72 dreer's garden calendar. 



WOVEiTlES fOB 1871, 



With DetiC^ipt'Hui-H ns received from I^nrope, 



AGROSTr.*^ GLAUCA. A har«iy dwarf ornamental Grass, of a beau- 

 tiful ulaacous blue color, fine for edgings, vases, rockwork, etc. 

 V^v packet. 25 cents. 



AMARANTHUS SALTCIFOLTUS. This remarkably beautiful An- 

 nual was introduced from the Philippine Islands, and we 

 class it as by far the finest Amaranthus ever offered to the 

 public. The plant Is of pyramidal form, from 21 to 3 feet, 

 bi-anchins: close to the ground. The leaves, which are beau- 

 tifully undulated, vary in the earlier statres of growth from 

 a green to a bronzy green shade, and are from 5 to T inches 

 in lensfth. by about \ inch in width. As the plants get 

 strontrer, the leaves at the ends of all the principal branches 

 assume a bri^'ht orange-red color, and become more elon- 

 gated, generally from 10 to 15 inches in lengtn, forming mag- 

 nificent biieht-colored plumes, and giving the plant a most 

 eletrant and picturesque appearance. From its extremely 

 graceful habit and rich colors, this plant produces a striking 

 effect when planted in beds or masses ; it also forms a very 

 handsome object as a single specimen for the centre of a vase, 

 or small bed. Per packet. 50 cents. 



AMARANTHUS ATR' PURPUREUS. From Calcutta: of compact 

 dwaif bushy liabit. H feet in heisfht. covered with numerous 

 ha'f-droo.nug bright blood-red tiower spikes, contrasting ad- 

 vantageously with the reddish gv^v nietallic reflecting foliage. 

 Per packet. 25 cents. 



CENT A UREA CLEMENTEI. One of the most beautiful of the 

 Silver- foliaged Plants, producing crowns of leaves deeply 

 friuifed and cut in lobes ; these again being fringed and sub- 

 divided in their earlier stages, densely covered with down, 

 as to be perfectly white, and when matured and fully de- 

 veloped, still retaining a bright silvery appearance. Per 

 packet. 25 cents. 



EC^HEVERIA ATRO- PURPUREA. ^Vith dark, blood-red, succulent 

 leaves : highly ornamental. Per packet, 25 cents. 



LOBELIN, SNOWFLAKE. A perfectly pure white variety of 

 L. erinus specioa ; of vigorous habit, fine for pots, baskets, or 

 vases. Per packet. 25 cents. 



MATRICARIA EXIMIA GRANDIFLORA. A splendid novelty; 

 flowers very large, completely double, and of a fine pure 

 white ; blooming very abundantly from June till frost sets in. 

 Per packet, 25 cents. 



NIGELLA DAMASCENA: PURE WHITE. This is a perfectly pure 

 white variety of the popular Blue Grove Love. Per packet, 

 25 cents. 



NEW GOLDEN COLEUS. From our ehoice collection. Per packet, 

 25 cents. 



