DREER'S GARDEX CALEXDAR. 55 



Per packet 

 ESCHSCHOLTZIA 'California Poppy '). Delight in a lig profuse flowering a- age, 



way attractive plants for beds, edgings, or masses ; hardy annuals ; height, i foot. 



Crocea Aurantiaca. R::h orange-colored flower- 



Crocea Alba. Creamy-white flowers 5 



Crocea Alba Flore Pleno. A new fa ibis ^:^:= ; producing 75 per cent, of beautiful double white flow 



15 



Crocea Aurantiaca Flore Pleno. A fine double-flowering California Poppy, producing orange-scarlet 



flowers in abundance, of long duration 10 



Carminea Grandiflora Rosea. A most charming new variety, producing freely, beautiful large flow-i 



of: _ in bloom ur.: outumn 20 



Mixed. Of arts 5 



EUPATORIUM FRASERI. A very pretty herbaceous hardy perennial piant, blooming the first season 



>f snowy-white flowers ; fine for cutting and bouquets ; ij.< feet i-j 



7 3N"^LIA DIANTHIFLORA. A small dwarf profus adapted for small beds, rustic 



looming all summer and requires to be well supplied with moisture. 



:, with a crimson centre and yellow anthers ; hardy annual ; 3 inches 15 



FEVERFEW rbaceous plants, succeeding in any garden soil; a 



fine bedding plant or for pot culture; blooms until frost; hardy perennials, blooming the first season if 

 D early ; 18 inches. 



Double White | Eximia Alba Plenoi. Seed only saved from fine double flowers 10 



New Curled Double White Eximia Flore Pleno Crisp.n. This charming new variety -urpasses the 

 br its handsome double white flowers and densely curled foliage, fine for ribbon beds 



if the flowers are removed and kept pinched, to make them dwarf and branching 15 



GAILLARDIA. Splendid bedding plants, remarkable for the profusion, size, and brilliancy of their flowers, 

 continuing in beauty during the summer and autumn ; half-hardy annuals ; 1^2 feet 



Picta Painted Lad n, bordered with orange, very showy 5 



Mixed. Of all fine colors of the single 1 • 5 



Picta Lorenziana. This r.ew charming pro fuse- fl o weri ng • so-called " double variety will be found of 

 great gh in the botanical sense of the word it is not double, but entirely distinct 



.jle-flowering. We offer this variety in mixture, which has been carefully selected from six ciffer- 



: for massing, and useful as a bouquet flower, continuing in bloom until frost 25 



GAURA LINDHEIMERI. An elegantly branching free-flowering plant, in bloom the whole summer, 



succeeds in a sandy loam ; with spikes of white blossoms tinted with red ; half-hardy annual ; 3 fee: 5 



GILIA. Ver- "' plants, early s and rock work ; hardy an:.. 



Tricolor. Rowers white, lilac, and purple 5 



Mixed. Of all v a 5 



GLADIOLUS, FINE HYBRID, MIXED Seed saved from choice named varieties ; half-hardy peren- 



g Bulbs 20 



GODETIA, MIXED. An attractive hard) f more exter. 



ing in any garden soil ; fine mixed of all colors ; 1 foot 5 



Whitneyi Brilliant. Tits new dwarf, compact, free-flowering variety, is very showy and effectiv e 



massing ; r g off to a delicate rose at the points of the petals ; 8 inches... 10 



GYPSOPHILA. Pretty, free-flowering, elegant plants, adapted for rustic and rock work, baskets, edgings, 

 and borders ; succeeding in any . 

 Muralis. A small trailing plant, covered with pretty pink blossoms : suitable for small beds, etc. ; h: 



una] ; 6 inches 5 



Paniculata. Wl ouquets, imparting a light, airy appearance; fine for borders, 



etc Iried winter flower ; hardy p-erennial ; 2 feet 5 



HELIANTHUS {Sunflower . The finest varieties, remarkable for the stately growth, size and brilliancy 

 of their flowers, making a very good effect among d for screens. The seed is also good 



for feeding poultry, and the plant serves as a preventative for the malarial fever ; hardy an: 



Nanus. Dwa-f very- double orange-colored flowers ; 4 feet. Per oz., 50 cts 5 



Nanus Foliis Variegatis [Dwarf Variegated Foliage Sunflower). This novelty forms bushy pyra- 

 are spotted and striped with yellow. Effective for planting singly, in 



gro 1 - rspersing with other foliage plants ; 4 feet 10 



Globosus Fistulosus. Flowers large double, globular-formed, of a rich saffron color; the best of all Sun- 

 flowers : 6 feet. Per oz., 60 cts *. 5 



Oscar Wilde {Se w part Corsage Sunflower). This new distinct variety is of a dwarf pyramidal form, with 



small single flowers, of a deep golden yellow and jet black centre, produced in the greatest abundance 



:'rost. Its small, compact growth and attractive flowers make it a desirable 



j ing plant for massing or as a single specimen ; 4 feet : 1 



For Russian and Common varieties, ^ee 7 a 

 HESPERIS MATRONALIS, MIXED Siveet Garden Rocket, or Dame's Violet). Fragrant early spring 



-pie and whit e -nnials; 18 inches 3 



HIBISCUS lass of plants, for mixed beds or shrubbery borders, c ring ; v. -.1 in any 



- en soil, having large-sized, varied, and beautiful colored flowers. 



Africanus. Large, cream-colored flowers, v. hardy annual ; 1^ feet 5 



Palustris. . . . . rdy perennial ; 3 feet 5 



HOLLYHOCK, EXTRA CHOICE DOUBLE. MIXED (Altha-a Rosea . This splendid plant now ranks 

 with the Dahlia for th and the varied colors of its magni- 



ficent large s bum a place in < garden or pleasure ground. Our 



seed have been saved from the best nan oed double centred flowers with the outer row 



composed of ruffled petals. Seed sown in June and J;:ly will flower the following summer. Hardy 



perennial; height, 6 feet. For separate colors, see assortments of Hollyhocks, page 44 10 



Double White. Extra strain of perfect double, pure white flowers for summer cutting fpr bouquets, etc. 15 



