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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



PHLOX— Hardy Herbaceous. 



The beauty of the Phlox is not yet sufficiently known and esteemed. For their brilliant tresses of flowers, com- 

 prising all shades of color, from white to crimson,, striped and mottled, they have few if any superiors among hardy 

 perennial plants. They should be divided and replanted, in freshly prepared soil, each alternate year. 



New Varieties. 



50 cents. The set of six varieties, $2. 



Aigory. Pure white, brilliant cherry-colored eye; 



fine. 

 Cortaubert. Violet rose, deep crimson eye. 

 Lucie Lemoine. Fine large pure white. 



Mad. Deveret. Bright rose, crimson eye. 

 Rosamund. Salmon, scarlet shaded crimson. 

 Souv. de Louis Van Houtte. Light rose, cerise eye ; 

 fine. 



PHLOX— HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



General Collection. 



20 cents ; $2 per dozen. 



Adelaide. Salmon scarlet ; extra fine. 



Augusta Reviere. Large, bright salmon, shaded carmine ; extra. 



Comtesse de Chambord. White, with salmon purple. 



Comtess de Lambertye. Large white, with distinct crimson eye ; 



extra. 

 Docteur Boisduval. Light rose; carmine eye. 

 Droneda. Brilliant crimson. 



Eugene Verdier. Dotted with silver, and purple eye. 

 Le Coer du Monde. Large rose, flaked white, crimson eye; very fine. 

 Le Sultan. Purplish crimson. 

 Mad. Leon Gallois. Pure white, purple eye. 

 M. Gardener Brewer. Salmon red, very brilliant, fine spikes. 

 Mad. de Wendei. Pure white, large carmine eye ; extra fine flower. 

 Mad. Montpensier. White, tinged with lavender ; purple eye. 

 Mad. Rcndatler. White and crimson flake. 

 Mademoiselle Saussine. White, with large dark carmine eye. 

 Miss Robertson. Pure white, perpetual flowering; extra. 

 Miss Whitehead. Rose, crimson eye. 

 Mrs. Balfour. Carmine purple ; fine form. 

 Princesse de Furstenberg. Very large, white ; carmine eye. 

 Princess of Wales. Pure white. 

 Reve d'Or. Brilliant salmon, cerise eye; fine. 

 The Hon. Elizabeth Lake. Pure white, large rosy crimson eye. 

 Victor Lemoine. Rose, dotted ash, with carmine purple eye ; extra. 

 York and Lancaster. White, striped with violet; the marking distinct 



and constant; beautiful 



These are dwarf-growing varieties, 

 fragrance, perfectly double, and entirely hardy. 20 cents ; $2 per dozen 



HARDY PINKS. 



about one foot in height. The flowers are of various colors, rich in 



Alba Fimbriata. 



Alfred Harrington. 



Brunette. 



Claude. 



Defiance. 



Earl of Carlisle. 



Esther. 

 Etna. 

 Gertrude. 

 John Bull. 

 Juliette. 

 Laura Wilmer. 



Lord Lyons. 

 Mont d'Or. 

 Mrs. Pottifer. 

 Mrs. Stevens. 

 Prince Arthur. 

 Querteri. 



PLUMBAGO. 



Free flowering shrubs, producing flowers in great profusion ; are attractive for summer or winter blooming. 



Alba. Pure white. 25 cents. 

 Lapensis. Light blue. 25 cents. 



Larpentse. A variety of low spreading growth, flour- 

 ishing in almost any soil, deserving of attention as a 



bedding plant, for which it is admirably adapted in our 

 climate. It is continually covered with deep blue 

 flowers, summer and autumn. 20 cts. ; $2 per dozen. 



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Platycodon Grandiflora. A free-flowering, hardy I Pittosporum Variegatum. 50 cents, 

 perennial; blooming all summer. White and mauve Pleroma Elegans. 30 cents, 

 colored; each 20 cents; $2 per dozen. ' Pleroma Purpurea. 30 cents. 



POINSETTIA PULCHERRIMA. 



A hothouse plant of great beauty, producing bracts or leaves that surround the flower one foot in diameter, on 

 well-grown specimens, of the most dazzling scarlet It blooms from November to February. Largely used by 

 bouquet makers for designs of cut flowers, etc. 25 cents to $1, according to size. 

 Poinsettia Pulcherrima Plenissima. New Double Poinsettia. Very brilliant scarlet, tinted with orange 



color ; a dazzling color. The head grows on a specimen plant fourteen inches in diameter by ten inches in 



depth, giving it the appearance of a cone of fire. 50 cents to $1. 



