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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



GLOXINIA CRASSIFOLIA GRANDIFLORA. 



A charmina; class of summer blooming bulbs -nhich succeed with ordinary care. They should be grown in a mod- 

 erately shady place, as the sun burns the foliage when wet, making brown spots appear. If planted in frames, they 

 will thrive admirably and produce their lovely flowers from June to September. After planting the^bulbs in a mix- 

 ture ot fibrous peat, light loam, manure and sand in equal parts, they require but little heat or water until they show 

 signs of growth, when the quantity of moisture and heat may be increased. Air should be plentifully supplied to 

 prevent damping olf. When the plants have done blooming dry gradually oft', and keep in pots over winter in a 

 moderately warm place, or under the staging of a greenhouse. 



We have made a specialty of the Gloxinia for many years, and have added all the improved strains as they have 

 appeared, until our collection is unsurpassed either in this country or abroad. The past season we have added a 

 strain of richly marbled and spotted sons; also a tine strain of large self-colored varieties. The named varieties we 

 ofi'er are specially good, and our mixtures include flowers of lovely form and hue. 



Butterfly. Flowers erect, of a lovely shade 

 of porcelain blue, with large pure white 

 throat. 



Carmen. Flowers erect, pure white throat, 

 lips rich crimson. 



Crimson Queen. Flowers erect, of very 

 large size, throat deep crimson, pure white 

 lips. 



Fauchon. Flowers pendulous, pure white, 

 with large crimson blotch on lower lip. 



Jenity Lind. Flowers erect, rich shade of 

 deep purplish blue. 



Purple Gem. Flowers erect, pure white lips, 

 throat deep rich purple. 



Sappho. Flowers erect, rich dazzling crim- 

 son, flowers large and of good substance. 



Sylph. Flowers erect, pure white, with crim- 

 son-banded throat. 



Triumphant. Flowers erect, of a bright rosy 

 crimson color, throat pure white, minutely 

 spotted with deep crimson. 

 .30 cts. each ; $3.00 per dozen ; set of 9 $2.25. 



MIXED GLOXINIAS. 



These com])rise all sluides of color and erect, 

 horizontal and pendulous flowers; for those 

 who do not care about special color they will 

 be found very desirable, as only fine varieties 

 have been kept, the poor and dull colors having 

 been discarded. 



25 cts. each ; $2.50 per dozen. 



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RCHIDS 

 FOR COOL GREENHOUSE. 



These can be grown in any cool greenhouse or 

 pit where the temperature does not fall below 38 or 

 40°. The time of flowering is given with each 

 variety. 



Acineta Hnmboldti. Pretty straw-colored flow- 

 ers, dotted form ; blooms in May. $1.50. 



Bletia Tankervilliae. A well-known variety; 

 producing long spikes of large flowers during 

 the winter months; sepals and petals brownish 

 red, lip white, purple tip, and greenish yellow 

 centre. $1.00 to $1.50. 



CattJeya Citrina. The flowers are of a bright 

 lemon yellow, deliciously fragrant, and are 

 produced singly or in pairs; it blooms from 

 Mav to August, and lasts for three or four 

 weeks. $1.00 to $2.00. 



Cypripedium Boxalli. Upper sepals of a beau- 

 tiful fresh light green, with a narrow white 

 border, covered with blackish brown spots; 

 inferior sepals light green with lines of very 

 small reddish brown spots; petals light green 

 with dark lines. $2.00. ' 



Cypripedium Insi^ne. Flowers during mid- 

 winter. The blooms will last six weeks! 

 sepals and petals yellowish green, petals tipped 

 with white and spotted brown ; the lip is 

 orange and brown. $1.00 to $5.00. 



