Dreer's Garden Calendar. 45 



Per pkt. 

 BARTONIA AUREA. Showy, golden-yellow flowers; hardy annual ; height 2 feet.... 5 

 BIDENS ATROSANGUINEA. Rich dark crimson, with yellow anthers; beautiful 



foliage ; a free-flowering tender annual. The roots can be preserved like Dahlias; 1 foot. 10 

 BRACHYCOME IBERIDIFOLIA, MIXED [Swan River Daisy). Free-flowering 

 dwarf-growing plants, covered during the greater part of the summer with a profusion 

 of pretty Cineraria-like flowers ; suitable for edgings and small beds, or pot culture ; 



half-hardy annual. Mixed light blue and white flowers; Cinches 5 



BROWALLIA. Very handsome profuse-blooming j)lants, covered with rich, strikingly 

 beautiful winged flowers during the summer and autumn months, growing freely in any 

 rich soil ; blooms finely in the winter if sown in August; half-hardy annual; 18 inches. 



Elata C(ERrLEA. Sky-blue flowers with white centre 5 



Elata Alba. Pure white flowers 5 



Elata Grandifloka. Large sky-blue flowers 10 



Abbreviata {Fulchella). Flowers of a deep rose color, very fine and attractive 20 



ROEZLI. This new and distinct variety, from the Rocky Mountains, forms dense, com- 

 pact bushes, covered with a succession of bloom the entire summer, of white and blue 



flowers nearly double the size of the old varieties; a splendid bedding plant 20 



CACALIA, MIXED ( Tassel Flower or Faint Bri(sh). A neat, half-hardy annual of easy 

 culture, with tassel-shaped flowers; blooms from July to September in clusters; fine for 



borders. Mixed golden yellow and scarlet flowers ; 18 inches 6 



CALANDRINA, MIXED. Beautiful creeping, free-flowering plants, adapted for rock 

 work or any hot situation, requiring a light, rich soil ; hardy annuals. All colors mixed ; 



1 foot 5 



CALEXDULA {Cape Marigold). Showy, free flowering hardy annuals, growing in any 

 good garden soil, producing a fine effect in beds or mixed borders; 1 foot. 



PONGEI Flore-Pleno {Hybrid 3IarigoId). Showy, double white flowers 6 



Ranuxculoides Flore-Pleno [Fot 3Iari(jold). Beautiful double orange-colored flowers 5 

 CALLIRHOE PEDATA {Nuttalia). A free-flowering plant, blooming when small, and 

 continuing until late in the fall; fine for bedding or massing; hardy annual. Flowers 



purplish crimson, with white eye; 2 feet 5 



CALLIOPSIS, or COREOPSIS. Showy and useful free-flowering plants; the tall 

 varieties are very efiective in mixed borders, while the dwart, from their close, compact 

 habit of growth, make fine bedding plants; of easy cultivation ; hardy annuals. 



Cardamin.efoli A Hybrida. Bright yellow, of compact pyramidal growth ; 2 feet 5 



Drummondi. Large yellow, with crimson centre; 1 foot 5 



Marmorata. Crimson, marbled with brown and yellow; 2 feet 5 



Nigra Speciosa. Beautiful, rich, velvety, crimson flowers; 2 feet 5 



Mixed Varieties of all the choice kinds'; 2 to 3 feet 5 



CAMPANULA. Well-known beautiful hardy perennials, with a great profusion of 



bloom ; some of the varieties flowering the first season if planted early. The Speculum 



varieties are hardy annuals, producing an abundance of flowers, fine for beds, edgings 



and ribbon gardening. 



Pyramidalis. a beautiful and stately plant, either for garden or pot culture ; hardy 



perennial; mixed blue and white flowers ; 3 feet 5 



Carpatica (Flatycodon Grandijlora). Attractive mauve-colored flowers ; fine for cut- 

 ting; hardy perennial ; 2 feet 10 



Carpatica Alba, A pure white variety of the above; hardy perennial; 2 feet 10 



Speculvsi {Venus' Looking-qlass). With rich blue flowers; nardy annual ; 6 inches.... 5 



Speculum Procumbens ( Venus' Looking-glass variety). A new hardy annual variety 



has been obtained, which comprise all the colors, blue, white, and lilac, of the parent 



family. The plants are 4 inches high, and 20 inches in diameter, forming charming 



compact bushes, completely studded with flowers, and continuing in bloom a long time ; 



fine for massing or edgings ; mixed colors 20 



CANDYTUFT (Iberis). A beautiful and most useful plant, for growing in beds or 

 masses ; the white varieties are extensively grown by florists for bouquets ; by frequent 

 sowings they can be had during the winter and summer. 

 Fragrant (/. Fectinata). A sweet scented pure white variety, with pinnated foliage ; 1 ft. 5 

 Rocket (/. Amara). Large trusses of pure white flowers; much prized by florists; 1 ft. 5 

 Dwarf White (7. Umbellata Nana Alba Affinis). Very dwarf, pure white flowers, fine 



for pot oalture; 6 inches '. 10 



Tom Thumb White (/. Coronaria Nana). This new dwarf variety attains the height of 4 

 to 6 inches, and the side branches arrange themselves in a regular spherical manner 

 around it, forming a complete round bush about 16 inches in diameter, covered with 



large white flower heads, of great substance, standing both heat and wet 2n 



FURPLE (I. Umbellata Lilaciua). Of a purplish or deep lilac color; 1 foot 5 



Crimson (/. Umbellata Furpurea). Dunnett's darkest crimson flowers, very beautiful ; 1 ft. 5 

 New Carmine (I. Umbellata Variety). This new splendid variety is of a dwarf compact 



habit, and presents a mass of extra fine carmine bloom ; 6 inches 20 



Fine Mixed, of all the above tall-growing varieties; 1 foot. Peroz., 50cts 5 



Hybrid Dwarf, Mixed {I. Umbellata Hybrida Nana Varieties). These elegant new dwarf 

 hybrid varieties are very floriferous, and remarkable for their numerous and brilliant 



colored flowers, shading from pure white into dark purple; 6 inches 10 



White Perennial [I. Sempervirens Albens). A profuse white-blooming hardy peren- 

 nial variety ; a small plant, adapted for rockeries, baskets, etc., coming in flower early 

 in the spring, and continuing a mass of beauty for a long time ; 6 inches 10 



