Dreer's garden calendar for 1892 : a catalogue of choice vegetable, field and flower seeds new, rare and beautiful plants garden implements and fertilizers . dreersgardencale1892henr Year: 1892 MoNTBRETIA CrOCOSMI/EFLORA. MONTBRETIAS. The Montbretias, although as yet little known, must rank amongst our most decorative bulbous plants. Their graceful spikes of showy flowers are invaluable for cutting, and are in full glory a month after all tender plants are killed by frost. Montbretia Crocosniiaeflora. Resembles somewhat a miniature Gladiolus. It throws up several flower spikes from each bulb,
Dreer's garden calendar for 1892 : a catalogue of choice vegetable, field and flower seeds new, rare and beautiful plants garden implements and fertilizers . dreersgardencale1892henr Year: 1892 MoNTBRETIA CrOCOSMI/EFLORA. MONTBRETIAS. The Montbretias, although as yet little known, must rank amongst our most decorative bulbous plants. Their graceful spikes of showy flowers are invaluable for cutting, and are in full glory a month after all tender plants are killed by frost. Montbretia Crocosniiaeflora. Resembles somewhat a miniature Gladiolus. It throws up several flower spikes from each bulb, bearing numerous flowers of a brilliant orange-red, shaded with yellow ; 2£ ft. Bulbs 10 cts. each; $ per dozen. Montbretia Pottsii. Graceful branched spikes of small crimson scarlet flowers, very showy ; 2 ft. Bulbs 10 cts. each ; $ per dozen. Musa Ensete. JVIusa Ensete. The leaves are magnificent, long, broad and massive, of a beautiful green, with a broad crimson midrib; the plant grows luxuriantly from 8 to 12 feet high. During the hot sum- mer, when planted out, it grows rapidly, and attains gigantic proportions, producing a tropical effect on the lawn, terrace, or flower garden. It can be stored in a light cellar or cool greenhouse during the winter, with a covering of soil, or (planted in a tub, and watered sparingly. Plants 8 in., 50 cts.; 1 ft., $; 2 to 3 ft., $2 50 each.
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