. Dreer's wholesale price list for 1903 : flower seeds, bulbs plants tools, fertilizers, insecticides, sundries, etc . THE golden PANDANUS (Pandanus Sanderi) Never have we taken such pleasure in offering a new plant as we do in presenting this Golden Pandanus, without doubt the most important addition in many years to the comparatively small list of really first-class decorative plants, and one that must become valuable, not only in all decorations, but as a plant for the conservatory, the window garden—in fact, for any position where a decorative plant is required, it giving a richness, life
. Dreer's wholesale price list for 1903 : flower seeds, bulbs plants tools, fertilizers, insecticides, sundries, etc . THE golden PANDANUS (Pandanus Sanderi) Never have we taken such pleasure in offering a new plant as we do in presenting this Golden Pandanus, without doubt the most important addition in many years to the comparatively small list of really first-class decorative plants, and one that must become valuable, not only in all decorations, but as a plant for the conservatory, the window garden—in fact, for any position where a decorative plant is required, it giving a richness, life and glow of color which cannot be secured with any other subject, and its introduction has been looked forward to, not alone in this country, but in Europe, the plant being well known on both sides of the Atlantic, it having been exhibited at many of the principal horticultural exhibitions in Europe and America during the past six years, and at all of which it was awarded the highest honors, and was enthusiastically described by the horti- cultural press. In general habit of growth it closely resembles P. Veitchi, excepting that its leaves are longer and more recurved, which gives the plant a more graceful appearance : but the main distinctive feature is its coloring, which, instead of being white, as in P. Veitchi, is a rich golden-yellow, while the heart of the plant presents a bronzy-orange colorings which is brightest in the centre, gradually diminishing towards tire tips of the leaves. The longitudinal striping of the foliage shows much the same character as P. Veitchi, being generally, in alternate broader and narrower stripes of gold and green, while in some leaves one half is green and the other half gold. A strong feature in favor of the new variety is that the variegations in the foliage become stronger and more pronounced as they grow older, while in P. Veitchi the older leaves usually lose the variegation entirely. The plant was discovered by a collector in one of
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