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Dreer^s Garden Calendar. 



GOMPHRENA {Globe Amaranthus). Plants require a light, rich soil, and produce 

 handsome flowers of various colors, familiarly known as the Bachelor's Button. It does 

 best if sown in a hot-bed ; half-hardy annual ; height 2 feet. 



Alba. Pure white. Purpurea. Pien crimson Each 6 



AUREA. Orange-colored. Striata. Red and white striped - Each 5 



Mixed. Of all the above colors 6 



HELICHRYSUM. Exceedingly effective choice double flowers, making a fine display 

 in beds or borders; succeeds in any rich garden soil; hardy annual; \h feet. 



Album. Pure white. Lucidum. Yellow. Macranthum. Large pink flowers Each 6 



Atro-Sanguineum Nanum. a new dwarf variety, with deep crimson flowers; 1 foot.... 10 



!Monstrosum Mixed. Large showy flowers, mixed colors; 2 feet 10 



Finest Mixed. Of all varieties and colors 6 



IIELIPTERUM SANFORDI. A very pretty border plant of dv.-arf tufted habit, with 

 neat foliage and large globular clusters of bright golden-yellow flowers ; they should 



be cut just as they begin to expand in bloom ; tender annual; 9 inches 10 



POLYCOLYMNA STUARTI. A very pretty plant, growing in any good soil, with 



large white flowers ; half-hardy annual; 1^ feet 6 



RHODANTHE. A delicate and charming plant; succeeds in a light, rich soil, and a 



warm, sheltered situation ; valuable for pot or border culture ; half-hardy annuals ; 1 ft. 



Atro-Sanguinea. Of branching habit, and disk of the flow^ers of a dark crimson 



shade, with ray scales of a bright purple 10 



' Maculata Alba. Flowers silvery white with a yellow disk 10 



Manglesi. Bright rose with a silvery calyx 10 



Manglesi Flore-Pleno {Prince Bismarck). This new double variety is undoubtedly 

 a great acquisition, well worthy of extensive cultivation, and will produce a good per- 

 centage of double flowers, while the single flowers from it are all very desix-able 25 



Fine Mixed. Of all the single varieties and colors 10 



STATICE. An interesting plant with showy blossoms, which remain a long time in 

 beauty; free-flowering and of easy culture : half-hardy perennial. 



Bonduelli. Deep golden-yellow flowers; li feet 5 



. Incana Hybrida Alba. Small Avhite flowers; fine for Grass Bouquets; 1 foot 10 



SiNUATA Hybrida, Mixed. Of different colors; 1 foot 10 



Spicata. Fine for beds, edgings, or pot-culture; early flowering, producing numerous 



ear-like spikes of rosy pink flowers; hardy annual; 9 inches 10 



WAITZIA. Handsome plants, bearing their flowers in beautiful clusters; of easy cul- 

 ture, thriving in any good, light soil; half-hardy annuals ; li feet. 



AuREA. With bright yellow flowers 20 



CORYMBOSA. Flowers of a lively red color, with a yellow disk; 1 foot... 20 



Grandiflora. a new variety, "the finest and hardiest, with large golden yellow flowers. 20 

 XERANTHEMUM. Showy double free-flowering border plants, doing well in any gar- 

 -, den soil ; hardy annual ; 2 feet. 



Imperialis. Flowers deep purplish violet 10 



Purple. White. Mixed. Of all colors Each 5 



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1. ACCOCI.IXIUM EOSEUM. 



2. Ammof.ium Ala'itjm. 



3. xeranthemum variety 



4. GOMPHRENA, OH BACHKLOB'S EU'iTON. 



5. Hei.ichrysum Vapicty. 

 G. Heliptekum Sanfordi. 



7. Rhodaxthe Variety. 



