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ASPARAGUS 



Plumosus Nanus {Asparagus Fern). A beautiful plant for table deco- 

 ration. The foliage is more delicate than that of the finest Fern, being 

 lace-like in its filminess. A plant with half a dozen stalks is a mass of 

 dainty, misty green, among which a few flowers can be thrust, making 

 a most artistic table decoration. 15 cts. and 25 cts. each; $1.50 and 

 $2.50 per doz. 



Sprengeri. Invaluable as a decorative plant for growing in pots, window 

 boxes, baskets, etc. Strong plants, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; extra 

 strong plants, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



ASPIDISTRA 



Lurida. A very useful decorative plant; will succeed in any position; an 

 excellent hall or corridor plant. 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1.00 each. 



Lurida Variegata. A pretty variegated form of the above, the foliage 

 being striped with white. 75 cts. and $1.00 each. 



BOUG AIN VII.I.E A 



Sanderiana. This beautiful free- flowering variety is very popular, especi- 

 ally as a plant for Easter. It is of strong and rapid growth, and brilliant 

 rosy-crimson blossoms are produced from early in March until mid- 

 summer; in fact, a plant will frequently flower the greater part of the 

 year. 25 cts. each. »• 



CARNATIONS 



The following six choice varieties 



have been specially prepared for 



winter flowering and are supplied 



in strong thrifty plants, ready after 



September 25th. 



Benora. White, neatly striped and 

 pencilled bright red. 



Comfort. A splendid rich scarlet. 



Doris. Brilliant rich crimson. 



Encliantress Supreme. Attrac- 

 tive and popular light salmon- 

 pink. 



riatchless. Beautiful large pure 

 white. 



Mrs. C. W. Ward. Very perfect 

 deep pink. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. Set of 

 the 6 sorts, $1.25. 



Fibrous-rooted Begonia 



Drhhr's Prize Cineraria 



FIBROrS-ROOTED 

 BEGONIAS 



This class is among the freest-flowering 

 ornamental-leaved pot plants for bouse 

 or conservatory decoration, flowering 

 continuously summer and winter. 

 Alba Picta. Leaves glossy green, 

 freely spotted with silvery-white; 

 flowers white. 

 Argentea Guttata. Foliage of rich 



green, spotted with silver. 

 Corallina Lucerna. A splendid 

 variety, producing enormous trusses 

 of bronzy-red flowers from April to 

 November. 

 Haageana. One of the most desirable 

 Select Carnation ^'^^ ^° ^^^y variety to manage; the 



same plants can be carried from year 

 to year, finally developing into grand specimens, which, during the winter 

 months, are loaded with large trusses of creamy- white flowers, suffused with pink, 

 the foliage being bold and attractive, of a bronzy-greep above and reddish on 

 the under side. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 

 rietallica. Lustrous bronze-green foliage; veins depressed and dark red; rosy- 

 white flowers. 

 Rubra [Coral Begonia). Flowers scarlet-rose; glossy and wax-like. 

 Price, except where noted, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. Set of 6 varieties, 85 cts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM FRUTESCENS 



fParis Daisy or Marguerite) 

 Mrs. F. Sander. A valuable plant for the window garden or conservatory, 

 commencing to flower in the late winter and continuing through the spring and 

 summer, producing large glistening white flowers. 

 Etoile d'Or. The true yellow Paris Daisy. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



DREER'S PRIZE CINERARIAS 



Our strain of Cineraria cannot be surpassed either for size of flower or beauty of 

 coloring. Many of the blooms measure 3 inches in diameter. Fine young plants, 

 ready in October, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



NOTE. — All Bulbs, Roots and Plants are forwarded by Express, purchaser paying charges. If wanted by Parcel Post add 10 per cent, 

 to value of order for postage to points east of the Mississippi River, and 20 per cent, to points west of the Mississippi River. 



