104 dreer's garden calendar. 



Ifew Crimson Primrose. 



^^^^^ The London " Floral Magazine " 



r<v.£X,_ remarks, " Since the day when Lilmm 



^"^ ^ Auratmu was displayed for the fii'st 



r}p 3 time to the horticultural public, we 



O^ j cannot recollect so great a sensation 



to have been occasioned by any plant, 

 ^y as by that which we now figure." 



1^^ -2h^ It is styled in England, the " Queen 



[-f\ ^% of the Primroses," and is perfectly 



Cz^ y^ hardy there. It was introduced by 



-- ^^^ Mr. Fortune from Japan. The leaves 



resemble tl*ose of the English Prim- 

 rose, but are about three times the 

 size. The flowers are produced on 

 stems from eighteen inches to two 

 feet high, with five or six separate 

 whorls of flowers of a deep rosy pur- 

 ple, with a dark eye. Blooms in 

 April and May. 



We have succeeded in raising a 

 fine stock of plants of this beautiful 

 novelty. Strong flowering plants in 

 fi-ve and six inch pots. Price 50 

 cents each. S5.00 per dozen. 



SYMPHYTUM OPriOIITALE POLIIS VAEIEG-ATIS. 



One of the best hardy herbaceous plants of recent introduction, long 

 broad green foliage, with a broad lemon-colored margin ; pendulous 

 tubular flowers of a handsome rose color. The plant stands our hottest 

 and driest weather exceedingly well. 50 cents. 



TEIGYKTIS POLIIS YAEIEGATIS. 



A beautiful new variety of this handsome tribe of hardy perennials, 



beautiful white and green variegated foliage ; requires shade. 75 cents. 



TUBESOSE. 



NEW DWARF TUBEROSE "PEARL." Flower stalks growing only 

 from eighteen incJies to two feet high, the individual flowers are 

 much larger than the common variety, desirable for pot culture. 

 30 cents. S3.00 per dozen. 



YARIEGATED-LEAA^ED TUBEROSE. Leaves striped with light 

 yellow, very showy and attractive when planted in masses. 30 

 cents. S3.00 per dozen. 



