Dreer's midsummer list 1934 (1934) Dreer's midsummer list 1934 . dreersmidsummerl1934henr Year: 1934 Araucaria excelsa Araucaria—Nor/offe Island Pine Excelsa. A beautiful tender evergreen, unequaled in symmet rical habit of growth by any other plant. A favorite for house decoration during the winter and for the porch in summer time. 4-inch pots, $; 5-inch pots, $ each. Asparagus Plumosus nanus {Asparagus Fern). There is no better plant for table decoration than this. The foliage is more delicate than that of the finest Fern, being lace-like in its filminess. A plant with half a dozen
Dreer's midsummer list 1934 (1934) Dreer's midsummer list 1934 . dreersmidsummerl1934henr Year: 1934 Araucaria excelsa Araucaria—Nor/offe Island Pine Excelsa. A beautiful tender evergreen, unequaled in symmet rical habit of growth by any other plant. A favorite for house decoration during the winter and for the porch in summer time. 4-inch pots, $; 5-inch pots, $ each. Asparagus Plumosus nanus {Asparagus Fern). There is no better plant for table decoration than this. The foliage is more delicate than that of the finest Fern, being lace-like in its filminess. A plant with half a dozen stalks is a mass of dainty, misty green. 5-inch pots, 50c each. Aspidistra Lurida. One of the easiest dccurative plants to grow. A most useful house plant, thriving in a hallway or a comparatively dark place in the room where nothing else will succeed. 6-inch pots, ; S-inch tubs, $ each. Clivia mirxiata—imantophyllum A pretty lily-like plant of the easiest culture. It is a most desirable house plant which flowers during the late winter months, remaining in bloom for a long period. The flowers are about 2 inches long. They are borne in dense clusters of from 10 to 20 flowers each. They are a line orange-red, shading to buff. 5-iiich pots, ; 7-inch pots, $ each. Croton Crotons Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of coloring that is fcjund in this class of plants. They are beautiful as pot plants for the conservatory, making handsome specimens for decorative and exhibition purposes. In the latitude of Philadelphia and south- ward they are wonderfully effective for summer bedding, presenting a glorious medley of rich variegated colors not found in any other class of plants. Highly colored varieties, 6-inch pots, each. Cyperus—Umbrella Plant Alternifolius. An excellent plant for the house, always pre- senting an attractive appearance. It may be grown as a sub- aquatic, and in any case should never lack a liberal supply of water. 6-inch pots, SO
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