72 Dreer's Garden Calendar. 



Per T)kt 

 -CLIANTHUS DAMPIERI [Glory Pea). A beautiful green-house plant, 3 feet high ' 

 or can be trained as a Verbena, with elegant foliage, and brilliant, rich scarlet, long' 

 pea-shaped flowers 3 inches in length, each flower picturesquely marked with a large' 

 black blotch in front. Start the seed between thick moist cotton, keeping it very warm 

 until the seed germinates, then pot in very small pots in a mixture of one-half leaf mould, 

 one-quarter compost, and one-quarter sand, keeping them near the light and very warm 

 until fairly started, then harden oif, plant out in May or June, when the weather has 

 become warm, in a sheltered, siiinny position before the plants become pot-bound, tlieu 

 water freely until established. Cold and moisture are death, while lieat and moisture 



are life to the Clianthus. Prepare the soil outside as given for pot culture 25 



*COL.EUS. One of the most beautiful of our variegated perennial foliage plants ; for green- 

 house or garden decorations, ribbon beds, etc. ; of rapid growth and easy culture ; 2 feet. 



PiCTDS. This new strain is very beautiful, the leaves differing from the old varieties in 

 having the teeth of the edge greatly elongated and rounded at the tips, of a rich brown 

 on a green or yellow ground, the brown turning to bright red on the yellow surface 25 



Choice Mixed. Seed saved from our fine collection of all choice varieties 25 



CYCLAMEN PERSICUM. Charming bulbous-rooted plants, with beautiful foliage; 

 universal favorites for the green-house or parlor and for winter and spring blooming. 

 If the seed is sown early in the spring, they make flowering bulbs in one season ; they 

 require sandy loam ; half-hardy perennial; 6 inches. 



Atro-RUBRUM. Large dark crimson flowers. ALBUM. Pure white Each 25 



Mixed. Beautiful mixed colors 25 



GiGANTEUM. This new large-flowering variety has beautiful mottled leaves, broad 

 petals and stout flower stalks, throwing the flowers well above the foliage; 8 inches. 



RuBRUM. Rose, changing to crimson. Album. Pure white, with a violet-purple eye. Each 50 



Mixed. Of rich and varied colors, large flowers 50 



*ERYTHRINA ( Coral Plant). Ornamental and effective half-hardy plants for out-door 

 summer decoration, with beautiful foliage and superb spikes of flowers. The seeds 

 should be soaked in warm water for several days before planting; 5 feet. 



Crist a-Galli. Clusters of scarlet flowers. Hendersoni. Rosy vermilion Each 25 



EUPATORIUM RIPARIUM. A favorite winter-flowering plant, which is used for 



making up cut flower work ; large clusters of small white flowers; 3 feet 20 



FERNS. These ornamental plants are too well known to require any descri})tion; are 

 very desirable for Wardian cases or ferneries. They delight in peaty, sandy soil. 



Adiantum Concinnum Latum. A robust growing variety of the Maiden-Hair Fern, 

 fronds 1 to 2 feet long, tripinnate, glabrous, stipes black; useful for cutting 25 



Adiantum PuBESCEKS. The Maiden-Hair Fern 25 



Adiantum Sessilifolium. A Maiden-Hair Fern variety, with tripinnate and arching 

 fronds, the pinnse delicate and light green 25 



Adiantum Trapeziforme. A rhomb-leaved rare Fern, of the Maiden-Hair variety..,. 25 



Athyrium Goringianum Tricolor. A new Japanese, nearly hardy variegated variety, 

 very rich in the tricoloring of its fronds 25 



Alsophila Australis (^«s^r«//r/n Tree Fern). A noble variety, rising upon a stem 

 some 20 feet high, with fronds from 6 to 12 feet long, light green; stipes and rachis- 

 muricate, the base covered with brown scales 25 



Gymnogramma Peruviana Argyrophylla. A handsome variety, fronds are from 

 10 to 30 inches long, and broad at the base; the pinnae are also broad and obtuse, the 

 upper side of a bluish white, while the under side of the fronds is silvery white 25 



Gymnogramma Sulphurea. Golden Fern, with dwarf slender fronds, bipinnate ; the 

 pinnfe set rather distant 25 



Gymnogramma Tartarea. Silver Fern, with handsome long fronds, bipinnate; the 

 pinnae with obtusely rounded lobes 25 



Lomaria Gibba. a dwarf green-house Tree Fern, of the most elegant and graceful 

 growth ; adapted for every purpose 25 



Lomaria CiLiATA. A variety of Tree Fern, with elegant foliage 25 



Lygodium Scandens [Japanese Climbing Fern). A graceful climber, growing to an 

 indefinate length, pinnae palmately lobed, fruiting spikelets on the apex of each lobe, 

 giving it a beautiful appearance. It grows as easily as the Smilax, and is used for the 

 same purpose. It forms charming festoons when grown as a window plant 25 



Nephrolepis Davallioides Furcans. a new ornamental variety from Java, of 

 strong growth, with long, deeply-crested fronds, of a bright glossy green color 25 



Pteris Argyr.ea. Variegated Fern, with long fronds, the pinnae pinnatifid, the lower 

 pair bipartite; color silvery white with light green margin 25 



Pteris Cretica Albo-Lineata. Variegated Fern, with long fronds, pinnate, the 

 pinnae having a white band through centre 25 



Pteris Palmata. Dwarf and compact, fronds 1 foot high, 4 inches wide, deeply pal- 

 mate, and bright green 25 



Pteris Rubra Venia. A new and rare red- veined variety, similar to Tricolor ; very 

 robust and hardy 25 



Pteris Serrulata. Fronds pinnate, pendulous ; the pinnae of a light green color 25 



Pteris Tricolor. A new variegated Fern of great beauty, with long fronds ; color 

 crimson, with light green margin 25 



Choice Mixed Varieties. Of a fine collection 20 



^■FUCHSIA, MIXED {Lady's Ear-drop). A well-known popular plant of easy culture, 

 for the house or shady situations in the garden; seeds saved from the finest single and 

 double named varieties ; choice mixed colors; half-hardy perennial ; 3 feet 50 



