46 Drccr^ s Garde ?i Calendar. 



Per packet. 

 AXAGALLIS. Dwarf, compact, flowering plants; admirably 

 adapted for ornamental baskets, rock work, edgings, and small 

 beds ; succeed best in light, rich soil, in a sunny situation ; cov- 

 ered with flowers the whole summer; half-hardV; 6 in. 



Eugenie. Light blue, shaded with white .*. 10 



Xapoleox III. Eich maroon color 10 



AXTIRRHIXUM {Snap Dragon). One of our most showy and 

 useful border plants. The more recently improved yarie'ties of 

 this valuable genus are large, finely-shaped flowers of the most 

 brilliant colors, with beautifully marked throats ; they succeed 

 in any good garden-soil and are very efi'ective in beds. Hardy 

 perennials, blooming the first year if the seed is sown early ; 1 ft. 



Beilliant. Bright scarlet, with white throat ' 10 



Henry IV. White, crimson and scarlet 10 



Fiee-Fly. Orange aud scarlet, with white throat 10 



Delila. Carmine, with white throat 10 



Galathe. Crimson, with white throat, large flowering 10 



Papilionaceum. Blood-red, with pure white throat 10 



Choice Mixed. Finest named varieties 5 



AQUILEGIA {Columbine). Beautiful grotesque and varied-colored 

 flowers, blooming freely in the spring ; hardy perennials ; 2 ft. 

 Caeyophylloides. Double, variously colored, carnation striped ]0 



Double Yaeieties, mixed \ 10 



Single Yaeieties, mixed 5 



ASTEE, {Queen Margaret). One of the most popular and effective 

 of our garden favorites, producing in profusion flowers in which 

 richness and variety of colors are combined with the most per- 

 fect and beautiful form : it is indispensable in every garden or 

 pleasure-ground Avhere an autumnal display is desired. The 

 French and German florists have brought this flower to great 

 perfection ; we ofler all the most choice varieties. All the varie- 

 ties delight in a rich, light soil, and in hot, dry weather should 

 be mulched with rotted manure, and well watered, which will 

 increase their beauty and duration of flowers. For assortments 

 of Asters, see page 81. 

 DWAEF Pyeamidal Bouquet. a perfect bouquet of flowers, 



mixed colors 10 



Globe-floweeed Pyeamidal. Mixed colors.. 10 



Cocaedeau, or Ceown. Fine flowers, very double, with white 



centres, bordered with many bright rich colors 10 



ViCTOEiA. Various colors, flowers very double, a,s large as the 



Emperor Aster ; habit pyramidal 10 



ROSE-FLOTVEEED. A beautiful variet}', regularly imbricated; 



robust habit, with various colored large brilliant flowers.. 10 



Giant Empeeoe. Flowers of great size, very double, fine form, 



brilliant colors, of robust growth 10 



P^ONY-FLOWEEED Peefection. Very double, large, and finely 



shaped flowers, of various bright rich'colors... .'. 10 



Cheysanthemum-floweeed. a dwarf, very double, late free- 

 blooming variety ; mixed colors 10 



German Quilled, White. Double pure white flowers, fine for 



funeral designs 10 



Geeman Quilled. Perfectly double quilled flowers, of beauti- 

 ful mixed colors = ... 10 



Schiller. A very fine variety of the Dwarf Bouquet Aster, 



late, and profuse bloomer....,,,, 10 



Choice Vaeieties, mixed, all colors 10 



For Seeds of Climbers, see page 65. 



