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DKEER S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



PEK'TSTEMON COB^A. Beautiful half-hardy peren- 

 nials, delicate purple; throat dotted with maroon 10 



" Choice mixed varieties 10 



PETUNIA. For out-door decoration, few plants are equal to it. 

 It commences to bloom early, and continues a mass of 

 bloom the whole season. Of late years, the striped and 

 mottled varieties have been much improved. 



" DKEER'S CHOICE MOTTLED and STEIPED 20 



" KERMESINA. Large ; rich crimson 10 



" " GEANDIFLORA. Crimson, with white throat. 25 



" COUNTESS OF ELLESMERE. Dark rose, white throat. 10 



" SPLENDID HYBRID VARIETIES. Mixed 10 



" PURPLE, WHITE, and MIXED. Each 5 



'' DOUBLE HYBRIDIZED. Fecundated seed, very choice 



collection, and a fair percentage will prove double 25 



POBLTULACA. Plants of easy culture, luxuriating in an 

 exposed sunny situation ; flowers large and of many 

 rich shades of color, and produced throughout the sum- 

 mer in the greatest profusion. 

 " Alba. White. CARYOPHYLI.OIDES. Carnation striped, each 5 

 " AuRANTiACA. Goldcn. Splendens. Crimson purple, each. 5 



" Thorburnii. Orange. Thellusonii. Scarlet, each 5 



" Rosea. Rose-colored. Mixed. Each. 5 



" GRANDIFLORA FLO. PLENO. NEW DOUBLE 20 



POLYANTHUS. Finest English varieties, hardy perennial. 25 



" Good mixed, hardy perennial 10 



POPPY. (Papaver.) Showy and easily cultivated flowers. Sow 

 early in the Spring ; they vvdll not bear transplanting. 

 " P^ony-Feowered. Large and very double ; mixed colors. 5 

 " Ranunculus-Flowered, Double, fringed edges, mixed... 5 



^' Carnation. Doable; mixed varieties, each 5 



POTENTILLA AUREA. Yellow, with pink eye ; perennial... 10 

 PRIMULA VERIS. English cowslip, mixed, hardy perennial. 10 

 SALPIGLOSSIS. Neat and beautiful plants, suitable for pot- 

 culture or the flower-border, blooming all summer: 



" New Large-Flowered. Very splendid ; mixed 10 



" Fine mixed varieties 10 



SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS FLO. PLENO. This 

 double-flowered variety is larger than the single-flow- 

 ered ; bright golden-yellow ; a valuable bedding jDlant. 10 

 SAPONARIA. Of dwarf compact growth, profusion of bloom 

 throughout summer, and late autumn : 



" Calabrica Rosea. Rosy joink 10 



" " Marginata. Color rose and white 10 



" OcYMOiDES. A perennial variety, one of the finest plants 



for covering rock work, etc. ; rosy-pink flowers 10 



SCABI03A. {Mourning Bride, or Sweet Scabius.) Plants 

 with beautiful flowers ; adapted for border cultivation. 



'' Fine German varieties ; mixed 5 



" Dwarf, double, mixed ; Candidissima, pure white. Each.. 10 

 SCHIZANTHUS. A splendid class of plants, combining 

 elegance of growth, with a rich profusion of flowers. 

 " Grandiflorus Occulatus. Various shades, blue centre,. 5 

 " PiNNATUS. Pinnated-leaved. Purple, white <& yellow spotted o 

 " Fine mixed varieties , ,.... , 10 



