182 Dreer' s Gardeji Calendar. 



AMORPHOPHALLUS RIVIERI. 



A new Ariod, of easy out-door culture, producing a solitary palm-like 

 leaf on a rose and olive-green speckled stem, two to three" feet high. 

 The tubers, maturing the second year, produce flowers like the " Calla 

 Lily;" the outside of a similar <iolor to the leaf stalk, the inside deep 

 blood-red, veined with black. Tubers are planted out in ^lay, and kept 

 over winter like Dahlia roots. Large tubers, lb cts. ; small tubers, 25 

 to 50 cts. each. 



BEGONIA (Tuberous-rooted). 



The bulbs produce fine plants, either for puts in summer, or for 

 bedding out, flowering profusely until frost; doing well in sun or shade. 

 Preserve roots in winter the same as Caladium tubers. 

 BOLIYIEXSIS. Large orange flowers. 40 cts. 

 FECEBELI. Vivid crimson-scarlet flowers. 75 cts. 

 SEDEXI. Clusters of bright carmine flowers. 40 cts. 

 SEDEXI VICTOmA. Bright carmine, scarlet flowers. 75 cts. 

 VEITCHI. Flowers of the richest scarlet. 75 cts. 



LILIUM AURATUM, or Golden Japan Lfly. 



This superb Lily has flowers from ten to twelve inches across, com- 

 posed of six delicate white, ivory-like petals, each being thickly studded 

 with rich chocolate-crimson spots, and having a bright golden band 

 through the centre of each petal, with an exquisite vaniila-like perfume. 

 As the bulbs acquire age and strength, the flowers obtain their maximum 

 size and number. Upv\-ards of twelve flowers have been produced on a 

 single stem. It is perfectly hardy in dry soils, and is also admirably 

 adapted for pot culture. 



Sound flowering bulbs of our own growing, 50 to 75 cts. $5.00 to 

 $7.50 per doz., according to size. 



CALIFORNIA LILIES. 



The following varieties we have received from a responsible collector 

 and bjtanist in California, which we oflfer with the descriptions received : 



HUMBOLDTI. Color golden yellow, spotted with scarlet; flowers 

 drooping on long pedtmcles. 75 cts. 



PARVUM. Rich dark yellow, red spots. $1.00. 



WASHIXGTONIANUM. Flowers erect, pure white, "ritli bright scar- 

 let spots, produced in abundance on strong tall stems, four to si^ 

 feet high ; fragrant. vl.^O. 



JAPAN LILIES (Lilium Lancifolium). 



These superb Lilies are perfectly hardy, flowering freely in July and 

 August, forming one of the most striking objects in the flower border. 

 Strong bulbs, for spring planting, can be furnished as late as the 1st of 

 April, after which time they can be furnished in pots, for turning out 

 into the border. They also "flower finely in pots. 



LAXCIFOLIUM ALBUM. White. 50 cts. 

 RosEUM. Spotted rose. 25 cts. 

 RUBRUM. White and red spotted. 25 cts. 

 MONSTROSCTM Albux. 75 cts. 



Monsteosi::!j: Rubrum. 75 cts. 



Fox other varieties, see Biilb Catalogue of l677. 



