Dreer's garden calendar for 1892 : a catalogue of choice vegetable, field and flower seeds new, rare and beautiful plants garden implements and fertilizers . dreersgardencale1892henr Year: 1892 Caladium Esculentum (Elephant's Ear). CLERODENDRON BALFOIRI. A hot-house climber, bright scarlet and white flowers, curi- ous shape; admirable house plant. 25 cts. each. COBEA SCANDENS. A beautiful climber of rapid growth, bearing large purple bell-shaped flowers. For covering arbors, trellises, etc., it is indispensable, as its dark green foliage and pretty flowers make it very attractive. 15 lo 25 ct
Dreer's garden calendar for 1892 : a catalogue of choice vegetable, field and flower seeds new, rare and beautiful plants garden implements and fertilizers . dreersgardencale1892henr Year: 1892 Caladium Esculentum (Elephant's Ear). CLERODENDRON BALFOIRI. A hot-house climber, bright scarlet and white flowers, curi- ous shape; admirable house plant. 25 cts. each. COBEA SCANDENS. A beautiful climber of rapid growth, bearing large purple bell-shaped flowers. For covering arbors, trellises, etc., it is indispensable, as its dark green foliage and pretty flowers make it very attractive. 15 lo 25 cts. each ; § to $ per doz. CESTRUM PARQUI. (Night-Blooming Jasmine,) A beautiful tender shrub of easy cultivation, with small greenish white flowers, of delightful fragrance which is dispensed during the night only. 15 cents each. CYCLAMEN PERSICCM GIGANTEUM. A charming greenhouse bulb, which succeeds admirably in the house. 30 to 50 cts. each. IMEFEEISBACMIA BAUSEI. A stove plant*of easy culture, fo- liage yellowish green, margined and irregularly blotched with dark green, and profusely spotted with white. 50 cts. each. EUCHARIS AMAXONICA. A splendid hot-house plant, bloom- ing nearly the entire season. Il sends up stalks bearing several pure white, star-shaped flowers, 4 inches across, delightfully fragrant. It is very highly prized in bouquets, bas- kets, elc. Pot in light rich soil, well drained, water freely in the growing season, giving a slight rest in fall. 30 cts. to $ each. CALADIUM ESCULENTUM. Elephant's Ear. One of the most effective plants in cultivation for the ower border or for planting out upon the lawn ; it will grow i any good garden soil, and is of the easiest culture. To btain the best results it should be planted where it will tain plenty of water, and an abundance of rich compost. Foliage light green. When full size it stands 6 feet high, and bears immense leaves 3 to 4 feet long by 2\ feet wide. Medium size, 15 cts. each ; § per doz. Sec
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