Drcer 's Garden Calendar. 



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DAHLiA. 



The best time for planting is after the 

 first of Mav for the tubers, and the 

 plants can be set out as hite as the tenth 

 of June. They delight in a rich, sandy 

 loam, highly m'anured with decomposed 

 cow manure. To insure perfect flowers, 

 mulch during the summer with short 

 manure. Thin out superfluous branches, 

 and keep them well tied up to strong 

 stakes, firmly driven in the ground. 

 The roots can be preserved during the 

 winter in dry sand, free from frost, damp, 

 or fire-heat! 30 cts. ; $3 per doz. ; $20 

 per 100. 



General Collection of Large Flow- 

 ering Varieties. 



ACIS. Lilac, shaded. 



Adah. Purple, golden tip. 



Adeline. White, tipped with crimson. 



Alice. White, laced with pure rose. 



Amazement. Yellow, striped with 

 crimson. 



Amazon. Primrose, full centre. 



Amorette. Light rose, edged with 

 lilac. 



Andre Thouin. Crimson scarlet. 



Attraction. Lilac, heavily striped 

 with maroon. 



Autumn' Glow. Orange salmon, with 

 buff edge. 



Beatrice. Blush, full centre. 



Bkppo. Primrose, tipjiei with scarlet. 



iiicOLOR. Lilac striped, and dotted with ma- 

 roon. 



Bila Bila. Aurora, yellow base. 



Bird of Passage. \Vhite, tipped with car- 

 mine. 



Bob Ridley. Ruby crimson. 



California. Pure yellow. 



Canary Bfrd. Canary yellow. 



Charles Turner. Dark scarlet. 



Dandy. Maroon, striped with lilac. 



Defiance. Pale yellow, tipped with white; 

 extra. 



DoDAS. Beautiful yellow. 



Donald Beaton. 'Purple. 



Elizabeth. Lilac, striped with purple. 



Emily. White, with lavender edge. 



Estella. Creamy white, perfect form. 



Fanny Lewald. ' Blush, tipped with crimson. 



Fanny Purchase. Bright yellow. 



Fascination. Deep rosy lilkc. 



Favorite. Pure white, dotted with purple. 



Fecerblick. Crimson scarlet. 



Fire Fly. Bright scarlet. 



Flora. Deep purplish lilac. 



Frank Smith. Maroon, tipped with white. 

 50 CIS. 



George Wheeler. Crimson. 



Gladiator. White, with broad maroon mar- 

 gin. 



Hebe. White, edged vellow, tipped with red. 



Jewel. Bright scarlet. 

 Lady Atkins. Fine dark scariet. 

 Lady Herbert. White, edged crimson. 

 Lady Jane Ellis. Creamy white, tipped 

 with rose. 



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Lady of the Lake. ri!u5h,edged with pur 

 pie. 



Leah. Oransre yellow. 



Lord Napier. ' Bright purple. 



Madge Wildfire. " Bright rosy scarlet. 



Mantes de la Ville. Rosv lilac. 



Marie Bersaud. Orange scarlet. 



Marquis de Beaumond.^ White, tipped with 

 rose. 



Mira. Yellow and purple. 



Mrs. Bond. Crimson, shaded with scarlet. 



Mrs. English. Rose,' Tshaded with carmine. 



Mrs. Kuth. Yellow, tij^ped with white. 



MFvS. Thompson. Yeih-w, striped with purple. 



Mrs. Wm. Piggott. Pure white. 



Oblata. Pure white. 



Penelope. Blush white, faintly striped with 

 purple. 



Pkincesse 

 habit. 



Prospero. Blush, purple margin. 

 I Queen of Primrose. Primmse yellow, 



ROSINA. Bright rose, full centre. 



ROTER. Deep scarlet, shaded with maroon ; 

 ; extra fine. 



S. SiCKMANN. White, edsred with maroon. 

 \ Signet. Lilac, striped with crimson. 



Siren. Bmnze, full centre. 

 ; Snowdrift. Pure white. 



Sunbeam. Blush, .striped with carmine. 



Trojan. Yellow, tipped with rose, full centre. 



Unique. Fine vellow, 

 i Vesta, Pure w"liite. 

 I Virgo Maria. Pure white. 

 ' Wacht am Rhein. Maroou. 



Mathilda. Pure white, dwarf 



DAHLIA— Liliputian, or Bouquet Varieties. 



The term "Liliputian" applies to the flowers, not the plants. They are distingui.shed by a 

 profusion of i:!-;gant miniature blo-^soms, remarkable for symmetry of form and beauty of colors. 

 Useful for B./iquets and Baskets of cut-fiowcre. 30 cts. ;' ^ per doz. 



