78 DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



Per packet. 

 CINERARIA HYBRIDA {Cape Asters). A favorite attractive free-flowering plant, blooming during the 

 winter and spring months ; perennials, but do best treated as tender annuals. For culture, see page 44. 



Tall, Mixed. Splendid tall varieties, saved from extra choice flowers and colors ; height, 2 feet $© 25 



Dwarf, Mixed. Splendid dwarf compact varieties, from extra choice flowers and colors ; 1 foot 25 



Large-Flowering Tall, Mixed. This large-flowering strain is unsurpassed, for beautiful colors and size 



of flowers, selected from prize varieties in splendid mixture ; 2 feet 50 



Large-Flowering Dwarf, Mixed. Same as the above except being of dwarf varieties ; 1 foot 50 



Double, Mixed. This is one of our finest plants, and quite an acquisition to our list of florists" flowers, 

 which for cutting can hardly be surpassed. All the rich and beautiful colors of the single exist in this 



new double variety ; 2 feet. (See illustration in Supplement, page vii.) 50 



*CLIANTHUS DAMPIERI {Australian Glory Pea). A beautiful green-house perennial shrub, growing 

 4 feet high, or can be trained as a Verbena, with elegant compound foliage, and clusters of drooping, 

 brilliant, rich scarlet, pea-shaped flowers 3 inches in length, each flower picturesquely marked with a 

 large, black blotch i<n the centre. Start the seed in thick, moist cotton, keeping it very warm until 

 the seed germinates, then pot in very small pots in a mixture of y 2 leaf mould, % compost, and % sand, 

 keeping them near the light and very warm until fairly started, then harden off; plant out in Mayor 

 June, when the weather has become warm, in a rather dry, sheltered, sunny position before the plants 

 become pot-bound, then water freely until established. Cold and moisture are death, while heat and 



moisture are life to the Clianthus. Prepare the soil outside as given for pot-culture 25 



*COLEUS, DREER'S HYBRID, MIXED. One of the most beautiful of our variegated tender perennial 

 foRage plants ; for green-house or garden decorations, ribbon beds, borders, etc. ; of rapid growth and 

 easy culture. Our new strain produces the finest colored, most attractive, and novel foliage plants ever 



before introduced ; from 1 to 2 feet. For plants, see list on page 105. Illustration on page 79 25 



CYCLAMEN PERSICUM. Charming bulbous-rooted plants, with beautiful foliage, and rich colored or- 

 chid-like fragrant flowers, largely used by bouquet-makers ; universal favorites for the green-house or 

 parlor, and for winter and spring blooming. If the seed is sown early in the spring, they make flowering 

 bulbs in one season ; they require sandy loam ; half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches. 



Atro-Rubrum. Large dark crimson. Album. Pure white. Mixed. Of all colors Each 25 



Giganteum. This new large-flowering variety has beautiful mottled leaves, broad petals, and stout flower 

 stalks, throwing the flowers well above the foliage ; 8 inches. 



Rubrum. Rose, changing to crimson,. Album. Pure white, with a violet-purple eye Each 50 



Mixed. Of rich and varied colored large flowers 50 



*ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI {Coral riant). An ornamental and effective half-hardy perennial 

 shrub, fine for out-door summer decoration, in a warm situation, with beautiful foliage and superb 

 spikes of scarlet pea-shaped flowers. Soak the seed several days in warm water before planting; 5 feet. 25 

 *FERN SPORES {Seed). These ornamental plants are too well known to require any description ; they 

 are very desirable for Wardian cases or ferneries ; thriving in a peaty, sandy soil, and moist, shady posi- 

 tions in the garden during the summer. The seed is however slow of germination, and requires care and 

 considerable patience, before it makes its appearance. Sow in the spring in shallow boxes, barely cov- 

 ering the seed with soil; keep moist with a covering of fine moss, and in a temperature of 60 degrees. 



Adiamtum, Mixed. Of all the handsome Maiden-hair varieties 25 



Gymnogramma Peruviana Argyrophylla. Handsome fronds from 10 to 30 inches long, broad at the 



base, upper side of a bluish white, while the under side of the fronds is silvery white 25 



Gymnogramma Sulphurea. Dwarf slender golden fronds, bipinnate; the pinnae set rather distant 25 



Pteris Argyraea. Variegated long fronds, the pinnae pinnatifid, the lower pair bipartite ; color silvery- 

 white with light green margin 25 



Pteris, Mixed. Of all the Pteris varieties 25 



Choice Mixed Varieties. From a-fine collection of dwarf Ferns 20 



Lygodium Scandens {Japanese Climling Fern) . A graceful and beautiful climber, growing to an indefi- 

 nite length, pinnae palmately lobed, fruiting spikelets on the apex of each lobe. It grows as easily as the 

 Smilax, and is used for the same purpose. It forms charming festoons when grown as a window plant.... 25 



Tree Ferns. Of all choice varieties mixed 25 



*FUCHSIA, MIXED {Lady's Ear-Drop). A well-known popular green-house plant of easy culture, for 

 the house or shady situations in the garden; seeds saved from the finest single and double named 



varieties; of the choicest colors mixed ; half-hardy perennial ; 3 feet 50 



*GERANIUM. A popular bedding plant, as well for the house as the green-house, extensively used for 

 massing; half-hardy perennials, treated the same as annuals, flowering the first season ; from 1 to 3 feet. 



Zonale, Mixed. A superb strain of the largest and finest varieties ; mixed colors 10 



Zonale Variegated, Mixed. Bronze, gold, and silver tricolored foliage varieties, saved from a celebrated 



collection of choice colors , , 25 



Zonale Double, Mixed. Fertilized by one of the best Geranium growers ; this seed will produce a large 



percentage of handsome double flowers of extra fine colors 50 



Pelargonium, Mixed {Lady Washington).. From the finest fancy and spotted large-flowering varieties... 50 

 Apple-Scented {Pelargonium odoratissimum) . This fragrant favorite variety can only be grown from seed 



to form fine plants. Soak the seed 24 hours, sow in light soil, and keep moist until they germinate 25 



GESNERIA, MIXED. A beautiful hot-house, bulbous-rooted plant, producing brilliant colored spikes of 



flowers ; requires a light, rich, peaty soil ; choice varieties ; 2 feet 25 



GLOXINIA HYBRIDA CRASSIFOLIA. A choice hot-house, bulbous-rooted plant, producing in great 

 profusion its large bell-shaped flowers, of the richest and most beautiful variety of brilliant colors, during 

 the summer months ; the bulbs must be kept warm and dry du; ; ng the winter ; 1 foot. 



Grandiflora Erecta, Mixed. Rich-colored, erect flowers 25 



Grandiflora Horizontalis, Mixed. Rich-colored, horizontal flowers 25 



Grandiflora Pendula, Mixed. Rich-colored, drooping flowers 25 



Grandiflora, Mixed. Choice drooping, erect and pendulous, large flowering varieties ; of choice colors.... 25 

 ''•HELIOTROPE, CHOICE MIXED. A half-hardy perennial, flowering during the whole season ; its de- 

 lightful perfume makes it a most desirable bouquet flower ; a splendid bedding plant, or can be trained 

 as a green-house climber. Seed sown in the spring make fine plants for summer blooming i« 



