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Dreer's Double Fkinged Petunia. 



PEPEROMIA. 



Maculosa. A pretty, dwarf, ornamental foliage 

 plant, the thick leaves being bright green, veined 

 silvery-white, exceedingly useful as a pot plant for 

 the window. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Metalllca. Xeat, small foliage of a metallic-bronze 

 color. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



Dreer's Superb Double- 

 fringed Petunias. 



For many years we have made a specialty of 

 Double Petunias. We have discarded the plain 

 edge sorts, as the fringed and laced varieties listed 

 below are very much superior. 

 Achille. Bright purplish-crimson mottled white. 

 Admiration. Bright reddish-violet, tipped and 



mottled white. 

 Aurora. White mottled and blotched carmine. 

 Caprice. Pure white, mottled with reddish-violet. 

 Clio. Beautiful self-colored rich purple. 



Delicata. White, delicately suffused and veined with violet-rose. 

 Modesty. Delicate mauve, veined purplish-crimson. 

 Rufus. Pure white, mottled deep tyrian rose. 

 Sirius. Brilliant French-purple, mottled white. 

 Snowball. Finely fringed white. 

 Superba. A handsome self-colored pink. 

 Victoria. Pure white, with a delicate touch of lilac-rose. 



Price : 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. Set of 12 sort-. $1.50. 

 Single Large-flowering Petunias. Mixed seedlings (ready 



April 1st), 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



PHILODENDKON. 



Spectabills. An interesting hothouse plant with large heart- 

 shaped dark green leaves, with light veins. $1. (Ml and £2.00 each. 



Pertusum. A hothouse plant of climbing habit, with large, per- 

 forated leaves of grotesque appearance. $1.00 and $2.00 each. 



PHORMIIM TENAX VARIEGATA. 



A pretty forn. of the New Zealand Flax; useful in sub-tropical 

 bedding sword-like leaves, green, striped with creamy-white. 

 Strong plants. $1.00 each. 



PHYLLOT^NIUM. 



Lrndeni. A handsome hothouse plant of easy culture, with at- 

 tractive light green hastate leaves, the broad rib and veins 

 creamy-white. 75 cts. each. 



Lindeni Magnificum. A variety with much larger leaves, 

 and with the variegation more decided in color. $1.00 each. 



PLUMBAGO. 



Capensis. Light lavender-blue. "1 1 5 cts. each. 

 — Alba. Color creamy- white. / 81.50 per doz. 



POTHOS ARGVR^EA. 



A pretty hothouse climber, with deep green foliage, nicely 

 variegated with silvery-white. 25 cts. each. 



RHYNCHOSPERMIM. 



Jasminoides {Maylayan Jasmine). A climbing plant 

 which succeeds admirably in the conservatory or window gar- 

 den; grown as a pot plant and trained on a trellis, it produces 

 during the spring months in great abundance delicate pure 

 white flowers of entrancing perfume. 25 cts.- each. 



RICIXUS (Castor Oil Plant). 

 Handsome tropical-looking plants for centres of large beds. etc. 



Green and bronze-leaved sorts, ready in May and June, 10 cts. 



each; 81.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



RUSSEXIA. 



Lemoinei multiflora. A useful basket or vase plant of 

 graceful, drooping habit, and producing freely bright coral-red, 

 tubular flowers. 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. 



SALVIA. 



Bonfire {Scat-let Sage). 

 This is one of the finest of 

 the Scarlet Sages, growing 

 in a compact bush about 2 

 fe»t high. Its erect spikes 

 of brilliant scarlet flowers 

 stand clear above the dark- 

 green foliage and com- 

 pletely cover the plant. 

 One of the most effective 

 and gorgeous plants in cul- 

 tivation. Ready April 

 15th. 10 cts. each; $1.00 

 per doz.; $8-00 per 100. 



Patens. [Bine Sage I. 

 One of the richest blue 

 flowers grown, not suited 

 for bedding like the pre- 

 ceding, but very attractive 

 in the mixed border. 25c. 

 each; $2.50 per doz. 



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Salvia, or Scarlet Sage. 



Our collection of Hardy Perennial Plants is the most complete in this country. See pages 17a to 216 



