. Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1916. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA—DECORATIVE PLANTS. Clivia Minima FIBROUS-ROOTBD BEGONIAS. This class is entirely distinct from the tuberous-rooted sorts, and are among the freest-flowered ornamental-leaved pot plants for house or conservatory decoration, flowering continuously, summer and winter. Alba Picta. Leaves glossy green, freely spotted with silvery- white; flowers white. Argentea Guttata. Foliage of rich
. Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1916. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA—DECORATIVE PLANTS. Clivia Minima FIBROUS-ROOTBD BEGONIAS. This class is entirely distinct from the tuberous-rooted sorts, and are among the freest-flowered ornamental-leaved pot plants for house or conservatory decoration, flowering continuously, summer and winter. Alba Picta. Leaves glossy green, freely spotted with silvery- white; flowers white. Argentea Guttata. Foliage of rich green, spotted with silver. Corallina Lucerna. Gigantic trusses of bronzy-red flowers, inbloom continuously from April to November. Haageana. As a permanent plant for the window garden or the conservatory, this is one of the most desirable, and an easy variety to manage; the same plants can be carried from year to year, finally developing into grand specimens, which, during the winter months, are loaded with large trusses of creamy-white flowers, suffused with pink, the foli- age being bold and attractive, of a bronzy-green above and reddish on the under side. 25 cts. each; | per doz. Metallica. Lustrous bronze-green foliage; veins de- pressed and dark red, rosy-white flowers. Rubra {Coral Begonia), Flowers scarlet-rose; glossy and wax-like. Price, except where noted, 15 cts. each; $L50 per doz. Set of 6 sorts, 80 cts. CESTRUM PARQUI. (Night-blooming Jessamine.) An interesting tender shrub of easy culti'vation, with small greenish-white flowers of delightful fragrance, which is dispensed during the night only. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. CISSUS DISCOLOR. A beautiful climber for the conservatory, with mottled and marbled crimson and green foliage. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. INDIVISA. One of the most valuable of all greenhouse climbers. Its pure white flowers are from 1\ to 2 inches in diame- ter, and produced in panicles frequently 2 feet long. A well-establi
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