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CROTOIVS 



Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of coloring that is found in this 

 class of plants. They are beautiful as pot plants for the conservatory, mak- 

 ing handsome specimens for decorative and exhibition purposes. Our collec- 

 tion embraces the handsomest variegated varieties, which we offer as follows: 

 Twelve New Varieties. A very fine assortment of the latest introduc- 

 tions. 4-inch pots, 60 cts. each; one each of the 12 sorts, |6.00. 

 Larger plants at $1.00, 11.50 and $2.00 each. 



Twelve Standard Varieties. A selection of the best of the older sorts. 

 3-inch pots, 30 cts. each; one each of the 12 sorts, |3.00; 4-inch pots, 50 

 cts. each; one each of the 12 sorts, $5.00. Larger plants at $1.00; $1.50 

 and $2.00 each. 



DIEFFENBACHIA 



Magnifica. Handsome decorative plant, 

 with bold, shining sombre-green foliage, 

 variegated with blotches and spots of 

 pure white; useful for the warm con- 

 servatory. 50 cts. each. 



Clivia 



CI^EMATIS 



INDIVISA 



One of the most valuable of 

 all greenhouse climbers. Its 

 pure white flowers are from IJ 

 to 2 inches in diameter, and 

 produced in panicles frequently 2 

 feet long. A well-established plant during 

 the early spring months is simply a mass 

 of bloom; the flowers can be used to good 

 advantage in a cut slate. $1.00 each. 



CI.ERODENDROIS 



Balfouri. A beautiful greenhouse 



climber, and admirably suited for house 



culture, if trained on a trellis, flower- 

 ing most profusely in late winter and Croton 



early spring wi'.h bright scarlet flowers, 



enveloped in a creamy- white caiyx. 15 cts. each. ; $1.50 per doz. Large 



plants, 50 cts. each. 

 Falax. A good plant for the conservatory, of shrub-like habit, bearing in 



August and September many flowered panicles of bright scarlet blossoms. 



35 cts. each. 



CLIVIA MINIATA (Imantophynum) 



A pretty lily-like plant of the easiest culture, and a most desirable house 

 plant; it flowers during the spring and stmimer months, remaining in bloom 

 for a long period. The flowers are about 2 inches long, and are borne in 

 dense clusters from 10 to 20 flowers each; in color it is of a fine orange-red 

 shading to buff. Large, strong plants, 75 cts. each. 



DREER'S GIANT CYCI.AMEN 



There are few winter-flowering bulbs more attractive than the Cyclamen, 

 being an ideal plant either for greenhouse or window decoration. The 

 Giant strain here oflFered is of robust growth, throwing the large flowers 

 well above the handsome foliage. We can furnish any of the following 

 colors in thrifty plants in 4-inch pots. 



Wliite, Rose, Salmon, Blood-red and White witii 

 Carmine Eye. 



35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



BOOKS 



On Horticultureil etnd 

 Kindred Subjects 



We offer on the inside of the 

 back cover of this catalogue a very 

 complete list of the most helpful 

 books, including 



Dreer's Hints on the 

 Growing of Bulbs 



A seventy-eight page book giving all 

 the essential details for growing the 

 various Bulbs offered in this Catalogue. 

 Price, 25 cts., or free to customers 

 who ask for it at time of ordering. 



Giant Cyclamen 



NOTE.--AU Bulbs. RooU and Plants are fon»r«rded by Expres.. purchaser paying charge If wanted by Parcel Post add lo 

 » value of order for pottage to poinU east of the Missiuippi River, and 20 per cent, to pointi wect of the Mb.i^iDDi Ri^t, 



