70 DJiJSER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



Per packet. 

 LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS, MIXED {Everlasting Pea). Showy, free-flowering plants, for covering 



old stumps, fences, etc. Flowers purple and white ; hardy perennials ; height, 5 feet. Per oz., 80 cts..^ 5 

 LOASA LATERITIA. A half-hardy perennial, flowering the first season ; rapid-growing, free-flowering, 



with curious and beautiful orange-red flowers. Handle with gloves, as it stings like the nettle ; 6 feet... la 

 LOPHOSPERMUM SCANDENS, Highly ornamental and eff'ective for the garden or conservatory, with 



showy, fox-glove-like, rosy purple flowers ; requires a light, rich soil; half-hardy annual; 10 feet ig 



MAURANDIA. Beautiful, rapid, slender-growing plant, blooming profusely until late in the autumn ; also 

 fine for the conservatory or green -house ; if desired for the house take up before the approach of frost. 

 This summer climber cannot be too highly recommended as a half-hardy perennial, flowering the first 

 season if sown early, and should be started in the hot-bed or green-house ; 10 feet. 



Albiflora. Pure white. Barclayana. Purple. Rosea. Dark rose Each 10 



Mixed. Of all colors 10 



MOMORDICA {Balsam Apple). Very curious trailing vines, with ornamental folicge and remarkable fruit 

 of a golden-yellow, warted, and when ripe, opens, showing the seeds and its brilliant carmine interior; 

 fine for rock-work, stumps, etc. ; half-hardy annual ; 10 feet. 



Balsamina. Apple-shaped fruit. Charantia. Long pear-shaped fruit. Peroz.,5octs Each 5 



PASSIFLORA INCARNATA. A hardy herbaceous perennial variety, requiring but a slight protection of 

 leaves during the winter; foliage smooth, tri-lobed, flowers large, nearly white, with a triple purple and 



flesh-colored crown ; 20 feet 25 



Gracilis. An annual variety, with a great profusion of white flowers in the month of August; 6 feet 10 



SWEET PEAS {Lathyrus Oduratus). Beautiful, fragrant, free-flowering plants, thriving in any open situ- 

 ation ; fine for screening unsighdy objects ; supported on pea-sticks or brush ; blooming all summer and 

 autumn if the flowers are cut freely, and the pods picked ofi" as they appear ; hardy annuals ; 6 feet. 



Scarlet Invincible. With beautiful bright scarlet flowers in great profusion 5 



Light Blue. Purple. Striped. Tricolor, or Three-colored and "White Each 5 



Mixed. Of all colors. Per lb., $1.00; oz., 15 cts. Separate colors. Each per oz., 20 cts 5 



THUNBERGIA (Black- Eyed Susan). Ornamental climbers, thriving in a light, rich, loamy soil, in warm ex- 

 posed situations in the garden ; beautiful, slender, rapid-growing plants, with pretty-colored flowers, and 

 constantly in bloom ; fine for vases, rustic work, or green-house culture ; half-hardy annuals ; 4 feet. 



Alba. White, with a dark eye. Alata. Buff, with a dark eye Each 5 



Aurantiaca. Orange, with a dark eye. Bakeri. Pure white Each 5 



Mixed. Of all colors. Per oz., 60 cts 5 



TROP.ffiOLUM {Nasturtiuvt Majus Varieties). Well-known, elegant, profuse flowering plants for veran- 

 das, trellises, etc., for either in or out-door culture. The seed-pods can be gathered while green and 

 tender, for pickling ; hardy annuals ; lo feet. 



King Theodore. A new variety, having bluish-green foliage and almost black flowers '.'. 10 



Large Dark Crimson. Showy flowers 5 



Mixed Varieties. Of all colors. Per oz., 30 cts 5 



Canary Bird Flower (Peregrinum). With yellow canary-like flowers ; very ornamental and beautiful 



foliage; half-hardy annual 10 



For Green-house Climbers, see List of Seeds under the head of Green-honse Plants, page 76. 

 SEEDS OF ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



They have become very popular for ornamental gardening, and produce a sub-tropical effect ; for planting in 

 gix)ups and massing, also for ribbons and edgings. The following varieties can be readily grown from seed. Sow- 

 irg the Haff-hardy and Tender Varieties from February to April in shallow boxes, etc. ; and placed on a hot-bed 

 or in the green-house. See full directions on pages 42 and 43. p^j. p^cj^gt 

 ACANTHUS, MIXED. A stately and beautiful ornamental plant. From the leaf of "Acanthus Mollis," ' 

 the capital of the Corinthian column is derived. Growing freely in any rich, loamy soil ; mixed varie- 

 ties ; hardy perennials ; height, 3 feet %o 10 



AMARANTHUS. Showy garden plants ; very effective in groups, for the centre of beds or flower borders ; 

 the colors are most brilliant in rather poor soil and in a dry season; half-hardy annuals. 



Bicolor Ruber. Foliage green, scarlet, and maroon, sometimes tipped with yellow; 3 feet 5 



Gordoni, or Sunrise. Bronzy crimson foliage, shading off to brilliant scarlet tufts of leaves on top of the 



stalk, the lower leaves having a scarlet band through the centre ; 3 feet 10 



Henderi. Of graceful pyramidal growth and long drooping leaves, producing a sub-tropical effect; the 



leaves are brown, madder, and bronze ; 4 feet to 



Melancholicus Ruber. Of dwarf, compact habit, with striking blood-red foliage , 2 feet 5 



Salicifolius {fountain Plant). Of a pyramidal graceful drooping habit, branching close to the ground. 

 The leaves are willow-shaped, elongated, and wavy, at first of a bronzy green shade; as the plants be- 

 come stronger, the leaves at the ends of the branches assume a bright orange-carmine and bronze color, 



forming magnificent plumes, and giving the plant a picturesque appearance ; 4 feet. Per oz., ^i.oo 5 



Tricolor (yoseph's Coat). Leaves red, yellow, and green ; a very handsome plant; 3 feet. Per oz., 60 cts. 5 

 BOCCONIA JAPONICA. A beautiful, effective plant, for single specimens or groups on lawns. Foliage 



white on the underside, and spikes of cream-colored flowers from 2 to 3 feet long ; hardy perennial ; 5 feet, to 

 CANNA {Indian Shot-Plant). A stately species of plants, having been much improved of late years, and 

 are very highly ornamental, producing a rich and oriental effect by their large, broad, and massive foliage, 

 terminated by racemes of crimson, orange, or scarlet variously lobed beautiful flowers. Soak the seed 

 12 hours in hot water betore planting, sow in sandy loam and peat, and place in a hot-bed ; when up to 

 the second leaf, pot off singly and keep under glass until the proper season for planting out ; take up the 

 roots before frost, and preserve in a warm cellar or room ; half-hardy perennials. For plants and illus- 

 tration, see page 103. 



Bihorelli. Scarlet, free-blooming, with rich brown leaves ; a dwarf, showy plant ; 2 feet 10 



Bonneti Excelsa. Foliage olive green and purple ; flowers very large orange-red ; 6 feet 10 



Coquette. Foliage green and bronze ; the largest orange-colored flowers ; 6 feet 10 



Marechal Vaillant. Foliage rich maroon, with large orange-colored flowers ; 6 feet to 



