114 dreer's garden calendar. 



OEITAMENTAL TOLIAGE PLAITTS. 



A choice selection of the most desirable kinds, many quite new and 



rare, and indispensable for rich effects in garden decorations. 



ABUTILON THOMPSOXI. Foliage beautifully mottled with yel- 



\ow ; flowers bright orange, veined crimson ; has proven itself 



as one of our best bedding plants, sun or shade. Price 25 



cents. S2.50 per dozen. 



" Yexillaeium Pictum. This beautiful variety is very attractive 

 for the golden spots and marblings of the foliage ; desirable 

 also as a Avinter-blooming plant, and from its dwarf habit very 

 useful in vases, and as a bedding plant. 25 cents. 

 ACHYEANTHUS. Fine robust foliage plants, suitable for either 

 sunny or shady situations. 20 cents. $2.00 jDer dozen. 



" LiXDENi. Dark purple elliptic foliage. 



" Acr:MixATA. Large purple heart-shaped leaves. 



" ArREA Eeticulata. Yellow, green and crimson. 

 ALTEEXAXTHEEAS. Dwarf plants for edging or clumps, in 

 sunny situations, varying in the richest tints of green, crimson, 

 amber, orange. 20 cents. S2.00 per dozen. 



" Amabilis Tricolor. Orange, crimson and dark-green. 



" Latifolia. Foliage large, oblong, crimson, orange and green. 



" Yersicolor. Foliage ovate, olive, crimson, and chocolate ; when 

 used for edgings they are to be frequently sheared like box 

 edging, when the young tips will assume the most brilliant 

 hues. 

 AEALIA PAPYEIFEEA. A very showy plant, with large handsome 

 leaves, the under side of which is covered with a woolly 

 down ; fine for vases or bedding out. 50 cents. 

 BOCCOXIA JEDDCEXSIS. A fine hardy perennial from Japan, 

 with very large oak-leaf-shaped glaucous foliage, and large 

 panicles of white flowers. 25 cents. 

 CELOSIA HUTTOXI. See page 102. 



COLEUS. (Select Yarieties.) The most popular decorative foliage 

 plant ; after careful comparison of the past season's introduc- 

 tions, we select the following as the best. 20 cents. $2.00 

 per dozen. 



" Acis. Carmine-crimson, golden edge. 



" Baroness Eothschild. Crimson, dark shadings, golden edge. 



" Beauty of Widmore. White, pink and green ; growing only 

 one foot high, pyramidal form ; excellent for edgings in shady 

 situations. 



" Brilliant. Bronzy crimson, with dark veins and shadings ; 

 golden edge. 



" Clio. Deep maroon, with a narrow green edge. 



" Euterpe. Dark bronzy purple, with a serrated green edge. 



" Golden Beauty. Crimson, wavy, with.golden edge. 



" Xapoleon. Chocolate crimson ; dwarf and compact habit. 



" Maroon Yelvet. Eich velvety maroon. 



" Princess of Wales. Magenta red ; narrow, yellow edge. 



" Sunbeam. Dark bronzy crimson, golden edge. It has proved 

 an extra bedder, retaining its color in the hottest weather. 



" Yerschaffelti. Bronzy-crimson ; the old and well-known 

 bedding variety. 



