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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



COLEU^. 



This plant is too well known to require description. 



Whether grown as individual plants or for massing in 



ribbon gardening, they are in every way very desirable. 



The following list embraces the best old sorts and novel- 

 ties of 1886 : 



Acme. Broad foliage, golden centre, crimson veins. 



Asa Gray. Orange crimson, violet veins. 



Beacon. Black, brown and crimson veins, broad foliage. 



Bizarre. Purplish crimson centre, edged yellow. 



Charm. Yellow, tinged with bronzy scarlet. 



Comtess of Florens. Beautiful carmine leaves, with 

 darker zone and rich pea-green edges ; large, hand- 

 some foliage. 



Excellent. Green and nearly black leaves. 



Firebrand. A fine bedder, dark crimson, shaded garnet. 



Golden Beauty. Crimson, wavy, with golden edge. 



Golden Bedder. Fine yellow foliage; good bedder. 



Idyl. Veined with green and yellow, stained red. 



Kirkpatrick. Large white centre, broad green margin. 



Maroon Velvet. Rich velvety maroon. 



Mrs. Bement. Large cream colored leaves, with narrow 

 edge of green. 



Mrs. Sowers. Rosy crimson centre, edged with yellow- 

 ish green, seriated edges. 



Mrs. Sutherland. Very handsome crimson and maroon 

 centre, and narrow, regular edge of light green. 



Peter Raabe. Rich carmine centre, bordered maroon, 

 and irregular pea-green edges. 



Pictus. Color rich brown, on a green or yellow ground. 



Progress. Golden yellow, rose, carmine and green. 



Queen Victoria. Crimson, the brightest golden edge. 



Rainbow. Bright blood-red crimson, yellow margin. 



Red Cloud. Crimson and blackish brown. 



Robert Buist. Peculiar violet-crimson centre, bordered 

 with deep maroon, and pea-green margin ; large white 

 spot at base of each leaf. 



Seraph. Fiery crimson, spotted with chocolate. 



Shylock. Large dark maroon leaves, with rich crimson 

 midrib and veins; very distinct. 



Speciosa. Green, with yellowish white central bar. 



Superbissima. Blackish maroon, purple band. 



Taylor's Pet. One of the very best dark-leaved vari- 

 eties in cultivation ; medium-sized foliage of deep 

 blackish maroon. 



Unique. Yellow centre, marbled maroon. 



Victor Lemoine. Yellow, with crimson margin. 



Verschaffelti. Rich velvet crimson ; well known bedder. 

 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



are entirely hardy, and delight in a shady, well-enriched 

 border. Roots deliverable until April, and after Sept. 1st. 

 Majalis. Single white. 10 cts. each ; 50 cts. per doz. ; 



$2.50 per 100. 

 Majalis flore pleno. Double white. 15 cts. each; 



$1.00 per doz. ; $3.00 per 100. 

 Variegated. Gold striped. 25 cts. each; $2.50 pei doz. 



COBEA SCANDENS. 



A beautiful climber of rapid growth, bearing large 

 purple bell-shaped (lowers. For covering arbors, trellises, 

 etc., it is indispensable, as its dark green foliage and pretty 

 flowers make it very attractive. 15 to 25 cts. each ; $1.50 

 to $2.50 per doz. 



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Single Dahlias. 



DApLIiyS. 



The best time for planting is after May 1st. They 

 delight in a rich sandy loam, well manured with decom- 

 posed cow manure. The list embraces only distinct vari- 

 eties that have been awarded first-class premiums wher- 

 ever exhibited. 



DAHLIA JUAREZI. 



(Red Cactus Dahlia.) 



A grand and distinct variety, valuable as a decorative 

 plant for all purposes through late summer and autumn. 



Its blossoms are of a rich crimson-scarlet, and very much 

 resemble in color and shape the well known Cactus Cereus 

 Speciosissimus ; hence the name " Cactus Dahlia." 



It grows from 3 to 4 feet high, very branching, flowers 

 Oneof the most charming of our spring-flowering plants, j of very striking appearance, and quite unlike those of an 

 Its slender stems set with tiny bells," diffusing a deli- ordinary double Dahlia, the florets being flat and not 

 cious odor, have rendered it a universal favorite. They cupped. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



Cincinnati, O. — " Plants arrived in good order, and are very satisfactory." — F. T. McFadden. 



CONVALARIA. 



(Lily of the Valley. 



