DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR— Supplement. xiii 



NEW DOUBLE GERANIUMS-Cw//««^. 

 Mrs. W. E. Gladstone. Immense truss, individual pips very large, of a bright orange-red color. 50 cents. 

 Princess Stephanie. The dwarfest and most floriferous variety, growing but 6 inches in height; flowers large, 



semi-double, very fresh lively rose lighted with white, of great effect, leaves rounded and finely denticulate J 



A very distinct variety, and probably the first of a new type. $1. 

 Paul Chabonnier. Orange-scarlet, shaded with lively minimum red. 50 cents. 



The set of 12 doubles for £5. 



NEW SINGLE GERANIUMS. 



Celia Of a most pleasing and attractive color, rose madder, very broad overlapping petals. 50 cents. 



Ceres. Soft rosy salmon, deeper centre, slightly mottled flowers and trusses of fine form, and freely produced ; 



iwarf. 50 cents. 

 Constance. Bright rosy pink, one of the best of this color ; quite di-tinct. 50 cents. 

 Jules Favre. Large spherical trusses, lively lake-red shaded with pomegranate-red. 50 cents. 

 Kate T.Patterson. Rich deep orange, overlaid with buff ; very distinct. 50 cents. 

 Mad M L. de la Rue. R sy violet, of fine form, distinct and attractive. 50 cents. 

 M. Lepere. Flowers of good form, violet lake-red, upper petals fiery red at the base. 50 cents. 

 Marie Mangin. Rosy salmon red, slightly shaded white on the edges. 50 cents. 

 Mrs. Pollet. Flowers of good fjrm, scarlet, with clear white eye. 50 cents. 

 Mrs. Gordon. Bright crimson, distinct white eye, trusses well formed, extra fine. 50 cents. 

 Nuee de Feu. Fiery copper red, upper petals marked with violet. 75 cents. 

 Rose. Rosy red, very large trusses and flowers. 50 cents. 



NEW DOUBLE IVY GERANIUM— SARAH BERNHARDT. 



Large double white flowers, veined with crimson ; a strong, vigorous and fine variety. 25 cents 



DRACAENA GOLDIANA. 



One of the most magnificent ornamental 

 foliage plants ever introduced, and altogether 

 unique in character and aspect. It is a native of 

 Western Tropical Africa. The plant is of erect 

 habit and the stems are closely set with stalked 

 spreading leaves, the petioles of which are of a 

 grayish color ; terete with a narrow furrow along 

 the upper side, the base being dilated and 

 sheathing the stem. The blade of the leaf is 

 marbled and irregularly banded with dark green 

 and silver gray in alternate straight bands, the 

 colors being about equally distributed. The 

 back cf the unfolded leaves and the sterr. 

 visible, area pale reddish purple or wine color, 

 thout doubt, one of the most superb of 

 ornamental store plants, and indispensable in all 

 first-class collections. $5.00 to $15.00. 



NEW FERN. 



Microlepia Hirtha Cristata. This fine 

 crested fern is a new introduction from 

 the South Sea Islands, and wlli be wel- dracena goldiana. 



corned by all lovers of ornamental Ferns on * 



account of its graceful character and free habit of growth. The fronds have a charmingly drooping mannei 

 of growth, so that the plants form exceedingly beautiful objects for basket culture, besides being well suited 

 for pot culture, or for planting on rock-work in a warm conservatory. 50 cents. 



Nephrolepis Dufni. A very distinct and remarkable Fern, introduced from the Duke of York Island. It is of 

 close-tufted habit of growth, throwing out long thread-like stolones on which young plants are developed, 

 and producing numerous fronds of a very peculiar character and exceedingly ornamental. The fronds have 

 the peculiarity of growing two together from the same point. 50 cents. 



GYNURA AURANTIACA. 



An extremely ornamental and attractive plant, having its stems and leaves thickly covered with soft hairs of a 

 dark violet color, giving the foliage a rich velvety appejrance. The flowers are of a brilliant orange color. It is 

 highly recommended as a bedding plant, and will prove very effective as a summer decorative plant. 50 cents. 



GLOBBA COCCINEA. 



A zlngiberaceous plant of dwarf habit and pleasing aspect; the stems, which are about as thick as a goosc- 

 quill, are much crowded, 12 to 18 inches long, and gracefully arching on all sides, giving the plant a very elegant 

 appearance. They are furnished with deep glossy gr^en leaves, and terminate in dense clusters or racemes of 

 flowers, of which the bracts are scarlet and the perianth yellow. The plant is in bloom the greater part of the 

 year. A most interesting addition to our stove flowering plants. $1.50. 



NEW HELIOTROPES. 



President Garfield. Bright mauve-purple, free and distinct ; one of the best of its color. 50 cents 

 Swanley Giant. Of a rosy purple color, the heads of bloom are of enormous size, often measuring 6 inches 

 across ; of good habit and delicious fragrance. 50 cents. 



