Dreer's mid-summer list 1918 . ing the winter months areloaded with large trusses of creamy-white flowers, .suffused with pink,the foliage being bold and attractive, of a bronzy-green above and red-dish on the under side. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Metallica. Lustrous bronze-green foliage; veins depressed and darkred; rosy-white flowers. Rubra {Coral Begonia). Flowers scarlet-rose, glossy and wax-like. Price, except where noted, 20 cts. each; $ per of 6 sorts for $ CHORIZEMA TARIUM A fine early spring flowering plant for the cool greenhouse, bearingmany racemes of pea-shaped
Dreer's mid-summer list 1918 . ing the winter months areloaded with large trusses of creamy-white flowers, .suffused with pink,the foliage being bold and attractive, of a bronzy-green above and red-dish on the under side. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Metallica. Lustrous bronze-green foliage; veins depressed and darkred; rosy-white flowers. Rubra {Coral Begonia). Flowers scarlet-rose, glossy and wax-like. Price, except where noted, 20 cts. each; $ per of 6 sorts for $ CHORIZEMA TARIUM A fine early spring flowering plant for the cool greenhouse, bearingmany racemes of pea-shaped flowers with reddish-yellow standards andlilood-red wings. 60 cts. each. CESXRUM PARQUI () An interesting tender shrub of ea^y cultivation, with small greenishwhite flowers of delightful fragrance, which is dispensed during thenight only. 20 cts. each; $ per doz. CISStJS Discolor. A beautiful climber for the conservatory, with mottled andmarbled crimson and green foliage. 25 cts. each; $ per Croton HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA—DECORATIVE PLANTS 39 DIEFFENBACHIAS Handsome decorative plants, with bold ornamental foliage; useful for thewarm Rich deep green leaves, blotched with irregular markings of light Shining sombre green foliage, variegated with white blotches and Corsl. Leaves silvery white with green , 50 cts. each. Set of 3 sorts, $ Dreers Decorative Dracaenas The Dracaena should be given a light, fibrous soil, with just enough loam in it to give it a body. Drainage should be good. The watering should be liberal and showering frequent. The variegated sorts require plenty of light to bring out the richness of their coloring. Fragrans. An excellent house plant with broad dark-green foliage;grows under the most adverse conditions. 25 cts., 50 cts. and Oodseffiana. Entirely different from all other Dracaenas; of free-branching habit, forming compact, gr
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