Dj'cer's Garden Calendar. .49 



CONVOLVULUS MINOR — Co?2f/?ii<ccZ— Height 1 foot, Perpkt 



Splendens. Flowers rich violet, with a white centre 5 



Tricolok. Violet purple, with a while centre 5 



White. Prettr to contrast with the other varieties 5 



Eermesinus Violaceus. This new variety is very striking, having a bright yellow eye, 



encircled with snowy white, and broadly margined with rich crimson violet 10 



Mixed V.\rieties. All the colors of the dwarf varieties mixed. Per oz., 50 cts 5 



Tricolor Flore- Plexo. A showy double variety, but cannot be depended on as pro- 

 ducing all double flowers •• 1<J 



Cantabricus. Flowers rosy purple, a beautiful trailer for hanging- baskets, or for a 



bedding plant; hardv perennial ; 1 foot 10 



Maurit.^nicus. Beautiful trailer for hanging baskets and vases, producing numerous 



lavender-colored blue flowers; half-hardv evergreen perennial 10 



CTPHEA PLATYCENTRA {Cigar or' Fire Cracker Plant). Free-flowering beautiful 

 ornamental plants, either for garden or pot culture; half-hardy perennial; flowers 



small tubed-shaped, scarlet encircled with black and white; 1 foot 10 



CYANUS MINOR, MIXED [Blue Bottle or Corn Flower). Ornamental plants for shrub- 

 beries and borders, useful for cut flowers; growing in any garden soil ; hardy annuals; 



various colors mixed ; \\ feet ^ 



CYTISUS LABURNU3I {Golden Chain). A hardy shrub or tree, with long racemes 



of golden-yellow flowers ••• 10 



DAISY, xMIXED {Belli^ Perennis). A favorite plant for beds or pot-culture ; half-hardy 



perennial ; seed saved from the finest double varieties, mixed colors ; 4 inches 20 



DAHLIA. One of our best autumnal flowering plants, blooms until killed by frost ; half- 

 hardy perennials ; blooming the first year from seed, if sown early ; protect the roots 

 from" frost during the winter in a dry cellar in sand, 

 Large-Flowering Varieties. Saved from the finest double flowers. Mixed colors; 5 fir. 20 

 Small-Flowering [Bouquet or LUiputian). Saved from choice double flowers; mixed 



colors; it is the flower that is miniature and not the plant; 5 feet 30 



DATURA {Trumpet Floicer). An ornamental class of plants; in large clumps aad bor-^ 

 ders of shrubbery they produce an excellent effect ; flowering the first year from seed, 

 if sown early. They can be preserved in sand during the winter in a' dry cellar free 

 from frost ; half-hardy perennials. 

 Atroviolacea Plexi'ssima. Flowers dark violet, the inside of a lighter shade ; 4i feet. 10 

 Fastuosa Hl'beriana. Large double lilac flowers; inner parts almost pure white; 5 ft. 10 

 HuMULis Flore-Plexo. Large double flowers, of a deep golden-yellow; delightfully 



fragrant, continuing in bloom until frost; 2 feet 10 



Wrighti {Mcteloides). White, lilac bordered ; in bloom from July to November; 2 feet. 5 

 Arborea {Brngmansia Suaviolens). A large growing plant, with beautiful Avhite, long 

 tubed, trumpet-shaped, fragrant flowers, about 12 inches long. Planted out in May, in 

 well-drained, light, rich soil, manured with well-rotted manure and decayed leaves, they 

 make a magnificent show of bloom. The seeds should be started in a green house or 

 hot-bed early in the spring. They also make a splendid plant for the green-house or 



conservatory, growing about 10 feet high 2ft 



DELPHINIUM {Larkspur). One of our most showy and useful plants, po.-isessing al- 

 most every requisite for the adornment of the garden or parterre; the hardy peren>- 

 nials producing splendid spikes of flowers in profusion throughout the summer. If 

 sown early they will bloom the first year from seed. The hardy annuals are profuse 

 bloomers, and succeed best if sown in the autumn, or very early in the spring. For 

 separate colors see assortments of Larkspurs. 

 FoRMOSUM. Beautiful spikes of brilliant rich blue flowers, with a white centre ; 2 feet.. 10 

 Nudicaule. Dwarf, compact growth, with abundant loose spikes of bright dazzling 



scarlet flowers ; 18 inches 10 



The above two are hardy perennials, and the following are hardy annual varieties : 

 Double Dwarf Rocket (jEr^act/?</i-F/o?ic?'ccZ ZarAsjour). Finest mixed colors; 1 foot. 5 

 Double Stock-Flowered. A tall-branching variety, with beautiful long spikes of 



flowers of various colors; fine for cutting; 2 feet a 



Double Dwarf Candelabra-Flowered. Shaped like a candelabra; flowering 



until quite late; beautiful mixed colors ; 1 foot 5 



Imperiale Flore-Pleno {Emperor Lnrhspur). Of symmetrical bushy habit and uni- 

 form height IV feet, with a profusion of flowers; the colors are brilliant dark blue, tri- 

 color and red striped , 10 



DIANTHUS [Pinks). A magnificent genus, embracing some of the most popular flow- 

 ers in cultivation, a great variety of colors and profusion of bloom ; the hardy biennial 

 varieties blooming the first season if sown early. The hardy perennial varieties are 

 very fragrant, and of easy culture for the garden or green-house. 

 Chinensis {China or Indian Pink). Extra double varieties, all colors; mixed; 1 foot.. 5 



Chikensis, Flore-Pleno Albo. Double pure white flowers; 1 foot 10 



Imperialis (Double Imperial Pink). Double variegated, of many mixed colors ; 1 foot.. 10 

 Heddewigi Flore-Pleno. Seed saved from extra double flowe'rs, colors varying from 



the richest velvety crimson to the most delicate rose, beautiful mixed colors; 1 foot 10 



Heddewigi Diadematus, Flore-Pleno (Double Diadem Pink). Beautiful double 

 fl wers from 2 to 3 inches in diameter; of varied tints of lilac, crimson, ])ur|)le and 

 black purple, outer edges fringed and nearly white ; dwarf compact-growing plants ; 1 ft. 10 

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