dreer's garden calendar. 6i'^ 



CINERARIA MARITIMA, yellow, with silvery foliage. Per pkt. 10 

 EUPHORBIA VARIEGATA. Showy, white-and-green 

 foliage ; about 2 feet high ; very ornamental for plant- 

 ing in masses with Amaranthus melaucholicus, Tri- 

 color, or Perilla nankinensis 5 



FERDINANDIA EMINENS, showy and large foliage ; 4 feet... 25 

 DERACLEUM EMINENS. A hardy, perennial, herbaceous 

 plant, with large three-lobed leaves of remarkably 

 thick, firm texture, and rounded sinuous divisions, 

 or secondary lobes. The entire foliage is promi- 

 nently surfaced with a light, glaucous, green velvety 

 down, wliich it liolds throughout the season, until 

 the approach of frost. As a plant for long-continued 

 effect, and beautifully-expanded leaves of grand pro- 

 portions, it forms one of the finest delineations of 



leaf-structure yet introduced to gardens 25 



MAIZE. STRIBED-LEAVED JAPANESE, grows to a height 

 of 4 to 5 feet. It is beautifully and evenly striped, 

 and ribboned with alternate stripes of green and 

 white, and in its earlier stages of growth, is also 

 striped with rose color. Nothing in the way of a 

 foliage plant can exceed in gracefulness and beauty 



a group of this plant ,... 10 



MELIANTHUS MAJOR. Very ornamental and effective 25 



NICOTIANA WIGANDIOIDES. Magnificent foliage; very large. 25 

 PERILLA NANKINENSIS. A neat orjiamental plant, with 



dark-purple foliage; very striking 5 



PYRETHRUM FOL. AUREUM. {The Golden Feather,) A highly 



ornamental plant, for ribbon gardening 10 



mCINUS SANGUINEUS. Showy and effective, grow- 

 ing from six to eight feet high; blood-red stalks and 



seed-pods 10 



" TRI-COLOR. Dark green-and-brown-spotted ; the stalk 



is reddish-brown 10 



" AFRICANUS ALBIDUS. New ; white-fruited ; stems and 



leave's silvery 10 



SOLANUM ACANTHOCARPUM. Highly ornamental; 



from Cochin-China ; 8 feet 25 



•* MARrrlNATUM. Foliage grayish, margined with silvery- 

 white ; 2 feet 10 



" ROBUSTUM. One of the finest; from its distinct and 

 handsome growth, the rich brown tint of its young 

 leaves, and long spines, renders the foliage extremely 

 ornamental 25 



WIGANDIA CARACASANA. A grand plant, with stupendous 

 leaves, richly veined, and stems covered with crim- 

 son hairs ; of rapid growth and splendid habit ; 7 feet 

 high 25 



YUCCA FILAMENTOSA. Exceedingly stately and highly orna- 

 mental hardy plant, requires several years to grow to 

 perfection from seed , 10 



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