Dreer's garden calendar : 1899 . dreersgardencale1899henr Year: 1899 126 DREER'S SELECT LIST. vm MCSA B'NSETK. PASSIFLORA. (Passion Flower Vine.) Princeps. Undoubtedly the finest of all Passifloras for greenhouse culture. It produces its flowers of rich car- mine-scarlet in long terminal racemes, g which remain in perfection a long ^ time. The plants we offer are very strong, but stock is limited. 75 cts. each. Pfordti. This we consider the best of all the tender varieties for outdoor planting. Its beautiful flowers are borne freely, even on quite sma''l plants. They are of a rich sha
Dreer's garden calendar : 1899 . dreersgardencale1899henr Year: 1899 126 DREER'S SELECT LIST. vm MCSA B'NSETK. PASSIFLORA. (Passion Flower Vine.) Princeps. Undoubtedly the finest of all Passifloras for greenhouse culture. It produces its flowers of rich car- mine-scarlet in long terminal racemes, g which remain in perfection a long ^ time. The plants we offer are very strong, but stock is limited. 75 cts. each. Pfordti. This we consider the best of all the tender varieties for outdoor planting. Its beautiful flowers are borne freely, even on quite sma''l plants. They are of a rich shade of blue, suffused with rose. 15 cts. each ; $ per dozen. Quadrangularis Variegata. A pretty variegated variety, having large foliage, which is mottled with bright golden-yellow spots and light colored, almost white flowers. 15 cts. each ; $ per dozen. PANDANUS. (Screw Pine.) Utilis. This is one of the most useful of our orna- mental foliage plants ; excellent for the centre of vases and baskets, or grown as a single specimen. 3-inch pots, 8 inches high $ 25 each 4 ' ' 12 ' ' 50 ' 5 ' ' 15 ' ' 1 00 ' 6 ' ' 18 ' ' 1 50 ' Veitchi. This is one of the most attractive of decorative plants. The leaves are light green, beautifully marked with broad stripes of pure white, and gracefully curved. 4-inch pots, 12 inches high $1 00 each 5 ' ' 15 ' ' 1 25 ' 6 ' ' 18 ' ' ...... 1 50 ' Specimen plants, $ to $ each. MACROZAMIA ELEGANTISSIMA. A most distinct and graceful Cycad with small narrow leaves of a rich deep green. A pretty plant for table decoration. $ each. METROSIDEROS FLORIBINDA (Bottle Brush.) A greenhouse shrub, producing long cylindrical spikes of bright red flowers. Yen' effective. § each. MUSA ENSETE (Abyssinian Banana.) The grandest of all the Bananas; the leaves are magnificent, long, broad and massive ; of a beautiful green, with a broad crimson mid-rib ; the plant grows luxuriantly from 8 to 12 feet high. During the hot Summer, when planted out,
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