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Dreers Garden Calendai^. 



COLEUS. 



This plant is too well known to require much description, being deservedly popular ])lants. 

 Whether grown as individual plants or for massing in ribbon-gardening, hardly anything is 

 so desirable. The following list embraces the best old sorts and novelties of 1879. 15 cts. ; 

 $1.50 per doz. Excepting where noted. 



Albion. Bright green, spotted with purplish black. 



Beauty of Widmore. Light green, chocolate centre and pink zone ; dwarf. 



Brilliant. Bronzy crimson, dark veins and shadings, golden edge. 



Chameleon. Variegated violet, rich scarlet and chocolate, with white edge. Stock selected 



with reference to richness of color. 

 Crown Jewels. Claret-crimson, broad margin of golden yellow. 

 Eldorado. Rich yellow, with a narrow crimson edge and mid-rib; smooth foliage. 

 Empress of India. Bright crimson maroon, narrow yellow edge. 

 Excellent. Green and nearly black leaves. 

 Exquisite. Violet carmine, broad lobed green margin. 25 cts. 



Fascination. Brilliant crimson centre, surrounded with yellow laciniated green edge. 25 cts. 

 George Bunyard. Dark green, with broad violet rose centre and mid-rib. 25 cts. 

 GoiiDEN Beauty. Crimson, wavy, with golden edge. 



Kentish Fire. Centre of leaf bright vermilion and crimson; deeply serrated. 25 cts. 

 Lady Buerell ; or, The Shah. The lower half or base of leaf is rich violet crimson, the 



upper half golden yellow. 

 Lord Falmouth. Various shades of crimson yellow, orange and green. 2o cts. 

 M. J. Linden. Bronzy crimson, broad bright yellow edge. 

 Maroon Velvet. Rich velvety maroon. 

 MUSAICA. Marbled and spotted with yellow and rich crimson. 

 Multicolor. Rich shades of crimson, red, rose, etc., quite unique. 

 Novelty, Cream colored centre, margined with yellow, green serrated edge. 50 cts. 

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

 Queen Victoria. Crimson, the brightest golden edge. 

 Rainbow. Bright blood red crimson, yellow margin. 

 Venosa. Yellow, veined and marbled with dark crimson. 

 Victor Lemoine. Yellow, with broad crimson margin. 

 Vekschaffelti. Rich velvet crimson ; the well-known bedder. 



CONVALLARIA— Lily of the Valley. 



One of the most charming of our spring-flowering plants, whose slender stems set with their 

 tiny bells, diffusing a delicious odor, have rendered it a universal favorite. They are entirely 

 hardy, and delight in a shady, well-enriched border. Roots deliverable until April, and after 

 September 1st. 



Ma JALis. Single, white. 10 cts. each ; $1 per doz. 

 Majalis Flore-Pleno. Double white. 15 cts. ; $1.50 per doz. 

 Majalis Foliis Variegatis. Single, white ; golden-striped foliage. 50 cts. ; $5 per doz. 



CROTON. 



Ornamental plants with the richest variegated and spotted foliage. They should demand a 

 place in every collection of plants; suitable for baskets, vases, fern, and wardian cases. 



AUCUB^FOLIUM. Green, spotted with yellow, 

 like an Aucuba. 50 cts. 



Disraeli. A new and distinct variety, with 

 trilobate leaves, deep green inoculated with 

 orange-red. $1. 



Interruptum. Very long wavy foliage, with 

 red mid-ribs. 25 to 50 cts. 



Irregularis. Long green foliage, broad jel- 

 low mid-rib. 50 cts. 



JOHANNIS. Very long, narrow, drooping foli- 

 age. $1. 



Maximum. Very large, broad leaves, mottled 

 green and yellow. 50 cts. to $1. 



OvALiFORMiS. Oval-shaped green and yellow 

 leaves. SI. 



RuBRUM PiCTUM. Green, yellow and orange 

 red. 50 cts. to $1. 



Undulatum. Dark green and orange, undu- 

 lated margin. $1. 



Variegatum. Large green and yellow leaves. 

 25 to 50 cts. 



Weismanni. Long, narrow leaves of yellow 

 margined with green. $1. 



CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS. 



A fine grass-like plant, forming a mass of reedy stems with broad tufted heads, very desirable 

 for baskets, vases, or as an aquarium plant. 20 cts. 

 Cyperus ALTERNIFOLIUS Variegatus. Similar to the above, with variegated leaves. 50 cts. 



CRINUM AMABILE. S2. 



CUPHEA HYSSOPIFOLIA. 15 cts. ; $1.50 



per doz. 

 CUPHEA PLATYCENTRA. {Cigar plant.) 



15 cts. ; $1.50 per doz. 



CYCLAMEN PERSICUM. 30 cts. ; $3 per 

 doz. For other sorts, please see Bulb Cata- 

 logue. 



CYPRIPEDIUM INSIGNIS. 75 cts. 



