DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. ETC. 29 



MUSA ENSETE. 



The noblest of all plants is this great Abys- 

 sinian Banana. The fruit of this variety is not 

 edible, but the leaves are magnificent, long, 

 broad, and massive, of a beautiful green, with 

 a broad crimson mid-rib the plant grows luxu- 

 riantly from 8 to 12 feet high. It is used with 

 - in the parks of Europe, and our expe- 

 rience last summer on our own grounds proves 

 that it stands the rain and storms without 

 laceration. In our hot summers it luxuriates 

 and attains gigantic proportions, producing 

 really a tropical appearance, and should find a 

 place in every collection, where there is a con- 

 servatory or greenhouse, for planting therein 

 during the winter, from the fact of its present- 

 in/ an ornamental appearance among the other 

 plants ; and being easily removed, presents the 

 same grand effect on the lawn, terrace, or flower- 

 garden, when bedded out in the summer. Those 

 not having the above convenience, by cutting 

 the leaves off. can store it in a light cellar dur- 

 ing the winter, with a covering of soil, or 

 planted in a tub, water sparingly. When 

 planted out in the summer with good drainage 

 it cannot receive too much water. We have 

 been successful in raising a fine lot of the^e 

 plants from seed, which enables us to place this splendid plant within the reach of every one. 



Extra specimens, 4 years old. $20. 1 



Large plants, 5 feet high. Net. 



Small plants, 1 to 2 feet high. $3. J 



MARANTAS. 



The Marantas are all showy and beautiful plants, admirably adapted for the window-box, 

 Wardian case, etc. 





Baraquini. 50 cents. 

 BlCOLOB. 50 cents. 



Fasciata. 5<j cei 



LlNDENI. $1 



Makoyaxa. 50 cents. 



Van lex Heckei. 50 cents. 



MlCAHS. 25 to 50 cents. 

 Prixceps. 75 cents. 

 REGALI8. $1. 



Rosea Picta. $1.50. 

 ViBGINALIS. 7o cents. 

 Zebrixa. 50 cents. 



MYRSIPHYLLUM ASPARAGOIDES Smilax . 



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

 formation 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 exten- 

 sively cultivated in Boston and Xew York for this purpose. 30 cents. $3 per dozen. 

 Extra strong, 50 cents. New crop seed, $3 per ounce. 25 cents per packet. 



MANDARIN ORANGES. 



The favorite miniature orange. 50 cents to $2. Myrtle-leaved orange. $1 to $2. 



NERTERA DEPRESSA. 



A new Euphorbiaceous creeping plant with small round leaves, covered in early summer 

 with miniature bright-red berries, and having a similar growth to Lycopodium or moss. 

 30 cents. .$3 per dozen. 



OLEA FRAGRANS. 



A favorite greenhouse shrub, delightfully fragrant; the scert is sufficient to perfume a 

 lar^e conservatory $1. 



NEW OLEANDERS. 



Nericm Atbofubpubeum Plenum. 50cts. X. 

 N. Flavtum Duplex. 50 cents. N. 



N. Madoxa Graxdiflorum. 30 cents. N. 

 " " •' extra strong. $1.J N. 



New Double White. 50 cents. 

 Prof. Dubaxd. 50 cents, 

 Punctatum Plenum. 50 cents. 

 Purpurea Plena. 30 cents. 



