Dreer 's Garden Calendar. 



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ECHEVERIA. 



Xovel and interesting succulent plants, useful as bedding or pot-plants. They succeed best 

 if planted in dry, sterile situations, being natives of arid countries. 20 cts. ; $2 j»er doz., 

 except where noted. 



Atropuepteea. Long purple leaves, with tall flower-stems, ?nd crimson bell-shaped flowers. 

 Metallica. a fine and stately plant, with very large shell-like leaves of a beautiful metallic, 



lilac hue, with tall flower-stems covered with bell-shaped, yellow, and scarlet flowers, 



«tron?. 30 cts. 

 Metallica Glauca. a fine hybrid of M., large stemless leaves. 30 cts. 

 EOSEA. In the stvle of Secunda (jlauca, larger, better shape, and higher glaucous color. 30 cts. 

 Secuxda. Leaves green ; flowers yellow and scarlet ; fine for edgings or rock-work. 

 Secuxda Glauca. Leaves of a beautiful glaucous green; flowers similar to the foregoing 



variety. 



EPIPHYLLUM TRUNCATUM— Lobster-leaved Cactus. 



A very useftil winter-flowering plant, flowers in diS'erent shades of purplish crimson to scar- 

 let. Our stock is grrafted on the Pereskia stock, and will succeed where those on their own 

 roots iail ; the plants are large and bushy, two and three years old. 75 cts. to $1. 

 Cruextas. Brilliant crimson. I Spectabilis. Magenta scarlet. 



Salmonium. Salmon. ' Teuxcatum, Salmon red. 



Salmoxium; Coccineum. Salmon scarlet. ' Violacea. Violet. 



ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI— Coral Plant. 



A magnificent plant, producing its scarlet and crimson pea-shaped flowers on spikes 18 inches 

 long. Plant them in the garden in May, and they will flower profusely three or four times in the 

 course of the summer. They may be taken up in the fall, and kept in perfect fjreservation 

 during the winter in a dry cellar, the roots covered with half-dry earth. 25 to 50 cts., accord- 

 ing to size. 



ERIANTHUS RAVENN/€. 



A perfectly hardy Ornamental Grass, from 9 to 12 feet high, throwing up from thirty to fifty 

 flower spikes. It resembles the Pampas Grass, but blooms much more abundantly, and with 

 the advantage of being hardy, making it a desirable plant for the decoration of lawns. 30 cts. ; 

 clumps, 75 cts. 



EUCKARIS AMAZONICA. 



A splendid hothouse plant, blooming nearly the entire season. It sends up stalks bearing 

 several pure white, star-shaped flowers, 4 inches across, delightfully fragrant. It is very highly 

 prized in bouquets, baskets, etc. h'') cts. ; ho per doz. 



EULALIA JAPONICA VARIEGATA. 



A very graceful, tall, ornamental, hardy plant from Japan. Long, narrow leaf blades, striped 

 green, whfte, and often pink or yellow. It throws up stalks from''4 to 6 feet in height, termi- 

 nated with a cluster of flower spikes ; the flowers are suiTouuded by long silky threads, which, 

 when fully ripe, expand not unlike an ostrich feather when curled. These' dry flowers are 

 valuable as parlor ornaments, as they retain their beauty for a long time. 30 cts' ; .>3 per doz. 

 Clumps, 75 cts. ; $9 per doz. 



EULALIA JAPONICA ZEBRINA. 



The most distinct hardy ornamen- 

 tal grass sent out for many years, an 

 introduction from Japan. ' It pro- 

 duces long blades, which are marked 

 with broad yellow bands across the leaf 

 instead of longitudinally. It grrows 

 from 4 to 6 feet in heigtt, forming a 

 striking and graceful plant, its mark- 

 ings being unlike anything that we 

 know of in cultivation. It makes a 

 very attractive specimen plant for the 

 lawn, and will not fail to arrest atten- 

 tion. It bears elegant large tassel- 

 like plumes, in the autumn, white, 

 shaded with pic'i, which make hand- 

 some parlor decorations; strong 

 plants. $1. 





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