DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 53 



Per packet, 

 DAHLIA. Ohc of our best autumnal flowering plants, blooms until killed by frost; tuberous-rooted half- 

 hardy perennials; blooming the first year from seed, if sown early and repotted once or twice; 

 protect tr.e roo-^ from frost during the winter in a drj' cellar in sand ; height, 5 feet. 



Large-Flowering Varieties. Saved from the finest double flowers. Mixed colors .|o 20 



Small-Floweiing Varieties Bouquet or- Liliputian). Saved from choice double flowers ; mixed colors ; 



t-.c flow-rs are mini-.ture and n.t the plant. 20 



Lai ^e-Flowering, Single Varieties Mixed. Our aesthetic people are ever busy seeking after attractive 



. irge showy single flowers. Seed saved from a splendid collection of single varieties _... 20 



DATURA ( Trumpet Flower). An ornamental class of plants ; in large clumps and borders of shrubbery 

 they produce an excellent effect, continuing in bloom until frost ; flowering the first year from seed, if 

 sown early. They can be preserved in sand during the winter in a dry cellar free from frost ; half-hard\ 

 perennials ; 3 feet. 

 Humulis Flava Flore Pleno. Large double flowers, of a deep golden yellow ; delightfully fragrant.™.. .. 5 



Fastuosa Huberiana, Mixed. Seed saved from large double flowers of various colors™ , 10 



Wrighti Meteloid-3> Large single trumpet-shaped flowers, white, with a lilac border , 5 



Arborea Simplex [Bruginansia). A large plant, with beautiful single trumpet-shaped, white, long-tubed, 

 fragrant flowers, about 12 inches long. Planted out in May, in well-draiued, light, rich soil, manured 

 with well-rotted manure and decayed leaves, they make a magnificent show of bloom. Sow the seeds in 



a green-house or hot-bed early in the spring. Also splendid green-house plants, growing 10 feet high 20 



DELPHINIUM {Larkspur . One of our most showj- and useful plants, possessing almost ever^- requisite 

 fir the ado-nment of the garden ; the hardy perennials producing splendid spikes of flowers in profusion 

 throughout the summer. If sown early they will bloom the first year from seed. The hardy annuals 

 are profuse bloomers, and succeed best if sown in the autumn, or ver\ early in the spring. For separate 

 colors see assortments of Larkspurs, page 44 



Formosum. Beautiful spikes of brilliant rich blue flowers, with a white centre ; -zy, feet...- ^.. 10 



Nudicaule. Dwarf, of compact growth, with spikes of bright scarlet flowers ; i8 inches „ 10 



Cashmerianum. A beautiful new dark blue Monk' s-kood- like flowering variety', produced in corymbs of 



six or more; 15 inches 20 



The above three are hardy perennials, and the following are all hardy annual varieties : 



Double D^varf Rocket ^Z/^'''^"'''^::/^'^^''''''^-^''^^"/'"')- Finest mixed colors ; i foot. Peroz.,6octs 5 



Double Dwarf Candelabra-Flowered. Shaped like a candelabra; flowering until quite late ; beautiful 



mixed colors ; i foot 5 



Double Stock-Flowered. A tall-branching variety, with beautiful long spikes of flowers of various colors ; 



fi.ne for cut-fl w rs ; 2 feet « 5 



Imperiale Flore Pleno > Emperor Larkspur). Of symmetrical bushy habit, with a profusion of brilliant 



dark-b'.ue. red-s:riped and tricolor flowers; 1% feet 5 



Ranunculiflora Nana. A ranunculus-flowered dwarf variety, forms a column-shaped compact bouquet, 



with spikes of brownish violet flowers; fine for massing ; 15 inches lo 



DIANTHUS 'Pinks). A magnificent genus, embracing some of the most popular flowers in cultivation, pro- 

 ducing a great variety of brilliant colors and profusion of bloom. The hardy biennials, or Chinese and 

 Japanese varieties, bloom the first season, the same as hardy annuals; height, i foot. The hardy 

 perennial varieties are ver>' fragrant, and of easy culture for the garden or green-house. 



Chinensis ( China or Indian Pink). Extra double varieties, all colors ; mixed. Peroz.,<ioo 3 



Chinensis, Flore Albo Pleno. Extra double pure white flowers 5 



Imperialis ^Double Imperial Pink). Double variegated, of many mixed colors 5 



Hedde\vigi Flore Pleno (Double yapan Pink\. Seed saved from extra double flowers, colors varying 



from the richest v-rlvety crimson to the most delicate rose, of all beautiful colors mixed 10 



Heddewigi Diadematis, Flore Pleno i Double Diadetn Japan Pink). Beautiful double flowers from 2 

 to 3 mi-hes in diameter; mixed of varied tints of lilac, crimson, purple, to ver>' dark purple, with the 



outer edges fri.^ged and nearly white; dwarf compact -growing plants _ jo 



Laciniatus Flore Pleno i Double Fringed Japan Pink). Large double showy flowers with fringed edges, 



mixed, of a great variety of various colored and beautifully striped bloom 10 



Nanus Atro-Sanguineus. A dwarf plant, producing globular double dark blood-red flowers in great pro- 

 fusion ; 6 inches 10 



The above varieties are all hardy biennials, and the following are hardy perennials : 



Pheasant's Eye ( Plumarius Simplex). A beautiful single variety, with fringed edged white flowers, and 



a dark centre ; i foot • 



Plumarius Scoticus Flore Pleno 'Double Scotch, or Paisley Pinks). A double large-flowering Pheas- 

 ant's Eye variety, with fringed edges of various beautiful colors, mixed; i foot 20 



Fine Garden Pinks > Hortensis Varieties). Beautiful double mixed colors; 2 feet 10 



DICTAMNUS, FRAXINELLA, MIXED. A hardy perennial, fragrant, free-flowering, herbaceous plant, 

 suitable for mixed borders, thrives in any common soil ; producing racemes of large white and red 



flowers, often i foot in length; 2 feet 10 



DIGITALIS 'Foxglove). A handsome and highly ornamental, hardy perennial plant, of stately growth, fine 

 for shrubberies and other half-shady places ; 3 feet. 



Purpurea. Beautiful purple-spotted- flowers 5 



Alba. A pure white flowering variety 5 



Mixed. Of all colors and the finest varieties 3 



DOLICHOS LABLAB NANA, MIXED. A new dwarf French Hyacinth-flowered Bean, with beautiful 



clu-t-.r- of r,uriy!e and whire flowers : tender annual ; 2 feet. Per oz., 30 cents 5 



ERYSIMUM PEROFFSKIANUM. A showy, free-floweting, hardy annual, somewhat resembling the 



single wall-flower. ver\- effective in beds or borders ; fragrant orange-colored flowers; i^ feet 3 



PvUc-hellum. A new dwarf densely-tufted yellow-flowering herbaceous variety. Its hardines.s makes it 



especially suitable for rock work and grottos ; hardy perennial ; i foot lo 



