. Dreer's 1909 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Farfugium Grande. PARFUGIUIH. Grande, Mr. Eben E. Rexford writes expressly for this book the fol- lowing cultural note: "This plant is extremely ornamental when well grown Its large circular leaves, olten nearly a foot across, thickly spotted with creamy-white and yellow, make it wonderfully striking and effective for room decoration. It likes a soil of loam and mucky matter, half and half, with a good deal
. Dreer's 1909 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Farfugium Grande. PARFUGIUIH. Grande, Mr. Eben E. Rexford writes expressly for this book the fol- lowing cultural note: "This plant is extremely ornamental when well grown Its large circular leaves, olten nearly a foot across, thickly spotted with creamy-white and yellow, make it wonderfully striking and effective for room decoration. It likes a soil of loam and mucky matter, half and half, with a good deal of water. Ample provision, however, should be made for drainage, as standing water about its roots often results in disease, which causes the loss of most of its foliage. Once a month, apply a fertilizer, as it is a gross feeder when allowed to have its way. It is never satisfactory if restricted as to food. Keep it in the ; 25 cts. each ; $ per doz. FUCHSIAS. Fuchsia. igbt Well-known favorites for planting out in partially shaded positions during the sum- mer or for early spring-flowering in the window or greenhouse. The following is a selection of the finest varieties. Those marked with a >'*" are double-flowering. Black Prince. Bright waxy-carmine, pink corolla. ''Elm City. Sepals rich crimson with very full, deep purple corolla Lieut. Mauritz. White sepals and rosy-red corolla. Marinka. Coral-red tube and sepals; corolla carmine. Minnesota. Tube and sepals light pink; corolla violet-purple. *<Ylrs. Gladstone. White corolla with coral-red sepals. *Phenomenal. Tube and sepals coral-rod, corolla very large, of a violet-purple. *KOSe Phenomenal. Rosy-red tube and sepals, rosy-lilac corolla. Speciosa. Pale red tube and sepals, dark red corolla. *White Phenomenal. Rosy-red tube and sepals, white corolla. Price, lo cts. each; $ per doz. GARDENIA FLORIDA (Cape Jessamine). Beautiful greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with delightfully fragrant, pure white wax
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