8 DREER’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. 
Che rocus, 
As one of the earliest ornaments of the flower garden, is a universal favorite, being neat, 
dwarf, and compact in growth, and varied in all the essential shades of color for producing 
harmony of effect, either separately or blended together. The principal adaption of this bulb 
consists in its suitability for planting sufficiently near to the margin or edge of flower-borders, 
beds, &c., as not to require removal, or in forming lines or edges entirely of such, in their rela- 
tive colors, which, after blooming, may be removed as the leaves show maturity of growth by 
fading in color (the bulbs being stored away dry and cool until the following autumn,) and the 
same spaces being again occupied by summer flowering plants. 
The principal months for planting are October, November, and December, in ordinary rich 
garden soil, placing the bulbs about two inches deep, and four to six inches from the margin or 
edge, each group of six to eight or more bulbs being planted in its own relative color, or other- 
wise in blended varieties, as taste may prefer. These all improve in beauty for some years if 
not disturbed. 
To secure a succession of blooms in pots, commence early in the first named month with six 
or eight bulbs in each well-drained pot, using the same rich soil about an inch deep, and, thus 
lanted, place the pots upon a surface of ashes, covering them over one inch deep with soil, tan, dry 
eaf-mould, or sand, until the leaves appear through the soil, when they may be removed to 
the house. 
, PER DOZ. PER 100 PER DOZ. PER 100 
Albion, violet striped; extra........... 30 $2.00 | Sir John Franklin, purple, very large.40 $3.00 
Blanche Fleur, pure white............... 30 2.00] Sir Robert Peel, striped, splendid...... 40 3.00 
Caroline Chisholm, white; splendid....35 2.50} Van Speyk, violet, striped............... 35 2.50 
Cloth of Gold, golden yellow............ 20 1.50] Vesicolor Albertine, white, striped.....20 1.50 
Comtesse de Morny, pure white.........30 2.00] Vesicolor Lorette, violet, striped....... 20 1.50 
David Rizzio, purple, one of the best.40 3.00] Walter Scott, extra, white and blue, 
Grand Vedette, fine blue.................. 30 2.00 BLEIDOO ore Nees ce ceucdccoe eee 30 2.00 
Grossiturst, pwiltites oct. ccsceccee tus eocteace Soe oO! |» Maree, PONE LL ssn atasen ete bes 
Miss Nightingale, white................... 40 3.00 0 PU plesicie css cth ees ak eoees 
Ne Plus Ultra, blue, white bordered...20 1.50 et) G19 01 10 RE ame ABNOR OE 5 20 1.50 
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Prince Albert, purple, extra..:.......... 30 2.00 ex Yellowae fe oss one 
Queen Victoria, pure white.............. 39) @27004 /Alll \colorsianixedcc a2 seet ene caeees 
Saffron (blooms in October), yellow...30 2.00 
IRIS.—FLEUR-DE-LUCE. iti 
The Iris is a very extensive and beautiful family—all the varieties here mentioned are 
hardy, except the Persian, which is rather tender, and better adapted to pot culture. 
EACH. DOZ. EACH. DOZ. 
English Bulbous, assorted..............+. 8 $ 75| Pavonia Bulbous, assorted............... 10 $1.00 
Spanish te Oe Ud re Tibedlats see ics 5 50} Persian e erie. amr cetacth ot. LO Fals6o 
IRIS GERMANICA. 
These are neat, robust, hardy evergreen, with large ornamental flowers of rich and ele- 
gantly blended colors, exquisitely striped with dark violet, purple, or bronze lines, upon a 
lighter ground. Not rising more than two to three feet in height, they are admirably adapted 
for gardens. 
25 cents each. $2.50 per dozen. 
Cherau, buff, lower petals dark blue and purple. | Multicolor, orange, lower petals dark brown, 
Honorabilis, dwarf, orange, lower petals dwarf. 
brown. Pajol, purplish lilac, lower petals dark. 
Incomparable, dwarf, white, lower petals pur-| Raphael, tall, delicate blue. 
ple shade. Sultana, yellow, lower petals shaded slightly 
Juliette, white, shaded with blue. with lilac. i 
Hericartiana, pale blue, lower petals dark| Virginal, dwarf, white, lower petals veined 
blue and purple. with purple. 
Madame Cherau, white, edged blue. Walnerii, lilac, lower petals dark blue. 
