84 Dreer' s Garden Calendar. 



Per packet. 

 CINEEAEIA [Cape Asters). A favorite green-house plant ; bloom- 

 ing during the winter and spring months. Our collection is 

 \ery choice. For culture, see page 47. 



Hybrida. Splendid mixed varieties, all colors 25 



Hybrida Nana. Splendid dwarf compact varieties, mixed 25 



Floee-Pleno {JS'eiv Double Cineiwria). The beginning of a 

 race of plants which for cut flowers will be unsurpassed. All 



the colors of the single exist in this new double variety 1 00 



*CLIANTHUS DAMPIERI {Glory Pea). A beautiful climber, 

 with elegant foliage, and brilliant, rich scarlet, long, pea-shaped 

 flowers, 3 in. in length ; each flower picturesquely marked with 

 a large, black blotch in front. When planted out doors, it re- 

 quires a dry, warm, sandy soil, and should be watered sparingly. 20 

 GERMAN FLAG. Flowers crimson, black and white, hence its name. 50 

 *COLEUS. One of the most beautiful of our variegated foliage 



plants. Saved from our fine collection ; mixed varieties 25 



CYCLAMEN. _ Charming bulbous-rooted plants, with beautiful 

 foliage ; universal favorites for the green-house or parlor and 

 for winter and spring blooming ; 6 in. 



Persicum. Flowers white and pink 25 



Persicum Atro-rubrum. Dark crimson ; large flowering 25 



Persicum Album. Pure white flowers 25 



^ERYTHRINA {Coral Plant). Ornamental and eflfective plants 

 for out-door summer decoration, with beautiful foliage and 

 superb spikes of flowers. The seeds should be soaked in warm 

 water for several days before planting ; 5 ft. 



Crista-Galli. Scarlet flowers 25 



Hendersoni. Eosy vermilion ; very splendid 25 



Latjrifolia. Scarlet; showy flowers 25 



FEENS. These ornamental and graceful plants are too well known 

 to require any description. Are very desirable for Wardian 

 cases or ferneries. They delight in peaty, sandy soil. 



Adiantum Pubescens. Maiden-hair Fern 25 



Adiantum Sessilifolium. Maiden-hair Fern, with tripinate 



and arching fronds, the pinnse delicate and light green 25 



Gymnogeamma Sulphurea. .Golden Fern, with dwarf slender 



fronds, bipinnate ; the pinnse set rather distant 25 



Gymnogramma Tartarea. Silver Fern, with handsome long 



fronds, bipinnate; the pinnae with obtusely rounded lobes 25 



Pteris ArgyRyEA. Variegated Fern, with long fronds, the 

 pinnse pinnatifid, the lower pair bipartite ; color silvery white 



with light green .margin '. 26 



Pteris Cretica Albo-Lineata. Variegated Fern, with long 



fronds, pinnate, the pinnse having a white band through centre. 25 

 Pteris Palmata. Dwarf and compact, fronds 1 ft. high, 4 in. 



wide, deeply palmate, and bright green 25 



Pteris Serrulata. Fronds pinnate, pendulous ; the pinnse of 



a light green color 25 



Lomaria Gibba. a dwarf green-house Tree Fern, of the most 



elegant and graceful growth ; adapted for every purpose 25 



Lomaria Ciliata. A variety of Tree Fern with elegant foliage. 25 



Choice Mixed Varieties 20 



FUCHSL'l {Lady's Eai'-droj:)) . Saved from the finest single and 



doublenamed varieties; mixed 50 



•^GERANIUM ZONALE. A superb strain of the largest and finest 



varieties; saved from a choice collection ; mixed 20 



Zonale Variegated. Gold, bronze, and tricolored varieties; 



sa,ved from a celebrated collection; mixed 50 



Pelargonium. Mixed, from the finest fancy and spotted varie- 

 ties : of lare^e flowerinp' sorts ^ ....;..... 50 



