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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



BEGONIA REX. 



(Ornamental Leaved.) 



We offer fifteen of the most distinct and handsomely 

 marked varieties of this beautiful class of Begonias. These 

 are grown for their variegated foliage, and are very desir- 

 able for house and garden decorations, in shady positions, 

 and especially well adapted for baskets, vases, etc. 

 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



Begonia Rhx. 



BOUVARDIA. 



Shrubby plants with corymbs of white, rose, crimson 

 and scarlet flowers, blooming during the autumn and 

 winter. Their dazzling richness of color and formation 

 of flower make them one of the most useful of our winter 

 blooming plants. 

 Davidsoni. The best of the white flowered varieties ; 



sometimes delicately tinged with pink. 

 Dazzler. A splendid variety of bushy compact habit, 

 very floriferous. It produces fine clusters of large 

 rich scarlet flowers. 

 Double White. The flowers are composed of three per- 

 fect rows of petals of the purest waxy white color, 

 each floret resembling a miniature tuberose. 



CALADIUM 



Double Bouvakdia. 



Elegans. Light scarlet carmine; flower and truss 



immense size, measuring three to four inches in 



diameter. 

 Humboldti Corymbiflora. Long, tube shaped pure 



white flowers ; very fragrant. 

 Leiantha. Fiery scarlet. 



President Garfield. Bright pink ; very double. 

 Priory Beauty. A beautiful shade of "pale satin rose, 



flowers freely produced in elegant and compact trusses. 

 Rosea Multitlora. Beautiful shade of salmon rose, 



very free blooming. 30 cts. 

 Strong thrifty plants. First size, 30 cts. each ; $3.00 per 

 doz. ; second size, 20 cts. each ; $2.00 per doz. 



CALADIUM. 



(Colocasia.) 



Esculentum. One of the most effective plants in culti- 

 vation for the flower border or for planting out upon 

 the lawn; it will grow in any good garden soil, and 

 is of the easiest culture ; when full size, it stands 5 feet 



Continued. 



often measuring -i feet in 



Extra large bulbs, 50 cts. 



high with immense leave 

 length by 24 in breadth. 

 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 

 each ; $5.00 per doz. 



Bataviensis. Similar to the Esculentum in growth, 

 with dark green leaves and red leaf stems. 

 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. Extra large bulbs, 50 cts. 

 each ; $5.00 per doz. 



CALLA ETHIOPICA. 



(Lily of the Nile.) 



An old, favorite plant, which should be found in every 

 collection ; it grows freely and requires an abundance of 

 water, and produces large pure white blossoms during the 

 winter and spring; the resting period during June and 

 July can be given by turning the pots on their sides, 

 without watering, in a shady place. 

 30 cts. each. 



FANCY LEAVED CALADIUMS. 



For many years the Fancy Leaved Caladiums have been 

 a special feature of our establishment, we growing two 

 large houses of these beautiful plants alone. Our collec- 

 tion has been carefully revised and contains only first- 

 class, distinct and well marked varieties, and is acknowl- 

 edged to be the finest in the country. Their greatest value 

 is for the decoration of conservatories, greenhouses and 

 window boxes, while nothing can surpass them as exhibi- 

 ! tion plants for fairs during the summer and fall. Most of 

 the varieties, if planted about the first of June in partly 

 j shaded warm borders, in well enriched light soil, succeed 

 I admirably as bedding plants, the various colorings and 

 | markings of which cannot be obtained in any other class 

 of plants. 



We list 25 fine sorts, but from our collection of over 60 

 sorts we are able to supply other varieties equally distinct 

 and fine. Many of the varieties do not show their fine 

 variegation when young and often appear exactly the same 

 as older sorts. 

 Annibal. Brilliant crimson veins on a rich green 



ground, spotted with carmine; handsome. 

 Argyrites. Distinct small leaved variety, never exceed- 

 ing 6 inches in height, bright pea green leaves, beau- 

 tifully spotted and marbled w^ith white. 

 Baron Rothschild. Green, spotted and veined with 



orange crimson. 

 Duchartre. Green, white veins, shaded rose. 

 E. G. Henderson. Green, spotted with rose, and" 

 rayed crimson. 



Santa Barbara, Cal. — " The plants came to hand in good condition. 



They are all planted and doing nicely." 



Mrs. Sarah P. Cooper. 



