. Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 130 HENRTADREER-PnitAOELPtllAM-^CARDffl^'OliEEIIHOUSE PLANTS. Abutilon. ACACIA. Armata. A most desirable house plant, succeeding under ihe same conditions as an or Camel- lia; the bright canary-yellow globular flowers are produced in March and April; very effective. 50 cts. and $ each. AGLAONEMA. Aroids, with pret- ty, variegated foliage; suitable for the warm conservatory. Costatum


. Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 130 HENRTADREER-PnitAOELPtllAM-^CARDffl^'OliEEIIHOUSE PLANTS. Abutilon. ACACIA. Armata. A most desirable house plant, succeeding under ihe same conditions as an or Camel- lia; the bright canary-yellow globular flowers are produced in March and April; very effective. 50 cts. and $ each. AGLAONEMA. Aroids, with pret- ty, variegated foliage; suitable for the warm conservatory. Costatum. Very compact, heart- shaped leaves of dark, shining green, with white midrib and scat- tering blotches of white. Marantaefolium maculatum. Dark green foliage, beaulifully variegated with greenish while. Pictum. Foliage of rich verdant green, marbled and spotted with deep French-green and silver-grey. 50 cts. each; $ ]>er doz. One of each fur SI 25. Arthur Belsham. Orange-red with deeper veins. Boule de Neige. Fine, pure white. Eclipse. A splendid variety for baskets and vases; foliage marWed green and yel- low; scarlet and orange-buff. Qolden Fleece. Fine, pure yellow ; remarkably free flowering. John Hopkins. Old-gold. Pink Beauty. Delicate soft pink. Rosaeflora. Pretty pinkish-rose. Santana. Deep carmine; a fine flower. Splendens. Fiee-flowering, bright red. Thompson! plena. Perfectly double flowers, vich orange, streaked erimsom. Price : 10 cts. each ; $100 per doz. Set of 10 varieties for 75 cts. AGAPANTHUS, Umbellatus {Blue Lily of the Nile). A splendid ornamental plant, ^bearing clWsters of bright blue flowers on long fiowerstalUs and lasting a long time in bloom. A most desirable plant for outdoor decoration, planted in large pots or tubs on the Fawn or piazza. — Albus, A white-flowering variety. 15 cts. each ; $ per doz. One of each, 25 cts. ^ESCHYNAIVTHUS. Qrandiflora, A pretty trailing or basket plant for the warm conservatory, bea


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