62 Dreer' s Garden Calendar. 



Per packet. 

 SEDUM {Stone- Cro])). A pretty little plant, growing freely on 

 rock or rustic-work, hanging-baskets, etc. : hardy perennial ; 3 



in. Mixed varieties 10 



SENECIO OR JACOBCEA. Free growing plants, producing gay- 



_ colored double flowers in profusion ; mixed colors; 1 ft 10 



SENSITIVE PLANT {Mimosa pudica). Curious and interesting 

 plants, pinkish white flowers, leaves close and droop when 



touched; tender; 2 ft 5 



STOCKS {Mathiola). The Stock Gilly-flower is one of the most 

 popular, beautiful and important garden favorites ; whether for 

 bedding, massing, or pot-culture, it is unsurpassed either for 

 brilliancv and diversitv of color or profusion and duration of 

 bloom. The TEN-WEEK STOCKS {Mathiola annua) are gen- 

 erally cultivated, and bloom 10 to 12 weeks after being sown ; 

 they grow from 6 to 15 inches high, and Avhen grown in rich 

 soil, and occasionally watered with weak guano water, throw 

 out an immense quantity of lateral spikes of bloom, so that each 

 plant forms a perfect bouquet of delightful fragrance. We 

 offer the following varieties, imported from one of the best 

 growers in Prussia; half-hardy; 1 ft. For assortments of 

 Stocks, see page 80. 



Dwarf German Tex-Week. Mixed colors 10 



Dwarf Bouquet Ten-Week. Mixed colors 20 



Perpetual Dwarf Ten-Week. Mixed colors 20 



Wallflower-Leayed Dwarf Ten-Week. Mixed colors 20 



New Tree OR Giant Ten-Week. Mixed colors 20 



Large-flowering Dwarf TEN-VrEEK. Mixed colors 10 



Large-flowered Dwarf Ten-Week Eoyal Gem. One of 



the finest Stocks; of a rich dark crimson color, very double 20 



Large-flowering Dwarf Ten-Week. The foilowiug are 

 desirable colors, each separate : 



Canary Yellow. Blood-red each 20 



White. Light-blue. Purple. Crimson each 10 



Intermediate, New Giant. Autumn- flowering, continuing 

 in bloom a long time; flowers large and double; of a deep scar- 

 let color 20 



Intermediate. Autumnal-flowering, very beautiful; choice 



mixed, double, scarlet and white 10 



Brompton or Winter. Half-hardy biennial, bushy plants; 



producing a beautiful display of flowers ; mixed colors ; 2 ft 10 



Perpetual Emperor. Half-hardy perennial; large-flowering ; 



choice colors ; mixed ; li ft 10 



SWEET WILLIAM {Dianthm barbatus). A well-known free- 

 flowering hardy perennial, producing a splendid effect in beds, 

 mixed flower and shrubbery borders ; 2 ft. 



Dol'ble-flowering. Fine mixed coloi's 10 



Auricula-flowered Perfection. Choice mixed colors 10 



New Dark. Very rich velvety dark colors 10 



Mixed. Good varieties 5 



TAGETES SIGN ATA PUMILA. An acquisition to our list of an- 

 nuals ; of dwarf, compact, bushy growth, densely covered with 

 bright yellow single flowers ; valuable for borders as well as 

 beds ; planted bv itself, or alternated with different colored 



flowers; 1 ft '. 10 



TOURNEFORTIA HELIOTROPOIDES (Summer Heliotrope): 

 Bluish-lilac flowers, trailing; half-hardy 10 



For Seeds of Green-house Plants, see page 73. 



