60 Dreer' s Garden Calendar. 



Per packet. 



PORTULACA. Plants of easy culture, luxuriating in an exposed 



sunny situation : flowers large and of rich shades of color, and 



produced througlx)Ut the summer in great profusion; fine for 



massing in beds ; 6 in. For assortments of Portulaca, see page 80. 



" Alba. White. Caeyophylloides. Carnation striped each 5 



AUEANTIACA. Orange. Sple>'DENS. Crimson purple each 5 



Thorbupni. Yellow. Thellusoni. Scarlet each 5 



EosEA. Rose-colored. Mixed, all colors each 5 



Grandiflora Floee-Plexo [Douhle-jioivering Portulaca). 



There is no plant for the flower garden more desirable. A 

 bed of double Portulaca, when seen under a mid-day sun, pre- 

 sents such a glow of brilliant colors as to excite the admiration 

 of all ; the flowers are perfectly double, of the most brilliant 

 scarlet, crimson, white, variegated, buff, yellow, orange and 

 rose, admirably adapted to withstand the influences of heat and 

 drought. Seed saved from all double flowers, and a large pro- 

 portion will prove double 20 



POLYANTHUS [Primula Elatior). Showy early spring-flower- 

 ing plants, fine for pot or out-door culture ; finest English 



varieties; hardy perennials; 1 ft.; mixed colors 25 



Good Mixed Varieties. All colors. 10 



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

 early in the spring ; they will not bear transplanting: 2 ft. 



P^Ox'y-flowered. Large and very double ; mixed colors 5 



Raxuxculus-flowered. Double-fringed; mixed colors 5 



Carxatiox. Double mixed. Mixed Varieties, all colors.. each 5 

 POTENTILLA AUREA. Profuse-flowering herbaceous plants; 



hardv perennial; IJr ft ; vellow, with pink eve •... 5 



PRIMULA VERIS {English Coicslip). Hardy perennial; 6 in. 



Mixed colors 10 



RHUS COTINUS {Purple Jlist Tree). A hardy ornamental dwarf 



tree, beautiful when in full bloom, resembling mist 10 



SALPIGLOSSIS. Neat and beautiful plants, with penciled and 

 marbled funnel-shaped flowers ; suitable for pot-culture or the 

 flower-border, blooming all summer; half-hardy ; 1+ ft. 

 Large-flowered Varieties. Very splendid ; mixed, all colors. 10 



Fixe Mixed Varieties. All colors 5 



SAXVITALIA PROCUMBEXS FLORE-PLEXO. This double- 

 flowered variety is mttch larger than the single flowers ; a valua- 

 ble bedding plant; 6 in. ; bright golden yellow 10 



SAPOXARIA. Beaittiful compact-growing plants, with masses of 

 miniature cross-shaped flowers, blooming throughout summer 

 and late autumn ; 6 in. 



Choice Mixed Varieties 10 



OCYMOIDES. A hardy perennial variety, one of the finest plants 



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



SCABIOSA {Mourning Bride, or 'Sweet Scahius). Plants with 

 beatitiful double various-colored flowers ; fine for bouquets. 



Fixe Geemax Varieties. Mixed, all colors ; 2 ft 5 



Dwmrf Varieties. Double mixed, all colors; 1 ft 10 



Caxdidissima. Pure double white flowers 10 



SCHIZAXTHUS. A splendid class of plants, combining elegance 

 of growth with a rich profusion of flowers ; half-hardy ; 2 ft. 

 Geaxdiflorus Occulatus. Various shades with blue centres... 5 



PixxATrs. Pinnated-leaved; purple and yellow spotted 5 



Fixe Mixed Varieties. All colors 5 



For Seeds of Everlasting Flowers, see page 70. 



