Dreer^s Gardai Calendar. 71 



SEEDS OF GREEN AND HOT-HOUSE PLANTS. 



The following varieties can be grown successfully from seed, by proper care and attention. 

 For method of sowing, etc., refer to pages 38, 39, and 40. The varieties with an * are suitahde 

 for bedding out during the summer. P^p p^^ 



*ABUTILON [Chinese Bell-Flower). Green-house shrubs of strong growth and easy 

 cultivation; free-flowering, with various-colored, beautiful droo{)ing bell-shaped flowers. 

 Sown any time before April, they produce fine flowering plants the first season, 

 BOULE de'Neige. The finest white-flowering variety, of vigorous growth ; height 6 feet. 25 

 Darvtixl a new constant bloomer, producing 3 to 5 flowers from the axils of each leaf; 



flowers large, bufi" yellow, veined with crimson. Fine for bedding out; 2 feet 25 



Fixe Mixed. Of choice varieties and colors; 2 to 6 feet 25 



ACACIA, AIIXED. Green-house shrubs of great elegance and variety ; fine ornamental 

 foliage ; beautiful mcenies of various shades of yellow flowers. Soak the seed in warm 



water before sowing. Fine mixed varieties ; 6 to 10 feet 20 



*AGAPAN THUS UMBELLATUS (Blue African Libj). Bulbous-rooted, with ever- 

 green foliage and large heads of small blue flowers. The roots can be preserved during 

 the winter, in a cellar protected from frost, or under the stage of a green-house; 3 feet.. 25 

 ALLAMANDA SCHOTTI. A beautiful hot-house evergreen climber, with splendid 



large vellow flowers. Packet of 5 seeds 25 



«AI,STRCE.>IERIA CHILE.VSIS, MIXED {Pulchelta). Beautiful, free- flowering, 

 tuberous-rooted plants ; do best in a southern exposed sheltered position, or for the 

 green-hou^e. Half-hardv perennial. Choicest mixed varieties from Chili; 18 inches... 20 

 AJIARYLLIS HYBRIDA, MIXED. Bulbous-rooted, producing from 2 to 4 of the 



richest colored crimson, scarlet, and white-striped, lily-like flowers; fine mixed ; 1 foot. 26 

 ARDISIA. Green-house evergreen shrubs, with bright glossy green foliage and beautiful 

 small berries, which remain in perfection all winter on the plants; 15 inches. 



(vBENULATA. Produces beautiful bright scarlct berries 25 



Cbenclata Alba. White berries. Ceenulata PvOSEA. Rose-colored berries.. .Each 25 

 *ASCLEPIAS C CRASS AVICA. A green-house herbaceous plant, with singular 



shaped scarlet flowers. Sow the seed in February; 3 feet 20 



^AURICULA, MIXED. A well-known favorite of great beauty; seed from splendid 



choice varieties, mixed; half-hardv perennial ; 6 inches 25 



AZALEA IXDICA, MIXED. Beautiful shrubby plants, grow best in a mixture of 



rich, fibrous ))eat and sand ; saved from a collection of showy flowers; mixed ; 3 feet... 26 

 BEGOXIA HYBRIDA, MIXED. Beautiful varieties of P.ex, etc., with handsome 



variegated. foliage, choice mixed varieties; 6 inches 25 



*BEG05iIA [Xew Hybrid, tuberous-rooted). These splendid varieties, growing from 12 to 



18 inches high, of a branching habit, are covered the whole summer with bright and 



elegant drooping flowers, in a partially shaded border ; blooming the first sea.son from 



seed, if sown in February or March. Tubers to be taken up and kept in dry sand 



during the winter protected from frost. They should be treated the same as tender annuals. 



BOLIVIEXSIS. Large, orange-colored. Sedeni. Clusters of large rich magenta flowers.. Each 25 



Victoria. Bright carmine flowers. Veitchi. Handsome, of the richest scarlet... Each 25 



Fecebeli. This beautiful new variety has large flowers of bright scarlet, formed in 



large clusters above the foliage 50 



BEGOXIA, DOUBLE TUBEROUS-ROOTED, MIXED. The seed we offer 

 has been hybridized with the greatest care, using the most double flowers, and the 



handsomest single varieties for that purpose 50 



CALCEOLARIA. A superb herbaceous green-house plant, of a highly ornamental 

 character, and universal favorites for the decoration of the green-house or conservatory ; 

 treated the same as tender annuals. For the sowing of seed, see pages 39 and 40. 

 Hybkida Grandiflora, Mixed. Superb, large, rich, self-colored flowers; saved from 



a choice collection ; mixed colors; 20 inches 50 



Hybbida Mixed. Large spotted or tigered flowers; of beautiful colors mixed; 20 inches. 25 

 Hybrida Naxa, Mixed. Superb, dwarf; spotted flowers ; of choice colors mixed ; 1 ft. 50 

 Williams' Superb Strain, Mixed. The features of this new strain are dwarf habit, 

 robust growth, and producing immense trusses of large and varied colored flowers ; 1 ft. 50 



-RUGOSA, Mixed {Shrubby). Bedding varieties; of the finest mixed colors; 2 feet 50 



CAMELLIA JAPOXICA DOUBLE, MIXED. Favorite winter-flowering half-hardy 

 green-house shrubs. Soak the seed before sowing, as they lie long dormant; sow in 

 sandy peat and loam. Seed saved from the finest double varieties; from 5 to 10 feet... 26 

 *CHAM.EP£UCE. This elegant Thistle, with its beautiful variegated downy leaves, and 

 thickly set spines, is very ornamental for garden decorations. 

 DiACANTHA (Ivory Thistle j. A rare foliage biennial, with long leaves and spines. The mid- 

 rib and spines are ivory-white and the leaves glossy green shaded by a snowy down ; 2 ft. 10 

 Casabon.e (Fish-Bone Thistle). Glossy green leaves, with white nerves and brown 



spines; half-hardy perennial ; 1 foot 10 



CIX^ERARIA {Cape Asters). A favorite green-house plant, blooming during the winter 

 and spring months; treated as tender annuals. For culture, see page 40. 



Hybbida, Mixed, Splendid tall varieties, of all colors mixed ; 2 feet 20 



Hybbida Naxa, Mixed. Splendid dwarf compact varieties, of all colors, mixed ; 1 ft 25 

 Double, Mixed. This is one of our finest plants, and quite an acquisition to our list of 

 fiori.sts' flowers, which for cutting can hardly be surpassed. All the rich and beautiful 

 colors of the single exist in this new double' variety ; I'i feet .1 00 



