DREER'S MID-SUMMER LIST. 



Dbacjexa Impekialis. 



DRACAENAS.— Continued. 



Amabilis. Green, white and pale violet ; strong 



plants. 50 cts. to §1.00 each. 

 Baptisti. — Green, creamy- white flakes flushed with 



rose. 50 cts. to §1.00 each. 

 Goldeana. Irregularly handed with dark green 



and silver gray in alternate straight bands. $1.50 



to $3.00 each.' 

 Imperialis. A strong growing variety, with large 



deep rose and creamv white foliage. 50 cts. to 



§1.00 each. 

 Marginata — A pretty variety, having narrow, deep 



green foliage, with a small, brownish margin. 



si. 50 each. 

 Shepherdi. — A strong growing variety, with deep 



green foliage, edged and striped with light green or 



yellow. 50 cts. to $1.00 each. 

 Terminalis. Rich crimson foliage marked with 



pink and white. 30 cts. to 50 cts. each. 

 Youngi. Light green changing to copper color. 50 



cts. to $1.00 each. 



Dieffenbachia Bausei. 



A stove plant of easy culture, foliage x yellowish 

 green, margined and irregularly blotched with dark 

 green, and profuselv spotted with white. 50 cts. to 

 $1.00 each. 



Eucharis Amazonica. 



A splendid hot-house plant, 

 blooming nearly the entire sea- 

 son. It sends up stalks bear- 

 ing several pure white, star- 

 shaped flowers, 4 inches across, 

 delightfully fragrant. It is 

 very highly prized in bou- 

 quets, baskets, etc. 30 cts. 

 to $1.00 each. 



Ficus Elastica Variegata. 



This is undoubtedly oue of 

 the finest decorative ornamen- 

 tal foliage plants of late intro- 

 duction. In habit and growth 

 it is like the ordinary F. elas- 

 lica, but the leaves of this uovel 

 plant have a pleasing yellow 

 variegation throughout. In 



every respect a most charming Flcus msna variegata. 

 plant, and differing from all others. Good plants 15 

 inches high, $5.00 each. 



Deacexa Goldeana. 



Gloxinias. 



A charming class of summer blooming bulbs 

 which succeed with ordinary care. They should be 

 grown in a moderately shady place, as the sun burns 

 the foliage when wet. making brown spots appear. 

 If planted in frames, they will thrive admirably and 

 produce their lovely flowers from June to September. 

 After planting the bulbs in a mixture of fibrous peat, 

 light loam, manure and sand in equal parts, they 

 require lint little heat or water until they show signs 

 of growth, when the quantity of moisture and heat 

 may be increased. Air should be plentifully supplied 

 to prevent clamping off". Choicest mixture, ranging 

 through all the different shades of color. 

 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per dozen. 



