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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



DOUBLE-FLOWERED ZONALE GERANIUM. 



The revised list of this year includes only the best of recent introductions, excelling in their free-blooming 

 qualities; the improvements made in this respect and in color have been very decided, so that this class of 

 Geraniums flower as freely as the single varieties. Price 20 cents ; $2 per dozen. Large show plants in May or 

 June, 50 cents. 



Alba Perfecta. Large double white, immense truss. 

 30 cents. 



Anatole de la Forge. Fine magenta. 



Aretusa. Fine large vermilion. 



Aug. Poirier. Color salmon rose, with bright orange 

 centre, distinct in color. 30 cents. • 



Bishop Wood. Scarlet and carmine. 



Candidissima Plena. Finely formed flowers of snowy- 

 white. 



Cheerfulness. Flesh pi'nk, shaded and mottled rose, 

 extremely double ; petals somewhat fluted or fringed. 

 30 cents. 



Conrad Kirchner. Brilliant scarlet, white centre. 



Cremieux. Finest scarlet. 



Dame Blanche. Large pure white. 30 cents. 

 Dark violet rose. 

 Dark vermilion-purple, very rich 



Deputy Ancelon 



Deputy Laflize. 

 color. 



Deputy Varroy. Carmine. 



Deufert Rochereant. Fine salmon. 50 cents. 



Dr. Jacoby. Nankin salmon. 



Ed. About. Salmon flaked with white. 



Ed. Andre. Large bright red flowers deeper in centre, 

 shaded with lilac. 30 cents. 



Elizabeth Gerbeaux. Brilliant salmon, white mar- 

 gin. 50 cents. 



Emile de Girardin. Beautiful rose. 



F. P. Raspail. Rich crimson, scarlet pips. 



Gambetta. Dark red. 50 cents. 



La Constitution. Brilliant orange salmon. 



Lafayette. Carmine lake, dwarf, compact growth; 

 large truss. 



Littre. Large flowers of rosy violet. 



Mad. A. Baltet. One of the best double whites. 



Mad. Grandgeorge. Carmine cherry ; extra large truss. 



M. Machet. Reddish orange, lower petals marked 

 with salmon rose. 



M. Mailer. Large flowers of dazzling scarlet, very 

 showy. 



Mad. Thibaut. Pink, white blotches on upper petals ; 

 extra. 



Mad. Thiers. Very large double white, fine form and 

 substance. 



Mons. Buchler. Deep purple. 



M. G. Lowagie. Very bright vermilion. 



Ncemie. Blush pink, white centre : line. 



Paul Bert. Fine violet rose color, large truss and 

 flowers : fine habit. 30 cents. 



Purpurea. Rich purplish-scarlet. 



Remarkable. Very rich ce p magenta, a distinct 

 free flowering sort 30 cents. 



Richard Brett. Large trusses of a peculiar orange 

 color, very doulle. 30 cents. 



Robt. Buist. Bridiant crimson. 



Rubis. Rich deep claret, very dwarf and free. 30 cts. 



Scintillant. Very large, bright scarlet. 



Summit of Perfection. Scarlet b^ck of petals shad- 

 ing to white. 



Thumberg. Carmine, some petaL spotted with white. 

 30 cents. 



Vicomte Gondrecourt. Long petals of reddish nan- 

 kin yellow. 30 cents. 



William Hamilton. Rich deep crimson, bright 

 maroon shadings. 30 cents. 



HYBRID BEDDING AND SCENTED-LEAF GERANIUM. 



15 cents ; $1 



Capitatum. Rose-scented. 



Capitatum Major. Large leaf; rose-scented. 



Denticulatum. Cut leaf; rose-scented. 



Denticulatum Fernifolia. Fern leaf ; rose-scented. 



Lady Plymouth. Variegated white-and-green leaved ; 

 rose-scented geranium. 



Lemon-Scented. 



Macbeth. Oak-leaved ; with bold foliage ; large scar- 

 let flowers. 



Multiflorum Compactum. Silver-gray leaves, rose- 

 colored flowers. 



50 per dozen. 

 Mrs. Taylor. Scarlet-flowered rose geranium ; deep 

 scarlet flowers of the hybrid perpetual class, combined 

 with the fragrant foliage of the scented class. 

 Odoratissimum. Apple-scented, spicy apple per- 

 fume. 

 Peppermint-Scented. 



Quercifolium Nigricans. Oak-leaved, veined black. 

 Shrubland Pet. Dwarf; sweet-scented; scarlet 

 [ flowers. 



Variegated Rose. Variegated green-and-white, edged 

 ' with pink. 



GESNERA— Naegelia. 



The value of Nsegelias as decorative plants can scarcely be overestimated. Most of them have rich, velvet-like 

 foliage, which, in the respective kinds, varies from green to crimson, while their pyramidal spikes of blossoms are 

 extremely handsome. They require plenty of moisture at the roots when established, but none on the foliage. 

 The tubers are kept dry in pots during the winter until March, and then started in pots. 

 Pooperi. Green leaves ; bright scarlet flowers with spotted throat. 75 cents. 

 Eucodonia Lilacinella. Bright green leaves ; delicate lilac flowers, marbled with a deeper color, yellow thrcr.t. 



75 cents. 

 Nigrescens. Dark red velvety leaves ; flower dark red, throat light orange. 75 cents. 

 Refulgens. Violet shaded with brown, throat white, with large chamois spots. 75 cents 

 Zebrina. Light rose-colored flowers with orange throat. 50 cents. 



FRENCH HYBRID GLADIOLUS. 



They are the most stately and effective of our summer flowering bulbs. The colors comprise the most brilliant 

 of orange, scarlet, and vermilion tints upon yellow and orange grounds, including a graduated scale of intermediate 

 shades, from white and rosy blush and salmon rose tints, to a salmon red and nankin ; from blush-white with pur- 

 ple-crimson throat, and marginal streak of pink, to light rosy salmon grounds with flakes of deep carmim.. A suc- 

 cession of bloom may be had from July to September, by planting at intervals from April to June, preserving the 



