Drecr' s Garden Calendar. 



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REMONTANT, OR MONTHLY CARNATION. 



Very desirable for their 

 free blooming qualities dur- 

 ing the winter and early 

 spring months. Young 

 plants set out in the garden 

 will bloom profusely during 

 the summer months, and if 

 lifted and potted in the fall, 

 will* continue blooming the 

 entire winter. We offer two 

 sizes of plants. The first 

 size are strong, bushy young 

 plants in 3-inch pots, which 

 when bedded out will re- 

 quire uo pinching, and com- 

 mence to bloom in July. 

 25 cts. ; $2.50 per doz. The 

 second size, grown in 2-inch 

 pots, are intended for au- 

 tumn and winter blooming; 

 when bedded out in rich soil and pinched during early summer, will 

 make fine plants for winter flowering. 20 cts. ; $2.00 per doz, ; $10.00 

 per hundred. Large plants in the fall, 40 cts. ; $4.00 per doz. 



ADMIRAL FARRAGUT. Creamy white, edged purple. 



ASA GRAY. Blush, striped vermilion. 



ASTORL\. Yellow, flaked with scarlet. 



ATKINSON'S SEEDLING. Rich pink. 



KETSY. Large brilliant scarlet; extra fine. 



BUTTERFLY. Orange buff", flaked with purple. 



CO VENT GARDEN SCARLET. Large light scarlet ; vigorous habit. 



DEFIANCE. Crimson, shaded witli purple. 



DONADI'S PRIDE. White, edged with pink ; extra. 



EDWARDSI. Large pure white ; extra. 



GEN. VON MOLTKE. Buflf, flaked crimson. 



GEO. WASHINGTON. White, striped and dotted cherry. 



HENRY WARD BEECHER. White, flaked maroon and crimson. 



ISABELLA BARNUM. Buff", flaked with carmine. 



JAMES MONROE. Yellow striped scarlet, showy. 



LA BELLE. Fine white; very floriferous. 



LA PUR-ETE. Carmine; very free-flowering, 



LOUISE LENOIR. Dark maroon. 



MRS. POTTER. Richer in color than La Purcte, same in other par- 



ticulars. 

 MRS. WILSON. Brilliant scarlet. 

 PEERLESS. Large white. 



PRESIDENT DE GRAW, Pure white; very floriferous. 

 RADETZKY. Rose, with broad violet-purple stripes. 

 VARIEGATED LA PURETE. Rose, striped witli white, 

 VESUVIUS. Bright scarlet. 



FUCHSIAS— General Collection. 



The Fuchsia or "Lady's Eardrop" constitutes certainly one of the 

 most graceful tribe of plants. They all require a shady situation during 

 the summer montiis, and must not become pot-bound before flowering ; 

 the best soil is a rich .sandy loam, or equal parts of' loam, sand, and 



