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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



FANCY LEAVED CALADIUMS. 



For many years the Fancy Leaved Caladiums have been a special feature of our establishment. We grow several 

 large houses of these beautiful plants alone. Our collection has been carefully revised and contains only first- 

 class, distinct and well-marked varieties, and is acknowledged to be the finest in the country. Their greatest value is 

 for the decoration of conservatories, greenhouses and window boxes, while nothing can surpass them as exhibition 

 plants for fairs during the summer and fall. Most of the varieties, if planted about the first of June in partly shaded 

 warm borders, in well-enriched light soil, succeed admirably as bedding plants, the various colorings and markings 

 of which cannot be obtained in any other class of plants. We list 25 fine sorts, but from our collection of over 60 

 sorts we are able to supply other varieties equally distinct and fine. Many of the fine varieties do not show their 

 variegation when young, and often appear exactly the same as older sorts. 



Annibal. Brilliant crimson veins on a rich green 

 ground, spotted with carmine. 



Argyrites. Distinct small leaved variety, never exceed- 

 ing 6 inches in height, bright pea-green leaves, beau- 

 tifully spotted and marbled with white. 



Berose. Deep green spotted, red veins and midrib crim- 

 son, light green centre. 



Boildieu. Bright crimson centre, deep green margin. 



Cansrti. Green spotted white, crimson centre. 



Candida. Clear white ground, strongly marked ribs 

 and margin. 



Chantini Splendens. Spotted rose and crimson, bril- 

 liant centre. 



Diana. Bich green, spotted red centre, crimson rayed. 



E. G. Henderson. Green, spotted with rose, and rayed 

 crimson. 



Isadore Leroy. Metallic green, crimson rayed centre. 



Jupiter. Green ground, splashed with white, bright 

 crimson midrib. 



La Perle du Bresil. White, delicately tinted with 

 rose, midrib and veins dark green ; large and trans- 

 parent; one of the loveliest in cultivation. 



Louis Duplessis. Red rays and veins, on a white 



ground, green margin. 

 Louis Poirier. Crimson ground, white spots and green 



margin ; finely marked. 

 Mad. Alfred Bleu. Deep green, white blotches, broad 



veins of crimson scarlet. 

 Mad. Fritz Krechlein. White ground, violet rose ribs, 



green veins ; very handsome. 

 .Meyerbeer. White, veins green, midrib red. 

 Mons. A. Hardy. Bich reddish carmine veins, on a 



white ground, tinted with rose and spotted green; a 



bold and lovely variety. 

 Xapoleon III. Flamed crimson centre on green ground. 

 Prince Albert Edward. Crimson midrib and veins, 



dotted with ivory white; black leaf stem. 

 Beine Victoria. Dark green, spotted white and crimson. 

 Sanchoniatum. Crimson centre, deep crimson ribs and 



pea-green margin. 

 Sieboldii. Fiery red centre, spotted with claret red. 

 Triomphe de l'Exposition. Crimson centre, brig-lit 



red ribs and green border. 

 Wightii. Light green, with crimson and white spots. 



Strong well -matured bulbs, 30 cts. each ; $3.00 per doz., or set of 25 varieties for $6.00. 



