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Dj'eer's Gar'den Calendar. 



G03IPHRENA [Globe Amaranthus). Plants require a light, rich soil, and produce 

 handsome flowers of various colors, familiarly known as the Bachelor's Button. It does 

 best if sown in a hot-bed ; half-hardy annual ; height 2 feet. 



Alba, Pure white. Puepueea. Rich crimson Each 5 



AuEEA. Orange-colored. Steiata. Red and white striped Each 5 



Mixed, Of ail the above colors. Per oz., $1 5 



HELICHRYSUM. Exceedingly effective choice double flowers, making a fine disjjlay 

 in beds or borders; succeeds in any rich gai-den soil ; hardy annual ; \h feet. 



Album, Pure white. Lucidum, Yellow. Maxjeakthum. Large pink flowers Each 5 



Ateo-Saxguineum jSTanum. A new dwarf variety, with deep crimson flowers; 1 foot... 10 



MoNSTEOSUM Mixed. Large showy flowers, mixed colors; 2 feet 10 



FiXEST Mixed. Of all varieties and colors. Peroz.,$l 5 



HELIPTERUM SANFOROI. A very pretty border plant of dwarf tufted habit, with 

 neat foliage and large globular clusters of bright golden-yellow flowers ; they should 



be cut just as they begin to expand in bloom ; tender annual ; 9 inches 10 



POLYCOI^YMN^A STUARTI. A very pretty plant, growing in any good soil, with 



large white flowers ; half-hardy annual; 1^ feet 5 



RHODANTHE, A delicate and charming plant; succeeds in a light, rich soil, and a 



warm, sheltered situation ; valuable for pot or border culture ; half-hardy annuals ; 1 ft. 



Ateo-Sanguinea. Of branching habit, and disk of the flowers of a dark crimson 



shade, with ray scales of a bright purple 10 



Maculata Alba. Flowers silvery white with a yellow disk 10 



Manglesi. Bright rose with a silvery calyx 10 



Manglesi Floee-Pleno [Prince Bismarck). This new double variety is undoubtedly 

 a great acquisition, well worthy of extensive cultivation, and will produce a good per- 

 centage of double flowers, Avhile the single flowers from it are all very desirable 25 



Fine Mixed. Of all the single varieties and colors 10 



STAT ICE. An interesting plant with showy blossoms, which remain a long time in 

 beauty; free-flowering and of easy culture: half-hardy perennial. 



Bonduelli. Deep golden-yellow flowers ; 1^ feet 5 



IXCANA Hybeida Alba, Small white flowers; fine for Grass Bouquets; 1 foot 10 



SiNUATA Hybeida, Mixed. Of different colors; 1 foot 10 



Spicata. Fine for beds, edgings, or pot-culture ; early flowering, producing numerous 



ear-like spikes of rosy pink flowers; hardy annual; 9 inches 10 



WAITZIA. Handsome plants, bearing their flowers in beautiful clusters; of easy cul- 

 ture, thriving in any good, light soil; half-hardy annuals; li feet. 



Atjeea, With bright yellow flowers 20 



COEYMBOSA. Flowers of a lively red color, with a yellow disk; 1 foot 20 



Graxdifloea. a new variety, the finest and hardiest, with large golden yellow flowers. 20 

 XERAIVTHEMUM. Showy double free-flowering border plants, doing well in any gar- 

 den soil ; hardy annual ; 2 feet. 



Impeeialis, Flowers deep purplish violet 10 



Pukple. White. Mixed. Of all colors Each 5 



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1. Acroclinivm Eosexiji. 



2. Ammobttm Alatum. 



3. Xeraxthemum Tabiety 



4. gomphrena, or bachelor's button. 



5. Helichrysuh Vakiett. 

 Heliptebum Sanfordi. 



7. Rhodaxthe Yap.iety. 



