Dreer's mid-summer list 1917 (1917) Dreer's mid-summer list 1917 . dreersmidsummerl1917henr Year: 1917 â â â H HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIAâDECORATIVE PLANTS 29 GAKDHNIA FL,ORIDA (Cpe Jessamine). Beautiful greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with delightfully fragrant, pure white, waxy Howers, blooming from May to July. 3-inch pots, 30 cts. each; $ per doz.; 6-inch pots, $ each. HIBISCUS SINENSIS (Chinese HibUcus). Well-known evergreen tender shrubs which may be either grown in a pot or tub, or planted out during the summer. They flower freely during the entire summer, and even in the winter
Dreer's mid-summer list 1917 (1917) Dreer's mid-summer list 1917 . dreersmidsummerl1917henr Year: 1917 â â â H HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIAâDECORATIVE PLANTS 29 GAKDHNIA FL,ORIDA (Cpe Jessamine). Beautiful greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with delightfully fragrant, pure white, waxy Howers, blooming from May to July. 3-inch pots, 30 cts. each; $ per doz.; 6-inch pots, $ each. HIBISCUS SINENSIS (Chinese HibUcus). Well-known evergreen tender shrubs which may be either grown in a pot or tub, or planted out during the summer. They flower freely during the entire summer, and even in the winter, if kept in a light, sunny position in the house. As a rule, they flower more freely when grown in a pot or tub, and when grown in this way the roots are kept in confinement and it is easier to handle them in the winter. They can also be kept over winter in a warm cellar or any place where the thermom- eter does not fall below 50 degrees. In such a position give only enough water to keep alive, never permitting the soil to become dust-dry. Aurantiacus. Fine double pure salmon. Qrandiflorus. Very large single rose. Miniatus Semi=plenus. The finest and most brilliant semi-double vermilion-scarlet, with flowers 4 inches in diameter. Peachblow^. Large double flowers of a soft pink, with deeper centre. Sub=Violaceus. Flowers very large, of a beautiful carmine-tinted violet. 20 cts. each; $ per doz. The set of 5 for 85 cts. IXORAS. These are among the showiest of hothouse flowering plants. The flowers are borne in large terminal corymbs, shaped somewhat like a Bouvardia. Acuminata. Fragrant, pure white. Chelsoni. Brilliant salmon-orange. Coccinea. Bright red, in very large corymbs. Colei. A distinct white variety. Dixiana. Deep orange in large trusses. Flore lutea. Very large creamy yellow. Incarnata. Delicate flesh color. Javanica. Deep orange-red. 50 cts. each. Set of 8 varieties for $
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