. Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 132 HWADRIER ••PIWADftPIHA-FA-fS NEW ""RARE PLANTS- ft. Pennisetum Cupreum. New Selaginella Golden-leaved Emilieana. The green-leaved Selaginella Emilieana is one of the prettiest of the mosses, and is extensively grown for use in fern-dishes, as well as for individual specimens in connec- tion with Ferns, etc. It succeeds well in the window gar- den, forming pretty, shape
. Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 132 HWADRIER ••PIWADftPIHA-FA-fS NEW ""RARE PLANTS- ft. Pennisetum Cupreum. New Selaginella Golden-leaved Emilieana. The green-leaved Selaginella Emilieana is one of the prettiest of the mosses, and is extensively grown for use in fern-dishes, as well as for individual specimens in connec- tion with Ferns, etc. It succeeds well in the window gar- den, forming pretty, shapely plants from 6 to 10 inches high. This new variety, however, has rich golden-yellow- foliage, very distinct and effective. Good young plants, 35 cts. each. Sanseviera Zealanica Laurentii, The ordinary Sanseviera Zealanica offered on page 173, with its thick, leathery foliage of dark green, irregularly transversely variegated with silvery-grey markings, has long been recognized as one of the best plants for the house, st succeeding under the most adverse conditions and always presenting a fresh appearance. This new variety, in addi- tion to this variegation, has a band of creamy-yellow vary- ing from \ to \ inch or more in width on each edge of the long leaves, which adds greatly to its decorative effect. Stock limited. $ each. WATSONIA ARDERNEI. (White Bugle lily.) A bulbous plant from the Cape of Good Hope, closeiy allied to and similar in growth to the Gladiolus, and suc- ceeding underithe same cultivation. It can be grown as a pot plant and flowered in the conservatory or greenhouse, but succeeds best when planted out. It grows about 4 feet high with branched stems, there frequently being as many as five or six branches on a stem, and bearing many long-tubed, open flowers, 2 inches across, of the purest glistening white As a cut flower for vases it is considered very choice. Strong bulbs, 15 cts. each; § per doz.; $ per 100. NEW ORNAMENTAL GRASS PENNISETU
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