DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. lOl 



BEGONIA — Flowering Section — Continued. 



Multiflora. Light rose ; a fine winter-bloomer. 



Richardsoni. Large pure white flowers in panicles. 



Rubra. Dark green leaves, flowers scarlet rose, glossy and wax-like. 35 cents. 



Saundersoni. Scarlet flowers ; dwarf-habit, blooming continually. 



Schmidti. Flowers white, tinged with pink, contrasting finely with the fohage, being of a dark green, with a 



metallic lustre. 

 Weltoniensis. Fine salmon-pink, unusually floriferous. 

 Weltoniensis Alba. Pure white. 



BEGONIA— Tuberous-rooted. 



Of recent introduction, and destined to become 

 verj' popular blooming plants on account of the 

 great variety of color, form of flower, and abun- 

 dance of bloom. The bulbs produce fine plants, 

 either for pots in summer, or for bedding out, 

 flowering profusely until frost ; doing well in half 

 shade. Preserve roots in winter the same as 

 Caladium tubers. 



Boliviensis Superba. Large orange-scarlet 



flowers. 40 cents. 

 Froebeli. Vivid crimson-scarlet flowers. 50 cts. 

 Orange Perfection. Ver>' rich and eflfective 



orange scarlet. 50 cents. 

 Rosea Perfecta. Scarlet ; splendid. 75 cents. 

 Mixed Double, in the very finest kinds. 75 cts. 

 Mixed Single, in extra fine mixture, from named 



varieties only. 35 cents. 

 Pearcei. Bright yellow flowers, foliage ve.ned 



with black. 40 cents. 



BEGONIA — Ornamental-leaved. 



All with beautiful variegated foliage, and very desirable for 

 house and garden decorations, in shady positions, especially for 

 baskets, vases, etc. 25 cents ; J2.50 per dozen. 



Crimson Metalica. 

 Decaisneana. 

 Duchess of Brabant. 

 Glorie de Montereau. 

 Louis Chretieu. 

 Louise Schneider. 

 Margo. 

 Metalica. 

 Mrs. H. Lowe. 



Nigrescens Peltata. 

 Parnelli. 

 Pruinosa. 



Queen of Hanover. 

 Rex. 



Sir Colin Campbell. 

 The O'Donoghue. 

 Viccmte de Condeita. 

 cents. 



BOUVARDIA. 



Shrubby plants with corymbs of white, rose, crimson 

 and scarlet flowers, blooming during the autumn and win- 

 ter. Their dazzling richness of color and formation of 

 flower make them one of the most useful of our winter- 

 blooming plants for bouquets. 



Strong thrifty plants of last season's growth, which can 

 be bedded out for summer blooming, and lifted in the fall 

 for winter-flowering. 30 cents ; $3 per dozen ; smaller 

 size, $2 per dozen ; $10 per hundred. 



Davidsoni. The best of the white-flowered varieties ; 



sometimes delicately tinged with pink. 

 Dazzler. A splendid variety of bushy compact habit, 



very floriferous. It produces fine clusters of large rich 



scarlet flowers. 

 Double White. The flowers are composed of three 



perfect rows of petals of the purest waxy white color, 



each floret resembling a miniature tuberose ; a very 



valuable acquisition. 



Elegans. Light scarlet carmine ; flower and truss immense size, measuring three to lour inches in diameter. 

 Humboldti Corymbiflora. Long tube-shaped pure white flowers ; very fragrant. 

 Leiantha. Fine scarlet : compact, deep green foliage. 

 President Garfield. Bright pink double flower, in the style of double white. 



Bignonia Radicans. Trumpet creeper; hardy. 25 cts. I Bonapartea Juncea. Ornamental yucca-llko. plant 

 B. Venusta. Green-house climber ; orange. 50 to 75 cts. | ^1.50. 



