Dreer 's Garden Cale7idar. 



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MUSA ENSETE. 



The noblest of all plants is this great Abyssinian 

 Bauaua. 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 luxuriantly from S to 12 feet high. 

 It is used with success in the parks of Europe, and 

 the experience on our own grounds proves that it 

 stands the rain and storms exceedingly well. In 

 our hot summers it luxuriates and attains gigantic 

 proportions, producing a tropical appearance, and 

 should find a place in every collection, where there 

 is a conservatory or greenhouse, for planting there- 

 in during the winter; and being easily removed, 

 presents the same grand efiect on the lawn, terrace, 

 or flower-garden, when bedded out in the summer. 

 Tliose nothaving the above convenience, by cutting 

 the leaves ofi", can store it in a light cellar during 

 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 these plants, which enables us to offer 

 them at a low price. 



Large plants, 5 feet high $5 00 



2 to 3 feet high 2 50 



"i'^u^y 



NERIUM— Oleander. 



The improvements lately made in this class of popular and easily cultivated plants have been 



really striking. The double varieties do not show their character until the plants become strong. 



Album Plenum— Xew Double White. An introduction from the West Indies. Long, 

 slender foliage ; fine double white flowers. 75 cts. 



Atropurpukeum Plenum. The richest blood-red crimson color, quite double and finely im- 

 bricated. 50 cts. 



Flavum Duplex. Large, semi-double, yellow flowers; early and free flowering. 50 cts. 



Madoni Grandifloba. Fully as large as the double pink, and nearly as double ; pure white ; 

 strong habit. 30 cts. ; .$3 per doz. 



Prof. Durand. White, duplex flowers, yellow throat. 50 cts. 



Splendens. Double pink. 25cts. to$l.' 



NIEREMBERGIA FRUTESCENS. 



A well-known bedding plant of splendid grass-like habit, with bluish-white flowers an incJi 

 in diameter ; flowering from June to October. 20 cts. ; $2 per doz. 



OLEA FRAGRANS. 



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

 conservatory. $1. 



^ OTHONNA CRASSIFOLIA. 



Resembling the Sedums in growth and habit ; the flowers are bright yellow, like small tassels, 

 which are borne in great profusion ; a splendid plant for baskets and vases, trailing a long dis- 

 tance. It stands the hottest sun. 15 cts. ; $1.50 per doz. 



OXALIS DEPPII. 



A summer-flowering oxalis, excellent for summer borders and edgings. The leaves are of a 

 lively green with a black zone, and form a handsome rounded habit, for which it is grown, 

 rather than for the limited number of flowers which it produces. The bulbs are kept during 

 the winter away from frost. 10 cts. per doz. ; 50 cts. per 100. 

 Oxalis Lasiandra. Similar to the above in habit, leaves divided in nine divisions, flower? 



standing well above the foliage. The bulbs are planted an inch apart. 10 cts. per doz. ; 



50 cts. per 100. 



P/tONIE— Tree. 



This plant, instead of dying down to the ground every winter, as the herbaceous variety, is a 

 small, hard-wooded shruS. The flower is the same in form as the common varietv, but of a 

 light pink or blush color. $1.50. 



