Dreer's garden book 1917 (1917) Dreer's garden book 1917 dreersgardenbook1917henr Year: 1917 Maranta Vittata MUSa EllSete (Abyssinian Banana). The grandest of all Bananas; the leaves are magnificent, long, broad and massive; of beau- tiful green. The plant grows luxuriantly from 8 to 12 feet high. During the hot summer,when planted out,it grows rapidly and attains gigantic proportions, producing a tropical effect on the lawn or flower garden. (See cut.) Good plants, 30 cts. each; strong plants in 5-inch pots, 50 cts. each; very strong plants in 7-inch pots that will give a quick effect, $
Dreer's garden book 1917 (1917) Dreer's garden book 1917 dreersgardenbook1917henr Year: 1917 Maranta Vittata MUSa EllSete (Abyssinian Banana). The grandest of all Bananas; the leaves are magnificent, long, broad and massive; of beau- tiful green. The plant grows luxuriantly from 8 to 12 feet high. During the hot summer,when planted out,it grows rapidly and attains gigantic proportions, producing a tropical effect on the lawn or flower garden. (See cut.) Good plants, 30 cts. each; strong plants in 5-inch pots, 50 cts. each; very strong plants in 7-inch pots that will give a quick effect, $ and $ each; heavy plants in 12-inch tubs, $' each. NASTURTIUMS. (Tropaeolum majus nanum.) Tom Thumb, or Dwarf. Too well known to need description. Mixed colors, ready in May. 10 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Type of our Royal Exhibition Pansy Musa Eksete OLEA FRAGRANS. (Sweet Olive.) An old favorite green- house shrub, succeeding admirably as a house plant, producing insig- nificant white flowers, but of the most exquisite fragrance, continuing to bloom almost the entire winter. Good plants, 50 cts. each; larger plants, $ each. Dreer's Royal Exhibition Pansies. The plants here offer- ed are grown from our own choicest strain of seed, and for size of bloom, richness of coloring and texture will be found un- surpassed by any other strain. 75 cts. per doz.; $ per 100. NEPENTHES (Pitcher Plant.) These interesting plants, with their curious pitchers, require to be grown in a high, moist atmosphere, and in dense shade. The sorts offered are among the choicest of the genus. EACH. EACH. Intermedia $3 00 I Pattersoni $2 50 Mastersiana 2 50 | Phyilamphora 2 50 One each of the 4 sorts for $ PANDANUS (Screw Pine). The Pandanus requires about the same treatment as the Dracaena, but is better adapted to culture in the living-room than that plant is. Graminifolius. Narrow, dark-green foliage; makes a pretty plant for table decoration. 50 cts. each. Veitch
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