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Dreer^s Garden Calendar, 



ERYTHRINA CRISTA - GALLI, OR CORAL PLANT. 



A magnificent plant, producing its scarlet and crimson pea-shaped 

 flowers on spikes eighteen inches long. Plant them in the garden. in 

 May, and they will flower profusely three or four times in the course of 

 the summer. They may he taken up in the fall, and kept in perfect pre- 

 servation during the winter in a diy cellar, the roots covered with, half- 

 dry earth. Price from 25 cents to $1.00 each, according to size. 



ERYTHRINA SPLENDENS. A variety of the above. The flowers 

 are of a deeper crimson ; profuse bloomer. Price $1.00. 



