. Dreer's mid-summer list 1928 . Fibrous-rooted Begonias This class is among the freest flowering ornamental-leaved pot plants for conservatory decoration; excellent subject for the window garden. Foliage of rich green, spotted with silver. Gigantic trusses of bronzy-red flowers in Argentea Guttata. Corallina Lucerna. bloom continuously from April to November. Haageana. Large trusses of creamy-white flowers, suffused with pink, the foliage bold and attractive, of a bronzy- green above and reddish on the under side. Price. 35 cts. each. One each of the 3 sorts for $ Bougainvillea Crimson L
. Dreer's mid-summer list 1928 . Fibrous-rooted Begonias This class is among the freest flowering ornamental-leaved pot plants for conservatory decoration; excellent subject for the window garden. Foliage of rich green, spotted with silver. Gigantic trusses of bronzy-red flowers in Argentea Guttata. Corallina Lucerna. bloom continuously from April to November. Haageana. Large trusses of creamy-white flowers, suffused with pink, the foliage bold and attractive, of a bronzy- green above and reddish on the under side. Price. 35 cts. each. One each of the 3 sorts for $ Bougainvillea Crimson Lake. Introduced through the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture. The flowers are like all other Bougainvilleas, perhaps a trifle Iarger, but in coloring none compare with it in richness and )rilliancy. On first opening a brilliant crimson-lake, retaining this color for three or four weeks, after which they gradually pass to a crimson-carmine. In Southern California and Florida, the Bougainvilleas make gorgeous climbers for outdoor planting, while in the north they are useful subjects as pot plants for the conservatory or green- house. Plants in 3-inch pots, 50 cts. each. 4-inch pots, $ each. Croton Camellia Japonica A splendid lot of strong, shapely, bushy, thrifty plants from 18 to 24 inches high. We can supply double pink and double red. $ each. Cestruin Parqui (Night-blooming Jessamine) An interesting tender shrub of easy cultivation, either for pot culture or for planting in the garden when the weather gets warm, with small greenish white flowers of delightful fragrance, which is dispensed during the night only. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Clerodendron Balfouri. A beautiful greenhouse climber, and admirably suited for house culture, flowering most profusely with bright scarlet flowers, enveloped in a creamy-white calyx. Strong plants, 25 cts. each. Extra large plants, 50 cts. each. Clivia Miniata (Imantophyllum) A pretty lily-like plant of the
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