Dreer's garden book seventy-third Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911 dreersgardenbook1911henr Year: 1911 Musa Ensete. MlLLA BlPLORA. MIEEA BIFLORA. (Mexican 'Star of Bethlehem.') A most desirable summer-flowering bulb for the garden or pot culture. The waxy flowers are nearly 2-V inches in diameter, pure white and usually borne in pairs; the petals are of great sub- stance, and will keep for days when cut. 5 cts. each; 50 cts. per doz. MOSCHOSMA. Riparium. A valuable winter-flow- ering plant for the decoration of the conservatory or window garden. It is an introduction
Dreer's garden book seventy-third Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911 dreersgardenbook1911henr Year: 1911 Musa Ensete. MlLLA BlPLORA. MIEEA BIFLORA. (Mexican 'Star of Bethlehem.') A most desirable summer-flowering bulb for the garden or pot culture. The waxy flowers are nearly 2-V inches in diameter, pure white and usually borne in pairs; the petals are of great sub- stance, and will keep for days when cut. 5 cts. each; 50 cts. per doz. MOSCHOSMA. Riparium. A valuable winter-flow- ering plant for the decoration of the conservatory or window garden. It is an introduction from tropical South Africa, producing from early in De- cember until late in March dense, feathery, erect panicles of small creamy-white flowers in great profusion. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. MUSA. Ensete {Abyssinian Banana). The grandest of all Bananas; the leaves are magnificent, long, broad and massive; of beau- tiful green, with a broad, crimson midrib; the plant grows luxuriantly from 8 to 12 feet high. During the hot summer, when planted out, it grows rapidly and attains gigantic propor- tions, producing a tropical effect on the lawn or flower garden. CSee cut.) Good plants, 30 cts. each; strong plants in 5-inch pots, 50 cts. each; 7-inch pots, $ each. NASTURTIUMS. Tom Thumb or Dwarf. To well known to need descrip- tion. Mixed colors, ready in May and June, 75 cts. per doz.; $ (per 100. NEPHTHYTIS PICTURATA. An interesting, ornamental hothouse plant, requiring a moist atmosphere; dark green, pointed, heart-shaped foliage, with fern- !â like variegations in silvery-white. $ each. NEPENTHES (Pitcher Plant'. These interesting plants, with their curious pitchers, require to be grown in a high, moist atmosphere, and in dense shade. The six sorts offered are among the choicest of the genus. EACH. EACH EACH. Caurtii $ I Hookeriana $ I Pattersonii $ Dominiana | Mastersiana | Sedeni 2U0 One each of the six sorts for $ OLEA FRAGRANS (Sweet
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