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DREEE'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. 



GREENHOUSE BULBS AND TUBERS. 



Showy flowering greenhouse bulbs, blooming profusely from May to October: are most 

 eftective when four or more bulbs are planted in each pot; require light rich soil plenty of 

 air, and slightly shaded from the sun, ' y f j 



Named Varieties. 30 cents. $3 per dozen. Mixed varieties. 20 cents. $2.00 per dozen. 



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

 grown in pots, well drained, in a soil of equal parts of peat, leaf-mould and loam. They are 

 showy lily-shaped flowers, producing from two to four on a stalk, and bloom early in the 

 spring. 



EACH 



AULICA. Dark crimson, shaded green... $2.50 

 JOHNSONI. Scarlet, striped with white ; 



very large bloom 2.00 



Peince of Orange. Bright orange ; 



large and handsome 2.00 



Choice Hybrids, imported from Ghent... 1.25 



ViTTATA. "White, striped with bright 

 rose $1.50 



Hybrids of Vittata, white ground, striped 

 with red 150 



Hybrids of Vittata, red ground, striped 

 with white 1.25 



e^MDiuwrs. 



This class of beautiful variegated foliage 

 plants, margined and delicately traced with va- 

 rious rich colors, and elegantly spotted and mot- 

 tled, are exceedingly handsome when alone or 

 intermingled with other plants. As a decorative 

 plant, they are unequalled, for the greenhouse or 

 conservatory in the summer months. They re- 

 quire a moist, warm temperature ; great care must 

 be taken in their earlier stages of growth, to pre- 

 vent decay of the tubers, or damping ofi". The 

 tubers can be best preserved during the winter in 

 charcoal dust in a warm room, and must be 

 started, in the spring, in a warm house or hot- 

 bed with bottom heat ; also do well planted in a 

 shady situation out of doors in June. 



30 cents. $3.00 per dozen. 



AUBER. Green, spotted, white and pink. 

 Baron Rothschild, Green, spotted and veined 



with orange crimson. 

 Beethoven. White, raid-ribs rose. 

 Belleymei. Green, mottled with white. 

 BicOLOR PiCTURATA. Arrow-shapcd leaf, with 



rosy-crimson centre. 

 BicoLOR Splendens. Deep crimson, with broad 



green margin, 

 Bohemicum, White with gray and pink. 

 Brongniarti. Large green and crimson. 

 Due DE Ratibon, Green shaded white, 



with crimson spots. 

 Enckei, Green, spotted with pink, 

 Endlicherianum. Green, large rose centre. 

 H^ematostigma. Green, crimson centre. 

 Hercules. Gray centre, and red spots. 

 Houlletti. White, gray and green. 

 Laucheaka. Metallic green. 

 Maxime Duval. Green veined and spotted 



with crimson, 



ALOCASIA JENNINGSI. 



This magnificent plant requires similar treatment to that given to Caladiums. It grows to 

 a height of two feet or more, producing leaves eight to ten inches long, and nearly as wide. 

 The ground color is glaucous green, set oft" with large oblong blotches of black. 25 cents. 

 $2.50 per dozen. 



Meyerbeer. White, mid-ribs red. 

 Milton. Red veins, gray centre, crimson 



spots. 

 Napoleon III. Green, crimson centre. 

 Newmani. Green, spotted rose. 

 Reine Victoria. Dark green, spotted with 



white and crimson. 

 Rossini. Pale centre, pink ribs, red spots. 

 Rubra Maculata. Green, orange spots. 

 W^iGHTi. Light green, crimson and white 



spots. 



