. Dreer's garden book 1915. 159. 9IUSA EXS£TE (Abyssinian Banana). The grandest of all Bananas; the leaves are magnificent, long,broad and massive; of beautiful green, the midrib turning tocrimson as the leaves develop. The plant grows luxuriantlyfrom 8 to 12 feet high. During the hot summer, whenplanted out, it grows rapidly and attains gigantic pro-portions, producing a tropical effect on the lawn or flowergarden. (See cut.) Good plants, 30 cts. each; strongplants in ,5-inch pots, 50 cts. each; very strong plants in 7-inchpots that will give a quick effect, and $ each; heavyplants
. Dreer's garden book 1915. 159. 9IUSA EXS£TE (Abyssinian Banana). The grandest of all Bananas; the leaves are magnificent, long,broad and massive; of beautiful green, the midrib turning tocrimson as the leaves develop. The plant grows luxuriantlyfrom 8 to 12 feet high. During the hot summer, whenplanted out, it grows rapidly and attains gigantic pro-portions, producing a tropical effect on the lawn or flowergarden. (See cut.) Good plants, 30 cts. each; strongplants in ,5-inch pots, 50 cts. each; very strong plants in 7-inchpots that will give a quick effect, and $ each; heavyplants in 12-inch tubs, $ each. NEPHTHYTIS. Picturata. An interesting, ornamental hothouse plant, re-quiring a moist atmosphere; dark-green, pointed, heart-shapedfoliage, with fern-like variegations in silvery-white. $ NEPENTHES (Pitcher Plant). These interesting plants, with their curious pitchers, requireto be grown in a high, moist atmosphere, and in dense sorts offered are among the choicest of the
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