DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



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PENSTEMONS. 



The recent improvements of this tribe of hardy perennial plants 

 secure them a first rate position among our hardy border plants. They 

 ■will, in our more Northern States, require a slight protection ; a cover- 

 ing of Pine or common Cedar branches, stuck among and around them 

 plentifully, will be found superior to any other material. This mode 

 ■will be found advantageous, in general, for the protection of similar 

 plants. 



)|@rThe following varieties are the finest and newest thus far intro- 

 duced. Price $1.00 for the six. 

 Purpurea Superba. — Purplish crimson. 

 Mons. Perras.— Clear violet. 

 Victory. — Amaranth rose, blush throat. 

 Ernest Benary. — Light carmine, pure white throat. 

 William Pfitzer. — Rosy carmine, white throat, very large 

 Comte de Lamberteye^=t-(No description received.) 



AURICULA SWEET WILLIAM. 



A new style of this old favorite — the flowers being nearly doul^vthe 

 size of 

 ance to the finest Auricula. 



the old variety, of the most exquisj,fe coloring, similar in ap 

 -i +1to flnoof AnviViiin PripeJf&htiT) per dozen. 



The Rose afill^maintarfhs its positio^-iis line mopf attractive of flowers. 

 Every yeaafadds a large number ofvar^tie^tarour extended lists, new. 

 at leastQnjiame if not in character f"and it shalL be our esp 

 endeavor, after careful comparisons, to point out such of them as s' 

 a decided improvement in their leading characteristics over pre-existi 

 varieties. 



Our collection of roses is now admitted to be^ne of the most com- 

 plete, having been enriched, byydirect importation, with the latest 

 popular sorts. The repeated award oi--the highest premiums by th>e 

 Pennsylvania Hcn^ieuitaral Society is sufficient evidence of their merit. 



JgsQ^ All the^First Prjaesfwtfre received in 1861. 

 A few remarks, also^a^out budded, or, as they are commonly called, 

 grafted vp-ses maynot/oe otu^>£ place here. There exists a most un- 

 foundea^prejudice y argainst jp&m.y.'Xft course^itis^oc 'recommended to 

 bud- ^Ll kinds ; Jmtjfiiereytife numerc«^^spl«mdid v&w&ujIs which appear 

 to tlirive^pB-ly when^udde%on^^ron£jJ|M«^MB^M^^m ; newly 

 introducecLjitfiMfettfitfMtadkii^^nafl - n%rf1Bnntn^lfl 



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