66 dreer's garden calendar. 



HANGING BASKETS, VASES, ETC. 



The growing of plants in hanging vases has become quite popular. 

 They are made of various forms and material, from the common earth- 

 enware to the finest China and terra-cotta, ornamental and gilt ; also of 

 wire and rustic work, varying in price, from fifty cents to five dollars 

 each. The following plants are suited for planting in them, on account 

 of their slender habit and trailing branches. They should be planted 

 in a rich, porous soil, and kept freely watered. 



Cts. Cts. 



Isolepsis Junciodes, (orna- Mimulus Mosschatus, (Musk 



mental grass,) 1j Plant, 15 



Lixaria Ctmballaria, or Ke- Saxieraga Sarmextosa, 15 



nilworth Ivy, 15 Sedttm Siboldtii, 15 

 Lobelia Erixus Speciosa, 15 Sexecio (or Micania) Scandens 15 

 Lycopodium Dexticulatcm, lOa'25 Vinca Elegaxtissima varie- 



" C-ESIUM, 25 GATA, 15a25 



" Wildexowii, 25 Vinca Mixor variegata, 25 



Lysimmachia Numulabia, 15 



CONVOLVOLUS MATJBITANICUS. New. 



A trailing plant, with bright blue flowers, admirably adapted for 

 vases or hanging baskets, 25 cts. each. 



SEDUM CABNEUM— Variegated. 



A variegated plant of great beauty, also adapted for baskets and 

 vases. From its close compact growth, is also well adapted for edges 

 cr ribbon lines for front borders, 25 cts. each, S2 per doz. 



NEW IVYS. — Suitable for hanging baskets and rustic work, 50 cts, 

 each. 



Large variegated leaved. 



Small " " 



Cut 



Summer Flowering Bulbs. 



jg^^The most prominent in this section are the rare and beautiful 

 FRENCH HYBRID GLADIOLUS. 



They are the most stately and effective of the whole genus; being 

 of a robust erect growth, with green sword-shaped leaves and magnifi- 

 cent flower scapes, rising from three to five feet in height. The colors 

 comprise the most brilliant of orange, scarlet, and vermillion tints upon 

 yellow and orange grounds, including a graduated scale of intermediate 

 shades, from white with rosy blush and salmon rose tints, to a salmon- 

 red and nankeen, from blush-white with purple crimson throat, and 

 marginal streak of pink, to light rosy-salmon grounds, with flakes of 

 deep carmine. A succession of bloom may be had from July to Sep- 

 tember, by planting at intervals from April to June, reserving the 

 strongest bulbs for the latest planting. Their culture is very simple ; 

 they will grow in any ordinary garden-mould, but succeed best in good 

 earth, manured with well-rotted horse-dung. The bulbs are taken up 

 in the fall and placed in a dry cellar, protected from frosty 



