DKEER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. 



GREENHOUSE BULBS AND TUBERS. 



Showy flowering greenhouse bulb?, blooming profusely from May to October; are most 

 effective when four or more bulbs are planted in each pot": require light, rich soil, plenty of 

 air, and slightly shaded from the sun. 



Named Varieties. 30 cents. >3 per dozen. Mixed varieties. 20 cents. $2.00 per dozen. 



fiVlfflUlB. 



Splendid flowering bulbs, suitable for the greenhouse or room culture. They should be 

 grown in pots, well drained, in a soil of equal parts of peat, leaf-mould and loam" They are 

 showy lily-shaped flowers, producing from two to four on a stalk, and bloom early in the 

 spring. 



E«.CH ' EACH 



Aulica. Dark crimson, shaded green. ..$2. 50 Vittata. "White, stripjed with bright 

 JOEDfSONI. Scarlet, striped with white ; rose $1.50 



very lame bloom 2.00 Hybrids of Vittata, white ground, striped 



Prince of Orange. Bright orange; with red .' 1.50 



large and handsome 2.00 Hybrids of Vittata, red ground, striped 



Choice Hybrids, imported from Ghent-, 1.25. with white 1.25 



DM/MUMS. 



This class of beautiful variegated foliage 

 plants, margined and delicately traced with va- 

 - rich colors, and elegantly spotted and mot- 

 tled, are exceedingly handsome when alone or 

 intermingled with other plants. As a decorative 

 plant, they are unequalled, for the greenhouse or 

 :-vat'<ry in the summer month-. They re- 

 quire a moist, warm temperature ; great care must 

 be taken in their earlier stages of growth, to pre- 

 vent decay of ti;e tubers, or damping off. The 

 tuber- st preserved during the winter in 



charcoal dust in a warm room, and must be 



started, in the spring, in a warm house or hot- sff^&Ji K&V \H 



bed with bottom heat : also do well planted in a fj^JK£f^$7!&™™ 

 shady situation out of doors in June. ^ ^ JhIwI k*^k!jffi$*. 



V) cents. $3.00 per dozen. ^i^lfe ™i9BL faj^lfe^ 



AuBER. Green, spotted, white and pink. 

 BARON Rothscheld. Green, spotted and veined 



with orange crimson. 

 Beethoven. White, mid-ribs r 

 BellETMEI. Green, mottled with white. 

 BlOOLOB Pkturata. Arrow-shaped leaf, with 



rosy- crimson centre. 

 Bicolor Sple>~de>"S. Deep crimson, with broad 



srreen margin. Meyerbeer. White, mid-ribs red. 



BOHEMICCM. White with gray and pink. Milton. lied veins, gray centre, crimson 

 BrONGNIAKTT. Large green and crimson. spots. 



Due DE Batlbon. " Green shaded white, Napoleon* III. Green, crimson centre. 



with crimson spots. NEWMANI. Green, spotted rose, 



EKCEEI. Green, spotted with pink. REINE VlCTOBIA. Lark ireen. spotted with 



Endlichepjaxoi. Green, large rose centre. white and crimson. 



H.ematostigma. Green, crimson centre. R06SIEI. Pale centre, pink ribs, red spots. 

 Hercules. Gray centre, and red spots. Rubra Maculata. Green, orange spots. 



Houlletti. White, gray and green. Wighti. Light green, crimson and white 



Laucheana. Metallic green. " spots. 



Maxime Duval. Green veined and spotted 



with crimson. 



ALOCASIA JENNINGSI. 



This magnificent plant requires similar treatment to that given to Caladiums. It grows to 

 a height of two feet or more, producing leaves eight to ten inches long, and nearly as wide. 

 The ground color is glaucous green, set off' with large oblong blotches of black. ' 25 cents. 

 $3.50 per dozen. 



