DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 45 



A SELECT AND DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF 



CpOIdE FLOWER £EED£, 



"Worthy of Special Attention, Embracing Annuals, Biennials and Perennials. 



aui PlawBi S = 5is ar = all Mailed Free of P^sta^- upon Receipt of Price, 



Seeds of Climbers, Ornamental Foliage Plants. Everlasting Flowers, Ornamental Grasses, Green- 

 house Plants, will be found under their respective heads ; following in rotation as above enumerated. 



Novelties will be found in Supplement, following page 96. 



ASSORTMENTS, COLLECTIONS AND PREMIUMS ON FLOWER SEEDS 

 ARE FOUND ON THE PRECEDING PAGE. 



Per packet. 

 ABRONIA. Trailing plants, producing clusters of sweet-scented flowers, especially fragrant towards even- 

 ing, resembling the Verbena, continuing in bloom a long time ; effective in beds, rock-work, or hanging- 

 baskets ; peel oft" the husk before sowing the seed ; succeeds in a light, rich soil. Natives of California ; 

 half-hardy annuals ; height, 6 inches. 



Arenaria. A beautiful yellow variety .$0 10 



Umbellata. Rosy lilac, with a white eye 10 



ACONITUM NAPELLUS {Monk's Hood, or Wolfsbane). A hardy perennial, growing in any good gar- 

 den soil, in the shade or sun, producing very pretty blue and white flowers ; 3 feet 



ADONIS .ffiSTIVALIS {Flos Adonis). Also known as Pheasant's Eye. A showy hardy annual of easy 

 culture, with pretty fine-cut foliage, and bsting a long time in bloom. Handsome dark-crimson flowers, 



with a light-colored centre; 1 foot 5 



AGERATUM. Valuable plants for large beds or borders, and very useful where cut flowers are in demand; 

 in bloom the whole summer ; also good for winter-blooming in pots, of the easiest culture, succeeding in 

 any soil ; half-hardy annuals. 



Conspicuum. A fine white flowering variety, for cutting for bouquets ; 18 inches 5 



Mexicanum. Lavender blue ; 2 feet 5 



Imperial Ccerulea. Dwarf, with fine large heads of blue flowers ; 8 inches 5 



Imperial Alba. Dwarf, with fine large heads of white flowers ; 8 inches 5 



L-asseauxi. This rose-colored species is a perennial, but flowers the first season in the open border, and re- 

 quires the protection of a green-house or conservatory in the winter ; 15 inches 10 



AGROSTEMMA COZLI ROSEA, MIXED (Rose 0/ Heaven, or Crown of the Field). An attractive free- 

 flowering hardy perennial of ea;y culture, producing flowers on long slender stems like a single pink ; 



blooms the first season. White and rose-colored flowers, fine for cutting ; 1 foot 5 



ALONSOA 1 Mask Flower). Handsome brilliant-colored free-flowering bedding plants, blooming until killed 

 by frost; thriving in any good garden soil, also good house-plants ; half-hardy annuals. 



Grandifiora. Large-flowering ; bright scarlet; 2 feet 5 



Myrtifolia. Myrtle-leaved variety, grows 2% feet high, vigorous and floriferous. Flowers of an intense 



scarlet. Of great service for large beds 10 



Choice Mixed Varieties, of all colors, mixed; 2 feet 5 



ALYSSUM. Free-flowering ; pretty little plants for beds, edgings, or rock work ; the annual variety blooms 

 all summer, also grown in pots for winter-flowering ; the perennial variety is one of our earliest attractive 

 yellow spring flowers. 



Sweet (Maritivium). Flowers in white clusters ; fine for bouquets ; 6 inches. Peroz.,8octs 5 



Saxatile Compactum. Showy golden-yellow flowers; hardy perennial, blooms the first season; for 



spring-bedding and rock work ; 1 foot 5 



AMARANTHUS. Are showy blooming plants, with their long racemes of curious-looking flowers; half- 

 hardy annuals. The ornamental foliage varieties will be found under that head. 



Atro-Purpureus. Covered with long drooping spikes of purple flowers ; 6 feet 5 



Caudatus (Love Lies Bleeding). Blood-red drooping panicles of flowers ; pretty for decorating; 3 feet 5 



ANAGALLIS GRANDIFLORA, MIXED {PimpemelU). Dwarf, compact plants; adapted for baskets, 

 rock work, edgings, and small beds ; succeed best in a light, rich soil, in a sunny situation ; covered with 



various shades of flowers the whole summer; half-hardy annuals; 6 inches 5 



ANCHUSA ANGUSTIFOLIA (Capensis). A splendid bouquet flower, of long duration, and producing 

 azure-blue forget-me-not-like flowers ; hardy perennial ; if sown early, blooms the first season, growing 



freely in shaded situations ; 2 feet 10 



ANEMONE ( Wind/lower). A very pleasing hardy perennial, bulbous-rooted plant ; easily grown from seed, 

 producing large flowers, early in the spring, in a sunny situation, when few plants can compete with 

 them in beauty and brilliancy of their various-colored flowers ; fine for bouquets ; 1 foot. 



Coronaria M'xed. Flowers of various shades of scarlet, purple, blue, white and striped 10 



Fulgens. Flowers large, of a beautiful dazzling vermilion color 20 



ANTIRRHINUM NANUM ( Tom Thicnib Dwarf Snap- Dragon). One of our most showy and useful bor- 

 der plants. The more recently improved varieties of this valuable genus are large, finely-shaped flowers 

 of the most brilliant colors, with beautifully-marked throats ; they succeed in any good garden soil and 

 are very effective in beds. Hardy perennials, blooming the first year if the seed is sown early ; 1 foot. 

 For separate colors,see assortments of Antirrhinums, page 44. 



