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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



As the name implies this is an ele- 



PALM. 



The following is a select list of rare and handsome varie- 

 ties, which can be recommended of easy culture for apart- 

 ments, conservatory decoration, or vase plants during the 

 summer. The prices vary according to size and rarity. 

 Areca Baueri. $3. 



A. Lutescens. Fine yellow stems ; a beautiful palm of fine 

 color and graceful habit; for a dinner-table or green-house 

 decoration. $3 to $6. 

 A. Verschaffelti. One of the most elegant varieties. $3 to 



$6. 

 Brahea (Pritchardia) Filamentosa. Resembles Latania 

 Borbonica, hung with long white threads. $1 to $2. 1 



Carludovica Palmata. The Panama hat palm. Ingrowth 



like Latania Borbonica. $1 to $5. 

 C. Incisa. Cut foliage. $1 to $5. 

 Caryota Urens. $1. 

 Chamaedora Elegans. 

 gant plant. $3 to $10. 

 ChamaerOps Excelsa. 

 grower and easy culture. 

 C. Giesbrechti. $1. 

 C. Humulis. $3. 

 Cocos Weddelliana. The most elegant and graceful of 



all the smaller palms. $3 to $5. 

 Corypha Australis. {Australian Fan Palm.) Of easy 



culture and good grower. 50 cents to $1. 

 Curculigo Recurvata. A remarkably graceful palm-like 

 plant for decorative purposes. 50 cents to $3. 



Latania (Livistona) Borbonica. {Chinese Fan 

 Pabn.) One of the most desirable for ordinary culti- 

 vation; a good grower. 50 cents to $15. 

 Oreodoxa Regia. $3. 



Phoenix Dactylifera. {The Date Palm.) $2.50 to $5. 

 Phcenix Rupicala. A beautiful species. $5. 

 P. Reclinata. $3 to $5- 

 P. Sylvestris. $3 to $5. 



Seaforthia Elegans. One of the handsomest of 

 green-house palms, of very easy culture. $1, $3 and $5. 



A handsome fan palm ■ 

 50 cents to Si. 



fast 



SEAFORTHIA ELEGANS. 



C. Recurvata Variegata. A beautiful variegated 



form of the above. $5. 

 Cycas Revoluta. {Sago Palm.) $5. 

 Heterospathe Elata. This plant ranks amongst the 



most ornamental of the pinnate-leaved series, gi.50. 

 Kentia Belmoreana. The leaves are beautifully 



crisp. Si. 50. 

 Kentia Fosterianad. Robust habit and growth. 



$1.50. 

 Latania Glaucophylla. Glaucous green leaves. $2.50. 



PANDANUS UTILIS— Screw Pine. 



Called Screw Pine from the arrangement of the leaves on the stem. Excellently adapted for the centre of vases 

 and baskets, or grown as a single specimen ; a beautiful plant. 50 cts. to $3. 



Javanica Variegata. Leaves green, with broad stripes of pure white gracefully curved. $1 to S3. 

 Veitchi. This splendidly-variegated Screw Pine is one of the most attractive plants. The leaves are light green, 

 beautifully marked with broad stripes and bands of pure white, and most gracefully curved. $1.50 to $5 . 



PANSY. 



This plant has received special selection and culture, so that the stock offered can be relied on as embracing the 

 best from foreign and domestic collections, comprising the various shades of color with flowers of the largest size 

 and fine form. 15 cents ; $1.50 per dozen. Out of frames, $1 per dozen. 



PASSIFLORA— Passion Flower. 



Very handsome climbing plants, growing rapidly and blooming freely, with blue, 

 purple or scarlet blossoms. P. Ccerulea and Incarnata are hardy ; the other sorts 

 require green-house culture. 



Ccerulea. Blue ; hardy with protection. 25 cts. 



Incarnata. Perfectly hardy ; blue flowers, free flowering. 25 cts. 



Insignis {Tacsonia). Crimson, blue mottled with white tube. Si. 50. 



Pfordti. Beautiful blue flowers. 50 cts. 



Princeps. Scarlet, very effective. 50 cts. 



Racemosa. Purple. 30 cts. 



Van Volxemi ( Tacsonia). Crimson. 30 cts. 



SPOTTED AND SHOW PELARGONIUM. 



We offer a carefully selected collection from the latest and best English and 

 French varieties, which can be highly recommended to all lovers of these rich and 

 showy flowering plants. 50 cents; $4.50 per dozen. Medium size, 30 cents; $3 

 per dozen, except where noted. 

 Admiration. Carmine, white, maroon and violet. 

 Baltic. Crimson and scarlet, centre shaded with violet. 

 Beadsman. Pink, with maroon spot. 

 Belle de Paris. Salmon rose, blotched maroon. 

 Bertha. Rich maroon, white centre. 



PASSIFLORA. 



