Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 pRACiCNA LlNDKNI. DAPHNE ODORA. An old favorite greenhouse plant, with rich, deep evergreen foliage, and terminal heads of richly-perfumed waxy-white tinted purple flowers. This plant is now rarely seen. § each. DIEFFENBACHIAS. Handsome decorative plants, with bold, ornamental foliage; useful for the warm conservatory. Bausei. Leaves yellowish-green, blotched dark green and spotted white. Bowmannii. Rich dsep green leaves, blotched with irregular markings of light pea-green. Imperlalis. Leaves da
Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 pRACiCNA LlNDKNI. DAPHNE ODORA. An old favorite greenhouse plant, with rich, deep evergreen foliage, and terminal heads of richly-perfumed waxy-white tinted purple flowers. This plant is now rarely seen. § each. DIEFFENBACHIAS. Handsome decorative plants, with bold, ornamental foliage; useful for the warm conservatory. Bausei. Leaves yellowish-green, blotched dark green and spotted white. Bowmannii. Rich dsep green leaves, blotched with irregular markings of light pea-green. Imperlalis. Leaves dark green with yellow spots. Magnlfica. Shining somber green foliage, variegated with blotches and spots of pure white. riemora;Corsl. Leaves silvery-white, veined green. Napoleon HI. Very dark green foliage with ivory-white mid- rib and creamy markings. Splendens. Rich deep bottle-green, freely marked with whitish striated blotches. Price, 50 cts. each. Set of 6 sorts, § ECHEVERIA. Secunda glauca. The blue-green-leaved variety so much used in carpet bedding. 10 cts. each; $ per doz.; § per 100. ERVTHRINA ( Plant). Grista-galli compacta. A most effective summer-flowering garden plant. Should be planted out after danger from frost is past, and pro- duces throughout the summer large spikes of brilliant crimson-scarlet flowers. In autumn the top should be cut back and the roots stored in dry soil or sand in a frost-free cellar. 30 cts. each; § per doz. EUCHARIS. Amazonica. A splendid hothouse plant. It sends up stalks bearing several pure white star-shaped flowers, 4 inches across, delightfully fragrant, and highly prized as a cut flower. 25 ; § per doz. EUCOMIS (Pineapple Flower) Punctata. An easy growing summer-flowering bulb which may be treated like Gladiolus. It forms a rosette of pretty, erect, wavy, green leaves, from the centre of which rises a stem 2 feet high with a dense head of yellow- ish-green flowers with dark centres. 20 cts. e
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