. Dreer's 1909 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 132 COSTCS, Zebrinus. A pretty, warm greenhouse plant with large dark green foliage and darker stripe>. 50 cts. each. tROTONS. Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of coloring that is found in this class of plants. They are beautiful as pot plants for the conservatory, making handsome specimens for decorative and ex- hibition purposes, and are now used extensively as bedding plants, for which purpose they
. Dreer's 1909 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 132 COSTCS, Zebrinus. A pretty, warm greenhouse plant with large dark green foliage and darker stripe>. 50 cts. each. tROTONS. Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of coloring that is found in this class of plants. They are beautiful as pot plants for the conservatory, making handsome specimens for decorative and ex- hibition purposes, and are now used extensively as bedding plants, for which purpose they are excep- tionally well adapted. They should be planted in full sun in a position where they can be liberally supplied with water, which develops the most won- derful colorings in the foliage. Our collection , un- braces 25 of the handsomest variegated varieties. Nice plants, MM cts. each; § per doz. Larger plants, 50 cts. each; § per doz. CUPHEA. Llavae [The Giant Tri-colored Cuphea). Flowers tubular in shape, about 2 inches long, and combine three distinct colors in each flower —scarlet, white and blue. In bloom continually. 10 cts. each; $ per doz. Platy centra {Cigar Plant). This is the old-fashioned and well-known variety, with narrow tubular scarlet flowers, tipped with purple; always in bloom. 10 cts. each; $ per doz. tTRMERIA. Wallisii. A handsome ornamental plant which is deserving of wide pop- ularity as a decorative plant for the warm conservatory or as a pot plant for the window-garden. Its leaves, which are about 5 inches long by 2 to 2-1 inches wide, are of a rich deep green, irregularly blotched with pale yellowish-green. (See cut.) 50 cts. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalo
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