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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



Aristolochia Elegans. 



No. 5162. Its handsome and elegant flowers are 

 borne on long stalks and have a slightly distended 

 tube, which is suddenly bent upwards, the upper 

 part dilated into a cordate cup-shaped limb of a rich 

 dark purple color, ornamented throughout with ir- 

 regular branched markings of a creamy white, and 

 having a golden yellow eye surrounded by rich vel- 

 vety purple. Its blossoms are produced in the 

 greatest profusion, even on small plants, and are 

 entirely free from the objectionable odor peculiar to 

 the genus. Per pkt., 75 cts. 



New Dwarf Sweet Alyssum. 



Little Gem. 



No. 5087. This is an exceedingly pretty and en- 

 tirely distinct dwarf variety of Sweet Alyssum The 

 plants are of very dwarf compact, spreading habit, 

 and only 3 to 5 inches in height, each plant covering 

 a circle from 15 to 30 inches in diameter. It begins 

 to bloom when quite small, often when in the seed- 

 bed, and so profusely that the plants are a solid 

 mass of white from spring till late in autumn. For 

 small beds and edgings it is very effective, and for 

 pots and baskets a gem of the first water. Pkt., 25 cts. 



v Hornet * j^br 3 



No. 5172. A new and beautiful class, forming fine, 

 regular pyramids 12 to 15 inches high, and covered 

 with large double flowers. In shape they resemble 

 a large flowered Japanese Chrysanthemum, the petals 

 being long and twisted or curled and wavy. 



The color is a lovely delicate pink bordered with 

 white. 



Per pkt., 50 cts. 



(90SM0S f?Y3I^IDUS. 



No. 5652. A charming autumn flowering plant, re- 

 quiring treatment similar to the Dahlia. The flowers 

 are borne profusely in loose clusters and present a 

 charming appearance. Seed should be sown early 

 in spring and the plants transplanted to the open 

 border when danger from frost is past. It begins 

 blooming in July and continues till cut down by 

 frost. For planting in shrubbery it will be found 



very valuable. 



Per pkt., 25 cts. 



