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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR— Supplement. 



GAII.LAKD1A P1CTA LORENZIANA. 



CONVOLVULUS MINOR, Tricolor Roseus. A very charming novelty with rose-colored flowers, pure 

 white centre, fringed with purplish violet, and shading towards the throat in five broad bands of golden yellow ; 

 hardy annual; height, i foot. Per pkt., 25 cts. 

 DAHLIA, Large Flowering, Single Varieties, Mixed. Our aesthetic people are ever busy seeking after 

 attractive large showy single flowers. Seed saved from a splendid collection of single varieties ; tender peren- 

 nial ; blooming the first season from seed, of easy culture ; 5 feet. Pkt., 20 cts. 

 DELPHINIUM, Ranunculiflora Nana Alba. A charming new variety, forming a column-shaped compact 

 bouquet, with spikes of flowers, white, tinged with lilac, which is very delicate and more pleasing than the 

 Brown Violet sort, only two of this distinct and useful race of plants ; hardy annual ; 15 inches. Pkt., 25 cts. 



GAILLARDIA, Picta Lorenziana. This 

 is a new charming profuse-flowering "so- 

 called " double variety, although in the bo- 

 tanical sense of the word it is not double, but 

 entirely distinct from the single-flowering. 

 We offer this variety in mixture, which has 

 been carefully selected from six different 

 shades of color; fine for massing, and use- 

 ful as a bouquet flower, continuing in 

 bloom until frost; hardy annual; 1% feet. 

 Pkt., 25 cts. 

 HELIANTHUS, Oscar Wilde {Newport 

 Corsage Sunflower). This new distinct 

 variety is of a dwarf pyramidal form, with 

 small single flowers, of a deep golden yel- 

 low and jet black centre, produced in the 

 greatest abundance from June until killed 

 by frost. Its small, compact growth and 

 attractive flowers make it a desirable bed- 

 ding plant for massing or as a single speci- 

 men; hardy annual ; 4 feet. Pkt., 10 cts. 

 MARVEL OF PERU, Dwarf White Tom 

 Thumb. This novelty, when fully devel- 

 oped, does not exceed 10 inches in height, 

 forming a charming little bush, completely 

 studded with snow-white flowers, contrast- 

 ing finely with its yellowish foliage ; fine for 

 beds or margins ; tender perennials, treated 

 the same as annuals. Pkt., 25 cts. 

 MIGNONETTE, Golden Queen. A new attractive variety, forming a dense pyramidal plant, and throws up nu- 

 merous flower-stalks, terminated with spikes of golden-yellow blossoms ; hardy annual ; 15 inches. Pkt., 20 cts. 

 MIGNONETTE, Jeffries' Snow-White. This novelty is entirely distinct from any other, with pure white 

 spikes of flowers, freely produced around a central stem of great length. For growing in pots and beds, or for 

 bouquets, it will be found invaluable, as a sweet-scented pure white flower; hardy annual. Pkt., 25 cts. 

 PANSY, Lord Beaconsfield. A splendid novelty, producing handsome large flowers of a deep purplish-violet, 

 which shades off, in the top petals, to a whitish hue, imparting a bright and cheerfui appearance to the whole 

 plant; hardy perennial ; 6 inches. For other varieties, see page 61. Pkt., 25 cts. 

 PAPAVER, Danebrog. A very desirable and showy novelty, producing large single flowers of a brilliant scar- 

 let, with a large silvery white spot on each of the four petals, thus forming a white cross on a scarlet ground. 

 This new Single Poppy will form a striking and beautiful contrast with Papaver Umbrosum, which has 

 scarlet flowers, marked with a black spot on each petal Csee page 63) ; hardy annual ; 2 feet. Pkt., 25 cts. 

 PETUNIA, Hybrida Nana Compacta Multiflora. This new really dwarf variety and profuse bloomer, 

 grows 5 to 8 inches high, by the same in diameter. Of a cherry-red color, with a regularly formed white 

 star; effective for massing and pot-culture. Half-hardy perennial, blooming from seed the first season; 

 treated like hardy annuals. (See illustration, page vii.) Pkt., 20 cts. 

 PETUNIA, Hybrida Brillantrosa. A distinct new variety, producing handsome brilliant rosy carmine flowers, 



with a light-colored throat; 1 foot. Pkt., 10 cts. 



PRIMULA SINENSIS, Fimbriata Alba Magnifica. This new, compact variety has deeply indentated 



light green foliage; producing 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. Primulas are 



treated as green-house annuals. (See illustration, page vii.) Pkt., $t.oo. 



PRIMULA, 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. (See illustration, page vii.) Pkt., 50 cts. 



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



are of a beautiful bright red color. Pkt., 50 cts. 

 SALVIA, Carduacea. A very promising ornamental novelty from California, having no resemblance to any 

 other variety of Sage. The plant forms a many-branched bush, 2^ feet high, with white woolly Thistle-like 

 leaves, producing its large, light-blue fimbriated lower lipped flowers in whorls, 4 to 6 on a stem, contrasting 

 with the wide projecting vermilion anthers. Thrives best in a dry, sunny situation, and if sown early begins to 

 bloom in May; tender perennial. Pkt., 25 c:-s. 

 SCHIZANTHUS, Papilionaceus {Butterfly Flower). A charming new variety of this beautiful flower, re- 

 sembling some species of Orchids. The flowers are purple, spotted with yellow, orange, crimson and a black 

 eye ; half-hardy annual ; 2 feet. Pkt., 10 cts. 

 TAGETES, Pumila Golden Ring. This beautiful new selection from Signata is of an attractive rich orange 

 color; shorter and more compact than its progenitor, very free-flowering and a really good golden-orange-col- 

 ored bedding plant ; tender annual ; 10 inches. Pkt., 25 cts. 



