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DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS, ETC. 



IWUiA JAfONICA. 



New Crimson Primrose. 



The London "Floral Magazine" remarks, " Since the day 

 when Lilium Auratuin was displayed for the first time to 

 the horticultural public, we cannot recollect so great a sensa- 

 tion to have been occasioned by any plant, as by that which 

 we now figure." 



It is styled in England, the " Queen of the Primroses," and 

 is perfectly hardy there. It was introduced by Mr. Fortune 

 from Japan. The leaves resemble those of the English Prim- 

 rose, but are about three times the size. The flowers arc pro- 

 duced on stems from eighteen inches to two feet high, with 

 five or six separate whorls of flowers of a deep, rosy purple, 

 with a dark eye. Blooms in April and May. 



We have succeeded in raising a fine stock of plants of this 

 novelty. They are now strong plants, in 5 and 6-inch pots, 

 certain of flowering next Spring. 



Price, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



j£k 3E1. XA@ 



Truly elegant and graceful, dwarf, tree-like 

 Ferns, so much admired as Specimen Plants, or 

 in Hanging Baskets, Vases, or Ferneries. No 

 collection is complete without them. 



Lojiaria GiBBA, very ornamental, and of easy 

 cultivation. Price, 25 cts. to $1 each, accord- 

 ing to size. 



Lomaria Ciliata (new), a new and still more 

 striking variety of the above, with broader, 

 gracefully-recurving, serrated Fronds. Price, 

 50 cts. to $1.00 each. 



JgSf* Seed of the above beautiful Ferns, at 

 25 cents per packet. 



RICHARDIA ALBA MACULATA. 



A dwarf variety of the " Calla Lily;" flowers smaller, leaves covered with pure white spots. 

 Price, 50 cents. 



SOLANUM WHEELERII. 



An improved variety of the old "Jerusalem Cherry," sent out by Mr. Williams of London. 

 Fruit more oval and growth handsomer than the old variety. Fine for house decoration. 

 Price, 50 cents. 



