DREEII'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 77 



SUPPLEM ENTARY LIST 



Of Varieties omitted in the General List, as ivell as 



NOVELTIES OF 1873-74. 



Per Packet. 

 ADLUMIA CIRRHOSA. {Mountain Fringe.) A beautiful hardy 

 uative biennial Vine, of graceful habit and delicate foli- 

 age, with clusters of rosy-lilac flowers ; 12 to 15 feet 10 



AGERATUM LASSEAUXI. This beautiful rose-colored species 

 from Buenos Ayres is of perennial duration, but flowers 

 the first season from seed in the open border 20 



** Imper[AL. A splendid new dwarf compact variety, with 



fine large heads of blue flowers 25 



" White Tom Thumb. A new dwarf variety, flowers white, 



with a pale blue shade : 25 



AMARANTHUS ATRO-PURPUREUS. From Calcutta. The 

 plant is covered with long drooping racemes of purple 

 flowers ; height 4 feet 5 



" BicoLOR Rqber. a fine bedding plant ; foliage scarlet and 



maroon, sometimes tipped with yellow 10 



" GiGANTEUS. Large showy crimson flowers 5 



" GoRDOXi. Bronzy crimson foliage, shading off to brilliant 

 scarlet tufts of leaves on top of the stalk, the lower 

 leaves having a scarlet central band through the centre 10 



" Salicifolids. {Fountain Plant.) The plant is of a pyra- 

 midal form, from 2 to 3 feet high, branching close to the 

 ground. The leaves, which are beautifully undulated, 

 vary in the earlier stages of growth from a green to a 

 bronzy green shade. As the plants get stronger, the 

 leaves at the ends of all the principal branches assume 

 a bright orange-red color, and become more elongated, 

 forming magnificent bright-colored plumes, and giving 

 the plant a most elegant and picturesque appearance... 25 

 ARI3T0L0CHIA SIPHO. i Dutch Pipe Vine.) Hardy perennial 20 

 ASTER HUMBOLDT. A dwarf Pieony-flowered variety; beauti- 

 ful colors, mixed 20 



" Princess. Large flowered Dwarf Bouquet variety ; mixed 



colors 20 



•' Shakespeare. Globe-flowered Dwarf Aster ; beautifully 



imbricated ; globular flowers, mixed colors 20 



" Schiller. A very fine variety of the Bouquet Aster. ...... 10 



" MoxT Blanc. The largest flowering, produces pure white 



flowers 5 inches in diameter ; extra double 20 



" GOLIATH. This splendid new variety of large-flowering 

 Asters are much admired, of which five distinct colors 

 have been obtained, mixed, i^ 25 



" WASHINGTON. This new class of Asters are pronounced 

 the finest in existence. Originated from the Victoria, 

 and is similar, but more robust. The flowers, particu- 

 larly the centre one, are larger and of more globular form. 

 White, pure white. Peach-Blossom, the tint exceeding- 

 ly delicate. Each 25 



