. Dreer's garden calendar : 1899. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Reine Victoria. Green, spotted with white and crimson. Refulgens Rubra. Ribs and centre bright red ; light green margin. Refulgens Venosa. Large round leaf with white markings and red ribs. Roncador. Dark rose leaves with green veins. Seritinga. Light flesh-colored centre, passing to green border. Sinimbu. Creamy yellow foliage, brownish red ribs. Splendidum. Centre deep crim- son, dark green border. Wighti
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1899. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Reine Victoria. Green, spotted with white and crimson. Refulgens Rubra. Ribs and centre bright red ; light green margin. Refulgens Venosa. Large round leaf with white markings and red ribs. Roncador. Dark rose leaves with green veins. Seritinga. Light flesh-colored centre, passing to green border. Sinimbu. Creamy yellow foliage, brownish red ribs. Splendidum. Centre deep crim- son, dark green border. Wightii. Dark green, with white and red spots. 25 cts. each ; § per dozen ; the set of 25 for § In addition to the above we can supply a large collection of New Brazilian varieties at 50 cts. each ; § per dozen. A list of varie- ties, with descriptions, will be mailed on application. Caladium Esculentum {Ele- phant's Ear) will be found offered on page Fancy-Leaved CALADirir. Ccphea Llav^e. CIPHEA LLAY^E. (The Giant Tricolored Cuphea. This interesting flowering plant belongs to the same family as the well-known Lady's Cigar Plant. The flowers are tubular in shape, about 2 inches long, and combine three distinct colors in each flower— scarlet, white and blue. In bloom continually. 10 cts. each ; § per doz. CROTONS. Nothing can excel the beauty and richness of coloring that is found in this class of plants. They are beautiful as pot plants for the con- servatory, making handsome speci- mens for decorative and exhibition purposes, and are now used exten- sively as bedding plants, for which purpose they are exceptionally well adapted. They should be planted in full sun in a position where they can beliberally supplied with water, which develops the most wonderful color- ings in the foliage. Undoubtedly the most interesting and showiest bedding in our Philadelphia parks, the past few years, .was made with this plant. We enumerate below a few of the leading varie
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