108 VREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



DAHLIA — Pompone Liliputian or Bouquet Varieties. — Continued. 



Dr. Schwebbs. Deep scarlet. 



Dr. Webb. Rich scarlet, medium size. 



Gem of Liliput. Dark scarlet. 



Gold Pheasant. Yellow, tipped with crimson. 



Hindoo. Bright orange red, scarlet centre. 



Ida Fisher. Pure white, full centre. 



J. C. A. Stanza. Orange-yellow. 



Kleine Domitea. Buff yellow, marked with red. 



Kleiner Preusse. White, edged wi h maroon. 



Kleiner Rufus. Maroon. 



Little Najade. Rose, edged with crimson. 



Lurline. Canary yellow. 



Pearl d'Or. Lake red, tipped with yellow; fine. 



Pursuit. Dark crimson. 



Princess Liebreiz. Orange buff; good form. 



Theo. Heymann. Very dark red. 



Tijo Wylle. Cochineal red, closely built cells. 



Unermuedliche. Lively rose, spotted purple. 



Una. Pure white. 



Venus. Crimson, shaded with purple. 



Wm. Buchner. Lilac, tipped yellow. 



DIEFFENBACHIA. 



Baraquini. Waxy-like stems and ribs. 25 to 50 cents. 

 Bausei. Beautiful mottled foliage. 50 cents. 

 Brasiliensis. Very striking variegation, deep green 



leaf beautifully marked and mottled with small blotches 



of greenish yellow and white. $\ . 



Picta. Light green leaves, prettily spotted with white. 



25 to 50 cents. 

 Weiri. Leaves marbled with yellow. 50 cents. 



DIELYTRA SPECTABILIS— Dicentra. 



A hardy herbaceous plant, adapted to out-door planting or forcing for early spring blooming. It produces 

 racemes of delicate pink and white heart-shaped flowers, in the open ground, in April and May. 25 cents. 



DIONCEA MUSCIPULA— Fly Catcher. 



This curious plant, called "Venus' Fly Trap," is a native of North Carolina ; the ends of the leaves are very 

 sensitive, owing to the delicate, hair-like organs on the inner surface, close as soon as they are touched by an insect 

 01 any light substance ; grow in very sandy peat, in pots well drained and covered with moss. Give it a strong 

 moist heat and shade. 30 cents. 



EPIPHYLLUM TRUNCATUM— Lobster-leaved Cactus. 



A very useful winter-flowering plant, flowers in difl^erent shades of purplish crimson to scarlet. Our stock is 

 grafted on the Pereskia stock, and will succeed where those on their own roots fail : the plants are large and bushy, 

 two and three years old. 75 cents to ^i. 



Cruentas. Brilliant crimson. I Spectabilis. Magenta scarlet. 



Salmonium. Salmon. Truncatum. Salmon red. 



Salmonium Coccineum. Salmon scarlet. I Violacea. Violet. 



ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI— Coral Plant. 



A magnificent plant, producing its scarlet and crimson pea-shaped flowers on spikes 18 inches long. Plant them in the 

 garden in May, and they will flower profusely three or four times in the course of the summer. They may be 

 taken up in the fall, and kept in perfect preservation during the winter in a dry cellar, the roots covered with half- 

 dry earth. 25 to 50 cents, according to size. 



ERIANTHUS RAVENNiE. 



A perfectly hardy Ornamental Grass, from 9 to 12 feet high, throwing up from thirty to fifty flower-spikes. It 

 resembles the Pampas Grass, but blooms much more abundantly, and with the advantage of being hardy, making it a 

 desirable plant for the decoration of lawns. 20 cents ; clump, 75 cents. 



EUCHARIS AMAZONICA. 



A splendid hothouse plant, blooming nearly the' entire 

 season. It sends up stalks bearing several pure white, star- 

 shaped flowers, 4 inches across, delightfully fragrant. It is 

 very highly prized in bouquets, baskets, etc. 50 cents to^i ; 

 ;g5 to ;^io per dozen. 



EULALIA JAPONICA VARIEGATA. 



A very graceful, tall, ornamental, hardy plant from Japan. 

 Long narrow leaf blades, striped green, white and often 

 pink or yellow. It throws up stalks from 4 to 6 feet in 

 height, terminated with a cluster of flower spikes ; the 

 flowers are surrounded by long silky threads, which, when 

 fully ripe, expand not unlike an ostrich feather when curled 

 These dry flowers are valuable as parlor ornaments, as they 

 retain their beauty for a»long time. 30 cents ; $3 per dozen. 

 Clumps, 75 cents ; ^9 per dozen. 



EUCH.\RIS AMAZONICA. 



