VI D REEK'S GARDEN CALENDAR— Supplement. 



ASTER, Dwarf Paeony Perfection, Brilliant Dark Scarlet. This novel new race of dwarf Asters will rank 

 foremost for late summer and autumn decoration in the garden or for pot culture. The brilliant dark scarlet 

 is a very striking color, and cannot fail to be greatly admired; hardy annual ; i foot. Pkt., 25 cts. 

 ASTER, Dwarf Paeony Perfection, Crimson and White. This novelty is the same as the above, except 



the flowers are of a beautiful crimson and white color. Pkt., 25 cts. 

 ASTER, Perennial Varieties, Mixed. A hardy herbaceous plant: seed saved from a splendid collection of 

 beautiful new single varieties ; if sown early in the spring, they will flower the first season ; 2 feet. Pkt., 10 cts. 

 C0LEU3, Dreer's Hybrids. Our new strain of hybrid varieties produces the finest colored, most attractive 

 and novel foliage plants, for house or garden culture ; half-hardy perennial ; from i to 2 feet. Pkt., 25 cts. 

 CONVOLVULUS MINOR, Tricolor Roseus. 

 A very charming novelty with rose-colored flow- 

 ers, pure white centre, fringed with purplish vio- 

 let, and shading towards the throat in five broad 

 bands of golden yellow; hardy annual ; height, i 

 foot. Per pkt., 15 cts. 

 DOUBLE DAISY, Longfellow. This sort 

 comes true from seed; it is of unusual size, and 

 has very double, dark rose flowers ; besides these 

 properties, the plants are at once noticeable ow- 

 ing to the length and stiffness of their flower 

 stalks, whereby the flowers are rendered of con- 

 siderable value for bouquets. As is generally 

 known. Daisies maybe easily raised frorn spring- 

 sown seed, and had in flower in a comparatively 

 short space of time. 25 cents. 

 DAHLIA, Large Flowering, Single Varie- 

 ties, Mixed. Our aesthetic people .are ever busy 

 seeking after attractive large showy single flowers. Seed saved from a splen- 

 did collection of single varieties; tender perennial; blooming the first season from seed ; of easy culture; 5 

 feet. Pkt., 20 cts. 

 DELPHINIUM, Ranunculiflora Nana Alba. A charming new variety, forming a column-shaped compact 

 bouquet, with spikes of flowers, white, tinged with lilac, which is very delicate and more pleasing than the 

 Brown Violet sort, onlj^ two of this distinct and useful race of plants; hardy annual; 15 inches. Pkt., 25 cts. 

 GNAPHALIUM LEONTOPODIUM (Edelweiss). The famous and true " Edelweiss " of the Alps, found 

 growing there in the most inaccessible spots among the rocks, and gathered by tourists and mountaineers. The 

 flowers are of a downy texture, pure white and star-shaped. They are greatly sought after as souvenirs, and 

 are sold at a high price in Switzerland. This lovely little plant is yet little known, though the culture is very 

 easy. Sown early in spring in a flat pot filled with sandy peat ; mixed with some loam and kept moist it will 



SINGLE DAHLIA. 



gnaphalium leontopouifm 

 (edelweiss.) 



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grow in aboiit a fortnight ; replanted and put 

 in a cool frame, they will be fit for planting 

 out of doors in about six weeks. Any good 

 garden soil, not too stiff, will be sufficient, 

 and a good place moderately exposed to the 

 sun will suit them. In the winter a thin 

 cover of jeaves w-ill be of use. 2^ cts. 

 GAILLARDIA, Picta Lorenziana. This 

 is a new charming profuse-flowering "so- 

 called " double variety, although in the bo- 

 tanical sense of the word it is not double, 

 but entirely distinct from the single-flower- 

 ing. We offer this variety in mixture, which 

 has been carefully selected from six different 

 shades of color : fine for massing, and useful 

 as a bouquet flower, continuing in bloom un- 

 til frost; hardy annual; ij^ feet. Pkt., 15 

 cts. 

 HELIANTHUS, Oscar Wilde {Newport 

 Corsage Sunflower). This new distinct va- 

 riety 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 ; hardy annual ; 4 feet. Pkt., 10 cts. 

 IMPATIENS SULTANI. This is one of the most distinct and beaiitiful of all decorative plants of recent 

 introduction for the warm greenhouse or summer bedding, and owing to its gorgeous coloring and profuse and 

 continuous flowering, is r.ipidly and deservedly becoming highly popular. The plant is of compact, neat 

 habit of growth, with fgood constitution, and almost a perpetual bloomer, flourishing under widely diffcr- 



[llardia picta lorenziana. 



