Dreer's garden calendar : 1874 . dreersgardencale1874henr Year: 1874 DREERS GARDEN CALENDAR. 101 i^£w fim ¥A¥t fimTB rop ib74^ AMOEPHOPHALLUS EIYIEEI. A new Ariod, of easy out-door culture, producing a solitaiT palm-like leaf on a rose and olive-green speckled stem, two to three feet high. The tubers, maturing the second year, produce a splendid flower like the ' Calla Lily ; ' the outside of a similar color to the leaf stalk, the inside deep blood red, veined with black. Tubers are planted out in ]May, and kept over winter like dahlia roots. Price, large tubers, $; small tubers, 50 ce
Dreer's garden calendar : 1874 . dreersgardencale1874henr Year: 1874 DREERS GARDEN CALENDAR. 101 i^£w fim ¥A¥t fimTB rop ib74^ AMOEPHOPHALLUS EIYIEEI. A new Ariod, of easy out-door culture, producing a solitaiT palm-like leaf on a rose and olive-green speckled stem, two to three feet high. The tubers, maturing the second year, produce a splendid flower like the ' Calla Lily ; ' the outside of a similar color to the leaf stalk, the inside deep blood red, veined with black. Tubers are planted out in ]May, and kept over winter like dahlia roots. Price, large tubers, $; small tubers, 50 cents. AGAVE. AGAVE AMEKICANA. (Century Plant.) 50 cents to $ ' Americana Variegata. $ to $ ' Verschaffelti, One of the finest and rarest varieties, with short, almost heart-shaped leaves and black spines. $ BAMBUSA SIMONSI FOLIIS VAEIEGATIS. A Bamboo reed, with silver-striped foliage ; height about five ^eet, 5(1 cents to $
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