16 DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS, ETC. 



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llJJfj Few plants are more showy than the Cyclamen; 



blooming in the winter and early spring months in 

 the greenhouse, the flowers being singular in shape, of 

 various colors, with beautiful foliage. The soil should 

 be very light and rich, containing a good part of peat 

 and sand, with well-rotted cow manure. They re- 

 quire frequent watering while growing. 



Each. 



\1 /MHl^A ' JR ^£f$&l Cottm. Bright crimson, blotched with violet 50 



Sl '-IUk ^^?m Europeum Album. Pure white.... 30 



|.yiMl«^^W^^^ Europeum Eoseum. Rose colored 30 



Hedervefolium Rubrum. Rosy purple ; large 50 



Heder^folium Album 50 



Pyrenaicum Odoratum. Red; fragrant 30 



Persicum (Aleppicum). White, with crimson 



centre. $4 per dozen 40 



Persicum Album. Pure white 50 



Persicum Roseum. Rose-colored 60 



Persicum Rubrum. Deep crimson 60 



Persicum Giganteum. Very large white flowers, violet eye 1.00 



Persicum Maculatum Variegatum. Spotted and variegated 60 



A beautiful early summer-flowering plant for the greenhouse or conservatory, with large 

 bell shaped flowers, of the most delicate and brilliant colors. There are two varieties, one 

 with erect or upright flowers, and the other with drooping or pendulous ones. The tubera 

 should be planted in February or March, in a rich, light soil, and kept in a warm, moist 

 atmosphere. A selection of the best and latest introductions. 30 cents. $3 per dozen. 



IX!#. 



The best season for planting these beautiful flower-bulbs is daring the autumn months, 

 for early spring blooming ; being small, they are most effective when planted in stores of 

 three, four, or six in each pot of four or six inches in diameter, they are too small to grow 

 as single specimens 



Named varieties. 



EACH DOZ. 



10 $1.00 



EACH DOZ. 



Mixed varieties. 



These are profuse bloomers, and very attractive in the greenhouse or conservatory during 

 the winter. Plant three or four bulbs in a pot ; the pots should be kept near the glass to 

 prevent the foliage from growing too long, and require frequent watering while growing. 



EACH. DOZ. I EACH. DOZ. 



Named varieties 10 $1.00 | Mixed varieties 8 80 



Cerxua Fl. Pl. Double canary yellow, fine large flowers 15 1.50 



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A beautiful class for greenhouse culture, flowering from February until May. Their 

 treatment is similar to the Ixia. 



EACH. DOZ. | 



Named varieties 15 $1.50 [ Mixed varieties. 



EACH. DOZ. 

 .. 10 $1.00 



MISCEiMflEOUS WIETiES, 



For growing in pots for the greenhouse or conservatory. 



EACH. DOZ. 



Anomatheca Cruenta. Beau- 

 tiful small brilliant red flowers... 10 $1.00 



Babiana. Mixed varieties, showy, 

 and resembling the Ixia 10 



EACH. DOZ. 



Babiana. Named varieties 15 



Ornithogalum Aureum. Flowers 

 splendid golden orange; called 



the Star of Bethlehem 50 



Tritonia. Mixed varieties 10 



Tritonia. Named varieties 15 



Eucharis Amazonica. Flowers like 



1.00 

 1.50 



5.00 

 1.00 

 1.50 



Trop.eolum Speciosum. Fine 

 large scarlet flowers ; a slender, 

 rapid-growing climber 50 



Trop^olum Tricolorum. Scar- 

 let, yellow and black ; same as 

 the above 60 



Lachenalia. Mixed varieties ; 

 showy fleshy leaves, and erect 

 stems with racemes of pendent 

 flowers 50 



pure white stars, 4 inches across, very 

 fragrant. It does well in loam, peat, and a little sand, enriched with old manure 50 



5.00 



5.00 



