Dreer's Garden Calendar. 71 



SEEDS OF GREEN AND HOT-HOUSE PLANTS. 



The following varieties can be grown successfully from seed, by proper care and attention. 

 For method of sowing, etc., refer to pages 38, 39, and 40. The varieties with an * are suitable 

 for bedding out during the summer. , Perpkt. 



^ABUTILOX {Chinese Bell-Flower). Green-house shrubs of strong growth and easy 

 cultivation ; free-tiowering, with various-colored, beautiful drooping bell-shaped flowers. 

 Sown anv time before April, they produce fine flowering plants the first season. 

 BouLE de'Xeige. The finest white-flowering variety, of vigorous growth ; height 6 feet. 2o 

 Dakwixi. a new constant bloomer, i>roducing 3 to o flowers from the axils of each leaf; 



flowers large, bufi' yellow, veined with crimson. Fine.for bedding out ; 2 feet 25 



Fine MixeiS. Of choice varieties and colors; 2 to 6 feet 25 



ACACIA, MIXED. Green-house shrubs of great elegance and variety ; fine ornamental 

 foliage ; beautiful racemes of various shades of yellow flowers. Soak the seed in warm 



water before sowin?. Fine mixed varieties ; 6 to 10 feet 20 



^AGAPAVTHUS UMBELLATL'S i Blue African Lily). Bulbous-rooted, Avith ever- 

 green foliage and large heads of small blue flowers. The roots can be preserved during 

 the winter, in a cellar protected from frost, or under the stage of a green-house; 3 feet.. 25 

 AliLAMAXDA SCHOTTI. A beautiful hot-house evergreen climber, with splendid 



laree vellow flowers. Packet of 5 seeds 25 



^AliSTRtEMERIA CHILEXSIS, 3IIXED (Pulchella). Beautiful, free-flowering, 

 tuberous-rooted plants ; do best in a southern exposed sheltered position, or for the 

 green-house. Half-hardv perennial. Choicest mixed varieties from Chili ; 1>> inches... 20 

 AMARYLLIS HYBRIDA, MIXED. Bulbous-rooted, producing from 2 to 4 of the 



richest colored crimson, scarlet, and white-striped, lily-like flowers; fine mixed; 1 foot. 25 

 ARDISIA. Green-house evergreen shrubs, with bright glossy green foliage and beautiful 

 small berries, which remain'in perfection all winter on the plants ; 15 inches. 



(3EENULATA. Produces beautiful bright scarlct berries 25 



Crentlata Alba. White berries. Crenulata Rosea. Piose-colored berries. ..Each 25 

 *ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA. A green-house herbaceous plant, with singular 



shaped scarlet flowers. Sow the seed in February; 3 feet 20 



^AURICULA, MIXED. A well-known favorite of great beauty; seed from splendid 



choice varieties, mixed ; half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches 25 



AZALEA IXDICA, MIXED. Beautiful shrubby plants, grow best in a mixture of 



rich, fibrous ])eat and .sand ; saved from a collection of showv flowers; mixed ; 3 feet... 25 

 BEGONIA HYBRIDA, MIXED. Beautiful varieties of Rex, etc., with handsome ■ 



varieL'ated-foliage, choice njixed varieties; fj inches 25 



■^BEGONIA i Xeiv Hybrid, tuljero->xs- rooted'. These s])lendid varieties, growing from 12 to 



IS inches high, of a branching habit, are covered the whole summer with briglit and 



elegant drooping flowers, in a partially shaded border ; blooming the first season from 



seed, if sown in February or March. Tubers to be taken up and kept in dry .sand 



during the winter protected from frost. They should be treated the same as tender annuals. 



BOLIVIEN.SI.S. Large, orange-colored. Sedeni. Clustersof large rich magenta flowers.. Each 25 



Victoria. Bright carmine flowers. Veitchi. Handsome, of the richest scarlet.. .Each 25 



Fribeli. This beautiful new variety has large flowers of bright scarlet, formed in 



larse clusters above the foliage 25 



BEGdXIA, DOTBLE TUBEROUS-ROOTED, MIXED. The seed we ofler 

 has been hybridized with the greatest care, using the most double flowers, and the 



handsomest single varieties for that purpose 50 



CALCEOLARIA. A superb herbaceous green-house plant, of a highly ornamental 

 character, and universal favorites for the decoration of the green-house or con.servatory ; 

 treated the same as tender annuals. For the sowing of seed, see pages 39 and 40. 

 Hybrida Gkandiflora, Mixed. Superb, large, rich, self-colored flowers; saved from 



a choice collection ; mixed colore ; 20 inches 50 



Hybrida Mixed. Large spotted or tigered flowers ; of beautiful colors mixed ; 20 inches. 25 

 Hybrida Xaxa, Mixed. Superb, dwarf; spotted flowers ; of choice colors mixed ; 1 ft. 50 

 Williams' Superb Strain, Mixed. The features of this new strain are dwarf habit, 

 robust growth, and producing immense trusses of large and varied colored flowers; 1 ft. 50 



^RUGOSA, Mixed (Shrubby). Beddintj varieties; of the finest mixed colors; 2 feet 50 



CA3IELLIA JAPOXICA DOUBLE, MIXED. Favorite winter-flowering half-hardy 

 green-house shrubs. Soak the seed before sowing, as they lie long dormant ; sow in 

 sandy peat and loam. Seed saved from the finest double varieties; from 5 to 10 feet.... 25 

 *CHA3LEPEUCE. This elegant Thistle, with its beautiful variegated downy leaves, and 

 thickly set spines, is very ornamental for garden decorations. 

 DiACAXTHA 'Ivory Thistle). A rare foliage biennial, with long leaves and spines. The mid- 

 rib and s]jines are ivory-white and the leaves glossy green shaded by a snowy down ; 2 ft. 10 

 Casabox^e I Fish-Bonc Thistle). Glossy green leaves, with white nerves and brown 



spines; half-hardy perennial ; 1 foot 10 



CINERARIA (Cape Asters). A favorite green-house plant, blooming during the winter 

 and spring months; treated as tender annuals. For culture, see page 40. 



Hybrida, Mixed. Splendid tall varieties, of all colors mixed ; 2 feet 20 



Hybrida Xaxa, Mixed. Splendid dwarf compact varieties, of all colors, mixed ; 1 ft. 25 

 Double, Mixed. This is one of our finest ]jlants, and quite an acquisition to our list of 

 florists' flowers, which for cutting can hardly be surpassed. All the rich and beautiful 

 colors of the single exist in this new double variety ; 1^ feet 1 00 



