D REEK'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



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SEEDS OF EVERLASTING FLOWERS. 



This class of plants has become very popular, and they arc generally cultivated for their beautiful rich-colored flow- 

 ers, which are desirable for making up winter bouquets, wreaths, and Christmas decorations, and acceptable holi- 

 day presents. They should be cut when they come into full bloom, or before the flowers get too old and lose 

 their bright colors, tied in snmll bunches, and dried slowly in the shade, with their heads downwards, to keep the 

 stems straight. Per packet. 



ACROCLINIUM. Charming border plants with beautiful flowers, growing freely in any good garden soil; 

 cut before they fully expand ; half-hardy annuals ; height, i foot. 



Roseum. Bright rose. Album. Pure white. Mixed. Of the two colors. Per oz., 60 cts Each $0 5 



Roseum Flore Pleno. This new double rose-colored variety for the garden or bouquets is the best Immor- 

 telle yet introduced. The flowers are larger than the single, plant taller and more branching ; 15 inches. 25 

 AMMOBIUM. A pretty useful border plant, growing in any garden soil, which is so much used as an ever- 

 lasting flower for winter bouquets ; hardy annual ; 2 feet. 



Alatum. Showy small white flowers 5 



Alatum Grandiflora. The flowers of this new variety are pure white and double the size of the old son.. 15 

 GOMPHRENA {Globe Amaranthus). Requires a light, rich soil ; it produces handsome flowers of various 

 colors, knjwn as the Bachelor's Button. It does best if sown in a hot-bed ; half-hardy annuals ; 2 feet. 



Alba. Pure white. Purpurea. Rich crimson. Aurea. Orange-colored Each 5 



Striata. Red and white striped. Mixed. Of all colors. Per oz., 50 cts Each 5. 



Nana Compacta. A new dwarf variety, of densely bushy habit and rich foliage, covered with rich deep 



violet red flowers ; fine for bedding and market purposes ; 6 inches 10 



HELICHRYSUM. Exceedingly effective choice double flowers, making a fine display in beds or borders; 

 they succeed in any rich garden soil ; hardy annuals : i^^ feet. 



Album. Pure white. Lucidum. Yellow. Macranthum. Large pink flowers... Each 5 



Atro-Sanguineum Nanum. A new dwarf variety, w^ith deep crimson flowers ; j foot 5 



Finest Mixed. Of all varieties and colors. Per oz., gi.oo 5 



HELIPTERUM SANFORDI. A very pretty border plant of dwarf tufted habit, with neat foliage and 

 large globular clusters of bright golden-yellow flowers ; they should be cut as soon as they begin to expand 



in bloom ; tender annual ; 1 foot \o 



RHODANTHE. A delicate and charming plant; succeeds in a light, rich soil, and a warm, sheltered sithia- 

 tion ; valuable for pot or border culture ; half-hardy annuals ; i foot. 



Atro-Sanguinea. Disk of the flowers of a dark crimson shade, with ray scales of bright purple 10 



Maculata Alba. Flowers silvery white with a yellow disk 10 



Manglesi. Bright rose with a silvery calyx. Fine Mixed. Of all the single varieties and colors Each lo- 



Manglesi Flore Pleno {Prince Bismarck). This new double variety is undoubtedly a great acquisition, 

 well worthy of extensive cultivation, and will produce a good percentage of double bright rose-colored 



flowers, while the single flowers from it are all very desirable 23 



STATICE. An interesting plant with showy blossoms, which remain a long time in bloom ; free-flowering 

 and of easy culture ; half-hardy annuals ; i foot. 

 Spicata. Fine for beds, edgings, or pot-culture ; producing numerous ear-like spikes of rosy pink flowers... 10 



Sinuata Hybrida, Mixed. Of different colors 5 



Incana Hybrida, Mixed. Small flowering varieties; fine, ior Grass Bouquets : half-hardy perennial 5 



WAITZIA GRANDIFLORA. Handsome plants, bearing beautiful clusters of large golden yellow flowers; 



of ea-y culture for pots or garden, thriving in any good, light soil ; hardy annual ; 1 J4 feet 20 



XERANTHEMUM. Showy double free-flowering compact-growing border plants; hardy annuals ; 2 feet. 



Imperialis. Deep purplish violet. 'White. Pure white. Mixed. Of all colors Each 5 



Superbissimum Flore Pleno. This new strain has globular-shaped flowers, as double as the Ranun- 

 culus, and entirely free from projecting marginal ray florets 



Alba. Pure white. Atropurpurea. Reddish purple Each 15 



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Rhouan . :' :. . .-.: iKTY. 



ACROGLINILM RoSEUM. 



3. AMMOBifM Alatum. 



4 and 5. Xeranthemi;.m V'akieties. 



6. Helichkvsim Vakietv. 



7. Hklipteki.m Sanfordi. 



