26 DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. 



Excellent, bright green leaves finely fringed, thickly blotched with dark purple, 



extra fine ; 75 cents. 

 Mervelleii, foliage large and wavy, dark velvety purple, with slight green edge, 



very showy. 

 Mooreii, large flat leaves, dark velvety crimson, slightly margined with green. 

 Perfection, green, bronzed with dark reddish crimson, irregularly blotched. 

 Sandersii, dark purple, margined with green, very large fiat, almost ovate foliage, 

 ricottii, large wavy green foliage, veined and blotched with dark purple, coarsely 



toothed. 

 Surprise, dark purplish crimson, with broad green edge. 

 Telfordii Aurea, bright golden green, deeply laciniated, the outlines deeply 



blotched with dark crimson. 

 Van Houtteii, long velvety purple foliage, with broad green margin. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



JAPAN CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



With peculiar fringed or tasselled flowers — a distinct and novel variety. 

 Price 30 cents each ; the six for $1.50. 



Gustave Rey, deep chamois, lightly pointed with yellow. 

 Japonicum, resembling in shape and color, tassels of crimson and gold. 

 Laciniatus, white, quilled and fringed edges, one of the best for bouquets. 

 La Couquette, blood red, maculated with goklen yellow. 

 Madame Golillot, reddish brown, yellow tips, large and fine. 

 Mr. Bonnet, dark yellow, reel centre, large flower. 



NEW HYBRID JAPANESE CHRYSANTHEMUMS- 



Importation of 1869. Price 50 cents each ; the seven for $2.50. 

 Remarkable for their diversity ; some with long and curiously fringed and curled 

 petals,resembling tassels, others with flowers of enormous size, peculiar form, or 

 new colors. 

 Cornet, bright orange yellow, changing to chestnut red, petals very long, curiously 



twisted and curled, which give it the appearance of a large bunch of gold thread. 

 Nagasaki Violet, dark rosy violet, and golden disc, the petals sometimes spotted 



with white. 

 Robert Fortune, bright orange or amber, large and very full. 

 Roseum Album, rosy purple, striped, mottled, and spotted with white ; good for 



bouquets ; dwarf and free flowering. 

 Tarantula, a most singular flower, with a close, button-like disc, and a single 



spreading ray of long, slender, tubular golden florets, 75- inches in diameter. 

 The Tycoon, very bright red, with a golden orange back, tassel form. 

 Wizard, bright red maroon, flowering in the form of loose tassels, dwarf, free 



blooming. 

 For other varieties, see DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR for 1869, which will 

 be forwarded to all applicants. 



ECHEVERIA PURPUREA. 



Price SI. 00 each. 

 A very ornamental plant, belonging to the Sempervivum or House Leek family, 

 with long blood red succulent leaves, and particularly recommended for Bockwork. 



