28 HMeury A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. 
ASPARAGUS. , 
Sprengeri. Invaluable for growing in pots, window boxes or sus- 
pended baskets. (Seecut.) Strong plants, 15 cis. each; $1.50 per 
doz.; $10.00 ber 100. Extra strong plants, 25 cts. and 80 cts. each; 
$2.50 and $5.00 per doz. 
Tenuissimus. A beautiful species, remarkable for the extreme 
delicacy of its foliage. 15 cts. each; $1-50 per doz. 
Plumosus Nanus. This graceful Asparagus has foliage finer than 
that of the most delicate fern, and will last for weeks after being 
cut. Itis an excellent house plant, succeeding under almost any 
conditions. 15 cts. and 25 cts. each; $1.50 and $2.50 per doz. 
Plumosus Compactus. In this we have a plant that has long been 
wanted—a dwarf, comp ict-growing Asparagus, which does not ex- 
ceed 6 inches in height when fully grown, and one of the most 
graceful and effective plants for filing fern-dishes for table decora- 
tion ever introduced. 75 cts. each. 
Myriocladus. An introduction from South Africa. The plantis of 
an almost erect habit of growth, producing fronds from 2 to 4 feet 
long, which, when just unfolding, are of a peculiar metallic-bronze, 
from which they change to a golden-green, finally maturing a rich 
emerald-green. A plant with fronds in the various stages of develop- 
ment is most attractive. Stock very limiteé. Good plants, in 5-inch 
pots, $5.00 each; extra strong plants, in 7-inen pots, $7.50 each. 
CHINESE AZALEAS. 
The plants we offer are all beauti- 
BEGONIA REX. 
(Ornamental Leaved.) 
Many improvements have been 
made in recent years in this useful 
house plant. Our collection, which 
contains some fifteen varieties, em- 
braces all the good old varieties as 
well as the best of recent introduc- 
uion. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
a BEGONIA. 
Gloire de Lorraine. This is a per- 
fect gem and undoubtedly one of 
the finest winter-flowering plants. 
Grows from ]2 to 15 inches high, 
and naturally forms graceful, bushy 
specimens, which, from October 
until April, are completely smoth- 
ered with soft, delicate, rosy-pink 
fully trained specimens, and even when 
not in flower are fine decorative plants. 
Our collection comprises the cream of 
the best European establishments. All 
the sizes offered will flower freely in 
proper season. 
First size, 36 to 45 inches in circum- 
ference, $1.50 each ; $15.00 per doz. 
Second size, 36 inches in circum- 
ference. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 
Third size, 30 inches in circumfer- 
ence, 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 
Good bushy young plants, 50 cts. 
each; $5.00 per doz. 
An extra fine lot of specimen plants, 
5 to 6 feet in circumference, $4.00 atrerss 
each; $45.00 per doz. 3-inch pots, 25 cts. each; $250 
per doz. 
4inch pots, 50 cts. each; $5.00 
per doz. 
6-inch pots, $1.50 each; $15.00 
ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. per doz. 
Begonias, General Collection. 
Alba Picta. Leaves glossy green, freely spotted with bright 
silvery white. 
Argentea Guttata, Foliage rich green. spotted with silver. 
Coral. Free-flowering variety with pretty coral-red flowers. 
Haageana. Flowers of tne largest size, creamy white, with 
just sufficient pink to give them a bright, cheerful glow; the 
foliage bronzy-green above, red below. 
Metaliica. A fine erect-growing variety, with dark, rough leaves; 
surface is a lustrous bronze-green; veins depressed and dark red. 
Rubra (Coral Begonia). Dark green leaves, flowers scarlet 
rose, glossy and wax-like. 
Saundersoni. Scarlet flowers, dwarf habit; in bloom continually. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. Set of 7 varieties for 80 cts. 
BOUGAINVILLEA. 
Glabra Sanderiana. This beautifu! free-flowering variety has 
become very popular, especially as a plant for Easter decora- 
tions. Jt is of strong, rapid growth, and the 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. Altogether a most desirable subject for the con- 
BEGONIA GLORIA DE LORRAINE. servatory or window. 25 cts. each. 
A very complete list of the popular Hardy Perennial Plants is given on pages 36 to 40. 
