Dreer's Wholesale Price List 



OF SEASONABLE PLANTS FOR FLORISTS 



A Our stock of decorative plants is, as usual at this season of the year, very complete in a full line of popular sizes, and [ 



^ the quality of the plants is of the same high standard for which our stock is celebrated. Whenever possible pay our Nursery ^ 



i a visit and make a personal inspection of the plants. Measurements where given are the heights of the plants from the [ 



i top of the pot to the top of the plant in its natural position. i. 



Abutilons. 



Twelve choice assorted varieties, 3-inch pots, 75 cts. per dozen ; 

 $5.00 per 100. 



Acanthus. 



Montanus. A splendid new stove plant with deeply cut foliage, 

 which is of a deep green color with darker markings and producing 

 a stately spike of interesting flowers of a creamy-rose color, veined 

 with light purple. Awarded a first-class certificate by the Royal 

 Horticultural Society of London. Strong plants $1.00 each. 



/Eschynanthus Grandiflorus. 



A pretty trailing or basket plant for the warm conservatory, bearing 

 attractive orange scarlet flowers. 3-inch pots, 20 cts. each ; $2.00 per 

 dozen. 



Aglaonema. 



Dwarf-growing Aroids, with pretty, variegated foliage, suitable for 



the warm conservatory. 



JVlaranteefoIium Maculatum. Dark green foliage, variegated green- 

 ish white. 



Pictum. Rich, verdant green, marbled and spotted green and silver 



40 cents each ; $4.00 per dozen. 



Alocasia. 



Argyrea. A pretty species with metallic green foliage and silvery 



grey ribs and veins. $1.00 each. 

 Macrohiza Variegata. Bright green foliage with large white 



blotches, very bold and effective. 75 cts. and $1.00 each. 



Alpinia Sanderae. 



A handsome new species from New Guinea of this useful class of 

 stove plant, with erect stems and short-stalked, glabrous leaves, 4 to 5 

 inches long by ^ to 1% inches wide, tapering at both ends ; of a rich, 

 shining green, regularly striped at close intervals with broad white 

 bands diverging from the midrib to the margin. 75 cts. each. 



Aphelandra. 



Roezlii. A pretty hothouse plant, with silvery-green foliage and 

 showy terminal spikes of bright, red-bracted flowers, produced prin- 

 cipally during the late autumn. 15 cts. each ; Ji-so per dozen. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA 



Anthuriums. 



Andreanum Hybrids. A fine collection of seedlings, from which we 

 can select the following colors, in large-sized flowers : White, red 

 and rose. 75 cts. and $1.00 each. 

 Scherzerianum, Brilliant scarlet flowers, sects, each. 



" Album. Medium-sized white flowers. $1.50 each. 



" Rothschildianum. Creamy- white, spotted with 



crimson. $r.ooeach. 

 " Sanguineum. Rich crimson. Ji.ooeach. 



Magnificum. Grown for its beautiful, bold striking foliage, which is 

 of rich olive green, with silvery veins. Strong plants, I1.50 each. 



Aralia. 



Handsome decorative foliage plants for the stove or warm conser- 

 vatory ; elegant for exhibition purposes. 

 Chabrierii. Long, narrow, deep-green foliage with crimson-bronze 



midrib. 75 cts. each. 

 Elegantlssima. A graceful species with finely divided metallic-green 



foliage. 75 cts. each. 

 Kerchoveana. An elegant slender-stemmed species, foliage rather 



broad, margins conspicuously undulated, of a deep glossy green, 



relieved by a pale midrib. 75 cts. each. 

 Veitchii. A handsome species, with narrow leaflet, having undu- 

 lated edges of a dark green above and red underneath; a fine table 



plant. 75 cts. each. 

 — Qracillima. Similar to the above, but very narrow foliage. 75 



cts. each. 



Araucaria Excelsa (Norfolk Island Pine). 



Our stock of Araucarias is very complete in all sizes. The plants 

 are all of good value, and will be found a profitable investment to grow 

 on for winter sales. Each 



4-inch pots, 5 to 6 inches high, 2 tiers $0 30 



5 " " 10 to 12 " " 3 " 60 



6 " " 13 to 15 " " 3to4 " 75' 



6 " " 14 to 16 " " 4 " I 00 



7 " " 16 to 18 " " 4 " I 25 



Araucaria Excelsa Qlauca. 



5-inch pots, 8 inches high, 2 tiers $0 75 



6 " " loto 12 " " 3 " I °° 



7 " " 13 to 15 " " 4 " • ■ ■ I 50 



7 " " 16 to 18 " " 4 " 2 00 



Araucaria Robusta Compacta. 



6-inch pots, 8 inches high, 2 tiers |[ 00 



6 " " 10 to 12 " " 3 " i I 25 



7 ■' " 12 to 14 " " 3 " I 50 



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