DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



Per packet. 

 LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS, MIXED {Everlasting Pea). Showy, free-flowering plants, for covering 



old stumps, fences, etc. Flowers purple and white ; hardy perennials ; height, 5 feet. Per oz., 80 cts..$o 5 

 LOASA LATERITIA. A half-hardy perennial, flowering the first season ; rapid-growings free-flowering, 



with curious and beautiful orange-red flowers. Handle with gloves, as it stings like the nettle ; 6 feet... 10 

 LOPHOSPERMUM SCANDENS. Highly ornamental and effective for the garden or conservatory, with 



showy, fox-glove-like, rosy purple flowers; requires a light, rich soil; half-hardy annual; 10 feet 10 



MAURANDIA. Beautiful, rapid, slender-growing plant, blooming profusely until late in the autumn; also 

 fine for the conservatory or green -house ; if desired for the house take up before the approach of frost. 

 This summer climber cannot be too highly recommended as a half-hardy perennial, flowering the first 

 season if sown early, and should be started in the hot-bed or green-house ; 10 feet. 



Albiflora. Pure white. Barclayana. Purple. Rosea. Dark rose Each 10 



Mixed. Of all colors IO 



MOMORDICA (Balsatn Apple). Very curious trailing vines, with ornamental foliege and remarkable fruit 

 of a golden-yellow, warted, and when ripe, opens, showing the seeds and its brilliant carmine interior; 

 fine for rock-work, stumps, etc. ; half-hardy annual ; 10 feet. 



Balsamina. Apple-shaped fruit. Charantia. Long pear-shaped fruit. Per oz., 50 cts... Each 5 



PASSIFLORA INCARNATA. %. hardy herbaceous perennial variety, requiring but a slight protection of 

 leaves during the winter; foliage smooth, tri-lobed, flowers large, nearly white, with a triple purple and 



flesh-colored crown ; 20 feet 25 



Gracilis. An annual variety, with a great profusion of white flowers in the month of August; 6 feet 10 



SWEET PEAS {Lathy rus Odoratus). Beautiful, fragrant, free-flowering plants, thriving in any open situ- 

 ation ; fine for screening unsightly objects ; supported on pea-sticks or brush ; blooming all summer and 

 autumn if the flowers are cut freely, and the pods picked off" as they appear ; hardy annuals ; 6 feet. 



Scarlet Invincible. With beautiful bright scarlet flowers in great profusion 5 



Light Blue. Purple. Striped. Tricolor, or Three-colored and White Each 5 



Mixed. Of all colors. Per lb., $1. 00; oz., 15 cts. Separate colors. Each per oz., 20 cts 5 



THUNBERGIA (Black-Eyed Susan). Ornamental climbers, thriving in a light, rich, loamy soil, in warm ex- 

 posed situations in the garden ; beautiful, slender, rapid-growing plants, with pretty-colored flowers, and 

 constantly in bloom ; fine for vases, rustic work, or green-house culture ; half-hardy annuals ; 4 feet. 



Alba. White, with a dark eye. Alata. Buff, with a dark eye Each 5 



Aurantiaca. Orange, with a dark eye. Bakeri. Pure whitl Each 5 



Mixed. Of all colors. Per oz., 60 cts 5 



TROP./EOLUM (Nasturtium Majus Varieties). Well known, elegant, profuse flowering plants for veran- 

 das, trellises, etc., for either in or out-door culture. The seed-pods can be gathered while green and 

 tender, for pickling; hardy annuals ; 10 feet. 



King Theodore. A new variety, having bluish-green foliage and almost black flowers 10 



Large Dark Crimson. Showy flowers '. 5 



Mixed Varieties. Of all colors. Per oz., 30 cts 5 



Canary Bird Flower (Peregrinum). With yellow canary-like flowers ; very ornamental and beautiful 



foliage; half-hardy annual 10 



For Green-house Climbers, see List of Seeds under the head of Green-house Plants, page 76. 

 SEEDS OF ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



They have become very popular for ornamental gardening, and produce a sub-tropical effect ; for planting in 

 groups and massing, also for ribbons and edgings. The following varieties can be readily grown from seed. Sow- 

 ing the Half-hardy and Tender Varieties from February to April in shallow boxes, etc. ; and placed on a hot-bed 

 or in the green-house. See full directions on pages 42 and 43. p er p ac k et 

 ACANTHUS, MIXED. A stately and beautiful ornamental plant. From the leaf of "Acanthus Mollis," 

 the capital of the Corinthian column is derived. Growing freely in any rich, loamy soil; mixed varie- 

 ties ; hardy perennials ; height, 3 feet $0 10 



AMARANTHUS. Showy garden plants ; very effective in groups, for the centre of beds or flower borders ; 

 the colors are most brilliant in rather poor soil and in a dry season; half-hardy annuals. 



Bicolor Ruber. Foliage green, scarlet, and maroon, sometimes tipped with yellow ; 3 feet 5 



Gordoni, or Sunrise. Bronzy crimson foliage, shading off to brilliant scarlet tufts of leaves on top of the 



stalk, the lower leaves having a scarlet band through the centre ; 3 feet 10 



Henderi. Of graceful pyramidal growth and long drooping leaves, producing a sub-tropical effect; the 



leaves are brown, madder, and bronze; 4 feet 10 



Melancholicus Ruber. Of dwarf, compact habit, with striking blood-red foliage ; 2 feet 5 



Salicifolius (Fountain Plant). Of a pyramidal graceful drooping habit, branching close to the ground. 

 The leaves are willow-shaped, elongated, and wavy, at first of a bronzy green shade; as the plants be- 

 come stronger, the leaves at the ends of the branches assume a bright orange -carmine and bronze color, 



forming magnificent plumes, and giving the plant a picturesque appearance; 4 feet. Per oz., $1.00 5 



Tricolor (Joseph' s Coat). Leaves red, yellow, and green ; a very handsome plant; 3 feet. Per oz., 60 cts. 5 

 BOCCONIA JAPONICA. A beautiful, effective plant, for single specimens or groups on lawns. Foliage 



white on the under side, and spikes of cream-colored flowers from 2 to 3 feet long ; hardy perennial ; 5 feet. 10 

 CANNA (Indian Shot-Plant). A stately species of plants, having been much improved of late years, and 

 are very highly ornamental, producing a rich and oriental effect by their large, broad, and massive foliage, 

 terminated by racemes of crimson, orange, or scarlet variously lobed beautiful flowers. Soak the seed 

 12- hours in hot water before planting, sow in sandy loam and peat, and place in a hot-bed ; when up to 

 the second leaf, pot off singly and keep under glass until the proper season for planting out ; take up the 

 roots before frost, and preserve in a warm cellar or room ; half-hardy perennials. For plants and illus- 

 tration, see page 103. 



Bihorelli. Scarlet, free-blooming, with rich brown leaves ; a dwarf, showy plant ; 2 feet 10 



Bonneti Excelsa. Foliage olive green and purple ; flowers very large orange-red ; 6 feet 10 



Coquette. Foliage green and bronze ; the largest orange-colored flowers ; 6 feet 10 



Marechal Vaillant. Foliage rich maroon, with large orange-colored flowers ; 6 feet 10 



