54 dreer's garden calendar. 



PETUNIA. For out-door decoration, there is scarcely a 

 plant equal to this. It commeuces to bloom early and con 

 tinues a mass of bloom the whole season. Of late years, 

 the striped and blotched varieties have been much im- 

 proved. 



** SPLENDID HYBRID VARIETIES. Mixed, verv choice 10 



*' BUCHANAN'S NEW BLOTCHED. Beautifully spotted 10 



«' DOUBLE HVDRIDIZED (very uncertain from seed) 50 



*' COUNTESS OF ELLESMEKE, dark rose, white throat 10 



*' KERMESINA GRANDIFLORA, with white throat, 25 



" PURPLE AND WHITE, mixed, or separate, each 5 



PORTULACA. Phints of easy culture, luxuriating in an ex- 

 posed sunny situation; liowers large and of many rich 

 shades of color, and produced throughout the summer in the 

 greatest profusion. The varieties are, — 



«^ ALBA, white: CARYOPHYLLOIDES. Carnation striped 5 



*' AURANTIACA. Orange. SPLENDENS. Crimson purple, 5 



" THORBURNIL Yellow. THELLUSONIL Scarlet, 6 



* ROSEA. Rose-colored. Mixed 5 



*' GRANDIFLORA FLO. PL. NEW DOUBLE 25 



POLYANTHUS. Finest English varieties, hardy per 25 



*' '' Good mixed, << ** lU 



POPPY, (Fapaver) Showy and easily cultivated flowers. Sow 

 early in the spring; will not bear transplanting. The varie- 

 ties are,— CARNATION, P.EONIA-FLORA, DOUBLE 

 WHITE, RANUNCULUS, OPIUM. Fine, mixed varieties, each 5 



PRIMULA VERIS. English cowslip, perennial 10 



8ALPIGL0SSIS. Neat and beautiful plants, suitable for pot- 

 culture or the flower-border, blooming all summer. The 

 varieties are,— PICTA, beautifully veined; COCCINNEA, 

 scarlet; LUTEA. vellow. Also fine mixed varieties, each, 10 

 SANVITALIA. PROCUMBENS FLO. PLENO. This new 

 double-flowered variety is far larger in flower than in the 

 single-flowered species : the color is a uniform bright 



golden-yellow, a valuable bedding plant, 10 



8AP0NARIA. Of dwarf compact growth, profusion of bloom 

 throughout summer and late autumn. The varieties are, — 

 MuLTiFLORA, Tosy pink; Ocymoidies, a perennial variety, 



one of the finest plants for covering rock work each, 10 



*' CALABRICA MARGINATA. Color rose and white 10 



SCARLET RUNNER. {Phaseolus Coccineus) Flowering Bean.... 6 

 SCABIOSA {Mourning Bride, or Sweet Scabius). Plants with 

 beautiful flowers ; adapted for border cultivation, hardy. 



*' Fine German varieties ; mixed 6 



*' Stellata (Starry Mourning Bride) 6 



*' NANA. Dwarf. CANDIDISSIMA. White, each 10 



SCHIZANTHTJS. A splendid class of plants, combining ele- 

 gance of growth, with a rich profusion of flowers, valuable 

 for green-house decorations, for which purpose sow ib 

 August. The varieties are, — Humilis, blue, lilac, whit« 

 and yellow; Grahamii, red and orange; Grandifloeus 

 OccuLATUS, various; Pinxatus, purple, white and yellow; 

 Priestii, white, lilac and primrose, each , 10 



For seeds of Green-house plants, see page 62. 



