Dreer's garden book seventy-third Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911 dreersgardenbook1911henr Year: 1911 Croton. COSTUS. Zebrinus. A pretty, warm green- house plant, with large dark gieen foliage and darker stripes. 50 cts. each. CROTONS. Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of coloring that is found in this class of plants. They are beau- tiful as pot plants for the conservatory, making handsome specimens for deco- rative and exhibition purposes, and Cubmeria Wallisii. are now used extensively as bedding plants, for which purpose they are exceptionally well adapte
Dreer's garden book seventy-third Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911 dreersgardenbook1911henr Year: 1911 Croton. COSTUS. Zebrinus. A pretty, warm green- house plant, with large dark gieen foliage and darker stripes. 50 cts. each. CROTONS. Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of coloring that is found in this class of plants. They are beau- tiful as pot plants for the conservatory, making handsome specimens for deco- rative and exhibition purposes, and Cubmeria Wallisii. are now used extensively as bedding plants, for which purpose they are exceptionally well adapted. They should be planted in full sun in a posi- tion where they can be liberally supplied with water, which develops the most wonderful colorings in the foliage. Our collection embraces 25 of the handsomest variegated varieties. Nice plants, 30 cts. each; $ per doz. Larger plants, 50 cts. each; $ per doz. CUPHEA. Llavffi [The Giant Tri-colored Cuphea). Flowers tubular in shape, about 2 inches long, and combine three distinct colors in each flower— scarlet, white and blue. In bloom continually. 10 cts. each; $ per doz. Platycentra ( Cigar Plant). This is the old-fashioned and well-known variety, with narrow tubular scarlet flowers, tipped with purple; always' in bloom. 10 cts. each; $ per doz. CTJRMERIA. Wallisii. A handsome ornamental plant, which is deserving of wide popularity as a decorative plant for the warm conservatory or as a pot plant for the window-garden. Its leaves, which are about •'> inches lotiy by 2 to 21 inches wide, are of a rich deep green, irregularly blotched with pale yellowish-green. (See cut.) 50 cts. each. THE WORLD'S BEST ROSES. We have a most com- plete stock of these in strong two-year-old plants that will give im- mediate results. We do not handle the small plants, such as are usually sent out by mail. See pages 175 to 193. CVPSRUS Ai TERNIFOLIU! Bootes on Horticultural ftubjectt are offered on inside of back cover.
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