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Dreer 's Garden Calendar. 



COLEUS. 



This plant is too well known to require much description, being deservedly popular plants. 



Whether grown as individual plants or for massing in ribbon-gardening, hardly anything is 



so desirable- The following list embraces the best old sorts and novelties of 1877. 15 cts. ; 



$1.50 per doz. 



Albion. Bright green, spotted with purplish black. 



Ajax. Dark crimson, with yellow serrulated edge. 



Beauty of Widmoee, Light green, chocolate centre and pink zone ; dwarf. 



Brilliant. Bronzy crimson, dark veins and shadings, golden edge. 



Chameleon. Variegated violet, rich scarlet and chocolate, with white edge. Stock selected 

 with reference to richness of color. 



Crown Jewels. Claret-crimson, broad margin of golden yellow. 



Eldorado. Rich yellow, with a narrow crimson edge and mid-rib; smooth foliage. 



Excellent. Green and nearly black leaves. 



Golden Beauty. Crimson, wavy, with golden edge. 



Lady Burrell ; or. The Shah. The lower half or base of leaf is rich violet crimson, the 

 upper half golden yellow. 



Maroon Velvet. Rich velvety maroon. 



MuSAiCA. Marbled and spotted with yellow and rich crimson. 



Multicolor. In form of leaves it differs from the usual type, in having the teeth of the edge 

 greatly elongated and rounded at the tips. In color it is remarkable for the number of rich 

 shades of crimson, red, rose, etc., into which the leaves sprout; some of the young leaves 

 having also a bright yellow ground color, marked with rose or red, quite unique. 25 cts. ; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



PiCTUS. Foliage similar to the above ; color rich brown, on a green or yellow ground, the 

 brown turning to bright red on the yellow surface. The peculiar markings and the unusual 

 form of the leaves, give the plant a bizarre and curious appearance. Both sorts stand the 

 sun well. 25 cts. ; $2.50 per doz. 



Queen Victoria. Crimson, the brightest golden edge. 



Rainbow. Bright blood red crimson, yellow margin. 



Sunbeam. Dark bronzy crimson, golden edge. 



Venosa. Yellow, veined and marbled with dark crimson. 



Victor Lemoine. Yellow, with broad crimson margin. 



Verschaffelti. Rich velvet crimson ; the well-known bedder. 



Verschaffelti Nigrescens. Darker and more dwarf than the above. 



Zanzibar. Canary yellow, with crimson blotch. 



CONVALLARIA— Lily of the Valley. 



One of the most charming of our spring-flowering plants, whose slender stems set with their 

 tiny bells, difi'using a delicious odor, have rendered it a universal favorite. They are entirely 

 hardy, and delight in a shady, well-enriched border. Roots deliverable until April, and after 

 September 1st. 



Majalis. Single, white. 10 cts. each : $1 per doz. 

 Majalis Flore-Pleno. Double white. 15 cts. ; $1.50 per doz. 

 Majalis Foliis Variegatis. Single, white; golden-striped foliage. 50 cts. ; $5 per doz. 



CROTON. 



Ornamental plants with the richest variegated and spotted foliage. They should demand a 

 place in every collection of plants; suitable for baskets, vases, fern, and wardian cases. 



AUCUB^FOLIUM. Green, spotted with yellow, 

 like an Aucuba. 50 cts. 



Disraeli. A new and distinct variety, with 

 trilobate leaves, deep green inoculated with 

 orange-red. $1. 



Interruptum. Very long wavy foliage, with 

 red mid-ribs. 25 to 50 cts. 



Irregularis. Long green foliage, broad yel- 

 low mid-rib. 50 cts. 



Johannis. Very long, narrow, drooping foli- 

 age. $1. 



Maximum. Very large, broad leaves, mottled 

 green and yellow. 50 cts. to $1. 



Ovaliformis. Oval-shaped green and yellow 

 leaves. $1. 



Rubrum Pictum. Green, yellow and orange 

 red. 50 cts. to $1. 



Undulatum. Dark green and orange, undu- 

 lated margin. $1. 



Variegatum. Large green and yellow leaves. 

 25 to 50 cts. 



Weismanni. Long, narrow leaves of yellow, 

 margined with green. $1, 



CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS. 



A fine grass-like plant, forming a mass of reedy stems with broad tufted heads, very desirable 

 for baskets, vases, or as an aquarium plant. 25 cts. 

 Cyperus Alternifolius Variegatus. Similar to the above, with variegated leaves. 75 cts. 



crinum am a bile. $2. 



CUPHEA HYSSOPIFOLIA. 15 cts. ; $1.50 



per doz. 

 CUPHEA PLATYCENTRA. {Oigar plant.) 



15 cts. ; $1.50 per doz. 



CYCLAMEN" PERSICUM. 30 cts. ; $3 per 

 doz. For other sorts, please see Bulb Cata- 

 logue. 



CYPRIPEDIUM INSIGNIS. 75 cts. 



