Direr 's Garden Calendar. 



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MUSA ENSETE. 



The noblest of all plants is this great Abyssiniau 

 Banana. The fruit of this variety is not edible, but 

 the leaves are magnificent, long, broad and massive, 

 of a beautiful green, with a broad crimson mid-rib; 

 the plant grovvs luxuriantly from S to 12 feet high. 

 It is used with success in the parks of Europe, and 

 the experience on our own grounds proves that it 

 stands the rain and stormsexceediugly well. In 

 our hot summers it luxuriates and attains gigantic 

 proportions, producing a tropical appearance, and 

 should find a place in every collection, where there 

 is a conservatory or greenhouse, for planting there- 

 in during the winter; and being easily removed, 

 presents the same grand efiect on the lawn, terrace, 

 or flower-garden, when bedded out in the summer. 

 Those not'having the above convenience, by cuttine 

 the leaves off, can store it in a light cellar during 

 the winter, with a covering of soil, or planted in u 

 tub ; water sparingly. When planted out in the 

 summer, with good drainage, it cannot receive to^^ 

 much water. We have been successful in raisine a 

 fine lot of these plants, which enables us to offer 

 them at a low price, 



Laree plants, .5 feet high .$.5 00 



2 to~3 feet high 2 50 



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NERIUM— Oleander. 



The improvements lately made in this class of ixjpular and easily cultivated plants have been 



really striking. The double varieties do not show their character until the plants become strong. 



Album Plenum— New Double White. An introduction from the West Indies. Long, 

 slender foliage ; fine double white flowers. 40 cts. 



Atropukpubeum Plenum. The richest blood-red crimson color, quite double and finely im- 

 bricated. 50 cts. 



Flavum Duplex. Large, semi-double, yellow flowers; early and free flowering. 50 cts. 



Madoni Graxdiflora. Fully as large as the double pink, and nearly as double ; pure white ; 

 strong habit. 30 cts. ; $3 per doz. 



Prof. Durand. White, duplex flowers, yellow throat. 50 cts, 



Splendens. Double pink. 25cts, to$l." 



NIEREMBERGIA FRUTESCENS. 



A well-known bedding plant of splendid grass-like habit, with bluish-white flowers an inch 

 in diameter ; flowering from June to October. 20 cts. ; $2 per doz, 



OLEA FRAGRANS, 



A favorite greenhouse shrub, delightfully fragrant; the scent is sufiBcient to perfume a large 

 conservatory." 50 cts. to $1. ' 



OTHONNA CRASSIFOLIA. 



PLCsembling the Sedums in erowth and habit ; the flowers are bright yellow, like small tassels, 

 which are borne in great profusion ; a «plendid plant for baskets and vases, trailing a long dis- 

 tance. It stands the honest sun. 15 cts. ; $1.50 per doz. 



OXALIS. 



Deppii. a summer-flowering variety, excellent for borders and edgings. It is grown rather for 

 the lively green with black zone'leaves than the flowers. 10 cts. per doz. ; 50 cts. per KKt ' 



Floribuxda Alba. An ever-blooming variety, used for pots and baskets ; white flowers. 10 

 cts. ; >1 per doz. 

 Rosea. Similar to the above with rose-colored flowers. 10 cts. ; $1 per doz. 



LasIandra. Similar to Deppii, leaves divided in nine divisions, flowers standing well above 

 the foliage. The bulbs are planted an inch apart. 10 cts. per doz. ; 50 cts. per 100. 



Py€ONIE— Tree. 



This plant, instead of dying down to the ground every winter, as the herbaceous varietv is a 

 small, hard-wooded shrub. The flower is the same in form as the common varietv but of a 

 light pink or blush color. $1.50. ' ' 



