringed edges. 



Caleb Copk, blush rose. 



Candidissima, creamy white. 



Duchesse d'Orleans, white, crimson-striped. 



Dunlap's, white. 



Feastii, delicate salmon and rose. 



Fordii, beautiful rose. 



Henri la Faver, salmon rose. 



Imbricata, crimson, white-spotted. 



Jeffersonii, deep crimson. 



Jenny Lind, white,with occasional flakes of rose. 



Lady Hume's Blush, peach color. 



Loweii, dark rose. 



Mrs. Abby Wilder, white, striped with car- 

 mine. 



Queen of Denmark, crimson, shaded with 

 rose. 



Reine de Fleurs, carmine, striped with white. 



Sarah Frost, rosy crimson. 



Sacco Magnifica, pale rose. 



Sherwoodii, light crimson. 



Tricolor, blush, crimson and rose. 



Wilderii, clear rose, fine. 



William Penn, dark-red. 



William IV., fine rose. 



REMONTANT; or, Monthly Carnation. 



Select list of varieties, expressly grown in pots, and trained for winter-flowering — large plants. 

 50 cents each ; $5 per dozen. 



Astoria, yellow, scarlet-striped. 



Attraction, white, striped with maroon. 



Brilliant, rosy scarlet. 



Defiance, crimson, shaded with purple. 



De Fontain, buff, striped pink, and vermilion. 



Edwardsii, pure white. 



Flat-Bush, pure white, fringed edge. 



La Purite, deep carmine, free-flowering. 

 Perfection, light purple. 

 President De Graw, pure white, free. 

 Radetzky, striped, blush and purple. 

 Star, pink, mottled with white. 

 Variegated La Purite, beautifully variegated 

 and striped. 



