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HENRY A. DUEEE, PMladelphia, Pa. 



Dreer's New Golden 

 Pandanus 



(Pandanus 

 Sanderi.; 



This sterling novelty was first sent out by us last 

 fall, and it is without doubt the most important addi- 

 tion in many years to the comparatively small list of 

 really first-class decorative plants, and one that must 

 become valuable, not only in all decorations, but as 

 a plant for the conservatory, the window garden — in 

 fact, for any position where a decorative plant is 

 required, it giving a richness, life and glow of color 

 which cannot be secured with any other subject. 



In general habit of growth, it closely resembles P. 



V'eitchi, exceptmg that its leaves are longer and 

 more recurved, which gives the plant a more graceful 

 appearance ; but the main distinctive feature is its 

 coloring, which, instead of being white, as in P. 



Vtitchi, is a rich, golden yellow, while the heart of 

 the plant presents a bronzy orange coloring, which is 

 brightest in the centre, gradually diminishing towards 

 the tips of the leaves. The longitudinal striping of 

 the foliage shows much the same character as P. 



Veitchi, being generally in alternate broader and 

 narrower stripes of gold and green, while in some 

 leaves one-half is green and the other half gold. A 

 strong feature in favor of the new variety is that the 

 variegations in the foliage becomes strouger and more 

 pronounced as they grow older, while in P. J'eiU/ii 

 the older leaves usually lose the variegation entirely. 



NEW GOLDEN PANDANUS 



We should add to the above that the bronzy-orange coloring in the centre of the plant is strongest during the dull winter months, 

 when a highly-colored foliage plant is especially appreciated, diminishing in depth and richness during the hot summer months. 



Beautiful specimen plants, 3 ft. high, in 8-in. pots, §7 50 each 



1 00 " " " " ^Yz " " 10 " " 1000 " 



2 00 " " " " 4>^ " " 12 " " 15 00 " 



3 50 " " " " 5 to 6 " " 15 " tubs,25co " 



Good strong young plants, in 3-inch pots $0 75 each 



" " plants, 15 inches high, in 4-inch pots . I 00 " 



Specimens, 20 

 Beautiful specimens, 2 



anis, 11, mcnes mgn, in 4-incn po 

 to 24 inches high, in 6-inch pots . 

 •npnc ^ t/. feet high, in 7-inch pots 



THE CRIMSON FOUNTAIN GRASS 



Pandanus* Per doz. Per 100 



Utilis. 2i^-inch pots So 75 g6 co 



" 3 " " I 00 8 00 



" 4 " " 2 00 15 00 



Veitchi. 6 " " i 00 each. 



Crimson Fonntain Grass. 



(Pennisetum Macrophyllum Atrosanguineum. ) 



This new plant, an introduction from New Guinea, is without 

 question a most valuable addition, not only to our list of beautiful 

 ornamental grasses, but to bedding plants. Its habit of growth 

 is strong and vigorous, yet most elegant and graceful ; the foliage, 

 which is gracefully recurved, is 1J4 inches wide, of a pleasing, 

 darkmetallic, coppery bronze, which, when at its best, duringmid- 

 summer and fall, far surpasses in richness the finest of the bronze- 

 leaved Cannas — a veritable crimson fountain. When grown as a 

 specimen in the border or on the lawn, and allowed to grow 

 without cutting back, it attains a height of about 4 feet, the ends 

 of the shoots being terminated by tawny crimson plumes 10 to 12 

 inches long. By an occasional cutting back the plants can be 

 kept, if desired, at a height' of 2 to 3 feet. Interspersed with 

 other ornamental grasses, this new Pennisetum will add a life 

 and color hitherto unobtainable, while as an edg'ing or border to 

 a bed of Cannas or Caladium Esculentum it stands in a class by 

 itself. The plants, when set out in early spring, do not show 

 their rich coloring, which, however, quickly develops when 

 planted in the open bed or border. 



To introduce and popularize this novelty quickly we have 

 prepared an immense stock, which we offer at a low price, per- 

 mitting its use on an extensive scale. Ready in April, 15 cents 

 each ; $1 50 per dozen ; gio.oo pet 100. 



Pennisetum. 



Rueppelianum. {Purple Foimtain Grass.) A beautiful 

 annual ornamental grass, growing about 2^ feet high, pro- 

 ducing long, graceful, purplish plumes ; a very eflective plant 

 to border a bed of Cannas or Hardy Grasses. 23^ -inch pots, 

 ready May ist, 75 cents per dozen ; I5.C0 per ico. 



