DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 56 



Per packet 

 tSCHSCHOLTZIA ' Caii/o*-HUt Poppy). Delight in a light, rich soil ; profuse flowering and fine cut foliage, 

 vcr\- attractive plants for beds, edgings, or masses ; hardy annuals ; height, i foot. 



Crccea Aurantiaca. Rich orange -colored flowers^ $.j 5 



Crocea Alba Creamy-white flowers « 5 



Crocea Alba Flore Pleno. A new double white; producing 75 per cent, of beautiful double white flowers 



of long duration i£ 



Crocea Aurantiaca Flore Pleno. A fine double-flowering California Poppy, producing orange-scarlet 



flowers in abundance, of long duration ic 



Carminea Grandiflora Rosea. A most charming new variety, producing freely, beautiful large flowers 



of intense carmine, continuing in bloom until late in the autumn 2c 



Mixed. O' all ch ice colors. Per oz., 50 cents = 



EUPATORIUM FRASERI. A very pretty herbaceous hardy perennial plant, blooming the first season 



from se-d. producing clusters of snowy-white flowers ; fine for cutting and bouquets ; i^ feet lo 



FENZLIA DIANTHIFLORA. A small dwarf profuse-flowering plant, adapted for small beds, rustic 

 wcrk, vases, or pot culture, blooming all summer and requires to be well supplied with moisture. 



Flo.vers rosy lilac, with a crimson centre and yellow anthers ; hardy annual ; 3 inches \~ 



FEVERFEW [Matricaria. Eximia). Free-flowering herbaceous plants, succeeding in any garden soil : a 

 fine bedding plant or for pot culture; blooms until frost; hardy perennials, blooming the first season if 

 sown early: 18 inches. 



Double White {Eximia Alha Pleno^. Seed only saved from fine double flowers ic 



New Curled Double White (Eximia Flore Pleno Crispa) . This charming new van ty surpasses the 

 oH in beauty, for its handsome double white flowers and denselj' curled foliage, fine for ribbon beds 



if the flowers are removed and kept pinched, to make them dwarf and branching 15 



GAILLARDIA. Splendid bedding plants, remarkable for the profusion, size, and briU'ancy of their flowers, 

 continuing in beauty during the summer and autumn ; half-hardy annuals; ij^ feet. 



Picta ^ Painted Lady) . Crimson, bordered with orange, very showy 5 



Mixed. Of all fine colors of the single varieties t 



Picta Lorenziana. This new charming profuse-flowering " so-called " double variety will be found of 

 great importance ; although in the botanical sense of the word it is not double, but entirely distinct from 

 the single-flowering. We offer this variety in mi.xture, which has been carefully selected from six differ- 

 ent shades of color; fine for massing, and useful as a bouquet flower, continuing in bloom until frost 15 



GAURA LINDHEIMERI. An elegantly branching free-flowering plant, in bloom the whole summer, 



succeeds in a sandy loam ; with spikes of white blossoms tinted with red ; half-hardy annual ; 3 feet 5 



GILIA. Very pretty dwarf plants, earlj-, free-blooming, fine formassing and rock work ; hardy annuals ; 1 foot. 



Tricolor. Flowers white, lilac, and purple 5 



Mixed. Of all varieties and colors 5 



GLADIOLUS, FINE HYBRID, MIXED. Seed saved from choice named varieties ; balf-hardy peren- 



ni il bulb>. For bulbs see list under he^d of Summer-Flowering Bulbs 21 



GODETIA, MIXED. An attractive hardy anual, deserving of more extensive cultivation; profuse-flow- 

 ering plants, growing in any garden soil ; fine mixed of all colors; i foot 5 



Whitneyi Brilliant. This new dwarf, compact, free-flowering variety, is ver>' showy and effective for 



massing ; flowers of a rich carmine, shading off to a delicate rose at the points of the petals ; 8 inches... ic 

 GYPSOPHILA. Pretty, free-flowering, elegant plants, adapted for rustic and rock work, baskets, edgings, 

 and borders ; succeeding in any garden soil. 

 Muralis. A small trailing plant, covered with pretty pink blossoms : suitable for small teds, etc. ; hardy 



annual ; 6 inches „ ; 



Paniculata. White flowers, beautiful for bouquets, imparting a light, airy appearance ; fine for borders, 



etc., also for a dried winter flower ; hardy perennial ; 2 feel 5 



HELIANTHUS (Sunflorver). The finest varieties, remarkable for the stately growth, size and brilliancy 

 of their flowers, making a ver>' good effect among shruVjbery and for screens. The seed is also good 

 for feeding poultry, and the plant serves as a preventative for the malarial fever ; hardy annuals. 



Nanus. Dwarf very double orange-colored flowers; 4 feet. Peroz.,5octs 5 



Nanus Foliis Variegatis (Lhuar/ Variegated Foliage Sunflo-.ver). This novelty forms bushy pyra- 

 midal-shaped plants, the leaves are spotted and striped with yellow. Effective for planting singly, in 



groups, or interspersing with other foliage plants ; 4 feet 10 



Globosus Fistulosus. Flowers large double, globular-formed, of a rich saffron color; the best of al' Sun- 

 flowers ; 6 feet. Per oz., 6j cts 5 



Oscar W^ilde < Seztport Corsage Sun_fl(nuer). This new distinct variety- is of a dwarf pyramidal form, with 

 small single flowers, of a deep golden yellow and jet black centre, produced in the greatest abundance 

 from June until killed by frost. Its small, compact growth and attractive flowers make it a desirable 



bedding plant for massing or as a single specimen ; 4 feet ic 



Foi Russian and Common varieties, see page 40. 

 HESPERIS MATRONALIS, MIXED < S-.L-eet Garden Rocket, or Dame's Violet) Fragrant eariy spring 



profuse-blooming plants, flowers purple and white; hardy perennials; 18 inches 5 



HIBISCUS. A showy, ornamental class of plants, for mixed beds ©r shrubbery borders, doing well in any 

 garden soil, having large-sized, varied, and beautiful colored flowers. 



Africanus. Large, cream-colored flowers, with a brown centre ; hardy annual ; ij^ feet ; 



Palustris. Large pink flowers, thriving in dr>- or moist soil : hardy perennial ; 3 feet 5 



HOLLYHOCK, EXTRA CHOICE DOUBLE, MIXED M/M«?a /?6J5m>. This splendid plant now ranks 

 with the Dahlia for summer decoration, and from its stately growth and the varied colors of its magni- 

 ficent large spikes of flowers, may justly claim a place in every large garden or pleasure ground. Our 

 seed have been saved from the best named varieties of crimped double centred flowei-s with the outer row 

 composed of rufl^ed petals. Seed sown in June and J ly will flower the following summer. Hardy 



perennial ; height. 6 feet. For separate colors, see assortments of Hollyhocks, page 44 - 10 



Double \Vhite. Extra strain of perfect double, pure white flowers for summer cutting for bouquets, etc. 15 



