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BREER'S GARDEN C ALE AW A R. 



PANSIES. 



As we have given this plant special selection and culti- 

 vation, the stock offered can be relied on as embracing the 

 best from foreign and domestic collections. It combines 

 with flowers of the largest size and finest form the most 

 exquisite gradations of color. 

 Pot-grown, 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 

 Out of frames, 10 cts. each ; 75 cts. per doz. ; $5.00 per 100. 



TIGRIDrA. 



(Shell Flower.) 



Curious and beautiful shell-like flowers about 4 inches 

 in diameter, flowering from July to October. The bulbs 

 can be planted about the middle of May, and taken up in 

 October and kept over winter in dry sand. 

 G'onchiflora. Orange, with crimson spots. 

 Pavonia. Red, with crimson spots. 

 Pavonia graudiflora alba. Large ivory-white flow- 

 ers, spotted with maroon and rosy lake in centre. 

 10 cts. each ; 75 cts. per dozen ; set of 3 25 cts. 



TORENIA. 



Asiatica. An exquisite plant, bearing a profusion of 

 porcelain blue flowers, tipped with rich violet pur- 

 ple ; it succeeds out of doors in the summer season. 



Bailloni. Trailing habit, producing bright golden yel- 

 low flowers with a deep brownish red throat. It 

 thrives in the open border, greenhouse or window. 



Fournieri. This variety produces large sky-blue flow- 

 ers, with dark blue spots and a bright yellow centre. 

 Exposed to the full sun, it forms a compact bushy 

 plant about 1 foot high, which commences to flower in 

 June and continues incessantly until frost. 

 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per dozen. 



TUBEROSES. 



Double Italian. One of the most delightfully fragrant 

 and beautiful of the summer flowering bulbs, throwing- 

 up tall spikes of double white flowers 3 feet high, 

 which remain in bloom a long period. By skilful 

 management a succession of flowers may be obtained 

 all the year round. For early flowers they can be 

 started in February or March, in the greenhouse or 

 hot-bed ; and for a succession they can be planted at 

 intervals as late as August. For flowering in the open 

 border plant about the 1st of May. 



Postpaid 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 

 Express 8 " " 75 cts. " " 



so.00 per 100. 

 Started in pots for early flowering, $2.00 



per doz. 

 Pearl. The value of this sort over the- 

 Double Italian consists in its flowers 

 being of larger size, very double and 

 imbricated; of dwarf habit, growing- 

 only from 18 inches to 2 feet in height ; 

 its short growth making it desirable 

 as a pot plant or for winter forcing. 

 Postpaid 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. 

 Express 8 " " 75 cts. " " 



$5.00 per 100. 

 Started in pots, $2.00 per doz. 

 Variegated Leaved. Leaves striped 

 with light yellow, very showy when 

 planted iu masses ; flowers single. 

 20 cts. each ; $2.00 per doz. 



VERBENAS. 



MAMMOTH VERBENAS. 

 Blue Bird. Bluish purple, large white eye. 

 Charm. Rosy carmine, white eye. 

 Candidissima. Finest white. 

 Century. Dazzling scarlet of immense size. 

 Diana. Rich deep scarlet. 

 Incognito. Rosy crimson, deeper centre. 

 Inimitable. Bright dazzling scarlet, white eye. 

 Linda. Cherry crimson. 



10 cts. each ; 



"With perhaps the exception of the Ge- 

 ranium the Verbena is the most popular 

 and useful bedding plant. Verbenas de- 

 light in a sunny situation, a rich soil, and 

 thorough cultivation. The varieties offered 

 comprise the best colors, and include the 

 best of the Mammoth strain sent out last 

 season, and are a marked improvement on 

 the older sorts. 

 Bijou. Rich dazzling scarlet, small 



white eye. 

 Beauty of Oxford. Dark pink, large 



and fine. 

 Blue Peter. Fine blue. 

 3Irs. Woodruff". Dazzling scarlet. 

 Nabob. Very large, rosy pink. 

 Oracle. White, striped and splashed with crimson and 



scarlet. 

 Purple King. Rich purple, white eye. 

 Raccoon. Deep maroon, white eye. 

 Remarkable. White, mottled, splashed and striped with 

 purple. 

 $1.01 per dozen ; $6.00 per 100. 



