Dreer's Garden Calendar, 



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TRADESCANTIA. 



Oft.n called "Wandering Jew," and very pretty for baskets and fountains, growing rapidly, 

 with handsome foliage. 15 cts.; $1.50 per doz. 



AQUATICA. Very small green leaves ^ .^ violet-purple, good 



Discolor. An upright growing sort, light green weaves, lue uu i r . «= 



for a centre plant of baskets, etc. ; strong grower. oO cts. 

 ViTTATA. Bright green, striped white. ^^„„/i 



Zbbbixa. Leaves striped with silverj- white on a dark ground. 



VALLOTA PURPUREA. 



Flowers of a brilliant scariet, resembling the Amaryllis 

 the bulb throwing up its strong stems in August about 

 one foot high, with from five to eight of its lily-hke flow- 

 ers Unlike manv other bulbs, it requires no season of 

 resi, but can be kept constantly m a growing condition 

 [aking care not to over-pot them, as they flower better 

 when pot-bound. 30 to 50 cts. 



THE VERBENA 



Is the most useful and popular of our bedding plants, yet 

 for want of proper cultivation, many fail to grow it to per- 

 fection. Frequent change of soil is necessary. A fresh, 

 sandv loam, enriched with well-rotted manure, or sods 

 from' a pasture, thrown up with cow manure, and well- 

 rotted before using, we 

 have found the best. 

 A simple plan, when 

 it is not practicable to 

 - Talix.ta PiEPURE... renew the entire bed 



is to dig holes about 



one foot square and deep, wherever a plant ^f^^^^ si red and 



fill up with fresh soil, as above named. ^V e have devoted 



much labor and care in the annual selection of our ^ erbena 



seed, and with over an acre bed to se ect fr<^°^vT^. ^f , ^^^^.^ 



position to secure first-class novelties m point of color, habit 



and growth. 



Price to name or color, $1.25 per doz. ; without names, as- 

 sorted colors, $1 per doz. ; $6 per hundred. 



Aurora. Rosy crimson, extra large. 



Bijou. Dark scarlet, large white eye. 



Bird of Passage. Orange scarlet, white eye. 



Blue Bird. Blue, white eye. r^^^ Verbena. 



Bruxette. Indigo blue, dark eye. 



Candidissima. the finest white bedder. 



Daphne. Crimson, extra. 



Defia>-ce. Fine scarlet bedder. 



Display. White, striped carmine. 



Gaiety. White, large purple centre. 



Glow- Worm. Dazzling velvety crimson. 



Hesperas. White, large violet crimson centre. 



Hindoo. Purplish blue, large white eye. 



Jubilee. Crimson, white eye. 



Magnus. White, striped lilac and purple. 



Mp^S. Hayes. Rosv carmine, very large. 



Mp-s. Woodruff. 'The finest scarlet. 



Monitor. Maroon, splashed with white. 



MURILLO. Striped purple and white. 



Nabob. Blush pink, white eye. 



Oberon. Crimson, splashed with violet. 



Oracle. White, flaked with scariet. 

 1 Ovid. Posy pink. 



I Remarkable. White, striped with blue. 

 ! RosiNA. White, maculated with pink. 

 i Seraph. Scarlet, white eye. 

 ' f\LiSMAN. White, striped with scarlet. 

 : Temple. White, Avith a pink band through 

 each petal. . 



Velvet Mantle. Velvety crimson, white 



! eve. 



1 Vulcan. Scarlet, black centre. 



VINCA. 



massing. 15 cts. ; Sl.oO per doz. 



ALBA. Pure White. I ^OSEA. Rose, dark eye. 



Alba Oculata. White, crimson eye. I 



