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Breer's Garden Calendar. 



Tritoma Uvakia Grandiflora. 



TRITOMA UVARIA GRANDIFLORA. 



A splendid summer and autumn 

 flowering plant, with stately flower 

 scapes and magnificent terminal 

 dense spikes of rich orange red 

 iiower-tubes ; familiarly known, from 

 its glowing colors, as the ''Red-hot 

 Poker." Hardy, with protection, 

 25 cts. to $1.00, according to size. 

 All blooming plants. 



THE VERBENA. 



The Verbena is the most useful 

 and popular of our bedding plants, 

 yet, for want of proper cultivation, 

 many fail to grow it to perfection. 

 Frequent change of soil is necessary. 

 A fresh, sandy loam, enriched with 

 well rotted manure, or sods from a 

 pasture, thrown ujd with cow manure, 

 and well rotted before using, we 

 have found the best. A simple plan, 

 when it is not practicable to renew 

 the entire bed, is to dig holes about 

 one foot square and deep, wherever 

 a plant is desired, and fill up with 

 fresh soil, as above named. We 

 have devoted much labor and care 

 in the annual selection of our Verbena seed, and with over an acre bed 

 to select from, we are in a jxjsition to secure first-class novefties in point 

 of color, habit and growth. The first premium was awarded our collec- 

 tion at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Autumnal Exhibition, 

 September, 1874. 



VERBENA— New Varieties for 1875. 



25 cts. ; $2.50 per doz. 



ANTONIA. White flaked with violet purple. 



ARIEL. Fine clear pink, white eye. 



BIJOU. Very dark crimson ; fine'bedder. 



CHERUB. Very large, salmon pink centre. 



CLIO. Blackish purple, white eye. 



COTTAGE MAID. Large white with lavender tinge. 



EVA. Fine violet blue, large white eye ; extra. 



EVOLUTION, Rosy purple, scarlet centre. 



FLORA. White, flaked with rose. 



FORMOSA. Orange scarlet, dark centre. 



GALATEA. Intense bright crimson, lemon eye. 



GEORGE PEABODY. Salmon, large crimson centre. 



HOPE. Large dark blue, white eye. 



INCOMPARABLE. White, striped with indigo blue. 



JUDY. White, striped with violet purple. 



JUNO. Pure white; fine bedder. 



PICTURATA. White, striped with light blue and indigo. 



SOUVENIR. Bright crirason, dark centre. 



SPECIOSA. Bright velvetv crimson, white eve. 



UNIQUE. White, striped with rosy violet. 



