Drecr 's Garden Calendar. 



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BEGONIA— Flowering Section— C<wiinued 



MrXTlFLORA. Light rose ; a fine Tvinter-bloomer. 



RiCHAEDSOXl. Large pure while flowers iu panicles. 



RUBEA. Dark green leaves, flowers scarlet rose, glossy and wax-like. 35 cts. 



Saundersoni. Scarlet flowers ; dwarf-habit, blooming continually. 



Weltoniexsis. Fine salmon-pink, unusually floriferous. 



Weltoniexsis Alba. Pure white. 



BIGNONIA GRANDIFLORA— Trumpet Creeper. 



A hardy climbing plant, with large orange-scarlet flowers ; fine for pillars or trellises, being 

 of a more dwarf compact growth than the Radioing. 50 cts. 



BIGNONIA RADICANS— Trumpet Creeper. 



A hardy climbing plant, with large trumpet-shaped flowers of a reddish-orange color, and 

 very showy when in bloom. 25 cts. 



BIGNONIA VENUSTA. 



One of the most beautiful climbers for the green-house, flowering during the winter months. 

 The flowers appear in huge clusters of the deepest orange color, which completely cover the 

 plant. 50 to 75 cts. 



BLETIA TANKERVILL/t. 



An easy -growing orchid, producing large showy flowers of great beauty. They are borne in 

 spikes on stems about 18 inches high ; the color of flower is white marked with brown. 75 eta. 

 to $L50. 



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 usefid of our winter-blooming plants 

 for bouquets. 



Strong thrifty plants of last season's growth, 

 which can be bedded out for summer blooming, 

 and lifted in the fall for winter flowering. 30 

 cts. ; $3 per doz. Smaller size, $2 per doz. ; $10 

 per hundred. 



DAViDSoyi. The best of the white-flowered 

 varieties; sometimes delicately tinged with 

 pink. 



ElegaXS. Light scarlet carmine; flower and 

 truss immense size, many of the trusses meas- 

 uring three to four inches in diameter, 



Leiantha. Fine scarlet. Compact, deep green 



foliasre. 



CALADICM EsCrLENTUM COLOCASIA. 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM— Colocasia. 



One of the most beautiful and striking of the Ornamental 

 Foliage Plants in cultivation, either for culture in 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 of full size it stands about 5 feet high, with immense 

 leaves, often measuring 4 feet in length by 2i in breadth ; 

 very smooth, of a light green color, beautifully veined and 

 variegated with dark green. 25 cts, each ; $2.50 per doz. 

 Extra large bulbs, 50 cts, ; $5 per doz. 



CALADIUM BATAVIENSIS-Colocasia. 



Similar to the C. Esculentura in growth and leaf, with 

 darker green leaves and red leaf-stems. 25 cts, ; $2,50 per 

 doz. Extra large bulbs, 50 cts. ; $5 per doz. 



