56 Dreer' s Garden Calendar. 



CLARKIA. An old and favorite plant, growing freely in any garden 

 soil and producing cheerful-looking liowers; \h "ft. 



Single Mixed v'arietihs 5 



Double Mixed A'arirties „ 5 



CLEOME GRANDIFLOIM [Spider Pl<tnt]. Kose-coiored flowers.. 5 

 COCKSCOMB (Celosia CrisUita). Orn;inieuta!, cnrious-looking 

 floAvers; well-known favorites, selected from iiue combs for size 

 and brilliant colors; haif-hanly ; i ft. 

 Variegated {Gold ivith. Crimson Variegated Coclscovib). 

 Magnificent; heads variegared v:\t\\ crimson, orange, green, 

 siiaded and striped ; the golden yewow and dee}) crimson are of 



the most brilliant hues, the variegation is distinctly marked 10 



Dwarf Crimson. Large velvet-like combs lO 



Yellow. Rose. CiUJiso:^. Mixed ......each 5 



COMMELIXA CQELESTIS. A tuberous-rooted, free-blooming 

 and very pi-etty plant, with rich blue flowers ; the roots can be 



preserved like Dahlias; haif-hardv perennial ; 1^ ft 5 



CONVOLVULUS MINOR [Diourj Morning Glory). Showy, free- 

 flowering, rich colored handsome plants, producing, in beds 

 and mixed bordei\s, an unusually brilliant erfect ; 1 ft. Mixed.. 5 



Splendens. Violet, with white centre.. 5 



Tricolor. Violet purple, with wiiite centre...... 5 



Vv^hite. Striped BluE, striped with whice.. each 5 



Tricolor Flore-Pleno. Double showy flowers lO 



Cantabricus. Rosy purple, beautiful trailer, for hanging-bas- 

 kets, or for a bedding plant; hardv perennial v , 10 



Mauritanicus. Beautiful trailer i'o\- hanging-baskets and vases, 



prodttciiig numerous bine flowers; half-hardy perennial 10 



CYANUS [Blue Bottle). Ornamental plants for shrubberies and 

 borders, useful for cut flowers; grovri ng in any garden soil; 



l-i ft. ; mixed eolor.«. 5 



CYTISUS LABURNUM i Golden Ckain^. A hardy shrnb or tree, 



with long racemes of golden yellow flowers 10 



DAISY {Bellis Perennis). A favorite plant for beds or pot-culture; 



finest double mixed varieties; half-hardy perennial ; H in 20 



DAHLIA (Large flowered). Half-hardy perennials; blooming the 

 first year from seed ; ]irote(^t the roots from frost during the 



winter ; saved from fine (ioTii)!e varieties; mi.xed 20 



Small-flowered {Bonqi'ct or Liliputian). Saved from choice 



double varieties ; mixed 20 



DATURA. An ornamental class of jriants ; in large clurnps and 

 bordet*s of shrubbery they produce an excellent etfeet ; flowering 

 the first year from seed ; can be pre.served in sand during the 

 winter, in a dry cellar; half-hardy ])erennials. 



Atroviolacea i?LENlSSIMA. Flowers dark violet ; 4^ ft 10 



Fastuosa Huberiana. Stiperb large double lilac flowers, inner 



parts ahnost pure v\-hite; 5 ft , 10 



Humulis. Large double-drooping flowers, of a rich Nankeen 



yellow; delightfully fragrant; 2 ft 10 



W'righti (3Ieteloides). White, bordered with blue; 2ft 5 



DELPHINIUM. One of our most showy and useful jjlants, pro- 

 ducing splendid s}>ikes of flow^ers in profusion ; if sov/n early, 

 they will bloom the first year frotn seed; hardy perennials; 2 

 ft. For annual varieties, see Larkspurs, page 59. 



Formosfm. Spikes of briJliant blue flowers 10 



Nudicaule. ^ Dwarf compact growth, with abundant loose 



spikes of dazzling scarlet flowers ^^ 



Sinensis Pumilum CcERrLEi'M. Chine.se dsvarf, azure blue 10 



ioiT bceda cf Grnaineatal Grateea, see page 73. 



