DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



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AKEBIA QUINATA. 



A perfectly hardy and beautiful evergreen climbing i^nt, growing 20 feet high, with trifoliate leaves and dark 

 brown flowers ; highly fragrant. One of the best hardy climbers. 25 cents ; 1^2.50 per dozen. 



ALOCASIA. 



Gibsoni. Large leaves, marbled green and black ; very Odorata, or Gigantea. Gigantic upright green leaves, 

 ornamental. 50 cents. I growing 8 to 10 feet high ; flowers like a Calla, green 



Jenningsi. Glaucous green, blotched black. 25 cents. and very fragrant. Ji.oo. 

 Lewi. Spotted stems. $2.50. j Sedeni. White veins. $1.50. 



Macrorrhiza Variegata. Richly variegated. ^1. 1 Violacea. $\. 

 Metallica. $1.50. I 



SWEET ALYSSUM. 



Favorite summer and winter blooming plants; young plants should be grown on for a succession. 15 cents; 

 $1.50 per dozen. 



Double White. Valuable for cut flowers. 

 Tom Thumb. Very dwarf and free. 



Double White ; Gem. Variegated foliage. 

 Variegated. Single flowered. 



ALTERNANTHERAS. 



Beautiful dwarf plants of compact habit, growing about 6 inches high, and admirably adapted for edgings to 

 flower-beds or ribbon lines, their beautifully variegated foliage of crimson, purple, yellow, pink, and green forming 

 rich masses of color, always attractive and highly ornamental. 15 cents ; lti.50 per dozen ; |!6.oo per 100. 

 Amabilis Tricolor. Orange, crimson and dark green. 



Amcena Spectabilis. Crimson, pink and brown; the finest and brightest. 

 Paronychioides Aurea. Bright yellow foliage. 

 Paronychioides Major. Orange-colored tips, broad foliage. 



Versicolor. Foliage ovate, olive, crimson and chocolate ; when used for edgings they are to be frequently sheared 

 like box edging, when the young tips will assume the most brilliant hues. 



AQUILEGIA CCERULEA— Rocky Mountain Columbine. 



A hardy perennial plant ; the most beautiful of all the Colum 

 bines, styled the " Queen of Columbines." The flowers measure 

 from 3 to 3J4 inches in diameter; the outer five petals, as well as 

 tie long spurs, are of a beautiful violet blue ; the inner petals are 

 pure white, forming a pleasing contrast. Strong plants. 25 cents ; 

 J2.50 per dozen. 



AQUILEGIA CHRYSANTHA— New Golden- 

 Spurred Columbine. 



A splendid hardy perennial from the Rocky Mountains ; flowers 

 rich golden yellow. Strong plants, 25 cents ; $2.50 per dozen. 



ARDISIA CRENULATA. 



A very ornamental green-house plant, with dark evergreen 

 foliage, producing clusters of brilliant red berries ; a splendid house 

 plant in winter. 50 to 75 cents each, according to size. 

 Ardisia Crenulata Fructo Albo. Similar to the above in 



growth, producing white berries. 



ARISTOLOCHIA SIPHO— Dutchman's Pipe. 



Very large leaves and brownish flowers, of a very singular shape, 

 resembling a pipe. It is a vigorous and rapid growing climber, 

 attaining a height of 20 feet ; perfectly hardy. 50 cts. ; ^5 per doz. aquilegia ctEKiLEA. 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHI— Miniature Virginia Creeper. 



An introduction from Japan which has proven entirely hardy. It grows as rapidly as the old Virginia creeper, 

 and attains a height of 50 feet. It clings firmly to any wall, tree, etc. The leaves are small on young plants, which 

 at first are of an olive green brown color, changing to bright scarlet in the autumn. As the plant acquires age the 

 leaves increase in size. This variety becomes more popular every season, and is without a rival. 25 cents ; $2.10 

 per dozen. 



Ampelopsis Quinquefolia — Virginia Creeper. A very rapid grower, with large dark green foliage, which 

 changes in the fall to scarlet. 25 cents ; ^2.50 per dozen. 



ARUNDO DONAX VARIEGATA. 



Variegated bamboo; a hardy, broad-leaved, variegated reed; foliage creamy- white and green, retaining its 

 bright fresh color until frost ; growing 4 feet high, of graceful form and fine habit. 30 cents. 

 A. Donax. The green form of the above, growing 12 to 15 feet high, perfectly hardy and very eflTective. 25 cents. 



