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Dreer' s Garden Calendar. 



BELLA. White, marked with purple. 



DISTINCTION. Lilac and purple, veined and blotched. 



EUCLID. White, with five symmetrical white blotches. 



FINTERIATA. White, spotted with carmine; fringed edge. 



GAZELLE. Amaranth purple, white star-shaped centre. 



IDYL. Lilac, veined crimson ; white blotch. 



LASSIE. Lilac, blackish-purple veins and white spots. 



PURPUREA MACULOSA. AVhite, with five large purple blotches. 



STAR. Pure white, with five carmine bars, 



VESTA. Pure white. 



PLUMBAGO LARPENT>€. 



An old but little known plant, deserving attention as a bedding plant, 

 for which it is particularly adapted to our climate ; it flourishes in any 

 soil, sun or shade, and is exactly suited for the first row in ribbon beds, 

 as it grows only a few inches in height, and is continuallv covered with 

 a mass of deep blue flowers. 20 cts. ; $2.00 per doz. ; $10.00 per 100. 

 P. ALBA. White ; shrubby habit, blooms all summer. 25 cts. 

 P. CAPENSIS. Sky-blue fshrubby habit; blooms all summer. 25 cts. 



VINCA. 



This old and popular plant should be in every garden, producing its 

 masses of bloom from June to frost ; of compact bushy growth. Its con- 

 tinual bloom makes a desirable plant for massing. 20 cts. ; $2.00 per do 

 ALBA. Pure white. 

 ALBA OCULATA. White, crimson eye. 

 ROSEA. Rose, dark eye. 



TRITOMA UVARIA GRANDIFLORA. 



A splendid summer and autumn 

 flowering plant, with stately flower 

 scapes and magnificent terminal 

 dense spikes of rich orange red 

 flower-tubes; familiarly known 

 from its glowing colors, as the 

 " Red-hot Poker J' Hardy, with pro- 

 tection. 25 cts. to $1.00, according 

 to size. 



THE VERBENA. 



The Verbena is the most useful 

 and popular of our bedding plants, 

 yet, for want of proper cultivation, 

 many fail to grow it to perfection. 

 Frequent change of soil is neces- 

 sary. A fresh, sandy loam, enriched 

 with well-rotted manure, or sods 

 from a pasture, thrown up with cow 

 manure, and well rotted before 

 using, we have found the best. A 

 simple plan, when it is not practica- 

 ble to renew the entire bed, is to 

 dig holes about one foot square aad 



Tkitoma Uvabia Granpiflora. 



