■ dreer's garden calendar. 45 



^ORMAMEMTAL FOLIAGE FLAMTS 



Have become very popular. The following varieties can be readily 

 grown from seed, and produce a fine effect for the adornment of the 

 flower garden, terraces, pleasure grounds, &c. 

 AMARANTHUS- Showy plants, some with ornamental foli- 

 age and very effective in groups. 

 -«' CAUDATUS. {Love lies Bleeding) Blood red flowers, 3 to 4 



feet 5 



" HYPOCHONDRIACUS. {Prince's Feather) Showy; 4 to 5 



feet 6 



" MELANCHOLICUS. {var. ruber.) Introduced by Mr. Veitch, 

 from Japan. Its habit is very compact, height 12 to 18 

 inches, with striking blood-red foliage. A very fine-foliaged 



bedding plant 10 



" TRI-COLOR. Leaves red, yellow and green ; very handsome 



and showy; knoAvn also as "Joseph's Coat," ? 5 



" GIGANTEUS— Chinese 5 



CANWA or INDIAN SHOT. The Cannas are a stately 

 species of plants, highly ornamental, producing a very rich 

 and Oriental effect, by their large, broad, massive foliage, 

 terminated by racemes of crimson or scarlet variously lobed 

 flowers. Soak the seed in hot water before planting, take 

 up the roots before frost, and preserve in a warm cellar or 

 room. 

 " INDICA, Bright red. CUBENSIS. Orange and red, each 10 

 WARSCEWICZII. Blood red. GIGANTEA. Large scar- 

 let. Each 10 



" Twelve choice varieties $1.50 



EUPHORBIA VARIEGATA. Showy white and green 

 foliage, about 2 feet high, very ornamental for planting in 

 masses with Amaranthus Melancholicus, Tri-color, or Per- 



illa nankinensis 10 



MAIZE. STRIPED LEAVED JAPANESE grows to a height 

 of 4 to 5 feet. It is beautifully and evenly striped, and rib- 

 boned with alternate stripes of green and white, and in its 

 earlier stages of growth, is also striped with rose color. 

 Nothing in the way of a foliage plant can exceed in grace- 

 fulness and beauty a group of this plant , 25 



PERILLA NANKINENSIS. A neat ornamental plant, with dark 



purple foliage, very striking 5 



" OCYMOIDES. A variety of the above 5 



RICINUS SANGUINES. Showy and effective, growing from six 



to eight feet high, blood-red stalks and seed-pods 10 



*< TRI-COLOR. Dark green and brown spotted, the stalk is 



reddish brown 10 



«' AFRICANUS ALBIDUS. Contrasts finely with the above.... 10 

 rUCCA FILAMENTOSA. Exceedingly stately and highly orna- 

 mental hardy plant, requires several years to grow to per- 

 fection. 10 



