Dreer's autumn catalogue 1916 (1916) Dreer's autumn catalogue 1916 dreersautumncata1916henr Year: 1916 SELECT LIST OF SEASONABLE Decorative and Flowering Plants ABUTILONS. Desirable free-flowering plants for the window garden. Boille de Neige. A free-flowering pure white. Golden Fleece. A splendid large, pure yellow. Vesuvius. Bright red, veined with crimson. 10 cts. each; $ per doz. AGLAONEMA. Costatum. Dwarf-growing Aroid, with pretty, variegated, heart- shaped leaves of dark, shining green, with white mid-rib and scat- tering blotches of white; suitable for the warm conservatory. 50 c
Dreer's autumn catalogue 1916 (1916) Dreer's autumn catalogue 1916 dreersautumncata1916henr Year: 1916 SELECT LIST OF SEASONABLE Decorative and Flowering Plants ABUTILONS. Desirable free-flowering plants for the window garden. Boille de Neige. A free-flowering pure white. Golden Fleece. A splendid large, pure yellow. Vesuvius. Bright red, veined with crimson. 10 cts. each; $ per doz. AGLAONEMA. Costatum. Dwarf-growing Aroid, with pretty, variegated, heart- shaped leaves of dark, shining green, with white mid-rib and scat- tering blotches of white; suitable for the warm conservatory. 50 cts. each. Hendersoni. A strong-growing variety, well suited for growing on the pillars or supports of a conservatory, large golden-yellow flowers. 35 cts. each; § per doz. Williamsi. This handsome variety is quite dwarf, forming a com- pact bush with trusses of bloom at every point. The flowers are of a very rich, yet delicate, tint of yellow, deliciously scented; a fine plant for the window garden or conservatory. 35 cts. each; $ per doz. ALPINIA SANDERS. A handsome species of this useful class of stove plants, with erect stems and glabrous leaves, 4 to 5 inches long by J to 1^ wide, tapering at both ends; of a rich, shining green, regularly striped at close intervals with broad white bands diverging from the midrib to the margin. 75 cts. each. ANANAS (Pineapple). Sativus Variegatus ( Variegated, Pineapple). This is one of the most beautiful foliage plants in cultivation, not only for the greenhouse, but also for room decoration. It somewhat resembles the variegated forms of Pandanus in style of growth; the leaves are from 2 to 3 feet long, with a central band of brio-ht green broadly margined with rich creamy-yellow, tinged with red towards the closely serrated edges. 4-inch pots, $ each; 5-inch pots, $ each. ANTHERICUM. Comosum. A pretty variegated leaved plant of easy culture, useful for the window garden or for growing in a hanging basket, fo
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