DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR— Supplement. xiii 



THE TWELVE EXHIBITION CA-LAI^WJMS— Continued. 

 THE EXHIBITION SET. 



Annibal. Brilliant crimson veins on a rich gre^n ground, spotted with carmine ; a most distinct and handsome 

 variety. 



Clio. Ground-color deep rose shaded white, bright green ribs and narrow green margin ; one of the most effective. 



Comtess de Condeixa. White ground shaded rose, carmine red veins and narrow green margin ; one of the 

 most pleasing varieties. 



Jupiter. Green ground, splashed with white, bright crimson midrib ; very distinct. 



La Albane. Pure white ground, green veins, ver>' large foliage. 



La Perle du Bresil. \\Tiite, delicately tinted with rose, mid-rib and veins dark-green ; large and attractive, vent- 

 transparent tissue ; the most lovely Caladium in cultivation. 



Madame Fritz Koechlein. White ground, violet-rose ribs and green veins ; very distinct and handsome. 



Mons. A. Hardy. Rich reddi.-^h carmine veins on white ground, tinted with rose and spotted with green. 



Mons. Pauchard. Light ground, dark-crimson with light-green veins and narrow green edges. 



Velasquez. Dark-crimson vein> on bright carmine ground, and light rose-colored spots, edged with green. 



Virginale. Shining white, veined with dark bluish-green ; a magnificent variety. 



Triomph de la Exposition. This is not a new variety, but is the best of its color. Crimson centre, bright red 

 ribs and green border. 



NEW CALADIUMS.— INTRODUCTIONS OF 1883. 



The following set often varieties have been received without descriptions. They have been selected for us from 

 the collection of a noted specialist in Caladiums, and we have no hesitation in recommending them as something 

 distinct and handsome. Young plants ready April ist. $1.00 each, or the set of ten varieties for J7.5C. 



Albo Luteum. I Candidum. 



Artemise. Cardinale. 



Berose. 1 Gerard Do\ 



J. R. Box. 

 Jean Linde. 

 Mad. Lemoinier. 

 Ville de Mulhouse. 



NEW CALADIUMS.— INTRODUCTIONS OF 1881-1882. 



Augusta Lemoinier. Fine large leaves with soft green centre, and rosy crim-on rib and veins. 50 cents. 



Comtess du Berthier. Deep green, with large white blotches and bright crini.-,on veins. 50 cents. 



Leopold II. Rich crimson-rayed centre, with deep green border. 75 cents. 



Leplay. Leaver attractively marked with white, and beautifully veined with rosy crimson. 50 cents. 



Louis Deplessis. Red rays and veins, on a white ground, green margin. 50 cents. 



Louis Poirier. Crimson leaf ground, green margin and white spots ; a finely marked variety. 75 cents. 



Maculata. Rich green, irregularly blotched with greenish-white ; verj' distinct. 50 cents. 



Princess Alexandra. Rosy salmon leaf, green centre-rib, bordered with magenta-crimson ; green margin, with 



light-pink chain. 50 cents. 

 Sancdoniatum. Crimson centre, deep glossy crimson ribs, and i>ea-green margin. 50 cents. 

 Souv. de Mad. Andre. Large deep-green leaves, marbled with pure white, fine rosy crimson veins. 50 cents. 

 ■Walter Scott. Rich crimson veins on a bright green ground, suffused with white. 50 cts. 



NEW AND RARE CLEMATIS. 



Within the past few years great attention has been given to the cultivation of these valuable plants, and a large 

 number of elegant varieties have been obtained bearing numerous magnificent show)- flowers of large size and 

 superb coloring. For garden and conservatory decoration, either as climbers on walls, trellises, or ornamental 

 wirework of any kind, verandas, arches, rustic poles and pillars, old trees or ruins, or as specimens on the lawn or 

 in borders, or for massing in large beds on lawn, or in flower-plats, they have scarcely an equal, certainly no supe- 

 rior, as they embrace nearly every shade of color. The following is a most desirable collection in every respect : 

 Albert Victor. D^ep lavender. 50 cts. 



Comtess Lovelace. Bluish lilac, rosette-shaped, forming a double flower, ^i.oo. 



Coccinea. Brilliant coral-'carlet, bell-shaped flowers, blooming in the greatest profusion. 50 CLs., three for Ji.oo. 

 Duchess of Edinburgh. Ver>' fine, cure double white, scented. 75 cts. 



Duchess of Teck. Pure white with delicate mauve bar down the centre on first opening. 50 cts. 

 Duke of Norfolk. Deep mauve color with broad pale bar, dark -colored anthers. 75 cts. 

 Flamula Virgin's Baiver). Fine foliage with small white flowers in clusters ; fragrant. 25 to 5c cts. 

 Fairy Queen. I^rge flowers, pale flesh with a pink bar in centre of sepals, shaded purple at base. 50 cts. 

 Hybrida Perfecta. White tinted with purplish lilac. 50 cts. 

 Jackmani. La rg^e rich violet-purple : very fine. 75 cts. 

 Lanuginosa. Very large, pale-blue flowers. 50 cts. 

 Lanuginosa Candida. Tinted grayish-white, sects. 



Lucie Lemoine. Double white, rosette-formed, pale yellow anthers. $1.00. 

 Lord Nevill. Rich dark-plum, well-formed edging? of sepals finely crimped. 7- cts. 

 Magnifica. Reddish purple, with red bars. 75 cts. 

 Madam Eliza Schenck. Blue: ver\- free-flowering. 75 cts. 

 Mrs. James Bateman. Pale lavender. 75 cts. 

 Prince of V/ales. Deep puce purple. 50 cts. 

 Purpurea Elegans. Deep purple-violet ; fine. Ji.oo. 

 Reine Blanche. Light mauve, with lighter bar ; a fine bedder. 50 cts. 

 Rubro-Violacea. Large, rich purplish violet. 50 cts. 

 Star of India. Reddish violet purple, with red bars ; distinct. 75 cts. 

 Sensation. Rich satiny mauve : large and show\-. 50 cts. 

 Tunbridgensis. Deep bluish purple. 75 cts. 

 Velutina Purpurea. Blackish mulberry. *i-oc. 

 Victoria. Deep reddish mauve ; distinct and hand.some. 75 cts. 

 Venosa. White and purple ; a fine climber. 50 cts. 



