42 dreer's garden calendar. 



EuPATORiuii Ageeatoides. — Grows two feet high, with heads of pure 

 white composite flowers. In bloom during August and September. 



GiLiA Agregata. — A hardy biennial of great beauty, growing two to 

 three feet high, flowers scarlet, dotted with maroon. Terr desirable. 

 From Utah Territory. 



Gerardia Aspera. — Growing one to two feet high, witli flowers in 

 size and shape of Penstemon, Digitalis, but of a fine purple color — a 

 splendid variety annual. 



Mach^rantha Tajtacetifolia. — A hardy annual, with double bluish 

 purple flowers, in bloom nearly all the season. This may be found 

 described in Hoveys Magazine. 



Oldenlaxdia Angustifolia. — A beautiful little prairie flower, some- 

 what resembling the white Candytuft. A native of Western Iowa, and 



perfectly hardy. 



Penstemon Grandiflorus. — This is the finest of the genus, and is 

 perfectly hardy. It grows two to three feet high; blooms in June and 

 July, and is a decided acquisition to our hardy perennials. It is a 

 native of the Platte Valley, Nebraska. 



Penstemon Cob^i. — A new and hardy variety from the Rocky 

 Mountains. Grows two feet high, with flowers of a delicate purple : 

 throat dotted with maroon. One of the finest of the genus. 



Penstemon Barbatus. — A fine variety with scarlet flowers, blooming 

 in succession all the season; grows two to three feet high, and is per- 

 fectly hardy. 



Phlox Pilosa. — A beautiful variety, growing one to two feet high, 

 with heads of bright rose colored flowers, vai-ying to the deepest scarlet. 



Petalostemon Violaceum. — Grows two to ihree feet high; flowers 

 in dense spikes of a rich violet purple cclor. In bloom most of the 

 season. Native of Iowa and Nebraska. 



Petalostemon Candidum. — This is precisely like the above, except 

 in color of its flowers, which are pure white. 



PoLANisiA Trachysperma. — A hardy annual two feet high, with 

 heads of white flower tinged with purple. 



Palafosia Hookeriaxa. — A hardy annual one foot high, of bushy 

 spreading habit, with beautiful light purple flowers, somewhat resem- 

 bling an aster. 



SisYRiNCHiUM Bermudianum. — A dwarf hardy prairie plant, with 

 grass-like foliage and azure blue flowers. ^Very pretty for edgings to 

 borders. 



Salvia Trichostemoides. — Grows one foot high, of bushy habit and 

 litorally covered with small white flowers. The whole plant emits 

 a pleasant fragrance annual. 



Verbena Montana. — This is another gem, truly; it has the habit of 

 the common Verbena, but is perfectly hardy and blooms more profusely. 

 The plant literally covers itself with its bright rose colored flowers from 

 early in May until winter sets in. A native of the Gold regions of 

 Colorado Teritory. 



