Dreer's autumn catalogue : 1899 bulbs plants, seeds, etc . ular varieties at most reasonable prices. The varieties offered are those best adapted for house ^ culture. The heights givenare fiovi top of pot to top of plant. ARECA EUTESCENS. One of the most grace ful and beaut ful palms in cultivation ; A the foliage is of a bright glossy green. with rich golden-yellow ^^ stems. 3-in. pots , 4 to 5 leaves, 12 to 15 in. $0 25 each. VM 4 5 to 6 15 to 18 .... 50 r 5 6 to 7 18 to 20 .... 1 00 6 ? 6 to 8 24 .... 2 00 8 10 to VI 36 to 42 .... 3 50 8 10 to 12 48 .... 5 00 * 10 Fine bu^hy plants
Dreer's autumn catalogue : 1899 bulbs plants, seeds, etc . ular varieties at most reasonable prices. The varieties offered are those best adapted for house ^ culture. The heights givenare fiovi top of pot to top of plant. ARECA EUTESCENS. One of the most grace ful and beaut ful palms in cultivation ; A the foliage is of a bright glossy green. with rich golden-yellow ^^ stems. 3-in. pots , 4 to 5 leaves, 12 to 15 in. $0 25 each. VM 4 5 to 6 15 to 18 .... 50 r 5 6 to 7 18 to 20 .... 1 00 6 ? 6 to 8 24 .... 2 00 8 10 to VI 36 to 42 .... 3 50 8 10 to 12 48 .... 5 00 * 10 Fine bu^hy plants, 60 .... 7 50 12 72 .... 15 00 COCOS WEDDELIANA. The most elegatit and graceful of all the smaller Palms. Its slender erect stemis freely furnished with its gracefully arching leaves, made up of innumerable long,narrow pinnse or segments of a rich green color. The Cocos are admirable forFern dishes, as they are of slow growth and maintain their beauty for a long pots, 12 inches high, 25 cts. each; 4-inch pots, 15 inches high, 50 cts. Cocos WEDDELIANi. 80 Dreers Autumn Catalogfue, xSgg. PALMS—Continued. ARECA VERSCHAFFELTII. A beautiful species with large pinnate leaves of a light green with creamymid-rib and stems, while the trunk is bronzy purple; 4-inch pots, 12 incheshigh, 50 cts. each. NIVEUM. A very rare Palm of imposing habit, large, broad foliage, which is of asilvery white on under side. § each. KENTIAS. The Kentias, both Belmoreana and Forsteriana, are the hardiest in cultiva-tion and give better satisfaction as a house plant than any other are of slow growth, and are not affected by the dust and dry atmos-phere of the house, and were we to select one Pahn only, it certainly wouldbe a Kentia. The two varieties are of similar appearance, the former beinfdwarfer and more spreading, and the latter is of stronger growth with broader,heavier foliage. Kentia Belmoreana. 3-inch pots, 4 5 6 7 7 8101216-inch tubs. 4 to 5 le
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