80 DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



Per packet 

 KENNEDYA, MIXED. A handsome and highly ornamental green-house climber. Soak the seed in warm 



water before sowing ; of fine varieties and colors <o 25 



LAPAGERIA ROSEA. A fine herbaceous twiner, like the Smilax, with large, rosy flowers 25 



*LANTANA, MIXED. One of the most desirable half-hardy perennial green-house or bedding plants, con- 

 stantly in bloom, with Verbena-like heads, and changing in hue ; height, 2 to 5 feet \ 10 



LAURUS NOBILIS {Sweet Bay Tree). A handsome, half-hardy evergreen tree, with dark green foliage 



and rich yellow flowers. Hardy south of Virginia ; 15 feet jo 



MANDEVILLA SUAVEOLENS. A green-house evergreen climber; does best when planted in the 



ground ; with large white fragrant flowers ; 20 feet 25 



MYRSIPHYLLUM ASPARAGOIDES {Smilax). A beautiful and graceful tuberous-rooted perennial 

 climber, none surpassing it for its glossy deep green, wavy and most delicate foliage, and small white 

 flowers ; fine for vases and baskets ; also desirable to use with cut flowers, and in great demand. Soak 



the seed 24 hours in hot water before sowing; 6 to 10 feet. Per oz., $3.00 20 



*MUSA ENSETE. The noblest of all green-house plants is this great Abyssinian Banana. The fruit of 

 this variety is not edible, but the leaves are magnificent, long, broad and massive, of a beautiful green, 

 with a broad crimson midrib. It is used with success for bedding out, and stands the rain and storms 

 without much laceration. Before planting out in May, dig a hole 2 feet square and about 30 inches deep, 

 filling the hole half full of fresh stable manure pressed in solid, and then fill up with compost of good, 

 light, rich soil, mixed with well-decayed manure, plant the Musa, but do »ot let the roots touch the 

 fresh manure. In our hot summers it luxuriates and attains gigantic proportions, from 8 to 12 feet high, 

 producing really a tropical appearance, and should find a place in every collection where there is a con- 

 servatory or green-house. The seeds germinate freely if started in a hot-bed or on bottom heat in the 



green-house. Packet containing 5 seeds 1 00 



NERIUM OLEANDER, MIXED. A splendid flowering shrub, of various colors; 6 feet 20 



PASSIFLORA, MIXED {Passion Flower). Magnificent ornamental half-hardy perennial evergreen green- 

 house climbers, with large, very attractive and varied flowers, produced in the greatest profusion nearly 

 the whole year. Sow in heat in February or March ; pot off singly as soon as the plants are large 

 enough to be handled, in a mixture of light, rich soil, leaf mould, and sand ; all choice varieties, mixed.. 20 



Van Volxemi ( Tacsonia). Flowers of the richest scarlet, 5 inches in diamet -r 25 



Insignis {Tacsonia). This splendid plant is remarkable for its handsome foliage and robust, free-flower- 

 ing habit; magnificent flowers, measuring from 6 to 8 inches across, which hang in festoons on long 

 pendant stalks, color crimson, purple shaded, whilst the mouth of the tube is adorned with incurved 



fringe filaments, which are blue mottled with white 50 



PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA {Fringed Chinese Primrose). A charming and most beautiful pro- 

 fuse flowering plant, indispensable for winter or spring decoration in the conservatory or green-house. 

 The seeds we offer are saved from the finest existing collections, and always give satisfaction ; 6 

 inches ; for culture, see page 44. 



Punctata Elegantissima. Flowers deep velvety crimson ; edges spotted with white 50 



Kermesina Splendens. Large flowers, brilliant crimson, with a yellow eye 50 



Rubra. A very fine red. Alba. Pure white. Alba Rubra Striata. White, red striped Each 25 



Choice Mixed Varieties. Beautiful colors of all the fringed varieties 25 



Williams' Superb Strain, Mixed. This strain of English Primula Sinensis Fimbriata is universally ad- 

 mired, and of all the finest varieties and colors ; mixed 50 



Fern-Leaved, Mixed {Filicifolia Varieties). The finest colors mixed 25 



Fimbriata Alba Magnifica. This new, compact variety has deeply indentated light green foliage; pro- 

 ducing freely large trusses of pure white flowers with a citron eye, measuring 2% inches across; they 



are of great substance, each petal being deeply and beautifully fringed 1 00 



Fimbriata Cristata Nana Alba. A new, interesting and entirely distinct variety; of dense dwarf habit 

 and frilled or crimped-edged foliage, similar to Malva Crispa. Its charming snow-white flowers, with a 



pale yellow eye, are dentated, and show a tendency to become double 5° 



Fimbriata Cristata Nana Rubra. This new variety is the same as the above, except the flowers are of a 



beautiful bright red color 5° 



PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA FLORE PLENO {Double Chinese Primrose). The following 

 double-fringed Chinese Primroses are very fine and can be highly recommended, as they produce a fair 

 percentage of handsome double flowers from seed ; 6 inches. 



Alba. Double white. Kermesina. Double crimson flowers Each 50 



Double Mixed. Of all choice double varieties 5° 



PRIMULA JAPONICA, MIXED. A perennial variety, producing beautiful colored flowers on a long stem 



in whorls ; the seed takes a long time to germinate, and requires great care and constant attention ; 15 in. 25 

 ■SALVIA {Flowering Sage Varieties). A shrubby green-house and favorite bedding plant, loaded with spikes 

 of scarlet, white, and blue flowers in great profusion from July to October ; half-hardy perennials, 

 blooming the first year from seed ; 3 feet. 



Splendens {Scarlet Sage). Beautiful, bright scarlet flowers. Per oz., $4.00 10 



Splendens Flore-Albo. White-flowered, like the Scarlet Sage, and of vigorous growth 20 



Farinacea. A new branching shrubby variety, similar to Splendens, producing spikes from 9 to 18 inches 



long, with light blue flowers and beautiful dark blue woolly-haired bracts, which remain for months 20 



Patens. Superb deep blue flowers 2 ° 



Involucrata. A new showy species. In general habit it resembles Farinacea, but the leaves, stalks, and 

 bracts are glabrous ; the inflorescence consists of a long flower-spike with rose-colored bracts, and splen- 

 did rosy crimson flowers of ij^ inches in length, in densely arranged whorls of six flowers 25 



Argentea. Beautiful ornamental silvery foliage plant, with spikes of white flowers 10 



STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA. A green-house evergreen perennial climber, producing white flowers 



in the greatest profusion ; 20 feet 5° 



TROP/EOLUM LOBBIANUM {Climbing Nasturtium). This variety of beautiful climbers produces 

 freely bright-colored, small flowers, on long stems, during the winter months in the green-house, con- 

 servatory, or in the summer on trellises in the garden ; half-hardy annuals ; 6 feet. 

 Geant des Batailles. Brilliant carmine. Finest Mixed. Of different shades and varieties Each 10 



