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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



HARDY PERENNIALS-C^.«//««.^ 



HYACIXTHUS 



, HeMEKi'CALLIS Kwamso, Fl. Pl. 



HEMEROCALLIS KWAMSO, fl. pl. (Donhle' 

 Oranfje Lily\. Large double copper-colored flowei-s; in 

 bloom all summer ; a bold and striking flower 50 ct« ' 



HEMEROCALLIS FULVA" \ Lemon lJh/).\ 



Lemon-colored flowers, excellent for planting amono' 

 shrubbery. 



HIBISCUS (Perennial Mallow). 

 The flowers which are produced freely from July to 

 September are 6 to S inches in diameter, and vary in 

 color from pure whhe to deep rose. The plants grow 5 

 to 8 feet liigli and form dense bushes, which are in sea- 

 son a complete mass of bloom. 



CANDICAiNS. A snow-white 

 summer-flowering Hyacinth, growing 3 to -1 feet in height, 

 gracefully surmounted with from twenty to thirty pure 

 white bell-shaped flowers. 



INTHUS C-^.NUI'-.^Ns. 



25 ct.s. each ; ^2. .50 per dozen, except where noted 



Iris Germanica. 



IRIS GERMANICA. 



These are neat, robust, hardy herbaceous early blooming 

 plants, with large ornamental flowers of rich and ele- 

 gantly blended colors, exquisitely striped with dark violet, 

 purple, or bronzed lines, upon a lighter ground. They 

 thrive best in low situations, and can be planted in niarshy 

 places or interspersed with low growing sedges on the 

 margins of fish-ponds. 

 Bariensis. "\Vhite, bordered willi lihic. 

 Comte de St. Clair. White, shaded violet. 

 Florentine. White, pencilled blue. 

 Hericartiana. Pale bine. 

 Honorabilis. Orange, lower petals brown. 

 Juliette. White, violet edge, shaded blue. 

 Madame Chereau. White, edged violet. 

 Pajole. Purplish lilac, lower petals dark. 

 Pluton. Bronzy violet, lower petals lilac. 

 Haphael. Xankui yellow, lower petals purjile with 



white veins. 

 Virgile. Bronzy red, lower petals lilac. 

 Virginal. White, jietals veined with purple. 

 Walneri. Lilac, lower petals dark blue. 

 15 cts. each ; ?1.50 per doz. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 



(Convallaria Majalis.) 



One of the most charming of our spring-flowering 

 plants. Its slender stems set with tiny bells diflfusing a 

 delicious odor, have rendered it a universal favorite. 

 They are entirely hardy, and delight in a shady, well- 

 enriched border. Boots delivered until April and after 

 September 1st. 

 Single White. 10 cts. each: 50 cts. per doz, ; $2,50 per 



100. 

 Single Rose Colored. Light rose; very pretty, 10 



cts. each : 75 cts, per doz. 

 Donble White. 15 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $3.00 per 



100. 



Hv.\ci 

 Assortments, our selection ; 12 plants, $2.00 ; 25 plants, $4.00; 50 plants, .$7,00; 100 plants^ $12,00 



