Dreer's descriptive catalogue of bulbs Dreer's descriptive catalogue of bulbs and other flower roots, with directions for their culture and management, winter-blooming plants, roses, &c. &c dreersdescriptiv1871henr Year: 1871 14 DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. Greenhouse Bulbs and Tubers. AMAflYUIS. Splendid flowering bulbs, suitable for the greenhouse, or room culture. They should be grown in pots, well drained, in a soil of equal parts peat, leaf-mould, and loam. They are showy Lily shaped flowers. EACH Aulica, dark crimson $ Choice Hybrids, imported from Crispa
Dreer's descriptive catalogue of bulbs Dreer's descriptive catalogue of bulbs and other flower roots, with directions for their culture and management, winter-blooming plants, roses, &c. &c dreersdescriptiv1871henr Year: 1871 14 DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. Greenhouse Bulbs and Tubers. AMAflYUIS. Splendid flowering bulbs, suitable for the greenhouse, or room culture. They should be grown in pots, well drained, in a soil of equal parts peat, leaf-mould, and loam. They are showy Lily shaped flowers. EACH Aulica, dark crimson $ Choice Hybrids, imported from Crispa 30 Johnsonii, scarlet and white Prince of Orange, bright orange, large, Vittata, white, striped with bright CYCMWEN. Few plants are more showy than the Cyclamen; blooming in the Winter and early Spring months in the greenhouse, the flowers being singular in shape, of various colors, with beautiful foliage. The soil should be very light and rich, containing a good part of peat and sand, with well-rotted cow manure. EACH Persicum Album, (Aleppicum), pure $ ' Roseum, ' rosy red 60 ' Maculatum Variegatum, (Aleppi- cum), spotted and variegated 60 Coum, flowers brilliant red 65 European Album, pure white 50 ' Roseum, rose colored 50 Hederaefolium Rubrum, very large, rosy purple Pyrenaicum Odoratum, (Neapolitanum), red, fragrant 40 CAMBIUM. This class of beautiful variegated foliage plants, margined and delicately traced with various rich colors, and elegantly spotted and mottled, give them a rare beauty. When alone or inter- mingled with other plants, they are valuable for summer decoration of the conservatory or greenhouse, and require a moist, warm atmosphere. The tubers require to be kept in a warm, dry place during the winter, and must be started in the spring in a warm house or hot-bed, with bottom heat—some of the hardier varieties can be planted in a shady situation out of doors. 50 cents to $ each. Assortments from $ to $10.
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