. Dreer's garden book 1915. tfirst is a bright green with irregular large yellow and carmine blotches,which, as they mature, become a dark bronzy-green with orange-carminemidribs, veins and blotches; a variety of extraordinary merit. Phillip Qeduldig. A splendid, compact grower, with broad, medium-sized leaves. When young, the light green ground is generously splashedwith yellow. This gradually deepens to a bright cardinal-red on anolive-green base. Pucciana. At first the leaves are bright olive-green with irregular yellow markings along midrib and veins; at maturity the ground color is bronzy
. Dreer's garden book 1915. tfirst is a bright green with irregular large yellow and carmine blotches,which, as they mature, become a dark bronzy-green with orange-carminemidribs, veins and blotches; a variety of extraordinary merit. Phillip Qeduldig. A splendid, compact grower, with broad, medium-sized leaves. When young, the light green ground is generously splashedwith yellow. This gradually deepens to a bright cardinal-red on anolive-green base. Pucciana. At first the leaves are bright olive-green with irregular yellow markings along midrib and veins; at maturity the ground color is bronzy dark green, veined and largely marked with bright CROTON. cardinal-red. Vuletide. Leaves f to 1 inch wide, frequently 12 inches I Willie Runde. Similar in coloring to Mrs. Duncan Macaw, l)ut long- at first usually a pure orange, changing to dark green, | differs in having much narrower and shorter foliage, which cardinal and orange, with deeper midrib and reverse. I is irregular, varymg from 1 to 2^ inches in the same leaf. Price. Any of the above Novelties in good young plants in 3-inch pots, 60 cts. each; the set of 10 forSTANDARD VARIETIES OF CROTONS. ;. Andreanum. Leaves Droad-oblong, deep green with yellowand crimson vein-markings. Baron Frank Seilliere. Large, heavy deep green leaves withpale yellow nerves, which change to ivory-white; the contrastof color produces a striking effect. Dayspring. Leaves orange-yellow, edged dark green, theyellow part becoming deeply suffused with red. Inimitable. Ground color deep olive-green, with irregular blotches and veins of bright orange-carmine, the general effect being arich autumn red. Interruptum. Narrow, long leaves, frequently twisted, dark purplish-green, midril) crimson. Musaicum. Wavy, lanceolate leaves, green, crimson and cream color. Norwood Beauty. Oak-leaved; ground color greenish-bronze, veinedand splashed with orange-salmon. Queen Victoria. Long leaves, rich golden-yellow, mottled wi h green,midrib and veins, as w
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