. Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Alba Picta. Leaves white. Argentea (iuttata. Foliage of rich green, spotted with silver. liaageana. Large flowers of a creamy white, with just sufficient pink to give them a bright, cheerful glow ; foliage bronzy-green above, red below. Metallica. A fine erect growing variety, with dark, rough leaves ; the surface is a lustrous bronze-green ; veins depressed and dark red. • Rubra [CoralBe^^onia). Dark green
. Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Alba Picta. Leaves white. Argentea (iuttata. Foliage of rich green, spotted with silver. liaageana. Large flowers of a creamy white, with just sufficient pink to give them a bright, cheerful glow ; foliage bronzy-green above, red below. Metallica. A fine erect growing variety, with dark, rough leaves ; the surface is a lustrous bronze-green ; veins depressed and dark red. • Rubra [CoralBe^^onia). Dark green leaves, flowers scarlet rose, glossy and wax-like. Saundersonl. Scarlet flowers ; in bloom continually. 15 cts. each ;' $ per doz. Set of 6 varieties for 75 cts. THE EORRAINE BEGONIAS, These are perfect gems, and undoubtedly the finest winter- fiowering pla'nis we now possess. They grow from 12 to 15 inches high, and natur;illy form graceful, bushy specimens, which from October until April are completely smothered with their soft, deli- cately colored flowers. Qlpire de Lorraine. Soft rosy-pink of fine form. Light Pink Lorraine. Of a lighter shade of pink. Turnford Hall. A lovely and chaste variety, producing large, apple-blossom-like flowers of pink and white. Plants of the above three varieties can only be supplied from July to January. Orders booked and filled in proper season. Price for either: Good plants, in 3-inch pots, 25 cts. each; $ per doz. :. Frilled TuBiij<ous If you want an effective bedVtry Cahnas, bttrdtred with Pitliiisttum. (See pages 14Q and 157.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry A. Dreer
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