DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS, ETC. 29 



MUSA ENSETE. 



The noblest of all plants is this great Abys- 

 sinian Banana. 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 arrows luxu- 

 riantly from 8 to 12 feet high. It is used with 

 - in the parks of Europe, and our expe- 

 rience last summer on our own grounds proves 

 that it stands the rain and storms without 

 laceration. In our hot summers it luxuriates 

 and attains gigantic proportions, producing 

 really a tropical appearance, and should find a 

 place in every collection, where there is a con- 

 servatory or greenhouse, for planting therein 

 » the winter, from the fact of its present- 

 ing an ornamental appearance among the other 

 plants ; and being easily removed, present* the 

 same grand effect on the lawn, terrace, or flower- 

 garden, when bedded outin the summer. Those 

 not havine the above convenience, by cutting 

 the leaves off, can store it in a light cellar dur- 

 ing 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 from seed, which enables us to place this splendid plant within the reach of every one. 



Extra specimens, 4 years old. $2 



Large plants, 5 feet high. $5. - Net. 



Small plants, 1 to 2 feet high. $3. J 



MARANTAS. 



The Marantas are all showy and beautiful plants, admirably adapted for the window-box, 

 Wardian case, etc. 



Bapaquini. 50 cents. 



BlCOLOR. 50 Cents. 



FASCIATA. 50 cents. 



LlNBENI. $1.50. 



Makoyana. 50 cents. 



Van l»en Heck.fi. 50 cents. 



MlCANS. 25 to 50 cents. 



Pkixceps. 75 cents. 

 Regales. $1. 

 Rosea Picta. $1.50. 



Virgin all-. 7-3 cents. 

 Zebfjna. 50 cents. 



MYRSIPHYLLUM ASPARAGOIDES Smilax'-. 



A climbing plant, unsurpassed in the graceful beauty of its foliage, and its peculiar wavy 

 formation renders it one of the most valuable of all plants for vase- or hanging-baskets. 



For wreaths, festoons and dressing the hair, it has become a great favorite, and is exten- 

 sively cultivated in Boston and New York for this purpose. 30 cents. $3 per dozen. 

 Extra strong, 50 cents. 



MANDARIN ORANGES. 



The favorite miniature orange. 50 cents to $2. Myrtle-leaved orange. $1 to $2. 



MIMTJLUS MOSCHATUS HARRISONI. 



w musk plant of stronger growth and larger foliage than the M. Moschatus ; it pro- 

 d-ices large and showy bright yellow flowers, spotted with crimson. The foliage has the 



same agreeable fragrance as the old musk. Of easy culture and tree flowering. 25 cents. 



OLEA FRAGRANS. 



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

 large conservatorv. $1. 



NEW OLEANDERS. 



Xep.ium Atropcp.purecm Plenum. oOcts. N". New Double White. 50 cents. 

 X. Flavium Duplex. 50 cents. X. Prof. Dup.and. 50 cents. 



N. Madoka Gp.andiflop.um. 30 cents. N. Punctatum Plenum. 50 cents. 

 " " extra strong. $l.J N. Pukpuf.ea Plena. 30 cents. 



